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THE NAMES AND ORDER OF ALL THE 



BOOKS OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT, 



WITH THK 



NUMBER OF THEIR CHAPTERS. 



THE BOOKS OP THE OLD TESTAMENT. 



Genesis 


CHAPTERS. 

. 50 


II. Chronicles 


CHAPTERS 

. 36 


CHAPTERS. 

Daniel . . . .12 


Exodus . 


40 


Ezra . 


10 


Hosea .... 


14 


Leviticus 


. 27 


Nehemiah . 


. 13 


Joel .... 


3 


Numbers . 


36 


Esther 


10 


Amos - . 


9 


Deuteronomy 


. 34 


Job . . 


. 42 


Obadiah 


1 


Joshua 


24 


Psalms 


. 150 


Jonah .... 


4 


Judges 


. ^1 


Proverbs 


. 31 


Micah 


7 


Ruth 


4 


Ecclesiastes 


12 


Nahum .... 


3 


I. Samuel . 


. 31 


The Song of Solomon . 


. 8 


Habakkuk . 


3 


II. Samuel 


24 


Isaiah 


66 


Zephaniah 


3 


I. Kings . i 


. 22 


Jeremiah 


. 52 


Haggai 


2 


II. Kings . 


25 


Lamentations . 


5 


Zechariah 


14 


I. Chronicles 


. 29 


Ezekiel 


. 48 


Malachi 


4 



Mattheu 

Mark 

Luke . 

John 

The Acts . 

Epistle to the Romans 

I. Corinthians 

II. Corinthians 
Galatians . - . 



THE BOOKS OP THE NEW TESTAMENT. 

CHAPTERS. CHAPTERS. 



28 
16 
24 
21 
28 
16 
16 
13 
6 



Ephesians . 
Philippians 
Colossians . 

I. Thessalonians 

II. Thessalonians 

I. Timothy 

II. Timothy 
Titus 
Philemon . 





CHAPTEBS. 


Hebrews 


. 13 


Epistle of James 


5 


I. Peter 


. 5 


II. Peter 


3 


I. John 


. 5 


II. John . 


1 


III. John . 


. 1 


Jude 


1 


Revelation . 


. 22 



7th Edition, 



THE FIRST BOOK OF MOSES, 



CALLED 



GENESIS 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The creation of heaven and earth, 3 of the light, 6 
of the firmament, 9 of the earth separated from the 
waters, 11 and made fruitful, 14 of the mn,moon, and 
stars, 20 offish and fowl, 24 of beasts and cattle, 26 
of man in the image of God. 29 Also the appoint- 
ment of food. 

IN the beginning God created the 
heaven and the earth. 

2 And the earth was without form, 
and void ; and darkness was upon the 
face of the deep. And the Spirit of 
God moved upon the face of the waters. 

3 And God said, Let there he light : 
and there was light. 

4 And God saw the light, that it 
was good : and God divided the light 
from the darkness. 

5 And God called the light Day, 
and the darkness he called Night. 
And the evening and the morning 
were the first day. 

6 IT And God said, Let there be a 
firmament in the midst of the waters, 
and let it divide the waters from the 
waters. 

7 And God made the firmament, 
and divided the waters which were 
under the firmament from the waters 
which were above the firmament: 
and it was so. 

8 And God called the firmament 
Heaven. And the evening and the 
morning were the second day. 

9 IT And God said, Let the waters 
under the heaven be gathered toge- 
ther unto one place, and let the dry 
land appear : and it was so. 

10 And God called the dry land 
Earth ; and the gathering together of 
the waters called he Seas: and God 
saw that it was good. x 

11 And God said, Let the earth 
bring forth grass, the herb yielding 
seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit 
after his kind, whose seed is in itself, 
upon the earth : and it was so. 



12 And the earth brought forth 
grass, and herb yielding seed after 
his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, 
whose seed was in itself, after his 
kind : and God saw that it was good. 

13 And the evening and the morn- 
ing were the third day. 

14 IT And God said, Let there be 
lights in the firmament of the heaven 
to divide the day from the night; 
and let them be for signs, and for 
seasons, and for days, and years : 

15 And let them be for lights in the 
firmament of the heaven to give light 
upon the earth : and it was so. 

16 And God made two great lights ; 
the greater light to rule the day, and 
the lesser light to rule the night : he 
made the stars also. 

17 And God set them in the firma- 
ment of the heaven to give light upon 
the earth, 

18 And to rule over the day and 
over the night, and to divide the light 
from the darkness : and God saw that 
it was good. 

19 And the evening and the morn- 
ing were the fourth day. 

20 And God said, Let the waters 
bring forth abundantly the moving 
creature that hath life, and fowl that 
may fly above the earth in the open 
firmament of heaven. 

21 And God created great whales, 
and every living creature that moveth, 
which the waters brought forth abun- 
dantly, after their kind, and every 
winged fowl after his kind : and God 
saw that it was good. 

22 And God blessed them, saying, 
Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill 
the waters in the seas, and let fowl 
multiply in the earth. 

23 And the evening and the morn- 
ing were the fifth day. 



The creation of man. 



GENESIS. 



The first sabbath. 



24 IT And God said, Let the earth 
bring forth the living creature after 
his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, 
and beast of the earth after his kind : 
and it was so. 

25 And God made the beast of the 
earth after his kind, and cattle after 
their kind, and every thing that creep- 
eth upon the earth after his kind : and 
God saw that it was good. 

26 IT And God said, Let us make 
man in our image, after our likeness : 
and let them have dominion over the 
fish of the sea, and over the fowl of 
the air, and over the cattle, and over 
all the earth, and over every creeping 
thing that creepeth upon the earth. 

27 So God created man in his own 
image, in the image of God created he 
him ; male and female created he them. 

28 And God blessed them, and God 
said unto them, Be fruitful, and mul- 
tiply, and replenish the earth, and 
subdue it: and have dominion over 
the fish of the sea, and over the fowl 
of the air, and over every living thing 
that moveth upon the earth. 

29 IT And God said, Behold, I have 
given you every herb bearing seed, 
which is upon the face of all the 
earth, and every tree, in the which is 
the fruit of a tree yielding seed ; to 
you it shall be for meat. 

30 And to every beast of the earth, 
and to every fowl of the air, and to 
every thing that creepeth upon the 
earth, wherein there is life, / have 
given every green herb for meat : and 
it was so. 

31 And God saw every thing that 
he had made, and, behold, it was very 
good. And the evening and the 
morning were the sixth day. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 TJie first sabbath. 4 The manner of the creation. 8 TJie 
planting of the garden of Eden, 10 and the river there- 
of. 17 The tree of knowledge only forbidden. 19, 20 
The naming of the creatures. 21 The making of woman, 
and institution of marriage. 

THUS the heavens and the earth 
were finished, and all the host 
of them. 

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2 And on the seventh day God 
ended his work which he had made ; 
and he rested on the seventh day from 
all his work which he had made. 

3 And God blessed the seventh day, 
and sanctified it : because that in it he 
had rested from all his work which 
God created and made. 

4 If These are the generations of the 
heavens and of the earth when they 
were created, in the day that the 
Lord God made the earth and the 
heavens, 

5 And every plant of the field be- 
fore it was in the earth, and every 
herb of the field before it grew : for 
the Lord God had not caused it to 
rain upon the earth, and there was 
not a man to till the ground. 

6 But there went up a mist from 
the earth, and watered the whole face 
of the ground. 

7 And the Lord God formed man 
of the dust of the ground, and breathed 
into his nostrils the breath of life; 
and man became a living soul. 

8 ^[ And the Lord God planted a 
garden eastward in Eden ; and there 
he put the man whom he had formed. 

9 And out of the ground made the 
Lord God to grow every tree that 
is pleasant to the sight, and good for 
food ; the tree of life also in the 
midst of the garden, and the tree of 
knowledge of good and evil. 

10 And a river went out of Eden to 
water the garden ; and from thence 
it was parted, and became into four 
heads. 

1 1 The name of the first is Pison : 
that is it which compasseth the 
whole land of Havilah, where there 
is gold ; 

12 And the gold of that land is 
good : there is bdellium and the onyx 
stone. 

13 And the name of the second 
river is Gihon : the same is it that 
compasseth the whole land of Ethi- 
opia. 

14 And the name of the third river 
is Hiddekel : that is it which goeth 



The making of woman. 



GENESIS. 



Man's shameful fall. 



toward the east of Assyria. And the 
fourth river is Euphrates. 

15 And the Lord God took the 
man, and put him into the garden 
of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 

16 And the Lord God commanded 
the man, saying, Of every tree of the 
garden thou mayest freely eat : 

17 But of the tree of the know- 
ledge of good and evil, thou shalt not 
eat of it: for in the day that thou 
eatest thereof thou shalt surely die. 

18 IT And the Lord God said, It is 
not good that the man should he alone ; 
I will make him a help meet for him. 

19 And out of the ground the 
Lord God formed every heast of the 
field, and every fowl of the air ; and 
brought them unto Adam to see what 
he would call them: and whatsoever 
Adam called every living creature, 
that was the name thereof. 

20 And Adam gave names to all 
cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and 
to every heast of the field ; hut for 
Adam there was not found a help 
meet for him. 

21 And the Lord God caused a 
deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he 
slept ; and he took one of his ribs, and 
closed up the flesh instead thereof. 

22 And the rib, which the Lord God 
had taken from man, made he a wo- 
man, and brought her unto the man. 

23 And Adam said, This is now 
bone of my bones, and flesh of my 
flesh: she shall be called Woman, 
because she was taken out of man. 

24 Therefore shall a man leave his 
father and his mother, and shall 
cleave unto his wife : and they shall 
be one flesh. 

25 And they were both naked, the 
man and his wife, and were not 
ashamed. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 The serpent deceiveth Eve. 6 Man's shameful fall. 
9 God arraigneth them. 14 The serpent is cursed. 
15 The promised seed. 16 The punishment of man- 
hind. 21 Their first clothing. 22 Their casting out 
of paradise. 

OW the serpent was more subtile 
than any beast of the field which 



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the Lord God had made. And he 
said unto the woman, Yea, hath God 
said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of 
the garden? 

2 And the woman said unto the 
serpent, We may eat of the fruit of 
the trees of the garden : 

3 But of the fruit of the tree which 
is in the midst of the garden, God 
hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, nei- 
ther shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 

4 And the serpent said unto the 
woman, Ye shall not surely die: 

5 For God doth know that in the 
day ye eat thereof, then your eyes 
shall be opened, and ye shall be as 
gods, knowing good and evil. 

6 And when the woman saw that 
the tree was good for food, and that 
it was pleasant to the eyes, and a 
tree to be desired to make one wise, 
she took of the fruit thereof, and did 
eat, and gave also unto her husband 
with her; and he did eat. 

7 And the eyes of them both were 
opened, and they knew that they ivere 
naked; and they sewed fig leaves to- 
gether, and made themselves aprons. 

8 And they heard the voice of the 
Lord God walking in the garden in 
the cool of the day: and Adam and 
his wife hid themselves from the 
presence of the Lord God amongst 
the trees of the garden. 

9 And the Lord God called unto 
Adam, and said unto him, Where 
art thou ? 

10 And he said, I heard thy voice 
in the garden, and I was afraid, be- 
cause I was naked ; and I hid myself. 

11 And he said, Who told thee that 
thou wast naked ? Hast thou eaten of 
the tree, whereof I commanded thee 
that thou shouldest not eat? 

12 And the man said, The woman 
whom thou gavest to be with me, she 
gave me of the tree, and I did eat. 

13 And the Lord God said unto 
the woman, What is this that thou 
hast done ? And the woman said, The 
serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. 

14 And the Lord God said unto 

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Punishment of mankind. 



GENESIS. 



The murder of Abel. 



the serpent, Because thou hast done 
this, thou art cursed above all cattle, 
and above every beast of the field ; 
upon thy belly shalt thou go, and 
dust shaft thou eat all the days of thy 
life: 

15 And I will put enmity between 
thee and the woman, and between thy 
seed and her seed ; it shall bruise thy 
head, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 

1 6 Unto the woman he said, I will 
greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy 
conception ; in sorrow thou shalt 
bring forth children ; and thy desire 
shall be to thy husband, and he shall 
rule over thee. 

17 And unto Adam he said, Because 
thou hast hearkened unto the voice 
of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, 
of which I commanded thee, saying, 
Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the 
ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt 
thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 

18 Thorns also and thistles shall it 
bring forth to thee; and thou shalt 
eat the herb of the field : 

19 In the sweat of thy face shalt 
thou eat bread, till thou return unto 
the ground; for out of it wast thou 
taken : for dust thou art, and unto 
dust shalt thou return. 

20 And Adam called his wife's name 
Eve ; because she was the mother of 
all living. 

2 1 Unto Adam also and to his wife 
did the Lord God make coats of 
skins, and clothed them. 

22 If And the Lord God said, Be- 
hold, the man is become as one of 
us, to know good and evil: and now, 
lest he put forth his hand, and take 
also of the tree of life, and eat, and 
live for ever: 

23 Therefore the Lord God sent 
him forth from the garden of Eden, 
to till the ground from whence he 
Waa taken. 

2 1 So he drove out the man : and 
ha placed at the east of the garden 
of Eden cherubim, and a flaming 
sword which turned every way, to 
keep the way of the tree of life. 
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CHAPTEE IV. 

1 The birth, trade, and religion of Cain and Abel. 8 
The murder of Abel. 11 The curse of Cain. 17 
Enoch the first city. 19 Lantech and his two wives* 
25 The birth of Seih, 26 and Enos. 

AND Adam knew Eve his wife; 
_ and she conceived, and bare 
Cain, and said, I have gotten a man 
from the Lord. 

2 And she again bare his brother 
Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, 
but Cain was a tiller of the ground. 

3 And in process of time it came to 
pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of 
the ground an offering unto the Lord. 

4 And Abel, he also brought of the 
firstlings of his flock and of the fat 
thereof. And the Lord had respect 
unto Abel and to his offering: 

5 But unto Cain and to his offering 
he had not respect. And Cain was 
very wroth, and his countenance fell. 

6 And the Lord said unto Cain, 
Why art thou wroth ? and why is thy 
countenance fallen? 

7 If thou doest well, shalt thou not 
be accepted ? and if thou doest not 
well, sin lieth at the door: and unto 
thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt 
rule over him. 

8 And Cain talked with Abel his 
brother : and it came to pass, when 
they were in the field, that Cain rose up 
against Abel his brother, and slew him. 

9 If And the Lord said unto Cain, 
Where is Abel thy brother ? And 
he said, I know not : Am I my bro- 
ther's keeper? 

10 And he said, What hast ihou 
done ? the voice of thy brother's blood 
crieth unto me from the ground. 

11 And now art thou cursed from 
the earth, which hath opened her 
mouth to receive thy brother's blood 
from thy hand. 

12 When thou tillest the ground, it 
shall not henceforth yield unto thee 
her strength ; a fugitive and a vaga* 
bond shalt thou be in the earth. 

13 And Cain said unto the Lord, 
My punishment is greater than I can 
bear. 

14 Behold, thou hast driven me 



The curse of Cain. 



GENESIS. Genealogy of the patriarchs. 



out this day from the face of the 
earth ; and from thy face shall I be 
hid ; and I shall he a fugitive and a 
vagabond in the earth ; and it shall 
come to pass, that every one that 
findeth me shall slay me. 

15 And the Lord said unto him, 
Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, 
vengeance shall be taken on him 
sevenfold. And the Lord set a mark 
upon Cain, lest any rinding him 
should kill him. 

1G If And Cain went out from the 
presence of the Lord, and dwelt in 
the land of Nod, on the east of Eden. 

17 And Cain knew his wife ; and 
she conceived, and bare Enoch : and 
he builded a city, and called the 
name of the city, after the name of 
•his son, Enoch. 

18 And unto Enoch was born Irad: 
and Irad begat Mehujael: and Me- 
hujael begat Methusael: and Methu- 
sael begat Lamech. 

19 ^f And Lamech took unto him two 
wives : the name of the one ivas Adah, 
and the name of the other Zillah. 

20 And Adah bare Jabal : he was 
the father of such as dwell in tents, 
and of such as have cattle. 

21 And his brother's name was 
Jubal : he was the father of all such 
as handle the harp and organ. 

22 And Zillah, she also bare Tubal- 
cain, an instructor of every artificer 
in brass and iron : and the sister of 
Tubal-cain was Naamah. 

23 And Lamech said unto his 
wives, Adah and Zillah, hear my 
voice ; ye wives of Lamech, hearken 
uiito my speech : for I have slain a 
man to my wounding, and a young 
man to my hurt. 

24 If Cain shall be avenged seven- 
fold, truly Lamech seventy and seven- 
fold. * 

25 IT And Adam knew his wife 
again ; and she bare a son, and call- 
ed his name Seth : For God, said she, 
hath appointed me another seed in- 
stead of Abel, whom Cain slew. 

26 And' to Seth, to him also there 



was born a son; and he called his 
name Enos : then began men to call 
upon the name of the Lord. 

CHAPTER V. 

1 The genealogy, age, and death of the patriarchs from 
Adam unto Noah. 24 The godliness and translation 
of Enoch. 

THIS is the book of the genera- 
tions of Adam. In the day that 
God created man, in the likeness of 
God made he him; 

2 Male and female created he 
them ; and blessed them, and called 
their name Adam, in the day when 
they were created. 

3 If And Adam lived a hundred 
and thirty years, and begat a son in 
his own likeness, after his image; 
and called his name Seth: 

4 And the days of Adam after he 
had begotten Seth were eight hun- 
dred years: and he begat sons and 
daughters : 

5 And all the days that Adam 
lived were nine hundred and thirty 
years: and he died. 

6 And Seth lived a hundred and 
five years, and begat Enos : 

7 And Seth lived after he begat 
Enos eight hundred and seven years, 
and begat sons and daughters : 

8 And all the days of Seth were 
nine hundred and twelve years: and 
he died. 

9 *[[ And Enos lived ninety years, 
and begat Cainan: 

10 And Enos lived after he begat 
Cainan eight hundred and fifteen 
years, and begat sons and daughters : 

11 And all the days of Enos were 
nine hundred and five years: and he 
died. 

12 ^T And Cainan lived seventy 
years, and begat Mahalaleel: 

13 And Cainan lived after he begat 
Mahalaleel eight hundred and forty 
years, and begat sons and daughters: 

14 And all the days of Cainan 
were nine hundred and ten years: 
and he died. 

15 IT And Mahalaleel lived sixty 
and five years, and begat Jared: 

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Genealogy of the patriarchs. GENESIS. The wickedness of the world. 



16 And Mahalaleel lived after he 
begat Jared eight hundred and thirty- 
years, and begat sons and daughters : 

17 And all the days of Mahalaleel 
were eight hundred ninety and five 
years: and he died. 

18 IT And Jared lived a hundred 
sixty and two years, and he begat 
Enoch: 

19 And Jared lived after he begat 
Enoch eight hundred years, and be- 
gat sons and daughters: 

20 And all the days of Jared were 
nine- hundred sixty and two years : 
and he died. 

21 If And Enoch lived sixty and 
five years, and begat Methuselah : 

22 And Enoch walked with God 
after he begat Methuselah three 
hundred years, and begat sons and 
daughters : 

23 And all the days of Enoch were 
three hundred sixty and five years: 

24 And Enoch walked with God: 
and he was not ; for God took him. 

25 And Methuselah lived a hun- 
dred eighty and seven years, and 
begat Lamech : 

26 And Methuselah lived after he 
begat Lamech seven hundred eighty 
and two years, and begat sons and 
daughters : 

27 And all the days of Methuselah 
were nine hundred sixty and nine 
years: and he died. 

28 If And Lamech lived a hun- 
dred eighty and two years, and begat 
a son: 

29 And he called his name Noah, 
saying, This same shall comfort us 
concerning our work and toil of our 
hands, because of the ground which 
the Lord hath cursed. 

30 And Lamech lived after he be- 
gat Noah five hundred ninety and five 
years, and begat sons and daughters: 

31 And all the days of J^amech 
were seven hundred seventy and 

"ii years: and he died. 

32 And Noah was five hundred 
years old: and Noah begat Shem, 
[lain, and Japheth. 

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CHAPTER VI. 

1 The wickedness of the world, which provoked God't 
wrath, and caused the flood. 8 Noah Jindeth grace 
14 The order, form, and end of the ark. 

AND it came to pass, when men 
. began to multiply on the face 
of the earth, and daughters were 
born unto them, 

2 That the sons of God saw the 
daughters of men that they were 
fair; and they took them wives of 
all which they chose. 

3 And the Lord said, My Spirit 
shall not always strive with man, 
for that he also is flesh : yet his days 
shall be a hundred and twenty years. 

4 There were giants in the earth 
in those days ; and also after that, 
when the sons of God came in unto 
the daughters of men, and they bare 
children to them, the same became 
mighty men which were of old, men 
of renown. 

5 TT And God saw that the wicked- 
ness of man was great in the earth, 
and that every imagination of the 
thoughts of his heart was only evil 
continually. 

6 And it repented the Lord that 
he had made man on the earth, and 
it grieved him at his heart. 

7 And the Lord said, I will de- 
stroy man whom I have created from 
the face of the earth ; both man, and 
beast, and the creeping thing, and 
the fowls of the air ; for it repenteth 
me that I have made them. 

8 But Noah found grace in the 
eyes of the Lord. 

9 IT These are the generations of 
Noah: Noah was a just man and 
perfect in his generations, and Noah 
walked with God. 

10 And Noah begat three sons, 
Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

11 The earth also was corrupt be- 
fore God; and the earth was filled 
with violence. 

12 And God looked upon the earth, 
and, behold, it was corrupt; for all 
flesh had corrupted his way upon the 
earth. 

13 And God said unto Noah, The 



The form of the ark. 



GENESIS. 



Noah entereth the ark. 



end of all flesh is come before me ; 
for the earth is rilled with violence 
through them; and, behold, I will 
destroy them with the earth. 

14 IT Make thee an ark of gopher 
wood ; rooms shalt thou make in 
the ark, and shalt pitch it within and 
without with pitch. 

15 And this is the fashion which 
thou shalt make it of: The length of 
the ark shall be three hundred cubits, 
the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the 
height of it thirty cubits. 

16 A window shalt thou make to 
the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish 
it above; and the door of the ark 
shalt thou set in the side thereof; 
with lower, second, and third stories 
shalt thou make it. 

17 And, behold, I, even I, do bring 
a flood of waters upon the earth, to 
destroy all flesh, wherein is the breath 
of life, from under heaven ; and every 
thing that is in the earth shall die. 

18 But with thee will I establish my 
covenant ; and thou shalt come into 
the ark, thou, and thy sons, and thy 
wife, and thy sons' wives with thee. 

19 And of every living thing of all 
flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring 
into the ark, to keep them alive with 
thee ; they shall be male and female. 

20 Of fowls after their kind, and of 
cattle after their kind, of every creep- 
ing thing of the earth after his kind ; 
two of every sort shall come unto 
thee, to keep them alive. 

21 And take thou unto thee of all 
food that is eaten, and thou shalt 
gather it to thee ; and it shall be for 
food for thee, and for them. 

22 Thus did Noah; according to all 
that God commanded him, so did he. 

CHAPTER VII. 

A Noah, with his family, and the living creatures, enter 
into the ark. 17 The beginning, increase, and conti- 
nuance of the flood. 

AND the Lord said unto Noah, 
. Come thou and all thy house 
into the ark; for thee have I seen 
righteous before me in this generation. 
2 Of everv clean beast thou shalt 



take to thee by sevens, the male and 
his female : and of beasts that are not 
clean by two, the male and his female. 

3 Of fowls also of the air by sevens, 
the male and the female ; to keep seed 
alive upon the face of all the earth. 

4 For yet seven days, and I will 
cause it to rain upon the earth forty 
days and forty nights ; and every living 
substance that I have made. will I 
destroy from off the face of the earth. 

5 And Noah did according unto all 
that the Lord commanded him. 

6 And Noah was six hundred years 
old when the flood of waters was upon 
the earth. 

7 If And Noah went in, and his 
sons, and his wife, and his sons' wives 
with him, into the ark, because of the 
waters of the flood. 

8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that 
are not clean, and of fowls, and of every 
thing that creepeth upon the earth, 

9 There went in two and two unto 
Noah into the ark, the male and the 
female, as God had commanded Noah. 

10 And it came to pass after seven 
days, that the waters of the flood 
were upon the earth. 

11 ^f In the six hundredth year of 
Noah's life, in the second month, the 
seventeenth day of the month, the 
same day were all the fountains of the 
great deep broken up, and the windows 
of heaven were opened. 

12 And the rain was upon the earth 
forty days and forty nights. 

13 In the selfsame day entered 
Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Ja- 
pheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's 
wife, and the three wives of his sons 
with them, into the ark ; 

14 They, and every beast after his 
kind, and all the cattle after their 
kind, and every creeping thing that 
creepeth upon the earth after his 
kind, and every fowl after his kind, 
every bird of every sort. 

lo And they went in unto Noah 
into the ark, two and two of all flesh, 
wherein is the breath of life. 

16 And they that went in, went in 
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The flood. 



GENESIS. 



The waters assuage. 



male and female of all flesh, as God 
bad commanded him: and the Lord 
shut him in. 

17 And the flood was forty days 
upon the earth ; and the waters in- 
creased, and bare up the ark, and it 
was lifted up above the earth. 

18 And the waters prevailed, and 
were increased greatly upon the 
earth ; and the ark went upon the 
face of the waters. 

19 And the waters prevailed ex- 
ceedingly upon the earth; and all 
the high hills, that were under the 
whole heaven, were covered. 

20 Fifteen cubits upward did the 
waters prevail; and the mountains 
were covered. 

21 And all flesh died that moved 
upon the earth, both of fowl, and of 
cattle, and of beast, and of every 
creeping thing that creepeth upon the 
earth, and every man : 

22 All in whose nostrils was the 
breath of life, of all that was in the 
dry land, died. 

23 And every living substance was 
destroyed which was upon the face 
of the ground, both man, and cattle, 
and the creeping things, and the fowl 
of the heaven ; and they were de- 
stroyed from the earth : and Noah 
only remained alive, and they that 
ivere with him in the ark. 

24 And the waters prevailed upon 
the earth a hundred and fifty days. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1 The waters assuage. 4 The ark resteth on Ararat. 7 
The raven and the dove. 15 Noah, being commanded, 
18 rjocth forth of the ark.. 20 Hebuildeth an altar, 
and offereth sacrifice, 21 which God accepteth, and 
promitclh to curse the earth no more. 

AND God remembered Noah, and 
. every living thing, and all the 
cattle that was with him in the ark: 
and God made a wind to pass over 
the earth, and the waters assuaged. 

2 The fountains also of the deep 
and the windows of heaven were 
stopped, and the rain from heaven 
was restrained. 

3 And the waters returned from off 
the earth continually: and after the 

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end of the hundred and fifty days the 
waters were abated. 

4 And the ark rested in the seventh 
month, on the seventeenth day of the 
month, upon the mountains of Ararat. 

5 And the waters decreased con- 
tinually until the tenth month: in 
the tenth month, on the first day of 
the month, were the tops of the 
mountains seen. 

6 If And it came to pass at the end of 
forty days, that Noah opened the win- 
dow of the ark which he had made : 

7 And he sent forth a raven, which 
went forth to and fro, until the wa- 
ters were dried up from off the earth. 

8 Also he sent forth a dove from 
him, to see if the waters were abated 
from off the face of the ground. 

9 But the dove found no rest for 
the sole of her foot, and she returned 
unto him into the ark ; for the wa- 
ters were on the face of the whole 
earth. Then he put forth his hand, 
and took her, and pulled her in unto 
him into the ark. 

10 And he stayed yet other seven 
days; and again he sent forth the 
dove out of the ark. 

11 And the dove came in to him in 
the evening, and, lo, in her mouth 
was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah 
knew that the waters were abated 
from off the earth. 

12 And he stayed yet other seven 
days, and sent forth the dove, which re- 
turned not again unto him any more. 

13 IT And it came to pass in the six 
hundredth and first year, in the first 
month, the first day of the month, 
the waters were dried up from off the 
earth : and Noah removed the cover- 
ing of the ark, and looked, and, be- 
hold, the face of the ground was dry. 

14 And in the second month, on the 
seven and twentieth day of the month, 
was the earth dried. 

15 % And God spake unto Noah, 
saying. 

16 Go forth of the ark, thou, and 
thy wife, and thy sons, and thy sons' 
wives with thee. 






Noah goeth forth of the ark. GENESIS. 



God's covenant with him. 



17 Bring forth with thee every 
living thing that is with thee, of all 
flesh, both of fowl, and of cattle, and 
of every creeping thing that creepeth 
upon the earth ; that they may breed 
abundantly in the earth, and be fruit- 
ful, and multiply upon the earth. 

18 And Noah went forth, and his 
sons, and his wife, and his sons' 
wives with him : 

19 Every beast, every creeping 
thing, and every fowl, and whatso- 
ever creepeth upon the earth, after 
their kinds, went forth out of the ark. 

20 Tf And Noah builded an altar un- 
to the Lord ; and took of every clean 
beast, and of every clean fowl, and 
offered burnt offerings on the altar. 

21 And the Lord smelled a sweet 
savour; and the Lord said in his 
heart, I will not again curse the 
ground any more for man's sake ; 
for the imagination of man's heart 
is evil from his youth: neither will 
I again smite any more every thing 
living, as I have done. 

22 While the earth remaineth, seed- 
time and harvest, and cold and heat, 
and summer and winter, and day and 
night shall not cease. 

CHAPTEE IX. 

1 God blesseth Noah. 4 Blood and murder are for- 
bidden. 8 God's covenant, 13 signified by the rain- 
bow. 18 Noah replenisheth the world, 20 planteth a 
vineyard, 21 is drunken, and mocked of his son, 25 
curseth Canaan, 26 blesseth Shem, 27 prayeth for 
Japheth, 29 and dieth. 

AND God blessed Noah and his 
sons, and said unto them, Be 
fruitful, and multiply, and replenish 
the earth. 

2 And the fear of you and the dread 
of you shall be upon every beast of 
the earth, and upon every fowl of the 
air, upon all that moveth upon the 
earth, and upon all the fishes of the 
sea; into your hand are they delivered. 

3 Every moving thing that liveth 
shall be meat for you; even as the 
green herb have I given you all things. 

4 But flesh with the life thereof, 
which is the blood thereof, shall ye 
not eat. 



5 And surely your blood of your 
lives will I require : at the hand of 
every beast will I require it, and at 
the hand of man; at the hand of 
every man's brother will I require 
the life of man. 

6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by 
man shall his blood be shed : for in 
the image of God made he man. 

.7 And you, be ye fruitful, and 
multiply ; bring forth abundantly in 
the earth, and multiply therein. 

8 If And God spake unto Noah, 
and to his sons with him, saying, 

9 And I, behold, I establish my 
covenant with you, and with your 
seed after you ; 

10 And with every living creature 
that is with you, of the fowl, of the 
cattle, and of every beast of the earth 
with you ; from all that go out of the 
ark, to every beast of the earth. 

11 And I will establish my cove- 
nant with you ; neither shall all flesh 
be cut off any more by the waters of 
a flood ; neither shall there any more 
be a flood to destroy the earth. 

12 And God said, This is the to- 
ken of the covenant which I make 
between me and you, and every liv- 
ing creature that is with you, for 
perpetual generations : 

13 I do set my bow in the cloud, 
and it shall be for a token of a cove- 
nant between me and the earth. 

14 And it shall come to pass, when 
I bring a cloud over the earth, that 
the bow shall be seen in the cloud : 

15 And I will remember my cove- 
nant, which is between me and you 
and every living creature of all flesh ; 
and the waters shall no more become 
a flood to destroy all flesh. 

16 Andthe bow shall be in the cloud; 
and I will look upon it, that I may re- 
member the everlasting covenant be- 
tween God and every living creature 
of all flesh that is upon the earth. 

17 And God said unto Noah, This 
is the token of the covenant, which 
I have established between me and 
all flesh that is upon the earth. 

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NoaJis age and death. 



GENESIS. The generations of Noah. 



18 H And the sons of Noah, that 
went forth of the ark, were Shem, 
and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham is 
the father of Canaan. 

19 These are the three sons of 
Noah : and of them was the whole 
earth overspread. 

20 And Noah "began to be a hus- 
bandman, and he planted a vineyard: 

21 And he drank of the wine, and 
was drunken ; and he was uncovered 
within his tent. 

22 And Ham, the father of Canaan, 
saw the nakedness of his father, and 
told his two brethren without. 

23 And Shem and Japheth took a 
garment, and laid it upon both their 
shoulders, and went backward, and 
covered the nakedness of their fa- 
ther ; and their faces were backward, 
and they saw not their father's na- 
kedness. 

24 And Noah awoke from his wine, 
and knew what his younger son had 
done unto him. 

25 And he said, Cursed Z>e Canaan; 
a servant of servants shall he be unto 
his brethren. 

26 And he said, Blessed be the 
Lord God of Shem ; and Canaan 
shall be his servant. 

27 God shall enlarge Japheth, and 
he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; 
and Canaan shall be his servant. 

28 IT And Noah lived after the 
flood three hundred and fifty years. 

29 And all the days of Noah were 
nine hundred and fifty years: and he 
died. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 Thr generations of Noah. 2 The sons of Japheth. 6 Tlie 
sons of Ham. 8 Nimrod the first monarch. 21 The 
sons of Shem. 

NOW these are the generations of 
the sons of Noah ; Shem, Ham, 
and Japheth: and unto them were 
sons born after the flood. 

2 The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, 

and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, 

and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 

:J And the sons of Gomer; Ash- 

kenaz, and Riphath, and Togarmah. 

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4 And the sons of Javan; Elishah, 
and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 

5 By these were the isles of the 
Gentiles divided in their lands ; every 
one after his tongue, after their fami- 
lies, in their nations. 

6 IT And the sons of Ham ; Cush, 
and Mizraim, and Phut, and Canaan. 

7 And the sons of Cush; Seba, and 
Havilah, and Sabtah, and Baamah, 
and Sabtecha : and the sons of Raa- 
mah ; Sheba, and Dedan. 

8 And Cush begat Nimrod : he be- 
gan to be a mighty one in the earth. 

9 He was a mighty hunter before 
the Lord : wherefore it is said, Even 
as Nimrod the mighty hunter before 
the Lord. 

10 And the beginning of his king- 
dom was Babel, and Erech, and 
Accad, and Calneh, in the land of 
Shinar. 

11 Out of that land went forth 
Asshur, and builded Nineveh, and 
the city Behoboth, and Calah, 

12 And Resen between Nineveh 
and Calah: the same is a great city. 

13 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and 
Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naph- 
tuhim, 

14 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, 
(out of whom came Philistim,) and 
Caphtorim. 

15 IT And Canaan begat Sidon his 
firstborn, and Heth, 

16 And the Jebusite, and the 
Amorite, and the Girgasite, 

17 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, 
and the Sinite, 

18 And the Arvadite, and the Ze- 
marite, and the Hamathite : and 
afterward were the families of the 
Canaanites spread abroad. 

19 And the border of the Canaan- 
ites was from Sidon, as thou comest 
to Gerar, unto Gaza ; as thou goest 
unto Sodom, and Gomorrah, and Ad- 
mah, and Zeboim, even unto Lasha. 

20 These are the sons of Ham, af- 
ter their families, after their tongues, 
in their countries, and in their na- 
tions. 



The sons of Shem. 



GENESIS. 



The confusion of tongues. 



21 IT Unto Shem also, the father 
of all the children of Eher, the brother 
of Japheth the elder, even to him 
were children born. 

22 The children of Shem; Elam, 
and Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, 
and Aram. 

23 And the children of Aram ; TJz, 
and Hul, and Gether, and Mash. 

24 And Arphaxad begat Salah; 
and Salah begat Eber. 

25 And unto Eber were born two 
sons: the name of one was Peleg; 
for in his days was the earth divided ; 
and his brother's name was Joktan. 

26 And Joktan begat Almodad, and 
Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah, 

27 And Hadoram, and Uzal, and 
Diklah, 

28 And Obal, and Abimael, and 
Sheba, 

29 And Ophir, and Havilah, and Jo- 
bab : all these were the sons of Joktan. 

30 And their dwelling was from 
Mesha, as thou goest unto Sephar, a 
mount of the east. 

31 These are the sons of Shem, af- 
ter their families, after their tongues, 
in their lands, after their nations. 

32 These are the families of the 
sons of Noah, after their generations, 
in their nations : and by these were 
the nations divided in the earth after 
the flood. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 One language in the world. 3 The building of Babel. 
5 Tlie confusion of tongues. 10 The generations of 
Shem. 27 The generations of Terah the father of 
Abram. 31 Terah goethfrom Ur to Haran. 

AND the whole earth was of one 
. language, and of one speech. 

2 And it came to pass, as they 
journeyed from the east, that they 
found a plain in the land of Shinar ; 
and they dwelt there. 

3 And they said one to another, Go 
to, let us make brick, and burn them 
thoroughly. And they had brick for 
stone, and slime had they for mortar. 

4 And they said, Go to, let us build 
us a city, and a tower, whose top may 
reach unto heaven ; and let us make 



us a name, lest we be scattered abroad 
upon the face of the whole earth. 

5 And the Lord came down to see 
the city* and the tower, which the 
children of men builded. 

6 And the Lord said, Behold, the 
people is one, and they have all one 
language ; and this they begin to do : 
and now nothing will be restrained 
from them, which they have imagined 
to do. 

7 Go to, let us go down, and there 
confound their language, that they 
may not understand one another's 
speech. 

8 So the Lord scattered them 
abroad from thence upon the face of 
all the earth: and they left off to 
build the city. 

9 Therefore is the name of it called 
Babel ; because the Lord did there 
confound the language of all the 
earth: and from thence did the Lord 
scatter them abroad upon the face of 
all the earth. 

10 IT These are the generations of 
Shem : Shem was a hundred years 
old, and begat Arphaxad two years 
after the flood: 

11 And Shem lived after he begat 
Arphaxad five hundred years, and 
begat sons and daughters. 

12 And Arphaxad lived five and 
thirty years, and begat Salah : 

13 And Arphaxad lived after he 
begat Salah four hundred ajid three 
years, and begat sons and daughters. 

14 And Salah lived thirty years, 
and begat Eber : 

15 And Salah lived after he begat 
Eber four hundred and three years, 
and begat sons and daughters. 

16 And Eber lived four and thirty 
years, and begat Peleg : 

17 And Eber lived after he begat 
Peleg four hundred and thirty years, 
and begat sons and daughters. 

18 And Peleg lived thirty years, 
and begat lieu : 

19 And Peleg lived after he begat 
Reu two hundred and nine years, and 
begat sons and daughters. 

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The generations of Terah. GENESIS. 



God calleth Abram. 



20 And Reu lived two and thirty 
years, and begat Serug : 

21 And Reu lived after he begat 
Serug two hundred and seven years, 
and begat sons and daughters. 

22 And Serug lived thirty years, 
and begat Nahor: 

23 And Serug lived after he begat 
Nahor two hundred years, and begat 
sons and daughters. 

24 And Nahor lived nine and twen- 
ty years, and begat Terah : 

25 And Nahor lived after he begat 
Terah a hundred and nineteen years, 
and begat sons and daughters. 

2 6 And Terah lived seventy years, 
and begat Abram, Nahor, and Haran. 

27 If Now these are the genera- 
tions of Terah : Terah begat Abram, 
Nahor, and Haran ; and Haran begat 
Lot. 

28 And Haran died before his fa- 
ther Terah in the land of his nativity, 
in Ur of the Chaldees. 

29 And Abram and Nahor took 
them wives : the name of Abram's 
wife was Sarai ; and the name of 
Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of 
Haran, the father of Milcah, and the 
father of Iscah. 

30 But Sarai was barren ; she had 
no child. 

3 1 And Terah took Abram his son, 
and Lot the son of Haran his son's 
son, and Sarai his daughter in law, 
his son Abram's wife; and they 
went forth with them from Ur of 
the Chaldees, to go into the land of 
Canaan; and they came unto Haran, 
and dwelt there. 

g£ And tin; days of Terah were two 
hundred and five years: and Terah 
died ill Haran. 

CHAPTER XII. 

l i, ' ,<l r.iihtk Abram, <iml bteenethhhn with a promise 
<•/ Chri I i //• departeth with Lot from //man. o 
If. journeyeth through Canaan, *l wilcA it promised 
In- n . 10 //'■ i* driven by a famine into 

.//'. ] l Fear maketh him feign his wife to be 
11 Pharaoh, having taken her from him, 
hy plaguei (a compelled to restore her. 

OW the Lord had said unto 
Abram, Get thee out of thy 
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country, and from thy kindred, and 
from thy father's house, unto a land 
that I will shew thee : 

2 And I will make of thee a great 
nation, and I will bless thee, and 
make thy name great; and thou 
shalt be a blessing: 

3 And I will bless them that bless 
thee, and curse him that curseth thee : 
and in thee shall all families of the 
earth be blessed. 

4 So Abram departed, as the Lore 
had spoken unto him; and Lot went 
with him: and Abram was seventy 
and five years old when he departed 
out of Haran. 

5 And Abram took Sarai his wife, 
and Lot his brother's son, and all 
their substance that they had ga- 
thered, and the souls that they had 
gotten in Haran ; and they went 
forth to go into the land of Canaan ; 
and into the land of Canaan they 
came. 

6 ^[ And Abram passed through the 
land unto the place of Sichem, unto 
the plain of Moreh. And the Canaan- 
ite was then in the land. 

7 And the Lord appeared unto 
Abram, and said, Unto thy seed will 
I give this land : and there builded 
he an altar unto the Lord, who ap- 
peared unto him. 

8 And he removed from thence un- 
to a mountain on the east of Beth-el, 
and pitched his tent, having Beth-el 
on the west, and Hai on the east: 
and there he builded an altar unto 
the Lord, and called upon the name 
of the Lord. 

9 And Abram journeyed, going on 
still toward the south. 

10 *f[ And there was a famine in 
the land : and Abram went down 
into Egypt to sojourn there ; for the 
famine was grievous in the land. 

11 And it came to pass, when he was 
come near to enter into Egypt, that 
he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold 
now, I know that thou art a fair 
woman to look upon : 

12 Therefore it shall come to pass, 



Abram sojourneth in Egypt. GENESIS. 



Abram and Lot part. 



when the Egyptians shall see thee, 
that they shall say, This is his wife : 
and they will kill me, but they will 
save thee alive. 

13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my 
sister: that it may be w r ell with me 
for thy sake ; and my soul shall live 
because of thee. 

14 % And it came to pass, that, 
when Abram was come into Egypt, 
the Egyptians beheld the woman that 
she was very fair. 

15 The princes also of Pharaoh saw 
her, and commended her before Pha- 
raoh : and the woman was taken into 
Pharaoh's house. 

16 And he entreated Abram well 
for her sake : and he had sheep, and 
oxen, and he asses, and menservants, 
and maidservants, and she asses, and 
camels, 

17 And the Lord plagued Pharaoh 
and his house with great plagues, 
because of Sarai, Abram's wife. 

18 And Pharaoh called Abram, and 
said, What is this that thou hast done 
unto me ? why didst thou not tell me 
that she was thy wife ? 

19 Why saidst thou, She is my 
sister ? so I might have taken her to 
me to wife: now therefore behold 
thy wife, take her, and go thy way. 

20 And Pharaoh commanded his 
men concerning him : and they sent 
him away, and his wife, and all that 
he had. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

1 Abram and Lot return out of Egypt. 7 By disagree- 
ment they part asunder. 10 Lot goeth to wicked 
Sodom. 14 God reneweth the promise to Abram. 
18 He remove th to Hebron, and, there buildeth an 
altar. 

AND Abram went up out of Egypt, 
. he, and his wife, and all that he 
had, and Lot with him, into the south. 

2 And Abram was very rich in 
cattle, in silver, and in gold. 

3 And he went on his journeys from 
the south even to Beth-el, unto the 
place where his tent had been at 
the beginning, between Beth-el and 
Hai; 

4 Unto the place of the altar, which 

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he had made there at the first: and 
there Abram called on the name of 
the Lord. 

5 Tf And Lot also, which went with 
Abram, had flocks, and herds, and 
tents. 

6 And the land was not able to 
bear them, that they might dwell 
together : for their substance was 
great, so that they could not dwell 
together. 

7 And there was a strife between 
the herdmen of Abram's cattle and 
the herdmen of Lot's cattle : and the 
Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelt 
then in the land. 

8 And Abram said unto Lot, Let 
there be no strife, I pray thee, be- 
tween me and thee, and between my 
herdmen and thy herdmen; for we 
be brethren. 

9 Is not the whole land before thee ? 
separate thyself, I pray thee, from 
me : if thou wilt take the left hand, 
then I will go to the right ; or if thou 
depart to the right hand, then I will 
go to the left. 

10 And Lot lifted up his eyes, and 
beheld all the plain of Jordan, that 
it was well watered every where, be- 
fore the Lord destroyed Sodom and 
Gomorrah, even as the garden of the 
Lord, like the land of Egypt, as thou 
comest unto Zoar. 

11 Then Lot chose him all the plain 
of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: 
and they separated themselves the 
one from the other. 

12 Abram dwelt in the land of 
Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities 
of the plain, and pitched his tent 
toward Sodom. 

13 But the men of Sodom were 
wicked and sinners before the Lord 
exceedingly. 

14 IT And the Lord said unto 
Abram, after that Lot was separated 
from him, Lift up now thine eyes, 
and look from the place where thou 
art northward, and southward, and 
eastward, and westward : 

15 For all the land which thouseest 

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The battle of the lungs. 



GENESIS. 



Lot is taken captive. 



to thee will I give it, and to thy seed 
for ever. 

16 And I will make thy seed as the 
dust of the earth : so that if a man can 
number the dust of the earth, then 
shall thy seed also be numbered. 

17 Arise, walk through the land in 
the length of it and in the breadth of 
it ; for I will give it unto thee. 

18 Then Abram removed his tent, 
and came and dwelt in the plain of 
Mamre, which is in Hebron, and built 
there an altar unto the Lord. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

1 The battle of four kings against five. 1 2 Lot is taken 
prisoner. 14 Abram rescueth him. 18 Melchizedek 
blesseth Abram. 20 Abram giveth him tithe. 22 The 
rest of the spoil, his partners having had their por- 
tions, he restoreth to the king of Sodom. 

AND it came to pass in the days 
_ of Amraphel king of Shinar, 
Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlao- 
mer king of Elam, and Tidal king 
of nations ; 

2 That these made war with Bera 
king of Sodom, and with Birsha king 
of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Ad- 
mah, and Shemeber king of Zeboiim, 
and the king of Bela, which is Zoar. 

3 Ail these were joined together in 
the vale of Siddim, which is the salt 
sea. 

4 Twelve years they served Che- 
dorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year 
they rebelled. 

5 And in the fourteenth year came 
Chedorlaomer, and the kings that 
were with him, and smote the Re- 
phahu in Ashteroth Karnaim, and 
the Zuzim in Ham, and the Emim 
in Shaveh Kiriathaim, 

6 And the Horites in their mount 
Seir, unto El-paran, which is by the 
wilderness. 

7 And they returned, and came to 
En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and 
smote all the country of the Ama- 
lekites, and also the Ainorites, that 
dwelt in 1 1 azezon-tamar. 

8 And there went out the king of 
Sodom, and the king of Gomorrah, 
and the king of Admah, and the 
king of Zeboiim, and the king of 

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Bela, (the same is Zoar ;) and they 
joined battle with them in the vale 
of Siddim ; 

9 With Chedorlaomer the king of 
Elam, and with Tidal king of nations, 
and Amraphel king of Shinar, and 
Arioch king of Ellasar; four kings 
with five. 

10 And the vale of Siddim was full 
of slimepits ; and the kings of Sodom 
and Gomorrah fled, and fell there; 
and they that remained fled to the 
mountain. 

11 And they took all the goods of 
Sodom and Gomorrah, and all their 
victuals, and went their way. 

12 And they took Lot, Abram's 
brother's son, who dwelt in Sodom, 
and his goods, and departed. 

13 If And there came one that had 
escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew ; 
for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre 
the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and 
brother of Aner : and these were con- 
federate with Abram. 

14 And when Abram heard that 
his brother was taken captive, he 
armed his trained servants, born in 
his own house, three hundred and 
eighteen, and pursued them unto Dan. 

15 And he divided himself against 
them, he and his servants, by night, 
and smote them, and pursued them 
unto Hobah, which is on the left 
hand of Damascus. 

16 And he brought back all the 
goods, and also brought again his 
brother Lot, and his goods, and the 
women also, and the people. 

17 IT And the king of Sodom went 
out to meet him, after his return from 
the slaughter of Chedorlaomer and 
of the kings that were with him, at 
the valley of Shaveh, which is the 
king's dale. 

18 And Melchizedek king of Salem 
brought forth bread and wine : and he 
was the priest of the most high God. 

19 And he blessed him, and said, 
Blessed be Abram o£ the most high 
God, possessor of heaven and earth : 

20 And blessed be the most high 



God encourageth Abram. GENESIS. Canaan is promised again. 



God, which hath delivered thine ene- 
mies into thy hand. And he gave 
him tithes of all. 

21 And the king of Sodom said 
unto Abram, Give me the persons, 
and take the goods to thyself. 

22 And Ahram said to the king of 
Sodom, I have lifted up mine hand 
unto the Lord, the most high God, 
the possessor of heaven and earth, 

23 That I will not take from a 
thread even to a shoelatchet, and 
that I will not take any thing that is 
thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have 
made Ahram rich : 

24 Save only that which the young 
men have eaten, and the portion of 
the men which went with me, Aner, 
Eshcol, and Mainre ; let .them take 
their portion. 

CHAPTEE XV. 

1 God encourageth Abram. 2 Abram complaineth for 
want of an heir. 4 God promiseth him a son, and a 
multiplying of his seed. 6 Abram is justified by 
faith. 1 Canaan is promised again, and confirmed by 
a sign, 1 2 and a vision. 

AFTER these things the word of 
. the Lord came unto Ahram in 
a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram : 
I am thy shield, and thy exceeding 
great reward. 

2 And Ahram said, Lord God, what 
wilt thou give me, seeing I go child- 
less, and the steward of my house is 
this Eliezer of Damascus ? 

3 And Ahram said, Behold, to me 
thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one 
Dorn in my house is mine heir. 

4 And, behold, the word of the 
Lord came unto him, saying, This 
shall not be thine heir ; but he that 
shall come forth out of thine own 
bowels shall be thine heir. 

5 And he brought him forth abroad, 
and said, Look now toward heaven, 
and tell the stars, if thou be able to 
number them : and he said unto him, 
So shall thy seed be. 

6 And he believed in the Lord ; 
and he counted it to him for right- 
eousness. 

7 And he said unto him, I am the 
Lord that brought thee out of Ur of 



the Chaldees, to give thee this land 
to inherit it. 

8 And he said, Lord God, whereby 
shall I know that I shall inherit it? 

9 And he said unto him, Take me 
a heifer of three years old, and a she 
goat of three years old, and a ram of 
three years old, and a turtledove, and 
a young pigeon. 

10 And he took unto him all these, 
and divided them in the midst, and 
laid each piece one against another : 
but the birds divided he not. 

11 And when the fowls came down 
upon the carcasses, Abram drove them 
away. 

12 And when the sun was going 
down, a deep sleep fell upon Abram ; 
and, lo, a horror of great darkness 
fell upon him. 

13 And he said unto Abram, Know 
of a surety that thy seed shall be a 
stranger in a land that is not theirs, 
and shall serve them; and they shall 
afflict them four hundred years ; 

14 And also that nation, whom they 
shall serve, will I judge : and after- 
ward shall they come out with great 
substance. 

15 And thou shalt go to thy fathers 
in peace ; thou shalt be buried in a 
good old age. 

16 But in the fourth generation 
they shall come hither again : for the 
iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. 

17 And it came to pass, that, when 
the sun went down, and it was dark, 
behold a smoking furnace, and a burn- 
ing lamp that passed between those 
pieces. 

18 In that same day the Lord made 
a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto 
thy seed have I given this land, from 
the river of Egypt unto the great 
river, the river Euphrates: 

19 The Kenites, and the Kenizzites, 
and the Kadmonites, 

20 And the Hittites, and the Pe- 
rizzites, and the Rephaim, 

21 And the Amorites, and the Ca- 
naanites, and the Girgashites, and 
the Jebusites. 

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Sarai giveth Hagar to Abram. GENESIS. Abram's name is changed. 



CHAPTEK XYL 

1 Sarai, being barren, giveth Hagar to Abram. 4 Ha- 
gar, being afflicted for despising her mistress, runneth 
'. 7 An angel sendeth her back to submit herself, 
11 and telleth her of her child. 15 Ishmael is bom. 

"TVTOW Sarai, Abram's wife, bare 
JL\ him no children : and she had 
a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose 
name teas Hagar. 

2 And Sarai said unto Abram, Be- 
hold now, the Lord hath restrained 
me from bearing : I pray thee, go in 
unto my maid ; it may be that I may 
obtain children by her. And Abram 
hearkened to the voice of Sarai. 

3 And Sarai, Abram's wife, took 
Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after 
Abram had dwelt ten years in the 
land of Canaan, and gave her to her 
husband Abram to be his wife. 

4 1f And he went in unto Hagar, 
and she conceived: and when she 
saw that she had conceived, her mis- 
tress was despised in her eyes. 

And Sarai said unto Abram, My 
wrong be upon thee : I have given 
my maid into thy bosom ; and when 
she saw that she had conceived, I was 
despised in her eyes : the Lord judge 
between me and thee. 

6 But Abram said unto Sarai, Be- 
hold, thy maid is in thy hand ; do to 
her as it pleaseth thee. And when 
Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled 
from her face. 

7 If And the angel of the Lord 
found her by a fountain of water in 
the wilderness, by the fountain in the 
way to Shur. 

8 And he said, Hagar, Sarai's maid, 
whence earnest thou? and whither 
wilt thou go? And she said, I flee 
from the face of my mistress Sarai. 

( .) And the angel of the Lord said 
unto her, Return to thy mistress, and 
submit thyself under her hands. 

1 And the angel of the Lord said 
unto her, 1 will multiply thy seed 
exceedingly, that it shall notbenum- 
bered for multitude. 

I I And the angel of the Lord said 
unk> her, Behold, thou art with child, 
and shalt hear a son, and shaft call 
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his name Ishmael; because the Lord 
hath heard thy affliction. 

12 And he will be a wild man ; his 
hand will be against every man, and 
every man's hand against him: and 
he shall dwell in the presence of all 
his brethren. 

13 And she called the name of the 
Lord that spake unto her, Thou God 
seest me: for she said, Have I also 
here looked after him that seeth me ? 

14 Wherefore the well was called 
Beer-lahai-roi : behold, it is between 
Kadesh and Bered. 

15 If And Hagar bare Abram a son : 
and Abram called his son's name, 
which Hagar bare, Ishmael. 

16 And Abram was fourscore and 
six years old, when Hagar bare Ish- 
mael to Abram. 

CHAPTEK XYII. 

1 God reneweth the covenant. 5 Abram his name is 
changed in token of a greater blessing. 10 Circum- 
cision is instituted. 15 Sarai her name is changed, 
and she blessed. 17 Isaac is promised. 23 Abraham 
and Ishmael are circumcised. 

AND when Abram was ninety 
years old and nine, the Lord 
appeared to Abram, and said unto 
him, I am the Almighty God ; walk 
before me, and be thou perfect. 

2 And I will make my covenant 
between me and thee, and will mul- 
tiply thee exceedingly. 

3 And Abram fell on his face: 
and God talked with him, saying, 

4 As for me, behold, my covenant 
is with thee, and thou shalt be a fa- 
ther of many nations. 

5 Neither shall thy name any more 
be called Abram, but thy name shall 
be Abraham ; for a father of many 
nations have I made thee. 

6 And I will make thee exceeding 
fruitful, and I will make nations of 
thee, and kings shall come out of thee. 

7 And I will establish my covenant 
between me and thee and thy seed 
after thee in their generations, for an 
everlasting covenant, to be a God un 
to thee and to thy seed after thee. 

8 And I will give unto thee, and to 
thy seed after thee, the land where- 



Circ u mc is ion instituted. 



GENESIS. 



Ishmael circumcised. 



in thou art a stranger, all the land of 
Canaan, for an everlasting possess- 
ion; and I will be their God. 

9 If And God said unto Abraham, 
Thou shalt keep my covenant there- 
fore, thou, and thy seed after thee in 
their generations. 

10 This is my covenant, which ye 
shall keep, between me and you and 
thy seed after thee ; Every man child 
among you shall be circumcised. 

11 And ye shall circumcise the flesh 
of your foreskin; and it shall be a 
token of the covenant betwixt me 
and you. 

12 And he that is eight days old 
shall be circumcised among you, eve- 
ry man child in your generations, he 
that is born in the house, or bought 
with money of any stranger, which is 
not of thy seed. 

13 He that is born in thy house, 
and he that is bought with thy mo- 
ney, must needs be circumcised: and 
my covenant shall be in your flesh 
for an everlasting covenant. 

14 And the uncircumcised man 
child whose flesh of his foreskin is 
not circumcised, that soul shall be 
cut off from his people ; he hath bro- 
ken my covenant. 

15 TT And God said unto Abraham, 
As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not 
call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall 
her name be. 

1 6 And I will bless her, and give thee 
a son also of her : yea, I will bless her, 
and she shall be a mother of nations ; 
kings of people shall be of her, 

1 7 Then Abraham fell upon his face, 
and laughed, and said in his heart, 
Shall a child be born unto him that 
is a hundred years old? and shall 
Sarah, that is ninety years old, bear ? 

18 And Abraham said unto God, O 
that Ishmael might live before thee ! 

19 And God said, Sarah thy wife 
shall bear thee a son indeed ; and 
thou shalt call his name Isaac : and I 
will establish my covenant with him 
for an everlasting covenant, and with 
bis seed after him. 



20 And as for Ishmael, I have heard 
thee : Behold, I have blessed him, 
and will make him fruitful, and will 
multiply him exceedingly ; twelve 
princes shall he beget, and I will 
make him a great nation. 

21 But my covenant will I establish 
with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto 
thee at this set time in the next year. 

22 And he left off talking with him, 
and God went up from Abraham. ' 

23 H And Abraham took Ishmael 
his son, and all that were born in his 
house, and all that were bought with 
his money, every male among the 
men of Abraham's house; and cir- 
cumcised the flesh of their foreskin 
in the selfsame day, as God had said 
unto him. 

24 And Abraham was ninety years 
old and nine, when he was circum- 
cised in the flesh of his foreskin. 

25 And Ishmael his son was thirteen 
years old, when he was circumcised 
in the flesh of his foreskin. 

2 6 In the selfsame day was Abraham 
circumcised, and Ishmael his son. 

27 And all the men of his house, 
born in the house, and bought with 
money of the stranger, were circum- 
cised with him. 

CHAPTEE XYIII. 

1 Abraham entertaineth three angels. 9 Sarah is re- 
proved for laughing at the strange promise. 17 Tlie 
destruction of Sodom is revealed to Abraham. 23 
Abraham maketh intercession for the men thereof. 

A ND the Lord appeared unto him 
.XjL in the plains of Mamre : and 
he sat in the tent door in the heat of 
the day ; 

2 And he lifted up his eyes and 
looked, and, lo, three men stood by 
him : and when he saw them, he ran 
to meet them from the tent door, and 
bowed himself toward the ground, 

3 And said, My Lord, if now I have 
found favour in thy sight, pass not 
away, I pray thee, from thy servant : 

4 Let a little water, I pray you, be 
fetched, and wash your feet, and rest 
yourselves under the tree : 

5 And I will fetch a morsel of bread, 
and comfort ye your hearts; after 

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Destruction of 



GENESIS. 



Sodom revealed. 



that ye shall pass on: for therefore 
are ye come to your servant. And 
they said, So do, as thou hast said. 

6 And Abraham hastened into the 
tent unto Sarah, and said, Make 
ready quickly three measures of fine 
meal, knead it, and make cakes upon 
the hearth. 

7 And Abraham ran unto the herd, 
and fetched a calf tender and good, 
and gave it unto a young man ; and 
he hasted to dress it. 

8 And he took butter, and milk, 
and the calf which he had dressed, and 
set it before them ; and he stood by 
them under the tree, and they did eat. 

9 IT And they said unto him, Where 
is Sarah thy wife ? And he said, Be- 
hold, in the tent. 

10 And he said, I will certainly re- 
turn unto thee according to the time 
of life ; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall 
have a son. And Sarah heard it in 
the tent door, which %vas behind him. 

11 Now Abraham and Sara-h were 
old and well stricken in age ; and it 
ceased to be with Sarah after the 
manner of women. 

12 Therefore Sarah laughed with- 
in herself, saying, After I am waxed 
old shall I have pleasure, my lord 
being old also ? 

13 And the Lord said unto Abra- 
ham, Wherefore did Sarah laugh, say- 
ing, Shall I of a surety bear a child, 
wliicji am old? 

14 Is any thing too hard for the 
Lord? At the time appointed I will re- 
turn unto thee, according to the time 
of life, and Sarah shall have a son. 

15 Then Sarah denied, saying, I 
laughed not; for she was afraid. 
And I K3 said, Nay; but thou didst 
laugh. 

I'i If And the men rose up from 
thence, and looked toward Sodom: 
and Abraham went with them to 
bring them on the way. 

17 And the Lord said, Shall I hide 
from Abraham Unit thing which I do; 

J 8 Seeing that Abraham shall sure- 
ly become a great and mighty nation, 
22 



and all the nations of the earth shall 
be blessed in him ? 

19 For I know him, that he will 
command his children and his house- 
hold after him, and they shall keep 
the way of the Lord, to do justice and 
judgment ; that the Lord may bring 
upon Abraham that which he hath 
spoken of him. 

20 And the Lord said, Because the 
cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, 
and because their sin is very grievous, 

21 I will go down now, and see 
whether they have done altogether ac- 
cording to the cry of it, which is come 
unto me ; and if not, I will know. 

22 And the men turned their faces 
from thence, and went toward Sodom : 
but Abraham stood yet before the 
Lord. 

23 ^f And Abraham drew near, and 
said, Wilt thou also destroy the right- 
eous with the wicked ? 

24 Perad venture there be fifty right- 
eous within the city: wilt thou also 
destroy and not spare the place for 
the fifty righteous that are therein? 

25 That be far from thee to do after 
this manner, to slay the righteous 
with the wicked; and that the right- 
eous should be as the wicked, that be 
far from thee : Shall not the Judge 
of all the earth do right? 

26 And the Lord said, If I find in 
Sodom fifty righteous within the city, 
then I will spare all the place for 
their sakes. 

27 And Abraham answered and 
said, Behold now, I have taken upon 
me to speak unto the Lord, which am 
hut dust and ashes : 

28 Perad venture there shall lack 
five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou 
destroy all the city for lack of five? 
And he said, If I find there forty and 
five, I will not destroy it. 

29 And he spake unto him yet 
again, and said, Peradventure there 
shall be forty found there. And he 
said, I will not do it for forty's sake. 

30 And he said unto him, Oh let 
not the Lord be angry, and I will 



Jjot entertaineth tivo angels. GENESIS. 



He is sent out of Sodom. 



speak : Per ad venture there shall thirty 
be found there. And he said, I will not 
do it, if I find thirty there. 

3 1 And he said, Behold now, I have 
taken upon me to speak unto the 
Lord : Peradventure there shall he 
twenty found there. And he said, I 
will not destroy it for twenty's sake. 

32 And he said, Oh let not the 
Lord he angry, and I will speak yet 
but this once : Peradventure ten shall 
be found there. And he said, I will 
not destroy it for ten's sake. 

33 And the Lord went his way, as 
soon as he had left communing with 
Abraham : and Abraham returned 
unto his place. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 Lot entertaineth two angels. 4 The vicious Sodom- 
ites are stricken with blindness. 12 Lot is sent for 
safety into the mountains. 18 He obtaineth leave to 
go into Zoar. 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroy- 
ed. 26 Lot's wife is a pillar of salt. 80 Lot dwelleth 
in a cave. 31 The incestuous original of Moab and 
Amnion. 

AND there came two angels to 
Sodom at even ; and Lot sat in 
the gate of Sodom: and Lot seeing 
them rose up to meet them ; and he 
bowed himself with his face toward 
the ground ; 

2 And he said, Behold now, my 
lords, turn in, I pray you, into your 
servant's house, and tarry all night, 
and wash your feet, and ye shall rise 
up early, and go on your ways. And 
they said, Nay; but we will abide 
in the street all night. 

3 And he pressed upon them great- 
ly ; and they turned in unto him, and 
entered into his house ; and he made 
them a feast, and did bake unleaven- 
ed bread, and they did eat. 

4 IT But before they lay down, the 
men of the city, even the men of So- 
dom, compassed the house round, both 
old and young, all the people from 
every quarter : 

5 And they called unto Lot, and said 
unto him, Where are the men which 
came in to thee this night ? bring them 
out unto us, that we may know them. 

6 And Lot went out at the door un- 
to them, and shut the door after him, 



7 And said, I pray you, brethren, 
do not so wickedly. 

8 Behold now, I have two daugh- 
ters which have not known man ; let 
me, I pray you, bring them out unto 
you, and do ye to them as is good in 
your eyes: only unto these men do 
nothing ; for therefore came they 
under the shadow of my roof. 

9 And they said, Stand back. And 
they said again, This one fellow came 
in to sojourn, and he will needs be a 
judge : now will we deal worse with 
thee than with them. And they 
pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, 
and came near to break the door. 

10 But the men put forth their 
hand, and pulled Lot into the house 
to them, and shut to the door. 

11 And they smote the men that 
were at the door of the house with 
blindness, both small and great : so 
that they wearied themselves to find 
the door. 

12 IT And the men said unto Lot, 
Hast thou here any besides ? son in 
law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, 
and whatsoever thou hast in the city, 
bring them out of this place : 

13 For we will destroy this place, 
because the cry of them is waxen 
great before the face of the Lord ; and 
the Lord hath sent us to destroy it. 

14 And Lot went out, and spake 
unto his sons in law, which married 
his daughters, and said, Up, get you 
out of this place ; for the Lord will 
destroy this city. But he seemed as 
one that mocked unto his sons in law. 

15 H And when the morning arose, 
then the angels hastened Lot, saying, 
Arise, take thy wife, and thy two 
daughters, which are here ; lest thou 
be consumed in the iniquity of the city. 

16 And while he lingered, the men 
laid hold upon his hand, and upon 
the hand of his wife, and upon the 
hand of his two daughters ; the Lord 
being merciful unto him : and they 
brought him forth, and set him with- 
out the city. 

17 IT And it came to pass, when 

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The destruction of Sodom. GENESIS. Abraham denieth his ivife. 



they had brought them forth abroad, 
that he said, Escape for thy life ; look 
not behind thee, neither stay thou in 
all the plain ; escape to the mountain, 
lest thou be consumed. , 

18 And Lot said unto them, Oh, 
not so, my Lord: 

19 Behold now, thy servant hath 
found grace in thy sight, and thou 
hast magnified thy mercy, which thou 
hast shewed unto me in saving my 
life ; and I cannot escape to the mount- 
ain, lest some evil take me, and I die : 

20 Behold now, this city is near to 
flee unto, and it is a little one : O, 
let me escape thither, (is it not a lit- 
tle one ?) and my soul shall live. 

21 And he said unto him, See, I 
have accepted thee concerning this 
thing also, that I will not overthrow 
this city, for the which thou hast 
spoken. 

22 Haste thee, escape thither; for 
I cannot do any thing till thou be 
come thither. Therefore the name 
of the city was called Zoar. 

23 IT The sun was risen upon the 
earth when Lot entered into Zoar. 

24 Then the Lord rained upon So- 
dom and upon Gomorrah brimstone 
and fire from the Lord out of heaven; 

25 And he overthrew those cities, 
and all the plain, and all the inha- 
bitants of the cities, and that which 
grew upon the ground. 

26 TT But his wife looked back 
from behind him, and she became a 
pillar of salt. 

27 11" And Abraham gat up early 
in the morning to the place where he 
stood before the Lord : 

28 And he looked toward Sodom 
and Gomorrah, and toward all the 
land of the plain, and beheld, and, 
lo, the smoke of the country went up 
as the smoke of a furnace. 

29 H And it came to pass, when 
God destroyed the cities of the plain, 
that God remembered Abraham, and 
sent Lot out of the midst of the over- 
throw, when he overthrew the cities 
in the which Lot dwelt. 

24 



30 IT And Lot went up out of Zoar, 
and dwelt in the mountain, and his 
two daughters with him ; for he fear- 
ed to dwell in Zoar : and he dwelt in 
a cave, he and his two daughters. 

31 And the firstborn said unto the 
younger, Our father is old, and there is 
not a man in the earth to come in unto 
us after the manner of all the earth : 

32 Come, let us make our father 
drink wine, and we will lie with him, 
that we may preserve seed of' our 
father. 

33 And they made their father 
drink wine that night : and the first- 
born went in, and lay with her fa- 
ther ; and he perceived not when she 
lay down, nor when she arose. 

34 And it came to pass on the mor- 
row, that the firstborn said unto the 
younger, Behold, I lay yesternight 
with my father: let us make him 
drink wine this night also; and go 
thou in, and lie with him, that we 
may preserve seed of our father. 

35 And they made their father drink 
wine that night also : and the younger 
arose, and lay with him ; and he per- 
ceived not when she lay down, nor 
when she arose. 

36 Thus were both the daughters 
of Lot with child by their father. 

37 And the firstborn bare a son, and 
called his name Moab : the same is the 
father of the Moabites unto this day. 

38 And the younger, she also bare 
$ son, and called his name Ben-ammi : 
the same is the father of the children 
of Amnion unto this day. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 Abraham sojourneth at Gerar, 2 denieth his ivife, and 
loscth her. 3 Abimelech is reproved for her in a 
dream. 9 He rebuketh Abraham, 14 restoreth Sarah, 
16 and reproveth Iter. 11 He is healed by Abraham's 
prayer. 

AND Abraham journeyed from 
. thence toward the south coun- 
try, and dwelt between Kadesh and 
Shur, and sojourned in Gerar. 

2 And Abraham said of Sarah his 
wife, She is my sister: and Abimelech 
king of Gerar sent, and took Sarah. 

3 But God came to Abimelech in 



Abimelech restoreth her. 



GENESIS. 



Isaac is born. 



a dream by night, and said to him, 
Behold, thou art but a dead man, 
for the woman which thou hast tak- 
en ; for she is a man's wife. 

4 But Abimelecli had not come 
near her : and he said, Lord, wilt 
thou slay also a righteous nation ? 

5 Said he not unto me, She is my 
sister ? and she, even she herself said, 
He is my brother : in the integrity of 
my heart and innocency of my hands 
have I done this. 

6 And God said unto him in a 
dream, Yea, I know that thou didst 
this in the integrity of thy heart; 
for I also withheld thee from sinning 
against me : therefore suffered I thee 
not to touch her. 

7 Now therefore restore the man his 
wife ; for he is a prophet, and he 
shall pray for thee, and thou shalt 
live: and if thou restore her not, 
know thou that thou shalt surely 
die, thou, and ail that are thine. 

8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in 
the morning, and called all his serv- 
ants, and told all these things in their 
ears : and the men were sore afraid. 

9 Then Abimelech called Abraham, 
and said unto him, What hast thou 
done unto us? and what have I of- 
fended thee, that thou hast brought 
on me and on my kingdom a great 
sin? thou hast done deeds unto me 
that ought not to be done. 

10 And Abimelech said unto Abra- 
ham, What sawest thou, that thou 
hast done this thing ? 

11 And Abraham said, Because I 
thought, Surely the fear of God is 
not in this place ; and they will slay 
me for my wife's sake. 

12 And yet indeed she is my sister ; 
she is the daughter of my father, but 
not the daughter of my mother ; and 
she became my wife. 

13 And it came to pass, when God 
caused me to wander from my father's 
house, that I said unto her, This is thy 
kindness which thou shalt shew unto 
me ; at every place whither we shall 
come, say of me, He is my brother. 



14 And Abimelech took sheep, and 
oxen, and menservants, and women- 
servants, and gave them unto Abra- 
ham, and restored him Sarah his wife. 

15 And Abimelech said, Behold, 
my land is before thee : dwell where 
it pleaseth thee. 

16 And unto Sarah he said, Behold, 
I have given thy brother a thousand 
pieces of silver : behold, he is to thee 
a covering of the eyes, unto all that 
are with thee, and with all other: 
thus she was reproved. 

17 If So Abraham prayed unto 
God : and God healed Abimelech, 
and his wife, and his maidservants ; 
and they bare children. 

18 For the Lord had fast closed 
up all the wombs of the house of 
Abimelech, because of Sarah, Abra- 
ham's wife. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

1 Isaac is born. 4 He is circumcised. 6 Sarah's joy. 
9 Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth. 15 Hagar in. 
distress. 17 The angel comforteth her. 22 Abime- 
leclCs covenant with Abraham at Beer-sheba. 

AND the Lord visited Sarah as 
. he had said, and the Lord did 
unto Sarah as he had spoken. 

2 For Sarah conceived, and bare 
Abraham a son in his old age, at the 
set time of which God had spoken to 
him. 

3 And Abraham called the name of 
his son that was born unto him, 
whom Sarah bare to him, Isaac. 

4 And Abraham circumcised his 
son Isaac being eight days old, as 
God had commanded him. 

5 And Abraham was a hundred 
years old, when his son Isaac was 
born unto him. 

6 1f And Sarah said, God hath made 
me to laugh, so that all that hear will 
laugh with me. 

7 And she said, Who would have 
said unto Abraham, that Sarah should 
have given children suck ? for I have 
borne him a son in his old age. 

8 And the child grew, and was 
weaned : and Abraham made a great 
feast the same day that Isaac was 
weaned. 

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Hagar cast forth. 



GENESIS. 



Abimelech! s covenant. 



9 H And Sarah saw the son of 
Hagar the Egyptian, which she had 
borne unto Abraham, mocking. 

10 Wherefore she said unto Abra- 
ham, Cast out this bondwoman and 
her son: for the son of this bondwo- 
man shall not be heir with my son, 
even with Isaac. 

1 1 And the thing was very grievous 
in Abraham's sicfht because of his son. 

12 TT And God said unto Abraham, 
Let it not be grievous in thy sight 
because of the lad, and because of 
thy bondwoman ; in ail that Sarah 
hath said unto thee, hearken unto 
her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed 
be called. 

13 And also of the son of the bond- 
woman will I make a nation, because 
he is thy seed. 

14 And Abraham rose up early in 
the morning, and took bread, and a 
bottle of water, and gave it unto Ha- 
gar, putting it on her shoulder, and 
the child, and sent her away : and 
she departed, and wandered in the 
wilderness of Beer-sheba. 

15 And the water was spent in the 
bottle, and she cast the child under 
one of the shrubs. 

1G And she went, and sat her down 
over against him a good way off, as it 
were a bowshot : for she said, Let me 
not see the death of the child. And 
si te sat over against him, and lifted up 
her voice, and wept. 

17 And God heard the voice of the 
lad ; and the angel of God called to 
Hagar out of heaven, and said unto 
her, What aileth thee, Hagar ? fear 
not ; for God hath heard the voice of 
the lad where lie is. 

18 Arise, lift up the lad, and hold 
him in thine hand; for I will make 
bin i ;i great nation. 

I'.) And God opened her eyes, and 
she saw a well of water; and she 
went, and filled the bottle with water, 
and gave the lad drink. 

20 And God was with the lad ; and 
he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, 
and became an archer. 
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21 And he dwelt in the wilderness 
of Paran : and his mother took him 
a wife out of the land of Egypt. 

22 If And it came to pass at that 
time, that Abimelech and Phichol 
the chief captain of his host spake 
unto Abraham, saying, God is with 
thee in all that thou doest : 

23 Now therefore swear unto me 
here by God, that thou wilt not deal 
falsely with me, nor with my son, 
nor with my son's son : but according 
to the kindness that I have done un- 
to thee, thou shalt do unto me, and 
to the land wherein thou hast so- 
journed. 

24 And Abraham said, I will swear. 

25 And Abraham reproved Abime- 
lech because of a well of water, which 
Abimelech' s servants had violently 
taken away. 

26 And Abimelech said, I wot not 
who hath done this thing: neither 
didst thou tell me, neither yet heard 
I of it, but to day. 

27 And Abraham took sheep and 
oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech ; 
and both of them made a covenant. 

28 And Abraham set seven ewe 
lambs of the flock by themselves. 

29 And Abimelech said unto Abra- 
ham, What mean these seven ewe 
lambs which thou hast set by them- 
selves ? 

30 And he said, For these seven ewe 
lambs shalt thou take of my hand, 
that they may be a witness unto me, 
that I have digged this well. 

31 "Wherefore he called that place 
Beer-sheba ; because there they sware 
both of them. 

32 Thus they made a covenant at 
Beer-sheba: then Abimelech rose up, 
and Phichol the chief captain of his 
host, and they returned into the land 
of the Philistines. 

33 H And Abraham planted a grove 
in Beer-sheba, and called there on 
the name of the Lord, the everlast- 
ing God. 

34 And Abraham sojourned in the 
Philistines' land many days. 



The trial of 



GENESIS. 



Abraham's faith. 



CHAPTEE XXII. 

1 Abraham is tempted to offer Isaac. 3 He giveth proof 
of his faith and obedience. 11 I 1 ) he angel stayeth him. 
13 Isaac is exchanged with a ram. 11 The place is 
called Jehovah-jireh. 15 Abraham is blessed again. 
20 The generation of JS r ahor unto Rebehah. 

AND it came to pass after these 
_ things, that God did tempt 
Abraham, and said unto him, Abra- 
ham: and he said, Behold, here I am. 

2 And he said, Take now thy son, 
thine only son Isaac, whom thou 
lovest, and get thee into the land of 
Moriah ; and offer him there for a 
burnt offering upon one of the mount- 
ains which I will tell thee of. 

3 If And Abraham rose up early in 
the morning, and saddled his ass, and 
took two of his young men with him, 
and Isaac his son, and clave the wood 
for the burnt offering, and rose up, 
and went unto the place of which 
God had told him. 

4 Then on the third day Abraham 
lifted up his eyes, and saw the place 
afar off. 

5 And Abraham said unto his 
young men, Abide ye here with the 
ass ; and I and the lad. will go yonder 
and worship, and come again to you. 

6 And Abraham took the wood of 
the burnt offering, and laid it upon 
Isaac his son ; and he took the tire in 
his hand, and a knife ; and they went 
both of them together. 

7 And Isaac spake unto Abraham his 
father, and said,My father: and he said, 
Here am I, my son. And he said, Be- 
hold the fire and the wood : but where 
is the lamb for a burnt offering ? 

8 And Abraham said, My son, God 
will provide himself a lamb for a 
burnt offering : so they went both of 
them together. 

9 And they came to the place which 
God had told him of; and Abraham 
built an altar there, and laid the wood 
in order, and bound Isaac his son, and 
laid him on the altar upon the wood. 

10 And Abraham stretched forth 
his hand, and took the knife to slay 
his son. 

11 And the Angel of the Lord 



called unto him out of heaven, and 
said, Abraham, Abraham: and he 
said, Here am I. 

12 And he said, Lay not thine 
hand upon the lad, neither do thou 
any thing unto him: for now I know 
that thou fearest God, seeing thou 
hast not withheld thy son, thine only 
son, from me. 

13 And Abraham lifted up his eyes, 
and looked, and behold behind him a 
ram caught in a thicket by his horns : 
and Abraham went and took the ram, 
and offered him up for a burnt offer- 
ing in the stead of his son. 

14 And Abraham called the name 
of that place Jehovah-jireh : as it is 
said to this day, In the mount of the 
Lord it shall be seen. 

15 IT And the Angel of the Lord 
called unto Abraham out of heaven 
the second time, 

16 And said, By myself have I 
sworn, saith the Lord, for because 
thou hast done this thing, and hast 
not withheld thy son, thine only son, 

1 7 That in blessing I will bless thee, 
and in multiplying I will multiply 
thy seed as the stars of the heaven, 
and as the sand which is upon the 
sea shore ; and thy seed shall pos- 
sess the gate of his enemies ; 

18 And in thy seed shall all the 
nations of the earth be blessed ; be- 
cause thou hast obeyed my voice. 

19 So Abraham returned unto his 
young men, and they rose up and 
went together to Beer-sheba; and 
Abraham dwelt at Beer-sheba. 

20 If And it came to pass after these 
things, that it was told Abraham, say- 
ing, Behold, Milcah, she hath also 
borne children unto thy brother Nahor ; 

21 Huz his firstborn, and Bnz his 
brother, and Keinuel the father of 
Aram, 

22 And Chesed, and Hazo, and Pil- 
dash, and Jidlaph, and Bethuel. 

23 And Bethuel begat Rebekah: 
these eight Milcah did bear to Nahor, 
Abraham's brother. 

24 And his concubine, whose name 

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The death of Sarah. 



GENESIS. 



Purchase of Machpelah. 



was Iteumah, she bare also Tebah, and 
Graham, and Thahash, and Maachah. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 Tlic age and death of Sarah. 3 T lie purchase of Mach- 
pelah, 19 wltere Sarah was buried 

AND Sarah was a hundred and 
. seven and twenty years old: 
these were the years of the life of 
Sarah. 

2 And Sarah died in Kirjath-arb'a; 
the same is Hebron in the land of 
Canaan : and Abraham came to 
mourn for Sarah, and to weep for 
her. 

3 If And Abraham stood up from 
before his dead, and spake unto the 
sons of Heth, saying, 

4 I am a stranger and a sojourner 
with you : give me a possession of a 
bury ingpl ace with you, that I may 
bury my dead out of my sight. 

5 And the children of Heth answer- 
ed Abraham, saying unto him, 

6 Hear us, my lord : thou art a 
mighty prince among us : in the 
choice of our sepulchres bury thy 
dead ; none of us shall withhold from 
thee his sepulchre, but that thou 
mayest bury thy dead. 

7 And Abraham stood up, and bow- 
ed himself to the people of the land, 
even to the children of Heth. 

8 And he communed with them, 
saying, If it be your mind that I 
should bury my dead out of my sight, 
hear me, and entreat for me to Ephron 
the sou of Zohar, 

9 That he may give me the cave of 
Machpelah, which he hath, which is 
in the end of his field ; for as much 
money as it is worth he shall give it 
me for ;i possession of a buryingplace 
amongst you. 

10 And Ephron dwelt among the 
children of Heth: and Ephron the 
Hittite answered Abraham in the 
audience of the children of Heth, 
even of all that went in at the gate 
of his city, saying, 

11 Nay, my lord, hear me: the 
field give 1 thee, and the cave that is 
therein, I give it thee; in the presence 

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of the sons of my people give I it 
thee: bury thy dead. 

12 And Abraham bowed down him- 
self before the people of the land. 

13 And he spake unto Ephron in 
the audience of the people of the 
land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, 
I pray thee, hear me : I will give thee 
money for the field ; take it of me, 
and I will bury my dead there. 

14 And Ephron answered Abraham, 
saying unto him, 

15 My lord, hearken unto me. tfhe 
land is worth four hundred shekels of 
silver; what is that betwixt me and 
thee ? bury therefore thy dead. 

16 And Abraham hearkened unto 
Ephron; and Abraham weighed to 
Ephron the silver, which he had 
named in the audience of the sons of 
Heth, four hundred shekels of silver, 
current money with the merchant. 

17 IT And the field of Ephron, which 
was in Machpelah, which was before 
Mamre, the field, and the cave which 
was therein, and all the trees that 
were in the field, that were in all the 
borders round about, were made sure 

18 Unto Abraham for a possession 
in the presence of the children of 
Heth, before all that went in at the 
gate of his city. 

19 And after this, Abraham buried 
Sarah his wife in the cave of the field 
of Machpelah before Mamre: the 
samez's Hebron in the land of Canaan. 

20 And the field, and the cave that 
is therein, were made sure unto 
Abraham for a possession of a bury- 
ingplace by the sons of Heth. 



CHAPTEK XXIY. 

1 Abraham sweareth his servant. 10 The servant's 
journey: 12 His prayer : 14 His sign. 15 Jicbckah 
•mcctcth him, 18 fulfiUeth his sign, 22 receiveth jewels, 
23 sheweth her kindred, 25 and inviteth him home. 26 
The servant blesseth God. 29 Laban entertaincth 
him. 34 The servant sheweth his message. 50 Laban 
and Bcthuel approve it. 58 liebekah consenteth to 
go. 62 haac mceteth her. 

\ ND Abraham was old, and well 
■ix stricken in age : and the Lord 
had blessed Abraham in all things. 

2 And Abraham said unto his eld- 
est servant of his house, that ruled 






Abraham sendeth to 



GENESIS. 



seek a wife for Isaac. 



over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, 
thy hand under my thigh : 

3 And I will make thee swear hy 
the Lord, the God of heaven, and the 
God of the earth, that thou shalt not 
take a wife unto my son of the daugh- 
ters of the Canaanites, among whom 
I dwell: 

4 But thou shalt go unto my coun- 
try, and to my kindred, and take a 
wife unto my son Isaac. 

5 And the servant said unto him, 
Peradventure the woman will not he 
willing to follow me unto this land: 
must I needs hring thy son again unto 
the land from whence thou earnest? 

6 And Abraham said unto him, 
Beware thou that thou bring not my 
son thither again. 

7 If The Lord God of heaven, which 
took me from my father's house, and 
from the land of my kindred, and 
which spake unto me, and that sware 
unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will 
I give this land; he shall send his 
angel before thee, and thou shalt take 
a wife unto my son from thence. 

8 And if the woman will not be 
willing to follow thee, then thou 
shalt be clear from this my oath: 
only bring not my son thither again. 

9 And the servant put his hand un- 
der the thigh of Abraham his master, 
and sware to him concerning that 
matter. 

10 IT And the servant took ten ca- 
mels of the camels of his master, and 
departed; for all the goods of his 
master ivere in his hand : and he 
arose, and went to Mesopotamia, unto 
the city of Nahor. 

11 And he made his camels to kneel 
down without the city by a well of 
water at the time of the evening, even 
the time that women go out to draw 
water. 

12 And he said, O Lord God of my 
master Abraham, I pray thee, send, 
me good speed this day, and shew 
kindness unto my master Abraham. 

13 Behold, I stand here by the well 
of water ■ and the daughters of the 



men of the city come out to draw 
water : 

14 And let it come to pass, that the 
damsel to whom I shall say, Let down 
thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may 
drink; and she shall say, Drink, and 
I will give thy camels drink also: let 
the same be she that thou hast ap- 
pointed for thy servant Isaac ; and 
thereby shall I know that thou hast 
shewed kindness unto my master. 

15 IT And it came to pass, before 
he had done speaking, that, behold, 
Rebekah came out, who was born to 
Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of 
Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her 
pitcher upon her shoulder. 

16 And the damsel was very fair to 
look upon, a virgin, neither had any 
man known her: and she went down 
to the well, and filled her pitcher, 
and came up. 

17 And the servant ran to meet 
her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, 
drink a little water of thy pitcher. 

18 And she said, Drink, my lord : and 
she hasted, and let down her pitcher 
upon her hand, and gave him drink. 

19 And when she had done giving 
him drink, she said, I will draw water 
for thy camels also, until they have 
done drinking. 

20 And she hasted, and emptied her 
pitcher into the trough, and ran again 
unto the well to draw water, and 
drew for all his camels. 

21 And the man wondering at her 
held his peace, to wit whether the 
Lord had made his journey prosper- 
ous or not. 

22 And it came to pass, as the 
camels had done drinking, that the 
man took a golden earring of half a 
shekel weight, and two bracelets for 
her hands of ten shekels weight of gold ; 

23 And said, Whose daughter art 
thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there 
room in thy father's house for us to 
lodge in? 

24 And she said unto him, I am 
the daughter of Bethuel the son of 
Milcah, which she bare unto Nahor. 

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Abraham's servant 



GENESIS. 



telleth his errand. 



25 She said moreover unto him, 
We have both straw and provender 
enough, and room to lodge in. 

26 And the man bowed down his 
head, and worshipped the Lord. 

27 And he said, Blessed be the 
Lord God of my master Abraham, 
who hath not left destitute my mas- 
ter of his mercy and his truth : I be- 
ing in the way, the Lord led me to 
the house of my master's brethren. 

28 And the damsel ran, and told 
them of her mother's house these 
things. 

29 If And Rebekah had a brother, 
and his name was Lab an : and Lab an 
ran out unto the man, unto the well. 

30 And it came to pass, when he 
saw the earring, and bracelets upon 
his sister's hands, and when he heard 
the words of Rebekah his sister, say- 
ing, Thus spake the man unto me, 
that he came unto the man ; and, be- 
hold, he stood by the camels at the 
well. 

31 And he said, Come in, thou 
blessed of the Lord; wherefore stand- 
est thou without? for I have prepared 
the house, and room for the camels. 

32 ^f And the man came into the 
house: and he ungirded his camels, 
and gave straw and provender for the 
oamels, and water to wash his feet, 
and the men's feet that were with 
him. 

33 And there was set meat before 
him to eat: but he said, I will not 
eat, until I have told mine errand. 
And he said, Speak on. 

34 And he said, I am Abraham's 
servant. 

\\u\ Hie Lord hath blessed my 
master greatly, and he is become 
grenl : and he hath given him flocks, 
;n id herds, and silver, and gold, and 
Ihenservants, and maidservants, and 
camels, and asses 

36 And Sarah my master's wife 
bare a son to my master when she 
Was old: and unto liim hath he given 
all thai he hath. 

• 37 And my master made me swear, 
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saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to 
my son of the daughters of the Ca- 
naanites, in whose land I dwell: 

38 But thou shalt go unto my fa- 
ther's house, and to my kindred, and 
take a wife unto my son. 

39 And I said unto my master, 
Peradventure the woman will not 
follow me. 

40 And he said unto me, The Lord, 
before whom I walk, will send his 
angel with thee, and prosper thy 
way ; and thou shalt take a wife for 
my son of my kindred, and of my 
father's house : 

41 Then shalt thou be clear from 
this my oath, when thou comest to 
my kindred ; and if they give not thee 
one, thou shalt be clear from my oath. 

42 And I came this day unto the 
well, and said, O Lord God of my 
master Abraham, if now thou do 
prosper my way which I go : 

43 Behold, I stand by the well of 
water; and it shall come to pass, that 
when the virgin cometh forth to 
draw water, and I say to her, Give 
me, I pray thee, a little water of thy 
pitcher to drink ; 

44 And she sa^ to me, Both drink 
thou, and I will also draw for thy 
camels : let the same be the woman 
whom the Lord hath appointed out 
for my master's son. 

45 And before I had done speaking 
in mine heart, behold, Rebekah came 
forth with her pitcher on her shoul- 
der; and she went down unto the 
well, and drew water: and I said 
unto her, Let me drink, I pray thee. 

46 And she made haste, and let 
down her pitcher from her shoulder, 
and said, Drink, and I will give thy 
camels drink also : so I drank, and 
she made the camels drink also. 

47 And I asked her, and said, 
Whose daughter art thou ? And she 
said, The daughter of Bethuel, Na- 
hor's son, whom Milcah bare unto 
him : and I put the earring upon her 
face, and the bracelets upon her hands. 

48 And I bowed down my head, 



Relchah consenteth to go. GENESIS. 



Isaac meeteth her. 



and worshipped the Lord, and "blessed 
the Lord God of my master Abra- 
ham, which had led me in the right 
way to take my master's brother's 
daughter nnto his son. 

49 And now, if ye will deal kindly 
and truly with my master, tell me: 
and if not, tell me ; that I may turn 
to the right hand, or to the left. 

50 Then Laban and Bethuel an- 
swered and said, The thing proceed- 
eth from the Lord : we cannot speak 
unto thee bad or good. 

51 Behold, Rebekah is before thee ; 
take her, and go, and let her be thy 
master's son's wife, as the Lord hath 
spoken. 

52 And it came to pass, that, when 
Abraham's servant heard their words, 
he worshipped the Lord, bowing him- 
self to the earth. 

53 And the servant brought forth 
jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, 
and raiment, and gave them to Re- 
bekah : he gave also to her brother 
and to her mother precious things. 

54 And they did eat and drink, he 
and the men that were with him, and 
tarried all night; and they rose up 
in the morning, and he said, Send me 
away unto my master. 

55 And her brother and her mo- 
ther said, Let the damsel abide with 
us a few days, at the least ten ; after 
that she shall go. 

56 And he said unto them, Hinder 
me not, seeing the Lord hath pros- 
pered my way ; send me away that 
I may go to my master. 

57 And they said, We will call the 
damsel, and inquire at her mouth. 

58 And they called Rebekah, and 
said unto her, Wilt thou go with this 
man ? And she said, I will go. 

59 And they sent away Rebekah 
their sister, and her nurse, and Abra- 
ham's servant, and his men. 

60 And they blessed Rebekah, and 
said unto her, Thou art our sister ; be 
thou the mother of thousands of mil- 
lions, and let thy seed possess the 
gate of those which hate them. 



61 % And Rebekah arose, and her 
damsels, and they rode upon the 
camels, and followed the man: and 
the servant took Rebekah, and went 
his way. 

62 And Isaac came from the way 
of the well Lahai-roi ; for he dwelt 
in the south country. 

63 And Isaac went out to meditate 
in the field at the eventide : and he 
lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, be- 
hold, the camels were coming. 

64 And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, 
and when she saw Isaac, she lighted 
off the camel. 

65 For she had said unto the serv- 
ant, What man is this that walketh 
in the field to meet us ? And the serv- 
ant had said, It is my master : there- 
fore she took a vail, and covered her- 
self. 

66 And the servant told Isaac all 
things that he had done. 

67 And Isaac brought her into his 
mother Sarah's tent, and took Re- 
bekah, and she became his wife ; 
and he loved her : and Isaac was 
comforted after his mother's death. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

1 The sons of Abraham by Keturah. 5 The division of 
his goods. *1 His age, and death. 9 His burial. 12 
The generations of Ishmael. 17 His age, and death. 
21 Isaac prayeth for Rebekah, being barren. 22 The 
children strive in her womb. 24 The birth of Esau 
and Jacob. 21 Their difference. 29 Esau selleth his 
birthright. 

THEN again Abraham took a wife, 
and her name was Keturah. 

2 And she bare him Zimran, and 
Jokshan, and Medan, and Midian, 
and Ishbak, and Shuah. 

3 And Jokshan begat Sheba, and 
Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were 
Asshurim, and Letushim, and Leum- 
mim. 

4 And the sons of Midian ; Ephah, 
and Epher, and Hanoch, and Abidah, 
and Eldaah. All these were the 
children of Keturah. 

5 ^[ And Abraham gave all that 
he had unto Isaac. 

6 But unto the sons of the concu- 
bines, which Abraham had, Abraham 
gave gifts, and sent them away from 

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Abraham's death and burial GENESIS. Birth of Esau and Jacob. 



Isaac his son, while he yet lived, east- 
ward, unto the east country. 

7 And these are the days of the 
years of Abraham's life which he 
lived, a hundred threescore and fifteen 
years. 

8 Then Abraham gave up the 
ghost, and died in a good old age, an 
old man, and full of years ; and was 
gathered to his people. 

9 And his sons Isaac and Ishmael 
buried him in the cave of Machpe- 
lah, in the -field of Ephron the son of 
Zohar the Hittite, which is before 
Mamre ; 

10 The field which Abraham pur- 
chased of the sons of Heth : there was 
Abraham buried, and Sarah his wife. 

1 1 IT And it came to pass after the 
death of Abraham, that God blessed 
his son Isaac ; and Isaac dwelt by 
the well Lahai-roi. 

12 TT Now these are the genera- 
tions of Ishmael, Abraham's son, 
whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah's 
handmaid, bare unto Abraham : 

13 And these are the names of the 
sons of Ishmael, by their names, ac- 
cording to their generations : the first- 
born of Ishmael, Nebaj oth ; and Kedar, 
and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 

14 And Mishma, and Dumah, and 
Massa, 

15 Hadar, and Tema, Jetur, Na- 
phish, and Kedemah : 

16 These are the sons of Ishmael, 
and these are their names, by their 
towns, and by their castles ; twelve 
princes according to their nations. 

1 7 And these are the years of the 
life of Ishmael, a hundred and thirty 
and seven years: and he gave up the 
ghost and died, and was gathered 
onto his people. 

18 And they dwelt from Havilah 
unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as 
thou goest toward Assyria: and he 
died in the presence of all his brethren. 

!•» If And these are the genera- 
tions of Lsaac, Abraham's son: Abra- 
ham begat Isaac: 

20 And Isaac was forty years old 



when he took Rebekah to wife, the 
daughter of Bethuel the Syrian of 
Padan-aram, the sister to Laban the 
Syrian. 

21 And Isaac entreated the Lord 
for his wife, because she was barren : 
and the Lord was entreated of him, 
and Rebekah his wife conceived. 

22 And the childien struggled to- 
gether within her ; and she said, If it 
be so, why am I thus ? And she went 
to inquire of the Lord. 

23 And the Lord said unto her, 
Two nations are in thy womb, and 
two manner of people shall be sepa- 
rated from thy bowels ; and the one 
people shall be stronger than the other 
people ; and the elder shall serve the 
younger. 

24 If And when her days to be de- 
livered were fulfilled, behold, there 
were twins in her womb. 

25 And the first came out red, all 
over like a hairy garment ; and they 
called his name Esau. 

26 And after that came his brother 
out, and his hand took hold on Esau's 
heel ; and his name was called Jacob : 
and Isaac was threescore years old 
when she bare them. 

27 And the boys grew : and Esan 
was a cunning hunter, a man of the 
field ; and Jacob was a plain man, 
dwelling in tents. 

28 And Isaac loved Esau, because 
he did eat of his venison : but Rebe- 
kah loved Jacob. 

29 If And Jacob sod pottage : and 
Esau came from the field, and he was 
faint : 

30 And Esau said to Jacob, Feed 
me, I pray thee, with that same red 
2>ottage ; for I am faint: therefore 
was his name called Edom. 

31 And Jacob said, Sell me this 
day thy birthright. 

32 And Esau said, Behold, I am at 
the point to die : and what profit 
shall this birthright do to me ? 

33 And Jacob said, Swear to me 
this day ; and he sware unto him : 
and he sold his birthright unto Jacob. 



Isaac denieth his wife. 



GENESIS. 



He groweth rich. 



34 Then Jacob gave Esau bread 
and pottage of lentiles ; and he did eat 
and drink, and rose up, and went his 
way. Thus Esau despised his birth- 
right. 

CHAPTEE XXYI. 

1 Isaac because of famine went to Gerar. 2 God in- 
structeth, and blesseth him. 7 He is reproved by 
Abimelech for denying his wife. 12 He groweth rich. 
18 He diggeth Esek, Sitnah, and Rehoboth. 26 
Abimelech maketh a covenant with him at Beer-sheba. 
34 Esau's wives. 

AND there was a famine in the 
_ land, besides the first famine that 
was in the days of Abraham. And 
Isaac went unto Abimelech king of 
the Philistines unto Gerar. 

2 And the Lord appeared unto 
him, and said, Go not down into 
Egypt; dwell in the land which I 
shall tell thee of. 

3 Sojourn in this land, and I will 
be with thee, and will bless thee ; for 
unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will 
give all these countries, and I will 
perform the oath which I sware unto 
Abraham thy father ; 

4 And I will make thy seed to 
multiply as the stars of heaven, and 
will give unto thy seed all these 
countries ; and in thy seed shall all 
the nations of the earth be blessed : 

5 Because that Abraham obeyed 
my voice, and kept my charge, my 
commandments, my statutes, and my 
laws. 

6 If And Isaac dwelt in Gerar. 

7 And the men of the place asked 
him of his wife ; and he said, She is 
my sister : for he feared to say, She 
is, my wife ; lest, said he, the men of 
the place should kill me for Rebekah ; 
because she was fair to look upon. 

8 And it came to pass, when he 
had been there a long time, that Abi- 
melech king of the Philistines looked 
out at a window, and saw, and, be- 
hold, Isaac was sporting with Rebe- 
kah his wife. 

9 And Abimelech called Isaac, and 
said, Behold, of a surety she is thy 
wife : and how saidst thou, She is my 
sister ? And Isaac said unto him, Be- 
cause I said, Lest I die for her. 

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10 And Abimelech said, What is 
this thou hast done unto us ? one of 
the people might lightly have lain 
with thy wife, and thou shouldest 
have brought guiltiness upon us. 

11 And Abimelech charged all his 
people, saying, He that toucheth this 
man or his wife shall surely be put 
to death. 

12 Then Isaac sowed in that land, 
and received in the same year a hun- 
dredfold : and the Lord blessed him. 

13 And the man waxed great, and 
went forward, and grew until he be- 
came very great : 

14 For he had possession of flocks, 
and possession of herds, and great 
store of servants : and the Philistines 
envied him. 

15 For all the wells which his fa- 
ther's servants had digged in the days 
of Abraham his father, the Philistines 
had stopped them, and filled them 
with earth. 

16 And Abimelech said unto Isaac, 
Go from us ; for thou art much might- 
ier than we. 

17 % And Isaac departed thence, 
and pitched his tent in the valley of 
Gerar, and dwelt there. 

18 And Isaac digged again the wells 
of water, which they had digged in the 
days of Abraham his father ; for the 
Philistines had stopped them after the 
death of Abraham : and he called their 
names after the names by which his 
father had called them. 

19 And Isaac's servants digged in 
the valley, and found there a well of 
springing water. 

20 And the herdmen of Gerar did 
strive with Isaac's herdmen, saying, 
The water is ours : and he called the 
name of the well Esek ; because they 
strove with him. 

21 And they digged another well, 
and strove for that also : and he call- 
ed the name of it Sitnah. 

22 And he removed from thence, and 
digged another well ; and for that they 
strove not : and he called the name 



of it Rehoboth; 



and he said, For now 
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AbimelecKs covenant. 



GENESIS. 



Esau sent for venison. 



the Lord hath made room for us, 
and we shall he fruitful in the land. 

23 And he went up from thence to 
Beer-sheha. 

24 And the Lord appeared unto 
him the same night, and said, I am 
the God of Ahraham thy father : fear 
not, for I am with thee, and will hless 
thee, and multiply thy seed for my 
servant Abraham's sake. 

25 And he builded an altar there, 
and called upon the name of the 
Lord, and pitched his tent there : and 
there Isaac's servants digged a well. 

26 IT Then Abimelech went to him 
from Gerar, and Ahuzzath one of his 
friends, and Phichol the chief captain 
of his army. 

27 And Isaac said unto them, 
Wherefore come ye to me, seeing ye 
hate me, and have sent me away 
from you ? 

28 And they said, We saw certainly 
that the Lord was with thee : and we 
said, Let there be now an oath be- 
twixt us, even betwixt us and thee, 
and let us make a covenant with thee ; 

29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, 
as we have not touched thee, and as 
we have done unto thee nothing but 
good, and have sent thee away in 
peace : thou art now the blessed of 
the Lord. 

30 And he made them a feast, and 
they did eat and drink. 

3 1 And they rose up betimes in the 
morning, and sware one to another: 
and Isaac sent them away, and they 
departed from him in peace. 

32 And it came to pass the same 
day, that Isaac's servants came, and 
told him concerning the well which 
they had digged, and said unto him, 
We have found water. 

33 And he called it Shebah : there- 
lore the name of the city is Beer- 
Bheba unto this day. 

34 IT And Esau was forty years 
old when he took to wife Judith the 
daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and 
Bashemath the daughter of Elon the 
Hittite : 

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35 Which were a grief of mind un- 
to Isaac and to Rebekah. 

CHAPTER XXYII. 

1 Isaac sendeth Esau for venison. 6 Rebekah instruct- 
eth Jacob to obtain the blessing. 15 Jacob under the 
person of Esau obtaineth it. 30 Esau bringeth ven- 
ison. 33 Isaac trembleth. 34 Esau complaineth, and 
by importunity obtaineth a blessing. 41 He threat- 
ened Jacob. 42 Rebekah disappointeth it. 

AND it came to pass, that when 
. Isaac was old, and his eyes were 
dim, so that he could not see, he call- 
ed Esau his eldest son, and said unto 
him, My son : and he said unto him, 
Behold, here am I. 

2 And he said, Behold now, I am 
old, I know not the day of my death : 

3 Now therefore take, I pray thee, 
thy weapons, thy quiver and thy bow, 
and go out to the field, and take me 
some venison ; 

4 And make me savoury meat, 
such as I love, and bring it to me, 
that I may eat; that my soul may 
bless thee before I die. 

5 And Rebekah heard when Isaac 
spake to Esau his son. And Esau 
went to the field to hunt for venison, 
and to bring it. 

6 IT And Rebekah spake unto Ja- 
cob her son, saying, Behold, I heard 
thy father speak unto Esau thy bro- 
ther, saying, 

7 Bring me venison, and make me 
savoury meat, that I may eat, and 
bless thee before the Lord before my 
death. 

8 Now therefore, my son, obey my 
voice according to that which I com- 
mand thee. 

9 Go now to the flock, and fetch 
me from thence two good kids of the 
goats ; and I will make them sa- 
voury meat for thy father, such as 
he loveth : 

10 And thou shalt bring it to thy 
father, that he may eat, and that he 
may bless thee before his death. 

11 And Jacob said to Rebekah his 
mother, Behold, Esau my brother is 
a hairy man, and I am a smooth 
man: 

12 My father peradventure will feel 
me, and I shall seem to him as a de- 



Jacob obtaineth 



GENESIS. 



the blessing. 



ceiver ; and I shall bring a curse up- 
on me, and not a blessing. 

13 And his mother said unto him, 
Upon me be thy curse, my son: only 
obey my voice, and go fetch me them. 

14 And he went, and fetched, and 
brought them to his mother : and his 
mother made savoury meat, such as 
his father loved. 

15 And Rebekah took goodly rai- 
ment of her eldest son Esau, which 
were with her in the house, and put 
them upon Jacob her younger son: 

16 And she put the skins of the 
kids of the goats upon his hands, and 
upon the smooth of his neck : 

17 And she gave the savoury meat 
and the bread, which she had pre- 
pared, into the hand of her son Jacob. 

18 If And he came unto his father, 
and said, My father : and he said, 
Here am I; who art thou, my son? 

19 And Jacob said unto his father, 
I am Esau thy firstborn; I have done 
according as thou badest me : arise, I 
pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, 
that thy soul may bless me. 

20 And Isaac said unto his son, 
How is it that thou hast found it so 
quickly, my son? And he said, Be- 
cause the Lord thy God brought it 
to me. 

21 And Isaac said unto Jacob, Come 
near, I pray thee, that I may feel 
thee, my son, whether thou be my 
very son Esau or not. 

22 And Jacob went near unto Isaac 
Iris father; and he felt him, and said, 
The voice is Jacob's voice, but the 
hands are the hands of Esau. 

23 And he discerned him not, be- 
cause his hands were hairy, as his 
brother Esau's hands : so he blessed 
him. 

24 And he said, Art thou my very 
son Esau? And he said, I am. 

25 And he said, Bring it near to 
me, and I will eat of my son's veni- 
son, that my soul may bless thee. 
And he brought it near to him, and 
he did eat : and he brought him wine, 
and he drank. 



26 And his father Isaac said unto 
him, Come near now, and kiss me, 
my son. 

27 And he came near, and kissed 
him : and he smelled the smell of his 
raiment, and blessed him, and said, 
See, the smell of my son is as the smell 
of a field which the Lord hath blessed : 

28 Therefore God give thee of the 
dew of heaven, and the fatness of the 
earth, and plenty of corn and wine : 

29 Let people serve thee, and na- 
tions bow down to thee: be lord over 
thy brethren, and let thy mother's 
sons bow down to thee: cursed be 
every one that curseth thee, and 
blessed be he that blesseth thee. 

30 If And it came to pass, as soon as 
Isaac had made an end of blessing 
Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone 
out from the presence of Isaac his 
father, that Esau his brother came 
in from his hunting. 

31 And he also had made savoury 
meat, and brought it unto his father, 
and said unto his father, Let my fa- 
ther arise, and eat of his son's veni- 
son, that thy soul may bless me. 

32 And Isaac his father said unto 
him, Who art thou ? And he said, 
I am thy son, thy firstborn, Esau. 

33 And Isaac trembled very ex- 
ceedingly, and said, Who? where is 
he that hath taken venison, and 
brought it me, and I have eaten of all 
before thou earnest, and have blessed 
him ? yea, and he shall be blessed. 

34 And when Esau heard the words 
of his father, he cried with a great 
and exceeding bitter cry, and said 
unto his father, Bless me, even me 
also, O my father. 

35 And he said, Thy brother came 
with subtilty, and hath taken away 
thy blessing. 

36 And he said, Is not he rightly 
named Jacob ? for he hath supplanted 
me these two times : he took away 
my birthright; and, behold, now he 
hath taken away my blessing. And 
he said, Hast thou not reserved a 
blessing for me ? 

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Esau threateneth Jacob. 



GENESIS. 



Isaac blesseth Jacob. 



37 And Isaac answered and said 
unto Esau, Behold, I have made him 
thy lord, and all his brethren have I 
given to him for servants; and with 
corn and wine have I sustained him : 
and what shall I do now unto thee, 
my son ? 

38 And Esau said unto his father, 
Hast thou hut one blessing, my fa- 
ther? bless me, even me also, O my 
father. And Esau lifted up his voice, 
and wept. 

39 And Isaac his father answered 
and said unto him, Behold, thy dwell- 
ing shall be the fatness of the earth, 
and of the dew of heaven from above ; 

40 And by thy sword shalt thou 
live, and shalt serve thy brother: 
and it shall come to pass when thou 
shalt have the dominion, that thou 
shalt break his yoke from off thy neck. 

41 If And Esau hated Jacob be- 
cause of the blessing wherewith his 
father blessed him: and Esau said 
in his heart, The days of mourning 
for my father are at hand ; then will 
I slay my brother Jacob. 

42 And these words of Esau her 
elder son were told to Rebekah : and 
she sent and called Jacob her younger 
son, and said unto him, Behold, thy 
brother Esau, as touching thee, doth 
comfort himself, purposing to kill 
thee. 

43 Nipw therefore, my son, obey my 
voice ; and arise, flee thou to Laban 
my brother to Haran ; 

44 And tarry with him a few days, 
until thy brother's fury turn away ; 

4o Until thy brother's anger turn 
away from thee, and he forget that 
which thou hast done to him: then 
I will send, and fetch thee from 
thence : why should I be deprived 
also of you both in one day? 

46 And Rebekah said to Isaac, I 
am wcjiry of my life because of the 
daughters of Heth: if Jacob take a 
wife of the daughters of Heth, such 
as these which are of the daughters 
of the land, what good shall my life 
do me ? 

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CHAPTER XXY1II. 

1 Isaac blesseth Jacob, and sendeth him to Padan-aram. 
6 Esau marrieth Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael. 
10 The vision of Jacob's ladder. 18 The stone of 
Beth-el. 20 Jacobus vow. 

AND Isaac called Jacob, and 
. blessed him, and charged him, 
and said unto him, Thou shalt not 
take a wife of the daughters of Ca- 
naan. 

2 Arise, go to Padan-aram, to the 
house of Bethuel thy mother's father ; 
and take thee a wife from thence of 
the daughters of Laban thy mother's 
brother. 

3 And God Almighty bless thee, 
and make thee fruitful, and multiply 
thee, that thou mayest be a multitude 
of people ; 

4 And give thee the blessing of 
Abraham, to thee, and to thy seed 
with thee ; that thou mayest inherit 
the land wherein thou art a stranger, 
which God gave unto Abraham. 

5 And Isaac sent away Jacob : and 
he went to Padan-aram unto Laban, 
son of Bethuel the Syrian, the bro- 
ther of Rebekah, Jacob's and Esau's 
mother. 

6 ^1 When Esau saw that Isaac had 
blessed Jacob, and sent him away to 
Padan-aram, to take him a wife from 
thence; and that as he blessed him 
he gave him a charge, saying, Thou 
shalt not take a wife of the daughters 
of Canaan ; 

7 And that Jacob obeyed his father 
and his mother, and was gone to 
Padan-aram ; 

8 And Esau seeing that the daugh- 
ters of Canaan pleased not Isaac his 
father ; 

9 Then went Esau unto Ishmael, 
and took unto the wives which he 
had Mahalath the daughter of Ish- 
mael Abraham's son, the sister of 
Nebajoth, to be his wife. 

10 IT And Jacob went out from 
Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 

11 And he lighted upon a certain 
place, and tarried there all night, be- 
cause the sun was set; and he took 
of the stones of that place, and put 



Vision of Jacob's ladder. 



GENESIS. 



Jacob cometh to Haran. 



them for his pillows, and lay down in 
that place to sleep. 

12 And he dreamed, and behold a 
ladder set up on the earth, and the 
top of it reached to heaven : and be- 
hold the angels of God ascending 
and descending on it. 

13 And, behold, the Lord stood 
above it, and said, I am the Lord God 
of Abraham thy father, and the God 
of Isaac : the land whereon thou liest, 
to thee will I give it, and to thy seed ; 

14 And thy seed shall be as the 
dust of the earth; and thou shalt 
spread abroad to the west, and to 
the east, and to the north, and to the 
south : and in thee and in thy seed 
shall all the families of the earth be 
blessed. 

15 And, behold, I am with thee, 
and will keep thee in all places 
whither thou goest, and will bring 
thee again into this land ; for I will 
not leave thee, until I have done that 
which I have spoken to thee of. 

16 IT And Jacob awaked out of his 
sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is 
in this place ; and I knew it not. 

17 And he was afraid, and said, 
How dreadful is this place ! this is 
none other but the house of God, and 
this is the gate of heaven. 

18 And Jacob rose up early in the 
morning, and took the stone that he 
had put for his pillows, and set it up 
for a pillar, and poured oil upon the 
top of it. 

19 And he called the name of that 
place Beth-el : but the name of that 
city was called Luz at the first. 

20 And Jacob vowed a vow, say- 
ing, If God will be with me, and will 
keep me in this way that I go, and 
will give me bread to eat, and rai- 
ment to put on, 

21 So that I come again to my fa- 
ther's house in peace ; then shall the 
Lord be my God : 

22 And this stone, which I have set 
for a pillar, shall be God's house : and 
of all that thou shalt give me I will 
surely give the tenth unto thee. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

1 Jacob cometh to the well of Haran. 9 He taheth ac- 
quaintance of Rachel. 13 Laban entertaineth him. 
18 Jacob covenanteth for Rachel. 23 He is deceived 
with Leah. 28 He marrieth also Rachel, and serveth 
for her seven years more. 32 Leah beareth Reuben, 
33 Simeon, 34 Levi, 35 and Judah. 

THEN Jacob went on his journey, 
and came into the land of the 
people of the east. 

2 And he looked, and behold a well 
in the field, and, lo, there were three 
flocks of sheep lying by it ; for out of 
that well they watered the flocks : and 
a great stone was upon the well's 
mouth. 

3 And thither were all the flocks 
gathered: and they rolled the stone 
from the well's mouth, and watered 
the sheep, and put the stone again 
upon the well's mouth in his place. 

4 And Jacob said unto them, My 
brethren, whence be ye ? And they 
said, Of Haran are we. 

5 And he said unto them, Know 
ye Laban the son of Nahor? And 
they said, We know him. 

6 And he said unto them, Is he 
well? And they said, He is well: 
and, behold, Rachel his daughter 
cometh with the sheep. 

7 And he said, Lo, it is yet high 
day, neither is it time that the cattle 
should be gathered together: water 
ye the sheep, and go and feed them. 

8 And they said, We cannot, until 
all the flocks be gathered l^jjether, 
and till they roll the stone from the 
well's mouth; then we water the 
sheep. 

9 If And while he yet spake with 
them, Rachel came with her father's 
sheep : for she kept them. 

10 And it came to pass, when Ja- 
cob saw Rachel the daughter of La- 
ban his mother's brother, and the 
sheep of Laban his mother's brother, 
that Jacob went near, and rolled the 
stone from the well's mouth, and wa- 
tered the flock of Laban his mother's 
brother. 

11 And Jacob kissed Rachel, and 
lifted up his voice, and wept. 

12 And Jacob told Rachel that he 

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Jacob marrieth 



GENESIS. 



Leah and Rachel. 



was her father's brother, and that he 
was Rebekah's son : and she ran and 
told her father. 

13 And it came to pass, when La- 
ban heard the tidings of Jacob his 
.sister's son, that he ran to meet him, 
and embraced him, and kissed him, 
and brought him to his house. And 
he told Laban all these things. 

14 And Laban said to him, Surely 
thou art my bone and my flesh. And 
he abode with him the space of a 
month. 

15 IT And Laban said unto Jacob, 
Because thou art my brother, should- 
est thou therefore serve me for nought ? 
tell me, what shall thy wages be ? 

16 And Laban had two daughters : 
the name of the elder was Leah, and 
the name of the younger was Rachel. 

1 7 Leah was tender eyed ; but Ra- 
chel was beautiful and well favoured. 

18 And Jacob loved Rachel ; and 
said, I will serve thee seven years 
for Rachel thy younger daughter. 

19 And Laban said, It is better 
that I give her to thee, than that I 
should give her to another man : abide 
with me. 

20 And Jacob served seven years 
for Rachel ; and they seemed unto 
him but a few days, for the love he 
had to her. 

2 1 If And Jacob said unto Laban, 
Give ?jfc my wife, for my days are 
fulfilled, that I may go in unto her. 

22 And Laban gathered together all 
the men of the place, and made a feast. 

23 And it came to pass in the eve- 
ning 1 liat he took Leah his daughter, 
and brought her to him ; and he went 
in unto her. 

24 And Laban gave unto his daugh- 
ter Leah Zilpah his maid/or a hand- 
maid. 

25 And it came to pass, that in the 
morning, behold, it was Leah: and 
he said to Laban, What is this thou 
hast done unto me? did not I serve 
with thee for Rachel? wherefore then 
hast thou beguiled me? 

26 And Laban said, It must not be 

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so done in our country, to give the 
younger before the firstborn. 

27 Fulfil her week, and we will 
give thee this also for the service 
which thou shalt serve with me yet 
seven other years. 

28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled 
her week : and he gave him Rachel 
his daughter to wife also. 

29 And Laban gave to Rachel his 
daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be 
her maid. 

30 And he went in also unto Ra- 
chel, and he loved also Rachel more 
than Leah, and served with him yet 
seven other years. 

31 If And when the Lord saw that 
Leah was hated, he opened her womb : 
but Rachel was barren. 

32 And Leah conceived, and bare 
a son ; and she called his name Reu- 
ben: for she said, Surely the Lord 
hath looked upon my affliction ; now 
therefore my husband will love me. 

33 And she conceived again, and 
bare a son ; and said, Because the 
Lord hath heard that I was hated, he 
hath therefore given me this son also : 
and she called his name Simeon. 

34 And she conceived again, and 
bare a son ; and said, Now this time 
will my husband be joined unto me, 
because I have borne him three sons : 
therefore was his name called Levi. 

35 And she conceived again, and 
bare a son ; and she said, Now will I 
praise the Lord : therefore she called 
his name Judah ; and left bearing. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

1 Rachel, in grief for her barrenness, giveth Bilhah her 
maid unto Jacob. 5 She beareth Ban and Naphtali. 
9 Beah giveth Zilpah her maid, who beareth Gad mid 
Ashcr. 14 Reuben flndeth mandrakes, with which 
Beah buyeth her husband of Rachel. 17 Beah beareth 
Issachar, Zebulun, and Dinah. 22 Rachel beareth 
Joseph. 25 Jacob desireth to depart. 27 Baban stay- 
cth him on a new covenant. 37 Jacob's policy, whereby 
he became rich. 

ND when Rachel saw that she 
bare Jacob no children, Rachel 
envied her sister ; and said unto Ja- 
cob, Give me children, or else I die. 
2 And Jacob's anger was kindled 
against Rachel ; and he said, Am I 



A 1 



Rachel giveth Bilhah to Jacob. GENESIS. 



Rachel beareth Joseph. 



in God's stead, who hath withheld 
from thee the fruit of the womb ? 

3 And she said, Behold my maid 
Bilhah, go in unto her ; and she shall 
hear upon my knees, that I may also 
have children by her. 

4 And she gave him Bilhah her 
handmaid to wife : and Jacob went 
in unto her. 

5 And Bilhah conceived, and bare 
Jacob a son. 

6 And Rachel said, God hath 
judged me, and hath also heard my 
voice, and hath given me a son: 
therefore called she his name Dan. 

7 And Bilhah Rachel's maid con- 
ceived again, and bare Jacob a se- 
cond son. 

8 And Rachel said, With great 
wrestlings have 1 wrestled with my 
sister, and I have prevailed : and she 
called his name Naphtali. 

9 When Leah saw that she had left 
bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, 
and gave her Jacob to wife. 

10 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare 
Jacob a son. 

11 And Leah said, A troop cometh : 
and she called his name Gad. 

12 And Zilpah Leah's maid bare 
Jacob a second son. 

13 And Leah said, Happy am Li 
for the daughters will call me bless- 
ed : and she called his name Asher. 

14 *H And Reuben went in the days 
of wheat harvest, and found man- 
drakes in the field, and brought them 
unto his mother Leah. Then Ra- 
chel said to Leah, Give me, I pray 
thee, of thy son's mandrakes. 

1 5 And she said unto her, Is it a small 
matter that thou hast taken my hus- 
band ? and wouldest thou take away 
my son's mandrakes also ? And Ra- 
chel said, Therefore he shall lie with 
thee to night for thy son's mandrakes. 

16 And Jacob came out of the field 
in the evening, and Leah went out 
to meet him, and said, Thou, must 
come in unto me; for surely I have 
hired thee with my son's mandrakes. 
And he lay with her that night. 



17 And God hearkened unto Leah, 
and she conceived, and bare Jacob 
the fifth son. 

18 And Leah said, God hath given 
me my hire, because I have given 
my maiden to my husband : and she 
called his name Issachar. 

19 And Leah conceived again, and 
bare Jacob the sixth son. 

20 And Leah said, God hath endued 
me with su good dowry; now will my 
husband dwell with me, because I 
have borne him six sons: and she 
called his name Zebulun. 

2 1 And afterwards she bare a daugh- 
ter, and called her name Dinah. 

22 IT And God remembered Ra- 
chel, and God hearkened to her, and 
opened her womb. 

23 And she conceived, and bare a 
son ; and said, God hath taken away 
my reproach : 

24 And she called his name Jo- 
seph; and said, The Lord shall add 
to me another son. 

25 T[ And it came to pass, when 
Rachel had borne Joseph, that Jacob 
said unto Laban, Send me away, that 
I may go unto mine own place, and 
to my country. 

26 Give me my wives and my chil- 
dren, for whom I have served thee, 
and let me go : for thou knowest my 
service which I have done thee. 

27 And Laban said unto him, I pray 
thee, if I have found favour in thine 
eyes, tarry : for I have learned by 
experience that the Lord hath bless- 
ed me for thy sake. 

28 And he said, Appoint me thy 
wages, and I will give it. 

29 And he said unto him, Thou 
knowest how I have served thee, and 
how thy cattle was with me. 

30 For it ivas little which thou 
hadst before I came, and it is now 
increased unto a multitude; and the 
Lord hath blessed thee since my 
coming : and now, when shall I pro- 
vide for mine own house also? 

31 And he said, What shall I give 
thee ? . And Jacob said, Thou shalt 

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Jacob becometh rich. 



GENESIS. 



He leaveth Laban. 



not give me any thing: if thou wilt 
do this thing for me, I will again feed 
and keep thy flock. 

32 I will pass through all thy flock 
to day, removing from thence all the 
speckled and spotted cattle, and all 
the hrown cattle among the sheep, and 
the spotted and speckled among the 
goats : and of such shall he my hire. 

33 So shall my righteousness an- 
swer for me in time to come, when 
it shall come for my hire hefore thy 
face: every one that is not speckled 
and spotted among the goats, and 
hrown among the sheep, that shall 
be counted stolen with me. 

34 And Laban said, Behold, I would 
it might be according to thy word. 

35 And he removed that day the 
he goats that were ringstreaked and 
spotted, and all the she goats that 
were speckled and spotted, and every 
one that had some white in it, and all 
the brown among the sheep, and gave 
them into the hand of his sons. 

36 And he set three days' journey 
betwixt himself and Jacob: and Ja- 
cob fed the rest of Laban's flocks. 

37 H And Jacob took him rods of 
green poplar, and of the hazel and 
chesnut tree ; and pilled white streaks 
in them, and made the white appear 
which was in the rods. 

38 And he set the rods which he 
had pilled before the flocks in the gut- 
ters in the watering troughs when the 
flocks came to drink, that they should 
conceive when they came to drink. 

39 And the flocks conceived before 
the rods, and brought forth cattle 
ringstreaked, speckled, and spotted. 

40 And Jacob did separate the 
lambs, and set the faces of the flocks 
toward the ringstreaked, and all the 
brown in the flock of Laban ; and he 
put his own flocks by themselves, and 
nut them not unto Laban's cattle. 

41 And it came to pass, whenso- 
ever the stronger cattle did conceive, 
that Jacob laid the rods before the 
eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that 
they might conceive among the rods. 

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42 But when the cattle were feeble, 
he put them not in : so the feebler were 
Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. 

43 And the man increased exceed- 
ingly, and had much cattle, and 
maidservants, and menservants, and 
camels, and asses. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

1 Jacob upon displeasure departeth secretly. . 19 Rachel 
stealeth her father's images. 22 Laban pursueth after 
him, 26 and complaineth of the wrong. 34 RacheVs 
policy to hide the images. 36 Jacob's complaint of 
Laban. 44 The covenant of Laban and Jacob at 
Galeed. 

ND he heard the words of Laban's 



A 1 



sons, saying, Jacob hath taken 
away all that was our father's; and 
of that which was our father's hath 
he gotten all this glory. 

2 And Jacob beheld the counte- 
nance of Laban, and, behold, it was 
not toward him as before. 

3 And the Lord said unto Jacob, Re- 
turn unto the land of thy fathers, and 
to thy kindred ; and I will be with thee. 

4 And Jacob sent and called Rachel 
and Leah to the field unto his flock, 

5 And said unto them, I see your 
father's countenance, that it is not 
toward me as before; but the God of 
my father hath been with me. 

6 And ye know that with all my 
power I have served your father. 

7 And your father hath deceived me, 
and changed my wages ten times ; but 
God suffered him not to hurt me. 

8 If he said thus, The speckled 
shall be thy wages ; then all the cat- 
tle bare speckled : and if he said thus, 
The ringstreaked shall be thy hire; 
then bare all the cattle ringstreaked. 

9 Thus God hath taken away the 
cattle of your father, and given them 
to me. 

10 And it came to pass at the time 
that the cattle conceived, that I lift- 
ed up mine eyes, and saw in a dream, 
and, behold, the rams which leaped 
upon the cattle were ringstreaked, 
speckled, and grizzled. 

11 And the angel of God spake 
unto me in a dream, saying, Jacob: 
and I said, Here am I. 

12 And he said, Lift up now thine 



Jacob departeth 



GENESIS. 



from Laban. 



eyes, and see, all the rams which 
leap upon the cattle are rings fcreaked, 
speckled, and grizzled : for I have seen 
all that Lahan doeth unto thee. 

13 I am the God of Beth-el, where 
thou anointedst the pillar, and where 
thou vowedst a vow unto me: now 
arise, get thee out from this land, and 
return unto the land of thy kindred. 

14 And Rachel and Leah answered 
and said unto him, Is there yet any 
portion or inheritance for us in our 
father's house? 

15 Are we not counted of him 
strangers? for he hath sold us, and 
hath quite devoured also our money. 

16 For all the riches which God hath 
taken from our father, that is ours, 
and our children's: now then, what- 
soever God hath said unto thee, do. 

17 IT Then Jacoh rose up, and set 
his sons and his wives upon camels ; 

18 And he carried away all his cat- 
tle, and all his goods which he had 
gotten, the cattle of his getting, 
which he had gotten in Padan-aram, 
for to go to Isaac his father in the 
land of Canaan. 

19 And Lahan went to shear his 
sheep : and Rachel had stolen the 
images that were her father's. 

20 And Jacoh stole away unawares 
to Lahan the Syrian, in that he told 
him not that he fled. 

21 So he fled with all that he had; 
and he rose up, and passed over the 
river, and set his face toward the 
mount Gilead. 

22 And it was told Lahan on the 
third day, that Jacoh was fled. 

23 And he took his brethren with 
him, and pursued after him seven 
days' journey; and they overtook 
him in the mount Gilead. 

24 And God came to Lahan the 
Syrian in a dream by night, and said 
unto him, Take heed that thou speak 
not to Jacoh father good or had. 

25 IT Then Lahan overtook Jacob. 
Now Jacob had pitched his tent in the 
mount: and Laban with his brethren 
pitched in the mount of Gilead. 



26 And Laban said to Jacob, What 
hast thou done, that thou hast stolen 
away unawares to me, and carried 
away my daughters, as captives taken 
with the sword ? 

27 Wherefore didst thou flee away 
secretly, and steal away from me; 
and didst not tell me, that I might 
have sent thee away with mirth, and 
with songs, with tabret, and with harp ? 

28 And hast not suffered me to kiss 
my sons and my daughters? thou 
hast now done foolishly in so doing. 

29 It is in the power of my hand 
to do you hurt : but the God of your 
father spake unto me yesternight, say- 
ing, Take thou heed that thou speak 
not to Jacob either good or bad. 

30 And now, though thou wouldest 
needs be gone, because thou sore 
longedst after thy father's house, yet 
wherefore hast thou stolen my gods ? 

31 And Jacob answered and said 
to Laban, Because I was afraid : for I 
said, Peradventure thou wouldest take 
by force thy daughters from me. 

32 With whomsoever thou findest 
thy gods, let him not live : before our 
brethren discern thou what is thine 
with me, and take it to thee. For Jacob 
knew not that Rachel had stolen them. 

33 And Laban went into Jacob's 
tent, and into Leah's tent, and into 
the two maidservants' tents; but he 
found them not. Then went he out 
of Leah's tent, and entered into Ra- 
chel's tent. 

34 Now Rachel had taken the 
images, and put them in the camel's 
furniture, and sat upon them. And 
Laban searched all the tent, but 
found them not. 

35 And she said to her father, Let 
it not displease my lord that I cannot 
rise up before thee ; for the custom of 
women is upon me. And he searched, 
but found not the images. 

36 IT And Jacob was wroth, and 
chode with Laban: and Jacob an- 
swered and said to Laban, What is 
my trespass? what is my sin, that 
thou hast so hotly pursued after me? 

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The covenant of 



GENESIS. 



Jacob and Laban. 



37 Whereas thou hast searched all 
my stuff, what hast thou found of all 
thy household stuff? set it here "before 
my brethren and thy brethren, that 
they may judge betwixt us both. 

38 This twenty years have I been 
with thee ; thy ewes and thy she 
goats have not cast their young, and 
the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. 

39 That which was torn of beasts 
I brought not unto thee; I bare the 
loss of it ; of my hand didst thou 
require it, whether stolen by day, or 
stolen by night. 

40 Thus I was; in the day the 
drought consumed me, and the frost 
by night; and my sleep departed 
from mine eyes. 

41 Thus have I been twenty years 
in thy house: I served thee fourteen 
years for thy two daughters, and six 
years for thy cattle ; and thou hast 
changed my wages ten times. 

42 Except the God of my father, 
the God of Abraham, and the fear of 
Isaac, had been with me, surely thou 
hadst sent me away now empty. 
God hath seen mine affliction and the 
labour of my hands, and rebuked thee 
yesternight. 

43 H And Laban answered and said 
unto Jacob, These daughters are my 
daughters, and these children are my 
children, and these cattle are my cat- 
tle, and all that thou seest is mine: 
and what can I do this day unto these 
my daughters, or unto their children 
which they have borne ? 

44 Now therefore come thou, let 
us make a covenant, I and thou; and 
let it be for a witness between me 
and thee. 

45 And Jacob took a stone, and set 
it up for a pillar. 

I'i And Jacob said unto his bre- 
thren, Gather stones; and they took 
stones, and made a heap: and they 
did eat there upon the heap. 

47 And Laban called it Jegar-sa- 
hadntha: but Jacob called it Galeed. 

48 And Laban said, This heap is a 
wit ii ess between me and thee this day. 

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Therefore was the name of it called 
Galeed, 

49 And Mizpah ; for he said, The 
Lord watch between me and thee, 
when we are absent one from another. 

50 If thou shalt afflict my daugh- 
ters, or if thou shalt take other wives 
beside my daughters, no man is with 
us; see, God is witness betwixt me 
and thee. 

51 And Laban said to Jacob, Be- 
hold this heap, and behold this pillar, 
which I have cast betwixt me and 
thee; 

52 This heap be witness, and this 
pillar be witness, that I will not pass 
over this heap to thee, and that thou 
shalt not pass over this heap and this 
pillar unto me, for harm. 

53 The God of Abraham, and the 
God of Nahor, the God of their father, 
judge betwixt us. And Jacob sware 
by the fear of his father Isaac. 

54 Then Jacob offered sacrifice upon 
the mount, and called his brethren to 
eat bread : and they did eat bread, and 
tarried all night in the mount. 

55 And early in the morning La- 
ban rose up, and kissed his sons and 
his daughters, and blessed them : and 
Laban departed, and returned unto 
his place. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

1 Jacob's vision at Mahanaim. 3 His message to Esau. 
6 He is afraid of Esau's coming. 9 He prayeth for 
deliverance. 13 He sendeth a present to Esau. 24 
He wrestleth with an angel at Peniel, where he is called 
Israel. 31 He halteth. 

AND Jacob went on his way, and 
_ the angels of God met him. 

2 And when Jacob saw them, he 
said, This is God's host : and he called 
the name of that place Mahanaim. 

3 And Jacob sent messengers be- 
fore him to Esau his brother unto the 
land of Seir, the country of Edom. 

4 And he commanded them, saying, 
Thus shall ye speak unto my lord 
Esau ; Thy servant Jacob saith thus, 
I have sojourned with Laban, and 
stayed there until now:f . 

5 And I have oxen, and asses, 
flocks, and menservants, and women- 



Jacob's message to Esau. GENESIS. He wrestleth with an angel. 



servants : and I have sent to tell my 
lord, that I may find grace in thy sight. 

6 IT And the messengers returned 
to Jacob, saying, We came to thy 
brother Esau, and also he cometh to 
meet thee, and four hundred men 
with him. 

7 Then Jacob was greatly afraid 
and distressed: and he divided the 
people that was with him, and the 
flocks, and herds, and the camels, in- 
to two bands ; 

8 And said, If Esau come to the one 
company, and smite it, then the other 
company which is left shall escape. 

9 IT And Jacob said, O God of my 
father Abraham, and God of my fa- 
ther Isaac, the Lord which saidst 
unto me, Return unto thy country, 
and to thy kindred, and I will deal 
well with thee : 

10 I am not worthy of the least of 
all the mercies, and of all the truth, 
which thou hast shewed unto thy 
servant; for with my staff I passed 
over this Jordan ; and now I am be- 
come two bands. 

11 Deliver me, I pray thee, from 
the hand of my brother, from the 
hand of Esau : for I fear him, lest he 
will come and smite me, and the 
mother with the children. 

12 And thou saidst, I will surely do 
thee good, and make thy seed as the 
sand of the sea, which cannot be num- 
bered for multitude. 

13 If And he lodged there that same 
night ; and took of that which came 
to his hand a present for Esau his 
brother ; 

14 Two hundred she goats and 
twenty he goats, two hundred ewes 
and twenty rams, 

15 Thirty milch camels with their 
oolts, forty kine and ten bulls, twen- 
ty she asses and ten foals. 

16 And he delivered them into the 
hand of his servants, every drove by 
themselves ; and said unto his serv- 
ants, Pass over before me, and put 
a space betwixt drove and drove. 

17 And he commanded the fore- 



most, saying, When Esau my bro- 
ther meeteth thee, and asketh thee, 
saying, Whose art thou ? and whither 
goest thou? and whose are these be- 
fore thee? 

18 Then thou shalt say, They be 
thy servant Jacob's ; it is a present 
sent unto my lord Esau: and, be- 
hold, also he is behind us. 

19 And so commanded he the se- 
cond, and the third, and all that fol- 
lowed the droves, saying, On this 
manner shall ye speak unto Esau, 
when ye find him. 

20 And say ye moreover, Behold, 
thy servant Jacob is behind us. For 
he said, I will appease him with the 
present that goeth before me, and 
afterward I will see his face ; perad- 
venture he will accept of me. 

21 So went the present over before 
him ; and himself lodged that night 
in the company. 

22 And he rose up that night, and 
took his two wives, and his two wo- 
menservants, and his eleven sons, 
and passed over the ford Jabbok. 

23 And he took them, and sent 
them over the brook, and sent over 
that he had. 

24 ^T And Jacob was left alone; and 
there wrestled a man with him until 
the breaking of the day. 

25 And when he saw that he pre- 
vailed not against him, he touched 
the hollow of his thigh ; and the hol- 
low of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, 
as he wrestled with him. 

26 And he said, Let me go, for the 
day breaketh. And he said, I will 
not let thee go, except thou bless me. 

27 And he said unto him, What is 
thy name ? And he said, Jacob. 

28 And he said, Thy name shall be 
called no more Jacob, but Israel : for 
as a prince hast thou power with God 
and with men, and hast prevailed. 

29 And Jacob asked him, and said, 
Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And 
he said, Wherefore is it that thou 
dost ask after my name? And he 
blessed him there. 

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The kindness of Jacob 



GENESIS. and Esau at their meeting. 



30 And Jacob called the name of 
the place Peniel: for I have seen God 
face to face, and my life is preserved. 

31 And as he passed over Penuel 
the sun rose upon him, and he halted 
upon his thigh. 

32 Therefore the children of Israel 
eat not of the sinew which shrank, 
which is upon the hollow of the thigh, 
unto this day; because he touched 
the hollow of Jacob's thigh in the 
sinew that shrank. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

1 The kindness of Jacob and Esau at their meeting. 17 
Jacob cometh to Succoth. 18 A t Shalem he buyeth a 
field, and buildeth an altar called El-Elohe-Israel. 

AND Jacob lifted up his eyes, and 
. looked, and, behold, Esau came, 
and with him four hundred men. 
And he divided the children unto 
Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the 
two handmaids. 

2 And he put the handmaids and 
their children foremost, and Leah and 
her children after, and Rachel and 
Joseph hindermost. 

3 And he passed over before them, 
and bowed himself to the ground 
seven times, until he came near to 
his brother. 

4 And Esau ran to meet him, and 
embraced him, and fell on his neck, 
and kissed him: and they wept. 

5 And he lifted up his eyes, and 
saw the women and the children, 
and said, Who are those with thee ? 
And he said, The children which 
God hath graciously given thy serv- 
ant. 

6 Then the handmaidens came 
near, they and their children, and 
they bowed themselves. 

7 And Leah also with her children 
came near, and bowed themselves : 
and after came Joseph near and Ra- 
chel, and they bowed themselves. 

8 And he said, What meanest thou 
by all this drove which I met ? And 
he said, These are to find grace in the 
sight of my lord. 

9 And Esau said, I have enough, 

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my brother ; keep that thou hast un- 
to thyself. 

10 And Jacob said, Nay, I pray 
thee, if now I have found grace in 
thy sight, then receive my present at 
my hand : for therefore I have se^n 
thy face, as though I had seen the 
face of God, and thou wast pleased 
with me. 

11 Take, I pray thee, my blessing 
that is brought to thee ; because God 
hath dealt graciously with me, and 
because I have enough. And he 
urged him, and he took it. 

12 And he said, Let us take our 
journey, and let us go, and I will go 
before thee. 

13 And he said unto him, My lord 
knoweth that the children are tender, 
and the flocks and herds with young 
are with me ; and if men should over- 
drive them one day, all the flock will 
die. 

14 Let my lord, I pray thee, pass 
over before his servant; and I will 
lead on softly, according as the cat- 
tle that goeth before me and the 
children be able to endure, until I 
come unto my lord unto Seir. 

15 And Esau said, Let me now 
leave with thee some of the folk that 
are with me. And he said, What 
needeth it? let me find grace in the 
sight of my lord. 

16 1T So Esau returned that day 
on his way unto Seir. 

17 And Jacob journeyed to Suc- 
coth, and built him a house, and made 
booths for his cattle: therefore the 
name of the place is called Succoth. 

18 IT And Jacob came to Shalem, 
a city of Shechem, which is in the 
land of Canaan, when he came from 
Padan-aram; and pitched his tent 
before the city. 

19 And he bought a parcel of a 
field, where he had spread his tent, 
at the hand of the children of Ha- 
mor, Shechem' s father, for a hundred 
pieces of money. 

20 And he erected there an altar, 
and called it El-Elohe-Israel. 



Dinah ravished by Shechem. GENESIS. 



He sueth to marry her. 



CHAPTER XXXIV. 

1 Dinah is ravished by Shechem,. 4 He sueth to marry 
her. 18 The sons of Jacob offer the condition of cir- 
cumcision to the Shechemites. 20 Hamor and Shechem 
persuade them to accept it. 25 The sons of Jacob up- 
on that advantage slay them, 27 and spoil their city. 
30 Jacob reproveth Simeon and Levi. 

A ND Dinah the daughter of Leah, 
XJL which she hare unto Jacob, went 
out to see the daughters of the land. 

2 And when Shechem the son of 
Hamor the Hivite, prince of the 
country, saw her, he took her, and 
lay with her, and defiled her. 

3 And his soul clave unto Dinah 
the daughter of Jacoh, and he loved 
the damsel, and spake kindly unto 
the damsel. 

4 And Shechem spake unto his 
father Hamor, saying, Get me this 
damsel to wife. 

5 And Jacob heard that he had 
defiled Dinah his daughter : now his 
sons were with his cattle in the field : 
and Jacoh held his peace until they 
were come. 

6 IT And Hamor the father of She- 
chem went out unto Jacob to com- 
mune with him. 

7 And the sons of Jacob came out of 
the field when they heard it: and the 
men were grieved, and they were very 
wroth, because he had wrought folly in 
Israel in lying with Jacob's daughter ; 
which thing ought not to be done. 

8 And Hamor communed with them, 
saying, The soul of my son Shechem 
longeth for your daughter: I pray 
you give her him to wife. 

9 And make ye marriages with us, 
and give your daughters unto us, and 
take our daughters unto you. 

10 And ye shall dwell with us: and 
the land shall be before you; dwell 
and trade ye therein, and get you 

I possessions therein. 

11 And Shechem said unto her fa- 
ther and unto her brethren, Let me 
find grace in your eyes, and what ye 
shall say unto me I will give. 

12 Ask me never so much dowry 
and gift, and I will give according as 
ye shall say unto me: but give me 
the damsel to wife. 



13 And the sons of Jacob answered 
Shechem and Hamor his father de- 
ceitfully, and said, because he had 
defiled Dinah their sister : 

14 And they said unto them, We 
cannot do this thing, to give our sis- 
ter to one that is uncircumcised ; for 
that were a reproach unto us : 

15 But in this will we consent unto 
you: If ye will be as we be, that every 
male of you be circumcised ; 

16 Then will we give our daugh- 
ters unto you, and we will take your 
daughters to us, and we will dwell with 
you, and we will become one people. 

1 7 But if ye will not hearken unto 
us, to be circumcised ; then will we 
take our daughter, and we will be 
gone. 

18 And their words pleased Hamor 
and Shechem Hamor's son. 

19 And the young man deferred 
not to do the thing, because he had 
delight in Jacob's daughter : and he 
tvas more honourable than all the 
house of his father. 

20 If And Hamor and Shechem his 
son came unto the gate of their city, 
and communed with the men of their 
city, saying, 

21 These men are peaceable with 
us; therefore let them dwell in the 
land, and trade therein; for the land, 
behold, it is large enough for them; 
let us take their daughters to us for 
wives, and let us give them our daugh- 
ters. 

22 Only herein will the men con- 
sent unto us for to dwell with us, to 
be one people, if every male among 
us be circumcised, as they are cir- 
cumcised. 

23 Shall not their cattle and their 
substance and every beast of theirs 
be ours ? only let us consent unto 
them, and they will dwell with us. 

24 And unto Hamor and unto She- 
chem his son hearkened all that went 
out of the gate of his city ; and every 
male was circumcised, all that went 
out of the gate of his city. 

25 IT And it came to pass on the 

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The Shechemites slain. 



GENESIS. 



God blesseth Jacob. 



third day, when they were sore, that 
two of the sons of Jacoh, Simeon and 
Levi, Dinah's "brethren, took each 
man his sword, and came upon the 
city boldly, and slew all the males. 

, 26 And they slew Hamor and She- 
chem his son with the edge of the 
sword, and took Dinah out of She- 
chem's house, and went out. 

27 The sons of Jacoh came upon 
the slain, and spoiled the city, be- 
cause they had defiled their sister. 

28 They took their sheep, and their 
oxen, and their asses, and that which 
was in the city, and that which was' 
in the field, 

29 And all their wealth, and all 
their little ones, and their wives took 
they captive, and spoiled even all that 
was in the house. 

30 And Jacob said to Simeon and 
Levi, Ye have troubled me to make 
me to stink among the inhabitants of 
the land, among the Canaanites and 
the Perizzites : and I being few in 
number, they shall gather themselves 
together against me, and slay me ; and 
I shall be destroyed, I and my house. 

31 And they said, Should he deal 
with our sister as with a harlot ? 

CHAPTER XXXY. 

1 God tendcth Jacob to Beth-el. 2 He purgeth his house 
of idols. G He buildeth an altar at Beth-el. 8 Deb- 
orah diet ft at Allon-bachuth. 9 God blesseth Jacob at 
Beth-el. 1 6 Rachel travailcth of Benjamin, and dieth 
iv. the way to Edar. 22 Reuben lieth with Bilhah. 
28 The sons of Jacob. 2*7 Jacob cometh to Isaac at 
Hebron. 28 The age, death, and burial of Isaac. 

AND God said unto Jacob, Arise, 
_ go up to Beth-el, and dwell 
there: and make there an altar unto 
God, that appeared unto thee when 
thou fleddest from the face of Esau 
thy brother. 

2 Then Jacob said unto his house- 
hold, and to all that were with him, 
Put away the strange gods that are 
among you, and be clean, and change 
your garments: 

3 And Jet us arise, and go up to 
Beth-el; and I will make there an 
altar unto God, who answered me in 
the day of my distress, and was with 
me in the way which I went. 

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4 And they gave unto Jacob all the 
strange gods which were in their hand, 
and all their earrings which were in 
their ears; and Jacob hid them un- 
der the oak which was by Shechem. 

5 And they journeyed: and the 
terror of God was upon the cities that 
were round about them, and they did 
not pursue after the sons of Jacob. 

6 If So Jacob came to Luz which 
is in the land of Canaan, that is; 
Beth-el, he and all the people that 
were with him. 

7 And he built there an altar, and 
called the place El-beth-el ; because 
there God appeared unto him, when 
he fled from the face of his brother. 

8 But Deborah Rebekah's nurse 
died, and she was buried beneath 
Beth-el under an oak : and the name 
of it was called Allon-bachuth. 

9 If And God appeared unto Jacob 
again, when he came out of Padan- 
aram, and blessed him. 

10 And God said unto him, Thy 
name is Jacob : thy name shall not 
be called any more Jacob, but Israel 
shall be thy name; and he called his 
name Israel. 

11 And God said unto him, I am 
God Almighty : be fruitful and mul- 
tiply; a nation and a company of 
nations shall be of thee, and kings 
shall come out of thy loins ; 

12 And the land which I gave 
Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will 
give it, and to thy seed after thee 
will I give the land. 

13 And God went up from him in 
the place where he talked with him. 

14 And Jacob set up a pillar in 
the place where he talked with him, 
even a pillar of stone : and he poured 
a drink offering thereon, and he pour- 
ed oil thereon. 

15 And Jacob called the name ol 
the place where God spake with him, 
Beth-el. 

16 If And they journeyed from Beth- 
el ; and there was but a little way to 
come to Ephrath: and Rachel tra- 
vailed, and she had hard labour. 



Rachel dieth in travail. 



GENESIS. The generations of Esau. 



17 And it came to pass, when she 
was in hard labour, that the midwife 
said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt 
have this son also. 

18 And it came to pass, as her soul 
was in departing, (for she died,) that 
she called his name Ben-oni : but his 
father called him Benjamin. 

19 And Rachel died, and was buried 
in the way to Ephrath, which is Beth- 
lehem. 

20 And Jacob set a pillar upon her 
grave : that is the pillar of Rachel's 
grave unto this day. 

21 IT And Israel journeyed, and 
spread his tent beyond the tower of 
Edar. 

22 And it came to pass, when Is- 
rael dwelt in that land, that Reuben 
went and lay with Bilhah his father's 
concubine : and Israel heard it. Now 
the sons of Jacob were twelve : 

23 The sons of Leah; Reuben, 
Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and 
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and 
Zebulun : 

24 The sons of Rachel ; Joseph, 
and Benjamin: 

25 And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's 
handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: 

26 And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's 
handmaid; Gad, and Asher. These 
are the sons of Jacob, which were 
born to him in Padan-aram. 

27 % And Jacob came unto Isaac 
his father unto Mamre, unto the city 
of Arba, which is Hebron, where 
Abraham and Isaac sojourned. 

28 And the days of Isaac were a 
hundred and fourscore years. 

29 And Isaac gave up the ghost, 
and died, and was gathered unto his 
people, being old and full of days : and 
his sons Esau and Jacob buried him. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 

1 Esau's three wives. 6 His removing to mount Seir. 
9 His sons. 15 The dukes which descended of his sons. 
20 Tlie sons and dukes of Seir. 24 Anah findeth 
mules. 31 The kings of Edom. 40 The dukes that 
descended of Esau. 

NOW these are the generations 
of Esau, who is Edom. 
2 Esau took his wives of the daugh- 



ters of Canaan; Adah the daughter 
of Elon the Hittite, and Aholibamah 
the daughter of Anah the daughter 
of Zibeon the Hivite ; 

3 And Bashemath Ishmael's daugh- 
ter, sister of Nebajoth. 

4 And Adah bare to Esau Eliphaz, 
and Bashemath bare Reuel ; 

5 And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and 
Jaalam, and Korah: these are the 
sons of Esau, which were born unto 
him in the land of Canaan. 

6 And Esau took his wives, and 
his sons, and his daughters, and all 
the persons of his house, and his 
cattle, and all his beasts, and all his 
substance, which he had got in the 
land of Canaan; and went into the 
country from the face of his brother 
Jacob. 

7 For their riches were more than 
that they might dwell together ; and 
the land wherein they were strangers 
could not bear them because of their 
cattle. 

8 Thus dwelt Esau in mount Seir: 
Esau is Edom. 

9 If And these are the generations 
of Esau the- father of the Edomites 
in mount Seir : 

10 These are the names of Esau's 
sons ; Eliphaz the son of Adah the 
wife of Esau, Reuel the son of Bashe- 
math the wife of Esau. 

11 And the sons of Eliphaz were 
Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, 
and Kenaz. 

12 And Timna was concubine to 
Eliphaz Esau's son ; and she bare to 
Eliphaz Amalek : these were the sons 
of Adah Esau's wife. 

13 And these are the sons of Reuel; 
Nahath, and Zerah, Shammah, and 
Mizzah: these were the sons of Ba- 
shemath Esau's wife. 

14 IT And these were the sons of 
Aholibamah, the daughter of Anah 
the daughter of Zibeon, Esau's wife : 
and she bare to Esau Jeush, and Jaa- 
lam, and Korah. 

15 ^T These were dukes of the sons 
of Esau: the sons of Eliphaz the first- 

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The dukes of Seir. 



GENESIS. 



The Icings of Edom. 



born son of Esau ; duke Teman, duke 
Omar, duke Zepho, duke Kenaz, 

16 Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and 
duke Amalek: these are the dukes 
that came of Eliphaz in the land of 
Edom: these were the sons of Adah. 

17 IT And these are the sons of 
Reuel Esau's son; duke Nahath, duke 
Zerah, duke Shammah, duke Miz- 
zah: these are the dukes that came 
of Reuel in the land of Edom : these 
are the sons of Bashemath Esau's 
wife. 

18 IT And these are the sons of 
Aholibamah Esau's wife ; duke Je- 
ush, duke Jaalam, duke Korah : these 
icere the dukes that came of Aholi- 
bamah the daughter of Anah, Esau's 
wife. 

19 These are the sons of Esau, 
who is Edom, and these are their 
dukes. 

20 IT These are the sons of Seir 
the Horite, who inhabited the land ; 
Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and 
Anah, 

21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and 
Dishan : these are the dukes of the 
Horites, the children of Seir in the 
land of Edom. 

22 And the children of Lotan were 
Hori and Hemam; and Lotan's sis- 
ter was Timna. 

23 And the children of Shobal were 
these; Alvan, and Manahath, and 
Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. 

24 And these are the children of 
Zibeon ; both Ajah, and Anah : this 
was that Anah that found the mules 
in the wilderness, as he fed the asses 
of Zibeon his father. 

2-1 And the children of Anah were 
these ; Dishon, and Aholibamah the 
daughter of Anah. 

26 And these are the children of 
Dishon; Hemdan, and Eshban, and 
I tli run, and Cheran. 

27 The children of Ezer are these; 
Bilhan, and Zaavan, and Akan. 

25 The children of Dishan are 
these ; Uz, and Aran. 

29 These are the dukes that came 
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of the Horites ; duke Lotan, duke 
Shobal, duke Zibeon, duke Anah, 

30 Duke Dishon, duke Ezer, duke 
Dishan: these are the dukes that 
came of Hori, among their dukes in 
the land of Seir. 

3 1 % And these are the kings that 
reigned in the land of Edom, before 
there reigned any king over the child- 
ren of Israel. 

32 And Bela the son of Beor reign- 
ed in Edom: and the name of his 
city was Dinhabah. 

33 And Bela died, and Jobab the 
son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in 
his stead. 

34 And Jobab died, and Husham 
of the land of Temani reigned in his 
stead. 

35 And Husham died, and Hadad 
the son of Bedad, who smote Midian 
in the field of Moab, reigned in his 
stead : and the name of his city was 
Avith. 

36 And Hadad died, and Samlah 
of Masrekah reigned in his stead. 

37 And Samlah died, and Saul of 
Rehoboth by the river reigned in his 
stead. 

38 And Saul died, and Baal-ha- 
nan the son of Achbor reigned in his 
stead. 

39 And Baal-hanan the son of Ach- 
bor died, and Hadar reigned in his 
stead : and the name of his city was 
Pau ; and his wife's name was Mehe- 
tabel, the daughter of Matred, the 
daughter of Mezahab. 

40 And these are the names of the 
dukes that came of Esau, according 
to their families, after their places, 
by their names ; duke Timnah, duke 
Alvah, duke Jetheth, 

41 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, 
duke Pinon, 

42 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke 
Mibzar, 

43 Duke Magdiel, duke Irani: these 
be the dukes of Edom, according to 
their habitations in the land of their 
possession : he is Esau the father of 
the Edomites. 



Joseph's two dreams. 



GENESIS. 



His brethren envy him. 



CHAPTER XXXVII. 

2 Joseph is hated of his brethren. 5 His two dreams. 
13 Jacob sendeth him to visit his brethren. 18 His 
brethren conspire his death. 21 Reuben saveth him. 
26 They sell him to the Ishmaelites. 31 His father, 
deceived by the bloody coat, mourneth for him. 36 
He is sold to Potiphar in Egypt. 

AND Jacob dwelt in the land 
. wherein his father was a stran- 
ger, in the land of Canaan. 

2 These are the generations of Ja- 
cob. Joseph, being seventeen years 
old, was feeding the flock with his 
brethren ; and the lad was with the 
sons of Bilhah, arid with the sons of 
Zilpah, his father's wives : and Joseph 
brought unto his father their evil re- 
port. 

3 Now Israel loved Joseph more 
than all his children, because he was 
the son of his old age : and he made 
him a coat of many colours. 

4 And when his brethren saw that 
their father loved him more than all 
his brethren, they hated him, and 
could not speak peaceably unto him. 

5 If And Joseph dreamed a dream, 
and he told it his brethren: and they 
hated him yet the more. 

6 And he said unto them, Hear, I 
pray you, this dream which I have 
dreamed : 

7 For, behold, we were binding 
sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf 
arose, and also stood upright; and, be- 
hold, your sheaves stood round about, 
and made obeisance to my sheaf. 

8 And his brethren said to him, 
Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or 
shalt thou indeed have dominion over 
us ? And they hated him yet the more 
for his dreams, and for his words. 

9 If And he dreamed yet another 
dream, and told it his brethren, and 
said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream 
more; and, behold, the sun and the 
moon and the eleven stars made obei- 
sance to me. 

10 And he told it to his father, and 
to his brethren: and his father re- 
buked him, and said unto him, What 
is this dream that thou hast dreamed ? 
Shall I and thy mother and thy bre- 

4 



thren indeed come to bow down our- 
selves to thee to the earth? 

11 And his brethren envied him; 
but his father observed the saying. 

12 H And his brethren went to feed 
their father's flock in Shechem. 

13 And Israel said unto Joseph, 
Do not thy brethren feed the flock 
in Shechem? come, and I will send 
thee unto them. And he said to him, 
Here am I. 

14 And he said to him, Go, I pray 
thee, see whether it be well with thy 
brethren, and well with the flocks; 
and bring me word again. So he 
sent him out of the vale of Hebron, 
and he came to Shechem. 

15 U And a certain man found him, 
and, behold, he was wandering in the 
field: and the man asked him, say- 
ing, What seekest thou? 

16 And he said, I seek my brethren : 
tell me, I pray thee, where they feed 
their flocks. 

17 And the man said, They are de- 
parted hence; for I heard them say, 
Let us go to Dothan. And Joseph 
went after his brethren, and found 
them in Dothan. 

18 And when they saw him afar off, 
even before he came near unto them, 
they conspired against him to slay 
him. 

19 And they said one to another, 
Behold, this dreamer cometh. 

20 Come now therefore, and let us 
slay him, and cast him into some pit, 
and we will say, Some evil beast 
hath devoured him; and we shall see 
what will become of his dreams. 

21 And Reuben heard it, and he 
delivered him out of their hands ; and 
said, Let us not kill him. 

22 And Reuben said unto them, 
Shed no blood, but cast him into this 
pit that is in the wilderness, and lay 
no hand upon him; that he might 
rid him out of their hands, to deliver 
him to his father again. 

23 % And it came to pass, when 
Joseph was come unto his brethren, 
that they stripped Joseph out of his 

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Joseph sold into Egypt. 



GENESIS. 



The trespass of Onan. 



coat, his coat of many colours that 
was on him ; 

24 And they took him, and cast him 
into a pit: and the pit was empty, 
there was no water in it. 

25 And they sat down to eat oread: 
and they lifted up their eyes and 
looked, and, behold, a company of 
Ishmaelites came from Gilead, with 
their camels hearing spicery and halm 
and myrrh, going to carry it down to 
Egypt. 

26 And Judah said unto his bre- 
thren, What profit is it if we slay 
our brother, and conceal his blood ? 

27 Come, and let us sell him to the 
Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be 
upon him ; for he is our brother and 
our flesh: and his brethren were 
content. 

28 Then there passed by Midian- 
ltes merchantmen ; and they drew 
and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, 
and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites 
for twenty pieces of silver: and they 
brought Joseph into Egypt. 

29 If And Reuben returned unto 
the pit; and, behold, Joseph was 
not in the pit; and he rent his 
clothes. 

30 And he returned unto his bre- 
thren, and said, The child is not; 
and I, whither shall I go ? 

31 And they took Joseph's coat, 
and killed a kid of the goats, and 
dipped the coat in the blood ; 

32 And they sent the coat of many 
colours, and they brought it to their 
father ; and said, This have we found : 
know now whether it be thy son's 
coat or no. 

33 And he knew it, and said, It is 
my son's coat; an evil beast hath 
devoured him ; Joseph is without 
doubt rent in pieces. 

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, and 
put sackcloth upon his loins, and 
mourned lor his son many days. 

35 And all his sons and all his 
daughters rose up to comfort him; 
but he refused to be comforted; and 
he said, For I will go down into the 

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grave unto my son mourning. Thus 
his father wept for hirn. 

36 And theMidianites sold him into 
Egypt unto Potiphar, an officer of 
Pharaoh's, and captain of the guard. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

1 Judah begetteth Er, Onan, and Shelah. 6 Er marrieth 
Tamar. 8 The trespass of Onan. 1 1 Tamar stayeth 
for Shelah. 13 She deceiveth Judah. 21 She bearetk 
twins, Pharcz and Zarah. 

AN D it came to pass at that time, 
. that Judah went down from his 
brethren, and turned in to a certain 
Adullamite, whose name was Hirah. 

2 And Judah saw there a daughter 
of a certain Canaanite, whose name 
was Shuah; and he took her, and 
went in unto her. 

3 And she conceived, and bare a 
son ; and he called his name Er. 

4 And she conceived again, and bare 
a son ; and she called his name Onan. 

5 And she yet again conceived, and 
bare a son ; and called his name She- 
lah: and he was at Chezib, when 
she bare him. 

6 And Judah took a wife for Er his 
firstborn, whose name was Tamar. 

7 And Er, Judah's firstborn, was 
wicked in the sight of the Lord; and 
the Lord slew him. 

8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in 
unto thy brother's wife, and marry 
her, and raise up seed to thy brother. 

9 And Onan knew that the seed 
should not be his; and it came to 
pass, when he went in unto his bro- 
ther's wife, that he spilled it on the 
ground, lest that he should give seed 
to his brother. 

10 And the thing which he did 
displeased the Lord: wherefore he 
slew him also. 

1 1 Then said Judah to Tamar his 
daughter in law, Remain a widow 
at thy father's house, till Shelah my 
son be grown: for he said, Lest per- 
adventure he die also, as his brethren 
did. And Tamar went and dwelt in 
her father's house. 

12 If And in process of time the 
daughter of Shuah Judah's wife died; 
and Judah was comforted, and went up 



Tamar deceiveth Judah. 



GENESIS. 



Tamar beareth twins. 



unto his sheepshearers to Timnath, he 
and his friend Hirah the Adullamite. 

13 And it was told Tamar, saying, 
Behold, thy father in law goeth up 
to Timnath to shear his sheep. 

14 And she put her widow's gar- 
ments off from her, and covered her 
with a vail, and wrapped herself, and 
sat in an open place, which is by the 
way to Timnath ; for she saw that 
Shelah was grown, and she was not 
given unto him to wife. 

15 When Judah saw her, he thought 
her to be a harlot ; because she had 
covered her face. 

16 And he turned unto her by the 
way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let 
me come in unto thee ; (for he knew 
not that she was his daughter in law:) 
and she said, What wilt thou give me, 
that thou mayest come in unto me ? 

17 And he said, I will send thee a 
kid from the flock. And she said, 
Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou 
send it ? 

18 And he said, What pledge shall 
I give thee ? And she said, Thy sig- 
net, and thy bracelets, and thy staff 
that is in thine hand. And he gave 
it her, and came in unto her, and she 
conceived by him. 

19 And she arose, and went away, 
and laid by her vail from her, and put 
on the garments of her widowhood. 

20 And Judah sent the kid by the 
hand of his friend the Adullamite, to 
receive his pledge from the woman's 
hand : but he found her not. 

21 Then he asked the men of that 
place, saying, Where is the harlot, 
that was openly by the way side ? 
And they said, There was no harlot 
in this place. 

22 And he returned to Judah, and 
said, I cannot find her ; and also the 
men of the place said, that there was 
no harlot in this place. 

23 And Judah said, Let her take it to 
her, lest we be shamed : behold, I sent 
this kid, and thou hast not found her. 

24 If And it came to pass about 
three months after, that it was told 



Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter 
in law hath played the harlot; and 
also, behold, she is with child by 
whoredom. And Judah said, Bring 
her forth, and let her be burnt. 

25 When she was brought forth, 
she sent to her father in law, saying, 
By the man, whose these are, am 1 
with child : and she said, Discern, I 
pray thee, whose are these, the signet, 
and bracelets, and staff. 

26 And Judah acknowledged them, 
and said, She hath been more right- 
eous than I ; because that I gave her 
not to Shelah my son. And he knew 
her again no more. 

2 7 *[T And it came to pass in the time 
of her travail, that, behold, twins were 
in her womb. 

28 And it came to pass, when she 
travailed, that the one put out his 
hand : and the midwife took and 
bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, 
saying, This came out first. 

29 And it came to pass, as he drew 
back his hand, that, behold, his bro- 
ther came out: and she said, How 
hast thou broken forth? this breach 
be upon thee : therefore his name was 
called Pharez. 

30 And afterward came out his 
brother, that had. the scarlet thread 
upon his hand : and his name was 
called Zarah. 

CHAPTEK XXXIX. 



1 Joseph advanced in P-otiphar's house. 1 He resisteth 
his mistress' temptation. 13 He is falsely accused. 
20 He is cast in prison. 21 God is with him there. 

AND Joseph was brought down to 
- Egypt ; and Potiphar, an officer 
of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an 
Egyptian, bought him of the hands 
of the Ishmaelites, which had brought 
him down thither. 

2 And the Lord was with Joseph, 
and he was a prosperous man; and 
he was in the house of his master the 
Egyptian. 

3 And his master saw that the Lord 
was with him, and that the Lord made 
all that he did to prosper in Ins hand. 

4 And Joseph found grace in his 

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Joseph resist eth temptation. GENESIS, 



He is cast into prison. 



sight, and he served him: and he 
made him overseer over his house, and 
all that he had he put into his hand. 

5 And it came to pass from the time 
that he had made him overseer in 
his house, and over all that he had, 
that the Lord blessed the Egyptian's 
house for Joseph's sake ; and the 
blessing of the Lord was upon all that 
he had in the house, and in the field. 

6 And he left all that he had in Jo- 
seph's hand ; and he knew not aught 
he had, save the bread which he did 
eat. And Joseph was a goodly per- 
son, and well favoured. 

7 If And it came to pass after these 
•things, that his master's wife cast her 
eyes upon Joseph ; and she said, Lie 
with me. 

8 But he refused, and said unto his 
master's wife, Behold, my master 
wotteth not what is with me in the 
house, and he hath committed all 
that he hath to my hand ; 

9 There is none greater in this 
house than I ; neither hath he kept 
back any thing from me but thee, 
because thou art his wife : how then 
can I do this great wickedness, and 
sin against God? 

10 And it came to pass, as she spake 
to Joseph day by day, that he heark- 
ened not unto her, to lie by her, or 
to be with her. 

1 1 And it came to pass about this 
time, that Joseph went into the house 
to do his business; and there was none 
of the men of the house there within. 

12 And she caught him by his gar- 
ment, saying, Lie with me: and he 
left his garment in her hand, and fled, 
and got him out. 

\-\ And it came to pass, when she 
saw that he had left his garment in 
her hand, and was fled forth, 

14 That she called unto the men 
of her house, and spake unto them, 
saying, Sedj he hath brought in a He- 
brew unto us to mock us; he came 
in unto me to Lie with me, and I 
cried will, a loud voice: 

15 And it came to pass, when he 

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heard that I lifted up my voice and 
cried, that he left his garment with 
me, and fled, and got him out. 

16 And she laid up his garment by 
her, until his lord came home. 

17 And she spake unto him ac- 
cording to these words, saying, The 
Hebrew servant, which thou hast 
brought unto us, came in unto me to 
mock me : 

18 And it came to pass, as I lifted 
up my voice and cried, that he left 
his garment with me, and fled out. 

19 And it came to pass, when his 
master heard the words of his wife, 
which she spake unto him, saying, 
After this manner did thy servant to 
me ; that his wrath was kindled. 

20 And Joseph's master took him, 
and put him into the prison, a place 
where the king's prisoners were bound : 
and he was there in the prison. 

2 1 IT But the Lord was with Joseph, 
and shewed him mercy, and gave him 
favour in the sight of the keeper of 
the prison. 

22 And the keeper of the prison 
committed to Joseph's hand all the 
prisoners that were in the prison ; 
and whatsoever they did there, he 
was the doer of it. 

23 The keeper of the prison looked 
not to any thing that was under his 
hand ; because the Lord was with 
him, and that which he did, the Lord 
made it to prosper. 

CHAPTER XL. 

1 The butler and baker of Pharaoh in prison. 4 Joseph 
hath charge of them. 5 He interpreteth their dreams. 
20 They come to pass according to his interpretation. 
23 The ingratitude of the butler. 

AND it came to pass after these 
things, that the butler of the 
king of Egypt and his baker had of- 
fended their lord the king of Egypt. 

2 And Pharaoh was wroth against 
two of his officers, against the chief 
of the butlers, and against the chief 
of the bakers. 

3 And he put them in ward in the 
house of the captain of the guard, 
into the prison, the place where Jo- 
seph was bound. 



, 



Pharaoh! s butler and 



GENESIS. 



baker 



in prison 



4 And the captain of the guard 
charged Joseph with them, and he 
served them: and they continued a 
season in ward. 

5 IT And they dreamed a dream both 
of them, each man his dream in one 
night, each man according to the in- 
terpretation of his dream, the butler 
and the baker of the king of Egypt, 
which were bound in the prison. 

6 And Joseph came in unto them in 
the morning, and looked upon them, 
and, behold, they were sad. 

7 And he asked Pharaoh's officers 
that were with him in the ward of his 
lord's house, saying, Wherefore look 
ye so sadly to day? 

8 And they said unto him, We have 
dreamed a dream, and there is no in- 
terpreter of it. And Joseph said unto 
them, Do not interpretations belong 
to God? tell me them, I pray you. 

9 And the chief butler told his dream 
to Joseph, and said to him, In my 
dream, behold, a vine was before me ; 

10 And in the vine were three 
branches: and it was as though it 
budded, and her blossoms shot forth ; 
and the clusters thereof brought forth 
ripe grapes: 

11 And Pharaoh's cup was in my 
hand: and I took the grapes, and 
pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and 
I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand. 

12 And Joseph said unto him, This 
is the interpretation of it : The three 
branches are three days : 

13 Yet within three days shall Pha- 
raoh lift up thine head, and restore 
thee unto thy place; and thou shalt 
deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, 
after the former manner when thou 
wast his butler. 

14 But think on me when it shall 
be well with thee, and shew kindness, 
I pray thee, unto me, and make men- 
tion of me unto Pharaoh, and bring 
me out of this house : 

15 For indeed I was stolen away out 
of the land of the Hebrews : and here 
also have I done nothing that they 
should put me into the dungeon. 



' 16 When the chief baker saw that 
the interpretation was good, he said 
unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, 
and, behold, i" had three white bas- 
kets on my head : 

17 And in the uppermost basket 
there was of all manner of bakemeats 
for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat 
them out of the basket upon my head 

18 And Joseph answered and said, 
This is the interpretation thereof: 
The three baskets are three days: 

19 Yet within three days shall Pha- 
raoh lift up thy head from off thee, 
and shall hang thee on a tree ; and the 
birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee. 

20 IT And it came to pass the third 
day, tvhich was Pharaoh's birthday, 
that he made a feast unto all his ser- 
vants: and he lifted up the head of 
the chief butler and of the chief baker 
among his servants. 

21 And he restored the chief butler 
unto his butlership again; and he 
gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand : 

22 But he hanged the chief baker: 
as Joseph had interpreted to them. 

23 Yet did not the chief butler re- 
member Joseph, but for gat him. 

CHAPTER XLI. 

1 Pharaoh'' $ two dreams. 25 Joseph interpreteth them. 
33 He giveth Pharaoh counsel. 38 Joseph is advanced. 
50 He begetteth Manasseh and Ephraim. 54 The 
famine beglnneth. 

AND it came to pass at the end of 
_ two full years, that Pharaoh 
dreamed: and, behold, he stood by 
the river. 

2 And, behold, there came up out of 
the river seven well favoured kine and 
fatfleshed ; and they fed in a meadow. 

3 And, behold, seven other kine 
came up after them out of the river, 
ill favoured and leanfleshed; and 
stood by the other kine upon the 
brink of the river. 

4 And the ill favoured and leanflesh- 
ed kine did eat up the seven well favour- 
ed and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke. 

5 And he slept and dreamed the 
second time: and, behold, seven ears 
of corn came up upon one stalk, rank 
and good. 

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Joseph interpreteth 



GENESIS. 



Pharaolis dreams. 



6 And, behold, seven thin ears and 
blasted with the east wind sprung up 
after them. 

7 And the seven thin ears devour- 
ed the seven rank and full ears. And 
Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was 
a dream. 

8 And it came to pass in the morn- 
ing that his spirit was troubled ; and 
he sent and called for all the magi- 
cians of Egypt, and all the wise men 
thereof: and Pharaoh told them his 
dream ; but there ivas none that could 
interpret them unto Pharaoh. 

9 H" Then spake the chief butler 
unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember 
my faults this day: 

10 Pharaoh was wroth with his 
* servants, and put me in ward in the 

captain of the guard's house, both me 
and the chief baker : 

11 And we dreamed a dream in one 
night, I and he; we dreamed each 
man according to the interpretation 
of his dream. 

12 And there was there with us a 
young man, a Hebrew, servant to the 
captain of the guard ; and we told 
him, and he interpreted to us our 
dreams; to each man according to 
his dream he did interpret. 

13 And it came to pass, as he inter- 
preted to us, so it was ; me he restored 
unto mine office, and him he hanged. 

14 IT Then Pharaoh sent and called 
Joseph, and they brought him hastily 
out of the dungeon : and he shaved 
himself, and changed his raiment, 
and came in unto Pharaoh. 

15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
I have dreamed a dream, and there is 
none that can interpret it: and I have 
heard say of thee, that thou canst un- 
derstand a dream to interpret it. 

16 And Joseph answered Pharaoh, 
saying, It is not in me: God shall 
give Pharaoh an answer of peace. 

1 7 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
)d my dream, behold, I stood upon 
the bank of the river: 

18 And, behold, there came up out 
of the river seven kine, fatneshed 

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and well favoured ; and they fed in a 
meadow: 

19 And, behold, seven other kine 
came up after them, poor and very 
ill favoured and leanfleshed, such as 
I never saw in all the land of Egypt 
for badness : 

20 And the lean and the ill favoured 
kine did eat up the first seven fat kine : 

21 And when they had eaten them 
up, it could not be known that they 
had eaten them ; but they were still 
ill favoured, as at the beginning. So 
I awoke. 

22 And I saw in my dream, and, 
behold, seven ears came up in one 
stalk, full and good : 

23 And, behold, seven ears, wither- 
ed, thin, and blasted with the east 
wind, sprung up after them : 

24 And the thin ears devoured the 
seven good ears : and I told this unto 
the magicians ; but there was none 
that could declare it to me. 

25 IT And Joseph said unto Pharaoh, 
The dream of Pharaoh is one: God 
hath shewed Pharaoh what he is 
about to do. 

26 The seven good kine are seven 
years; and the seven good ears are 
seven years : the dream is one. 

27 And the seven thin and ill fa- 
voured kine that came up after them 
are seven years ; and the seven empty 
ears blasted with the east wind shall 
be seven years of famine. 

28 This is the thing which I have 
spoken unto Pharaoh : What God is 
about to do he sheweth unto Pharaoh. 

29 Behold, there come seven years 
of great plenty throughout all the 
land of Egypt : 

30 And there shall arise after them 
seven years of famine; and all the 
plenty shall be forgotten in the land 
of Egypt; and the famine shall con- 
sume the land ; 

3 1 And the plenty shall not be known 
in the land by reason of that famine 
following; for it shall be very grievous. 

32 And for that the dream was 
doubled unto Pharaoh twice ; it is be- 









Joseph's advancement. 



GENESIS. 



The famine beginneth. 



cause the thing is established by God, 
and God will shortly bring it to pass. 

33 Now therefore let Pharaoh look 
out a man discreet and wise, and set 
him over the land of Egypt. 

34 Let Pharaoh do this, and let him 
appoint officers over the land, and 
take up the fifth part of the land of 
Egypt in the seven plenteous years. 

35 And let them gather all the food 
of those good years that come, and lay 
up corn under the hand of Pharaoh, 
and let them keep food in the cities. 

36 And that food shall be for store 
to the land against the seven years 
of famine, which shall be in the land 
of Egypt ; that the land perish not 
through the famine. 

37 If And the thing was good in the 
eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of 
all his servants. 

38 And Pharaoh said unto his serv- 
ants, Can we find such a one as this is, 
a man in whom the Spirit of God is ? 

39 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
Forasmuch as God hath shewed thee 
all this, there is none so discreet and 
wise as thou art : 

40 Thou shalt be over my house, 
and according unto thy word shall all 
my people be ruled : only in the 
throne will I be greater than thou. 

41 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
See, I have set thee over all the land 
of Egypt. 

42 And Pharaoh took off his ring 
from his hand, and put it upon Jo- 
seph's hand, and arrayed him in 
vestures of fine linen, and put a gold 
chain about his neck ; 

43 And he made him to ride in the 
second chariot which he had ; and 
they cried before him, Bow the knee : 
and he made him ruler over all the 
land of Egypt. 

44 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall 
no man lift up his hand or foot in all 
the land of Egypt. 

45 And Pharaoh called Joseph's 
name Zaphnath-paaneah ; and he gave 
him to wife Asenath the daughter of 



Poti-pherah priest of On. And Joseph 
went out over all the land of Egypt. 

46 TT And Joseph was thirty years 
old when he stood before Pharaoh 
king of E gypt. And Joseph went out 
from the presence of Pharaoh, and 
went throughout all the land of Egypt. 

47 And in the seven plenteous years 
the earth brought forth by handfuls. 

48 And he gathered up all the food 
of the seven years, which were in the 
land of Egypt, and laid up the food 
in the cities : the food of the field, 
which was round about every city, 
laid he up in the same. 

49 And Joseph gathered corn as the 
sand of the sea, very much, until he left 
numbering ; for it was without number. 

50 And unto Joseph were born two 
sons, before the years of famine came : 
which Asenath the daughter of Poti- 
pherah priest of On bare unto him. 

51 And Joseph called the name 
of the firstborn Manasseh : For God. 
said he, hath made me forget all my 
toil, and all my father's house. 

52 And the name of the second 
called he Ephraim: For God hath 
caused me to be fruitful in the land 
of my affliction. 

53 IT And the seven years of plen- 
teousness, that was in the land of 
Egypt, were ended. 

54 And the seven years of dearth 
began to come, according as Joseph 
had said : and the dearth was in all 
lands ; but in all the land of Egypt 
there was bread. 

55 And when all the land of Egypt 
was famished, the people cried to 
Pharaoh for bread : and Pharaoh said 
unto all the Egyptians, Go unto Jo- 
seph ; what he saith to you, do. 

56 And the famine was over all the 
face of the earth : and Joseph opened 
all the storehouses, and sold unto the 
Egyptians ; and the famine waxed 
sore in the land of Egypt. 

57 And all countries came into 
Egypt to Joseph for to buy com; 
because that the famine was so sore 
in all lands. 

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Jacob sendeth his ten sons 



GENESIS. 



to buy corn in Egypt. 



CIIAPTEK XLIL 

1 Jacob sendeth his ten sons to bay corn in Egypt. 16 
They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies. 18 They 
are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. 21 
They have remorse for Joseph. 24 Simeon is kept 
for a pledge. 25 They return with corn, and their 
money. 29 Their relation to Jacob. 36 Jacob refuseth 
to send Benjamin. 

NOW when Jacob saw that there 
was corn in Egypt, Jacob said 
unto his sons, Why do ye look one 
upon another ? 

2 And he said, Behold, I have heard 
that there is corn in Egypt : get you 
down thither, and buy for us from 
thence ; that we may live, and not die. 

3 ^[ And Joseph's ten brethren went 
down to buy corn in Egypt. 

4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, 
Jacob sent not with his brethren; for 
he said, Lest perad venture mischief 
befall him. 

5 And the sons of Israel came to 
buy corn among those that came : for 
the famine was in the land of Canaan. 

6 And Joseph was the governor 
over the land, and he it was that 
sold to all the people of the land : 
and Joseph's brethren came, and 
bowed down themselves before him 
with their faces to the earth. 

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, 
and he knew them, but made himself 
strange unto them, and spake roughly 
unto them; and he said unto them, 
Whence come ye? And they said, From 
the land of Canaan to buy food. 

8 And Joseph knew his brethren, 
but they knew not him. 

9 And Joseph remembered the 
dreams which he dreamed of them, 
and said unto them, Ye are spies ; to see 
the nakedness of the land ye are come. 

10 And they said unto him, Nay, 
my lord, but to buy food are thy serv- 
ants come. 

1 1 We are all one man's sons ; we 
are true men ; thy servants are no spies. 

12 And he said unto them, Nay, 
in it to see the nakedness of the land 
ye are come. 

L3 And they said, Thy servants 
are twelve brethren, the sons of one 
man in the land of Canaan; and, 
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behold, the youngest is this day with 
our father, and one is not. 

14 And Joseph said unto them, 
That is it that I spake unto you, 
saying, Ye are spies : 

15 Hereby ye shall be proved : By 
the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go 
forth hence, except your youngest 
brother come hither. 

16 Send one of you, and let him 
fetch your brother, and ye shall be 
kept in prison, that your words may 
be proved, whether there be any truth 
in you : or else by the life of Pharaoh 
surely ye are spies. 

17 And he put them all together 
into ward three days. 

18 And Joseph said unto them the 
third day, This do, and live; for I 
fear God : 

19 If ye be true men, let one of your 
brethren be bound in the house of 
your prison : go ye, carry corn for 
the famine of your houses : 

20 But bring your ' youngest bro- 
ther unto me ; so shall your words be 
verified, and ye shall not die. And 
they did so. 

21 IT And they said one to another. 
We are verily guilty concerning our 
brother, in that we saw the anguish 
of his soul, when he besought us, 
and we would not hear ; therefore is 
this distress come upon us. 

22 And Reuben answered them, 
saying, Spake I not unto you, say- 
ing, Do not sin against the child ; 
and ye would not hear? therefore, 
behold, also his blood is required. 

23 And they knew not that Joseph 
understood them ; for he spake unto 
them by an interpreter. 

24 And he turned himself about 
from them, and wept; and returned 
to them again, and communed with 
them, and took from them Simeon, 
and bound him before their eyes. 

25 If Then Joseph commanded to 
fill their sacks with corn, and to 
restore every man's money into his 
sack, and to give them provision for 
the way: and thus did he unto them 



Joseph's brethren return. 



GENESIS. 



Jacob sendeth Benjamin. 



26 And they laded their asses with 
the corn, and departed thence. 

27 And as one of them opened his 
sack to give his ass provender in the 
inn, he espied his money ; for, he- 
hold, it was in his sack's mouth. 

28 And he said unto his brethren, 
My money is restored ; and, lo, it is 
even in my sack: and their heart 
failed them, and they were afraid, 
saying one to another, What is this 
that God hath done unto us ? 

29 H And they came unto Jacob 
their father unto the land of Canaan, 
and told him all that befell unto them ; 
saying, 

30 The man, who is the lord of the 
land, spake roughly to us, and took 
us for spies of the country. 

31 And we said unto him, We are 
true men ; we are no spies : 

32 We be twelve brethren, sons 
of our father; one is not, and the 
youngest is this day with our father 
in the land of Canaan. 

33 And the man, the lord of the 
country, said unto us, Hereby shall 
I know that ye are true men ; leave 
one of your brethren here with me, 
and take food for the famine of your 
households, and be gone : 

34 And bring your youngest bro- 
ther unto me : then shall I know that 
ye are no spies, but that ye are true 
men : so will I deliver you your bro- 
ther, and ye shall traffick in the land. 

35 ^[ And it came to pass as they 
emptied their sacks, that, behold, 
every man's bundle of money was 
in his sack : and when both they and 
their father saw the bundles of mo- 
ney, they were afraid. 

36 And Jacob their father said unto 
them, Me have ye bereaved of my 
children: Joseph is not, and Simeon 
is not, and ye will take Benjamin 
away : all these things are against me. 

37 And Reuben spake unto his fa- 
ther, saying, Slay my two sons, if I 
bring him not to thee : deliver him 
into my hand, and I will bring him 
to thee again. 



38 And he said, My son shall not 
go down with you; for his brother 
is dead, and he is left alone : if mis- 
chief befall him by the way in the 
which ye go, then shall ye bring 
down my gray hairs with sorrow to 
the grave. 

CHAPTER XL11L 

1 Jacob is hardly persuaded to send Benjamin. 15 Jo- 
seph entertaineth his brethren. 31 He maketh them 
a feast. 

AND the famine was sore in the 
_ land. 

2 And it came to pass, when they 
had eaten up the corn which they 
had brought out of Egypt, their fa- 
ther said unto them, Go again, buy 
us a little food. 

3 And Judah spake unto him, say- 
ing, The man did solemnly protest 
unto us, saying, Ye shall not see 
my face, except your brother be with 
you. 

4 If thou wilt send our brother 
with us, we will go down and buy 
thee food: 

5 But if thou wilt not send him, we 
will not go down: for the man said 
unto us, Ye shall not see my face, 
except your brother be with you. 

6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt 
ye so ill with me, as to tell the man 
whether ye had yet a brother ? 

'7 And they said, The man asked 
us straitly of our state, and of our 
kindred, saying, Is your father yet 
alive? have ye another brother? and 
we told him according to the tenor 
of these words : Could we certainly 
know that he would say, Bring your 
brother down? 

8 And Judah said unto Israel his 
father, Send the lad with me, and we 
will arise and go ; that we may live, 
and not die, both we, and thou, and 
also our little ones. 

9 I will be surety for him ; of my 
hand shalt thou require him: if I 
bring him not unto thee, and set him 
before thee, then let me bear the 
blame for ever : 

10 For except we had lingered, 

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Joseph entertaineth 



GENESIS. 



his brethren. 



surely now we had returned this se- 
cond time. 

1 1 And their father Israel said unto 
them, If it must be so now, do this; 
take of the best fruits in the land in 
your vessels, and carry down the 
man a present, a little balm, and a 
little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts 
and almonds : 

12 And take double money in your 
hand ; and the money that was brought 
again in the mouth of your sacks, 
carry it again in your hand; perad- 
venture it was an oversight. 

13 Take also your brother, and 
arise, go again unto the man : 

14 And God Almighty give you 
mercy before the man, that he may 
send away your other brother, and 
Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my 
children, I am bereaved. 

15 1f And the men took that pre- 
sent, and they took double money in 
their hand, and Benjamin ; and rose 
up, and went down to Egypt, and 
stood before Joseph. 

16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin 
with them, he said to the ruler of his 
house, Bring these men home, and 
slay, and make ready ; for these men 
shall dine with me at noon. 

1 7 And the man did as Joseph bade ; 
and the man brought the men into 
Joseph's house. 

18 And the men were afraid, be- 
cause they were brought into Joseph's 
house; and they said, Because of the 
money that was returned in our sacks 
at the first time are we brought in ; 
that he may seek occasion against 
us, and fall upon us, and take us for 
bondmen, and our asses. 

19 And they came near to the stew- 
ard of Josephs house, and they com- 
muned with him at the door of the 
house, 

20 And said, O sir, we came indeed 
down at the first time to buy food : 

2 I And it came to pass, when we 
came to the inn, that we opened our 
sacks, and, behold, every man's mo- 
ney ivas in the mouth of his sack, our 
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money in full weight : and we have 
brought it again in our hand. 

2 2 And other money have we brought 
down in our hands to buy food : we 
cannot tell who put our money in our 
sacks. 

23 And he said, Peace be to you, 
fear not: your God, and the God of 
your father, hath given you treasure 
in your sacks : I had your money. And 
he brought Simeon out unto them. 

24 And the man brought the men 
into Joseph's house, and gave them 
water, and they washed their feet ; 
and he gave their asses provender. 

25 And they made ready the pre- 
sent against Joseph came at noon : 
for they heard that they should eat 
bread there. 

26 IT And when Joseph came home, 
they brought him the present which 
ivas in their hand into the house, and 
bowed themselves to him to the earth. 

2 7 And he asked them of their wel- 
fare, and said, Is your father well, 
the old man of whom ye spake ? Is 
he yet alive ? 

28 And they answered, Thy serv- 
ant our father is in good health, he 
is yet alive. And they bowed down 
their heads, and made obeisance. 

29 And he lifted up his eyes, and 
saw his brother Benjamin, his mo- 
ther's son, and said, Is this your 
younger brother, of whom ye spake 
unto me ? And he said, God be gra- 
cious unto thee, my son. 

30 And Joseph made haste ; for 
his bowels did yearn upon his bro- 
ther : and he sought where to weep ; 
and he entered into his chamber, and 
wept there. 

31 And he washed his face, and 
went out, and refrained himself, and 
said, Set on bread. 

32 And they set on for him by him- 
self, and for them by themselves, and 
for the Egyptians, which did eat with 
him, by themselves : because the 
Egyptians might not eat bread with 
the Hebrews ; for that is an abomi- 
nation unto the Egyptians. 



His policy to stay them. GENESIS. Judah! s humble supplication, 



33 And they sat before him, the 
firstborn according to his birthright, 
and the youngest according to his 
youth : and the men marvelled one 
at another. 

34 And he took and sent messes 
unto them from before him : but Ben- 
jamin's mess was five times so much 
as any of theirs. And they drank, 
and were merry with him. 

CHAPTER XLIV. 

1 Joseph's policy to stay his brethren. 14 Judah's humble 
supplication to Joseph. 

AND he commanded the steward 
l of his house, saying, Fill the 
men's sacks with food, as much as 
they can carry, and put every man's 
money in his sack's mouth. 

2 And put my cup, the silver cup, 
in the sack's mouth of the youngest, 
and his corn money. And he did ac- 
cording to the word that Joseph had 
spoken. 

3 As soon as the morning was light, 
the men were sent away, they and 
their asses. 

4 And when they were gone out of 
the city, and not yet far off, Joseph 
said unto his steward, Up, follow af- 
ter the men ; and when thou dost 
overtake them, say unto them, Where- 
fore have ye rewarded evil for good ? 

5 Is not this it in which my lord 
drinketh, and whereby indeed he di- 
vineth? ye have done evil in so doing. 

6 *fi And he overtook them, and he 
spake unto them these same words. 

7 And they said unto him, Where- 
fore saith my lord these words ? God 
forbid that thy servants should do 
according to this thing : 

8 Behold, the money, which we 
found in our sacks' mouths, we 
brought again unto thee out of the 
land of Canaan : how then should we 
steal out of thy lord's house silver or 
gold? 

9 With whomsoever of thy servants 
it be found, both let him die, and we 
also will be my lord's bondmen. 

10 And he said, Now also let it be 
according unto your words : he with 



whom it is found shall be my servant ; 
and ye shall be blameless. 

11 Then they speedily took down 
every man his sack to the ground, 
and opened every man his sack. 

12 And he searched, andheg&n at the 
eldest, and left at the youngest : and the 
cup was found in Benjamin's sack. 

13 Then they rent their clothes, 
and laded every man his ass, and re- 
turned to the city. 

14 1T And Judah and his brethren 
came to Joseph's house ; for he was 
yet there: and they fell before him 
on the ground. 

15 And Joseph said unto them, 
What deed is this that ye have done ? 
wot ye not that such a man as I can 
certainly divine ? 

16 And Judah said, What shall we 
say unto my lord? what shall we 
speak ? or how shall we clear our- 
selves ? God hath found out the ini- 
quity of thy servants: behold, we 
are my lord's servants, both we, and 
he also with whom the cup is found. 

17 And he said, God forbid that I 
should do so : but the man in whose 
hand the cup is found, he shall be 
my servant ; and as for you, get you 
up in peace unto your father. 

18 If Then Judah came near unto 
him, and said, O my lord, let thy 
servant, I pray thee, speak a word 
in my lord's ears, and let not thine 
anger burn against thy servant : for 
thou art even as Pharaoh. 

19 My lord asked his servants, say- 
ing, Have ye a father, or a brother ? 

20 And we said unto my lord, We 
have a father, an old man, and a 
child of his old age, a little one ; and 
his brother is dead, and he alone is 
left of his mother, and his father 
loveth him. 

21 And thou saidst unto thy serv- 
ants, Bring him down unto me, that 
I may set mine eyes upon him. 

22 And we said unto my lord, The 
lad cannot leave his father : for if he 
should leave his father, his father 
would die. 

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Joseph niaketh himself 



GENESIS. 



known to his brethren. 



23 And thou saidst unto thy serv- 
ants, Except your youngest brother 
come down with you, ye shall see my 
face no more. 

24 And it came to pass when we 
came up unto thy servant my father, 
we told him the words of my lord. 

25 And our father said, Go again, 
and buy us a little food. 

2 6 And we said, We cannot go down : 
if our youngest brother be with us, 
then will we go down : for we may 
not see the man's face, except our 
youngest brother be with us. 

27 And thy servant my father said 
unto us, Ye know that my wife bare 
me two sons : 

28 And the one went out from me, 
and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces ; 
and I saw him not since : 

29 And if ye take this also from 
me, and mischief befall him, ye shall 
bring down my gray hairs with sor- 
row to the grave. 

30 Now therefore when I come to 
thy servant my father, and the lad 
be not with us ; seeing that his life is 
bound up in the lad's life ; 

31 It shall come to pass, when he 
seeth that the lad is not with us, that 
he will die : and thy servants shall bring 
down the gray hairs of thy servant 
our father with sorrow to the grave. 

32 For thy servant became surety 
for the lad unto my father, saying, If 
I bring him not unto thee, then I shall 
bear the blame to my father for ever. 

33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let 
thy servant abide instead of the lad a 
bondman to my lord ; and let the lad 
go up with his brethren. 

34 For how shall I go up to my 
father, and the lad be not with me ? 
lest per ad venture I see the evil that 
shall come on my father. 

CHAPTER XLV. 

1 Jfaeph maketh himself known to his brethren. 5 He 
COmforUth tlwm in God's providence. 9 He sendcth for 
his father. 16 Pharaoh confirmcth it. 21 Joseph 
furiiishrth them for their journey, and exhorteth them 
to conetrd. 25 Jacob is revived with the news. 

VHEN Joseph could not refrain 
himself before all them that 
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stood by him; and he cried, Cause 
every man to go out from me. And 
there stood no man with him, while 
Joseph made himself known unto his 
brethren. 

2 And he wept aloud : and the 
Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh 
heard. 

3 And Joseph said unto his bre- 
thren, I am Joseph ; doth my father 
yet live ? And his brethren could not 
answer him ; for they were troubled 
at his presence. 

4 And Joseph said unto his bre- 
thren, Come near to me, I pray you. 
And they came near. And he said, 
I am Joseph your brother, whom ye 
sold into Egypt. 

5 Now therefore be not grieved, 
nor angry with yourselves, that ye 
sold me hither : for God did send me 
before you to preserve life. 

6 For these two years hath the fa- 
mine been in the land : and yet there 
are five years, in the which there shall 
neither be earing nor harvest. 

7 And God sent me before you to 
preserve you a posterity in the earth, 
and to save your lives by a great 
deliverance. 

8 So now it was not you that sent 
me hither, but God : and he hath 
made me a father to Pharaoh, and 
lord of all his house, and a ruler 
throughout all the land of Egypt. 

9 Haste ye, and go up to my fa- 
ther, and say unto him, Thus saith 
thy son Joseph, God hath made me 
lord of all Egypt: come down unto 
me, tarry not : 

10 And thou shalt dwell in the 
land of Goshen, and thou shalt be 
near unto me, thou, and thy chil- 
dren, and thy children's children, 
and thy flocks, and thy herds, and 
all that thou hast : 

1 1 And there will I nourish thee ; 
for yet there are five years of famine ; 
lest thou, and thy household, and all 
that thou hast, come to poverty. 

12 And, behold, your eyes see, and 
the eyes of my brother Benjamin, 



He sendeth for his father, GENESIS. 



Jacob goeth into Egypt. 



that it is my mouth that speaketh 
unto you. 

13 And ye shall tell my father of 
all my glory in Egypt, and of all that 
ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and 
bring down my father hither. 

14 And he fell upon his brother 
Benjamin's neck, and wept; and 
Benjamin wept upon his neck. 

15 Moreover he kissed all his bre- 
thren, and wept upon them: and after 
that his brethren talked with him. 

1 6 IT And the fame thereof was heard 
in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's 
brethren are come : and it pleased 
Pharaoh well, and his servants. 

17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, 
Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; 
lade your beasts, and go, get you un- 
to the land of Canaan ; 

18 And take your father and your 
households, and come unto me : and I 
will give you the good of the land of 
Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the 
land. 

19 Now thou art commanded, this 
do ye; take you wagons out of the 
land of Egypt for your little ones, 
and for your wives, and bring your 
father, and come. 

20 Also regard not your stuff; for the 
good of all the land of Egypt is yours. 

21 And the children of Israel did 
so: and Joseph gave them wagons, 
according to the commandment of 
Pharaoh, and gave them provision 
for the way. 

22 To all of them he gave each man 
changes of raiment; but to Benjamin 
he gave three hundred pieces of sil- 
ver, and five changes of raiment. 

23 And to his father he sent after 
this manner; ten asses laden with the 
good things of Egypt, and ten she 
asses laden with corn and bread and 
meat for his father by the way. 

24 So he sent his brethren away, and 
they departed : and he said unto them, 
See that ye fall not out by the way. 

25 If And they went up out of 
Egypt, and came into the land of 
Canaan unto Jacob their father, 



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26 And told him, saying, Joseph is 
yet alive, and he is governor over all 
the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart 
fainted, for he believed them not. 

27 And they told him all the words 
of Joseph, which he had said unto 
them : and when he saw the wagons 
which Joseph had sent to carry him, 
the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 

28 And Israel said, It is enough ; 
Joseph my son is yet alive : I will go 
and see him before I die. 

CHAPTER XLYL 

1 Jacob is comforted by God at Beer-sheba : 5 Thence he 
with his company goeth into Egypt. 8 The number 
of his family that went into Egypt. 29 Joseph meet- 
eth Jacob. 31 He instructeth his brethren how to an- 
swer to Pharaoh. 

ND Israel took his journey with 
all that he had, and came to 
Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto 
the God of his father Isaac. 

2 And God spake unto Israel in the 
visions of the night, and said, Jacob, 
Jacob. And he said, Here am I. 

3 And he said, I am God, the God 
of thy father: fear not to go down 
into Egypt ; for I will there make of 
thee a great nation. 

4 I will go down with thee into 
Egypt; and I will also surely bring 
thee up again : and Joseph shall put 
his hand upon thine eyes. 

5 And Jacob rose up from Beer- 
sheba : and the sons of Israel carried 
Jacob their father, and their little 
ones, and their wives, in the wagons 
which Pharaoh had sent to carry him. 

6 And they took their cattle, and 
their goods, which they had gotten 
in the land of Canaan, and came into 
Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with 
him: 

7 His sons, and his sons' sons with 
him, his daughters, and his sons' 
daughters, and all his seed brought 
he with him into Egypt. 

8 H And these are the names of the 
children of Israel, which came into 
Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, 
Jacob's firstborn. 

9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, 
and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 

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Number of Jacob's family. GENESIS. Joseph meeteth his father, and 



10 If And the sons of Simeon; 
Jenmel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and 
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the 
son of a Canaanitish woman. 

1 1 IT And the sons of Levi ; Ger- 
shon, Kohath, and Merari. 

12 H And the sons of Judah ; Er, 
and Onan, and Shelah, and Pharez, 
and Zarah : but Er and Onan died 
in the land of Canaan. And the 
sons of Pharez were Hezron and Ha- 
mul. 

13 HAndthesonsoflssachar; Tola, 
and Phuvah, and Job, and Shimron. 

14 IT And the sons of Zebulun; 
Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 

15 These be the sons of Leah, 
which she bare unto Jacob in Padan- 
aram, with his daughter Dinah : all 
the souls of his sons and his daugh- 
ters were thirty and three. 

16 If And the sons of Gad ; Ziphi- 
on, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ezbon, 
Eri, and Arodi, and Areli. 

17 IT And the sons of Asher; Jim- 
nah, and Ishuah, and Isui, and Beriah, 
and Serah their sister: and the sons 
of Beriah ; Heber, and Malchiel. 

18 These are the sons of Zilpah, 
whom Laban gave to Leah his 
daughter ; and these she bare unto 
Jacob, even sixteen souls. 

1 9 The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife ; 
Joseph, and Benjamin. 

20 IT And unto Joseph in the land 
of Egypt were born Manasseh and 
Ephraim, which Asenath the daugh- 
ter of Poti-pherah priest of On bare 
unto him. 

21 1[ And the sons of Benjamin 
were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, 
Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, 
Muppim, and Huppiin, and Ard. 

2 2 These are the sons of Rachel, 
which were born to Jacob: all the 
souls were fourteen. 

23 11 And the sons of Dan; Hushim. 

24 1| And the sous of Naphtali; 
Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and 
Shillem. 

25 These are the sons of Bilhah, 
which Laban gave unto Rachel his 

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daughter, and she bare these unto 
Jacob : all the souls were seven. 

26 All the souls that came with 
Jacob into Egypt, which came out of 
his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, 
all the souls were threescore and six; 

27 And the sons of Joseph, which 
were borne him in Egypt, were two 
souls : all the souls of the house of 
Jacob, which came into Egypt, were 
threescore and ten. 

28 1[ And he sent Judah before him 
unto Joseph, to direct his face unto 
Goshen ; and they came into the land 
of Goshen. 

29 And Joseph made ready his cha- 
riot, and went up to meet- Israel his 
father, to Goshen, and presented him- 
self unto him ; and he fell on his neck, 
and wept on his neck a good while. 

30 And Israel said unto Joseph, 
Now let me die, since I have seen 
thy face, because thou art yet alive. 

31 And Joseph said unto his bre- 
thren, and unto his father's house, I 
will go up, and shew Pharaoh, and 
say unto him, My brethren, and my 
father's house, which were in the land 
of Canaan, are come unto me ; 

32 And the men are shepherds, for 
their trade hath been to feed cattle ; 
and they have brought their flocks, 
and their herds, and all that they have. 

33 And it shall come to pass, when 
Pharaoh shall call you, and shall say, 
What is your occupation ? 

34 That ye shall say, Thy servants' 
trade hath been about cattle from 
our youth even until now, both we, 
and also our fathers : that ye may 
dwell in the land of Goshen; for 
every shepherd is an abomination 
unto the Egyptians. 

CHAPTER XLYII. 

1 Joseph presentcth jive of his brethren, 1 and his fa- 
ther, before Pharaoh. 11 He giveth them habitation 
and maintenance. 13 He getieth all the Egyptians' 
money, 10 their cattle, 18 their lands to Pharaoh. 
22 The priests' land was not bought. 23 He letteth 
the land to them for a fifth part. 28 Jacob's age. 29 
He swear eth Joseph to burg him with his fathers. 

THEN Joseph came and told Pha- 
raoh, and said, My father and 



presenteth him to Pharaoh, GENESIS. 



The famine very sore. 



my brethren, and their flocks, and 
their herds, and all that they have, 
are come out of the land of Canaan ; 
and, behold, they are in the land of 
Goshen. 

2 And he took some of his brethren, 
even five men, and presented them 
unto Pharaoh. 

3 And Pharaoh said unto his bre- 
thren, What is your occupation ? And 
they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants 
are shepherds, both we, and also our 
fathers. 

4 They said moreover unto Pha- 
raoh, For to sojourn in the land are 
we come ; for thy servants have no 
pasture for their flocks ; for the fa- 
mine is sore in the land of Canaan : 
now therefore, we pray thee, let thy 
servants dwell in the land of Go- 
shen. 

5 And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, 
saying-, Thy father and thy brethren 
are come unto thee : 

6 The land of Egypt is before thee ; 
in the best of the land make thy 
father and brethren to dwell ; in the 
land of Goshen let them dwell : and 
if thou knowest any men of activity 
among them, then make them rulers 
over my cattle. 

7 And Joseph brought in Jacob his 
father, and set him before Pharaoh : 
and Jacob blessed Pharaoh. 

8 And Pharaoh said unto Jacob, 
How old art thou ? 

9 And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, 
The days of the years of my pilgrim- 
age are a hundred and thirty years : 
few and evil have the days of the 
years of my life been, and have not 
attained unto the days of the years of 
the life of my fathers in the days of 
their pilgrimage. 

10 And Jacob blessed Pharaoh, and 
went out from before Pharaoh. 

11 IT And Joseph placed his father 
and his brethren, and gave them a 
possession in the land of Egypt, in the 
best of the land, in the land of Rame- 
ses, as Pharaoh had commanded. 

12 And Joseph nourished his father, 



and his brethren, and all his father's 
household, with bread, according to 
their families. 

13 IT And there was no bread in all 
the land ; for the famine was very 
sore, so that the land of Egypt and 
all the land of Canaan fainted by 
reason of the famine. 

14 And Joseph gathered up all the 
money that was found in the land of 
Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, 
for the corn which they bought: 
and Joseph brought the money into 
Pharaoh's house. 

15 And when money failed in the 
land of Egypt, and in the land of 
Canaan, all the Egyptians came un- 
to Joseph, and said, Give us bread : 
for why should we die in thy pre- 
sence ? for the money faileth. 

16 And Joseph said, Give your cat- 
tle ; and I will give you for your cat- 
tle, if money fail. 

17 And they brought their cattle 
unto Joseph : and Joseph gave them 
bread in exchange for horses, and for 
the flocks, and for the cattle of the 
herds, and for the asses ; and he fed 
them with bread for all their cattle 
for that year. 

18 When that year was ended, they 
came unto him the second year, and 
said unto him, We will not hide it 
from my lord, how that our money is 
spent; my lord also hath our herds 
of cattle ; there is not aught left in 
the sight of my lord, but our bodies, 
and our lands : 

19 Wherefore shall we die before 
thine eyes, both we and our land ? 
buy us and our land for bread, and 
we and our land will be servants unto 
Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we 
may live, and not die, that the land 
be not desolate. 

20 And Joseph bought all the land 
of Egypt for Pharaoh ; for the Egyp- 
tians sold every man his field, because 
the famine prevailed over them: so 
the land became Pharaoh's. 

21 And as for the people, he re- 
moved them to cities from one end 

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Israel multiplieth in Goshen. GENESIS. Joseph visiteth his sick father. 



of the borders of Egypt even to the 
other end thereof. 

22 Only the land of the priests 
bought he not ; for the priests had a 
portion assigned them of Pharaoh, 
and did eat their portion which Pha- 
raoh gave them : wherefore they sold 
not their lands. 

23 Then Joseph said unto the peo- 
ple, Behold, I have bought you this 
day and your land for Pharaoh: lo, 
here is seed for you, and ye shall sow 
the land. 

24 And it shall come to pass in the 
increase, that ye shall give the fifth 
part unto Pharaoh, and four parts 
shall be your own, for seed of the 
field, and for your food, and for them 
of your households, and for food for 
your little ones. 

25 And they said, Thou hast saved 
our lives : let us find grace in the 
sight of my lord, and we will be 
Pharaoh's servants. 

26 And Joseph made it a law over 
the land of Egypt unto this day, that 
Pharaoh should have the fifth part ; 
except the land of the priests only, 
which became not Pharaoh's. 

27 T[ And Israel dwelt in the land 
of Egypt, in the country of Goshen ; 
and they had possessions therein, and 
grew, and multiplied exceedingly. 

28 And Jacob lived in the land of 
Egypt seventeen years : so the whole 
age of Jacob was a hundred forty 
and seven years. 

29 And the time drew nigh that 
Israel must die: and he called his 
son Joseph, and said unto him, If 
now 1 have found grace in thy sight, 
put, I pray thee, thy hand under 
my thigh, and deal kindly and truly 
with me; bury me not, I pray thee, 
in Bgypi : 

30 But I will lie with my fathers, 
and thou slnilt carry me out of Egypt, 
and bury me in their buryingplace. 
And be said, I will doas thou hast said. 

31 And be said, Swear unto me. 
And lie sware unto him. And Israel 
bowed himself upon the bed's head. 

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AND it came to pass 
things, that one told 



CHAPTER XLVIII. 

1 Joseph with his sons visiteth his sick father. 2 Jacob 
strengthened himself to bless them. 3 He repeateth 
the promise. 5 He taJceth Ephraim and Manasseh as 
his own. 7 He telleth Joseph of his mother's grave. 
9 He blesseth Ephraim and, Manasseh. 17 He pre- 
ferreth the younger before the elder. 21 He prophe- 
sieth tlieir return to Canaan. 

after these 
Joseph, 
Behold, thy father is sick: and he 
took with him his two sons, Manasseh 
and Ephraim. 

2 And one told Jacob, and said, 
Behold, thy son Joseph cometh unto 
thee: and Israel strengthened him- 
self, and sat upon the bed. 

3 And Jacob said unto Joseph, God 
Almighty appeared unto me at Luz in 
the land of Canaan, and blessed me, 

4 And said unto me, Behold, I 
will make thee fruitful, and multiply 
thee, and I will make of thee a mul- 
titude of people ; and will give this 
land to thy seed after thee for an 
everlasting possession. 

5 IT And now thy two sons, Ephraim 
and Manasseh, which were born unto 
thee in the land of Egypt, before I 
came unto thee into Egypt, are mine ; 
as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be 
mine. 

6 And thy issue, which thou beget- 
test after them, shall be thine, and 
shall be called after the name of 
their brethren in their inheritance. 

7 And as for me, when I came from 
Padan, Rachel died by me in the 
land of Canaan in the way, when yet 
there was but a little way to come 
unto Ephrath : and I buried her there 
in the way of Ephrath ; the same is 
Beth-lehem. 

8 And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, 
and said, Who are these ? 

9 And Joseph said unto his father, 
They are my sons, whom God hath 
given me in this place. And he said, 
Bring them, I pray thee, unto me, 
and I will bless them. 

10 Now the eyes of Israel were dim 
for age, so that he could not see. And 
he brought them near unto him ; and 
he kissed them, and embraced them. 



Jacob blesseth Joseph's sons. GENESIS. 



Jacob blesseth his sons. 



11 And Israel said unto Joseph, I 
had not thought to see thy face : 
and, lo, God hath shewed me also 
thy seed. 

12 And Joseph brought them out 
from between his knees, and he bow- 
ed himself with his face to the earth. 

13 And Joseph took them both, 
Ephraim in his right hand toward 
Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his 
left hand toward Israel's right hand, 
and brought them near unto him. 

14 And Israel stretched out his right 
hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's 
head, who was the younger, and his 
left hand upon Manasseh's head, 
guiding his hands wittingly ; for Ma- 
nasseh was the firstborn. 

15 IT And he blessed Joseph, and 
said, God, before whom my fathers 
Abraham and Isaac did walk, the 
God which fed me all my life long 
unto this day, 

16 The Angel which redeemed me 
from all evil, bless the lads ; and let 
my name be named on them, and 
the name of my fathers Abraham and 
Isaac ; and let them grow into a mul- 
titude in the midst of the earth. 

17 And when Joseph saw that his 
father laid his right hand upon the 
head of Ephraim, it displeased him : 
and he held up his father's hand, to 
remove it from Ephraim's head unto 
Manasseh's head. 

18 And Joseph said unto his father, 
Not so, my father: for this is the first- 
born ; put thy right hand upon his head. 

19 And his father refused, and said, 
I know it, my son, I know it: he 
also shall become a people, and he 
also shall be great : but truly his 
younger brother shall be greater than 
he, and his seed shall become a mul- 

► titude of nations. 

20 And he blessed them that day, 
saying, In thee shall Israel bless, say- 
ing, God make thee as Ephraim and 
as Manasseh : and he set Ephraim 
before Manasseh. 

21 And Israel said unto Joseph, 
Behold, I die ; but God shall be with 



you, and bring you again unto the 
land of your fathers. 

22^ Moreover I have given to thee 
one portion above thy brethren, which 
I took out of the hand of the Amo- 
rite with my sword and with my bow. 

CHAPTER XLIX. 

1 Jacob calleth his sons to bless them. 3 Their blessing 
in particular. 29 He chargeth them about his burial. 
33 He dieth. 

AND Jacob called unto his sons, 
. and said, Gather yourselves to- 
gether, that I may tell you that which 
shall befall you in the last days. 

2 Gather yourselves together, and 
hear, ye sons of Jacob ; and hearken 
unto Israel your father. 

3 If Reuben, thou art my firstborn, 
my might, and the beginning of my 
strength, the excellency of dignity, 
and the excellency of power : 

4 Unstable as water, thou shalt not 
excel ; because thou wentest up to 
thy father's bed ; then defiledst thou 
it : he went up to my couch. 

5 If Simeon and Levi are brethren ; 
instruments of cruelty are in their 
habitations. 

6 O my soul, come not thou into 
their secret; unto their assembly, 
mine honour, be not thou united : for 
in their anger they slew a man, and in 
their selfwill they digged down a wall. 

7 Cursed be their anger, for it was 
fierce; and their wrath, for it was 
cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, 
and scatter them in Israel. 

8 If Judah, thou art he whom thy 
brethren shall praise : thy hand shall 
be in the neck of thine enemies ; thy 
father's children shall bow down be- 
fore thee. 

9 Judah is a lion's whelp : from the 
prey, my son, thou art gone up : he 
stooped down, he couched as a lion, 
and as an old lion ; who shall rouse 
him up ? 

10 The sceptre shall not depart 
from Judah, nor a lawgiver from 
between his feet, until Shiloh come ; 
and unto him shall the gathering of 
the people be. 

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GENESIS. 



blessing, and death. 



11 Binding his foal unto the vine, 
and his ass's colt unto the choice vine ; 
he washed his garments in wine, and 
his clothes in the blood of grapes : 

12 His eyes shall be red with wine, 
and his teeth white with milk. 

13 IT Zebulun shall dwell at the 
haven of the sea ; and he shall be 
for a haven of ships; "and his bor- 
der shall be unto Zidon. 

14 IT Issachar is a strong ass couch- 
ing down between two burdens: 

15 And he saw that rest was good, 
and the land that it vjas pleasant; 
and bowed his shoulder to bear, and 
became a servant unto tribute. 

16 IT Dan shall judge his people, as 
one of the tribes of Israel. 

17 Dan shall be a serpent by the 
way, an adder in the path, that biteth 
the horse heels, so that his rider shall 
fall backward. 

18 I have waited for thy salvation, 
O Lord. 

19 TT Gad, a troop shall overcome 
him: but he shall overcome at the 
last. 

20 *[f Out of Asher his bread shall be 
fat, and he shall yield royal dainties. 

2 1 If Naphtali is a hind let loose : 
he giveth goodly words. 

22 If Joseph is a fruitful bough, even 
a fruitful bough by a well; whose 
branches run over the wall : 

23 The archers have sorely grieved 
him, and shot at him, and hated him : 

24 But his bow abode in strength, 
and the arms of his hands were made 
strong by the hands of the mighty 
God of Jacob ; (from thence is the 
shepherd, the stone of Israel;) 

25 Even by the God of thy father, 
who shall help thee ; and by the 
Almighty, who shall bless thee with 
blessings of heaven above, blessings 
of the deep that lieth under, blessings 
of the breasts, and of the womb: 

26 The blessings of thy father have 
prevailed above the blessings of my 
progenitors unto the utmost bound of 
the everlasting hills: they shall be on 
the head of Joseph, and on the crown 

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of the head of him that was separate 
from his brethren. 

27 If Benjamin shall raven as a 
wolf: in the morning he shall devour 
the prey, and at night he shall divide 
the spoil. 

28 If All these are the twelve tribes 
of Israel: and this is it that their 
father spake unto them, and blessed 
them ; every one according to his 
blessing he blessed them. 

29 And he charged them, and said 
unto them, I am to be gathered un- 
to my people : bury me with my fa- 
thers in the cave that is in the field 
of Ephron the Hittite, 

30 In the cave that is in the field of 
Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in 
the land of Canaan, which Abraham 
bought with the field of Ephron the Hit- 
tite for a possession of a buryingplace. 

31 There they buried Abraham and 
Sarah his wife ; there they buried 
Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and 
there I buried Leah. 

32 The purchase of the field and of 
the cave that is therein was from the 
children of Heth. 

33 And when Jacob had made an 
end of commanding his sons, he ga- 
thered up his feet into the bed, and 
yielded up the ghost, and was gather- 
ed unto his people. 

CHAPTEE L. 

1 The mourning for Jacob. 4 Joseph getteth leave of 
Pharaoh to go to bury him. 1 The funeral. 1 5 Jo- 
seph comforteth his brethren, who craved his pardon. 
22 Sis age. 23 Se sceth the third generation of his 
sons. 24 Se prophesieth unto his brethren of their 
return. 25 Se taketh an oath of them for his bones. 
26 Se dieth, and is chested. 

AND Joseph fell upon his father's 
_ face, and wept upon him, and 
kissed him. 

2 And Joseph commanded his serv- 
ants the physicians to embalm his 
father : and the physicians embalmed 
Israel. 

3 And forty days were fulfilled for 
him ; for so are fulfilled the days of 
those which are embalmed : and the 
Egyptians mourned for him three- 
score and ten days. 



He is buried in Canaan, 



GENESIS. 



Joseph's age and death. 



4 And when the days of his mourn- 
ing were past, Joseph spake unto 
the house of Pharaoh, saying, If now 
I have found grace in your eyes, 
speak, I pray you, in the ears of Pha- 
raoh, saying, 

5 My father made me swear, say- 
ing, Lo, I die : in my grave which I 
have digged for me in the land of 
Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. 
Now therefore let me go up, I pray 
thee, and bury my father, and I will 
come again. 

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up, and 
bury thy father, according as he made 
thee swear. 

7 IT And Joseph went up to bury 
his father: and with him went up all 
the servants of Pharaoh, the eiders 
of his house, and all the elders of the 
land of Egypt, 

8 And all the house of Joseph, and 
his brethren, and his father's house : 
only their little ones, and their flocks, 
and their herds, they left in the land 
of Goshen. 

9 And there went up with him both 
chariots and horsemen : and it was 
a very great company. 

10 And they came to the threshing- 
floor of Atad, which is beyond Jordan ; 
and there they mourned with a great 
and very sore lamentation: and he 
made a mourning for his father seven 
days. 

11 And when the inhabitants of the 
land, the Canaanites, saw the mourn- 
ing in the floor of Atad, they said, 
This is a grievous mourning to the 
Egyptians : wherefore the name of it 
was called Abel-rnizraim, which is 
beyond Jordan. 

12 And his sons did unto him ac- 
cording as he commanded them : 

13 For his sons carried him into 
the land of Canaan, and buried him 
in the cave of the field of Machpelah, 
which Abraham bought with the field 
for a possession of a buryingplace of 
Ephron the Hittite, before Mamre. 

14 IT And Joseph returned into 
Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all 



that went up with him to bury his 
father, after he had buried his father. 

15 IT And when Joseph's brethren 
saw that their father was dead, they 
said, Joseph will peradventure hate 
us, and will certainly requite us all 
the evil which we did unto him. 

16 And they sent a messenger unto 
Joseph, saying, Thy father did com- 
mand before he died, saying, 

17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, 
Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass 
of thy brethren, and their sin; for 
they did unto thee evil: and now, 
we pray thee, forgive the trespass of 
the servants of the God of thy father. 
And Joseph wept when they spake 
unto him. 

18 And his brethren also went and 
fell down before his face; and they 
said, Behold, we be thy servants. 

19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear 
not : for am I in the place of God ? 

20 But as for you, ye thought evil 
against me ; but God meant it unto 
good, to bring to pass, as it is this 
day, to save much people alive. 

21 Now therefore fear ye not: I 
will nourish you, and your little ones. 
And he comforted them, and spake 
kindly unto them. 

22 IT And Joseph dwelt in Egypt, 
he, and his father's house : and Jo- 
seph lived a hundred and ten years. 

23 And Joseph saw Ephraim's 
children of the third generation : the 
children also of Machir the son of 
Manasseh were brought up upon Jo- 
seph's knees. 

24 And Joseph said unto his bre- 
thren, I die ; and God will surely 
visit you, and bring you out of this 
land unto the land which he sware to 
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 

25 And Joseph took an oath of the 
children of Israel, saying, God will 
surely visit you, and ye shall carry 
up my bones from hence. 

26 So Joseph died, being a hundred 
and ten years old : and they embalm- 
ed him, and he was put in a coffin in 
Egypt. 

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THE SECOND BOOK OF MOSES, 



CALLED 



EXODUS 



CHAPTEK I. 

1 The childreyi of Israel, after Joseph's death, do multi- 
ply. 8 The more they are oppressed by a new king, 
the more they multiply. 15 The godliness of the mid- 
wives, in saving the men children alive. 22 Pharaoh 
commanddh the male children to be cast into the river. 

NOW these are the names of the 
children of Israel, which came 
into Egypt ; every man and his house- 
hold came with Jacob. 

2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 

3 Issachar, Zehulun, and Benjamin, 

4 Dan, and Naphtali, Gad, and 
Asher. 

5 And all the sonls that came out of 
the loins of Jacoh were seventy souls : 
for Joseph was in Egypt already. 

6 And Joseph died, and all his bre- 
thren, and all that generation. 

7 If And the children of Israel were 
fruitful, and increased ahundantly, 
and multiplied, and waxed exceeding 
mighty ; and the land was filled with 
them. 

8 Now there arose up a new king 
over Egypt, which knew not Joseph. 

9 And he said unto his people, 
Behold, the people of the children 
of Israel are more and mightier than 
we : 

10 Come on, let us deal wisely 
with them ; lest they multiply, and it 
come to pass, that, when there falleth 
out any war, they join also unto our 
enemies, and fight against us, and so 
get them up out of the land. 

11 Therefore they did set over them 
taskmasters to afflict them with their 
burdens. And they huilt for Pharaoh 
treasure cities, Pithom and Raamses. 

12 But the more they afflicted them, 
the more they multiplied and grew. 
And they were grieved because of the 
children of Israel. 

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13 And the Egyptians made the 
children of Israel to serve with ri- 
gour : 

14 And they made their lives hit- 
ter with hard bondage, in mortar, and 
in brick, and in all manner of service 
in the field : all their service, where- 
in they made them serve, was with 
rigour. 

15 IT And the king of Egypt spake 
to the Hebrew midwives, of which 
the name of the one was Shiphrah, 
and the name of the other Puah ; 

16 And he said, When ye do the 
office of a midwife to the Hebrew 
women, and see them upon the stools, 
if it be a son, then ye shall kill him ; 
but if it be a daughter, then she shall 
live. 

17 But the midwives feared God, 
and did not as the king of Egypt 
commanded them, but saved the men 
children alive. 

18 And the king of Egypt called 
for the midwives, and said unto them, 
Why have ye done this thing, and 
have saved the men children alive ? 

19 And the midwives said unto 
Pharaoh, Because the Hebrew wo- 
men are not as the Egyptian women; 
for they are lively, and are delivered 
ere the midwives come in unto them. 

20 Therefore God dealt well with 
the midwives : and the people multi- 
plied, and waxed very mighty. 

21 And it came to pass, because the 
midwives feared God, that he made 
them houses. 

22 And Pharaoh charged all his 
people, saying, Every" son that is 
born ye shall cast into the river, 
and every daughter ye shall save 
alive. 



Moses is born. 



EXODUS. 



He fleeth into Midian. 



CHAPTEE II. 

1 Moses is born, 3 and in an ark cast into the ^ 
5 He is found, and brought tip by Pharaoh's daugh- 
ter. 11 He slayeth an Egyptian. 13 He reproveth a 
Hebrew. 15 He fleeth into Midian. 21 He marrieth 
Zipporah. 22 Ger shorn is bom. 23 God respecteth 
the Israelites' cry. 

AND there went a man of the 
. house of Levi, and took to wife 
a daughter of Levi. 

2 And the woman conceived, and 
bare a son: and when she saw him 
that he was a goodly child, she hid 
him three months. 

3 And when she could not longer 
hide him, she took for him an ark of 
bulrushes, and daubed it with slime 
and with pitch, and put the child 
therein ; and she laid it in the flags 
by the river's brink. 

4 And his sister stood afar off, to 
wit what would be done to him. 

5 IT And the daughter of Pharaoh 
came down to wash herself at the ri- 
ver; and her maidens walked along 
by the river's side : and when she 
saw the ark among the flags, she sent 
her maid to fetch it. 

6 And when she had opened it, she 
saw the child : and, behold, the babe 
wept. And she had compassion on 
him, and said, This is one of the 
Hebrews' children. 

7 Then said his sister to Pharaoh's 
daughter, Shall I go and call to thee 
a nurse of the Hebrew women, that 
she may nurse the child for thee ? 

8 And Pharaoh's daughter said to 
her, Go. And the maid went and 
called the child's mother. 

9 And Pharaoh's daughter said un- 
to her, Take this child away, and nurse 
it for me, and I will give thee thy 
wages. And the woman took the 
child, and nursed it. 

I 10 And the child grew, and she 
brought him unto Pharaoh's daugh- 
ter, and he became her son. And she 
called his name Moses : and she said, 
Because I drew him out of the water. 
11 IT And it came to pass in those 
days, when Moses was grown, that 
he went out unto his brethren, and 



looked on their burdens : and he spied 
an Egyptian smiting a Hebrew, one 
of his brethren. 

12 And he looked this way and that 
way, and when he saw that there was 
no man, he slew the Egyptian, and 
hid him in the sand. 

13 And when he went out the 
second day, behold, two men of the 
Hebrews strove together : and he 
said to him that did the wrong, 
Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow ? 

14 And he said, Who made thee a 
prince and a judge over us ? intend- 
est thou to kill me, as thou killedst 
the Egyptian? And Moses feared, 
and said, Surely this thing is known. 

15 Now when Pharaoh heard this 
thing, he sought to slay Moses. But 
Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, 
and dwelt in the land of Midian : and 
he sat down by a well. 

16 Now the priest of Midian had 
seven daughters : and they came and 
drew water, and filled the troughs to 
water their father's flock. 

17 And the shepherds came and 
drove them away: but Moses stood 
up and helped them, and watered 
their flock. 

18 And when they came to Reuel 
their father, he said, How is it that ye 
are come so soon to day ? 

19 And they said, An Egyptian 
delivered us out of the hand of the 
shepherds, and also drew water enough 
for us, and watered the flock. 

20 And he said unto his daughters, 
And where is he '? why is it that ye 
have left the man ? call him, that he 
may eat bread. 

21 And Moses was content to dwell 
with the man : and he gave Moses 
Zipporah his daughter. 

22 And she bare him a son, and he 
called his name Gershom : for he said, 
I have been a stranger in a strange 
land. 

23 H And it came to pass in pro- 
cess of time, that the king of Egypt 
died: and the children of Israel 
sighed by reason of the bondage, and 

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God sendeth Moses 



EXODUS. 



to deliver Israel. 



they cried, and their cry came up 
unto God by reason of the bondage. 

24 And God heard their groaning, 
and God remembered his covenant 
with Abraham, with Isaac, and with 
Jacob. 

25 And God looked upon the chil- 
dren of Israel, and God had respect 
unto them. 

CHAPTER III; 

1 Jfoses keepeth Jethro's Jlock. 2 God appeareth to 
Jam in a burning bush. 9 He sendeth him to deliver 
Israel. 1-i The name of God. 15 His message to 
hrael. 

NOW Moses kept the flock of 
Jethro his father in law, the 
priest of Midian : and he led the 
flock to the back side of the desert, 
and came to the mountain of God, 
even to Horeb. 

2 And the Angel of the Lord ap- 
peared unto him in a flame of fire out 
of the midst of a bush : and he looked, 
and, behold, the bush burned with 
fire, and the bush was not consumed. 

3 And Moses said, I will now turn 
aside, and see this great sight, why 
the bush is not burnt. 

4 And when the Lord saw that he 
turned aside to see, God called unto 
him out of the midst of the bush, and 
said, Moses, Moses. And he said, 
Here am I. 

5 And he said, Draw not nigh 
hither: put off thy shoes from off 
thy feet ; for the place whereon thou 
standest is holy ground. 

6 Moreover he said, I am the God 
i ! thy father, the God of Abraham, 
the God of Isaac, and the God of 
Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for 
be was afraid to look upon God. 

7 If And the Lord said, I have 
surely seen the affliction of my people 
which are in Egypt, and have heard 

ir cry by reason of their taskmas- 
ters; lor I know their sorrows; 

B And I am come down to deliver 
1 hem out of the hand of the Egyptians, 
and to bring them up out of that land 
unto a good land and a large, unto a 
land flowing with milk and honey; 
unto the place of the Canaanites, and 
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the Hittites, and the Amorites, and 
the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and 
the Jebusites. 

9 Now therefore, behold, the cry of 
the children of Israel is come unto 
me : and I have also seen the oppres- 
sion wherewith the Egyptians oppress 
them. 

10 Come now therefore, and 1 will 
send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou 
mayest bring forth my people the 
children of Israel out of Egypt. 

11 Tf And Moses said unto God, Who 
am I, that I should go unto Pharaoh, 
and that I should bring forth the 
children of Israel out of Egypt ? 

12 And he said, Certainly I will be 
with thee ; and this shall be a token 
unto thee, that I have sent thee : 
When thou hast brought forth the 
people out of Egypt, ye shall serve 
God upon this mountain. 

13 And Moses said unto God, Be- 
hold, when I come unto the children 
of Israel, and shall say unto them, 
The God of your fathers hath sent 
me unto you ; and they shall say to 
me, What is his name ? what shall I 
say unto them ? 

14 And God said unto Moses, I AM 
THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt 
thou say unto the children of Israel, 
I AM hath sent me unto you. 

15 And God said moreover unto 
Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the 
children of Israel, The Lord God of 
your fathers, the God of Abraham, 
the God of Isaac, and the God of Ja- 
cob, hath sent me unto you : this is 
my name for ever, and this is my 
memorial unto all generations. 

16 Go, and gather the elders of 
Israel together, and say unto them, 
The Lord God of your fathers, the 
God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of 
Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I 
have surely visited you, and seen that 
which is done to you in Egypt : 

17 And I have said, I will bring 
you up out of the affliction of Egypt 
unto the land of the Canaanites, and 
the Hittites, and the Amorites, and 



God giveth signs to Moses. EXODUS. Aaron appointed to assist him. 



the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and 
the Jebusites, unto a land flowing 
with milk and honey. 

18 And they shall hearken to thy 
voice : and thou shalt come, thou 
and the elders of Israel, unto the 
king of Egypt, and ye shall say 
unto him, The Lord God of the He- 
brews hath met with us : and now 
let us go, we beseech thee, three 
days' journey into the wilderness, 
that we may sacrifice to the Lord our 
God. 

19 IT And I am sure that the king 
of Egypt will not let you go, no, 
not by a mighty hand. 

20 And I will stretch out my hand, 
and smite Egypt with all my wonders 
which I will do in the midst thereof: 
and after that he will let you go. 

21 And I will give this people fa- 
vour in the sight of the Egyptians : 
and it shall come to pass, that, when 
ye go, ye shall not go empty : 

22 But every woman shall borrow 
of her neighbour, and of her that 
sojourneth in her house, jewels of 
silver, and jewels of gold, and rai- 
ment: and ye shall put them upon 
your sons, and upon your daughters ; 
and ye shall spoil the Egyptians. 

CHAPTEK IY. 

1 Moses' rod is turned into a serpent. 6 His hand is 
leprous. 10 He is loth to be sent. 14 Aaron is ap- 
pointed to assist him. 18 Moses departeth from 
Jethro. 21 God' s message to Pharaoh. 24 Zippor ah 
circumciseth her son. 27 Aaron is sent to meet Moses. 
31 The people believeth them. 

AND Moses answered and said, 
H But, behold, they will not be- 
lieve me, nor hearken unto my voice : 
for they will say, The Lord hath 
not appeared unto thee. 

2 And the Lord said unto him, 
What is that in thine hand ? And he 
said, A rod. 

3 And he said, Cast it on the 
ground. And he cast it on the 
ground, and it became a serpent; 
and Moses fled from before it. 

4 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Put forth thine hand, and take it by 
the tail. And he put forth his hand, 



and caught it, and it became a rod in 
his hand: 

5 That they may believe that the 
Lord God of their fathers, the God 
of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob, hath appeared un- 
to thee. 

6 1[ And the Lord said furthermore 
unto him, Put now thine hand into 
thy bosom. And he put his hand into 
his bosom : and when he took it out, 
behold, his hand ivas leprous as snow. 

7 And he said, Put thine hand into 
thy bosom again. And he put his hand 
into his bosom again ; and plucked 
it out of his bosom, and, behold, it 
was turned again as his other flesh. 

8 And it shall come to pass, if they 
will not believe thee, neither hearken 
to the voice of the first sign, that they 
will believe the voice of the latter sign. 

9 And it shall come to pass, if they 
will not believe also these two signs, 
neither hearken unto thy voice, that 
thou shalt take of the water of the 
river, and pour it upon the dry land : 
and the water which thou takest out 
of the river shall become blood upon 
the dry land. 

10 ^T And Moses said unto the 
Lord, O my Lord, I am not eloquent, 
neither heretofore, nor since thou hast 
spoken unto thy servant; but I am 
slow of speech, and of a slow tongue. 

11 And the Lord said unto him, 
Who hath made man's mouth? or 
who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or 
the seeing, or the blind ? have not I 
the Lord? 

12 Now therefore go, and I will be 
with thy mouth, and teach thee what 
thou shalt say. 

13 And he said, O my Lord, send, 
I pray thee, by the hand of him whom 
thou wilt send. 

14 And the anger of the Lord 
was kindled against Moses, and he 
said, Is not Aaron the Levite thy 
brother ? I know that he can speak 
well. And also, behold, he cometh 
forth to meet thee : and when he seeth 
thee, he will be glad in his heart. 

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God's message to Pharaoh. 



EXODUS. 



Aaron sent to Moses. 



• 15 And thou shalt speak unto him, 
and put words in his mouth: and 
I will be with thy mouth, and with 
his mouth, and will teach you what 
ye shall do. 

16 And he shall be thy spokesman 
unto the people : and he shall be, 
even he shall be to thee instead of a 
mouth,, and thou shalt be to him in- 
stead of God. 

17 And thou shalt take this rod in 
thine hand, wherewith thou shalt 
do signs. 

18 If And Moses went and returned 
to Jethro his father in law, and said 
unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, 
and return unto my brethren which 
are in Egypt, and see whether they 
be yet alive. And Jethro said to 
Moses, Go in peace. 

19 And the Lord said unto Moses 
in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: 
for all the men are dead which 
sought thy life. 

20 And Moses took his wife and 
his sons, and set them upon an ass, 
and he returned to the land of Egypt : 
and Moses took the rod of God in 
his hand. 

21 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
When thou goest to return into 
Egypt, see that thou do all those 
wonders before Pharaoh, which I 
have put in thine hand : but I will 
harden his heart, that he shall not 
let the people go. 

22 And thou shalt say unto Pha- 
raoh, Thus saith the Lord, Israel is 
my son, even my firstborn: 

23 And I say unto thee, Let my 
son go, that he may serve me: and 
if thou refuse to let him go, behold, 
I will day thy son, even thy firstborn. 

21 If And it came to pass by the 
way in the inn, that the Lord met 
him, and sought to kill him. 

26 Then Zipporah took a sharp 
stone, and cut off the foreskin of 
hei son, ;iik1 cast it at his feet, and 
■aid, Surely a bloody husband art 
thou to me, 

2G So he \at him go: then she said, 
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A bloody husband thou art, because 
of the circumcision. 

27 If And the Lord said to Aaron, 
Go into the wilderness to meet Mo- 
ses. And he went, and met him in 
the mount of God, and kissed him. 

28 And Moses told Aaron all the 
words of the Lord who had sent 
him, and all the signs which he had 
commanded him. 

29 If And Moses and Aaron went 
and gathered together all the elders 
of the children of Israel : 

30 And Aaron spake all the words 
which the Lord had spoken unto 
Moses, and did the signs in the sight 
of the people. 

31 And the people believed: and 
when they heard that the Lord had 
visited the children of Israel, and 
that he had looked upon their afflic- 
tion, then they bowed their heads and 
worshipped. 

CHAP TEE Y. 

1 Pharaoh chideth Moses and Aaron for their message. 
5 He increaseth the Israelites' task. 15 He checketh 
their complaints. 20 They cry out upon Moses and 
Aaron. 22 Moses complaineth to God. 

AND afterward Moses and Aaron 
_ went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel, Let 
my people go, that they may hold a 
feast unto me in the wilderness. 

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the 
Lord, that I should obey his voice 
to let Israel go? I know not the 
Lord, neither will I let Israel go. 

3 And they said, The God of the 
Hebrews hath met with us : let us 
go, we pray thee, three days' journey 
into the desert, and sacrifice unto the 
Lord our God ; lest he fall upon us 
with pestilence, or with the sword. 

4 And the king of Egypt said unto 
them, Wherefore do ye, Moses and 
Aaron, let the people from their 
works ? get you unto your burdens. 

5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, the 
people of the land now are many, and 
ye make them rest from their burdens. 

6 And Pharaoh commanded the 
same day the taskmasters of the 
people, and their officers, saying, 



The Israelites' task increased. EXODUS. God reneweth his promise. 



7 Ye shall no more give the people 
straw to make brick, as heretofore: 
let them go and gather straw for 
themselves. 

8 And the tale of the bricks, which 
they did make heretofore, ye shall 
lay upon them ; ye shall not diminish 
aught thereof: for they be idle-; there- 
fore they cry, saying, Let us go and 
sacrifice to our God. 

9 Let there more work be laid upon 
the men, that they may labour therein ; 
and let them not regard vain words. 

10 U And the taskmasters of the 
people went out, and their officers, 
and they spake to the people, saying, 
Thus saith Pharaoh, I will not give 
you straw. 

11 Go ye, get you straw where ye 
can find it : yet not aught of your 
work shall be diminished. 

12 So the people were scattered 
abroad throughout all the land of 
Egypt to gather stubble instead of 
straw. 

13 And the taskmasters hasted 
them, saying, Fulfil your works, your 
daily tasks, as when there was straw. 

14 And the officers of the children 
of Israel, which Pharaoh's taskmasters 
had set over them, were beaten, and 
demanded, Wherefore have ye not ful- 
filled your task in making brick both 
yesterday and to day, as heretofore ? 

15 TT Then the officers of the chil- 
dren of Israel came and cried unto 
Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest 
thou thus with thy servants ? 

16 There is no straw given unto 
thy servants, and they say to us, 
Make brick : and, behold, thy serv- 
ants are beaten ; but the fault is in 
thine own people. 

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye are 
idle : therefore ye say, Let us go and 
do sacrifice to the Lord. 

18 Go therefore now, and work; 
for there shall no straw be given you, 
yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks. 

19 And the officers of the children 
of Israel did see that they were in 
evil case, after it was said, Ye shall 



not minish aught from your bricks 
of your daily task. 

20 % And they met Moses and Aa- 
ron, who stood in the way, as they 
came forth from Pharaoh : 

21 And they said unto them, The 
Lord look upon you, and judge; 
because ye have made our savour to 
be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, 
and in the eyes of his servants, to 
put a sword in their hand to slay us. 

22 And Moses returned unto the 
Lord, and said, Lord, wherefore hast 
thou so evil entreated this people ? 
why is it that thou hast sent me ? 

23 For since I came to Pharaoh to 
speak in thy name, he hath done 
evil to this people ; neither hast 
thou delivered thy people at all. 

CHAPTEK YL 

1 God reneweth his promise by his name JEHOVAH. 
14 The genealogy of Reuben, 15 of Simeon, 16 of Levi, 
of whom came Moses and Aaron. 

THEN the Lord said unto Moses, 
Now shalt thou see what I will 
do to Pharaoh: for with a strong 
hand shall he let them go, and with 
a strong hand shall he drive them 
out of his land. 

2 And God spake unto Moses, and 
said unto him, I am the Lord : 

3 And I appeared unto Abraham, 
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the 
name of God Almighty ; but by my 
name JEHOVAH was I not known 
to them. 

4 And I have also established my 
covenant with them, to give them the 
land of Canaan, the land of their pil- 
grimage, wherein they were strangers. 

5 And I have also heard the groan- 
ing of the children of Israel, whom 
the Egyptians keep in bondage; and 
I have remembered my covenant. 

6 Wherefore say unto the children 
of Israel, I am the Lord, and I will 
bring you out from under the bur- 
dens of the Egyptians, and I will rid 
you out of their bondage, and I will 
redeem you with a stretched out 
arm, and with great judgments : 

7 And I will take you to me for a 

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Genealogy of Reuben, 



EXODUS. 



of Simeon, and of Levi. 



people, and I will be to you a God : and 
ye shall know that I am the Lord your 
God, which bringeth you out from 
under the burdens of the Egyptians. 

8 And I will bring you in unto the 
land, concerning the which I did 
swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, 
and to Jacob; and I will give it 
you for a heritage : I am the Lord. 

9 If And Moses spake so unto the 
children of Israel : but they heark- 
ened not unto Moses for anguish of 
spirit, and for cruel bondage. 

10 And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses, saying, 

1 1 Go in, speak unto Pharaoh king 
of Egypt, that he let the children of 
Israel go out of his land. 

12 And Moses spake before the 
Lord, saying, Behold, the children 
of Israel have not hearkened unto 
me; how then shall Pharaoh hear 
me, who am of uncircumcised lips ? 

13 And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses and unto Aaron, and gave them 
a charge unto the children of Israel, 
and unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, to 
bring the children of Israel out of 
the land of Egypt. 

14 If These be the heads of their 
fathers' houses: The sons of Reu- 
ben the firstborn of Israel ; Hanoch, 
and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: 
these be the families of Reuben. 

lo And the sons of Simeon ; Je- 
muel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and 
Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the 
son of a C an aanitish woman : these 
are the families of Simeon. 

16 If And these are the names of 
the sods of Levi according to their 
generations; Gershon, and Kohath, 
and Merari: and the years of the 
life of \jtvi were a hundred thirty 
rod seven years. 

1 7 The sons of Gershon; Libni, and 
Shimi, according to their families. 

I s And the sons of Kohath; Am- 
ram, and [zhar, and Hebron, and 
Uzziel : and the jrears of the life of 
Kohath were a hundred thirty and 
three jrears. 

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19 And the sons of Merari; Mahali 
and Mushi : these are the families of 
Levi according to their generations. 

20 And Amram took him Joche- 
bed his father's sister to wife; and 
she bare him Aaron and Moses : and 
the years of the life of Amram were a 
hundred and thirty and seven years. 

21 If And the sons of Izhar; Ko- 
ran, and Nepheg, and Zichri. 

22 And the sons of Uzziel; Mi- 
shael, and Elzaphan, and Zithri. 

23 And Aaron took him Elisheba, 
daughter of Amminadab, sister of 
Naashon, to wife ; and she bare him 
Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Itha- 
mar. 

24 And the sons of Korah ; Assir, 
and Elkanah, and Abiasaph : these 
are the families of the Korhites. 

25 And Eleazar Aaron's son took him 
one of the daughters of Putiel to wife ; 
and she bare him Phinehas : these 
are the heads of the fathers of the 
Levites according to their families. 

26 These are that Aaron and Mo- 
ses, to whom the Lord said, Bring out 
the children of Israel from the land 
of Egypt according to their armies. 

27 These are they which spake to 
Pharaoh king of Egypt, to bring out 
the children of Israel from Egypt: 
these are that Moses and Aaron. 

28 If And it came to pass on the 
day when the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses in the land of Egypt, 

29 That the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses, saying, I am the Lord: speak 
thou unto Pharaoh king of Egypt all 
that I say unto thee. 

30 And Moses said before the Lord, 
Behold , I am of uncircumcised lips, and 
how shall Pharaoh hearken unto me ? 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 Moses is encouraged to go to Pharaoh. 7 His age. 8 
His rod is turned into a serpent. 1 1 The sorcerers do 
the like. 13 Pharaoh's heart is hardened. 14 God's 
message to Pharaoh. 19 The river is turned into blood. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, 
See, I have made thee a god 
to Pharaoh ; and Aaron thy brother 
shall be thy prophet. 



Moses goeth to Pharaoh. EXODUS. The river turned into blood. 



2 Thou slialt speak all that I com- 
mand thee ; and Aaron thy "brother 
shall speak unto Pharaoh, that he send 
the children of Israel out of his land. 

3 And I will harden Pharaoh's 
heart, and multiply my signs and 
my wonders in the land of Egypt. 

. 4 But Pharaoh shall not hearken 
unto you, that I may lay my hand 
upon Egypt, and bring forth mine 
armies, and my people the children 
of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by 
great judgments. 

5 And the Egyptians shall know 
that I am the Lord, when I stretch 
forth mine hand upon Egypt, and 
bring out the children of Israel from 
among them. 

6 And Moses and Aaron did as the 
Lord commanded them, so did they. 

7 And Moses was fourscore years 
old, and Aaron fourscore and three 
years old, when they spake unto 
Pharaoh. 

8 H And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses and unto Aaron, saying, 

9 When Pharaoh shall speak unto 
you, saying, Shew a miracle for you: 
then thou shalt say unto Aaron, Take 
thy rod, and cast it before Pharaoh, 
and it shall become a serpent. 

10 IT And Moses and Aaron went 
in unto Pharaoh, and they did so 
as the Lord had commanded : and 
Aaron cast down his rod before Pha- 
raoh, and before his servants, and 
it became a serpent. 

11 Then Pharaoh also called the 
wise men and the sorcerers : now 
the magicians of Egypt, they also 
did in like manner with their en- 
chantments. 

12 For they cast down every man his 
rod, and they became serpents : but 
Aaron's rod swallowed up their rods. 

13 And he hardened Pharaoh's 
heart, that he hearkened not unto 
them ; as the Lord had said. 

14 T" And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Pharaoh's heart is hardened, he 
refuseth to let the people go. 

15 Get thee unto Pharaoh in the 



morning; lo, he goeth out unto the 
water; and thou shalt stand by the 
river's brink against he come ; and 
the rod which was turned to a ser- 
pent shalt thou take in thine hand. 

16 And thou shalt say unto him, 
The Lord God of the Hebrews hath 
sent me unto thee, saying, Let my 
people go, that they may serve me 
in the wilderness : and, behold, hi- 
therto thou wouldest not hear. 

17 Thus saith the Lord, In this 
thou shalt know that I am the Lord: 
behold, I will smite with the rod that 
is in mine hand upon the waters 
which are in the river, and they shall 
be turned to blood. 

18 And the fish that is in the river 
shall die, and the river shall stink ; 
and the Egyptians shall loathe to 
drink of the water of the river. 

19 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy 
rod, and stretch out thine hand up- 
on the waters of Egypt, upon their 
streams, upon their rivers, and upon 
their ponds, and upon all their pools 
of water, that they may become 
blood ; and that there may be blood 
throughout all the land of Egypt, 
both in vessels of wood, and in vessels 
of stone. 

20 And Moses and Aaron did so, 
as the Lord commanded ; and he 
lifted up the rod, and smote the wa- 
ters that were in the river, in the sight 
of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his 
servants ; and all the waters that were 
in the river were turned to blood. 

21 And the fish that was in the 
river died ; and the river stank, and 
the Egyptians could not drink of the 
water of the river ; and there was blood 
throughout all the land of Egypt. 

22 And the magicians of Egypt 
did so with their enchantments : and 
Pharaoh's heart was hardened, nei- 
ther did he hearken unto them; as 
the Lord had said. 

23 And Pharaoh turned and went 
into his house, neither did he set his 
heart to this also. 

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The plague of frogs. 



EXODUS. 



The plague of lice. 



24 And all the Egyptians digged 
round about the river for water to 
drink; for they could not drink of 
the water of the river. 

25 And seven days were fulfilled, 
after that the Lord had smitten the 
river. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1 Frogs are sent. 8 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 12 and 
Moses by prayer removeth them away. 1 6 The dust is 
turned into lice, which the magicians could not do. 20 
The swarms of Jlies. 25 Pharaoh inclineth to let the 
people go, 32 but yet is hardened. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto 
him, Thus saith the Lord, Let my 
people go, that they may serve me. 

2 And if thou refuse to let them 
go, behold, I will smite all thy bor- 
ders with frogs : 

3 'And the river shall bring forth 
frogs abundantly, which shall go up 
and come into thine house, and into 
thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, 
and into the house of thy servants, and 
upon thy people, and into thine ovens, 
and into thy kneadingtroughs : 

4 And the frogs shall come up both 
on thee, and upon thy people, and 
upon all thy servants. 

5 If And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth 
thine hand with thy rod over the 
streams, over the rivers, and over the 
ponds, and cause frogs to come up 
upon the land of Egypt. 

6 And Aaron stretched out his hand 
over the waters of Egypt; and the 
frogs came up, and covered the land 
of Egypt. 

7 And the magicians did so with 
their enchantments, and brought up 
frogs upon the land of Egypt. 

8 If Then Pharaoh called for Moses 
and Aaron, and said, Entreat the 
Lord, that he may take away the 
frogs from me, and from my people ; 
and I will let the people go, that 
they may do sacrifice unto the Lord. 

^ ( .) And Moses said unto Pharaoh, 
Glory over me : when shall I en- 
treat for thee, and for thy servants, 
and for thy people, to destroy the 
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frogs from thee and thy houses, that 
they may remain in the river only ? 

10 And he said, To morrow. And 
he said, Be it according to thy word ; 
that thou mayest know that there is 
none like unto the Lord our God. 

11 And the frogs shall depart from 
thee, and from thy houses, and from 
thy servants, and from thy people; 
they shall remain in the river only. 

12 And Moses and Aaron went out 
from Pharaoh : and Moses cried unto 
the Lord because of the frogs which 
he had brought against Pharaoh. 

13 And the Lord did according to 
the word of Moses ; and the frogs 
died out of the houses, out of the 
villages, and out of the fields. 

14 And they gathered them toge- 
ther upon heaps ; and the land stank. 

15 But when Pharaoh saw that 
there was respite, he hardened his 
heart, and hearkened not unto them ; 
as the Lord had said. 

16 If And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch out thy 
rod, and smite the dust of the land, 
that it may become lice throughout 
all the land of Egypt. 

17 And they did so; for Aaron 
stretched out his hand with his rod, 
and smote the dust of the earth, and 
it became lice in man, and in beast ; 
all the dust of the land became lice 
throughout all the land of Egypt. 

18 And the magicians did so with 
their enchantments to bring forth 
lice, but they could not: so there 
were lice upon man, and upon beast. 

19 Then the magicians said unto 
Pharaoh, This is the finger of God : 
and Pharaoh's heart was hardened, 
and he hearkened not unto them; 
as the Lord had said. 

20 If And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Rise up early in the morning, 
and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he 
cometh forth to the water; and say 
unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Let 
my people go, that they may serve me. 

21 Else, if thou wilt not let my 
people go, behold, I will send swarms 



The plague of flies. 



EXODUS. 



The murrain of beasts. 



of flies upon thee, and upon thy serv- 
ants, and upon thy people, and into 
thy houses: and the houses of the 
Egyptians shall he full of swarms of 
flies, and also the ground whereon 
they are. 

22 And I will sever in that day 
the land of Goshen, in which my 
people dwell, that no swarms of flies 
shall be there ; to the end thou may- 
est know that I am the Lord in the 
midst of the earth. 

23 And I will put a division be- 
tween my people and thy people : to 
morrow shall this sign be. 

24 And the Lord did so; and there 
came a grievous swarm of flies into 
the house of Pharaoh, and into his 
servants' houses, and into all the land 
of Egypt : the land was corrupted by 
reason of the swarm of flies. 

25 IF And Pharaoh called for Mo- 
ses and for Aaron, and said, Go ye, 
sacrifice to your God in the land. 

26 And Moses said, It is not meet 
so to do ; for we shall sacrifice the 
abomination of the Egyptians to the 
Lord our God : lo, shall we sacrifice 
the abomination of the Egyptians 
before their eyes, and will they not 
stone us ? 

27 We will go three days' journey 
into the wilderness, and sacrifice to 
the Lord our God, as he shall com- 
mand us. 

28 And Pharaoh said, I will let 
you go, that ye may sacrifice to the 
Lord your God in the wilderness ; 
only ye shall not go very far away : 
entreat for me. 

29 And Moses said, Behold, I go 
out from thee, and I will entreat the 
Lord that the swarms of flies may 
depart from Pharaoh, from his serv- 
ants, and from his people, to morrow : 
but let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully 
any more in not letting the people go 
to sacrifice to the Lord. 

30 And Moses went out from Pha- 
raoh, and entreated the Lord. 

31 And the Lord did according to 
the word of Moses ; and he removed 



the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, 
from his servants, and from his peo- 
ple ; there remained not one. 

32 And Pharaoh hardened his heart 
at this time also, neither would he let 
the people go. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 The murrain of beasts. 8 The plague of boils and 

blains. 13 His message about the hail. 22 The 

plague of hail. 27 Pharaoh sueth to Moses, 35 but 
yet is hardened. 

THEN the Lord said unto Moses, 
Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell 
him, Thus saith the Lord God of the 
Hebrews, Let my people go, that they 
may serve me. 

2 For if thou refuse to let them go, 
and wilt hold them still, 

3 Behold, the hand of the Lord is 
upon thy cattle which is in the field, 
upon the horses, upon the asses, upon 
the camels, upon the oxen, and upon 
the sheep : there shall be a very griev- 
ous murrain. 

4 And the Lord shall sever be- 
tween the cattle of Israel and the 
cattle of Egypt: and there shall 
nothing die of all that is the child- 
ren's of Israel. 

5 And the Lord appointed a set 
time, saying, To morrow the Lord 
shall do this thing in the land. 

6 And the Lord did that thing on 
the morrow, and all the cattle of 
Egypt died : but of the cattle of the 
children of Israel died not one. 

7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, 
there was not one of the cattle of the 
Israelites dead. And the heart of 
Pharaoh was hardened, and he did 
not let the people go. 

8 ^[ And the Lord said unto Moses 
and unto Aaron, Take to you hand- 
fuls of ashes of the furnace, and let 
Moses sprinkle it toward the heaven 
in the sight of Pharaoh. 

9 And it shall become small dust 
in all the land of Egypt, and shall 
be a boil breaking forth with blains 
upon man, and upon beast, through- 
out all the land of Egypt. 

10 And they took ashes of the fur- 
nace, and stood before Pharaoh ; and 

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The plague of hail. 



EXODUS. 



Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 



Moses sprinkled it up toward heaven; 
and it became a boil breaking forth 
with Mains upon man, and upon beast. 

11 And the magicians could not 
stand before Moses because of the 
boils ; for the boil was upon the ma- 
gicians, and upon all the Egyptians. 

12 And the Lord hardened the 
heart of Pharaoh, and he hearkened 
not unto them; as the Lord had 
spoken unto Moses. 

13 If And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Rise up early in the morning, 
and stand before Pharaoh, and say 
unto him, Thus saith the Lord God 
of the Hebrews, Let my people go, 
that they may serve me. 

14 For I will at this time send all 
my plagues upon thine heart, and 
upon thy servants, and upon thy peo- 
ple; that thou mayest know that 
there is none like me in all the earth. 

15 For now I will stretch out my 
hand, that I may smite thee and thy 
people with pestilence ; and thou 
shalt be cut off from the earth. 

16 And in very deed for this cause 
have I raised thee up, for to shew in 
thee my power ; and that my name may 
be declared throughout all the earth. 

17 As yet exaltest thou thyself 
against my people, that thou wilt 
not let them go ? 

18 Behold, to morrow 
time I will cause it to 
grievous hail, such as hath not been 
in Egypt since the foundation there- 
of even until now. 

19 Send therefore now, and gather 
thy cattle, and all that thou hast in 
the field; for upon every man and 
beast which shall be found in the 
field, and shall not be brought home, 
the bail shall comedown upon them, 
and they shall die. 

20 He that feared the word of the 
Lord among the servants of Pharaoh 
made his servants and his cattle flee 
into the bouses : 

21 And he that regarded not the 
word of the Lord left his servants 
and his cattle in the field. 

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about this 
rain a very 



22 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Stretch forth thine hand toward 
heaven, that there may be hail in 
all the land of Egypt, upon man, and 
upon beast, and upon every herb of the 
field, throughout the land of Egypt. 

23 And Moses stretched forth his 
rod toward heaven: and the Lord 
sent thunder and hail, and the fire 
ran along upon the ground ; and the 
Lord rained hail upon the land of 
Egypt. 

24 So there was hail, and fire min- 
gled with the hail, very grievous, 
such as there was none like it in all 
the land of Egypt since it became a 
nation. 

25 And the hail smote throughout 
all the land of Egypt all that was in 
the field, both man and beast; and 
the hail smote every herb of the field, 
and brake every tree of the field. 

26 Only in the land of Goshen, 
where the children of Israel were, 
was there no hail. 

27 % And Pharaoh sent, and called 
for Moses and Aaron, and said unto 
them, I have sinned this time: the 
Lord is righteous, and I and my peo- 
ple are wicked. 

28 Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) 
that there be no more mighty thun- 
derings and hail ; and I will let you 
go, and ye shall stay no longer. 

29 And Moses said unto him, As 
soon as I am gone out of the city, I 
will spread abroad my hands unto 
the Lord; and the thunder shall 
cease, neither shall there be any 
more hail ; that thou mayest know 
how that the earth is the Lord's. 

30 But as for thee and thy servants, 
I know that ye will not yet fear the 
Lord God. 

31 And the flax and the barley was 
smitten : for the barley was in the 
ear, and the flax was boiled. 

32 But the wheat and the rye were 
not smitten : for they were not grown 
up. 

33 And Moses went out of the city 
from Pharaoh, and spread abroad his 



Pharaoh is hardened. 



EXODUS. 



The plague of locusts. 



hands unto the Lord : and the thun- 
ders and hail ceased, and the rain 
was not poured upon the earth. 

34 And when Pharaoh saw that 
the rain and the hail and the thun- 
ders were ceased, he sinned yet more, 
and hardened his heart, he and his 
servants. 

35 And the heart of Pharaoh was 
hardened, neither would he let the 
children of Israel go ; as the Lord 
had spoken by Moses. 

CHAPTER X. 

I God threateneth to send locusts. 7 Pharaoh, moved by 
his servants, inclineth to let the Israelites go. 1 2 The 
plague of the locusts. 16 Pharaoh sueth to Moses. 
21 The plague of darkness. 24 Pharaoh sueth unto 
Moses. 27 but yet is hardened. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, 
i Go in unto Pharaoh : for I have 
hardened his heart, and the heart of 
his servants, that I might shew these 
my signs before him : 

2 And that thou mayest tell in the 
ears of thy son, and of thy son's 
son, what things I have wrought in 
Egypt, and my signs which I have 
done among them ; that ye may know 
how that I am the Lord. 

3 And Moses and Aaron came in 
unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, 
Thus saith the Lord God of the 
Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse 
to humble thyself before me ? let my 
people go, that they may serve me. 

4 Else, if thou refuse to let my 
people go, behold, to morrow will I 
bring the locusts into thy coast : 

5 And they shall cover the face of 
the earth, that one cannot be able 
to see the earth : and they shall eat 
the residue of that which is escaped, 
which remaineth unto you from the 
hail, and shall eat every tree which 
groweth for you out of the field : 

6 And they shall fill thy houses, 
and the houses of all thy servants, 
and the houses of all the Egyptians ; 
which neither thy fathers, nor thy fa- 
thers' fathers have seen, since the day 
that they were upon the earth unto 
this day. And he turned himself, 
and went out from Pharaoh. 



7 And Pharaoh's servants said un- 
to him, How long shall this man be 
a snare unto us ? let the men go, that 
they may serve the Lord their God : 
knowest thou not yet that Egypt is 
destroyed ? 

8 And Moses and Aaron were 
brought again unto Pharaoh : and 
he said unto them, Go, serve the 
Lord your God: but who are they 
that shall go ? 

9 And Moses said, "We will go with 
our young and with our old, with our 
sons and with our daughters, with our 
flocks and with our herds will we go ; 
for we must hold a feast unto the Lord. 

10 And he said unto them, Let the 
Lord be so with you, as I will let 
you go, and your little ones : look to 
it; for evil is before you. 

11 Not so : go now ye that are men. 
and serve the Lord ; for that ye did 
desire. And they were driven out 
from Pharaoh's presence. 

12 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Stretch out thine hand over the 
land of Egypt for the locusts, that 
they may come up upon the land of 
Egypt, and eat every herb of the 
land, even all that the hail hath left. 

13 And Moses stretched forth his 
rod over the land of Egypt, and the 
Lord brought an east wind upon the 
land all that day, and all that night ; 
and when it was morning, the " east 
wind brought the locusts. 

14 And the locusts went up over all 
the land of Egypt, and rested in all 
the coasts of Egypt: very grievous 
were they ; before them there were no 
such locusts as they, neither after 
them shall be such. 

15 For they covered the face of the 
whole earth, so that the land was 
darkened ; and they did eat every 
herb of the land, and all the fruit of 
the trees which the hail had left : and 
there remained not any green thing 
in the trees, or in the herbs of the 
field, through all the land of Egypt. 

16 T[ Then Pharaoh called for Mo- 
ses and Aaron in haste ; and he said, 

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The plague of darkness. 



EXODUS. 



The firstborn threatened. 



I have sinned against the Lord your 
God, and against you. 

17 Now therefore forgive, I pray 
thee, my sin only this once, and en- 
treat the Lord your God, that he may 
take away from me this death only. 

IS And he went out from Pharaoh, 
and entreated the Lord. 

19 And the Lord turned a mighty 
strong west wind, which took away 
the locusts, and cast them into the 
Red sea; there remained not one 
locust in all the coasts of Egypt. 

20 But the Lord hardened Pha- 
raoh's heart, so that he would not let 
the children of Israel go. 

21 If And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Stretch out thine hand toward 
heaven, that there may he darkness 
over the land of Egypt, even dark- 
ness which may be felt. 

22 And Moses stretched forth his 
hand toward heaven ; and there was 
a thick darkness in all the land of 
Egypt three days : 

23 They saw not one another, nei- 
ther rose any from his place for three 
days : but all the children of Israel 
had light in their dwellings. 

24 <j[ And Pharaoh called unto Mo- 
ses, and said, Go ye, serve the Lord; 
only let your flocks and your herds 
be stayed : let your little ones also 
go with you. 

2o And Moses said, Thou must give 
us also sacrifices and burnt offerings, 
that Ave may sacrifice unto the Lord 
our God. 

26 Our cattle also shall go with us ; 
there shall not a hoof be left behind ; 
far thereof must we take to serve the 
Lord our God; and we know not 
with what we must serve the Lord, 
until we come thither. 

27 *if But the Lord hardened Pha- 
raoh's heart, and he would not let 
them <'•<>. 

28 Ami Pharaoh said unto him, Get 
thee from me, take heed to thyself, 
Bee my face no more ; for in that day 
thou Beesl my face thou shalt die, 

\nd Moses said, Thou hast spoken 
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well, I will see thy face again no 
more. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 God's message to the Israelites to borrow jewels of their 
neighbours. 4 Moses threateneth Pharaoh with tJie 
death of the firstborn. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, 
. Yet will I bring one plague more 
upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt ; af- 
terwards he will let you go hence: 
when he shall let you go, he shall 
surely thrust you out hence altoge- 
ther. 

2 Speak now in the ears of the 
people, and let every man borrow of 
his neighbour, and every woman of 
her neighbour, jewels of silver, and 
jewels of gold. 

3 And the Lord gave the people 
favour in the sight of the Egyptians. 
Moreover, the man Moses was very 
great in the land of Egypt, in the 
sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in 
the sight of the people. 

4 And Moses said, Thus saith the 
Lord, About midnight will I go out 
into the midst of Egypt : 

5 And all the firstborn in the 
land of Egypt shall die, from the 
firstborn of Pharaoh that sitteth 
upon his throne, even unto the first- 
born of the maidservant that is be- 
hind the mill; and all the firstborn 
of beasts. 

6 And there shall be a great cry 
throughout all the land of Egypt, 
such as there was none like it, nor 
shall be like it any more. 

7 But against any of the children 
of Israel shall not a dog move his 
tongue, against man or beast: that 
ye may know how that the Lord 
doth put a difference between the 
Egyptians and Israel. 

8 And all these thy servants shall 
come down unto me, and bow down 
themselves unto me, saying, Get thee 
out, and all the people that follow 
thee : and after that I will go out. 
And he went out from Pharaoh in a 
great anger. 

9 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you ; 



The passover instituted. EXODUS. The rite of the passover, 



that my wonders may be multiplied 
in the land of Egypt. 

10 And Moses and Aaron did all 
these wonders before Pharaoh: and 
the Lord hardened Pharaoh's heart, 
so that he would not let the children 
of Israel go out of his land. 

CHAPTEK XII. 

1 The beginning of the year is changed. 3 The pass- 
over is instituted. 11 The rite of the passover. 15 
Unleavened bread. 29 The firstborn are slain. 31 
The Israelites are driven out of the land. 37 They 
come to Succoth. 43 The ordinance of the passover. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses 
. and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 
saying, 

2 This month shall be unto you the 
beginning of months : it shall be the 
first month of the year to you. 

3 % Speak ye unto all the congre- 
gation of Israel, saying, In the tenth 
day of this month they shall take to 
them every man a lamb, according to 
the house of their fathers, a lamb for 
a house : 

4 And if the household be too little 
for the lamb, let him and his neigh- 
bour next unto his house take it ac- 
cording to the number of the souls ; 
every man according to his eating 
shall make your count for the lamb. 

5 Your lamb shall be without ble- 
mish, a male of the first year : ye shall 
take it out from the sheep, or from 
the goats : 

6 And ye shall keep it up until the 
fourteenth day of the same month: 
and the whole assembly of the con- 
gregation of Israel shall kill it in the 
evening. 

7 And they shall take of the blood, 
and strike it on the two side posts and 
on the upper door post of the houses, 
wherein they shall eat it. 

8 And they shall eat the flesh in 
that night, roast with fire, and un- 
leavened bread ; and with bitter herbs 
they shall eat it. 

9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at 
all with water, but roast with fire ; 
his head with his legs, and with the 
purtenance thereof. 

10 And ye shall let nothing of it 

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remain until the morning; and that 
which remaineth of it until the morn- 
ing ye shall burn with fire. 

1 1 IT And thus shall ye eat it ; with 
your loins girded, your shoes on your 
feet, and your staff in your hand; 
and ye shall eat it in haste : it is the 
Lord's passover. 

12 For I will pass through the land 
of Egypt this night, and will smite 
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, 
both man and beast ; and against all 
the gods of Egypt I will execute judg- 
ment : I am the Lord. 

13 And the blood shall be to you for 
a token upon the houses where ye 
are : and when I see the blood, I will 
pass over you, and the plague shall 
not be upon you to destroy you, when 
I smite the land of Egypt. 

14 And this day shall be unto you 
for a memorial ; and ye shall keep it 
a feast to the Lord throughout your 
generations : ye shall keep it a feast 
by an ordinance for ever. 

15 Seven days shall ye eat unlea- 
vened bread; even the first day ye 
shall put away leaven out of your 
houses : for whosoever eateth leaven- 
ed bread from the first day until the 
seventh day, that soul shall be cut 
off from Israel. 

16 And in the first day there shall 
be a holy convocation, and in the 
seventh day there shall be a holy 
convocation to you ; no manner of 
work shall be done in them, save that 
which every man must eat, that only 
may be done of you. 

17 And ye shall observe the feast of 
unleavened bread ; for in this self- 
same day have I brought your armies 
out of the land of Egypt : therefore 
shall ye observe this day in your ge- 
nerations by an ordinance for ever. 

18 H In the first month, on the foiu - 
teenth day of the month at even, ye 
shall eat unleavened bread, until the 
one and twentieth day of the month 
at even. 

19 Seven days shall there be no 
leaven found in your houses: for 

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The firstborn are slain. 



EXODUS. 



The Israelites driven 



whosoever eateth that which is lea- 
vened, even that soul shall be cut off 
from the congregation of Israel, whe- 
ther he be a stranger, or born in the 
land. 

20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened ; 
in all your habitations shall ye eat 
unleavened bread. 

21 IT Then Moses called for all the 
elders of Israel, and said unto them, 
Draw out and take you a lamb ac- 
cording to your families, and kill the 
passover. 

22 And ye shall take a bunch of 
hyssop, and dip it in the blood that 
is in the basin, and strike the lintel 
and the two side posts with the blood 
that is in the basin ; and none of you 
shall go out at the door of his house 
until the morning. 

23 For the Lord will pass through 
to smite the Egyptians ; and when 
he seeth the blood upon the lintel, 
and on the two side posts, the Lord 
will pass over the door, and will not 
suffer the destroyer to come in unto 
your houses to smite you. 

24 And ye shall observe this thing 
for an ordinance to thee and to thy 
sons for ever. 

25 And it shall come to pass, when 
ye be come to the land which the 
Lord will give you, according as he 
hath promised, that ye shall keep 
this service. 

26 And it shall come to pass, when 
your children shall say unto you, 
What mean ye by this service ? 

27 That ye shall say, It is the sa- 
crifice of the Lord's passover, who 
passed over the houses of the children 
of Israel in Egypt, when he smote 
the Egyptians, and delivered our 
houses. And the people bowed the 
head and worshipped. 

2S And the children of Israel went 
away, and did as the Lord had com- 
manded Moses and Aaron, so did they. 

20 1[ And it came to pass, that at 

midnight the Loud smote all the 

firstborn in the land of Egypt, from 

the lirstborn of Pharaoh that sat on 

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his throne unto the firstborn of the 
captive that was in the dungeon ; and 
all the firstborn of cattle. 

30 And Pharaoh rose up in the 
night, he, and all his servants, and 
all the Egyptians; and there was a 
great cry in Egypt : for there was not 
a house where there was not one dead. 

3 1 IT And he called for Moses and 
Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and 
get you forth from among my people, 
both ye and the children of Israel ; and 
go, serve the Lord, as ye have said. 

32 Also take your flocks and your 
herds, as ye have said, and be gone ; 
and bless me also. 

33 And the Egyptians were urgent 
upon the people, that they might send 
them out of the land in haste; for 
they said, We be all dead men. 

34 And the people took their dough 
before it was leavened, their knead- 
ingtroughs being bound up in their 
clothes upon their shoulders. 

35 And the children of Israel did ac- 
cording to the word of Moses ; and they 
borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of 
silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: 

36 And the Lord gave the people 
favour in the sight of the Egyptians, 
so that they lent unto them such 
things as they required: and they 
spoiled the Egyptians. 

37 If And the children of Israel 
journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, 
about six hundred thousand on foot 
that were men, beside children. 

38 And a mixed multitude went 
up also with them; and flocks, and 
herds, even very much cattle. 

39 And they baked unleavened 
cakes of the dough which they 
brought forth out of Egypt, for it was 
not leavened ; because they were 
thrust out of Egypt, and could not 
tarry, neither had they prepared for 
themselves any victuals. 

40 If Now the sojourning of the 
children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, 
was four hundred and thirty years. 

41 And it came to pass at the end 
of the four hundred and thirty years, 



out of the land. 



EXODUS. Memorial of the passover. 



even the selfsame day it came to 
pass, that all the hosts of the Lord 
went out from the land of Egypt. 

42 It is a night to he much ob- 
served unto the Lord for bringing 
them out from the land of Egypt: 
this is that night of the Lord to be 
observed of all the children of Israel 
in their generations. 

43 U And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses and Aaron, This is the ordinance 
of the passover: There shall no stran- 

.ger eat thereof: 

44 But every man's servant that is 
bought for money, when thou hast 
circumcised him, then shall he eat 
thereof. 

45 A foreigner and a hired serv- 
ant shall not eat thereof. 

46 In one house shall it be eaten ; 
thou shalt not carry forth aught of 
the flesh abroad out of the house ; 
neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 

47 All the congregation . of Israel 
shall keep it. 

48 And when a stranger shall so- 
journ with thee, and will keep the 
passover to the Lord, let all his males 
be circumcised, and then let him come 
near and keep it ; and he shall be as 
one that is born in the land : for no un- 
circumcised person shall eat thereof. 

49 One law shall be to him that is 
homeborn, and unto the stranger that 
sojourneth among you. 

50 Thus did all the children of Is- 
rael ; as the Lord commanded Moses 
and Aaron, so did they. 

51 And it came to pass the self- 
same day, that the Lord did bring 
the children of Israel out of the land 
of Egypt by their armies. 

CHAPTEE XIII. 

I The firstborn are sanctified to God. 3 The memorial 
of the passover is commanded. 1 1 The firstlings of 
beasts are set apart. IT The Israelites go out of 
Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them. 20 TJiey 
come to Etham. 2 1 God guideth them by a pillar of 
a cloud, and a pillar of fire. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 
2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, 
whatsoever openeth the womb among 



the children of Israel, both of man and 
of beast : it is mine. 

3 IT And Moses said unto the peo- 
ple, Remember this day, in which 
ye came out from Egypt, out of the 
house of bondage; for by strength 
of hand the Lord brought you out 
from this place: there shall no lea- 
vened bread be eaten. 

4 This day came ye out in the 
month Abib. 

5 ^[ And it shall be when the Lord 
shall bring thee into the land of the 
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the 
Amorites, and the Hivites, and the 
Jebusites, which he sware unto thy 
fathers to give thee, a land flowing 
with milk and honev, that thou shalt 
keep this service in this month. 

6 Seven days thou shalt eat unlea- 
vened bread, and in the seventh day 
shall be sl feast to the Lord. 

7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten 
seven days ; and there shall no 
leavened bread be seen with thee, 
neither shall there be leaven seen 
with thee in all thy quarters. 

8 1T And thou shalt shew thy son in 
that day, saying, This is done because 
of that which the Lord did unto me 
when I came forth out of Egypt. 

9 And it shall be for a sign unto 
thee upon thine hand, and for a me- 
morial between thine eyes, that the 
Lord's law may be in thy mouth : 
for with a strong hand hath the Lord 
brought thee out of Egypt. 

10 Thou shalt therefore keep this or- 
dinance in his season from year to year. 

11 U And it shall be when the Lord 
shall bring thee into the land of the 
Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and 
to thy fathers, and shall give it thee, 

12 That thou shalt set apart unto 
the Lord all that openeth the matrix, 
and every firstling that cometh of a 
beast which thou hast ; the male 
shall be the Lord's. 

13 And every firstling of an ass 
thou shalt redeem with a lamb ; and 
if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou 
shalt break his neck: and all the 

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The Israelites go out of Egypt. EXODUS. 



Phai-aoh pursueth them. 



firstborn of man among thy children 
shalt thou redeem. 

14 IT And it shall be when thy son 
asketh thee in time to come, saying, 
What is this ? that thou shalt say un- 
to him, By strength of hand the Lord 
brought us out from Egypt, from the 
house of bondage : 

15 And it came to pass, when Pha- 
raoh would hardly let us go, that 
the Lord slew all the firstborn in 
the land of Egypt, both the firstborn 
of man, and the firstborn of beast : 
therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all 
that openeth the matrix, being males ; 
but all the firstborn of my children 
I redeem. 

16 And it shall be for a token 
upon thine hand, and for frontlets 
between thine eyes : for by strength 
of hand the Lord brought us forth 
out of Egypt. 

17 If And it came to pass, when 
Pharaoh had let the people go, that 
God led them not through the way of 
the land of the Philistines, although 
that was near ; for God said, Lest per- 
ad venture the people repent when they 
see war, and they return to Egypt : 

18 But God led the people about, 
through the way of the wilderness of 
the Red sea: and the children of 
Israel went up harnessed out of the 
land of Egypt. 

19 And Moses took the bones of 
Joseph with him : for he had straitly 
sworn the children of Israel, saying, 
God will surely visit you ; and ye 
shall carry up my bones away hence 
with you. 

20 If And they took their journey 
from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, 
in the edge of the wilderness. 

21 And the Lord went before them 
by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead 
them the way; and by night in a 
pillar of fire, to give them light; to 
k r o by day and night. 

"It He took not away the pillar of 
the cloud by day, nor the pillar of 
Bre by night, from before the peo- 
ple 

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CHAPTER XI Y. 

1 God instructeth the Israelites in their journey. 5 
Pharaoh pursueth after them. 10 The Israelites 
murmur. 13 Moses comforteth them. 15 God in- 
structed Moses. 19 The cloud removeth behind the 
camp. 21 The Israelites pass through the Red sea, 23 
which drowneth the Egyptians. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
_ saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
that they turn and encamp before Pi- 
hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, 
over against Baal-zephon: before it 
shall ye encamp by the sea. 

3 For Pharaoh will say of the chil- 
dren of Israel, They are entangled 
in the land, the wilderness hath shut 
them in. 

4 And I will harden Pharaoh's 
heart, that he shall follow after them ; 
and I will be honoured upon Pha- 
raoh, and upon all his host ; that the 
Egyptians may know that I am the 
Lord. And they did so. 

5 If And it was told the king of 
Egypt that the people fled : and the 
heart of Pharaoh and of his servants 
was turned against the people, and 
they said, Why have we done this, that 
we have let Israel go from serving us ? 

6 And he made ready his chariot, 
and took his people with him : 

7 And he took six hundred chosen 
chariots, and all the chariots of Egypt, 
and captains over every one of them. 

8 And the Lord hardened the heart 
of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he 
pursued after the children of Israel : 
and the children of Israel went out 
with a high hand. 

9 But the Egyptians pursued after 
them, all the horses and chariots of 
Pharaoh, and his horsemen, and his 
army, and overtook them encamping 
by the sea, beside Pi-hahiroth, before 
Baal-zephon. 

10 If And when Pharaoh drew 
nigh, the children of Israel lifted up 
their eyes, and, behold, the Egyptians 
marched after them ; and they were 
sore afraid : and the children of Israel 
cried out unto the Lord. 

11 And they said unto Moses, 



The passage of the Red sea. EXODUS. 



The Egyptians drowned. 



Because there were no graves in 
Egypt, hast thou taken us away to 
die in the wilderness ? wherefore hast 
thou dealt thus with us, to carry us 
forth out of Egypt ? 

12 Is not this the word that we did 
tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us 
alone, that we may serve the Egyp- 
tians ? For it had been better for us 
to serve the Egyptians, than that 
we should die in the wilderness. 

13 If And Moses said unto the peo- 
ple, Fear ye not, stand still, and see 
the salvation of the Lord, which he 
will shew to you to day: for the 
Egyptians whom ye have seen to 
day, ye shall see them again no more 
for ever. 

14 The Lord shall fight for you, 
and ye shall hold your peace. 

15 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? 
speak unto the children of Israel, 
that they go forward : 

16 But lift thou up thy rod, and 
stretch out thine hand over the sea, 
and divide it : and the children of Is- 
rael shall go on dry ground through 
the midst of the sea. 

17 And I, behold, I will harden 
the hearts of the Egyptians, and 
they shall follow them: and I will 
get me honour upon Pharaoh, and 
upon all his host, upon his chariots, 
and upon his horsemen. 

18 And the Egyptians shall know 
that I am the Lord, when I have 
gotten me honour upon Pharaoh, upon 
his chariots, and upon his horsemen. 

' 19 If And the Angel of God, which 
went before the camp of Israel, re- 
moved and went behind them; and 
the pillar of the cloud went from before 
their face, and stood behind them : 

20 And it came between the camp 
of the Egyptians and the camp of 
Israel ; and it was a cloud and dark- 
ness to them, but it gave light by 
night to these: so that the one came 
not near the other all the night. 

21 And Moses stretched out his 
hand over the sea; and the Lord 



caused the sea to go back by a strong 
east wind all that night, and made 
the sea dry land, and the waters 
were divided. 

22 And the children of Israel went 
into the midst of the sea upon the 
dry ground: and the waters were a 
wall unto them on their right hand, 
and on their left. 

23 IF And the Egyptians pursued, 
and went in after them to the midst 
of the sea, even all Pharaoh's horses, 
his chariots, and his horsemen. 

24 And it came to pass, that in the 
morning watch the Lord looked unto 
the host of the Egyptians through the 
pillar of fire and of the cloud, and 
troubled the host of the Egyptians, 

25 And took off their chariot 
wheels, that they drave them hea- 
vily: so that the Egyptians said, 
Let us flee from the face of Israel ; 
for the Lord fighteth for them against 
the Egyptians. 

26 % And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Stretch out thine hand over the 
sea, that the waters may come again 
upon the Egyptians, upon their cha- 
riots, and upon their horsemen. 

27 And Moses stretched forth his 
hand over the sea, and the sea re- 
turned to his strength when the 
morning appeared ; and the Egyp- 
tians fled against it; and the Lord 
overthrew the Egyptians in the 
midst of the sea. 

28 And the waters returned, and 
covered the chariots, and the horse- 
men, and all the host of Pharaoh that 
came into the sea after them ; there 
remained not so much as one of them. 

29 But the children of Israel walk- 
ed upon dry land in the midst of the 
sea ; and the waters were a wall un- 
to them on their right hand, and on 
their left. 

30 Thus the Lord saved Israel 
that day out of the hand of the Egyp- 
tians ; and Israel saw the Egyptians 
dead upon the sea shore. 

31 And Israel saw that great work 
which the Lord did upon the Egyp- 

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The song of Moses. EXODUS. 

tians: and the people feared the 
Lord, and believed the Lord, and 
his servant Moses. 

CHAPTEK XY. 

1 3f oses' song. 22 The people want water. 23 The 
waters at Marah are bitter. 25 A tree sweeteneth 
them. 27 At JSlim are twelve wells, and seventy palm 
trees. 

THEN sang Moses and the chil- 
dren of Israel this song unto the 
Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing 
unto the Lord, for he hath triumph- 
ed gloriously : the horse and his rider 
hath he thrown into the sea. 

2 The Lord is my strength and 
song, and he is become my salvation : 
he is my God, and I will prepare him 
a habitation ; my father's God, and I 
will exalt him. 

3 The Lord is a man of war : the 
Lord is his name. 

4 Pharaoh's chariots and his host 
hath he cast into the sea : his chosen 
captains also are drowned in the Red 
sea. 

5 The depths have covered them : 
they sank into the bottom as a stone. 

6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is be- 
come glorious in power: thy right 
hand, O Lord, hath dashed in pieces 
the enemy. 

7 And in the greatness of thine ex- 
cellency thou hast overthrown them 
that rose up against thee : thou sent- 
est forth thy wrath, which consumed 
them as stubble. 

8 And with the blast of thy nostrils 
the waters were gathered together, 
the floods stood upright as a heap, 
and the depths were congealed in the 
heart of the sea. 

9 The enemy said, I will pursue, I 
will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; 
my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; 
I will draw my sword, my hand shall 
destroy them. 

1 Thou didst blow with thy wind, 
the sea covered them : they sank as 
lead in the mighty waters. 

11 Who is like unto thee, O Lord, 
among the gods? who is like thee, 
glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, 
doing wonders ? 

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12 Thou stretchedst out thy right 
hand, the earth swallowed them. 

13 Thou in thy mercy hast led 
forth the people which thou hast re- 
deemed : thou hast guided them in thy 
strength unto thy holy habitation. 

14 The people shall hear, and be 
afraid: sorrow shall take hold on 
the inhabitants of Palestina. 

15 Then the dukes of Edom shall 
be amazed ; the mighty men of 
Moab, trembling shall take hold upon 
them ; all the inhabitants of Canaan 
shall melt away. 

16 Fear and dread shall fall upon 
them ; by the greatness of thine arm 
they shall be as still as a stone ; till 
thy people pass over, O Lord, till the 
people pass over, which thou hast 
purchased. 

17 Thou shalt bring them in, and 
plant them in the mountain of thine 
inheritance, in the place, O Lord, 
which thou hast made for thee to 
dwell in ; in the sanctuary, O Lord, 
which thy hands have established. 

18 The Lord shall reign for ever 
and ever. 

19 For the horse of Pharaoh went 
in with his chariots and with his 
horsemen into the sea, and the Lord 
brought again the waters of the sea 
upon them ; but the children of Israel 
went on dry land in the midst of the 
sea. 

2 IT And Miriam the prophetess, the 
sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her 
hand ; and all the women went out after 
her with timbrels and with dances. 

21 And Miriam answered them, 
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath 
triumphed gloriously : the horse and 
his rider hath he thrown into the sea. 

22 So Moses brought Israel from 
the Red sea, and they went out into 
the wilderness of Shur; and they 
went three days in the wilderness, 
and found no water. 

23 TT And when they came to Marah, 
they could not drink of the waters of 
Marah, for they ivere bitter : therefore 
the name of it was called Marah. 



The Israelites murmur. 



EXODUS. 



Quails and manna sent. 



24 And the people murmured 
against Moses, saying, What shall 
we drink? 

25 And he cried unto the Lord; 
and the Lord shewed him a tree, 
which when he had cast into the wa- 
ters, the waters were made sweet: 
there he made for them a statute 
and an ordinance, and there he prov- 
ed them, 

26 And said, If thou wilt diligently 
hearken to the voice of the Lord thy 
God, and wilt do that which is right 
in his sight, and wilt give ear to his 
commandments, and keep all his 
statutes, I will put none of these dis- 
eases upon thee, which I have Drought 
upon the Egyptians : for I am the Lord 
that healeth thee. 

27 IT And they came to Elim, where 
were twelve wells of water, and three- 
score and ten palm trees : and they 
encamped there hy the waters. 

CHAPTEE XYI. 

1 The Israelites come to Sin. 2 They murmur for want 
of bread. 4 God promiseth them bread from heaven. 
11 Quails are sent, 14 and manna. 16 The ordering 
of manna. 25 It was not to be found on the sabbath. 
32 An omer of it is preserved. 

AND they took their journey from 
. Elim, and all the congregation 
of the children of Israel came un- 
to the wilderness of Sin, which is 
between Elim and Sinai, on the 
fifteenth day of the second month 
after their departing out of the land 
of Egypt. 

2 And the whole congregation of 
the children of Israel murmured 
against Moses and Aaron in the wil- 
derness : 

3 And the children of Israel said 
unto them, Would to God we had 
died by the hand of the Lord in the 
land of Egypt, when we sat hy the 
flesh pots, and when we did eat bread 
to the full ; for ye have brought us 
forth into this wilderness, to kill this 
whole assembly with hunger. 

4 1f Then said the Lord unto Mo- 
ses. Behold. I will rain bread from 
•heaven for vou; and the people 



shall go out and gather a certain rate 
every day, that I may prove them, 
whether they will walk in my law, 
or no. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that 
on the sixth day they shall prepare 
that which they bring in ; and it shall 
be twice as much as they gather daily. 

6 And Moses and Aaron said unto 
all the children of Israel, At even, 
then ye shall know that the Lord 
hath brought you out from the land 
of Egypt : 

7 And in the morning, then ye 
shall see the glory of the Lord; for 
that he heareth your murmurings 
against the Lord : and what are we, 
that ye murmur against us ? 

8 And Moses said, This shall be. 
when the Lord shall give you in 
the evening flesh to eat, and in the 
morning bread to the full; for that 
the Lord heareth your murmurings 
which ye murmur against him : and 
what are we ? your murmurings are 
not against us, but against the Lord. 

9 % And Moses spake unto Aaron, 
Say unto all the congregation of the 
children of Israel, Come near before 
the Lord: for he hath heard your 
murmurings. 

10 And it came to pass, as Aaron 
spake unto the whole congregation 
of the children of Israel, that they 
looked toward the wilderness, and, 
behold, the glory of the Lord appeared 
in the cloud. 

11 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

12 I have heard the murmurings 
of the children of Israel: speak unto 
them, saying, At even ye shall eat 
flesh, and in the morning ye shall be 
filled with bread; and ye shall know 
that I am the Lord your God. 

13 And it came to pass, that at 
even the quails came up, and cover- 
ed the camp: and in the morning 
the dew lay round about the host. 

14 And when the dew that lay was 
gone up, behold, upon the face of the 
wilderness there lay a small round 

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The ordering 



EXODUS. 



of the manna. 



thing, as small as the hoar frost on 
the ground. 

15 And when the children of Is- 
rael saw it, they said one to another, 
It is manna : for they wist not what 
it was. And Moses said unto them, 
This is the bread which the Lord 
hath given you to eat. 

16 If This is the thing which the 
Lord hath commanded, Gather of 
it every man according to his eating, 
an omer for every man, according to 
the number of your persons ; take ye 
every man for them which are in his 
tents. 

1 7 And the children of Israel did so, 
and gathered, some more, some less. 

18 And when they did mete it with 
an omer, he that gathered much had 
nothing over, and he that gathered 
little had no lack ; they gathered 
every man according to his eating. 

19 And Moses said, Let no man 
leave of it till the morning. 

20 Notwithstanding they hearken- 
ed not unto Moses ; but some of them 
left of it until the morning, and it 
bred worms, and stank: and Moses 
was wroth with them. 

21 And they gathered it every 
morning, every man according to his 
?ating: and when the sun waxed hot, 
it melted. 

22 IT And it came to pass, that on 
the sixth day they gathered twice as 
much bread, two omers for one man: 
and all the rulers of the congregation 
came and told Moses. 

23 And he said unto them, This is 
that* which the Lord hath said, To 
morrow is the rest of the holy sabbath 
unto the Lord : bake that which ye 
will bake to day, and seethe that ye 
will seethe ; and that which remain- 
eth over lay up for you to be kept 
until the morning. 

24 And they laid it up till the 
morning, as Moses bade : and it did 
not slink, neither was there any 
worm therein. 

25 And Moses said, Eat that to 
day; for to day is a sabbath unto 

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the Lord: to day ye shall not find 
it in the field. 

26 Six days ye shall gather it; but 
on the seventh day, which is the sab- 
bath, in it there shall be none. 

27 U And it came to pass, that 
there went out some of the people 
on the seventh day for to gather, 
and they found none. 

28 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
How long refuse ye to keep my 
commandments and my laws ? 

29 See, for that the Lord hath 
given you the sabbath, therefore he 
giveth you on the sixth day the 
bread of two days : abide ye every 
man in his place, let no man go out 
of his place on the seventh day. 

30 So the people rested on the se- 
venth day. 

31 And the house of Israel called the 
name thereof Manna: and it ivas like 
coriander seed, white; and the taste 
of it was like, wafers made with honey. 

32 If And Moses said, This is the 
thing which the Lord commandeth, 
Fill an omer of it to be kept for your 
generations; that they may see the 
bread wherewith I have fed you in 
the wilderness, when I brought you 
forth from the land of Egypt. 

33 And Moses said unto Aaron, 
Take a pot, and put an omer full of 
manna therein, and lay it up before 
the Lord, to be kept for your gene- 
rations. 

34 As the Lord commanded Mo- 
ses, so Aaron laid it up before the 
Testimony, to be kept. 

35 And the children of Israel did 
eat manna forty years, until they 
came to a land inhabited : they did 
eat manna, until they came unto the 
borders of the land of Canaan. 

36 Now an omer is the tenth part 
of an ephah. 

CHAPTEK XYII. 

1 The people murmur for water at Rephidim. 5 God 
sendcth him for water to the rock in Horeb. 8 Ama- 
lek is overcome by the holding up of Moses' hands. 
15 Moses buildeth the altar jEHorAtr-nissi. 

ND all the congregation of the 
children of Israel journeyed 



K 



The people ?nurmur. 



EXODUS. 



Amalek is overcome. 



from the wilderness of Sin, after 
their journeys, according to the com- 
mandment of the Lord, and pitched 
in Rephidim: and there was no water 
for the people to drink. 

2 Wherefore the people did chide 
with Moses, and said, Give us water 
that we may drink. And Moses said 
unto them, Why chide ye with me ? 
wherefore do ye tempt the Lord ? 

3 And the people thirsted there 
for water; and the people murmur- 
ed against Moses, and said, Where- 
fore is this that thou hast brought us 
up out of Egypt, to kill us and our 
children and our cattle with thirst ? 

4 And Moses cried unto the Lord, 
saying, What shall I do unto this 
people ? they be almost ready to stone 
me. 

5 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Go on before the people, and take 
with thee of the elders of Israel ; and 
thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the 
river, take in thine hand, and go. 

6 Behold, I will stand before thee 
there upon the rock in Horeb; and 
thou shalt smite the rock, and there 
shall come water out of it, that the 
people may drink. And Moses did so 
in the sight of the elders of Israel. 

7 And he called the name of the 
place Massah, and Meribah, because 
of the chiding of the children of Is- 
rael, and because they tempted the 
Lord, saying, Is the Lord among us, 
or not ? 

8 H Then came Amalek, and fought 
with Israel in Rephidim. 

9 And Moses said unto Joshua, 
Choose us out men, and go out, 
fight with Amalek: to morrow I 
will stand on the top of the hill 
with the rod of God in mine hand. 

10 So Joshua did as Moses had 
said to him, and fought with Ama- 
lek : and Moses, Aaron, and Hur 
went up to the top of the hill. 

11 And it came to pass, when Mo- 
ses held up his hand, that Israel 
prevailed : and when he let down 
his hand, Amalek prevailed. 



12 But Moses' hands were heavy; 
and they took a stone, and put it 
under him, and he sat thereon ; and 
Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, 
the one on the one side, and the other 
on the other side ; and his hands were 
steady until the going down of the sun. 

13 And Joshua discomfited Ama- 
lek and his people with the edge of 
the sword. 

14 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Write this for a memorial in a book, 
and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua; 
for I will utterly put out the remem- 
brance of Amalek from under heaven. 

15 And Moses built an altar, and 
called the name of it jEHovAH-nissi : 

16 For he said, Because the Lord 
hath sworn that the Lord will have 
war with Amalek from generation to 
generation. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

1 Jethro bringeth to Moses his wife and two sons. 1 
Moses entertaineth him. 13 Jethro' s counsel is ac- 
cepted. 21 Jethro departeth. 

WHEN Jethro, the priest of 
Midian, Moses' father in law, 
heard of all that God had done for 
Moses, and for Israel his people, and 
that the Lord had brought Israel 
out of Egypt'; 

2 Then Jethro, Moses' father in 
law, took Zipporah, Moses' wife, af- 
ter he had sent her back, 

3 And her two sons ; of which the 
name of the one was Gershom ; for 
he said, I have been an alien in a 
strange land : 

4 And the name of the other was 
Eliezer ; for the God of my father, 
said he, was mine help, and delivered 
me from the sword of Pharaoh : 

5 And Jethro, Moses' father in law, 
came with his sons and his wife unto 
Moses into the wilderness, where he 
encamped at the mount of God : 

6 And he said unto Moses, I thy father 
in law Jethro am come unto thee, and 
thy wife, and her two sons with her. 

7 If And Moses went out to meet 
his father in law, and did obeisance, 
and kissed him ; and they asked 

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Moses entertaineth Jethro. 



EXODUS. 



Jethro counselleth Moses. 



each other of their welfare ; and they 
came into the tent. 

8 And Moses told his father in law 
all that the Lord had done nnto 
Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for 
Israel's sake, and all the travail that 
had come upon them hy the way, 
and how the Lord delivered them. 

9 And Jethro rejoiced for all the 
goodness which the Lord had done 
to Israel, whom he had delivered 
out of the hand of the Egyptians. 

10 And Jethro said, Blessed be the 
Lord, who hath delivered you out of 
the hand of the Egyptians, and out 
of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath 
delivered the people from under the 
hand of the Egyptians. 

11 Now I know that the Lord is 
greater than all gods: for in the 
thing wherein they dealt proudly he 
was above them. 

12 And Jethro, Moses' father in 
law, took a burnt offering and sacri- 
fices for God : and Aaron came, and 
all the elders of Israel, to eat bread 
with Moses' father in law before God. 

13 If And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that Moses sat to judge the 
people: and the people stood by Mo- 
ses from the morning unto the evening. 

14 And when Moses' father in law 
saw all that he did to the people, he 
said, What is this thing that thou 
doest to the people ? Why sittest thou 
thyself alone, and all the people stand 
by thee from morning unto even ? 

15 And Moses said unto his father 
in law, Because the people come 
unto me to inquire of God : 

1 6 When they have a matter, they 
come unto me; and I judge between 
one and another, and I do make them 
know the statutes of God, and his laws. 

17 And Moses' father in law said 
onto him, The thing that thou doest 
m not good. 

I - Thou wilt surely wear away, 
both thou, and this people that is 
with thee: fox this thing is too heavy 
for thee; thou art not able to per- 
form it thyself alone. 
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19 Hearken now unto my voice, I 
will give thee counsel, and God shall 
be with thee : Be thou for the peo- 
ple to God-ward, that thou mayest 
bring the causes unto God : 

20 And thou shalt teach them ordi- 
nances and laws, and shalt shew them 
the way wherein they must walk, 
and the work that they must do. 

21 Moreover thou shalt provide 
out of all the people able men, such 
as fear God, men of truth, hating 
covetousness ; and place such over 
them, to be rulers of thousands, and 
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, 
and rulers of tens : 

22 And let them judge the people 
at all seasons : and it shall be, that 
every great matter they shall bring 
unto thee, but every small matter 
they shall judge : so shall it be easier 
for thyself, and they shall bear the 
burden with thee. 

23 If thou shalt do this thing, and 
God command thee so, then thou shalt 
be able to endure, and all this people 
shall also go to their place in peace. 

24 So Moses hearkened to the voice 
of his father in law, and did all that 
he had said. 

25 And Moses chose able men out 
of all Israel, and made them heads 
over the people, rulers of thousands, 
rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, 
and rulers of tens. 

26 And they judged the people at 
all seasons : the hard causes they 
brought unto Moses, but every small 
matter they judged themselves. 

27 *[f And Moses let his father in law 
depart; and he went his way into 
his own land. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 The people come to Sinai. 3 God's message by Moses 
unto the people out of the mount. 8 The people's an- 
swer returned again. 10 The people are prepared 
against the third day. 12 The mountain must not he 
touched. 16 The fearful presence of God upon the 
mount. 

IN the third month, when the chil- 
dren of Israel were gone forth out 
of the land of Egypt, the same day 
came they into the wilderness of Sinai. 



The people come to Sinai. EXODUS. 



God's fearful presence. 



2 For they were departed from 
Rephidim, and were come to the des- 
ert of Sinai, and had pitched in the 
wilderness ; and there Israel camped 
before the mount. 

3 And Moses went up unto God, 
and the Lord called unto him out of 
the mountain, saying, Thus shalt thou 
say to the house of Jacob, and tell 
the children of Israel ; 

4 Ye have seen what I did unto 
the Egyptians, and how I bare you 
on eagles' wings, and brought you 
unto myself. 

5 Now therefore, if ye will obey 
my voice indeed, and keep my cove- 
nant, then ye shall be a peculiar 
treasure unto me above all people: 
for all the earth is mine : 

6 And ye shall be unto me a king- 
dom of priests, and a holy nation. 
These are the words which thou shalt 
speak unto the children of Israel. 

7 If And Moses came and called 
for the elders of the people, and laid 
before their faces all these words 
which the Lord commanded him. 

8 And all the people answered to- 
gether, and said, All that the Lord 
hath spoken we will do. And Moses 
returned the words of the people 
unto the Lord. 

9 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Lo, I come unto thee in a thick 
cloud, that the people may hear 
when I speak with thee, and believe 
thee for ever. And Moses told the 
words of the people unto the Lord. 

10 H And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Go unto the people, and sanc- 
tify them to day and to morrow, and 
let them wash their clothes, 

11 And be ready against the third 
day: for the third day the Lord 
will come down in the sight of all 
the people upon mount Sinai. 

12 And thou shalt set bounds unto 
the people round about, saying, Take 
heed to yourselves, that ye go not up 
into the mount, or touch the border 
of it : whosoever toucheth the mount 
shall be surely put to death : 



13 There shall not a hand touch 
it, but he shall surely be stoned, or 
shot through ; whether it he beast or 
man, it shall net live : when the 
trumpet soundeth long, they shall 
come up to the mount. 

14 IT And Moses went down from 
the mount unto the people, and 
sanctified the people; and they 
washed their clothes. 

15 And he said unto the people, 
Be ready against the third day : 
come not at your wives. 

16 IT And it came to pass on the 
third day in the morning, that there 
were thunders and lightnings, and 
a thick cloud upon the mount, and 
the voice of the trumpet exceeding 
loud ; so that all the people that was 
in the camp trembled. 

17 And Moses brought forth the 
people out of the camp to meet with 
God; and they stood at the nether 
part of the mount. 

18 And mount Sinai was altogether 
on a smoke, because the Lord de- 
scended upon it in fire: and the 
smoke thereof ascended as the smoke 
of a furnace, and the whole mount 
quaked greatly. 

19 And when the voice of the 
trumpet sounded long, and waxed 
louder and louder, Moses spake, and 
God answered him by a voice. 

20 And the Lord came down upon 
mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: 
and the Lord called Moses up to the 
top of the mount; and Moses went up. 

21 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Go down, charge the people, lest 
they break through unto the Lord 
to gaze, and many of them perish. 

22 And let the priests also, which 
come near to the Lord, sanctify 
themselves, lest the Lord break 
forth upon them. 

23 And Moses said unto the Lord, 
The people cannot come up to mount 
Sinai : for thou chargedst us, saying, 
Set bounds about the mount, and 
sanctify it 

24 And the Lord said unto him, 

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The ten commandments. 

Away, get thee down, and thon shalt 
come up, thou, and Aaron with thee : 
but let not the priests and the people 
break through to come up unto the 
Lord, lest he break forth upon them. 

25 So Moses went down unto the 
people, and spake unto them. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 The ten commandments. 18 The people are afraid. 
20 Moses comforteth them. 22 Idolatry is forbidden. 
24 Of what sort the altar should be. 

AND God spake all these words, 
_ saying, 

2 I am the Lord thy God, which 
have brought thee out of the land of 
Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 

3 Thou shalt have no other gods 
before me. 

4 Thou shalt not make unto thee 
any graven image, or any likeness of 
any thing that is in heaven above, or 
that is in the earth beneath, or that 
is in the water under the earth: 

5 Thou shalt not bow down thy- 
self to them, nor serve them : for I 
the Lord thy God am a jealous God, 
visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon 
the children unto the third and fourth 
generation of them that hate me ; 

6 And shewing mercy unto thou- 
sands of them that love me, and keep 
my commandments. 

7 Thou shalt not take the name of 
the Lord thy God in vain: for the 
Lord will not hold him guiltless that 
taketh his name in vain. 

8 Remember the sabbath day, to 
keep it holy. 

9 Six days shalt thou labour, and 
do all thy work : 

10 But the seventh day is the sab- 
bath of the Lord thy God : in it thou 
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy 
son, nor thy daughter, thy manser- 
vant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy 
cattle, nor thy stranger that is within 
thy gates: 

11 For in six days the Lord made 
heaven and earth, the sea, and all that 
in them is, and rested the seventh 
day : wherefore the Lord blessed the 
■abbath day, and hallowed it. 

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The people are afraid. 



12 IT Honour thy father and thy 
mother : that thy days may be long 
upon the land which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee. 

13 Thou shalt not kill. 

14 Thou shalt not commit adultery 

15 Thou shalt not steal. 

16 Thou shalt not bear false wit- 
ness against thy neighbour. 

17 Thou shalt not covet thy neigh- 
bour's house, thou shalt not covet thy 
neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, 
nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor 
his ass, nor any thing that is thy 
neighbour's. 

18 IT And all the people saw the 
thunderings, and the lightnings, and 
the noise of the trumpet, and the 
mountain smoking: and when the 
people saw it, they removed, and 
stood afar off. 

19 And they said unto Moses, Speak 
thou with us, and we will hear : but let 
not God speak with us, lest we die. 

20 And Moses said unto the people, 
Fear not: for God is come to prove 
you, and that his fear may be before 
your faces, that ye sin not. 

21 And the people stood afar off, 
and Moses drew near unto the thick 
darkness where God was. 

22 If And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Thus thou shalt say unto the 
children of Israel, Ye have seen that 
I have talked with you from heaven. 

23 Ye shall not make with me 
gods of silver, neither shall ye make 
unto you gods of gold. 

24 1f An altar of earth thou shalt 
make unto me, and shalt sacrifice 
thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy 
peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine 
oxen: in all places where I record 
my name I will come unto thee, and 
I will bless thee. 

25 And if thou wilt make me an 
altar of stone, thou shalt not build it 
of hewn stone : for if thou lift up thy 
tool upon it, thou hast polluted it. 

26 Neither shalt thou go up by 
steps unto mine altar, that thy naked- 
ness be not discovered thereon. 



Divers laws 



EXODUS. 



and ordinances. 



CHAPTER XXL 

1 Laws for menservants. 5 For the servant whose ear 
is bored. 7 For womenservants. 12 For manslaugh- 
ter. 16 For stealers of men. 17 For cursers of pa- 
rents. 18 For smiters. 22 For a hurt by chance. 
28 For an ox that goreth. 33 For him that is an oc- 
casion of harm. 

NOW. these are the judgments 
which thou shalt set "before them. 

2 If thou huy a Hebrew servant, six 
years he shall serve : and in the seventh 
he shall go out free for nothing. 

3 If he came in by himself, he shall 
go out by himself: if he were married, 
then his wife shall go out with him. 

4 If his master have given him a 
wife, and she have borne him sons or 
daughters ; the wife and her children 
shall be her master's, and he shall 
go out by himself. 

5 And if the servant shall plainly 
say, I love my master, my wife, and 
my children ; I will not go out free : 

6 Then his master shall bring him 
unto the judges ; he shall also bring 
him to the door, or unto the door 
post; and his master shall bore his 
ear through with an awl; and he 
shall serve him for ever. 

7 1f And if a man sell his daughter 
to be a maidservant, she shall not go 
out as the menservants do. 

8 If she please not her master, 
who hath betrothed her to himself, 
then shall he let her be redeemed: 
to sell her unto a strange nation he 
shall have no power, seeing he hath 
dealt deceitfully with her. 

9 And if he have betrothed her unto 
his son, he shall deal with her after 
the manner of daughters. 

10 If he take him another wife, 
her food, her raiment, and her duty 
of marriage, shall he not diminish. 

11 And if he do not these three 
unto her, then shall she go out free 
without money. < 

12 If He that smiteth a man, so that 
he die, shall be surely put to death. 

13 And if a man lie not in wait, 
but God deliver him into his hand; 
then I will appoint thee a place 
whither he shall flee. 

14 But if a man come presumptu- 



ously upon his neighbour, to slay 
him with guile; thou shalt take him 
from mine altar, that he may die. 

15 If And he that smiteth his fa- 
ther, or his mother, shall be surely 
put to death. 

1 6 If And he that stealeth a man, and 
selleth him, or if he be found in his 
hand, he shall surely be put to death. 

17 If And he that curseth his fa- 
ther, or his mother, shall surely be 
put to death. 

18 If And if men strive together, 
and one smite another with a stone, 
or with his fist, and he die not, but 
keepeth his bed : 

19 If he rise again, and walk abroad 
upon his staff, then shall he that 
smote him be quit : only he shall pay 
for the loss of his time, and shall 
cause him to be thoroughly healed. 

20 If And if a man smite his ser- 
vant, or his maid, with a rod, and 
he die under his hand; he shall be 
surely punished. 

21 Notwithstanding, if he continue 
a day or two, he shall not be punish- 
ed : for he is his money. 

22 If If men strive, and hurt a wo- 
man with child, so that her fruit de- 
part from her, and yet no mischief 
follow: he shall be surely punished, 
according as the woman's husband 
will lay upon him ; and he shall pay 
as the judges determine. 

23 And if any mischief follow, then 
thou shalt give life for life, 

24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, 
hand for hand, foot for foot, 

25 Burning for burning, wound for 
wound, stripe for stripe. 

26 If And if a man smite the eye of 
his servant, or the eye of his maid, 
that it perish ; he shall let him go 
free for his eye's sake. 

27 And if he smite out his man- 
servant's tooth, or his maidservant's 
tooth ; he shall let him go free for his 
tooth's sake. 

28 If If an ox gore a man or a wo- 
man, that they die : then the ox shall 
be surely stoned, and his flesh shall 

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Divers laws 



EXODUS. 



and ordinances. 



not be eaten ; but the owner of the 
ox shall be quit. 

29 But if the ox were wont to push 
with his horn in time past, and it hath 
been testified to his owner, and he 
hath not kept him in, but that he 
hath killed a man or a woman ; the 
ox shall be stoned, and his owner 
also shall be put to death. 

30 If there be laid on him a sum of 
money, then he shall give for the 
ransom of his life whatsoever is laid 
upon him. 

31 Whether he have gored a son, 
or have gored a daughter, according 
to this judgment shall it be done un- 
to him. 

32 If the ox shall push a manser- 
vant or a maidservant ; he shall give 
unto their master thirty shekels of 
silver, and the ox shall be stoned. 

33 IT And if a man shall open a pit, 
or if a man shall dig a pit, and not 
cover it, and an ox or an ass fall 
therein ; 

34 The owner of the pit shall make 
it good, and give money unto the 
owner of them ; and the dead beast 
shall be his. 

35 IT And if one man's ox hurt an- 
other's, that he die ; then they shall 
sell the live ox, and divide the money 
of it ; and the dead ox also they shall 
divide. 

36 Or if it be known that the ox 
hath used to push in time past, and 
his owner hath not kept him in; he 
shall surely pay ox for ox ; and the 
dead shall be his own. 



CHAPTER XXII. 

I Of theft r, Of damage. 7 Of trespasses. H Of bor- 
rowing. 16 Of fornication. 18 Of witchcraft. *19 Of 
bestiality. 20 Of idolatry. 21 Of strangers, widows, 
and father leu. 25 Of usury. 26 Of pledges. 28 Of 
reverence to magistrates. 2M Of the firstfruits. 

IF a man shall steal an ox, or a 
sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he 
shall restore five oxen for an ox, and 
four sheep for a sheep. 

2 If If a thief be found breaking 
up, and bo smitten that he die, there 
shall no blood be shed for him. 
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3 If the sun be risen upon him, 
there shall be blood shed for him ; for 
he should make full restitution : if he 
have nothing, then he shall be sold 
for his theft. 

4 If the theft be certainly found in 
his hand alive, whether it be ox, or 
ass, or sheep ; he shall restore double. 

5 H If a man shall cause a field or 
vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in 
his beast, and shall feed in another 
man's field ; of the best of his own 
field, and of the best of his own vine- 
yard, shall he make restitution. 

6 Tf If fire break out, and catch in 
thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or 
the standing corn, or the field, be 
consumed therewith; he that kindled 
the fire shall surely make restitution. 

7 IT If a man shall deliver unto his 
neighbour money or stuff to keep, 
and it be stolen out of the man's 
house ; if the thief be found, let him 
pay double. 

8 If the thief be not found, then the 
master of the house shall be brought 
unto the judges, to see whether he 
have put his hand unto his neigh- 
bour's goods. 

9 For all manner of trespass, wheth- 
er it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for 
raiment, or for any manner of lost 
thing, which another challengeth to be 
his, the cause of both parties shall 
come before the judges ; and whom 
the judges shall condemn, he shall 
pay double unto his neighbour. 

10 If a man deliver unto his neigh- 
bour an ass, or an ox, or a sheep, or any 
beast, to keep ; and it die, or be hurt, 
or driven away, no man seeing it : 

1 1 Then shall an oath of the Lord 
be between them both, that he hath 
not put his hand unto his neighbour's 
goods ; and the owner of it shall accept 
thereof, and he shall not make it good. 

12 And if it be stolen from him, 
he shall make restitution unto the 
owner thereof. 

13 If it be torn in pieces, then let 
him bring it for witness, and he shall 
not make good that which was torn. 



Divers laws 



EXODUS. 



and ordinances. 



14 IT And if a man borrow aught 
of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or 
die, the owner thereof being not with 
it, he shall surely make it good. 

15 But if the owner thereof be with 
it, he shall not make it good : if it be 
a hired thing, it came for his hire. 

16 TT And if a man entice a maid 
that is not betrothed, and lie with her, 
he shall surely endow her to be his 
wife. 

17 If her father utterly refuse to 
give her unto him, he shall pay money 
according to the dowry of virgins. 

18 If Thou shalt not suffer a witch 
to live. 

19 IT Whosoever lieth with a beast 
shall surely be put to death. 

20 IT He that sacrificeth unto any 
god, save unto the Lord only, he 
shall be utterly destroyed. 

21 IT Thou shalt neither vex a 
stranger, nor oppress him : for ye were 
strangers in the land of Egypt. 

22 U Ye shall not afflict any wid- 
ow, or fatherless child. 

23 If thou afflict them in any wise, 
and they cry at all unto me, I will 
surely hear their cry ; 

24 And my wrath shall wax hot, 
and I will kill you with the sword ; 
and your wives shall be widows, and 
your children fatherless. 

25 H" If thou lend money to any of 
my people that is poor by thee, thou 
shalt not be to him as a usurer, nei- 
ther shalt thou lay upon him usury. 

26 If thou at all take thy neigh- 
bour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt 
deliver it unto him by that the sun 
goeth down : 

27 For that is his covering only, it 
is his raiment for his skin: wherein 
shall he sleep? and it shall come to 
pass, when he crieth unto me, that 
I will hear ; for I am gracious. 

28 IT Thou shalt not revile the gods, 
nor curse the ruler of thy people. 

29 TT Thou shalt not delay to offer 
the first of thy ripe fruits, and of thy 
liquors: the firstborn of thy sons 
shalt thou give unto me. 



30 Likewise shalt thou do with 
thine oxen, and with thy sheep : sev- 
en days it shall be with his dam; on 
the eighth day thou shalt give it me. 

31 TT And ye shall be holy men 
unto me: neither shall ye eat any 
flesh that is torn of beasts in the 
field ; ye shall cast it to the dogs. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 Of slander and false witness. 3, 6 Of justice. 4 Of 
charitableness. 10 Of the year of rest. 12 Of the 
sabbath. 13 Of idolatry : 14 Of the three feasts. 18 
Of the blood and the fat of the sacrifice. 20 An 
Angel is promised, with a blessing, if they obey him. 

THOU shalt not raise a false re- 
port: put not thine hand with the 
wicked to be an unrighteous witness. 

2 IT Thou shalt not follow a mul- 
titude to do evil ; neither shalt thou 
speak in a cause to decline after 
many to wrest judgment : 

3 Tf Neither shalt thou countenance 
a poor man in his cause. 

4 U" If thou meet thine enemy's 
ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt 
surely bring it back to him again. 

5 If thou see the ass of him that 
hateth thee lying under his burden, 
and wouldest forbear to help him, 
thou shalt surely help with him. 

6 Thou shalt not wrest the judg- 
ment of thy poor in his cause. 

7 Keep thee far from a false mat- 
ter; and the innocent and righteous 
slay thou not: for I will not justify 
the wicked. 

8 % And thou shalt take no gift : 
for the gift blindeth the wise, and 
perverteth the words of the righteous. 

9 H Also thou shalt not oppress a 
stranger: for ye know the heart of 
a stranger, seeing ye were strangers 
in the land of Egypt. 

10 And six years thou shalt sow 
thy land, and shalt gather in the 
fruits thereof: 

11 But the seventh year thou shalt 
let it rest and lie still ; that the poor 
of thy people may eat : and what they 
leave the beasts of the field shall eat. 
In like manner thou shalt deal with 
thy vineyard, and with thy oliveyard. 

12 Six days thou shalt do thy work, 

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EXODUS. 



and ordinances. 



and on the seventh day thou shalt 
rest : that thine ox and thine ass may- 
rest, and the son of thy handmaid, 
and the stranger, may be refreshed. 

13 And in all things that I have 
said unto you be circumspect: and 
make no mention of the name of 
other gods, neither let it be heard 
out of thy mouth. 

14 H Three times thou shalt keep 
a feast unto me in the year. 

15 Thou shalt keep the feast of 
unleavened bread : (thou shalt eat un- 
leavened bread seven days, as I com- 
manded thee, in the time appointed 
of the month Abib ; for in it thou ea- 
rnest out from Egypt : and none shall 
appear before me empty :) 

16 And the feast of harvest, the 
firstfruits of thy labours, which thou 
hast sown in the field : and the feast 
of ingathering, ivhich is in the end of 
the year, when thou hast gathered in 
thy labours out of the field. 

17 Three times in the year all thy 
males shall appear before the Lord 
God. 

18 Thou shalt not offer the blood 
of my sacrifice with leavened bread ; 
neither shall the fat of my sacrifice 
remain until the morning. 

19 The first of the firstfruits of thy 
land thou shalt bring into the house 
of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not 
seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 

20 If Behold, I send an Angel be- 
fore thee, to keep thee in the way, 
and to bring thee into the place 
which I have prepared. 

21 Beware of him, and obey his 
voice, provoke him not; for he will 
not pardon your transgressions : for 
my name is in him. 

22 But if thou shalt indeed obey 
his voice, and do all that I speak; 
then I will be an enemy unto thine 
enemies, and an adversary unto thine 
adversaries. 

23 For mine Angel shall go before 
thee, and bring thee in unto the 
Amours, and the Hittites, and the 
PerizziteSj and the Canaanites, the 

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Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I 
will cut them off. 

24 Thou shalt not bow down to 
their gods, nor serve them, nor do 
after their works: but thou shalt 
utterly overthrow them, and quite 
break down their images. 

25 And ye shall serve the Lord your 
God, and he shall bless thy bread, 
and thy water ; and I will take sick- 
ness away from the midst of thee. 

26 If There shall nothing cast their 
young, nor be barren, in thy land: 
the number of thy days I will fulfil. 

27 1 will send my fear before thee, 
and will destroy all the people to 
whom thou shalt come; and I will 
make all thine enemies turn their 
backs unto thee. 

28 And I will send hornets before 
thee, which shall drive out the Hi- 
vite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, 
from before thee. 

29 I will not drive them out from 
before thee in one year ; lest the land 
become desolate, and the beast of the 
field multiply against thee. 

30 By little and little I will drive 
them out from before thee, until thou 
be increased, and inherit the land. 

31 And I will set thy bounds from 
the Red sea even unto the sea of the 
Philistines, and from the desert unto 
the river : for I will deliver the inhab- 
itants of the land into your hand ; 
and thou shalt drive them out before 
thee. 

32 Thou shalt make no covenant 
with them, nor with their gods. 

33 They shall not dwell in thy land, 
lest they make thee sin against me : 
for if thou serve their gods, it will 
surely be a snare unto thee. 



CHAPTER XXIV. 

1 Moses is called up into the mountain. 3 The people 
promise obedience. 4 Moses buildcth an altar, and 
twelve pillars. 6 He sprinkleth the blood of the cove- 
nant. 9 The glory of God appear eth. 14 Aaron and 
Hur have the charge of the people. 15 Moses goeth 
into the mountain, where he continueth forty days and 
forty nights. 



A 



ND he said unto Moses, Come 
up unto the Lord, thou, and 



Moses is called 



up 



EXODUS. 



into the mountain. 



Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seven- 
ty of the elders of Israel ; and wor- 
ship ye afar off. 

2 And Moses alone shall come near 
the Lord: but they shall not come 
nigh ; neither shall the people go up 
with him. 

3 If And Moses came and told the 
people all the words of the Lord, and 
all the judgments : and all the peo- 
ple answered with one voice, and said, 
All the words which the Lord hath 
said will we do. 

4 And Moses wrote all the words 
of the Lord, and rose up early in the 
morning, and builded an altar under 
the hill, and twelve pillars, according 
to the twelve tribes of Israel. 

5 And he sent young men of the 
children of Israel, which offered burnt 
offerings, and sacrificed peace offer- 
ings of oxen unto the Lord. 

6 And Moses took half of the blood, 
and put it in basins ; and half of the 
blood he sprinkled on the altar. 

7 And he took the book of the 
covenant, and read in the audience 
of the people: and they said, All 
that the Lord hath said will we do, 
and be obedient. 

8 And Moses took the blood, and 
sprinkled it on the people, and said, 
Behold the blood of the covenant, 
which the Lord hath made with you 
concerning all these words. 

9 IT Then went up Moses, and Aa- 
ron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy 
of the elders of Israel ; 

10 And they saw the God of Is- 
rael : and there was under his feet as 
it were a paved work of a sapphire 
stone, and as it were the body of 
heaven in his clearness. 

11 And upon the nobles of the chil- 
dren of Israel he laid not his hand : also 
they saw God, and did eat and drink. 

12 If And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Come up to me into the mount, 
and be there: and I will give thee 
tables of stone, and a law, and com- 
mandments which I have written; 
that thou may est teach them. 

7 



13 And Moses rose up, and his 
minister Joshua ; and Moses went 
up into the mount of God. 

14 And he said unto the elders, 
Tarry ye here for us, until we come 
again unto you : and, behold, Aaron 
and Hur are with you: if any man 
have any matters to do, let him come 
unto them. 

15 And Moses went up into the 
mount, and a cloud covered the 
mount. 

16 And the glory of the Lord 
abode upon mount Sinai, and the 
cloud covered it six days : and the 
seventh day he called unto Moses 
out of the midst of the cloud. 

17 And the sight of the glory of 
the Lord was like devouring fire on 
the top of the mount in the eyes of 
the children of Israel. 

18 And Moses went into the midst 
of the cloud, and gat him up into the 
mount : and Moses was in the mount 
forty days and forty nights. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

1 What the Israelites must offer for the making of the 
tabernacle. 10 The form of the ark. 17 The mercy 
seat, with the cherubim. 23 The table, with the furni- 
ture thereof. 31 The candlestick, with the instruments 
thereof. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
* saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, that they bring me an offering : 
of every man that giveth it willingly 
with his heart ye shall take my of- 
fering. 

3 And this is the offering which ye 
shall take of them ; gold, and silver, 
and brass, 

4 And blue, and purple, and scar- 
let, and fine linen, and goats' hair, 

5 And rams' skins dyed red, and 
badgers' skins, and shittim wood, 

6 Oil for the light, spices for an- 
ointing oil, and for sweet incense, 

7 Onyx stones, and stones to be 
set in the ephod, and in the breast- 
plate. 

8 And let them make me a sanc- 
tuary ; that I may dwell among them. 

9 According to all that I shew thee, 

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The golden candlestick. 



after the pattern of the tabernacle, 
and the pattern of all the instruments 
thereof, even so shall ye make it. 

10 IT And they shall make an ark 
of shittim wood : two cubits and a 
half shall be the length thereof, and 
a cubit and a half the breadth there- 
of, and a cubit and a half the height 
thereof. 

11 And thou shalt overlay it with 
pure gold, within and without shalt 
thou overlay it, and shalt make upon 
it a crown of gold round about. 

12 And thou shalt cast four rings 
of gold for it, and put them in the 
four corners thereof; and two rings 
shall be in the one side of it, and two 
rings in the other side of it. 

13 And thou shalt make staves of 
shittim wood, and overlay them with 
gold. 

14 And thou shalt put the staves 
into the rings by the sides of the ark, 
that the ark may be borne with them. 

15 The staves shall be in the rings 
of the ark : they shall not be taken 
from it. 

16 And thou shalt put into the ark 
the testimony which I shall give thee. 

17 And thou shalt make a mercy 
seat of pure gold : two cubits and a 
half shall be the length thereof, and a 
cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 

18 And thou shalt make two cher- 
ubim of gold, of beaten work shalt 
thou make them, in the two ends of 
the mercy seat. 

19 And make one cherub on the 
one end, and the other cherub on the 
other end: even of the mercy seat 
shall ye make the cherubim on the 
two ends thereof. 

20 And the cherubim shall stretch 
forth their wings on high, covering 
the mercy seat with their wings, and 
their faces shall look one to another; 
toward the mercy seat shall the faces 
of the cherubim be. 

2 L And thou shalt put the mercy 
seat above upon the ark ; and in the 
ark thou shalt put the testimony that 
I shall give thee. 

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22 And there I will meet with thee, 
and I will commune with thee from 
above the mercy seat, from between 
the two cherubim which are upon 
the ark of the testimony, of all things 
which I will give thee in command- 
ment unto the children of Israel. 

23 If Thou shalt also make a table 
of shittim wood : two cubits shall be 
the length thereof, and a cubit the 
breadth thereof, and a cubit and a 
half the height thereof. 

24 And thou shalt overlay it with 
pure gold, and make thereto a crown 
of gold round about. 

25 And thou shalt make unto 
it a border of a handbreadth round 
about, and thou shalt make a golden 
crown to the border thereof round 
about. 

26 And thou shalt make for it four 
rings of gold, and put the rings in 
the four corners that are on the four 
feet thereof. 

27 Over against the border shall 
the rings be for places of the staves 
to bear the table. 

28 And thou shalt make the staves 
of shittim wood, and overlay them 
with gold, that the table may be 
borne with them. 

29 And thou shalt make the dishes 
thereof, and spoons thereof, and cov- 
ers thereof, and bowls thereof, to cov- 
er withal: of pure gold shalt thou 
make them. 

30 And thou shalt set upon the ta- 
ble shewbread before me always. 

3 1 If And thou shalt make a candle- 
stick o/pure gold: o/beaten work shall 
the candlestick be made: his shaft, 
and his branches, his bowls, his knops, 
and his flowers, shall be of the same. 

32 And six branches shall come 
out of the sides of it ; three branches 
of the candlestick out of the one side, 
and three branches of the candlestick 
out of the other side : 

33 Three bowls made like unto al- 
monds, with a knop and a flower in 
one branch ; and three bowls made 
like almonds in the other branch, 



The curtains of 



EXODUS. 



the tabernacle. 



with a knop and a flower: so in the 
six branches that come out of the 
candlestick. 

34 And in the candlestick shall be 
four bowls made like unto almonds, 
with their knops and their flowers. 

35 And there shall be a knop under 
two branches of the same, and a knop 
under two branches of the same, and a 
knop under two branches of the same, 
according to the six branches that pro- 
ceed out of the candlestick. 

36 Their knops and their branches 
shall be of the same: all of it shall be 
one beaten work of pure gold. 

37 And thou shalt make the seven 
lamps thereof: and they shall light 
the lamps thereof, that they may give 
light over against it. 

38 And the tongs thereof, and the 
snuffdishes thereof, shall be of pure 
gold. 

39 Of a talent of pure gold shall 
he make it, with all these vessels. 

40 And look that thou make them 
after their pattern, which was shew- 
ed thee in the mount. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

1 The ten curtains of the tabernacle. 7 The eleven cur- 
tains of goats' hair. 14 The covering of rams , skins. 
15 The boards of the tabernacle, with their sockets and 
bars. 31 The vail for the ark. 36 The hanging for 
the door. 

MOREOVER thou shalt make the 
tabernacle with ten curtains of 
fine twined linen, and blue, and pur- 
ple, and scarlet: with cherubim of 
cunning work shalt thou make them. 

2 The length of one curtain shall 
be eight and twenty cubits, and the 
breadth of one curtain four cubits: 
and every one of the curtains shall 
have one measure. 

3 The five curtains shall be coupled 
together one to another; and other 
five curtains shall be coupled one to 
another. 

4 And thou shalt make loops of 
blue upon the edge of the one cur- 
tain from the selvedge in the coup- 
ling; and likewise shalt thou make 
in the uttermost edge of another cur- 
tain, in the coupling of the second. 



5 Fifty loops shalt thou make in 
the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt 
thou make in the edge of the curtain 
that is in the coupling of the second ; 
that the loops may take hold one of 
another. 

6 And thou shalt make fifty taches 
of gold, and couple the curtains to- 
gether with the taches : and it shall 
be one tabernacle. 

7 IT And thou shalt make curtains 
of goats' hair to be a covering upon 
the tabernacle : eleven curtains shalt 
thou make. 

8 The length of one curtain shall be 
thirty cubits, and the breadth of one 
curtain four cubits: and the eleven 
curtains shall be all of one measure. 

9 And thou shalt couple five cur- 
tains by themselves, and six curtains 
by themselves, and shalt double the 
sixth curtain in the forefront of the 
tabernacle. 

10 And thou shalt make fifty loops 
on the edge of the one curtain that 
is outmost in the coupling, and fifty 
loops in the edge of the curtain which 
coupleth the second. 

11 And thou shalt make fifty taches 
of brass, and put the taches into the 
loops, and couple the tent together, 
that it may be one. 

12 And the remnant that remaineth 
of the curtains of the tent, the half 
curtain that remaineth, shall hang 
over the back side of the tabernacle. 

13 And a cubit on the one side, 
and a cubit on the other side of that 
which remaineth in the length of the 
curtains of the tent, it shall hang 
over the sides of the tabernacle, on 
this side and on that side, to cover it. 

14 And thou shalt make a covering 
for the tent of rams' skins dyed red, 
and a covering above o/badgers' skins. 

15 IT And thou shalt make boards 
for the tabernacle of shittim wood 
standing up. 

16 Ten cubits shall be the length 
of a board, and a cubit and a half 
shall be the breadth of one board. 

17 Two tenons shall there be in one 

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The boards of the tabernacle. EXODUS. The altar of burnt offering. 



board, set in order one against another : 
thus shalt thou make for all the boards 
of the tabernacle. 

18 And thou shalt make the boards 
for the tabernacle, twenty boards on 
the south side southward. 

19 And thou shalt make forty sock- 
ets of silver under the twenty boards ; 
two sockets under one board for his 
two tenons, and two sockets under 
another board for his two tenons. 

20 And for the second side of the 
tabernacle on the north side there 
shall be twenty boards, 

21 And their forty sockets of silver ; 
two sockets under one board, and two 
sockets under another board. 

22 And for the sides of the taber- 
nacle westward thou shalt make six 
boards. 

23 And two boards shalt thou make 
for the corners of the tabernacle in the 
two sides. 

24 And they shall be coupled to- 
gether beneath, and they shall be 
coupled together above the head of 
it unto one ring : thus shall it be for 
them both ; they shall be for the two 
corners. 

25 And they shall be eight boards, 
and their sockets of silver, sixteen 
sockets; two sockets under one board, 
and two sockets under another board. 

26 If And thou shalt make bars of 
shittim wood ; five for the boards of 
the one side of the tabernacle, 

27 And five bars for the boards of 
the other side of the tabernacle, and 
five bars for the boards of the side 
of the tabernacle, for the two sides 
westward. 

28 And the middle bar in the midst of 
the boards shall reach from end to end. 

29 And thou shalt overlay the 
boards with gold, and make their 
rings of gold for places for the bars : 
and thou shalt overlay the bars with 
gold. 

30 And thou shalt rear up the taber- 
nacle according to the fashion thereof 
which was shewed thee in the mount. 

3 1 IT And thou shalt make a vail of 

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blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine twined linen of cunning work: 
with cherubim shall it be made. 

32 And thou shalt hang it upon 
four pillars of shittim wood overlaid 
with gold : their hooks shall be of 
gold, upon the four sockets of silver. 

33 If And thou shalt hang up the 
vail under the taches, that thou may- 
est bring in thither within the vail 
the ark of the testimony: and the 
vail shall divide unto you between 
the holy place and the most holy. 

34 And thou shalt put the mercy 
seat upon the ark of the testimony in 
the most holy place. 

35 And thou shalt set the table 
without the vail, and the candlestick 
over against the table on the side of 
the tabernacle toward the south : and 
thou shalt put the table on the north 
side. 

36 And thou shalt make a hanging 
for the door of the tent, of blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, and fine twined 
linen, wrought with needlework. 

37 And thou shalt make for the 
hanging five pillars of shittim wood, 
and overlay them with gold, and their 
hooks shall be of gold : and thou shalt 
cast five sockets of brass for them. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

1 The altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof. 9 
The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and 
pillars. 18 The measure of the court. 20 The oil for 
the lamp. 

AND thou shalt make an altar of 
. shittim wood, five cubits long, 
and five cubits broad ; the altar shall 
be foursquare: and the height thereof 
shall be three cubits. 

2 And thou shalt make the horns 
of it upon the four corners thereof: 
his horns shall be of the same : and 
thou shalt overlay it with brass. 

3 And thou shalt make his pans to 
receive his ashes, and his shovels, and 
his basins, and his fleshhooks, and his 
firepans : all the vessels thereof thou 
shalt make of brass. 

4 And thou shalt make for it a grate 
of network of brass ; and upon the 



Court of the tabernacle. 



EXODUS. 



Garments for the priests. 



net shalt thou make four brazen rings 
in the four corners thereof. 

5 And thou shalt put it under the com- 
pass of the altar beneath, that the net 
may be even to the midst of the altar. 

6 And thou shalt make staves for 
the altar, staves of shittim wood, and 
overlay them with brass. 

7 And the staves shall be put into 
the rings, and the staves shall be upon 
the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 

8 Hollow with boards shalt thou 
make it: as it was shewed thee in 
the mount, so shall they make it. 

9 IT And thou shalt make the court 
of the tabernacle: for the south side 
southward there shall be hangings for 
the court of fine twined linen of a 
hundred cubits long for one side : 

10 And the twenty pillars thereof 
and their twenty sockets shall be of 
brass; the hooks of the pillars and 
their fillets shall be of silver. 

11 And likewise for the north side 
in length there shall be hangings of 
a hundred cubits long, and his twenty 
pillars and their twenty sockets of 
brass; the hooks of the pillars and 
their fillets of silver. 

12 f And for the breadth of the 
court on the west side shall be hang- 
ings of fifty cubits : their pillars ten, 
and their sockets ten. 

13 And the breadth of the court on 
the east side eastward shall be fifty 
cubits. 

14 The hangings of one side of the 
gate shall be fifteen cubits : their pil- 
lars three, and their sockets three. 

15 And on the other side shall be 
hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars 
three, and their sockets three. 

16 IT And for the gate of the court 
shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, 
of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine twined linen, wrought with nee- 
dlework: and their pillars shall be 
four, and their sockets four. 

17 All the pillars round about the 
court shall be filleted with silver; 
their hooks shall be of silver, and 
their sockets of brass. 



18 TT The length of the court shall 
be a hundred cubits, and the breadth 
fifty every where, and the height five 
cubits of fine twined linen, and their 
sockets of brass. 

19 All the vessels of the tabernacle 
in all the service thereof, and all the 
pins thereof, and all the pins of the 
court, shall be of brass. 

20 If And thou shalt command the 
children of Israel, that they bring thee 
pure oil olive beaten for the light, to 
cause the lamp to burn always. 

21 In the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation without the vail, which is be- 
fore the testimony, Aaron and his sons 
shall order it from evening to morning 
before the Lord : it shall be a statute 
for ever unto their generations on the 
behalf of the children of Israel. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

1 Aaron and his sons are set apart for the priest's office. 
2 Holy garments are appointed. 6 The ephod. 15 
The breastplate with twelve precious stones. 30 The 
Urim and Thummim. 31 The robe of the ephod, with 
pomegranates and bells. 36 The plate of the mitre. 39 
The embroidered coat. 40 The garments for Aaron's sons. 

AND take thou unto thee Aaron 
. thy brother, and his sons with 
him, from among the children of Isra- 
el, that he may minister unto me in 
the priest's office, even Aaron, Nadab 
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, 
Aaron's sons. 

2 And thou shalt make holy gar- 
ments for Aaron thy brother, for glo- 
ry and for beauty. 

3 And thou shalt speak unto all 
that are wise hearted, whom I have 
filled with the spirit of wisdom, that 
they may make Aaron's garments to 
consecrate him, that he may minister 
unto me in the priest's office. 

4 And these are the garments 
which they shall make ; a breast- 
plate, and an ephod, and a robe, and 
a broidered coat, a mitre, and a gir- 
dle : and they shall make holy gar- 
ments for Aaron thy brother, and his 
sons, that he may minister unto me 
in the priest's office. 

5 And they shall take gold, and blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen. 

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The ephod and 



EXODUS. 



the breastplate. 



6 If And they shall make the ephod 
of gold, of blue, and of purple, of 
scarlet, and fine twined linen, with 
cunning work. 

7 It shall have the two shoulder- 
pieces thereof joined at the two edges 
thereof; and so it shall be joined to- 
gether. 

8 And the curious girdle of the 
ephod, which is upon it, shall be of 
the same, according to the work there- 
of; even of gold, o/blue, and purple, 
and scarlet, and fine twined linen. 

9 And thou shalt take two onyx 
stones, and grave on them the names 
of the children of Israel : 

10 Six of their names on one stone, 
and the other six names of the rest 
on the other stone, according to their 
birth. 

11 With the work of an engraver 
in stone, like the engravings of a sig- 
net, shalt thou engrave the two stones 
with the names of the children of 
Israel: thou shalt make them to be 
set in ouches of gold. 

12 And thou shalt put the two 
stones upon the shoulders of the ephod 
for stones of memorial unto the chil- 
dren of Israel : and Aaron shall bear 
their names before the Lord upon his 
two shoulders for a memorial. 

13 If And thou shalt make ouches 
of gold; 

14 And two chains o/pure gold at 
the ends ; of wreathen work shalt thou 
make them, and fasten the wreathen 
chains to the ouches. 

15 11" And thou shalt make the 
breastplate of judgment with cunning 
work; after the work of the ephod 
thou shalt make it ; of gold, of blue, 
and of purple, and of scarlet, and of 
fine twined linen, shalt thou make 
it. 

16 Foursquare it shall be being 
doubled ; a span shall be the length 
thereof, and a span shall be the 
breadth thereof. 

17 And thou shalt set in it settings 
of stones, even four rows of stones : 
the first row shall be a sardius, a to- 

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paz, and a carbuncle : this shall be the 
first row. 

18 And the second row shall be an 
emerald, a sapphire, and a diamond. 

19 And the third row a ligure, an 
agate, and an amethyst. 

20 And the fourth row a beryl, 
and an onyx, and a jasper : they shall 
be set in gold in their inclosings. 

21 And the stones shall be with 
the names of the children of Israel, 
twelve, according to their names, 
like the engravings of a signet ; every 
one with his name shall they be ac- 
cording to the twelve tribes. 

22 If And thou shalt make upon 
the breastplate chains at the ends of 
wreathen work of pure gold. 

23 And thou shalt make upon the 
breastplate two rings of gold, and shalt 
put the two rings on the two ends of 
the breastplate. 

24 And thou shalt put the two 
wreathen chains of gold in the two 
rings which are on the ends of the 
breastplate. 

25 And the other two ends of the 
two wreathen chains thou shalt fasten 
in the two ouches, and put them on the 
shoulderpieces of the ephod* before it. 

26 If And thou shalt make two 
rings of gold, and thou shalt put 
them upon the two ends of the breast- 
plate in the border thereof, which 
is in the side of the ephod inward. 

27 And two other rings of gold thou 
shalt make, and shalt put them on the 
two sides of the ephod underneath, 
toward the forepart thereof, over 
against the other coupling thereof, 
above the curious girdle of the 
ephod. 

28 And they shall bind the breast- 
plate by the rings thereof unto the 
rings of the ephod with a lace of blue, 
that it may be above the curious gir- 
dle of the ephod, and that the breast- 
plate be not loosed from the ephod. 

29 And Aaron shall bear the names 
of the children of Israel in the breast- 
plate of judgment upon his heart, 
when he goeth in unto the holy 



The Urim and Thummim. EXODUS. Consecration of the priests. 



place, for a memorial before the Lord 
continually. 

30 IT And thou shalt put in the 
breastplate of judgment the Urim 
and the Thummim ; and they shall 
be upon Aaron's heart, when he goeth 
in before the Lord: and Aaron shall 
bear the judgment of the children of 
Israel upon his heart before the Lord 
continually. 

3 1 If And thou shalt make the robe 
of the ephod all of blue. 

32 And there shall be a hole in 
the top of it, in the midst thereof: it 
shall have a binding of woven work 
round about the hole of it, as it were 
the hole of an habergeon, that it be 
not rent. 

33 % And beneath upon the hem of 
it thou shalt make pomegranates of 
blue, and of purple, and of scarlet, 
round about the hem thereof ; and bells 
of gold between them round about: 

34 A golden bell and a pomegranate, 
a golden bell and a pomegranate, up- 
on the hem of the robe round about. 

35 And it shall be upon Aaron to 
minister : and his sound shall be heard 
when he goeth in unto the holy place 
before the Lord, and when he cometh 
out, that he die not. 

36 TT And thou shalt make a plate 
of pure gold, and grave upon it, like 
the engravings of a signet, HOLI- 
NESS TO THE LORD. 

37 And thou shalt put it on a blue 
lace, that it may be upon the mitre ; 
upon the forefront of the mitre it 
shall be. 

38 And it shall be upon Aaron's 
forehead, that Aaron may bear the 
iniquity of the holy things, which 
the children of Israel shall hallow in 
all their holy gifts ; and it shall be 
always upon his forehead, that they 
may be accepted before the Lord. 

39 IT And thou shalt embroider the 
coat of fine linen, and thou shalt 
make the mitre o/fine linen, and thou 
shalt make the girdle of needlework. 

40 IT And for Aaron's sons thou 
shalt make coats, and thou shalt 



make for them girdles, and bonnets 
shalt thou make for them, for glory 
and for beauty. 

41 And thou shalt put them upon 
Aaron thy brother, and his sons with 
him; and shalt anoint them, and 
consecrate them, and sanctify them, 
that they may minister unto me in 
the priest's office. 

42 And thou shalt make them linen 
breeches to cover their nakedness ; 
from the loins even unto the thighs 
they shall reach : 

43 And they shall be upon Aaron, 
and upon his sons, when they come 
in unto the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, or when they come near unto 
the altar to minister in the holy place; 
that they bear not iniquity, and die : 
it shall be a statute for ever unto him 
and his seed after him. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

1 The sacrifice and ceremonies of consecrating the priests. 
38 The continual burnt offering. 45 God's promise to 
dwell among the children of Israel. 

AND this is the thing that thou 
. shalt do unto them to hallow 
them, to minister unto me in the 
priest's office: Take one young bul- 
lock, and two rams without blemish, 

2 And unleavened bread, and cakes 
unleavened tempered with oil, and 
wafers unleavened anointed with oil : 
o/wheaten flour shalt thou make them. 

3 And thou shalt put them into one 
basket, and bring them in the basket, 
with the bullock and the two rams. 

4 And Aaron and his sons thou 
shalt bring unto the door of the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation, and shalt 
wash them with water. 

5 And thou shalt take the garments, 
and put upon Aaron the coat, and 
the robe of the ephod, and the ephod, 
and the breastplate, and gird him 
with the curious girdle of the ephod : 

6 And thou shalt put the mitre up- 
on his head, and put the holy crown 
upon the mitre. 

7 Then shalt thou take the anoint- 
ing oil, and pour it upon his head, 
and anoint him. 

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EXODUS. 



and rites of 



8 And thou shalt bring his sons, 
and put coats upon them. 

9 And thou shalt gird them with 
girdles, Aaron and his sons, and put 
the bonnets on them : and the priest's 
office shall be theirs for a perpetual 
statute : and thou shalt consecrate 
Aaron and his sons. 

10 And thou shalt cause a bullock 
to be brought before the tabernacle 
of the congregation ; and Aaron and 
his sons shall put their hands upon 
the head of the bullock. 

11 And thou shalt kill the bullock 
before the Lord, by the door of the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation. 

12 And thou shalt take of the blood 
of the bullock, and put it upon the 
horns of the altar with thy ringer, 
and pour all the blood beside the bot- 
tom of the altar. 

13 And thou shalt take all the fat 
that covereth the inwards, and the 
caul that is above the liver, and the 
two kidneys, and the fat that is upon 
them, and burn them upon the altar. 

14 But the flesh of the bullock, and 
his skin, and his dung, shalt thou burn 
with fire without the camp : it is a 
sin offering. 

15 If Thou shalt also take one ram ; 
and Aaron and his sons shall put their 
hands upon the head of the ram. 

16 And thou shalt slay the ram, 
and thou shalt take his blood, and 
sprinkle it round about upon the altar. 

17 And thou shalt cut the ram in 
pieces, and wash the inwards of him, 
and his legs, and put them unto his 
pieces, and unto his head. 

18 And thou shalt burn the whole 
ram upon the altar : it is a burnt of- 
fering unto the Lord : it is a sweet 
savour, an offering made by fire unto 
the Lord. 

19 If And thou shalt take the other 
ram ; and Aaron and his sons shall 
put their hands upon the head of the 
ram. 

20 Then shalt thou kill the ram, 
and take of his blood, and put it up- 
on the tip of the right ear of Aaron, 

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and upon the tip of the right ear of 
his sons, and upon the thumb of their 
right hand, and upon the great toe of 
their right foot, and sprinkle the blood 
upon the altar round about. 

21 And thou shalt take of the blood 
that is upon the altar, and of the 
anointing oil, and sprinkle it upon 
Aaron, and upon his garments, and 
upon his sons, and upon the garments 
of his sons with him : and he shall be 
hallowed, and his garments, and his 
sons, and his sons' garments with him. 

22 Also thou shalt take of the ram 
the fat and the rump, and the fat that 
covereth the inwards, and the caul 
above the liver, and the two kidneys, 
and the fat that is upon them, and 
the right shoulder ; for it is a ram of 
consecration : 

23 And one loaf of bread, and one 
cake of oiled bread, and one wafer 
out of the basket of the unleavened 
bread that is before the Lord : 

24 And thou shalt put all in the 
hands of Aaron, and in the hands of 
his sons ; and shalt wave them for a 
wave offering before the Lord. 

25 And thou shalt receive them of 
their hands, and burn them upon the 
altar for a burnt offering, for a sweet 
savour before the Lord : it is an of- 
fering made by fire unto the Lord. 

26 And thou shalt take the breast of 
the ram of Aaron's consecration, and 
wave it for a wave offering before the 
Lord : and it shall be thy part. 

27 And thou shalt sanctify the 
breast of the wave offering, and the 
shoulder of the heave offering, which 
is waved, and which is heaved up, of 
the ram of the consecration, even of 
that which is for Aaron, and of that 
which is for his sons : 

28 And it shall be Aaron's and his 
sons' by a statute for ever from the 
children of Israel ; for it is a heave 
offering: and it shall be a heave of- 
fering from the children of Israel of 
the sacrifice of their peace offer- 
ings, even their heave offering unto 
the Lord. 



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onsecrating the priests. 



EXODUS. 



The altar of incense. 



29 TT And the holy garments of 
Aaron shall be his sons' after him, to 
be anointed therein, and to be conse- 
crated in them. 

30 And that son that is priest in 
his stead shall put them on seven 
days, when he cometh into the taber- 
nacle of the congregation to minister 
in the holy place. 

31 IT And thou shalt take the ram 
of the consecration, and seethe his 
flesh in the holy place. 

32 And Aaron and his sons shall 
eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread 
that is in the basket, by the door of 
fhe tabernacle of the congregation. 

.33 And they shall eat those things 
wherewith the atonement was made, 
to consecrate and to sanctify them : 
but a stranger shall not eat thereof 
because they are holy. 

34 And if aught of the flesh of the 
consecrations, or of the bread, remain 
unto the morning, then thou shalt 
burn the remainder with fire : it shall 
not be eaten, because it is holy. 

35 And thus shalt thou do unto 
Aaron, and to his sons, according to all 
things which I have commanded thee : 
seven days shalt thou consecrate them. 

36 And thou shalt offer every day 
a bullock for a sin offering for atone- 
ment : and thou shalt cleanse the al- 
tar, when thou hast made an atone- 
ment for it, and thou shalt anoint it, 
to sanctify it. 

37 Seven days thou shalt make an 
atonement for the altar, and sanctify 
it ; and it shall be an altar most ho- 
ly: whatsoever toucheth the altar 
shall be holy. 

38 ^T Now this is that which thou 
shalt offer upon the altar ; two lambs 
of the first year day by day continually. 

39 The one lamb thou shalt offer 
/ in the morning ; and the other lamb 

thou shalt offer at even : 

40 And with the one lamb a tenth 
deal of flour mingled with the fourth 
part of a hin of beaten oil ; and the 
fourth part of a hin of wine for a 
drink offering. 



41 And the other lamb thou shalt 
offer at even, and shalt do thereto ac- 
cording to the meat offering of the 
morning, and according to the drink 
offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an 
offering made by fire unto the Lord. 

42 This shall be a continual burnt 
offering throughout your generations 
at the door of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation before the Lord, where I 
will meet you, to speak there unto thee. 

43 And there I will meet with the 
children of Israel, and the tabernacle 
shall be sanctified by my glory. 

44 And I will sanctify the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, and . the 
altar : I will sanctify also both Aaron 
and his sons, to minister to me in the 
priest's office. 

45 1F And I will dwell among the chil- 
dren of Israel, and will be their God. 

46 And they shall know that I am 
the Lord their God, that brought 
them forth out of the land of Egypt, 
that I may dwell among them : I am 
the Lord their God. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

1 The altar of incense. 11 The ransom of souls. 17 The 
brazen laver. 22 The holy anointing oil. 34 The com 
position of the perfume. 

AND thou shalt make an altar to 
_ burn incense upon : of shittim 
wood shalt thou make it. 

2 A cubit shall be the length there- 
of, and a cubit the breadth thereof; 
foursquare shall it be: and two cu- 
bits shall be the height thereof: the 
horns thereof shall be of the same. 

3 And thou shalt overlay it with 
pure gold, the top thereof, and the 
sides thereof round about, and the 
horns thereof; and thou shalt make 
unto it a crown of gold round about. 

4 And two golden rings shalt thou 
make to it under the crown of it, by 
the two corners thereof, upon the 
two sides of it shalt thou make it; 
and they shall be for places for the 
staves to bear it withal. 

5 And thou shalt make the staves 
of shittim wood, and overlay them 
with gold. 

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The ransom of souls. 



EXODUS. 



The holy anointing oil. 



6 And thou shalt put it before the 
vail that is by the ark of the testi- 
mony, before the mercy seat that is 
over the testimony, where I will meet 
with thee. 

7 And Aaron shall burn thereon 
sweet incense every morning: when 
he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn 
incense upon it. 

8 And when Aaron lighteth the 
lamps at even, he shall burn incense 
upon it, a perpetual incense before the 
Lord throughout your generations. 

9 Ye shall offer no strange incense 
thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat 
offering ; neither shall ye pour drink 
offering thereon. 

10 And Aaron shall make an atone- 
ment upon the horns of it once in a 
year with the blood of the sin offer- 
ing of atonements ; once in the year 
shall he make atonement upon it 
throughout your generations : it is 
most holy unto the Lord. 

11 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

12 When thou takest the sum of 
the children of Israel after their 
number, then shall they give every 
man a ransom for his soul unto the 
Lord, when thou numberest them; 
that there be no plague among them, 
when thou numberest them. 

13 This they shall give, every one 
that passeth among them that are 
numbered, half a shekel after the 
shekel of the sanctuary : (a shekel is 
twenty gerahs :) a half shekel shall 
be the offering of the Lord. 

14 Every one that passeth among 
them that are numbered, from twen- 
ty years old and above, shall give an 
offering unto the Lord. 

15 The rich shall not give more, 
and the poor shall not give less, than 
half a shekel, when they give an of- 
fering unto the Lord, to make an 
atonement for your souls. 

16 And thou shalt take the atone- 
ment, money of the children of Israel, 
and shalt appoint it for the service 
of the tabernacle of the congregation ; 

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that it may be a memorial unto the 
children of Israel before the Lord, 
to make an atonement for your souls. 

17 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

18 Thou shalt also make a laver of 
brass, and his foot also of brass, to 
wash withal: and thou shalt put it 
between the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation and the altar, and thou 
shalt put water therein. 

19 For Aaron and his sons shall wash 
their hands and their feet thereat : 

20 When they go into the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, they shall 
wash with water, that they die not ; 
or when they come near to the altar 
to minister, to burn offering made by 
fire unto the Lord: 

21 So they shall wash their hands 
and their feet, that they die not: 
and it shall be a statute for ever to 
them, even to him and to his seed 
throughout their generations. 

22 ^T Moreover the Lord spake un- 
to Moses, saying, 

23 Take thou also unto thee prin- 
cipal spices, of pure myrrh five hun- 
dred shekels, and of sweet cinnamon 
half so much, even two hundred and 
fifty shekels, and of sweet calamus 
two hundred and fifty shekels, 

24 And of cassia five hundred she- 
kels, after the shekel of the sanctu- 
ary, and of oil olive a hin: 

25 And thou shalt make it an oil 
of holy ointment, an ointment com- 
pound after the art of the apothecary : 
it shall be a holy anointing oil. 

26 And thou shalt anoint the taber- 
nacle of the congregation therewith, 
and the ark of the testimony, 

27 And the table and all his vessels, 
and the candlestick and his vessels, 
and the altar of incense, 

28 And the altar of burnt offering 
with all his vessels, and the laver and 
his foot. 

29 And thou shalt sanctify them, 
that they may be most holy : what- 
soever toucheth them shall be holy. 

30 And thou shalt anoint Aaron 



The perfume. 



EXODUS. 



Of the sabbath. 



and his sons, and consecrate them, 
that they may minister unto me in 
the priest's office. 

31 And thou shalt speak unto the 
children of Israel, saying, This shall 
be a holy anointing oil unto me 
throughout your generations. 

32 Upon man's flesh shall it not he 
poured, neither shall ye make any other 
like it, after the composition of it : it 
is holy, and it shall he holy unto you. 

33 Whosoever compoundeth any 
like it, or whosoever putteth any of 
it upon a stranger, shall even he cut 
off from his people. 

34 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Take unto thee sweet spices, 
stacte, and onycha, and galhanum; 
these sweet spices with pure frank- 
incense : of each shall there he a like 
weight : 

35 And thou shalt make it a per- 
fume, a confection after the art of 
the apothecary, tempered together, 
pure and holy : 

36 And thou shalt heat some of it 
very small, and put of it before the 
testimony in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, where I will meet with 
thee: it shall be unto you most holy. 

37 And as for the perfume which 
thou shalt make, ye shall not make 
to yourselves according to the com- 
position thereof: it shall be unto thee 
holy for the Lord. 

38 Whosoever shall make like un- 
to that, to smell thereto, shall even 
be cut off from his people. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

1 Bezaleel and Aholiab are called and made meet for 
the work of the tabernacle. 12 The observation of the 
sabbath is again commanded. 18 Moses receiveth the 
two tables. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, 



A 1 



saymc, 



2 See, I have called by name Bez- 
aleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, 
of the tribe of Judah : 

3 And I have filled him with the 
spirit of God, in wisdom, and in un- 
derstanding, and in knowledge, and 
in all manner of workmanship, 



4 To devise cunning works, to work 
in gold, and in silver, and in brass, 

5" And in cutting of stones, to set 
them, and in carving of timber, to 
work in all manner of workmanship. 

6 And I, behold, I have given with 
him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, 
of the tribe of Dan : and in the hearts 
of all that are wise hearted I have 
put wisdom, that they may make all 
that I have commanded thee ; 

7 The tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and the ark of the testimony, 
and the mercy seat that is there- 
upon, and all the furniture of the 
tabernacle, 

8 And the table and his furniture, 
and the pure candlestick with all his 
furniture, and the altar of incense, 

9 And the altar of burnt offering 
with all his furniture, and the laver 
and his foot, 

10 And the clothes of service, and 
the holy garments for Aaron the 
priest, and the garments of his sons, 
to minister in the priest's office, 

1 1 And the anointing oil, and sweet 
incense for the holy place : according 
to all that I have commanded thee 
shall they do. , 

12 ^T And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

13 Speak thou also unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, saying, Verily my 
sabbaths ye shall keep : for it is a 
sign between me and you through- 
out your generations; that ye may 
know that I am the Lord that doth 
sanctify you. 

14 Ye shall keep the sabbath there- 
fore ; for it is holy unto you. Every 
one that defileth it shall surely be 
put to death: for whosoever doeth 
any work therein, that soul shall be 
cut off from among his people. 

15 Six days may work be done ; 
but in the seventh is the sabbath of 
rest, holy to the Lord: whosoever 
doeth any work in the sabbath day, 
he shall surely be put to death. 

16 Wherefore the children of Israel 
shall keep the sabbath, to observe the 

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Aaron maketh a golden calf. EXODUS. 



God is angered thereby. 



sabbath throughout their generations, 
for a perpetual covenant. 

17 It is a sign between me and the 
children of Israel for ever : for in six 
days the Lord made heaven and 
earth, and on the seventh day he 
rested, and was refreshed. 

18 IT And he gave unto Moses, 
when he had made an end of com- 
muning with him upon mount Sinai, 
two tables of testimony, tables of 
stone, written with the finger of God. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

1 The people, in tJie absence of Moses, cause Aaron to 
make a calf. 7 God is angered thereby. 11 At the 
entreaty of Moses Ice is appeased. 15 Moses cometh 
down with the tables. . 19 He breaketh them. 20 He 
destroyeth the calf 22 Aaron's excuse for himself 
25 Moses causeth the idolaters to be slain. SO He 
prayeth for the people. 

AND when the people saw that 
. Moses delayed to come down 
out of the mount, the people gather- 
ed themselves together unto Aaron, 
and said unto him, Up, make us gods, 
which shall go before us ; for as for 
this Moses, the man that brought us 
up out of the land of Egypt, we wot 
not what is become of him. 

2 And Aaron said unto them, Break 
off the golden earrings, which are in 
the ears of your wives, of your sons, 
and of your daughters, and bring 
them unto me. 

3 And all the people brake off the 
golden earrings which were in their 
ears, and brought them unto Aaron. 

4 And he received them at their 
hand, and fashioned it with a grav- 
ing tool, after he had made it a mol- 
ten calf: and they said, These be thy 
gods, O Israel, which brought thee 
up out of the land of Egypt. 

5 And when Aaron saw it, he built 
an altar before it; and Aaron made 
proclamation, and said, To morrow 
is a feast to the Lord. 

6 And they rose up early on the 
morrow, and offered burnt offerings, 
and brought peace offerings; and the 
people sat down to eat and to drink, 
and rose up to play. 

7 If And the Lord said unto Moses, 

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Go, get thee down ; for thy people, 
which thou broughtest out of the land 
of Egypt, have corrupted themselves : 

8 They have turned aside quickly 
out of the way which I commanded 
them: they have made them a mol- 
ten calf, and have worshipped it, and 
have sacrificed thereunto, and said, 
These be thy gods, O Israel, which 
have brought thee up out of the land 
of Egypt. 

9 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
I have seen this people, and, behold 
it is a stiffnecked people : 

10 Now therefore let me alone, 
that my wrath may wax hot against 
them, and that I may consume them : 
and I will make of thee a great nation. 

11 And Moses besought the Lord 
his God, and said, Lord, why doth 
thy wrath wax hot against thy peo- 
ple, which thou hast brought forth 
out of the land of Egypt with great 
power, and with a mighty hand ? 

12 Wherefore should the Egyp- 
tians speak, and say, For mischief 
did he bring them out, to slay them 
in the mountains, and to consume 
them from the face of the earth ? 
Turn from thy fierce wrath, and re- 
pent of this evil against thy people. 

13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, 
and Israel, thy servants, to whom 
thou swarest by thine own self, and 
saidst unto them, I will multiply 
your seed as the stars of heaven, 
and all this land that I have spoken 
of will I give unto your seed, and 
they shall inherit it for ever. 

14 And the Lord repented of the 
evil which he thought to do unto his 
people. 

15 IT And Moses turned, and went 
down from the mount, and the two 
tables of the testimony were in his 
hand: the tables were written on 
both their sides; on the one side 
and on the other were they written. 

16 And the tables were the work 
of God, and the writing was the wri- 
ting of God, graven upon the tables. 

17 And when Joshua heard the 



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Moses breaheth the tables. 



EXODUS. 



The idolaters are slain. 



noise of the people as they shouted, 
he said unto Moses, There is a noise 
of war in the camp. 

18 And he said, It is not the voice 
of them that shout for mastery, nei- 
ther is it the voice of them that cry 
for being overcome ; but the noise of 
them that sing do I hear. 

19 IT And it came to pass, as soon 
as he came nigh unto the camp, that 
he saw the calf, and the dancing: 
and Moses' anger waxed hot, and he 
cast the tables out of his hands, and 
brake them beneath the mount. 

20 And he took the calf which they 
had made, and burnt it in the fire, 
and ground it to powder, and strewed 
it upon the water, and made the chil- 
dren of Israel drink of it. 

2 1 And Moses said unto Aaron, What 
did this people unto thee, that thou 
hast brought so great a sin upon them ? 

22 And Aaron said, Let not the an- 
ger of my lord wax hot : thou know- 
est the people, that they are set on 
mischief. 

23 For they said unto me, Make us 
gods, which shall go before us : for as 
for this Moses, the man that brought 
us up out of the land of Egypt, we 
wot not what is become of him. 

24 And I said unto them, Whoso- 
ever hath any gold, let them break 
it off. So they gave it me : then I 
cast it into the fire, and there came 
out this calf. 

25 TT And when Moses saw that the 
people were naked, (for Aaron had 
made them naked unto their shame 
among their enemies,) 

26 Then Moses stood in the gate of 
the camp, and said, Who is on the 
Lord's side ? let him come unto me. 
And all the sons of Levi gathered 
themselves together unto him. 

27 And he said unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every 
man his sword by his side, and go 
in and out from gate to gate through- 
out the camp, and slay every, man his 
brother, and every man his companion, 
and every man his neighbour. 



28 And the children of Levi did 
according to the word of Moses : and 
there fell of the people that day about 
three thousand men. 

29 For Moses had said, Consecrate 
yourselves to day to the Lord, even 
every man upon his son, and upon 
his brother; that he may bestow 
upon you a blessing this day. 

30 IT And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that Moses said unto the 
people, Ye have sinned a great sin: 
and now I will go up unto the Lord ; 
peradventure I shall make an atone- 
ment for your sin. 

31 And Moses returned unto the 
Lord, and said, Oh, this people have 
sinned a great sin, and have made 
them gods of gold. 

32 Yet now, if thou wilt forgive 
their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I 
pray thee, out of thy book which 
thou hast written. 

33 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Whosoever hath sinned against me, 
him will I blot out of my book. 

34 Therefore now go, lead the peo- 
ple unto the place of which I have 
spoken unto thee : behold, mine An- 
gel shall go before thee : nevertheless, 
in the day when I visit, I will visit 
their sin upon them. 

35 And the Lord plagued the peo- 
ple, because they made the calf, 
which Aaron made. 

CHAPTEK XXXIII. 

1 Tfie Lord refuseth to go as he had promised with 
the people. 4 The people murmur thereat. 7 The 
tabernacle is removed out of the camp. 9 J7ie Lord 
talketh familiarly with Moses. 12 Moses desireth to 
see the glory of God. 

A ND the Lord said unto Moses, 
X3L Depart, and go up hence, thou 
and the people which thou hast 
brought up out of the land of Egypt, 
unto the land which I sware unto 
Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, say- 
ing, Unto thy seed will I give it : 

2 And I will send an Aiigel before 
thee; and I will drive out the Ca- 
naanite, the Amorite, and the Hit- 
tite, and the Perizzite, the Hivite, 
and the Jebusite : 

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The Lord talketh 



EXODUS. 



familiarly with Moses. 



3 Unto a land flowing with milk 
and honey : for I will not go up in 
the midst of thee ; for thou art a stiff- 
necked people : lest I consume thee 
in the way. 

4 1T And when the people heard these 
evil tidings, they mourned : and no 
man did put on him his ornaments. 

5 For the Lord had said unto Mo- 
ses, Say unto the children of Israel, 
Ye are a stiffnecked people : I will 
come up into the midst of thee in a 
moment, and consume thee : therefore 
now put off thy ornaments from thee, 
that I may know what to do unto thee.' 

6 And the children of Israel strip- 
ped themselves of their ornaments by 
the mount Horeb. 

7 And Moses took the tabernacle, 
and pitched it without the camp, afar 
off from the camp, and called it the 
Tabernacle of the congregation. And 
it came to pass, that every one which 
sought the Lord went out unto the 
tabernacle of the congregation, which 
was without the camp. 

8 And it came to pass, when Moses 
went out unto the tabernacle, that all 
the people rose up, and stood every 
man at his tent door, and looked af- 
ter Moses, until he was gone into the 
tabernacle. 

9 And it came to pass, as Moses en- 
tered into the tabernacle, the cloudy 
pillar descended, and stood at the door 
of the tabernacle, and the Lord 
talked with Moses. 

1 And all the people saw the cloudy 
pillar stand at the tabernacle door: 
and all the people rose up and wor- 
shipped, every man in his tent door. 

1 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses 
face to face, as a man speaketh unto 
his friend. And he turned again into 
the camp ; but his servant Joshua, the 
son of Nun, a young man, departed 
not out of the tabernacle. 

12 IT And Moses said unto the 
Lord, See, thou sayest unto me, 
Bring up this people: and thou hast 
not let me know whom thou wilt 
send with me. Yet thou hast said, 

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I know thee by name, and thou hast 
also found grace in my sight. 

13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I 
have found grace in thy sight, shew 
me now thy way, that I may know thee, 
that I may find grace in thy sight : and 
consider that this nation is thy people. 

14 And he said, My presence shall 
go with thee, and I will give thee rest. 

15 And he said unto him, If thy 
presence go not with me, carry us not 
up hence. 

16 For wherein shall it be known 
here that I and thy people have found 
grace in thy sight ? is it not in that 
thou goest with us ? So shall we be 
separated, I and thy people, from all 
the people that are upon the face of 
the earth. 

17 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
I will do this thing also that thou hast 
spoken : for thou hast found grace in 
my sight, and I know thee by name. 

18 And he said, I beseech thee, 
shew me thy glory. 

19 And he said, I will make all my 
goodness pass before thee, and I will 
proclaim the name of the Lord be- 
fore thee ; and will be gracious to 
whom I will be gracious, and will shew 
mercy on whom I will shew mercy. 

20 And he said, Thou canst not see 
my face : for there shall no man see 
me, and live. 

21 And the Lord said, Behold, 
there is a place by me, and thou shalt 
stand upon a rock : 

22 And it shall come to pass, while 
my glory passeth by, that I will put 
thee in a cleft of the rock, and will cover 
thee with my hand while I pass by: 

2 3 And I will take away mine hand, 
and thou shalt see my back parts ; 
but my face shall not be seen. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

1 The tables are renewed. 6 The name of the Lord 
proclaimed. 8 Moses entreateth God to go with thenu 
10 God maketh a covenant with them, repeating certain 
duties of the first table. 28 Moses after forty days in 
the mount cometh down with the tables. 29 His faci 
shincth, and he covereth it with a vail. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, 
. Hew thee two tables of stone 



God maketh a covenant 



EXODUS. 



with the Israelites. 



like unto the first: and I will write 
upon these tables the words that were 
in the first tables, which thou brakest. 

2 And be ready in the morning, and 
come up in the morning unto mount 
Sinai, and present thyself there to 
me in the top of the mount. 

3 And no man shall come up with 
thee, neither let any man be seen 
throughout all the mount; neither 
let the flocks nor herds feed before 
that mount. 

4 H And he hewed two tables of 
stone like unto the first; and Moses 
rose up early in the morning, and 
went up unto mount Sinai, as the 
Lord had commanded him, and took 
in his hand the two tables of stone. 

5 And the Lord descended in the 
cloud, and stood with him there, and 
proclaimed the name of the Lord. 

6 And the Lord passed by before 
him, and proclaimed, The Lord, The 
Lord God, merciful and gracious, 
longsufTering, and abundant in good- 
ness and truth, 

7 Keeping mercy for thousands, for- 
giving iniquity and transgression and 
sin, and that will by no means clear 
the guilty; visiting the iniquity of 
the fathers upon the children, and 
upon the children's children, unto the 
third and to the fourth generation. 

8 And Moses, made haste, and bow- 
ed his head toward the earth, and 
worshipped. 

9 And he said, If now I have found 
grace in thy sight, O Lord, let my 
Lord, I pray thee, go among us ; for 
it is a stifTnecked people; and par- 
don our iniquity and our sin, and 
take us for thine inheritance. 

10 IT And he said, Behold, I make 
a covenant: before all thy people I 
will do marvels, such as have not 
been done in all the earth, nor in 
any nation: and all the people 
among which thou art shall see the 
work of the Lord : for it is 8b terrible 
thing that I will do with thee. 

11 Observe thou that which I com- 
mand thee this day: behold, I drive 



out before thee the Amorite, and the 
Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the 
Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the 
Jebusite. 

12 Take heed to thyself, lest thou 
make a covenant with the inhabitants 
of the land whither thou goest, lest 
it be for a snare in the midst of thee : 

13 But ye shall destroy their altars, 
break their images, and cut down 
their groves : 

14 For thou shalt worship no other 
god : for the Lord, whose name is 
Jealous, is a jealous God. 

15 Lest thou make a covenant with 
the inhabitants of the land, and they 
go a whoring after their gods, and do 
sacrifice unto their gods, and one call 
thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice ; 

16 And thou take of their daughters 
unto thy sons, and their daughters go 
a whoring after their gods, and make 
thy sons go a whoring after their gods. 

17 Thou shalt make thee no mol- 
ten gods. 

18 If The feast of unleavened bread 
shalt thou keep. Seven days thou 
shalt eat unleavened bread, as I com- 
manded thee, in the time of the 
month Abib : for in the month Abib 
thou earnest out from Egypt. 

19 All that openeth the matrix is 
mine ; and every firstling among thy 
cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. 

20 But the firstling of an ass thou 
shalt redeem with a lamb : and if 
thou redeem him not, then shalt thou 
break his neck. All the firstborn of 
thy sons thou shalt redeem. And 
none shall appear before me empty. 

21 IT Six days thou shalt work, but 
on the seventh day thou shalt rest: 
in earing time and in harvest thou 
shalt rest. 

22 IT And thou shalt observe the 
feast of weeks, of the firstfruits of 
wheat harvest, and the feast of in- 
gathering at the year's end. 

23 \ Thrice in the year shall all 
your men children appear before the 
Lord God, the God of Israel. 

24 For I will cast out the nations 

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Moses' face shineth. 

before thee, and enlarge thy borders : 
neither shall any man desire thy 
land, when thou shalt go up to ap- 
pear before the Lord thy God thrice 
in the year. 

25 Thou shalt not offer the blood 
of my sacrifice with leaven ; neither 
shall the sacrifice of the feast of the 
passover be left unto the morning. 

26 The first of the firstfraits of thy 
land thou shalt bring unto the house 
of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not 
seethe a kid in his mother's milk. 

27 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Write thou these words : for after the 
tenor of these words I have made a 
covenant with thee and with Israel. 

28 And he was there with the Lord 
forty days and forty nights ; he did 
neither eat bread, nor drink water. 
And He wrote upon the tables the 
words of the covenant, the ten com- 
mandments. 

29 IT And it came to pass, when 
Moses came down from mount Sinai 
with the two tables of testimony in 
Moses' hand, when he came down 
from the mount, that Moses wist not 
that the skin of his face shone while 
he talked with him. 

30 And when Aaron and all the 
children of Israel saw Moses, behold, 
the skin of his face shone ; and they 
were afraid to come nigh him. 

31 And Moses called unto them; 
and Aaron and all the rulers of the 
congregation returned unto him : and 
Moses talked with them. 

32 And afterward all the children 
of Israel came nigh : and he gave them 
in commandment all that the Lord 
had spoken with him in mount Sinai. 

33 And till Moses had done speaking 
with them, he put a vail on his face. 

34 But when Moses went in before 
the Lord to speak with him, he took 
the vail off, until he came out. And 
be came out, and spake unto the 
children of Israel that which he was 
commanded. 

35 And the children of Israel saw 
the face of Moses, that the skin of 

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EXODUS. Offerings for the tabernacle. 



Moses' face shone: and Moses put 
the vail upon his face again, until he 
went in to speak with Him. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

1 The sabbath. 4 The free gifts for the tabernacle. 20 
The readiness of the people to offer. 30 Bezaleel and 
Aholiab are called to the work. 

AND Moses gathered all the con- 
. gregation of the children of Is- 
rael together, and said unto them, 
These are the words which the Lord 
hath commanded, that ye should do 
them. 

2 Six days shall work be done, but 
on the seventh day there shall be to 
you a holy day, a sabbath of rest to 
the Lord: whosoever doeth work 
therein shall be put to death. 

3 Ye shall kindle no fire through- 
out your habitations upon the sab- 
bath day. 

4 % And Moses spake unto all the 
congregation of the children of Israel, 
saying, This is the thing which the 
Lord commanded, saying, 

5 Take ye from among you an offer- 
ing unto the Lord : whosoever is of a 
willing heart, let him bring it, an of- 
fering of the Lord ; gold, and silver, 
and brass, 

6 And blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
and fine linen, and goats' hair, 

7 And rams' skins dyed red, and 
badgers' skins, and shittim wood, 

8 And oil for the light, and spices 
for anointing oil, and for the sweet 
incense, 

9 And onyx stones, and stones to be 
set for the ephod, and for the breast- 
plate. 

10 And every wise hearted among 
you shall come, and make all that 
the Lord hath commanded ; 

1 1 The tabernacle, his tent, and his 
covering, his taches, and his boards, 
his bars, his pillars, and his sockets ; 

12 The ark, and the staves thereof, 
ivith the mercy seat, and the vail of 
the covering; 

13 The table, and his staves, and 
all his vessels, and the shewbread ; 

14 The candlestick also for the light, 



The people's 



EXODUS. 



readiness to offer. 



and his furniture, and his lamps, with 
the oil for the light ; 

15 And the incense altar, and his 
staves, and the anointing oil, and the 
sweet incense, and the hanging for 
the door at the entering in of the 
tabernacle ; 

16 The altar of burnt offering, with 
his brazen grate, his staves, and all 
his vessels, the laver and his foot ; 

17 The hangings of the court, his 
pillars, and their sockets, and the 
hanging for the door of the court ; 

18 The pins of the tabernacle, and 
the pins of the court, and their cords ; 

19 The clothes of service, to do ser- 
vice in the holy place, the holy gar- 
ments for Aaron the priest, and the 
garments of his sons, to minister in 
the priest's office. 

20 IT And all the congregation of 
the children of Israel departed from 
the presence of Moses. 

21 And they came, every one whose 
heart stirred him up, and every one 
whom his spirit made willing, and 
they brought the Lord's offering to 
the work of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and for all his service, 
and for the holy garments. 

22 And they came, both men and 
women, as many as were willing 
hearted, and brought bracelets, and 
earrings, and rings, and tablets, all 
jewels of gold : and every man that 
offered, offered an offering of gold un- 
to the Lord. 

23 And every man, with whom was 
found blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
and fine linen, and goats' hair, and 
red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, 
brought them. 

24 Every one that did offer an 
offering of silver and brass brought 
the Lord's offering : and every man, 
with whom was found shittim wood 
for any work of the service, brought it. 

25 And all the women that were 
wise hearted did spin with their 
hands, and brought that which they 
had spun, both of blue, and of purple, 
and of scarlet, and of fine linen. 

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26 And all the women whose heart 
stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' 
hair. 

27 And the rulers brought onyx 
stones, and stones to be set, for the 
ephod, and for the breastplate ; 

28 And spice, and oil for the light, 
and for the anointing oil, and for the 
sweet incense. 

29 The children of Israel brought 
a willing offering unto the Lord, 
every man and woman, whose heart 
made them willing to bring for all 
manner of work, which the Lord had 
commanded to be made by the hand 
of Moses. 

30 IT And Moses said unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, See, the Lord hath 
called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, 
the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah ; 

31 And he hath filled him with the 
spirit of God, in wisdom, in under- 
standing, and in knowledge, and in 
all manner of workmanship ; 

32 And to devise curious works, to 
work in gold, and in silver, and in 
brass, 

33 And in the cutting of stones, to 
set them, and in carving of wood, to 
make any manner of cunning work. 

34 And he hath put in his heart 
that he may teach, both he, and 
Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of 
the tribe of Dan. 

35 Them hath he filled with wis- 
dom of heart, to work all manner of 
work, of the engraver, and of the 
cunning workman, and of the em- 
broiderer, in blue, and in purple, in 
scarlet, and in fine linen, and of the 
weaver, even of them that do any 
work, and of those that devise cun- 
ning work. 

CHAPTER XXXYI. 

1 The offerings are delivered to the workmen. 5 Tlie liber- 
ality of the people is restrained. 8 The curta ins of cher- 
ubim. 14 The curtains of goats' hair. 19 The covering 
of skins. 20 The boards toith their sockets. 31 The 
bars. 35 The vail. 37 The hanging for the door. 

THEN wrought Bezaleel and Aho- 
liab, and every wise hearted man, 
in whom the Lord put wisdom and 
understanding to know how to work 
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The curtains. 



EXODUS. 



The boards, fyc, 



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all manner of work for the service of 
the sanctuary, according to all that 
the Lord had commanded. 

2 And Moses called Bezaleel and 
Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, 
in whose heart the Lord had put wis- 
dom, even every one whose heart stirred 
him up to come unto the work to do it . 

3 And they received of Moses all 
the offering, which the children of Is- 
rael had brought for the work of the 
service of the sanctuary, to make it 
withal. And they brought yet unto 
him free offerings every morning. 

4 And all the wise men, that 
wrought all the work of the sanctua- 
ry, came every man from his work 
which they made ; 

5 IT And they spaike unto Moses, say- 
ing, The people bring much more than 
enough for the service of the work, 
which the Lord commanded to make. 

6 And Moses gave commandment, 
and they caused it to be proclaimed 
throughout the camp, saying, Let nei- 
ther man nor woman make any more 
work for the offering of the sanctuary. 
So the people were restrained from 
bringing. 

7 For the stuff they had was suffi- 
cient for all the work to make it, and 
too much. 

8 If And every wise hearted man , 
among them that wrought the work 
of the tabernacle made ten curtains 
of fine twined linen, and blue, and 
purple, and scarlet : with cherubim 
of cunning work made he them. 

9 The length of one curtain was 
twenty and eight cubits, and the 
I) re; id tli of one curtain four cubits: 
the curtains were all of one size. 

10 And he coupled the five curtains 
one unto another : and the other five 
curtains he coupled one unto another. 

1 1 And he made loops of blue on the 
edge of one curtain from the selvedge 
in the coupling : likewise he made in 
the Uttermost side of another curtain, 
in the coupling of the second. 

12 Fifty loops made he in one cur- 
tain, and fifty loops made he in the 

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edge of the curtain which was in the 
coupling of the second : the loops held 
one curtain to another. 

13 And he made fifty taches of 
gold, and coupled the curtains one 
unto another with the taches: so it 
became one tabernacle. 

14 T And he made curtains of goats' 
hair for the tent over the tabernacle : 
eleven curtains he made them. 

15 The length of one curtain was 
thirty cubits, and four cubits was the 
breadth of one curtain: the eleven 
curtains were of one size. 

16 And he coupled five curtains 
by themselves, and six curtains by 
themselves. 

17 And he made fifty loops upon 
the uttermost edge of the curtain in 
the coupling, and fifty loops made he 
upon the edge of the curtain which 
coupleth the second. 

18 And he made fifty taches of 
brass to couple the tent together, 
that it might be one. 

19 And he made a covering for the 
tent of rams' skins dyed red, and a 
covering of badgers' skins above that. 

20 ^[ And he made boards for the 
tabernacle of shittim wood, standing 
up. 

21 The length of a board was ten 
cubits, and the breadth of a board one 
cubit and a half. 

22 One board had two tenons, 
equally distant one from another: 
thus did he make for all the boards 
of the tabernacle. 

23 And he made boards for the tab- 
ernacle ; twenty boards for the south 
side southward : 

24 And forty sockets of silver he 
made under the twenty boards ; twa 
sockets under one board for his two 
tenons, and two sockets under another 
board for his two tenons. 

25 And for the other side of the 
tabernacle, which is toward the north 
corner, he made twenty boards, 

26 And their forty sockets of silver ; 
two sockets under one board, and two 
sockets under another board. 



for the tabernacle. 



EXODUS. 



The mercy seat. 



27 And for the sides of the taber- 
nacle westward he made six boards. 

28 And two boards made he for 
the corners of the tabernacle in the 
two sides. 

29 And they were coupled beneath, 
and coupled together at the head 
thereof, to one ring: thus he did to 
both of them in both the corners. 

30 And there were eight boards; and 
their sockets were sixteen sockets of 
silver, under every board two sockets. 

31 IT And he made bars of shittim 
wood ; five for the boards of the one 
side of the tabernacle, 

32 And five bars for the boards of 
the other side of the tabernacle, and 
five bars for the boards of the taber- 
nacle for the sides westward. 

33 And he made the middle bar to 
shoot through the boards from the 
one end to the other. 

34 And he overlaid the boards with 
gold, and made their rings of gold 
to be places for the bars, and overlaid 
the bars with gold. 

35 IT And he made a vail of blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen: with cherubim made 
he it of cunning work. 

36 And he made thereunto four 
pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid 
them with gold : their hooks were of 
gold ; and he cast for them four sock- 
ets of silver. 

37 ^[ And he made a hanging for 
the tabernacle door of blue, and pur- 
ple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, 
of needlework ; 

38 And the five pillars of it with 
their hooks : and he overlaid their 
chapiters and their fillets with gold : 
but their five sockets were of brass. 

CHAPTEK XXXYII. 

1 The ark. 6 The mercy seat with cherubim. 10 The 
table with his vessels. 17 The candlestick with his 
lamps and instruments. 25 Tlie altar of incense. 29 
The anointing oil and sweet incense. 

AND Bezaleel made the ark of 
. shittim wood : two cubits and 
a half was the length of it, and a cu- 
bit and a half the breadth of it, and 
a cubit and a half the height of it : 



2 And he overlaid it with pure 
gold within and without, and made 
a crown of gold to it round about. 

3 And he cast for it four rings of 
gold, to be set by the four corners of 
it ; even two rings upon the one side 
of it, and two rings upon the other 
side of it. 

4 And he made staves of shittim 
wood, and overlaid them with gold. 

5 And he put the staves into the rings 
by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 

6 % And he made the mercy seat of 
pure gold: two cubits and a half was 
the length thereof, and one cubit and 
a half the breadth thereof. 

7 And he made two cherubim of 
gold, beaten out of one piece made he 
them, on the two ends of the mercy 
seat; 

8 One cherub on the end on this 
side, and another cherub on the other 
end on that side: out of the mercy 
seat made he the cherubim on the 
two ends thereof. 

9 And the cherubim spread out 
their wings on high, and covered with 
their wings over the mercy seat, with 
their faces one to another ; even to the 
mercy seatward were the faces of the 
cherubim. 

10 % And he made the table of 
shittim wood : two cubits was the 
length thereof, and a cubit the breadth 
thereof, and a cubit and a half the 
height thereof: 

11 And he overlaid it with pure 
gold, and made thereunto a crown of 
gold round about. 

12 Also he made thereunto a bor- 
der of a handbreadth round about; 
and made a crown of gold for the bor- 
der thereof round about. 

1 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, 
and put the rings upon the four corners 
that were in the four feet thereof. 

14 Over against the border were 
the rings, the places for the staves to 
bear the table. 

15 And he made the staves of shit- 
tim wood, and overlaid them with 
gold, to bear the table. 

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The altar of incense ■, 



EXODUS. 



and of burnt offering. 



16 And he made the vessels which 
were upon the table, his dishes, and 
his spoons, and his bowls, and his 
covers to cover withal, of pure gold. 

17 If And he made the candlestick 
of pure gold : of beaten work made 
he the candlestick ; his shaft, and his 
branch, his bowls, his knops, and his 
tiowers, were of the same : 

18 And six branches going out of 
the sides thereof; three branches of the 
candlestick out of the one side there- 
of, and three branches of the candle- 
stick out of the other side thereof: 

19 Three bowls made after the fash- 
ion of almonds in one branch, a knop 
and a flower ; and three bowls made 
like almonds in another branch, aknop 
and a flower : so throughout the six 
branches going out of the candlestick. 

20 And in the candlestick were four 
bowls made like almonds, his knops, 
and his flowers : 

2 1 And a knop under two branches 
of the same, and a knop under two 
branches of the same, and a knop un- 
der two branches of the same, accord- 
ing to the six branches going out of it. 

22 Their knops and their branches 
were of the same : all of it was one 
beaten work o/pure gold. 

23 And he made his seven lamps, 
and his snuffers, and his snuffdishes, 
o/pure gold. 

24 Of a talent ©f pure gold made 
he it, and all the vessels thereof. 

25 If And he made the incense 
altar of shittim wood : the length of 
it was a cubit, and the breadth of it 
a cubit ; it was foursquare ; and two 
cubits icas the height of it ; the horns 
thereof were of the same. 

26 And he overlaid it with pure 
gold, both the top of it, and the sides 
thereof round about, and the horns of 
it : also lie made unto it a crown of 
gold round about. 

27 And ho made two rings of gold 
for it under the crown thereof, by the 
two corners of it, upon the two sides 
thereof to be places for the staves to 
bear it withal. 

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28 And he made the staves of shit- 
tim wood, and overlaid them with gold. 

29 If And he made the holy an- 
ointing oil, and the pure incense of 
sweet spices, according to the work of 
the apothecary. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

1 The altar of burnt offering. 8 The laver of brass. 9 
The court. 21 The mm of that the people offered. 

AND he made the altar of burnt 
. offering of shittim wood : five 
cubits teas the length thereof, and 
five cubits the breadth thereof; it was 
foursquare ; and three cubits the height 
thereof. 

2 And he made the horns thereof 
on the four corners of it; the horns 
thereof were of the same : and he 
overlaid it with brass. 

3 And he made all the vessels of the 
altar, the pots, and the shovels, and 
the basins, and the fleshhooks, and 
the firepans : all the vessels thereof 
made he of brass. 

4 And he made for the altar a brazen 
grate of network, under the compass 
thereof, beneath unto the midst of it. 

5 And he cast four rings for the 
four ends of the grate of brass, to be 
places for the staves. 

6 And he made the staves of shittim 
wood, and overlaid them with brass. 

7 And he put the staves into the 
rings on the sides of the altar, to bear 
it withal ; he made the altar hollow 
with boards. 

8 If And he made the laver of brass, 
and the foot of it of brass, of the 
lookingglasses of the women assem- 
bling, which assembled at the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

9 If And he made the court: on 
the south side southward the hang- 
ings of the court ivere of fine twined 
linen, a hundred cubits : 

10 Their pillars were twenty, and 
their brazen sockets twenty ; the 
hooks of the pillars and their fillets 
were of silver. 

1 1 And for the north side the hang- 
ings were a hundred cubits, their pil- 
lars were twenty, and their sockets 






The sum of that 



EXODUS. 



the people offered. 



of brass twenty ; the hooks of the pil- 
lars and their fillets of silver. 

12 And for the west side were hang- 
ings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, 
and their sockets ten; the hooks of 

>the pillars and their fillets of silver. 
13 And for the east side eastward 
fifty cubits. 

14 The hangings of the one side of 
the gate were fifteen cubits ; their pil- 
lars three, and their sockets three. 

15 And for the other side of the 
court gate, on this hand and that hand, 
were hangings of fifteen cubits ; their 
pillars three, and their sockets three. 

16 All the hangings of the court 
round about were of fine twined linen. 

17 And the sockets for the pillars 
were of brass ; the hooks of the pil- 
lars and their fillets of silver; and 
the overlaying of their chapiters of 
silver ; and all the pillars of the court 
were filleted with silver. 

18 And the hanging for the gate of 
the court was needlework, of blue, 
and purple, and scarlet, and fine 
twined linen : and twenty cubits was 
the length, and the height in the 
breadth was five cubits, answerable 
to the hangings of the court. 

19 And their pillars were four, and 
their sockets o/brass four ; their hooks 
of silver, and the overlaying of their 
chapiters and their fillets of silver. 

2 (J And all the pins of the taber- 
nacle, and of the court round about, 
were of brass. 

21 If This is the sum of the taber- 
nacle, even of the tabernacle of testi- 
mony, as it was counted, according to 
the commandment of Moses, for the 
service of the Levites, by the hand of 
Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest. 

22 And Bezaleel the son of Uri, the 
son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made 
all that the Lord commanded Moses. 

23 And with him was Aholiab, soil 
of Ahisanlach, of the tribe of Dan, an 
engraver, and a cunning workman, 
and an embroiderer in blue, and in 
purple, and in scarlet, and fine linen. 

24 All the gold that was occupied 



for the work in all the work of the 
holy place, even the gold of the offer- 
ing, was twenty and nine talents, and 
seven hundred and thirty shekels, af- 
ter the shekel of the sanctuary. 

25 And the silver of them that 
were numbered of the congregation 
was a hundred talents, and a thou- 
sand seven hundred and threescore 
and fifteen shekels, after the shekel 
of the sanctuary : 

26 A bekah for every man, that is, 
half a shekel, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary, for every one that went to 
be numbered, from twenty years old 
and upward, for six hundred thou- 
sand and three thousand and Hve 
hundred and fifty men. 

27 And of the hundred talents of 
silver were cast the sockets of the 
sanctuary, and the sockets of the 
vail ; a hundred sockets of the hun- 
dred talents, a talent for a socket. 

28 And of the thousand seven hun- 
dred seventy and five shekels he made 
hooks for the pillars, and overlaid 
their chapiters, and filleted them. 

29 And the brass of the offering 
was seventy talents, and two thou- 
sand and four hundred shekels. 

30 And therewith he made the 
sockets to the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, and the brazen 
altar, and the brazen grate for it, and 
all the vessels of the altar, 

31 And the sockets of the court 
round about, and the sockets of the 
court gate, and all the pins of the 
tabernacle, and all the pins of the 
court round about. 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

1 The clothes of service and holy garments. 2 The ephod. 
8 The breastplate. 22 The robe of the ephod 27 The 
coats, mitre, and girdle of fine linen. SO The plate of 
the holy crown. 32 A 11 is viewed and approved by 
Moses. 

AND of the blue, and purple, and 
scarlet, they made clothes of 
service, to do service in the holy place, 
and made the holy garments for Aaron ; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 
2 And he made the ephod of gold, 
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The breastplate. 



EXODUS. 



The robe of the ephod. 



blue, and purple, and scarlet, and 
fine twined linen. 

3 And they did beat the gold into 
thin plates, and cut it into wires, to 
work it in the blue, and in the pur- 
ple, and in the scarlet, and in the fine 
linen, with cunning work. 

4 They made shoulderpieces for it, 
to couple it together : by the two 
edges was it coupled together. 

5 And the curious girdle of his 
ephod, that was upon it, was of the 
same, according to the work thereof; 
of gold, blue, and purple, and scarlet, 
and fine twined linen ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

6 IT And they wrought onyx stones 
inclosed in ouches of gold, graven, as 
signets are graven, with the names of 
the children of Israel. 

7 And he put them on the shoul- 
ders of the ephod, that they should be 
stones for a memorial to the children 
of Israel ; as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

8 *[[ And he made the breastplate of 
cunning work, like the work of the 
ephod ; of gold, blue, and purple,, and 
scarlet, and fine twined linen. 

9 It was foursquare ; they made 
the breastplate double : a span was 
the length thereof, and a span the 
breadth thereof, being doubled. 

10 And they set in it four rows of 
stones : the first row was a sardius, 
a topaz, and a carbuncle : this was 
the first row. 

1 1 And the second row, an emerald, 
a sapphire, and a diamond. 

12 And the third row, a ligure, an 
agate, and an amethyst. 

13 And the fourth row, a beryl, an 
onyx, and a jasper: they ivere in- 
closed in ouches of gold in their in- 
closings. 

14 And the stones were according 
to the names of the children of Israel, 
twelve, according to their names, like 
the engravings of a signet, every one 
with his name, according to the twelve 
tribes. 

15 And they made upon the breast- 

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plate chains at the ends, of wreathen 
work o/pure gold. 

16 And they made two ouches of 
gold, and two gold rings, and put the 
two rings in the two ends of the breast- 
plate. 

1 7 And they put the two wreathen 
chains of gold in the two rings on the 
ends of the breastplate. 

18 And the two ends of the two 
wreathen chains they fastened in the 
two ouches, and put them on the 
shoulderpieces of the ephod, before it. 

19 And they made two rings of 
gold, and put them on the two ends 
of the breastplate, upon the border of 
it, which ivas on the side of the ephod 
inward. 

20 And they made two other golden 
rings, and put them on the two sides 
of the ephod underneath, toward the 
forepart of it, over against the other 
coupling thereof, above the curious 
girdle of the ephod. 

21 And they did bind the breast- 
plate by his rings unto the rings of 
the ephod with a lace of blue, that it 
might be above the curious girdle of 
the ephod, and that the breastplate 
might not be loosed from the ephod ; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

22 IT And he made the robe of the 
ephod of woven work, all of blue. 

23 And there was a hole in the 
midst of the robe, as the hole of an 
habergeon, with a band round about 
the hole, that it should not rend. 

24 And they made upon the hems 
of the robe pomegranates of blue, and 
purple, and scarlet, and twined linen. 

25 And they made bells of pure 
gold, and put the bells between the 
pomegranates upon the hem of the 
robe, round about between the pome- 
granates ; 

26 A bell and a pomegranate, a bell 
and a pomegranate, round about the 
hem of the robe to minister in; as 
the Lord commanded Moses. 

2 7 IT And they made coats of fine 
linen of woven work for Aaron, and 
for his sons, 



All is viewed and 



EXODUS. 



approved by Moses. 






28 And a mitre o/fme linen, and 
goodly bonnets of fine linen, and linen 
breeches of fine twined linen, 

29 And a girdle of fine twined 
linen, and blue, and purple, and scar- 
let, of needlework ; as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

30 IT And they made the plate of 
the holy crown of pure gold, and 
wrote upon it a writing, like to the 
engravings of a signet, HOLINESS 
TO THE LORD. 

3 1 And they tied unto it a lace of blue, 
to fasten it on high upon the mitre ; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

32 ^[ Thus was all the work of the 
tabernacle of the tent of the congre- 
gation finished : and the children of 
Israel did according to all that the 
Lord commanded Moses, so did they. 

33 IT And they brought the taber- 
nacle unto Moses, the tent, and all his 
furniture, his taches, his boards, his 
bars, and his pillars, and his sockets ; 

34 And the covering of rams' skins 
dyed red, and the covering of badg- 
ers' skins, and the vail of the covering ; 

35 The ark of the testimony, and the 
staves thereof, and the mercy seat ; 

36 The table, and all the vessels 
thereof, and the shewbread ; 

37 The pure candlestick, with the 
lamps thereof, even ivith the lamps 
to be set in order, and all the vessels 
thereof, and the oil for light ; 

38 And the golden altar, and the an- 
ointing oil, and the sweet incense, and 
the hanging for the tabernacle door ; 

39 The brazen altar, and his grate 
of brass, his staves, and all his ves- 
sels, the laver and his foot ; 

40 The hangings of the court, his 
pillars, and his sockets, and the hang- 
ing for the court gate, his cords, and 
his pins, and all the vessels of the 
service of the tabernacle, for the tent 
of the congregation; 

41 The clothes of service to do ser- 
vice in the holy place, and the holy 
garments for Aaron the priest, and 
his sons' garments, to minister in the 
priest's office. 



42 According to all that the Lord 
commanded Moses, so the children 
of Israel made all the work. 

43 And Moses did look upon all 
the work, and, behold, they had done 
it as the Lord had commanded, even 
so had they done it : and Moses bless- 
ed them. 

CHAPTEK XL. 

1 The tabernacle is commanded to be reared, 9 and 
anointed. 13 Aaron and his sons to be sanctified. 16 
Moses performeth all things accordingly. 34 A cloud 
covereth the tabernacle. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
_ saying, 

2 On the first day of the first 
month shalt thou set up the taberna- 
cle of the tent of the congregation. 

3 And thou shalt put therein the 
ark of the testimony, and cover the 
ark with the vail. 

4 And thou shalt bring in the table, 
and set in order the things that are 
to be set in order upon it ; and thou 
shalt bring in the candlestick, and 
light the lamps thereof. 

5 And thou shalt set the altar of 
gold for the incense before the ark of 
the testimony, and put the hanging 
of the door to the tabernacle. 

6 And thou shalt set the altar of 
the burnt offering before the door of 
the tabernacle of the tent of the con- 
gregation. 

7 And thou shalt set the laver be- 
tween the tent of the congregation 
and the altar, and shalt put water 
therein. 

8 And thou shalt set up the court 
round about, and hang up the hang- 
ing at the court gate. 

9 And thou shalt take the anoint- 
ing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, 
and all that is therein, and shalt 
hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: 
and it shall be holy. 

10 And thou shalt anoint the altar 
of the burnt offering, and all his ves- 
sels, and sanctify the altar: and it 
shall be an altar most holy. 

11 And thou shalt anoint the laver 
and his foot, and sanctify it. 

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The tabernacle reared. 



EXODUS. 



A cloud covereth it. 



12 And thou shalt bring Aaron and 
his sons unto the door of the taberna- 
cle of the congregation, and wash them 
with water. 

13 And thou shalt put upon Aaron 
the holy garments, and anoint him, 
and sanctify him ; that he may min- 
ister unto me in the priest's office. 

14 And thou shalt bring his sons, 
and clothe them with coats : 

15 And thou shalt anoint them, as 
thou didst anoint their father, that 
they may minister unto me in the 
priest's office: for their anointing 
shall surely be an everlasting priest- 
hood throughout their generations. 

16 Thus did Moses: according to 
all that the Lord commanded him, 
so did he. 

17 ^T And it came to pass in the 
first month in the second year, on 
the first day of the month, that the 
tabernacle was reared up. 

18 And Moses reared up the taber- 
nacle, and fastened his sockets, and 
set up the boards thereof, and put in 
the bars thereof, and reared up his 
pillars. 

19 And he spread abroad the tent 
over the tabernacle, and put the cov- 
ering of the tent above upon it ; as 
the Lord commanded Moses. 

20 If And he took and put the tes- 
timony into the ark, and set the staves 
on the ark, and put the mercy seat 
above upon the ark : 

21 And he brought the ark into 
the tabernacle, and set up the vail 
of the covering, and covered the ark 
of the testimony ; as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

22 If And he put the table in the 
tent of the congregation, upon the side 
of the tabernacle northward, without 
the vail. 

23 And he set the bread in order 
upon it before the Lord; as the Lord 
had commanded Moses. 

24 If And he put the candlestick 
in the tent of the congregation, over 
against the table, on the side of the 
tabernacle southward. 

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25 And he lighted the lamps be- 
fore the Lord; as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

26 If And he put the golden altar 
in the tent of the congregation before 
the vail : 

2 7 And he burnt sweet incense there- 
on ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 

28 If And he set up the hanging 
at the door of the tabernacle. 

29 And he put the altar of burnt 
offering by the door of the tabernacle 
of the tent of the congregation, and 
offered upon it the burnt offering and 
the meat offering ; as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

30 If And he set the laver between 
the tent of the congregation and the 
altar, and put water there, to wash 
withal. 

31 And Moses and Aaron and his 
sons washed their hands and their 
feet thereat : 

32 When they went into the tent 
of the congregation, and when they 
came near unto the altar, they wash- 
ed ; as the Lord commanded Moses. 

33 And he reared up the court 
round about the tabernacle and the 
altar, and set up the hanging of the 
court gate. So Moses finished the 
work. 

34 If Then a cloud covered the tent 
of the congregation, and the glory of 
the Lord filled the tabernacle. 

35 And Moses was not able to en- 
ter into the tent of the congregation, 
because the cloud abode thereon, and 
the glory of the Lord filled the taber- 
nacle. 

36 And when the cloud was taken 
up from over the tabernacle, the chil- 
dren of Israel went onward in all 
their journeys: 

37 But if the cloud were not taken 
up, then they journeyed not till the 
day that it was taken up. 

38 For the cloud of the Lord was 
upon the tabernacle by day, and fire* 
was on it by night, in the sight of 
all the house of Israel, throughout all 
their journeys. 



THE THIRD BOOK OF MOSES, 



CALLED 



LEVITICUS. 



CHAPTEE L 

1 The burnt offerings. 3 Of the herd, 10 of the flocks, 
14 of the folds. 

AND the Lord called unto Moses, 
JTx. and spake unto him out of the 
tabernacle of the congregation, say- 
ing, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, If any man of you 
bring an offering unto the Lord, ye 
shall bring your offering of the cattle, 
even of the herd, and of the flock. 

3 If his offering be a burnt sacri- 
fice of the herd, let him offer a male 
without blemish : he shall offer it of 
his own voluntary will at the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation 
before the Lord. 

4 And he shall put his hand upon 
the head of the burnt offering ; and 
it shall be accepted for him to make 
atonement for him. 

5 And he shall kill the bullock 
before the Lord: and the priests, 
Aaron's sons, shall bring the blood, 
and sprinkle the blood round about 
upon the altar that is by the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

6 And he shall flay the burnt offer- 
ing, and cut it into his pieces. 

7 And the sons of Aaron the priest 
shall put fire upon the altar, and lay 
the wood in order upon the fire : 

8 And the priests, Aaron's sons, 
shall lay the parts, the head, and the 
fat, in order upon the wood that is on 
the fire which is upon the altar : 

9 But his inwards and his legs shall 
he wash in water: and the priest 
shall burn all on the altar, to be a 
burnt sacrifice, an offering made by 
fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 

10 IT And if his offering be of the 
flocks, namely, of the sheep, or of the 



goats, for a burnt sacrifice; he shall 
bring it a male without blemish. 

11 And he shall kill it on the side 
of the altar northward before the Lord: 
and the priests, Aaron's sons, shall 
sprinkle his blood round about upon 
the altar. 

12 And he shall cut it into his 
pieces, with his head and his fat: 
and the priest shall lay them in or- 
der on the wood that is on the fire 
which is upon the altar : 

13 But he shall wash the inwards 
and the legs with water: and the 
priest shall bring it all, and burn it 
upon the altar : it is a. burnt sacrifice, 
an offering made by fire, of a sweet 
savour unto the Lord. 

14 IT And if the burnt sacrifice for 
his offering to the Lord be of fowls, 
then he shall bring his offering of 
turtledoves, or of young pigeons. 

15 And the priest shall bring it un- 
to the altar, and wring off his head, 
and burn it on the altar; and the 
blood thereof shall be wrung out at 
the side of the altar : 

16 And he shall pluck away his 
crop with his feathers, and cast it be- 
side the altar on the east part, by the 
place of the ashes. 

1 7 And he shall cleave it with the 
wings thereof, but shall not divide it 
asunder : and the priest shall burn it 
upon the altar, upon the wood that 
is upon the fire : it is a burnt sacri- 
fice, an offering made by fire, of a 
sweet savour unto the Lord. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 The meat offering of flour with oil and incense, 4 
either baken in the oven, 5 or on a plate, 7 or in a 
fryingpan, 12 or of the firstfruits in the ear. 13 
The salt of the meat offering. 

ND when any will offer a meat 
offering unto the Lord, his of- 
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M 



The meat offerings. 



LEVITICUS. 



The peace offering 



fering shall be of fine flour ; and he 
shall pour oil upon it, and put frank- 
incense thereon. 

2 And he shall bring it to Aaron's 
sons the priests: and he shall take 
thereout his handful of the flour 
thereof, and of the oil thereof, with 
all the frankincense thereof; and the 
priest shall burn the memorial of it 
upon the altar, to be an offering made 
by fire, of a sweet savour unto the 
Lord : 

3 And the remnant of the meat of- 
fering shall he Aaron's and his sons' : 
it is a thing most holy of the offerings 
of the Lord made by fire. 

4 % And if thou bring an oblation 
of a meat offering baken in the oven, 
it shall be unleavened cakes of fine 
flour mingled with oil, or unleavened 
wafers anointed with oil. 

5 IT And if thy oblation be a meat of- 
fering baken in a pan, it shall be o/fine 
flour unleavened, mingled with oil. 

6 Thou shalt part it in pieces, and 
pour oil thereon : it is a meat offering. 

7 If And if thy oblation be a meat 
offering baken in the fryingpan, it 
shall be made of fine flour with oil. 

8 And thou shalt bring the meat 
offering that is made of these things 
unto the Lord : and when it is pre- 
sented unto the priest, he shall bring 
it unto the altar. 

9 And the priest shall take from 
the meat offering a memorial thereof, 
and shall burn it upon the altar: it 
is an offering made by fire, of a sweet 
savour unto the Lord. 

10 And that which is left of the 
meat offering shall be Aaron's and his 
sons' : it is a thing most holy of the 
offerings of the Lord made by fire. 

11 No meat offering, which ye shall 
bring unto the Lord, shall be made 
with leaven: for ye shall burn no 
leaven, nor any honey, in any offer- 
ing of ihe Lord made by fire. 

J2 *| As for the oblation of the 
firsi fruits, ye shall offer them unto the 
Lord: but they shall not be burnt on 
the altar for a sweet savour. 
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13 And every oblation of thy meat 
offering shalt thou season with salt ; 
neither shalt thou suffer the salt of 
the covenant of thy God to be lack- 
ing from thy meat offering : with all 
thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. 

14 And if thou offer a meat offer- 
ing of thy firstfruits unto the Lord, 
thou shalt offer for the meat offering 
of thy firstfruits green ears of corn 
dried by the fire, even corn beaten out 
of full ears. 

15 And thou shalt put oil upon it, 
and lay frankincense thereon : it is a 
meat offering. 

16 And the priest shall burn the 
memorial of It, part of the beaten corn 
thereof, and part of the oil thereof, 
with all the frankincense thereof: it is 
an offering made by fire unto the Lord. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 The peace offering of the herd, 6 of the flock, Neither a 
lamb, 12 or a goat. 

AND if his oblation be a sacrifice 
Xjl of peace offering, if he offer it 
of the herd, whether it be a male or 
female, he shall offer it without blem- 
ish before the Lord. 

2 And he shall lay his hand upon 
the head of his offering, and kill it 
at the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation: and Aaron's sons the 
priests shall sprinkle the blood upon 
the altar round about. 

3 And he shall offer of the sacrifice 
of the peace offering an offering made 
by fire unto the Lord; the fat that 
covereth the inwards, and all the fat 
that is upon the inwards, 

4 And the two kidneys, and the fat 
that is on them, which is by the flanks, 
and the caul above the liver, with 
the kidneys, it shall he take away. 

5 And Aaron's sons shall burn it 
on the altar upon the burnt sacrifice, 
which is upon the wood that is on 
the fire : it is an offering made by 
fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 

6 H And if his offering for a sacri- 
fice of peace offering unto the Lord 
be of the flock, male or female, he 
shall offer it without blemish. 



of the herd and floch. 



LEVITICUS. 



The sin offering. 



7 If he offer a lamb for his offering, 
then shall he offer it before the Lord. 

8 And he shall lay his hand upon 
the head of his offering, and kill it 
before the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation : and Aaron's sons shall sprin- 
kle the blood thereof round about 
upon the altar. 

9 And he shall offer of the sacri- 
fice of the peace offering an offering 
made by fire unto the Lord ; the fat 
thereof, and the whole rump, it shall 
he take off hard by the backbone; 
and the fat that covereth the in- 
wards, and all the fat that is upon 
the inwards, 

10 And the two kidneys, and the 
fat that is upon them, which is by the 
flanks, and the caul above the liver, 
with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 

1 1 And the priest shall burn it up- 
on the altar : it is the food of the of- 
fering made by fire unto the Lord. 

12 H And if his offering be a goat, 
then he shall offer it before the Lord. 

13 And he shall lay his hand upon 
the head of it, and kill it before the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation : and the 
sons of Aaron shall sprinkle the blood 
thereof upon the altar round about. 

14 And he shall offer thereof his 
offering, even an offering made by 
fire unto the Lord ; the fat that cov- 
ereth the inwards, and all the fat 
that is upon the inwards, 

15 And the two kidneys, and the 
fat that is upon them, which is by the 
flanks, and the caul above the liver, 
with the kidneys, it shall he take away. 

16 And the priest shall burn them 
upon the altar : it is the food of the 
offering made by fire for a sweet sa- 
vour : all the fat is the Lord's. 

17 It shall be a perpetual statute for 
your generations throughout all your 
dwellings, that ye eat neither fat nor 

I blood. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 Tlie sin offering of ignorance, 3 for the priest, 13 for 
the congregation, 22 for the ruler, 27 for any of the 
, people. 

A ND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
JLjL saying, 



2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, If a soul shall sin through 
ignorance against any of the com- 
mandments of the Lord concerning 
things which ought not to be done, 
and shall do against any of them : 

3 If the priest that is anointed do 
sin according to the sin of the peo- 
ple ; then let him bring for his sin, 
which he hath sinned, a young bul- 
lock without blemish unto the Lord 
for a sin offering. 

4 And he shall bring the bullock 
unto the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation before the Lord; and 
shall lay his hand upon the bullock's 
head, and kill the bullock before the 
Lord. 

5 And the priest that is anointed 
shall take of the bullock's blood, and 
bring it to the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation : 

6 And the priest shall dip his fin- 
ger in the blood, and sprinkle of the 
blood seven times before the Lord, 
before the vail of the sanctuary. 

7 And the priest shall put some of 
the blood upon the horns of the altar 
of sweet incense before the Lord, 
which is in the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation ; and shall pour all the 
blood of the bullock at the bottom of 
the altar of the burnt offering, which 
is at the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

8 And he shall take off from it all 
the fat of the bullock for the sin of- 
fering; the fat that covereth the in- 
wards, and all the fat that is upon 
the inwards, 

9 And the two kidneys, and the fat 
that is upon them, which is by the 
flanks, and the caul above the liver, 
with the kidneys, it shall he take away, 

10 As it was taken off from the bul- 
lock of the sacrifice of peace offer- 
ings : and the priest shall burn them 
upon the altar of the burnt offering. 

11 And the skin of the bullock, 
and all his flesh, with his head, and 
with his legs, and his inwards, and 
his dung, 

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The sin offering 

12 Even the whole bullock shall he 
carry forth without the camp unto a 
clean place, where the ashes are pour- 
ed out, and burn him on the wood 
with fire : where the ashes are pour- 
ed out shall he be burnt. 

13 IT And if the whole congrega- 
tion of Israel sin through ignorance, 
and the thing be hid from the eyes 
of the assembly, and they have done 
somewhat against any of the com- 
mandments of the Lord concerning 
things which should not be done, and 
are guilty ; 

14 When the sin, which they have 
sinned against it, is known, then the 
congregation shall offer a young bul- 
lock for the sin, and bring him before 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

15 And the elders of the congrega- 
tion shall lay their hands upon the 
head of the bullock before the Lord ; 
and the bullock shall be killed before 
the Lord. 

16 And the priest that is anointed 
shall bring of the bullock's blood to 
the tabernacle of the congregation : 

17 And the priest shall dip his fin- 
ger in some of the blood, and sprinkle 
it seven times before the Lord, even 
before the vail. 

18 And he shall put some of the 
blood upon the horns of the altar 
which is before the Lord, that is in 
the tabernacle of the congregation, 
and shall pour out all the blood at 
the bottom of the altar of the burnt 
offering, which is at the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

19 And he shall take all his fat 
from him, and burn it upon the altar. 

20 And he shall do with the bullock 
as he did with the bullock for a sin 
offering, so shall he do with this : and 
t\ie priest shall make an atonement for 
them, and it shall be forgiven them. 

2 I And he shall carry forth the bul- 
lock without the camp, and burn him 
as he burned the first bullock: it is a, 
sin offering for the congregation. 

22 If When a ruler hath sinned, 
and done somewhat through ignorance 
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LEVITICUS. 



of ignorance. 



goats 



against any of the commandments of 
the Lord his God concerning things 
which should not be done, and is 
guilty ; 

23 Or if his sin, wherein he hath 
sinned, come to his knowledge ; he 
shall bring his offering, a kid of the 

a male without blemish : 

24 And he shall lay his hand up- 
on the head of the goat, and kill it in 
the place where they kill the burnt 
offering before the Lord : it is a sin 
offering. 

25 And the priest shall take of 
the blood of the sin offering with his 
finger, and put it upon the horns of 
the altar of burnt offering, and shall 
pour out his blood at the bottom of 
the altar of burnt offering. 

26 And he shall burn all his fat 
upon the altar, as the fat of the sacri- 
fice of peace offerings : and the priest 
shall make an atonement for him as 
concerning his sin, and it shall be for- 
given him. 

27 IT And if any one of the com- 
mon people sin through ignorance, 
while he doeth somewhat against any 
of the commandments of the Lord 
concerning things which ought not 
to be done, and be guilty ; 

28 Or if his sin, which he hath sin- 
ned, come to his knowledge ; then he 
shall bring his offering, a kid of the 
goats, a female without blemish, for 
his sin which he hath sinned. 

29 And he shall lay his hand upon 
the head of the sin offering, and slay 
the sin offering in the place of the 
burnt offering. 

30 And the priest shall take of the 
blood thereof with his finger, and put 
it upon the horns of the altar of burnt 
offering, and shall pour out all the 
blood thereof at the bottom of the 
altar. 

3 1 And he shall take away all the 
fat thereof, as the fat is taken away 
from off the sacrifice of peace offer- 
ings ; and the priest shall burn it 
upon the altar for a sweet savour 
unto the Lord ; and the priest shall 



The trespass offering. LEVITICUS. The trespass offering. 



make an atonement for him, and it 
shall be forgiven him. 

32 And if he bring a lamb for a sin 
offering, he shall bring it a female 
without blemish. 

33 And he shall lay his hand upon 
the head of the sin offering, and 
slay it for a sin offering in the place 
where they kill the burnt offering. 

34 And the priest shall take of the 
blood of the sin offering with his 
finger, and put it upon the horns of 
the altar of burnt offering, and shall 
pour out all the blood thereof at the 
bottom of the altar : 

35 And he shall take away all the 
fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is 
taken away from the sacrifice of the 
peace offerings ; and the priest shall 
burn them upon the altar, according 
to the offerings made by fire unto the 
Lord : and the priest shall make an 
atonement for his sin that he hath com- 
mitted, and it shall be forgiven him. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 He that sinneth in concealing his knowledge, 2 in 
touching an unclean thing, 4 or in making an oath. 
6 His trespass offering, of the flock, 7 offotvls, 11 or 
of flour. 14 The trespass offering in sacrilege, 17 and 
in sins of ignorance. 

ND if a soul sin, and hear the 
voice of swearing, and is a wit- 
ness, whether he hath seen or known 
of it ; if he do not utter it, then he 
shall bear his iniquity. 

2 Or if a soul touch any unclean 
thing, whether it be a carcass of an 
unclean beast, or a carcass of un- 
clean cattle, or the carcass of un- 
clean creeping things, and if it be 
hidden from him ; he also shall be 
unclean, and guilty. 

3 Or if he touch the uncleanness 
of man, whatsoever uncleanness it 
be that a man shall be defiled with- 
al, and it be hid from him ; when 
he knoweth of it, then he shall be 
guilty. 

4 Or if a soul swear, pronouncing 
with his lips to do evil, or to do 
good, whatsoever it be that a man 
shall pronounce with an oath, and 
it be hid from him ; when he know- 



A ] 



eth of it, then he shall be guilty in 
one of these. 

5 And it shall be, when he shall be 
guilty in one of these things, that he 
shall confess that he hath sinned in 
that thing : 

6 And he shall bring his trespass 
offering unto the Lord for his sin 
which he hath sinned, a female from 
the flock, a lamb, or a kid of the 
goats, for a sin offering; and the 
priest shall make an atonement for 
him concerning his sin. 

7 And if he be not able to bring 
a lamb, then he shall bring for his 
trespass, which he hath committed, 
two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, 
unto the Lord ; one for a sin offering, 
and the other for a burnt offering. 

8 And he shall bring them unto 
the priest, who shall offer that which 
is for the sin offering first, and wring 
off his head from his neck, but shall 
not divide it asunder : 

9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood 
of the sin offering upon the side of 
the altar ; and the rest of the blood 
shall be wrung out at the bottom of 
the altar : it is a sin offering. 

10 And he shall offer the second 
for a burnt offering, according to 
the manner: and the priest shall 
make an atonement for him for his 
sin which he hath sinned, and it shall 
be forgiven him. 

11 IT But if he be not able to 
bring tw r o turtledoves, or two young 
pigeons, then he that sinned shall 
bring for his offering the tenth part 
of an ephah of fine flour for a sin 
offering ; he shall put no oil upon it, 
neither shall he put any frankincense 
thereon : for it is a sin offering. 

12 Then shall he bring it to the 
priest, and the priest shall take his 
handful of it, even a memorial there- 
of, and burn it on the altar, accord- 
ing to the offerings made by fire unto 
the Lord : it is a sin offering. 

13 And the priest shall make an 
atonement for him as touching his 
sin that he hath sinned in one of 

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The trespass offering. 



LEVITICUS. Law of the burnt offering. 



these, and it shall be forgiven him : 
and the remnant shall be the priest's, 
as a meat offering. 

14 H And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

15 If a soul commit a trespass, and 
sin through ignorance, in the holy 
things of the Lord ; then he shall 
bring for his trespass unto the Lord 
a ram without blemish out of the 
flocks, with thy estimation by shek- 
els of silver, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary, for a trespass offering : 

16 And he shall make amends for 
the harm that he hath done in the 
holy thing, and shall add the fifth 
part thereto, and give it unto the 
priest : and the priest shall make an 
atonement for him with the ram of 
the trespass offering, and it shall be 
forgiven him. 

17 If And if a soul sin, and com- 
mit any of these things which are 
forbidden to be done by the com- 
mandments of the Lord ; though he 
wist it not, yet is he guilty, and shall 
bear his iniquity. 

18 And he shall bring a ram with- 
out blemish out of the flock, with 
thy estimation, for a trespass offer- 
ing, unto the priest: and the priest 
shall make an atonement for him 
concerning his ignorance wherein he 
erred and wist it not, and it shall be 
forgiven him. 

19 It is a trespass offering: he 
hath certainly trespassed against the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 Tlie trespass offering for sins done wittingly. 8 Tlie 
law of the burnt offering, 14 and of the meat offering. 
1 *.) The offering at the consecration of a priest. 24 
The law of the sin offering. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 
2 If a soul sin, and commit a tres- 
pass against the Lord, and lie unto 
liis i iei gl i hour in that which was de- 
livered him to keep, or in fellowship, 
or in a thing taken away by violence, 
or hath deceived his neighbour ; 

8 Or have found that which was 
lost, and lieth concerning it, and 
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sweareth falsely ; in any of all these 
that a man doeth, sinning therein : 

4 Then it shall be, because he hath 
sinned, and is guilty, that he shall 
restore that which he took violently 
away, or the thing which he hath 
deceitfully gotten, or that which was 
delivered him to keep, or the lost 
thing which he found, 

5 Or all that about which he hath 
sworn falsely ; he shall even restore 
it in the principal, and shall add the 
fifth part more thereto, and give it 
unto him to whom it appertaineth, 
in the day of his trespass offering. 

6 And he shall bring his trespass 
offering unto the Lord, a ram with- 
out blemish out of the flock, with 
thy estimation, for a trespass offer- 
ing, unto the priest : 

7 And the priest shall make an 
atonement for him before the Lord : 
and it shall be forgiven him for any 
thing of all that he hath done in 
trespassing therein. 

8 11 And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

9 Command Aaron and his sons, 
saying, This is the law of the burnt 
offering : It is the burnt offering, be- 
cause of the burning upon the altar 
all night unto the morning, and the 
fire of the altar shall be burning in 
it. 

10 And the priest shall put on his 
linen garment, and his linen breeches 
shall he put upon his flesh, and take 
up the ashes which the fire hath con- 
sumed with the burnt offering on the 
altar, and he shall put them beside 
the altar. 

11 And he shall put off his gar- 
ments, and put on other garments, 
and carry forth the ashes without 
the camp unto a clean place. 

12 And the fire upon the altar 
shall be burning in it ; it shall not 
be put out : and the priest shall burn 
wood on it every morning, and lay 
the burnt offering in order upon it; 
and he shall burn thereon the fat of 
the peace offerings. 



Law of the meat offering, LEVITICUS. 



and of the sin offering. 



13 The fire shall ever he "burning 
upon the altar ; it shall never go out. 

14 IT And this is the law of the meat 
offering : The sons of Aaron shall offer 
it before the Lord, before the altar. 

15 And he shall take of it his 
handful, of the flour of the meat of- 
fering, and of the oil thereof, and all 
the frankincense which is upon the 
meat offering, and shall burn it upon 
the altar for a sweet savour, even the 
memorial of it, unto the Lord. 

16 And the remainder thereof shall 
Aaron and his sons eat : with unleav- 
ened bread shall it be eaten in the 
holy place ; in the court of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation they shall 
eat it. 

17 It shall not be baken with leav- 
en. I have given it unto them for 
their portion of my offerings made 
by fire ; it is most holy, as is the sin 
offering, and as the trespass offering. 

18 All the males among the chil- 
dren of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall 
be a statute for ever in your genera- 
tions concerning the offerings of the 
Lord made by fire : every one that 
toucheth them shall be holy. 

19 TT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

20 This is the offering of Aaron 
and of his sons, which they shall 
offer unto the Lord in the day when 
he is anointed ; the tenth part of an 
ephah of fine flour for a meat offer- 
ing perpetual, half of it in the morn- 
ing, and half thereof at night. 

21 In a pan it shall be made with 
oil ; and when it is baken, thou shalt 
bring it in: and the baken pieces of 
the meat offering shalt thou offer for 
a sweet savour unto the Lord. 

22 And the priest of his sons that 
is anointed in his stead shall offer it : 
it is a statute for ever unto the Lord ; 
it shall be wholly burnt. 

23 For every meat offering for the 
priest shall be wholly burnt : it shall 
not be eaten. 

24 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 



25 Speak unto Aaron and to his 
sons, saying, This is the law of the 
sin offering : In the place where the 
burnt offering is killed shall the sin 
offering be killed before the Lord: 
it is most holy. 

26 The priest that offereth it for 
sin shall eat it: in the holy place 
shall it be eaten, in the court of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

27 Whatsoever shall touch the 
flesh thereof shall be holy : and 
when there is sprinkled of the 
blood thereof upon any garment, 
thou shalt wash that whereon it 
was sprinkled in the holy place. 

28 But the earthen vessel wherein 
it is sodden shall be broken : and 
if it be sodden in a brazen pot, it 
shall be both scoured, and rinsed in 
water. 

29 All the males among the priests 
shall eat thereof: it is most holy. 

30 And no sin offering, whereof 
any of the blood is brought into the 
tabernacle of the congregation to rec- 
oncile withal in the holy 'place, shall 
be eaten : it shall be burnt in the fire. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 The law of the trespass offering, 1 1 and of the peace 
offerings, 12 whether it be for a thanksgiving, 16 or 
a vow, or a freewill offering. 22 The fat, 26 and 
the blood, are forbidden. 28 The priests^ portion in 
the peace offerings. 

LIKEWISE this is the law of the 
trespass offering: it is most holy. 

2 In the place where they kill the 
burnt offering shall they kill the tres- 
pass offering: and the blood thereof 
shall he sprinkle round about upon 
the altar. 

3 And he shall offer of it all the 
fat thereof; the rump, and the fat 
that covereth the inwards, 

4 And the two kidneys, and the 
fat that is on them, which is by the 
flanks, and the caul that is above 
the liver, with the kidneys, it shall 
he take away : 

5 And the priest shall burn them 
upon the altar for an offering made 
by fire unto the Lord : it is a tres- 
pass offering. 

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6 Every male among the priests 
shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten 
in the holy place: it is most holy. 

7 As the sin offering is, so is the 
trespass offering: there is one law 
for them: the priest that maketh 
atonement therewith shall have it. 

8 And the priest that offereth any 
man's burnt offering, even the priest 
shall have to himself the skin of the 
burnt offering which he hath offered. 

9 And all the meat offering that 
is baken in the oven, and all that is 
dressed in the fryingpan, and in the 
pan, shall be the priest's that offer- 
eth it. 

10 And every meat offering, min- 
gled with oil, and dry, shall all the 
sons of Aaron have, one as much as 
another. 

1 1 And this is the law of the sac- 
rifice of peace offerings, which he 
shall offer unto the Lord. 

12 If he offer it for a thanksgiv- 
ing, then he shall offer with the sac- 
rifice of thanksgiving unleavened 
cakes mingled with oil, and unleaven- 
ed wafers anointed with oil, and cakes 
mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried. 

13 Besides the cakes, he shall offer 
for his offering leavened bread with 
the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his 
peace offerings. 

14 And of it he shall offer one out 
of the whole oblation for a heave 
offering unto the Lord, and it shall 
be the priest's that sprinkleth the 
blood of the peace offerings. 

15 And the flesh of the sacrifice of 
his peace offerings for thanksgiving 
shall be eaten the same day that it 
is offered ; he shall not leave any of 
it until the morning. 

16 But if the sacrifice of his offer- 
ing be a vow, or a voluntary offering, 
it shall be eaten the same day that 
he offereth his sacrifice ; and on the 
morrow also the remainder of it shall 
be eaten : 

17 But the remainder of the flesh 
of the sacrifice on the third day shall 
be burnt with fire. 

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18 And if any of the flesh of the 
sacrifice of his peace offerings be 
eaten at all on the third day, it shall 
not be accepted, neither shall it be 
imputed unto him that offereth it: it 
shall be an abomination, and the soul 
that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity. 

19 And the flesh that toucheth any 
unclean thing shall not be eaten ; it 
shall be burnt with fire : and as for the 
flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof. 

20 But the soul that eateth of the 
flesh of the sacrifice of peace offer- 
ings, that pertain unto the Lord, 
having his uncleanness upon him, 
even that soul shall be cut off from 
his people. 

21 Moreover the soul that shall 
touch any unclean thing, as the un- 
cleanness of man, or any unclean 
beast, or any abominable unclean 
thing, and eat of the flesh of the sac- 
rifice of peace offerings, which pertain 
unto the Lord, even that soul shall 
be cut off from his people. 

22 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

23 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, saying, Ye shall eat no manner 
of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat. 

24 And the fat of the beast that 
dieth of itself, and the fat of that 
which is torn with beasts, may be 
used in any other use : but ye shall 
in no wise eat of it. 

25 For whosoever eateth the fat of 
the beast, of which men offer an of- 
fering made by fire unto the Lord, 
even the soul that eateth it shall be 
cut off from his people. 

26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner 
of blood, whether it be of fowl or of 
beast, in any of your dwellings. 

27 Whatsoever soul it be that eateth 
any manner of blood, even that soul 
shall be cut off from his people. 

28 Tf And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

29 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, He that offereth the sacrifice 
of his peace offerings unto the Lord, 
shall bring his oblation unto the Lord 



The portion of the priests. LEVITICUS. Aaron and his sons consecrated. 



of the sacrifice of his peace offer- 
ings. 

30 His own hands shall bring the 
offerings of the Lord made by fire, 
the fat with the breast ■; it shall he 
bring, that the breast may be waved 
for a wave offering before the Lord. 

31 And the priest shall burn the 
fat upon the altar: but the breast 
shall be Aaron's and his sons'. 

32 And the right shoulder shall ye 
give unto the priest for a heave of- 
fering of the sacrifices of your peace 
offerings. 

33 He among the sons of Aaron, 
that offereth the blood of the peace 
offerings, and the fat, shall have the 
right shoulder for his part. 

34 For the wave breast and the 
heave shoulder have I taken of the 
children of Israel from off the sacri- 
fices of their peace offerings, and have 
given them unto Aaron the priest and 
unto his sons, by a statute for ever, 
from among the children of Israel. 

35 1f This is the portion of the anoint- 
ing of Aaron, and of the anointing of 
his sons, out of the offerings of the 
Lord made by fire, in the day when 
he presented them to minister unto 
the Lord in the priest's office ; 

36 Which the Lord commanded 
to be given them of the children of 
Israel, in the day that he anointed 
them, by a statute for ever through- 
out their generations. 

37 This is the law of the burnt 
offering, of the meat offering, and of 
the sin offering, and of the trespass 
offering, and of the consecrations, and 
of the sacrifice of the peace offerings ; 

38 Which the Lord commanded 
Moses in mount Sinai, in the day 
that he commanded the children of 
Israel to offer their oblations unto the 
Lord, in the wilderness of Sinai. 

CHAPTEK Till. 

1 Moses consecraleth Aaron and his sons. 14 Their sin 
offering. 18 Their burnt offering. 22 The ram of 
consecrations. 31 The place and time of their conse- 
cration. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
- saying, 

9 



2 Take Aaron and his sons with 
him, and the garments, and the 
anointing oil, and a bullock for the 
sin offering, and two rams, and a 
basket of unleavened bread ; 

3 And gather thou all the congre- 
gation together unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

4 And Moses did as the Lord com- 
manded him ; and the assembly was 
gathered together unto the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

5 And Moses said unto the congre- 
gation, This is the thing which the 
Lord commanded to be done. 

6 And Moses brought Aaron and 
his sons, and washed them with water. 

7 And he put upon him the coat, 
and girded him with the girdle, and 
clothed him with the robe, and put the 
ephod upon him, and he girded him 
with the curious girdle of the ephod, 
and bound it unto him therewith. 

8 And he put the breastplate upon 
him: also he put in the breastplate 
the Urim and the Thummim. 

9 And he put the mitre upon his 
head ; also upon the mitre, even upon 
his forefront, did he put the golden 
plate, the holy crown ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

10 And Moses took the anointing 
oil, and anointed the tabernacle and al] 
that was therein, and sanctified them. 

11 And he sprinkled thereof upon 
the altar seven times, and anointed 
the altar and all his vessels^ both the 
laver and his foot, to sanctify them. 

12 And he poured of the anointing 
oil upon Aaron's head, and anointed 
him, to sanctify him. 

13 And Moses brought Aaron's sons, 
and put coats upon them, and girded 
them with girdles, and put bonnets 
upon them ; as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

14 And he brought the bullock for 
the sin offering: and Aaron and his 
sons laid their hands upon the head 
of the bullock for the sin offering. 

15 And he slew it ; and Moses took 
the blood, and put it upon the horns 

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Aaron and his sons. 



of the altar round about with his 
ringer, and purified the altar, and 
poured the blood at the bottom of the 
altar, and sanctified it, to make rec- 
onciliation upon it. 

16 And he took all the fat that 
was upon the inwards, and the caul 
above the liver, and the two kidneys, 
and their fat, and Moses burned it 
upon the altar. 

17 But the bullock, and his hide, 
his flesh, and his dung, he burnt with 
fire without the camp ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

18 IT And he brought the ram for 
the burnt offering : and Aaron and 
his sons laid their hands upon the 
head of the ram. 

19 And he killed it; and Moses 
sprinkled the blood upon the altar 
round about. 

20 And he cut the ram into pieces ; 
and Moses burnt the head, and the 
pieces, and the fat. 

21 And he washed the inwards and 
the legs in water ; and Moses burnt 
the whole ram upon the altar : it was 
a burnt sacrifice for a sweet savour, 
and an offering made by fire unto 
the Lord ; as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

22 Tf And he brought the other 
ram, the ram of consecration: and 
Aaron and his sons laid their hands 
upon the head of the ram. 

23 And he slew it ; and Moses took 
of the blood of it, and put it upon the 
tip of Aaron's right ear, and upon the 
thumb of his right hand, and upon 
the great toe of his right foot. 

24 And he brought Aaron's sons, 
and Moses put of the blood upon the 
tip of their right ear, and upon the 
thumbs of their right hands, and 
upon the great toes of their right 
feet: and Moses sprinkled the blood 
upon the altar round about. 

26' And he took the fat, and the 
rump, and all the fat that was upon 
the inwards, and the caul above the 
live?, and the two kidneys, and their 
fat, and the right shoulder : 
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26 And out of the basket of un- 
leavened bread, that was before the 
Lord, he took one unleavened cake, 
and a cake of oiled bread, and one 
wafer, and put them on the fat, and 
upon the right shoulder : 

27 And he put all upon Aaron's 
hands, and upon his sons' hands, and 
waved them for a wave offering be- 
fore the Lord. 

28 And Moses took them from off 
their hands, and burnt them on the 
altar upon the burnt offering: they 
were consecrations for a sweet sa- 
vour: it is an offering made by fire 
unto the Lord. 

29 And Moses took the breast, and 
waved it for a wave offering before 
the Lord : for of the ram of consecra- 
tion it was Moses' part ; as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

30 And Moses took of the anoint- 
ing oil, and of the blood which was 
upon the altar, and sprinkled it upon 
Aaron, and upon his garments, and 
upon his sons, and upon his sons' gar- 
ments with him ; and sanctified Aa- 
ron, and his garments, and his sons, 
and his sons' garments with him. 

31 IT And Moses said unto Aaron 
and to his sons, Boil the flesh at the 
door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation ; and there eat it with the 
bread that is in the basket of con- 
secrations, as I commanded, saying, 
Aaron and his sons shall eat it. 

32 And that which remaineth of 
the flesh and of the bread shall ye 
burn with fire. 

33 And ye shall not go out of the 
door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation in seven days, until the days 
of your consecration be at an end : for 
seven days shall he consecrate you. 

34 As he hath done this day, so the 
Lord hath commanded to do, to make 
an atonement for you. 

35 Therefore shall ye abide at the 
door of the tabernacle. of the congre- 
gation day and night seven days, and 
keep the charge of the Lord, that ye 
die not : for so I am commanded. 



Aaron's offerings for 



LEVITICUS. 



himself and the people. 



36 So Aaron and his sons did all 
things which the Lord commanded 
by the hand of Moses. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 The first offerings of Aaron, for himself and the people. 
8 The sin offering, 12 and the burnt offering for him- 
self. 15 The offerings for the people. 23 Moses and 
Aaron bless the people. 24 Fire cometh from the Lord, 
upon tJie altar. 

AND it came to pass on the eighth 
. day, that Moses called Aaron and 
his sons, and the elders of Israel ; 

2 And he said unto Aaron, Take 
thee a young calf for a sin offering, 
and a ram for a burnt offering, with- 
out blemish, and offer them before 
the Lord. 

3 And unto the children of Israel 
thou shalt speak, saying, Take ye a 
kid of the goats for a sin offering; 
and a calf and a lamb, both of the 
first year, without blemish, for a 
burnt offering ; 

4 Also a bullock and a ram for 
peace offerings, to sacrifice before the 
Lord ; and a meat offering mingled 
with oil: for to day the Lord will 
appear unto you. 

5 If And they brought that which 
Moses commanded before the taber- 
nacle of the congregation: and all 
the congregation drew near and stood 
before the Lord. 

6 And Moses said, This is the thing 
which the Lord commanded that ye 
should do : and the glory of the Lord 
shall appear unto you. 

7 And Moses said unto Aaron, Go 
unto the altar, and offer thy sin of- 
fering, and thy burnt offering, and 
make an atonement for thyself, and 
for the people : and offer the offering 
of the people, and make an atonement 
for them ; as the Lord commanded. 

8 'If Aaron therefore went unto the 
altar, and slew the calf of the sin of- 
fering, which was for himself. 

9 And the sons of Aaron brought 
the blood unto him : and he dipped 
his finger in the blood, and put it 
upon the horns of the altar, and 
poured out the blood at the bottom 
of the altar : 



10 But the fat, and the kidneys, 
and the caul above the liver of the 
sin offering, he burnt upon the altar ; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

11 And the flesh and the hide he 
burnt with fire without the camp. 

12 And he slew the burnt offering ; 
and Aaron's sons presented unto him 
the blood, which he sprinkled round 
about upon the altar. 

13 And they presented the burnt 
offering unto him, with the pieces 
thereof, and the head : and he burnt 
them upon the altar. 

14 And he did wash the inwards 
and the legs, and burnt them upon 
the burnt offering on the altar. 

15 If And he brought the people's 
offering, and took the goat, which 
was the sin offering for the people, 
and slew it, and offered it for sin, as 
the first. 

16 And he brought the burnt offer- 
ing, and offered it according to the 
manner. 

17 And he brought the meat offer- 
ing, and took a handful thereof, and 
burnt it upon the altar, besides the 
burnt sacrifice of the morning. 

18 He slew also the bullock and the 
ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings, 
which was for the people : and Aa- 
ron's sons presented unto him the 
blood, which he sprinkled upon the 
altar round about, 

19 And the fat of the bullock and 
of the ram, the rump, and that which 
covereth the inwards, and the kid- 
neys, and the caul above the liver : 

20 And they put the fat upon the 
breasts, and he burnt the fat upon 
the altar : 

21 And the breasts and the right 
shoulder Aaron waved for a wave of- 
fering before the Lord ; as Moses 
commanded. 

22 And Aaron lifted up his hand 
toward the people, and blessed them ; 
and came down from offering of the 
sin offering, and the burnt offering, 
and peace offerings. 

23 And Moses and Aaron went into 
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the tabernacle of the congregation, 
and came out, and blessed the people: 
and the glory of the Lord appeared 
unto all the people. 

24 And there came a fire out from 
before the Lord, and consumed upon 
the altar the burnt offering and the 
fat: which when all the people saw, 
they shouted, and fell on their faces. 

OHAPTEK X. 

1 Xadab and Abihu, for off ering of strange fire, are burnt 
by fire. 6 Aaron and his sons are forbidden to mourn 
for them. 8 The priests are forbidden wine when they 
are to go into the tabernacle. 12 The law of eating 
the holy things. 16 Aaron's excuse for transgressing 
thereof 

AND Nadab and Abihu, the sons 
. of Aaron, took either of them 
his censer, and put fire therein, and 
put incense thereon, and offered 
strange fire before the Lord, which 
he commanded them not. 

2 And there went out fire from the 
Lord, and devoured them, and they 
died before the Lord. 

3 Then Moses said unto Aaron, 
This is it that the Lord spake, say- 
ing, I will be sanctified in them that 
come nigh me, and before all the peo- 
ple I will be glorified. And Aaron 
held his peace. 

4 And Moses called Mishael and El- 
zaphan, the sons of Uzziel the uncle 
of Aaron, and said unto them, Come 
near, carry your brethren from before 
the sanctuary out of the camp. 

5 So they went near, and carried 
them in their coats out of the camp ; 
as Moses had said. 

6 And Moses said unto Aaron, and 
unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his 
sons, Uncover not your heads, neither 
rend your clothes; lest ye die, and 
lest wrath come upon all the people : 
but let your brethren, the whole house 
of Israel, bewail the burning which 
the Lord hath kindled. 

7 And ye shall not go out from 
the door of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, lest ye die : for the anoint- 
ing oil of the Lord is upon you. And 
they did according to the word of 
Moses. 

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8 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Aaron, saying, ^ 

9 Do not drink wine nor strong 
drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, 
when ye go into the tabernacle of the 
congregation, lest ye die : it shall be 
a statute for ever throughout your 
generations : 

10 And that ye may put difference 
between holy and unholy, and be 
tween unclean and clean ; 

11 And that ye may teach the 
children of Israel all the statutes 
which the Lord hath spoken unto 
them by the hand of Moses. 

12 IT And Moses spake unto Aaron, 
and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, 
his sons that were left, Take the 
meat offering that remaineth of the 
offerings of the Lord made by fire, 
and eat it without leaven beside the 
altar : for it is most holy. 

13 And ye shall eat it in the holy 
place, because it is thy due, and thy 
sons' due, of the sacrifices of the Lord 
made by fire : for so I am commanded. 

14 And the wave breast and heave 
shoulder shall ye eat in a clean place ; 
thou, and thy sons, and thy daugh- 
ters with thee : for they be thy due, 
and thy sons' due, which are given out 
of the sacrifices of peace offerings of 
the children of Israel. 

15 The heave shoulder and the 
wave breast shall they bring with the 
offerings made by fire of the fat, to 
wave it for a wave offering before 
the Lord ; and it shall be thine, and 
thy sons' with thee, by a statute for 
ever ; as the Lord hath commanded. 

16 IT And Moses diligently sought 
the goat of the sin offering, and, be- 
hold, it was burnt : and he was angry 
with Eleazar and Ithamar, the sons of 
Aaron which were left alive, saying, 

17 Wherefore have ye not eaten 
the sin offering in the holy place, 
seeing it is most holy, and God hath 
given it you to bear the iniquity of 
the congregation, to make atonement 
for them before the Lord ? 

18 Behold, the blood of it was not 



The distinction of meats 



LEVITICUS. 



clean and unclean. 



& 



brought in within the holy place: 
ye should indeed have eaten it in the 
holy place, as I commanded. 

19 And Aaron said unto Moses, 
Behold, this day have they offered 
their sin offering and their hurnt of- 
fering before the Lord ; and such 
things have befallen me : and if I 
had eaten the sin offering to day, 
should it have been accepted in the 
sight of the Lord ? 

20 And when Moses heard that, 
he was content. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 What beasts may, 4 and what may not be eaten. 9 
What fishes. 13 What fowls. 29 The creeping things 
which are unclean. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses 
and to Aaron, saying unto them, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, These are the beasts which 
ye shall eat among all the beasts 
that are on the earth. 

3 Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and 
is clovenfooted, and cheweth the cud, 
among the heasts, that shall ye eat. 

4 Nevertheless, these shall ye not 
eat of them that chew the cud, or of 
them that divide the hoof: as the 
camel, hecause he cheweth the cud, 
but divideth not the hoof; he is un- 
clean unto you. 

5 And the coney, because he chew- 
eth the cud, but divideth not the 
hoof; he is unclean unto you. 

6 And the hare, hecause he chew- 
eth the cud, hut divideth not the 
hoof; he is unclean unto you. 

7 And the swine, though he di- 
vide the hoof, and he clovenfooted, 
yet he cheweth not the cud; he is 
unclean to you. 

8 Of their flesh shall ye not eat, 
and their carcass shall ye not touch ; 
they are unclean to you. 

9 If These shall ye eat of all that 
are in the waters : whatsoever hath fins 
and scales in the waters, in the seas, 
and in the rivers, them shall ye eat. 

10 And all that have not fins and 
scales in the seas, and in the rivers, 
of all that move in the waters, and 



of any living thing which is in the 
waters, they shall be an abomination 
unto you : 

11 They shall be even an abomi- 
nation unto you; ye shall not eat of 
their flesh, hut ye shall have their 
carcasses in abomination. 

12 Whatsoever hath no fins nor 
scales in the waters, that shall be an 
ahomination unto you. 

13 TJ And these are they which ye 
shall have in abomination among the 
fowls; they shall not he eaten, they 
are an abomination : the eagle, and 
the ossifrage, and the ospray, 

14 And the vulture, and the kite 
after his kind ; 

15 Every raven after his kind; 

16 And the owl, and the night- 
hawk, and the cuckoo, and the 
hawk after his kind, 

17 And the little owl, and the cor- 
morant, and the great owl, 

18 And the swan, and the pelican, 
and the gier eagle, 

19 And the stork, the heron after 
her kind, and the lapwing, and the 
hat. 

20 All fowls that creep, going upon 
all four, shall be an abomination unto 
you. 

21 Yet these may ye eat of every 
flying creeping thing that goeth upon 
all four, which have legs above their 
feet, to leap withal upon the earth; 

22 Even these of them ye may 
eat ; the locust after his kind, and 
the bald locust after his kind, and 
the beetle after his kind, and the 
grasshopper after his kind. 

23 But all other flying creeping 
things, which have four feet, shall 
be an abomination unto you. 

24 And for these ye shall he un- 
clean: whosoever toucheth the car- 
cass of them shall be unclean until 
the even. 

25 And whosoever beareth aught 
of the carcass of them shall wash 
his clothes, and he unclean until the 
even. 

26 The carcasses of every beast 

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The creeping things 

which divideth the hoof, and is not 
clovenfooted, nor cheweth the cud, 
are unclean unto you: every one that 
toucheth them shall he unclean. 

27 And whatsoever goeth upon his 
paws, among all manner of heasts 
that go on all four, those are un- 
clean unto you : whoso toucheth their 
carcass shall he unclean until the 
even. 

28 And he that heareth the carcass 
of them shall wash his clothes, and 
be unclean until the even : they are 
unclean unto you. 

29 1f These also shall be unclean 
unto you among the creeping things 
that creep upon the earth ; the wea- 
sel, and the mouse, and the tortoise 
after his kind, 

30 And the ferret, and the chame- 
leon, and the lizard, and the snail, 
and the mole. 

31 These are unclean to you among 
all that creep : whosoever doth touch 
them, when they he dead, shall he 
unclean until the even. 

32 And upon whatsoever any of 
them, when they are dead, doth fall, 
it shall he unclean; whether it be 
any vessel of wood, or raiment, or 
skin, or sack, whatsoever vessel it be> 
wherein any work is done, it must 
be put into water, and it shall he 
unclean until the even; so it shall 
he cleansed. 

3 3 And every earthen vessel, where- 
into any of them falleth, whatsoever 
is in it shall he unclean ; and ye 
shall break it. 

34 Of all meat which may be eaten, 
that on which such water cometh 
shall be unclean : and all drink that 
may be drunk in every such vessel 
shall be unclean. 

35 And every thing whereupon any 
part of their carcass falleth shall be 
unclean ; whether it be oven, or ranges 
for pots, they shall be broken down : 
for they are unclean, and shall be 
unclean unto you. 

36 Nevertheless a fountain or pit, 
wherein there is plenty of water, shall 

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tvhich are unclean. 



be clean: but that which toucheth 
their carcass shaH be unclean. 

37 And if any part of their carcass 
fall upon any sowing seed which is 
to be sown, it shall be clean. 

38 But if any water be put upon 
the seed, and any part of their car- 
cass fall thereon, it shall be unclean 
unto you. 

39 And if any beast, of which ye 
may eat, die ; he that toucheth the 
carcass thereof shall be unclean until 
the even. 

40 And he that eateth of the car- 
cass of it shall wash his clothes, and 
be unclean until the even: he also 
that beareth the carcass of it shall 
wash his clothes, and be unclean 
until the even. 

41 And every creeping thing that 
creepeth upon the earth shall be an 
abomination ; it shall not be eaten. 

42 Whatsoever goeth upon the bel- 
ly, and whatsoever goeth upon all 
four, or whatsoever hath more feet 
among all creeping things that creep 
upon the earth, them ye shall not 
eat ; for they are an abomination. 

43 Ye shall not make yourselves 
abominable with any creeping thing 
that creepeth, neither shall ye make 
yourselves unclean with them, that 
ye should be defiled thereby. 

44 For I am the Lord your God : 
ye shall therefore sanctify yourselves, 
and ye shall be holy; for I am ho- 
ly : neither shall ye defile yourselves 
with any manner of creeping thing 
that creepeth upon the earth. 

45 For I am the Lord that bring- 
eth you up out of the land of Egypt, 
to be your God : ye shall therefore be 
holy, for I am holy. 

46 This is the law of the beasts, 
and of the fowl, and of every living 
creature that moveth in the waters, 
and of every creature that creepeth 
upon the earth : 

47 To make a difference between 
the unclean and the clean, and be- 
tween the beast that may be eaten 
and the beast that may not be eaten. 



Purification of women. 



LEVITICUS. 



Of discerning leprosy. 



CHAPTER XII. 

1 The purification of xoomen after childbirth. 6 Her 
offerings for her purifying. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
„ saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
saying, If a woman have conceived 
seed, and borne a man child, then 
she shall be unclean seven days ; ac- 
cording to the days of the separation 
for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 

3 And in the eighth day the flesh 
of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 

4 And she shall then continue in 
the blood of her purifying three and 
thirty days ; she shall touch no hal- 
lowed thing, nor come into the sanc- 
tuary, until the days of her purifying 
be fulfilled. 

5 But if she bear a maid child, 
then she shall be unclean two weeks, 
as in her separation : and she shall 
continue in the blood of her puri- 
fying threescore and six days. 

6 And when the days of her puri- 
fying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a 
daughter, she shall bring a lamb of 
the first year for a burnt offering, and 
a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for 
a sin offering, unto the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation, unto 
the priest : 

7 AVho shall offer it before the 
Lord, and make an atonement for 
her; and she shall be cleansed from 
the issue of her blood. This is the 
law for her that hath borne a male or 
a female. 

8 And if she be not able to bring 
a lamb, then she shall bring two tur- 
tles, or two young pigeons ; the one 
for the burnt offering, and the other 
for a sin offering: and the priest 
shall make an atonement for her, 
and she shall be clean. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 The laws and tokens whereby the priest is to be guided 
in discerning the leprosy. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses 
J\. and Aaron, saying, 

2 When a man shall have in the 
skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or 



bright spot, and it be in the skin of 
his flesh like the plague of leprosy ; 
then he shall be brought unto Aaron 
the priest, or unto one of his sons 
the priests : 

3 And the priest shall look on the 
plague in the skin of the flesh : and 
when the hair in the plague is turn- 
ed white, and the plague in sight be 
deeper than the skin of his flesh, it 
is a plague of leprosy : and the priest 
shall look on him, and pronounce 
him unclean. 

4 If the bright spot be white in the 
skin of his flesh, and in sight be not 
deeper than the skin, and the hair 
thereof be not turned white ; then 
the priest shall shut up him that hath 
the plague seven days : 

5 And the priest shall look on him 
the seventh day : and, behold, if the 
plague in his sight be at a stay, and 
the plague spread not in the skin ; 
then the priest shall shut him up 
seven days more : 

6 And the priest shall look on him 
again the seventh day : and, behold, 
if the plague be somewhat dark, and 
the plague spread not in the skin, 
the priest shall pronounce him clean : 
it is but a scab : and he shall wash 
his clothes, and be clean. 

7 But if the scab spread much abroad 
in the skin, after that he hath been 
seen of the priest for his cleansing, 
he shall be seen of the priest again : 

8 And if the priest see that, behold, 
the scab spreadeth in the skin, then 
the priest shall pronounce him un- 
clean : it is a leprosy. 

9 IT When the plague of leprosy is 
in a man, then he shall be brought 
unto the priest ; 

10 And the priest shall see him : 
and, behold, if the rising be white in 
the skin, and it have turned the hair 
white, and there be quick raw flesh 
in the rising ; 

11 It is an old leprosy in the skin 
of his flesh, and the priest shall pro- 
nounce him unclean, and shall not 
shut him up : for he is unclean. 

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whereby the priest 



12 And if a leprosy break out 
abroad in the skin, and the leprosy 
cover all the skin of him that hath 
the plague from his head even to his 
foot, wheresoever the priest looketh ; 

13 Then the priest shall consider: 
and, behold, if the leprosy have cov- 
ered all his flesh, he shall pronounce 
him clean that hath the plague : it is 
all turned white : he is clean. 

14 But when raw flesh appeareth 
in him, he shall be unclean. 

15 And the priest shall see the raw 
flesh, and pronounce him to be un- 
clean : for the raw flesh is unclean : 
it is a leprosy. 

16 Or if the raw flesh turn again, 
and be changed unto white, he shall 
come unto the priest ; 

17 And the priest shall see him: 
and, behold, if the plague be turned 
into white; then the priest shall 
pronounce him clean that hath the 
plague : he is clean. 

18 If The flesh also, in which, even 
in the skin thereof, was a boil, and 
is healed, 

19 And in the place of the boil 
there be a white rising, or a bright 
spot, white, and somewhat reddish, 
and it be shewed to the priest ; 

20 And if, when the priest seeth it, 
behold, it be in sight lower than the 
skin, and the hair thereof be turned 
white ; the priest shall pronounce him 
unclean: it is a plague of leprosy 
broken out of the boil. 

21 But if the priest look on it, and, 
behold, there be no white hairs there- 
in, and if it be not lower than the 
skin, but be somewhat dark ; then the 
priest shall shut him up seven days : 

22 And if it spread much abroad 
in the skin, then the priest shall pro- 
nounce him unclean : it is a plague. 

2o B ut if the bright spot stay in 
his place, and spread not, it is a 
burning boil ; and the priest shall 
pronounce him clean. 

24 If Or if there be any flesh, in 
the skin whereof there is a hot burn- 
ing, and the quick flesh that burn- 
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eth have a white bright spot, some- 
what reddish, or white ; 

25 Then the priest shall look upon 
it: and, behold, if the hair in the 
bright spot be turned white, and it 
be in sight deeper than the skin; it 
is a leprosy broken out of the burn- 
ing: wherefore the priest shall pro- 
nounce him unclean : it is the plague 
of leprosy. 

26 But if the priest look on it, and, 
behold, there be no white hair in the 
bright spot, and it be no lower than 
the other skin, but be somewhat dark ; 
then the priest shall shut him up 
seven days : 

27 And the priest shall look upon 
him the seventh day: and if it be 
spread much abroad in the skin, then 
the priest shall pronounce him un- 
clean : it is the plague of leprosy. 

28 And if the bright spot stay in 
his place, and spread not in the skin, 
but it be somewhat dark; it is a 
rising of the burning, and the priest 
shall pronounce him clean : for it is 
an inflammation of the burning. 

29 If If a man or woman have a 
plague upon the head or the beard ; 

30 Then the priest shall see the 
plague : and, behold, if it be in sight 
deeper than the skin, and there be 
in it a yellow thin hair; then the 
priest shall pronounce him unclean : 
it is a dry scall, even a leprosy upon 
the head or beard. 

31 And if the priest look on the 
plague of the scall, and, behold, it be 
not in sight deeper than the skin, and 
that there is no black hair in it ; then 
the priest shall shut up him that hath 
the plague of the scall seven days : 

32 And in the seventh day the priest 
shall look on the plague : and, behold, 
z/the scall spread not, and there be 
in it no yellow hair, and the scall be 
not in sight deeper than the skin ; 

33 He shall be shaven, but the scall 
shall he not shave ; and the priest 
shall shut up him that hath the scall 
seven days more : 

34 And in the seventh day the priest 



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discerning the leprosy. 



shall look on the scall : and, behold, 
if the scall be not spread in the skin, 
nor be in sight deeper than the skin ; 
then the priest shall pronounce him 
clean : and he shall wash his clothes, 
and be clean. 

35 But if the scall spread much in 
the skin after his cleansing ; 

36 Then the priest shall look on 
him: and, behold, if the scall be 
spread in the skin, the priest shall not 
seek for yellow hair ; he is unclean. 

37 But if the scall be in his sight 
at a stay, and that there is black hair 
grown up therein ; the scall is healed, 
he is clean : and the priest shall pro- 
nounce him clean. 

38 IT If a man also or a woman 
have in the skin of their flesh bright 
spots, even white bright spots ; 

39 Then the priest shall look : and, 
behold, if the bright spots in the skin 
of their flesh be darkish white, it is a 
freckled spot that groweth in the skin : 
he is clean. 

40 And the man whose hair is fallen 
off his head, he is bald ; yet is he clean. 

41 And he that hath his hair fallen 
off from the part of his head toward 
his face, he is forehead bald ; yet is 
ne clean. 

42 And if there be in the bald head, 
or bald forehead, a white reddish sore ; 
it is a leprosy sprung up in his bald 
head, or his bald forehead. 

43 Then the priest shall look upon 
it : and, behold, if the rising of the 
sore be white reddish in his bald head, 
or in his bald forehead, as the leprosy 
appeareth in the skin of the flesh ; 

44 He is a leprous man, he is un- 
clean : the priest shall pronounce him 
utterly unclean ; his plague is in his 
head. 

45 And the leper in whom the 
plague is, his clothes shall be rent, 
and his head bare, and he shall put a 
covering upon his upper lip, and shall 
cry, Unclean, unclean. 

46 All the days wherein the plague 
shall be in him he shall be defiled ; 
he is unclean : he shall dwell alone ; 



without the camp shall his habita- 
tion be. 

47 If The garment also that the 
plague of leprosy is in, whether it be a 
woollen garment, or a linen garment ; 

48 Whether it be in the warp, or 
woof, of linen, or of woollen ; wheth- 
er in a skin, or in any thing made of 
skin; 

49 And if the plague be greenish 
or reddish in the garment, or in the 
skin, either in the warp, or in the 
woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is a 
plague of leprosy, and shall be shew- 
ed unto the priest : 

50 And the priest shall look upon 
the plague, and shut up it that hath 
the plague seven days : 

51 And he shall look on the plague 
on the seventh day : if the plague be 
spread in the garment, either in the 
warp, or in the woof, or in a skin, or 
in any work that is made of skin ; 
the plague is a fretting leprosy ; it is 
unclean. 

52 He shall therefore burn that 
garment, whether warp or woof, in 
woollen or in linen, or any thing of 
skin, wherein the plague is : for it is 
a fretting leprosy; it shall be burnt 
in the fire. 

53 And if the priest shall look, and, 
behold, the plague be not spread in 
the garment, either in the warp, or 
in the woof, or in any thing of skin ; 

54 Then the priest shall command 
that they wash the thing wherein the 
plague is, and he shall shut it up 
seven days more : 

55 And the priest shall look on the 
plague, after that it is washed : and, 
behold, if the plague have not chan- 
ged his colour, and the plague be not 
spread, it is unclean ; thou shalt burn 
it in the fire ; it is fret inward, wheth- 
er it be bare within or without. 

56 And if the priest look, and, be- 
hold, the plague be somewhat dark 
after the washing of it ; then he shall 
rend it out of the garment, or out of 
the skin, or out of the warp, or out of 
the woof: 

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in cleansing 



57 And if it appear still in the gar- 
ment, either in the warp, or in the 
woof, or in any thing of skin ; it is a 
spreading plague: thou shalt "burn 
that wherein the plague is with fire. 

58 And the garment, either warp, 
or woof, or whatsoever thing of skin 
it be, which thou shalt wash, if the 
plague he departed from them, then 
it shall he washed the second time, 
and shall he clean. 

59 This is the law of the plague of 
leprosy in a garment of woollen or 
linen, either in the warp, or woof, or 
any thing of skins, to pronounce it 
clean, or to pronounce it unclean. 

CHAPTER XIY. 

1 The rites and sacrifices in cleansing of the leper. 33 
The signs of leprosy in a house, 43 The cleansing of 
that house. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 

2 This shall he the law of the leper 
in the day of his cleansing : He shall 
he Drought unto the priest : 

3 And the priest shall go forth out 
of the camp ; and the priest shall 
look, and, hehold, if the plague of lep- 
rosy he healed in the leper ; 

4 Then shall the priest command to 
take for him that is to he cleansed 
two birds alive and clean, and cedar 
wood, and scarlet, and hyssop : 

5 And the priest shall command 
that one of the birds be killed in an 
earthen vessel over running water. 

6 As for the living bird, he shall 
take it, and the cedar wood, and the 
scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip 
them and the living bird in the blood 
of the bird that was killed over the 
vanning water: 

7 And he shall sprinkle upon him 
that is to be cleansed from the leprosy 
seven limes, and shall pronounce him 
clean, and shall let the living bird 
loose into the open field. 

H And he that is to be cleansed 
shall wash his clothes, and shave off 
mII his hair, and wash himself in wa- 
ter, that lie may be clean : and after 
tli at he shall come into the camp, 
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and shall tarry abroad out of his tent 
seven days. 

9 But it shall be on the seventh 
day, that he shall shave all his hair 
off his head and his beard and his 
eyebrows, even all his hair he shall 
shave off: and he shall wash his 
clothes, also he shall wash his flesh 
in water, and he shall be clean. 

10 And on the eighth day he shall 
take two he lambs without blemish, 
and one ewe lamb of the first year 
without blemish, and three tenth 
deals of fine flour for a meat offer- 
ing, mingled with oil, and one log of 
oil: 

1 1 And the priest that maketh him 
clean shall present the man that is to 
be made clean, and those things, be- 
fore the Lord, at the door of the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation. 

12 And the priest shall take one 
he lamb, and offer him for a trespass 
offering, and the log of oil, and wave 
them for a wave offering before the 
Lord: 

13 And he shall slay the lamb in 
the place where he shall kill the sin 
offering and the burnt offering, in the 
holy place : for as the sin offering is 
the priest's, so is the trespass offering : 
it is most holy : 

14 And the priest shall take some 
of the blood of the trespass offering, 
and the priest shall put it upon the 
tip of the right ear of him that is to 
be cleansed, and upon the thumb of 
his right hand, and upon the great 
toe of his right foot. 

15 And the priest shall take some 
of the log of oil, and pour it into the 
palm of his own left "hand : 

16 And the priest shall dip his 
right finger in the oil that is in his 
left hand, and shall sprinkle of the 
oil with his finger seven times before 
the Lord : 

17 And of the rest of the oil that 
is in his hand shall the priest put upon 
the tip of the right ear of him that is 
to be cleansed, and upon the thumb 
of his right hand, and upon the great 



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Leprosy in a house. 



toe of his right foot, upon the blood 
of the trespass offering : 

18 And the remnant of the oil that is 
in the priest's hand he shall pour upon 
the head of him that is to he cleansed : 
and the priest shall make an atone- 
ment for him before the Lord. 

19 And the priest shall offer the 
sin offering, and make an atonement 
for him that is to be cleansed from 
his uncleanness ; and afterward he 
shall kill the burnt offering : 

20 And the priest shall offer the 
burnt offering and the meat offering 
upon the altar : and the priest shall 
make an atonement for him, and he 
shall be clean. 

2 1 And if he be poor, and cannot 
get so much ; then he shall take one 
lamb for a trespass offering to be 
waved, to make an atonement for 
him, and one tenth deal of fine flour 
mingled with oil for a meat offering, 
and a log of oil ; 

22 And two turtledoves, or two 
young pigeons, such as he is able to 
get ; and the one shall be a sin offer- 
ing, and the other a burnt offering. 

23 And he shall bring them on the 
eighth day for his cleansing unto the 
priest, unto the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, before the Lord. 

24 And the priest shall take the lamb 
of the trespass offering, and the log of 
oil, and the priest shall wave them for 
a wave offering before the Lord : 

25 And he shall kill the lamb of the 
trespass offering, and the priest shall 
take some of the blood of the trespass 
offering, and put it upon the tip of 
the right ear of him that is to be 
cleansed, and upon the thumb of his 
right hand, and upon the great toe 
of his right foot. 

26 And the priest shall pour of the 
oil into the palm of his own left hand : 

27 And the priest shall sprinkle 
with his right finger some of the oil 
that is in his left hand seven times 
before the Lord: 

28 And the priest shall put of the 
oil that is in his hand upon the tip 



of the right ear of him that is to be 
cleansed, and upon the thumb of his 
right hand, and upon the great toe 
of his right foot, upon the place of 
the blood of the trespass offering : 

29 And the rest of the oil that is 
in the priest's hand he shall put upon 
the head of him that is to be cleansed, 
to make an atonement for him before 
the Lord. 

30 And he shall offer the one of 
the turtledoves, or of the young pig- 
eons, such as he can get ; 

31 Even such as he is able to get, 
the one for a sin offering, and the 
other for a burnt offering, with the 
meat offering: and the priest shall 
make an atonement for him that is 
to be cleansed before the Lord. 

32 This is the law of him in whom 
is the plague of leprosy, whose hand 
is not able to get that which pertain- 
eth to his cleansing. 

33 H And the Lord spake unto 
Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 

34 When ye be come into the land 
of Canaan, which I give to you for a 
possession, and I put the plague of 
leprosy in a house of the land of 
your possession ; 

35 And he that owneth the house 
shall come and tell the priest, saying, 
It seemeth to me there is as it were 
a plague in the house: 

36 Then the priest shall command 
that they empty the house, before the 
priest go into it to see the plague, 
that all that is in the house be not 
made unclean : and afterward the 
priest shall go in to see the house : 

37 And he shall look on the plague, 
and, behold, if the plague be in the 
walls of the house with hollow streaks, 
greenish or reddish, which in sight 
are lower than the wall ; 

38 Then the priest shall go out of 
the house to the door of the house, 
and shut up the house seven days : 

39 And the priest shall come again 
the seventh day, and shall look : and, 
behold, if the plague be spread in 
the walls of the house ; 

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Uncleanness of men, 



40 Then the priest shall command 
that they take away the stones in 
which the plague is, and they shall 
cast them into an unclean place with- 
out the city : 

41 And he shall cause the house to 
be scraped within round about, and 
they shall pour out the dust that they 
scrape off without the city into an 
unclean place : 

42 And they shall take other stones, 
and put them in the place of those 
stones ; and he shall take other mor- 
tar, and shall plaster the house. 

43 And if the plague come again, 
and break out in the house, after that 
he hath taken away the stones, and 
after he hath scraped the house, and 
after it is plastered ; 

44 Then the priest shall come and 
look, and, behold, if the plague be 
spread in the house, it is a fretting 
leprosy in the house : it is unclean. 

45 And he shall break down the 
house, the stones of it, and the tim- 
ber thereof, and all the mortar of the 
house ; and he shall carry them forth 
out of the city into an unclean place. 

46 Moreover, he that goeth into the 
house all the while that it is shut up 
shall be unclean until the even. 

4 7 And he that lieth in the house shall 
wash his clothes ; and he that eateth 
in the house shall wash his clothes. 

48 And if the priest shall come in, 
and look upon it, and, behold, the 
plague hath not spread in the house, 
after the house was plastered; then 
the priest shall pronounce the house 
clean, because the plague is healed. 

49 And he shall take to cleanse 
the house two birds, and cedar wood, 
and scarlet, and hyssop : 

50 And he shall kill the one of the 
birds in an earthen vessel over run- 
ning water: 

51 And he shall take the cedar 
wood, and the hyssop, and the scarlet, 
and the living bird, and dip them in 
the blood of the slain bird, and in the 
running water, and sprinkle the house 
seven times: 

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52 And he shall cleanse the house 
with the blood of the bird, and with 
the running water, and with the living 
bird, and with the cedar wood, and 
with the hyssop, and with the scarlet : 

53 But he shall let go the living 
bird out of the city into the open 
fields, and make an atonement for 
the house : and it shall be clean. 

54 This is the law for all manner 
of plague of leprosy, and scall, 

55 And for the leprosy of a gar- 
ment, and of a house, 

56 And for a rising, and for a scab, 
and for a bright spot : 

57 To teach when it is unclean, and 
when it is clean : this is the law of 
leprosy. 

CHAPTER XV. 

1 The uncleanness of men in their issues. 13 The cleans- 
ing of them. 1 9 The uncleanness of women in their 
issues. 28 Their cleansing. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses 
i and to Aaron, saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, When any man 
hath a running issue out of his flesh, 
because of his issue he is unclean. 

3 And this shall be his uncleanness 
in his issue: whether his flesh run 
with his issue, or his flesh be stopped 
from his issue, it is his uncleanness. 

4 Every bed, whereon he lieth that 
hath the issue, is unclean : and every 
thing, whereon he sitteth, shall be 
unclean. 

5 And whosoever toucheth his bed 
shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean 
until the even. 

6 And he that sitteth on any thing 
whereon he sat that hath the issue 
shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean 
until the even. 

7 And he that toucheth the flesh of 
him that hath the issue shall wash 
his clothes, and bathe himself in 
water, and be unclean until the even. 

8 And if he that hath the issue 
spit upon him that is clean ; then he 
shall wash his clothes, and bathe 



and of women, 



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in 



thei 



ir issues. 



himself in water, and be unclean un- 
til the even. 

9 And what saddle soever he ri- 
deth upon that hath the issue shall be 
unclean. 

10 And whosoever toucheth any 
thing that was under him shall be 
unclean until the even : and he that 
beareth any of those things shall wash 
his clothes, and bathe himself in 
water, and be unclean until the even. 

11 And whomsoever he toucheth 
that hath the issue, and hath not 
rinsed his hands in water, he shall 
wash his clothes, and bathe himself 'in 
water, and be unclean until the even. 

12 And the vessel of earth, that 
he toucheth which hath the issue, 
shall be broken: and every vessel of 
wood shall be rinsed in water. 

13 And when he that hath an issue 
is cleansed of his issue, then he shall 
number to himself seven days for his 
cleansing, and wash his clothes, and 
bathe his flesh in running water, and 
shall be clean. 

14 And on the eighth day he shall 
take to him two turtledoves, or two 
young pigeons, and come before the 
Lord unto the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation, and give them 
unto the priest: 

15 And the priest shall offer them, 
the one for a sin offering, and the 
other for a burnt offering ; and the 
priest shall make an atonement for 
him before the Lord for his issue. 

16 And if any man's seed of copu- 
lation go out from him, then he shall 
wash all his flesh in water, and be 
unclean until the even. 

17 And every garment, and every 
skin, whereon is the seed of copula- 
tion, shall be washed with water, 
and be unclean until the even. 

18 The woman also with whom 
man shall lie with seed of copulation, 
they shall both bathe themselves in 
water, and be unclean until the even. 

19 If And if a woman have an issue, 
and her issue in her flesh be blood, 
she shall be put apart seven days: 



and whosoever toucheth her shall be 
unclean until the even. 

20 And every thing that she lieth 
upon in her separation shall be un- 
clean : every thing also that she sit- 
teth upon shall be unclean. 

21 And whosoever toucheth her bed 
shall wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself in water, and be unclean un- 
til the even. 

22 And whosoever toucheth any 
thing that she sat upon shall wash 
his clothes, and bathe himself in 
water, and be unclean until the even. 

23 And if it be on her bed, or on 
any thing whereon she sitteth, when 
he toucheth it, he shall be unclean 
until the even. 

24 And if any man lie with her at 
all, and her flowers be upon him, he 
shall be unclean seven days ; and all 
the bed whereon he lieth shall be 
unclean. 

25 And if a woman have an issue 
of her blood many days out of the 
time of her separation, or if it run be- 
yond the time of her separation ; all 
the days of the issue of her unclean- 
ness shall be as the days of her sepa- 
ration : she shall be unclean. 

26 Every bed whereon she lieth all 
the days of her issue shall be unto 
her as the bed of her separation : and 
whatsoever she sitteth upon shall be 
unclean, as the uncleanness of her 
separation. 

27 And whosoever toucheth those 
things shall be unclean, and shall 
wash his clothes, and bathe himself in 
water, and be unclean until the even. 

28 But if she be cleansed of her 
issue, then she shall number to her- 
self seven days, and after that she 
shall be clean. 

29 And on the eighth day she shall 
take unto her two turtles, or two 
young pigeons, and bring them unto 
the priest, to the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation. 

30 And the priest shall offer the one 
for a sin offering, and the other for a 
burnt offering ; and the priest shall 

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The sin offering for the LEVITICUS. high priest and people, 



make an atonement for her before the 
Lord for the issue of her uncleanness. 

31 Thus shall ye separate the chil- 
dren of Israel from their unclean- 
ness ; that they die not in their un- 
cleanness, when they defile my tab- 
ernacle that is among them. 

32 This is the law of him that hath 
an issue, and of him whose seed goeth 
from him, and is defiled therewith ; 

33 And of her that is sick of her 
flowers, and of him that hath an is- 
sue, of the man, and of the woman, 
and of him that lieth with her that 
is unclean. 

CHAPTEK XYL 

1 How the high priest must enter into the holy place. 11 
The sin offering for himself. 15 The sin offering for 
the people. 20 The scapegoat. 29 The yearly feast 
of the expiations. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses 
. after the death of the two sons 
of Aaron, when they offered before 
the Lord, and died ; 

2 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that 
he come not at all times into the 
holy place within the vail before the 
mercy seat, which is upon tiie ark ; 
that he die not : for I will appear in 
the cloud upon the mercy seat. 

3 Thus shall Aaron come into the 
holy place ; with a young bullock for 
a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt 
offering. 

4 He shall put on the holy linen 
coat, and he shall have the linen 
breeches upon his flesh, and shall be 
girded with a linen girdle, and with 
the linen mitre shall he be attired: 
these are holy garments; therefore 
shall he wash his flesh in water, and 
so put them on. 

5 And he shall take of the con- 
gregation of the children of Israel two 
kids of the goats for a sin offering, 
Hiid one ram for a burnt offering. 

G And Aaron shall offer his bullock 
of the sin offering, which is for him- 
self, and make an atonement for him- 
self, and for his house. 

7 And be shall take the two goats, 
and present them before the Lord 
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at the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

8 And Aaron shall cast lots upon 
the two goats ;• one lot for the Lord, 
and the other lot for the scapegoat. 

9 And Aaron shall bring the goat 
upon which the Lord's lot fell, and 
offer him for a sin offering. 

10 But the goat, on which the lot 
fell to be the scapegoat, shall be pre- 
sented alive before the Lord, to make 
an atonement with him, and to let him 
go for a scapegoat into the wilderness. 

11 And Aaron shall bring the bul- 
lock of the sin offering, which is for 
himself, and shall make an atonement 
for himself, and for his house, and 
shall kill the bullock of the sin offer- 
ing which is for himself: 

12 And he shall take a censer full 
of burning coals of fire from off the 
altar before the Lord, and his hands 
full of sweet incense beaten small, 
and bring it within the vail : 

13 And he shall put the incense 
upon the fire before the Lord, that 
the cloud of the incense may cover 
the mercy seat that is upon the testi- 
mony, that he die not : 

14 And he shall take of the blood 
of the bullock, and sprinkle it with 
his finger upon the mercy seat east- 
ward ; and before the mercy seat 
shall he sprinkle of the blood with 
his finger seven times. 

15 ^ Then shall he kill the goat 
of the sin offering, that is for the 
people, and bring his blood within 
the vail, and do with that blood as 
he did with the blood of the bullock, 
and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, 
and before the mercy seat : 

16 And he shall make an atone- 
ment for the holy place, because of 
the uncleanness of the children of 
Israel, and because of their transgres- 
sions in all their sins : and so shall he 
do for the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, that remaineth among them 
in the midst of their uncleanness. 

17 And there shall be no man in 
the tabernacle of the congregation 



The yearly feast 



LEVITICUS. 



of the expiations. 



when he goeth in to make an atone- 
ment in the holy place, until he come 
ont, and have made an atonement 
for himself, and for his household, and 
for all the congregation of Israel. 

18 And he shall go out unto the 
altar that is before the Lord, and 
make an atonement for it ; and shall 
take of the blood of the bullock, and of 
the blood of the goat, and put it upon 
the horns of the altar round about. 

1 9 And he shall sprinkle of the blood 
upon it with his finger seven times, 
and cleanse it, and hallow it from the 
uncleanness of the children of Israel. 

20 IT And when he hath made an 
end of reconciling the holy place, 
and the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and the altar, he shall bring 
the live goat: 

21 And Aaron shall lay both his 
hands upon the head of the live goat, 
and confess over him all the iniqui- 
ties of the children of Israel, and all 
their transgressions in all their sins, 
putting them upon the head of the 
goat, and shall send him away by the 
hand of a fit man into the wilderness : 

22 And the goat shall bear upon 
him all their iniquities unto a land 
not inhabited: and he shall let go 
the goat in the wilderness. 

23 And Aaron shall come into the 
tabernacle of the congregation, and 
shall put off the linen garments, which 
he put on when he went into the holy 
place, and shall leave them there : 

24 And he shall wash his flesh with 
water in the holy place, and put on 
his garments, and come forth, and 
offer his burnt offering, and the burnt 
offering of the pebple, and make an 
atonement for himself, and for the 
people. 

25 And the fat of the sin offering 
shall he burn upon the altar. 

26 And he that let go the goat for 
the scapegoat shall wash his clothes, 
and bathe his flesh in water, and 
afterward come into the camp. 

2 7 And the bullock for the sin of- 
fering, and the goat for the sin offer- 



ing, whose blood was brought in to 
make atonement in the holy place, 
shall one carry forth without the 
camp ; and they shall burn in the 
fire their skins, and their flesh, and 
their dung. 

28 And he that burneth them shall 
wash his clothes, and bathe his flesh 
in water, and afterward he shall come 
into the camp. 

29 If And this shall be a statute for 
ever unto you : that in the seventh 
month, on the tenth day of the month, 
ye shall afflict your souls, and do no 
work at all, whether it be one of your 
own country, or a stranger that so- 
journeth among you : 

30 For on that day shall the priest 
make an atonement for you, to cleanse 
you, that ye may be clean from all 
your sins before the Lord. 

31 It shall be a sabbath of rest unto 
you, and ye shall afflict your souls, 
by a statute for ever. 

32 And the priest, whom he shall 
anoint, and whom he shall consecrate 
to minister in the priest's office in his 
father's stead, shall make the atone- 
ment, and shall put on the linen 
clothes, even the holy garments: 

33 And he shall make an atone- 
ment for the holy sanctuary, and he 
shall make an atonement for the 
tabernacle of the congregation, and 
for the altar : and he shall make an 
atonement for the priests, and for all 
the people of the congregation. 

34 And this shall be an everlasting 
statute unto you, to make an atone- 
ment for the children of Israel for 
all their sins once a year. And he 
did as the Lord commanded Moses. 

CHAPTEE XVII. 

1 The blood of all slain beasts must be offered to the 
Lord at the door of the tabernacle. 7 They must not 
offer to devils. 10 All eating of blood is forbidden, 15 
and all that dieth alone, or is torn. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 
2 Speak unto Aaron, and unto his 
sons, and unto all the children of 
Israel, and say unto them; Tin's is 
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Eating of blood forbidden. LEVITICUS. 



Unlawful marriages. 



the thing which the Lord hath com- 
manded, saying, 

3 What man soever there be of the 
house of Israel, that killeth an ox, or 
lamb, or goat, in the camp, or that 
killeth it out of the camp, 

4 And bringeth it not unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, to offer an offering unto the 
Lord before the tabernacle of the 
Lord ; blood shall be imputed unto 
that man ; he hath shed blood ; and 
that man shall be cut off from 
among his people : 

5 To the end that the children of 
Israel may bring their sacrifices, 
which they offer in the open field, 
even that they may bring them unto 
the Lord, unto the door of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation, unto the 
priest, and offer them for peace offer- 
ings unto the Lord. 

6 And the priest shall sprinkle the 
blood upon the altar of the Lord at 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and burn the fat for 
a sweet savour unto the Lord. 

7 And they shall no more offer their 
sacrifices unto devils, after whom 
they have gone a whoring. This 
shall be a statute for ever unto them 
throughout their generations. 

8 If And thou shalt say unto them, 
Whatsoever man there be of the house 
of Israel, or of the strangers which 
sojourn among you, that offereth a 
burnt offering or sacrifice, 

9 And bringeth it not unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, to offer it unto the Lord ; 
even that man shall be cut off from 
among his people. 

10 If And whatsoever man there 
be of the house of Israel, or of the 
sir; moors that sojourn among you, 
that eateth any manner of blood; 
I will even set my face against that 
soul that eateth blood, and will cut 
hi m off from among his people. 

11 For the life of the flesh is in the 
blood : and I have given it to you 
upon 1 he altar to make an atonement 

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for your souls : for it is the blood that 
maketh an atonement for the soul. 

12 Therefore I said unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, No soul of you shall 
eat blood, neither shall any stranger 
that sojourneth among you eat blood. 

13 And whatsoever man there be 
of the children of Israel, or of the 
strangers that sojourn among you, 
which hunteth and catcheth any 
beast or fowl that may be eaten ; he 
shall even pour out the blood there- 
of, and cover it with dust. 

14 For it is the life of all flesh; 
the blood of it is for the life thereof: 
therefore I said unto the children of 
Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no 
manner of flesh ; for the life of all 
flesh is the blood thereof: whosoever 
eateth it shall be cut off. 

15 And every soul that eateth that 
which died of itself or that which was 
torn with beasts, whether it be one of 
your own country, or a stranger, he 
shall both wash his clothes, and bathe 
himself 'in water, and be unclean until 
the even : then shall he be clean. 

16 But if he wash them not, nor 
bathe his flesh ; then he shall bear 
his iniquity. 

CHAPTER XVIII, 

1 Unlawful marriages. 1 9 Unlawful lusts. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, I am the Lord 
your God. 

3 After the doings of the land of 
Egypt, wherein ye dwelt, shall ye not 
do : and after the doings of the land 
of Canaan, whither I bring you, shall 
ye not do : neither shall ye walk in 
their ordinances. 

4 Ye shall do my judgments, and 
keep mine ordinances, to walk there- 
in : I am the Lord your God. 

5 Ye shall therefore keep my stat- 
utes, and my judgments : which if 
a man do, he shall live in them: I 
am the Lord. 

6 If None of you shall approach to 



Unlawful marriages. 



LEVITICUS. 



Unlawful lusts. 



any that is near of kin to him, to un- 
cover their nakedness : I am the Lord. 

7 The nakedness of thy father, or 
the nakedness of thy mother, shalt 
thou not uncover : she is thy mother ; 
thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. 

8 The nakedness of thy father's 
wife shalt thou not uncover : it is thy 
father's nakedness. 

9 The nakedness of thy sister, the 
daughter of thy father, or daughter 
of thy mother, whether she be horn at 
home, or horn ahroad, even their na- 
kedness thou shalt not uncover. 

10 The nakedness of thy son's 
daughter, or of thy daughter's daugh- 
ter, even their nakedness thou shalt 
not uncover : for theirs is thine own 
nakedness. 

11 The nakedness of thy father's 
wife's daughter, begotten of thy fa- 
ther, she is thy sister, thou shalt not 
uncover her nakedness. 

12 Thou shalt not uncover the na- 
kedness of thy father's sister : she is 
thy father's near kinswoman. 

13 Thou shalt not uncover the na- 
kedness of thy mother's sister : for 
she is thy mother's near kinswoman. 

14 Thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of thy father's brother, 
thou shalt not approach to his wife : 
she is thine aunt. 

15 Thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of thy daughter in law: 
she is thy son's wife; thou shalt not 
uncover her nakedness. 

16 Thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of thy brother's wife : it is 
thy brother's nakedness. 

17 Thou shalt not uncover the na- 
kedness of a woman and her daugh- 
ter, neither shalt thou take her son's 
daughter, or her daughter's daughter, 
to uncover her nakedness ; for they are 
her near kinswomen : it is wickedness. 

18 Neither shalt thou take a wife 
to her sister, to vex her, to uncover 
her nakedness, besides the other in 
her life time. 

19 Also thou shalt not approach 
unto a woman to uncover her naked- 

10 



ness, as long as she is put apart for 
her uncleanness. 

20 Moreover thou shalt not lie car- 
nally with thy neighbour's wife, to 
defile thyself with her. 

21 And thou shalt not let any of 
thy seed pass through the fire to 
Molech, neither shalt thou profane 
the name of thy God: I am the Lord. 

22 Thou shalt not lie with mankind, 
as with womankind : it is abomination. 

23 Neither shalt thou lie with any 
beast to defile thyself therewith : nei- 
ther shall any woman stand before a 
beast to lie down thereto: it is con- 
fusion. 

24 Defile not ye yourselves in any 
of these things : for in all these the 
nations are defiled which I cast out 
before you : 

25 And the land is defiled : there- 
fore I do visit the iniquity thereof 
upon it, and the land itself vomiteth 
out her inhabitants. 

26 Ye shall therefore keep my stat- 
utes and my judgments, and shall 
not commit any of these abomina- 
tions; neither any of your own na- 
tion, nor any stranger that sojourn- 
eth among you : 

27 (For all these abominations have 
the men of the land done, which were 
before you, and the land is defiled ;) 

28 That the land spew not you out 
also, when ye defile it, as it spewed out 
the nations that were before you. 

29 For whosoever shall commit any 
of these abominations, even the souls 
that commit them shall be cut off from 
among their people. 

30 Therefore shall ye keep mine or- 
dinance, that ye commit not any one 
of these abominable customs, which 
were committed before you, and that 
ye defile not yourselves therein : I 
am the Lord your God. 



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CHAPTER XIX. 

A repetition of sundry laws. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, 

saying, 

2 Speak unto all the congregation 
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LEVITICUS. 



A repetition of 

of the children of Israel, and say un- 
to them, Ye shall be holy : for I the 
Lord your God am holy. 

3 If Ye shall fear every man his 
mother, and his father, and keep my 
sabbaths : I am the Lord your God. 

4 1f Turn ye not unto idols, nor 
make to yourselves molten gods : I 
am the Lord your God. 

5 IT And if ye offer a sacrifice of 
peace offerings unto the Lord, ye 
shall offer it at your own will. 

6 It shall be eaten the same day ye 
offer it, and on the morrow : and if 
aught remain until the third day, it 
shall be burnt in the fire. 

7 And if it be eaten at all on the 
third day, it is abominable ; it shall 
not be accepted. 

8 Therefore every one that eateth it 
shall bear his iniquity, because he 
hath profaned the hallowed thing of 
the Lord ; and that soul shall be cut 
off from among his people. 

9 If And when ye reap the harvest 
of your land, thou shalt not wholly 
reap the corners of thy field, neither 
shalt thou gather the gleanings of 
thy harvest. 

10 And thou shalt not glean thy 
vineyard, neither shalt thou gather 
every grape of thv vineyard ; thou 
shalt leave them for the poor and 
stranger : I am the Lord your God. 

1 1 If Ye shall not steal, neither deal 
falsely, neither lie one to another. 

12 Tf And ye shall not swear by my 
name falsely, neither shalt thou pro- 
fane the name of thy God : I am the 
Lord. 

13 IT Thou shalt not defraud 
thy neighbour, neither rob him: the 
wages of him that is hired shall not 
abide with thee all night until the 
morning. 

14 If Thou shalt not curse the deaf, 
nor put a stumblingblock before the 
blind, but shalt fear thy God: I am 
the Lord. 

J If Ye shall do no unrighteous- 
ness in judgment ; thou shalt not re- 
spect tlie person of the poor, nor 
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sundry laws. 



honour the person of the mighty: 
but in righteousness shalt thou judge 
thy neighbour. 

16 ^f Thou shalt not go up and 
down as a talebearer among thy peo- 
ple ; neither shalt thou stand against 
the blood of thy neighbour : I am the 
Lord. 

1 7 If Thou shalt not hate thy broth- 
er in thine heart : thou shalt in any 
wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not 
suffer sin upon him. 

18 If Thou shalt not avenge, nor 
bear any grudge against the children 
of thy people, but thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself: I am the 
Lord. 

19 If Ye shall keep my statutes. 
Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender 
with a diverse kind : thou shalt not 
sow thy field with mingled seed : 
neither shall a garment mingled of 
linen and woollen come upon thee. 

20 If And whosoever lieth carnally 
with a woman, that is a bondmaid, 
betrothed to a husband, and not 
at all redeemed, nor freedom given 
her ; she shall be scourged : they 
shall not be put to death, because 
she was not free. 

21 And he shall bring his trespass 
offering unto the Lord, unto the door 
of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
even a ram for a trespass offering. 

22 And the priest shall make an 
atoneinent for him with the ram of 
the trespass offering before the Lord 
for his sin which he hath done ; and 
the sin which he hath done shall 
be forgiven him. 

23 If And when ye shall come into 
the land, and shall have planted all 
manner of trees for food, then ye 
shall count the fruit thereof as un- 
circumcised: three years shall it be 
as uncircumcised unto you : it shall 
not be eaten of. 

24 But in the fourth year all the 
fruit thereof shall be holy to praise 
the Lord withal. 

25 And in the fifth year shall ye eat 
of the fruit thereof, that it may yield 



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LEVITICUS. 



and ordinances. 



unto you the increase thereof: I am 
the Lord your God. 

26 % Ye shall not eat any thing 
with the blood : neither shall ye use 
enchantment, nor observe times. 

27 Ye shall not round the corners 
of your heads, neither shalt thou mar 
the corners of thy beard. 

28 Ye shall not make any cuttings 
in your flesh for the dead, nor print 
any marks upon you : I am the Lord. 

29 If Do not prostitute thy daugh- 
ter, to cause her to be a whore ; lest 
the land fall to whoredom, and the 
land become full of wickedness. 

30 Tf Ye shall keep my sabbaths, 
and reverence my sanctuary : I am 
the Lord. 

31 If Regard not them that have 
familiar spirits, neither seek after 
wizards, to be defiled by them: I am 
the Lord your God. 

32 IT Thou shalt rise up before the 
hoary head, and honour the face of 
the old man, and fear thy God : I 
am the Lord. 

33 If And if a stranger sojourn with 
thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. 

34 But the stranger that dwelleth 
with you shall be unto you as one 
born among you, and thou shalt love 
him as thyself; for ye were strangers 
in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord 
your God. 

35 IT Ye shall do no unrighteous- 
ness in judgment, in meteyard, in 
weight, or in measure. 

36 Just balances, just weights, a 
just ephah, and a just hin, shall ye 
have : I am the Lord your God, which 
brought you out of the land of Egypt. 

37 Therefore shall ye observe all 
my statutes, and all my judgments, 
and do them : I am the Lord. 

CHAPTEK XX. 

1 Of him that giveth of his seed to Molech. 4 Of him 
that favour eth such a one. 6 Of going to wizards. 7 
Of sanctification. 9 Of him that curseth his parents. 
10 Of adultery. 11, 14, 17, 19 Of incest. 13 Of 
sodomy. 15 Of bestiality. 18 Of uncleanness. 22 
Obedience is required with holiness. 27 Wizards must 
be put to death. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
- saying, 



2 Again, thou shalt say to the chil- 
dren of Israel, Whosoever he be of the 
children of Israel, or of the strangers 
that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any 
of his seed unto Molech ; he shall 
surely be put to death : the people of 
the land shall stone him with stones. 

3 And I will set my face against 
that man, and will cut him off from 
among his people ; because he hath 
given of his seed unto Molech, to 
defile my sanctuary, and to profane 
my holy name. 

4 And if the people of the land do 
any ways hide their eyes from the 
man, when he giveth of his seed un- 
to Molech, and kill him not ; 

5 Then I will set my face against 
that man, and against his family, 
and will cut him off, and all that go 
a whoring after him, to commit 
whoredom with Molech, from among 
their people. 

6 % And the soul that turneth 
after such as have familiar spirits, 
and after wizards, to go a whoring 
after them, I will even set my face 
against that soul, and will cut him 
off from among his people. 

7 If Sanctify yourselves therefore, 
and be ye holy : for I am the Lord 
your God. 

8 And ye shall keep my statutes, 
and do them : I am the Lord which 
sanctify you. 

9 % For every one that curseth his 
father or his mother shall be surely 
put to death : he hath cursed his fa- 
ther or his mother ; his blood shall 
be upon him. 

1 TT And the man that committeth 
adultery withanother man's wife,eve?i 
he that committeth adultery with his 
neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the 
adulteress shall surely be put to death. 

11 And the man that lieth with his 
father's wife hath uncovered his fa- 
ther's nakedness : both of them shall 
surely be put to death ; their blood 
shall be upon them. 

12 And if a man lie with his daugh- 
ter in law, both of them shall surely be 

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and ordinances. 



put to death : they have wrought con- 
fusion ; their blood shall be upon them. 

13 If a man also lie with mankind, 
as he lieth with a woman, both of 
them have committed an abomina- 
tion : they shall surely be put to 
death ; their blood shall be upon them. 

14 And if a man take a wife and 
her mother, it is wickedness: they 
shall be burnt with fire, both he and 
they; that there be no wickedness 
among you. 

15 And if a man lie with a beast, 
he shall surely be put to death; and 
ye shall slay the beast. 

16 And if a woman approach unto 
any beast, and lie down thereto, thou 
shalt kill the woman, and the beast : 
they shall surely be put to death; 
their blood shall be upon them. 

17 And if a man shall take his 
sister, his father's daughter, or his 
mother's daughter, and see her na- 
kedness, and she see his nakedness ; 
it is a wicked thing ; and they shall be 
cut off in the sight of their people : 
he hath uncovered his sister's naked- 
ness ; he shall bear his iniquity. 

18 And if a man shall lie with a 
woman having her sickness, and shall 
uncover her nakedness ; he hath dis- 
covered her fountain, and she hath 
uncovered the fountain of her blood : 
and both of them shall be cut off from 
among their people. 

19 And thou shalt not uncover the 
nakedness of thy mother's sister, nor 
of thy father's sister ; for he uncov- 
ereth his near kin: they shall bear 
their iniquity. 

20 And if a man shall lie with his 
uncle's wife, he hath uncovered his 
uncle's nakedness: they shall bear 
their sin ; they shall die childless. 

21 And if a man shall take his bro- 
ther's wife, it is an unclean thing : 
be hath uncovered his brother's na- 
kedness ; they shall be childless. 

22 If Ye shall therefore keep all my 
Statutes, and nil myjudgments,anddo 
them : that the land, whither I bring 
you to dwell therein, spew you not out. 

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23 And ye shall not walk in the 
manners of the nation, which I cast 
out before you : for they committed 
all these things, and therefore I ab- 
horred them. 

24 But I have said unto you, Ye 
shall inherit their land, and I will 
give it unto you to possess it, a land 
that floweth with milk and honey : I 
am the Lord your God, which have 
separated you from other people. 

25 Ye shall therefore put difference 
between clean beasts and unclean, 
and between unclean fowls and clean : 
and ye shall not make your souls 
abominable by beast, or by fowl, or 
by any manner of living thing that 
creepeth on the ground, which I have 
separated from you as unclean. 

26 And ye shall be holy unto me: 
for I the Lord am holy, and have 
severed you from other people, that 
ye should be mine. 

27 *[f A man also or woman that 
hath a familiar spirit, or that is a 
wizard, shall surely be put to death : 
they shall stone them with stones; 
their blood shall be upon them. 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 Of the priests' mourning. 6 Of their holiness. 8 Of 
their estimation. 7, 13 Of their marriages. 17 The 
priests that have blemishes must not minister in the 
sanctuary. 

AND the Lord said unto Moses, 
. Speak unto the priests the sons 
of Aaron, and say unto them, There 
shall none be defiled for the dead 
among his people: 

2 But for his kin, that is near unto 
him, that is, for his mother, and for 
his father, and for his son, and for 
his daughter, and for his brother, 

3 And for his sister a virgin, that is 
nigh unto him, which hath had no 
husband ; for her may he be defiled. 

4 But he shall not defile himself, 
being a chief man among his people, 
to profane himself. 

5 They shall not make baldness 
upon their head, neither shall they 
shave off the corner of their beard, 
nor make any cuttings in their flesh. 

6 They shall be holy unto their 



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LEVITICUS. 



and ordinances. 



God, and not profane the name of 
their God : for the offerings of the 
Lord made hy fire, and the bread of 
their God, they do offer: therefore 
they shall be holy. 

7 They shall not take a wife that 
is a whore, or profane ; neither shall 
they take a woman put away from 
her husband : for he is holy unto his 
God. 

8 Thou shalt sanctify him there- 
fore ; for he offereth the bread of thy 
God : he shall be holy unto thee : for 
I the Lord, which sanctify you, am 
holy. 

9 1f And the daughter of any priest, 
if she profane herself by playing the 
whore, she profaneth her father : she 
shall be burnt with fire. 

10 And he that is the high priest 
among his brethren, upon whose head 
the anointing oil was poured, and that 
is consecrated to put on the garments, 
shall not uncover his head, nor rend 
his clothes ; 

11 Neither shall he go in to any 
dead body, nor defile himself for his 
father, or for his mother ; 

12 Neither shall he go out of the 
sanctuary, nor profane the sanctuary 
of his God ; for the crown of the 
anointing oil of his God is upon him : 
I am the Lord. 

13 And he shall take a wife in 
her virginity. 

14 A widow, or a divorced woman, 
or profane, or a harlot, these shall he 
not take : but he shall take a virgin 
of his own people to wife. 

15 Neither shall he profane his seed 
among his people : for I the Lord do 
sanctify him. 

16 TT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Who- 
soever he be of thy seed in their gener- 
ations that hath any blemish, let him 
not approach to offer the bread of his 
God. 

18 For whatsoever man he be that 
hath a blemish, he shall not ap- 
proach : a blind man, or a lame, or 



he that hath a flat nose, or any thing 
superfluous, 

19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, 
or brokenhanded, 

2 Or crookbacked, or a dwarf, or that 
hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, 
or scabbed, or hath his stones broken ; 
21 No man that hath a blemish of 
the seed of Aaron the priest shall 
come nigh to offer the offerings of the 
Lord made by fire : he hath a blem- 
ish ; he shall not come nigh to offer 
the bread of his God. 

22 He shall eat the bread of his God, 
both of the most holy, and of the holy. 

23 Only he shall not go in unto the 
vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, 
because he hath a blemish ; that he 
profane not my sanctuaries : for I the 
Lord do sanctify them. 

24 And Moses told it unto Aaron, 
and to his sons, and unto all the 
children of Israel. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

1 The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from, the 
holy things. 6 How they shall be cleansed. 10 Who 
of the priest's house may eat of the holy things. 17 
The sacrifices must be without blemish. 26 The age of 
the sacrifice. 29 The law of eating the sacrifice of 
thanksgiving. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
_ saying, 

2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, 
that they separate themselves from 
the holy things of the children of Is- 
rael, and that they profane not my 
holy name in those things which they 
hallow unto me : I am the Lord. 

3 Say unto them, Whosoever he 
be of all your seed among your gener- 
ations, that goeth unto the holy things, 
which the children of Israel hallow 
unto the Lord, having his unclean- 
ness upon him, that soul shall be cut 
off from my presence : I am the Lord. 

4 What man soever of the seed of 
Aaron is a leper, or hath a running 
issue ; he shall not eat of the holy 
things, until he be clean. And who- 
so toucheth any thing that is unclean 
by the dead, or a man whose seed 
goeth from him ; 

5 Or whosoever toucheth any creep- 

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and ordinances. 



ing thing-, whereby he may be made 
unclean, or a man of whom he may 
take uncleanness, whatsoever unclean- 
ness he hath ; 

6 The soul which hath touched 
any such shall be unclean until even, 
and shall not eat of the holy things, 
unless he wash his flesh with water. 

7 And when the sun is down, he 
shall be clean, and shall afterward 
eat of the holy things ; because it is 
his food. 

8 That which dieth of itself, or is torn 
with beasts, he shall not eat to defile 
himself therewith : I am the Lord. 

9 They shall therefore keep mine 
ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, 
and die therefore, if they profane it : 
[ the Lord do sanctify them. 

10 There shall no stranger eat of 
the holy thing: a sojourner of the 
priest, or a hired servant, shall not 
eat of the holy thing. 

11 But if the priest buy any soul 
with his money, he shall eat of it, 
and he that is born in his house: 
they shall eat of his meat. 

12 If the priest's daughter also be 
married unto a stranger, she may not 
eat of an offering of the holy things. 

13 But if the priest's daughter be 
a widow, or divorced, and have no 
child, and is returned unto her fa- 
ther's house, as in her youth, she shall 
eat of her father's meat: but there 
shall no stranger eat thereof. 

14 IT And if a man eat of the holy 
thing unwittingly, then he shall put 
the fifth part thereof unto it, and 
shall give it unto the priest with the 
holy thing. 

15 And they shall not profane the 
holy things of the children of Israel, 
which they offer unto the Lord ; 

16 Or suffer them to bear the ini- 
quity of trespass, when they eat their 
holy things: for I the Lord do sanc- 
tify them. 

17 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

18 Speak unto Aaron, and to his 
sons, and unto all the children of Is- 

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rael, and say unto them, Whatsoever 
he be of the house of Israel, or of the 
strangers in Israel, that will offer his 
oblation for all his vows, and for all his 
freewill offerings, which they will of- 
fer unto the Lord for a burnt offering ; 

19 Ye shall offer at your own will 
a male without blemish, of the beeves, 
of the sheep, or of the goats. 

20 But whatsoever hath a blemish, 
that shall ye not offer: for it shall 
not be acceptable for you. 

21 And whosoever offereth a sacri- 
fice of peace offerings unto the Lord 
to accomplish his vow, or a freewill 
offering in beeves or sheep, it shall be 
perfect to be accepted ; there shall be 
no blemish therein. 

22 Blind, or broken, or maimed, or 
having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed, 
ye shall not offer these unto the Lord, 
nor make an offering by fire of them 
upon the altar unto the Lord. 

23 Either a bullock or a lamb that 
hath any thing superfluous or lacking 
in his parts, that mayest thou offer 
for a freewill offering ; but for a vow 
it shall not be accepted. 

24 Ye shall not offer unto the Lord 
that which is bruised, or crushed, or 
broken, or cut ; neither shall ye make 
any offering thereof in your land. 

25 Neither from a stranger's hand 
shall ye offer the bread of your God 
of any of these ; because their corrup- 
tion is in them, and blemishes be in 
them : they shall not be accepted for 
you. 

26 TT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

27 When a bullock, or a sheep, or 
a goat, is brought forth, then it shall 
be seven days under the dam ; and 
from the eighth day and thenceforth 
it shall be accepted for an offering 
made by fire unto the Lord. 

28 And whether it be cow or ewe, 
ye shall not kill it and her young 
both in one day. 

29 And when ye will offer a sacri- 
fice of thanksgiving unto the Lord, 
offer it at your own will. 



The feasts of the Lord. LEVITICUS. 



The feast of Pentecost. 



30 On the same day it shall be 
eaten up ; ye shall leave none of it 
until the morrow : I am the Lord. 

31 Therefore shall ye keep my 
commandments, and do them: I am 
the Lord. 

32 Neither 'shall ye profane my 
holy name ; but I will be hallowed 
among the children of Israel: I am 
the Lord which hallow you, 

33 That brought you out of the 
land of Egypt, to be your God : I am 
the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 The feasts of the Lord. 3 The sabbath. 4 The pass- 
over. 9 The sheaf of firstfruits. 15 The feast of Pen- 
tecost. 22 Gleanings to be left for the poor. 23 The 
feast of trumpets. 26 The day of atonement. 33 The 
feast of tabernacles. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, Concerning the 
feasts of the Lord, which ye shall 
proclaim to be holy convocations, 
even these are my feasts. 

3 Six days shall work be done : 
but the seventh day is the sabbath 
of rest, a holy convocation ; ye shall 
do no work therein : it is the sabbath 
of the Lord in all your dwellings. 

4 IT These are the feasts of the 
Lord, even holy convocations, which 
ye shall proclaim in their seasons. 

5 In the fourteenth day of the first 
month at even is the Lord's passover. 

6 And on the fifteenth day of the 
same month is the feast of unleaven- 
ed bread unto the Lord : seven days 
ye must eat unleavened bread. 

7 In the first day ye shall have a 
holy convocation : ye shall do no ser- 
vile work therein. 

8 But ye shall offer an offering 
made by fire unto the Lord seven 
days : in the seventh day is a holy 
convocation : ye shall do rio servile 
work therein. 

9 H" And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

10 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, and say unto them, When ye 
be come into the land which I give 



unto you, and shall reap the harvest 
thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf 
of the firstfruits of your harvest unto 
the priest: 

11 And he shall wave the sheaf 
before the Lord, to be accepted for 
you: on the morrow after the sab- 
bath the priest shall wave it. 

12 And ye shall offer that day 
when ye wave the sheaf a he lamb 
without blemish of the first year for 
a burnt offering unto the Lord. 

13 And the meat offering thereof 
shall be two tenth deals of fine flour 
mingled with oil, an offering made by 
fire unto the Lord for a sweet savour : 
and the drink offering thereof shall be 
of wine, the fourth part of a hin. 

14 And ye shall eat neither bread, 
nor parched corn, nor green ears, 
until the selfsame day that ye have 
brought an offering unto your God : 
it shall be a statute for ever through- 
out your generations in all your 
dwellings. 

15 If And ye shall count unto you 
from the morrow after the sabbath, 
from the day that ye brought the 
sheaf of the wave offering; seven 
sabbaths shall be complete : 

16 Even unto the morrow after the 
seventh sabbath shall ye number 
fifty days ; and ye shall offer a new 
meat offering unto the Lord. 

1 7 Ye shall bring out of your habi- 
tations two wave loaves of two tenth 
deals : they shall be of fine flour ; 
they shall be baken with leaven ; they 
are the firstfruits unto the Lord. 

18 And ye shall offer with the bread 
seven lambs without blemish of the 
first year, and one young bullock, and 
two rams : they shall be for a burnt 
offering unto the Lord, with their 
meat offering, and their drink offer- 
ings, even an offering made by fire, 
of sweet savour unto the Lord. 

19 Then ye shall sacrifice one kid 
of the goats for a sin offering, and 
two lambs of the first year for a 
sacrifice of peace offerings. 

20 And the priest shall wave them 

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LEVITICUS. The feast of tabernacles. 



with the "bread of the firstfruits for 
a wave offering before the Lord, 
with the two lambs: they shall be 
holy to the Lord for the priest. 

21 And ye shall proclaim on the 
selfsame day, that it may be a holy 
convocation unto you : ye shall do no 
servile work therein : it shall be a 
statute for ever in all your dwellings 
throughout your generations. 

22 ^T And when ye reap the harvest 
of your land, thou shalt not make 
clean riddance of the corners of thy 
field when thou reapest, neither shalt 
thou gather any gleaning of thy har- 
vest : thou shalt leave them unto the 
poor, and to the stranger: I am the 
Lord your God. 

23 1T And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

24 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, saying, In the seventh month, 
in the first day of the month, shall ye 
have a sabbath, a memorial of blowing 
of trumpets, a holy convocation. 

25 Ye shall do no servile work 
therein: but ye shall offer an offer- 
ing made by fire unto the Lord. 

26 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

27 Also on the tenth day of this 
seventh month there shall be a day of 
atonement : it shall be a holy con- 
vocation unto you ; and ye shall af- 
flict your souls, and offer an offering 
made by fire unto the Lord. 

28 And ye shall do no work in 
that same day : for it is a day of 
atonement, to make an atonement 
for you before the Lord your God. 

29 For whatsoever soul it be that 
shall not be afflicted in that same 
day, he shall be cut off from among 
his people. 

30 And whatsoever soul it be that 
doeth any work in that same day, 
the same soul will I destroy from 
among his people. 

3 L Ye shall do no manner of work : 
it shall be a statute for ever through- 
out your generations in all your 
dwellings. 

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32 It shall be unto you a sabbath 
of rest, and ye shall afflict your 
souls : in the ninth day of the month 
at even, from even unto even, shall 
ye celebrate your sabbath. 

33 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

34 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, saying, The fifteenth day of this 
seventh month shall be the feast of 
tabernacles for seven days unto the 
Lord. 

35 On the first day shall be a 
holy convocation : ye shall do no 
servile work therein. 

36 Seven days ye shall offer an of- 
fering made by fire unto the Lord; 
on the eighth day shall be a holy 
convocation unto you, and ye shall 
offer an offering made by fire unto the 
Lord : it is a solemn assembly ; and 
ye shall do no servile work therein. 

37 These are the feasts of the Lord, 
which ye shall proclaim to be holy 
convocations, to offer an offering 
made by fire unto the Lord, a burnt 
offering, and a meat offering, a sacri- 
fice, and drink offerings, every thing 
upon his day : 

38 Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, 
and beside your gifts, and beside all 
your vows, and beside all your freewill 
offerings, which ye give unto the Lord. 

39 Also in the fifteenth day of the 
seventh month, when ye have gath- 
ered in the fruit of the land, ye 
shall keep a feast unto the Lord 
seven days : on the first day shall be 
a sabbath, and on the eighth day 
shall be a sabbath. 

40 And ye shall take you on the 
first day the boughs of goodly trees, 
branches of palm trees, and the 
boughs of thick trees, and willows of 
the brook; and ye shall rejoice be- 
fore the Lord your God seven days. 

41 And ye shall keep it a feast 
unto the Lord seven days in the 
year : it shall be a statute for ever in 
your generations ; ye shall celebrate 
it in the seventh month. 

42 Ye shall dwell in booths seven 



The shewbread. 



LEVITICUS. 



The blasphemer stoned. 



days ; all that are Israelites born 
shall dwell in booths : 

43 That your generations may know 
that I made the children of Israel to 
dwell in booths, when I brought them 
out of the land of Egypt : I am the 
Lord your God. 

44 And Moses declared unto the 
children of Israel the feasts of the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER XXIY. 

1 Tfie oil for the lamps. 5 The shewbread. 10 Shelo- 
mith's son blasphemeth. 13 The law of blasphemy. 
17 Of murder. 18 Of damage. 23 The blasphemer 
is stoned. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
- saying, 

2 Command the children of Israel, 
that they bring unto thee pure oil 
olive beaten for the light, to cause 
the lamps to burn continually. 

3 Without the vail of the testimony, 
in the tabernacle of the congregation, 
shall Aaron order it from the evening 
unto the morning before the Lord 
continually: it shall be a statute for 
ever in your generations. 

4 He shall order the lamps upon 
the pure candlestick before the Lord 
continually. 

5 IT And thou shalt take fine flour, 
and bake twelve cakes thereof: two 
tenth deals shall be in one cake. 

6 And thou shalt set them in two 
rows, six on a row, upon the pure 
table before the Lord. 

7 And thou shalt put pure frankin- 
cense upon each row, that it may be 
on the bread for a memorial, even an 
offering made by fire unto the Lord. 

8 Every sabbath he shall set it 
in order before the Lord continually, 
being taken from the children of Is- 
rael by an everlasting covenant. 

9 And it shall be Aaron's and his 
sons' ; and they shall eat it in the 
holy place : for it is most holy unto 
him of the offerings of the Lord 
made by fire by a perpetual statute. 

10 ^T And the son of an Israelitish 
woman, whose father was an Egyp- 
tian, went out among the children of 
Israel : and this son of the Israelitish 



woman and a man of Israel strove 
together in the camp ; 

11 And the Israelitish woman's son 
blasphemed the name of the Lord, 
and cursed. And they brought him 
unto Moses: (and his mother's name 
was Shelomith, the daughter of Dib- 
ri, of the tribe of Dan :) 

12 And they put him in ward, that 
the mind of the Lord might be shewed 
them. 

13 And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses, saying, 

14 Bring forth him that hath cursed 
without the camp ; and let all that 
heard him lay their hands upon his 
head, and let all the congregation 
stone him. 

15 And thou shalt speak unto the 
children of Israel, saying, Whosoever 
curseth his God shall bear his sin. 

16 And he that blasphemeth the 
name of the Lord, he shall surely be 
put to death, and all the congregation 
shall certainly stone him : as well 
the stranger, as he that is born in the 
land, when he blasphemeth the name 
of the Lord, shall be put to death. 

17 IT And he that killeth any man 
shall surely be put to death. 

18 And he that killeth a beast shall 
make it good ; beast for beast. 

19 And if a man cause a blemish 
in his neighbour; as he hath done, 
so shall it be done to him ; 

20 Breach for breach, eye for eye, 
tooth for tooth : as he hath caused a 
blemish in a man, so shall it be done 
to him again. 

2 1 And he that killeth a beast, he 
shall restore it : and he that killeth a 
man, he shall be put to death. 

22 Ye shall have one manner of 
law, as well for the stranger, as for 
one of your own country : for I am 
the Lord your God. 

23 If And Moses spake to the chil- 
dren of Israel, that they should bring 
forth him that had cursed out of the 
camp, and stone him with stones: 
and the children of Israel did as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

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The year of jubilee. 



LEVITICUS. 



The redemption of 



CHAPTER XXY. 

1 The sabbath of the seventh year. 8 The jubilee in the 
fiftieth year. 14 Of oppression. 18 A blessing of 
obedience. 23 The redemption of land. 29 Of houses. 
35 Compassion of the poor. 39 The usage of bond- 
men. 47 Hie redemption of servants. 

\ ND the Lord spake unto Moses 
Xjl in mount Sinai, saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, When ye come 
into the land which I give you, then 
shall the land keep a sahhath unto 
the Lord. 

3 Six years thou shalt sow thy 
field, and six years thou shalt prune 
thy vineyard, and gather in the fruit 
thereof; 

4 But in the seventh year shall he 
a sahhath of rest unto the land, a 
sabbath for the Lord : thou shalt 
neither sow thy field, nor prune thy 
vineyard. 

5 That which groweth of its own 
accord of thy harvest thou shalt not 
reap, neither gather the grapes of 
thy vine undressed : for it is a year 
of rest unto the land. 

6 And the sahhath of the land shall 
be meat for you; for thee, and for 
thy servant, and for thy maid, and 
for thy hired servant, and for thy 
stranger that sojourneth with thee, 

7 And for thy cattle, and for the 
beast that are in thy land, shall all 
the increase thereof he meat. 

8 11" And thou shalt number seven 
sabbaths of years unto thee, seven 
times seven years ; and the space of 
the seven sabbaths of years shall be 
unto thee forty and nine years. 

9 Then shalt thou cause the trum- 
pet of the jubilee to sound on the 
tenth day of the seventh month, in 
the day of atonement shall ye make 
the trumpet sound throughout all 
your land. 

10 And ye shall hallow the fiftieth 
year, and proclaim liberty through- 
out all the land unto all the inhabi- 
ts i 1 1 1 a 1 1 1 ereof : it shall be a j ubilee unto 
you ; and ye shall return every man 
unto his possession, and ye shall re- 
turn every man unto his family. 

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11 A jubilee shall that fiftieth year 
be unto you : ye shall not sow, nei- 
ther reap that which groweth of it- 
self in it, nor gather the grapes in it 
of thy vine undressed. 

12 For it is the jubilee ; it shall be 
holy unto you : ye shall eat the in- 
crease thereof out of the field. 

13 In the year of this jubilee ye 
shall return every man unto his pos- 
session. 

14 And if thou sell aught unto thy 
neighbour, or buyest aught of thy 
neighbour's hand, ye shall not oppress 
one another: 

15 According to the number of 
years after the jubilee thou shalt buy 
of thy neighbour, and according un- 
to the number of years of the fruits 
he shall sell unto thee : 

16 According to the multitude of 
years thou shalt increase the price 
thereof, and according to the fewness 
of years thou shalt diminish the price 
of it : for according to the number of 
the years of the fruits doth he sell 
unto thee. 

17 Ye shall not therefore oppress 
one another ; but thou shalt fear thy 
God : for I am the Lord your God. 

18 IT Wherefore ye shall do my 
statutes, and keep my judgments, 
and do them ; and ye shall dwell in 
the land in safety. 

19 And the land shall yield her 
fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and 
dwell therein in safety. 

20 And if ye shall say, What shall 
we eat the seventh year ? behold, we 
shall not sow, nor gather in our in- 
crease : 

21 Then I will command my bless- 
ing upon you in the sixth year, and it 
shall bring forth fruit for three years. 

22 And ye shall sow the eighth 
year, and eat yet of old fruit until 
the ninth year ; until her fruits come 
in ye shall eat of the old store. 

23 If The land shall not be sold for 
ever : for the land is mine ; for ye are 
strangers and sojourners with me. 

24 And in all the land of your pos- 



land and houses. 



LEVITICUS. 



The usage of bondmen. 



session ye shall grant a redemption 
for the land. 

25 IT If thy brother he waxen poor, 
and hath sold away some of his pos- 
session, and if any of his kin come to 
redeem it, then shall he redeem that 
which his brother sold. 

26 And if the man have none to 
redeem it, and himself be able to re- 
deem it ; 

27 Then let him connt the years 
of the sale thereof, and restore the 
overplus unto the man to whom he 
sold it ; that he may return unto his 
possession. 

28 But if he be not able to restore 
it to him, then that which is sold 
shall remain in the hand of him that 
hath bought it until the year of ju- 
bilee : and in the jubilee it shall go 
out, and he shall return unto his pos- 
session. 

29 And if a man sell a dwelling- 
house in a walled city, then he may 
redeem it within a whole year after 
it is sold ; within a full year may he 
redeem it. 

30 And if it be not redeemed with- 
in the space of a full year, then the 
house that is in the walled city shall 
be established for ever to him that 
bought it throughout his generations : 
it shall not go out in the jubilee. 

31 But the houses of the villages 
which have no wall round about them 
shall be counted as the fields of the 
country : they may be redeemed, and 
they shall go out in the jubilee. 

32 Notwithstanding the cities of 
the Levites, and the houses of the cities 
of their possession, may the Levites 
redeem at any time. 

33 And if a man purchase of the 
Levites, then the house that was sold, 
and the city of his possession, shall 
go out in the year of jubilee : for the 
nouses of the cities of the Levites are 
their possession among the children 
of Israel. 

34 But the field of the suburbs of 
their cities may not be sold ; for it is 
their perpetual possession. 



35 IT And if thy brother be waxen 
poor, and fallen in decay with thee ; 
then thou shalt relieve him : yea, 
though he be a stranger, or a sojourn- 
er ; that he may live with thee. 

36 Take thou no usury of him, or 
increase : but fear thy God ; that thy 
brother may live with thee. 

37 Thou shalt not give him thy 
money upon usury, nor lend him thy 
victuals for increase. 

38 1 am the Lord your God, which 
brought you forth out of the land of 
Egypt, to give you the land of Ca- 
naan, and to be your God. 

39 IT And if thy brother that dwell- 
eth by thee be waxen poor, and be 
sold unto thee ; thou shalt not com- 
pel him to serve as a bondservant : 

40 But as a hired servant, and as 
a sojourner, he shall be with thee, 
and shall serve thee unto the year of 
jubilee : 

41 And then shall he depart from 
thee, both he and his children with 
him, and shall return unto his own 
family, and unto the possession of 
his fathers shall he return. 

42 For they are my servants, which 
I brought forth out of the land of 
Egypt: they shall not be sold as 
bondmen. 

43 Thou shalt not rule over him 
with rigour ; but shalt fear thy God. 

44 Both thy bondmen, and thy 
bondmaids, which thou shalt have, 
shall be of the heathen that are round 
about you; of them shall ye buy 
bondmen and bondmaids. 

45 Moreover, of the children of the 
strangers that do sojourn among you, 
of them shall ye buy, and of their 
families that are with you, which 
they begat in your land : and they 
shall be your possession. 

46 And ye shall take them as an 
inheritance for your children after 
you, to inherit them for a possession ; 
they shall be your bondmen for ever : 
but over your brethren the children 
of Israel, ye shall not rule one over 
another with rigour. 

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Redemption of servants. LEVITICUS. 



A blessing promised. 



47 If And if a sojourner or stranger 
wax rich by thee, and thy brother 
that dwelleth by him wax poor, and 
sell himself unto the stranger or so- 
journer by thee, or to the stock of the 
stranger's family : 

48 After that he is sold he may be 
redeemed again ; one of his brethren 
may redeem him : 

49 Either his uncle, or his uncle's 
son, may redeem him, or any that is 
nigh of kin unto him of his family 
may redeem him ; or if he be able, 
he may redeem himself. 

50 And he shall reckon with him 
that bought him from the year that 
he was sold to him unto the year of 
jubilee : and the price of his sale shall 
be according unto the number of years, 
according to the time of a hired ser- 
vant shall it be with him. 

51 If there be yet many years be- 
hind, according unto them he shall 
give again the price of his redemption 
out of the money that he was bought 
for. 

52 And if there remain but few 
years unto the year of jubilee, then he 
shall count with him, and according 
unto his years shall he give him 
again the price of his redemption. 

53 And as a yearly hired servant 
shall he be with him : and the other 
shall not rule with rigour over him 
in thy sight. 

54 And if he be not redeemed in 
these years, then he shall go out in 
the year of jubilee, both he, and his 
children with him. 

55 For unto me the children of Is- 
rael are servants ; they are my ser- 
vants whom I brought forth out of 
the land of Egypt: I am the Lord 
your God. 

CHAPTER XXYI. 

1 Of idol air if. 2 Religununesa. 3 A blaming to them 
thai /■" -/> ///>• commandments. 14 A curse to those that 
break them. 40 Qod promiscth to remember them that 
ft )>' at . 

YE shall make you no idols nor 
graven Image, neither rear you 
Up a standing image, neither shall 
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ye set up any image of stone in your 
land, to bow down unto it : for I am 
the Lord your God. 

2 IT Ye shall keep my sabbaths, 
and reverence my sanctuary: I am 
the Lord. 

8 If If ye walk in my statutes, 
and keep my commandments, and do 
them; 

4 Then I will give you rain in due 
season, and the land shall yield her 
increase, and the trees of the field 
shall yield their fruit. 

5 And your threshing shall reach 
unto the vintage, and the vintage 
shall reach unto the sowing time: 
and ye shall eat your bread to the 
full, and dwell in your land safely. 

6 And I will give peace in the 
land, and ye shall lie down, and 
none shall make you afraid : and I 
will rid evil beasts out of the land, 
neither shall the sword go through 
your land. 

7 And ye shall chase your enemies, 
and they shall fall before you by the 
sword. 

8 And five of you shall chase a 
hundred, and a hundred of you shall 
put ten thousand to flight : and your 
enemies shall fall before you by the 
sword. 

9 For I will have respect unto you, 
and make you fruitful, and multiply 
you, and establish my covenant with 
you. 

10 And ye shall eat old store, and 
bring forth the old because of the 
new. 

11 And I will set my tabernacle 
among you: and my soul shall not 
abhor you. 

12 And I will walk among you, 
and will be your God, and ye shall 
be my people. 

13 I am the Lord your God, which 
brought you forth out of the land of 
Egypt, that ye should not be their 
bondmen ; and I have broken the 
bands of your yoke, and made you go 
upright. 

14 IT But if ye will not hearken 



i 



Plagues threatened 



LEVITICUS. 



for disobedience. 



unto me, and will not do all these 
commandments ; 

15 And if ye shall despise my 
statutes, or if your soul abhor my 
judgments, so that ye will not do 
all my commandments, but that ye 
break my covenant : 

16 I also will do this unto you; I 
will even appoint over you terror, 
consumption, and the burning ague, 
that shall consume the eyes, and 
cause sorrow of heart: and ye shall 
sow your seed in vain, for your ene- 
mies shall eat it. 

17 And I will set my face against 
you, and ye shall be slain before 
your enemies: they that hate you 
shall reign over you; and ye shall 
flee when none pursueth you. 

18 And if ye will not yet for all this 
hearken unto me, then I will punish 
you seven times more for your sins. 

19 And I will break the pride of your 
power; and I will make your heaven 
as iron, and your earth as brass : 

20 And your strength shall be 
spent in vain: for your land shall 
not yield her increase, neither shall 
the trees of the land yield their fruits. 

21 U And if ye walk contrary unto 
me, and will not hearken unto me; 
I will bring seven times more plagues 
upon you according to your sins. 

22 I will also send wild beasts 
among you, which shall rob you of 
your children, and destroy your cat- 
tle, and make you few in number; 
and your high ways shall be desolate. 

23 And if ye will not be reformed 
by me by these things, but will walk 
contrary unto me ; 

24 Then will I also walk contrary 
unto you, and will punish you yet 
seven times for your sins. 

25 And I will bring a sword upon 
you, that shall avenge the quarrel of 
my covenant: and when ye are gath- 
ered together within your cities, I 
will send the pestilence among you ; 
and ye shall be delivered into the 
hand of the enemy. 

26 And when I have broken the 



staff of your bread, ten women shall 
bake your bread in one oven, and 
they shall deliver you your bread 
again by weight: and ye shall eat, 
and not be satisfied. 

27 And if ye will not for all this 
hearken unto me, but walk contrary 
unto me ; 

28 Then I will walk contrary unto 
you also in fury; and I, even I, 
will chastise you seven times for 
your sins. 

29 And ye shall eat the flesh of 
your sons, and the flesh of your 
daughters shall ye eat. 

30 And I will destroy your high 
places, and cut down your images, 
and cast your carcasses upon the 
carcasses of your idols, and my soul 
shall abhor you. 

31 And I will make your cities 
waste, and bring your sanctuaries 
unto desolation, and I will not smell 
the savour of your sweet odours. 

32 And I will bring the land into 
desolation : and your enemies which 
dwell therein shall be astonished at it. 

33 And I will scatter you among 
the heathen, and will draw out a 
sword after you: and your land 
shall be desolate, and your cities 
waste. 

34 Then shall the land enjoy her 
sabbaths, as long as it lieth deso- 
late, and ye be in your enemies' 
land; even then shall the land rest, 
and enjoy her sabbaths. 

35 As long as it lieth desolate it 
shall rest; because it did not rest 
in your sabbaths, when ye dwelt 
upon it. 

36 And upon them that are left 
alive of you I will send a faintness 
into their hearts in the lands of 
their enemies ; and the sound of a 
shaken leaf shall chase them; and 
they shall flee, as fleeing from a 
sword ; and they shall fall when 
none pursueth. 

37 And they shall fall one upon 
another, as it were before a sword, 
when none pursueth: and ye shall 

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LEVITICUS. 



The estimation of vows. 



have no power to stand before your 
enemies. 

38 And ye shall perish among the 
heathen, and the land of your ene- 
mies shall eat you up. 

39 And they that are left of you 
shall pine away in their iniquity in 
your enemies' lands; and also in the 
iniquities of their fathers shall they 
pine away with them. 

40 If they shall confess their ini- 
quity, and the iniquity of their fa- 
thers, with their trespass which they 
trespassed against me, and that also 
they have walked contrary unto me; 

41 And that I also have walked con- 
trary unto them, and have brought 
them into the land of their enemies ; 
if then their uncircumcised hearts 
be humbled, and they then accept 
of the punishment of their iniquity : 

42 Then will I remember my 
covenant with Jacob, and also 

with Isaac, and also 
with Abraham will I 
and I will remember 



my 

my 

re- 

the 



covenant 
covenant 
member ; 
land. 

43 The land also shall be left of 
them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, 
while she lieth desolate without 
them : and they shall accept of the 
punishment of their iniquity; be- 
cause, even because they despised 
my judgments, and because their 
soul abhorred my statutes. 

44 And yet for all that, when they 
be in the land of their enemies, I 
will not cast them away, neither will 
I abhor them, to destroy them utter- 
ly, and to break my covenant with 
them: for I am the Lord their God. 

l~> But I will for their sakes re- 
member the covenant of their an- 
cestors, whom I brought forth out 
of the land of Egypt in the sight 
of the heathen, that I might be 
their God: I am the Lord. 

46 These are the statutes and judg- 
ments and Jaws, which the Lord 
made between him and the children 
of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand 
of Moses. 

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CHAPTEK XXVIL 

1 He that maketh a singular vow must be the Lord's. 3 
The estimation of the person. 9 Of a beast given by 
vow. 14 Of a house. 16 Of afield, and the redemp- 
tion thereof. 28 No devoted thing may be redeemed. 
32 The tithe may not be changed. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, and say unto them, When a 
man shall make a singular vow, the 
persons shall be for the Lord by thy 
estimation. 

3 And thy estimation shall be of the 
male from twenty years old even unto 
sixty years old, even thy estimation 
shall be fifty shekels of silver, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary. 

4 And if it be a female, then thy 
estimation shall be thirty shekels. 

5 And if it be from five years old 
even unto twenty years old, then thy 
estimation shall be of the male twen- 
ty shekels, and for the female ten 
shekels. 

6 And if it be from a month old even 
unto five years old, then thy estima- 
tion shall be of the male five shekels 
of silver, and for the female thy esti- 
mation shall be three shekels of silver. 

7 And if it be from sixty years old 
and above ; if it be a male, then thy 
estimation shall be fifteen shekels, 
and for the female ten shekels. 

8 But if he be poorer than thy es- 
timation, then he shall present him- 
self before the priest, and the priest 
shall value him; according to his 
ability that vowed shall the priest 
value him. 

9 And if it be a beast, whereof men 
bring an offering unto the Lord, all 
that any man giveth of such unto the 
Lord shall be holy. 

10 He shall not alter it, nor change 
it, a good for a bad, or a bad for a 
good : and if he shall at all change 
beast for beast, then it and the ex- 
change thereof shall be holy. 

11 And if it be any unclean beast, 
of which they do not offer a sacrifice 
unto the Lord, then he shall present 
the beast before the priest: 



Of vows, and 



LEVITICUS. 



their redemption. 



12 And the priest shall value it, 
whether it he good or had : as thou 
valuest it, who art the priest, so shall 
it he. 

13 But if he will at all redeem it, 
then he shall add a fifth part thereof 
unto thy estimation. 

14 IT And when a man shall sanctify 
his house to be holy unto the Lord, 
then the priest shall estimate it, wheth- 
er it be good or had : as the priest 
shall estimate it, so shall it Stand. 

15 And if he that sanctified it will 
redeem his house, then he shall add 
the fifth part of the money of thy 
estimation unto it, and it shall he 
his. 

16 And if a man shall sanctify un- 
to the Lord some part of a field of 
his possession, then thy estimation 
shall be according to the seed there- 
of: a homer of barley seed shall be 
valued at fifty shekels of silver. 

17 If he sanctify his field from the 
year of jubilee, according to thy esti- 
mation it shall stand. 

18 But if he sanctify his field af- 
ter the jubilee, then the priest shall 
reckon unto him the money accord- 
ing to the years that remain, even 
unto the year of the jubilee, and it 
shall be abated from thy estimation. 

19 And if he that sanctified the 
field will in any wise redeem it, then 
he shall add the fifth part of the 
money of thy estimation unto it, and 
it shall be assured to him. 

20 And if he will not redeem the 
field, or if he have sold the field to 
another man, it shall not be redeem- 
ed any more. 

21 But the field, when it goeth out 
in the jubilee, shall be holy unto the 
Lord, as a field devoted ; the pos- 
session thereof shall be the priest's. 

22 And if a man sanctify unto the 
Lord a field which he hath bought, 
which is not of the fields of his pos- 
session ; 

23 Then the priest shall reckon 
unto him the worth of thy estima- 
tion, even unto the year of the ju- 



bilee: and he shall give thine esti- 
mation in that day, as a holy thing 
unto the Lord. 

24 In the year of the jubilee the 
field shall return unto him of whom 
it was bought, even to him to whom 
the possession of the land did belong. 

25 And all thy estimations shall be 
according to the shekel of the sanc- 
tuary: twenty gerahs shall be the 
shekel. 

26 % Only the firstling of the beasts, 
which should be the Lord's firstling, 
no man shall sanctify it ; whether it 
be ox, or sheep : it is the Lord's. 

27 And if it be of an unclean beast, 
then he shall redeem it according to 
thine estimation, and shall add a fifth 
part of it thereto : or if it be not re- 
deemed, then it shall be sold accord- 
ing to thy estimation. 

28 Notwithstanding, no devoted 
thing, that a man shall devote unto 
the Lord of all that he hath, both of 
man and beast, and of the field of 
his possession, shall be sold or redeem- 
ed: every devoted thing is most ho- 
ly unto the Lord. 

29 None devoted, which shall be 
devoted of men, shall be redeemed ; 
but shall surely be put to death. 

30 And all the tithe of the land, 
whether of the seed of the land, or 
of the fruit of the tree, is the Lord's : 
it is holy unto the Lord. 

31 And if a man will at all redeem 
aught of his tithes, he shall add 
thereto the fifth part thereof. 

32 And concerning the tithe of the 
herd, or of the flock, even of what- 
soever passeth under the rod, the 
tenth shall be holy unto the Lord. 

33 He shall not search whether 
it be good or bad, neither shall he 
change it: and if he change it at 
all, then both it and the change 
thereof shall be holy ; it shall not be 
redeemed. 

34 These are the commandments, 
which the Lord commanded Moses 
for the children of Israel in mount 
Sinai. 

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THE FOURTH BOOK OF MOSES, 



CALLED 



NUMBERS. 



CHAPTEK I. 

1 God commandeth Moses to number the people. 5 The 
princes of the tribes. 17 The number of every tribe. 
47 The Levites are exempted for the service of the 
Lord. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses 
. in the wilderness of Sinai, in 
the tabernacle of the congregation, 
on the first day of the second month, 
in the second year after they were 
come out of the land of Egypt, saying, 

2 Take ye the sum of all the con- 
gregation of the children of Israel, 
after their families, by the house of 
their fathers, with the number of their 
names, every male by their polls ; 

3 From twenty years old and up- 
ward, all that are able to go forth to 
war in Israel : thou and Aaron shall 
number them by their armies. 

4 And with you there shall be a 
man of every tribe ; every one head 
of the house of his fathers. 

o If And these are the names of 
the men that shall stand with you : 
of the tribe of Reuben ; Elizur the 
son of Shedeur. 

6 Of Simeon ; Shelumiel the son 
of Zurishaddai. 

7 Of Judah; Nahshon the son of 
Amminadab. 

8 Of Issachar ; Nethaneel the son 
of Zuar. 

9 Of Zebulun; Eliab the son of 
Ilelon. 

1 Of the children of Joseph : of 
Ephraim ; Elishama the son of Am- 
mihud : of Manasseh ; Gamaliel the 
son of Pedahzur. 

11 Of Benjamin; Abidan the son 
of Gideoni. 

12 Of Dan ; Ahiezer the son of 
Ammishaddai. 

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13 Of Asher; Pagiel the son of 
Ocran. | 

14 Of Gad ; Eliasaph the son of 
Deuel. 

15 Of Naphtali ; Ahira the son of 
Enan. 

16 These were the renowned of the 
congregation, princes of the tribes 
of their fathers, heads of thousands 
in Israel. 

17 If And Moses and Aaron took 
these men which are expressed by 
their names : 

18 And they assembled all the con- 
gregation together on the first day 
of the second month, and they de- 
clared their pedigrees after their fam- 
ilies, by the house of their fathers, ac- 
cording to the number of the names, 
from twenty years old and upward, 
by their polls. 

19 As the Lord commanded Mo- 
ses, so he numbered them in the 
wilderness of Sinai. 

20 And the children of Reuben, 
Israel's eldest son, by their genera- 
tions, after their families, by the 
house of their fathers, according to 
the number of the names, by their 
polls, every male from twenty years 
old and upward, all that were able 
to go forth to w&r ; 

21 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Reuben, 
were forty and six thousand and five 
hundred. 

22 If Of the children of Simeon, by 
their generations, after their fami- 
lies, by the house of their fathers, 
those that were numbered of them, 
according to the number of the 
names, by their polls, every male 



The number of men 



NUMBERS. 



in each tribe. 



from twenty years old and upward, 
all that were able to go forth to war ; 

23 Those that were numbered of 
fchem, even of the tribe of Simeon, 
were fifty and nine thousand and 
three hundred. 

24 If Of the children of Gad, by 
their generations, after their families, 
by the house of their fathers, accord- 
ing to the number of the names, from 
twenty years old and upward, all that 
were able to go forth to war ; 

25 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Gad, were 
forty and five thousand six hundred 
and fifty. 

26 IT Of the children of Judah, by 
their generations, after their families, 
by the house of their fathers, accord- 
ing to the number of the names, from 
twenty years old and upward, all that 
were able to go forth to war ; 

27 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Judah, 
were threescore and fourteen thousand 
and six hundred. 

28 IT Of the children of Issachar, 
by their generations, after their fami- 
lies, by the house of their fathers, ac- 
cording to the number of the names, 
from twenty years old and upward, 
all that were able to go forth to 
war; 

29 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Issachar, 
were fifty and four thousand and four 
hundred. 

30 IT Of the children of Zebulun, 
by their generations, after their fami- 
lies, by the house of their fathers, ac- 
cording to the number of the names, 
from twenty years old and upward, all 
that were able to go forth to war ; 

31 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Zebulun, 
were fifty and seven thousand and 
four hundred. 

32 IT Of the children of Joseph, 
namely, of the children of Ephraim, 
by their generations, after their fami- 
lies, by the house of their fathers, ac- 
cording to the number of the names, 

11 



from twenty years old and upward, all 
that were able to go forth to war ; 

33 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Ephraim, 
were forty thousand and five hundred. 

34 IT Of the children of Manasseh, 
by their generations, after their fami- 
lies, by the house of their fathers, ac- 
cording to the number of the names, 
from twenty years old and upward, 
all that were able to go forth to war; 

35 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Manasseh, 
were thirty and two thousand and 
two hundred. 

36 If Of the children of Benjamin, 
by their generations, after their fami- 
lies, by the house of their fathers, ac- 
cording to the number of the names, 
from twenty years old and upward, all 
that were able to go forth to war ; 

37 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Benjamin, 
were thirty and five thousand and 
four hundred. 

38 Tf Of the children of Dan, by 
their generations, after their families, 
by the house of their fathers, accord- 
ing to the number of the names, from 
twenty years old and upward, all that 
were able to go forth to war ; 

39 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Dan, were 
threescore and two thousand and 
seven hundred. 

40 % Of the children of Asher, by 
their generations, after their families, 
by the house of their fathers, accord- 
ing to the number of the names, from 
twenty years old and upward, all that 
were able to go forth to war ; 

41 Those that were numbered of 
them, even of the tribe of Asher, were 
forty and one thousand and fixe hun- 
dred. 

42 IT Of the children of Naphtali, 
throughout their generations, after 
their families, by the house of their 
fathers, according to the number of 
the names, from twenty years old and 
upward, all that were able to go forth 
to war ; 

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A 1 



The Levites are exempted. NUMB ERS, 

43 Those that were numhered of 
them, even of the tribe of Naphtali, 
were fifty and three thousand and 
four hundred. 

44 These are those that were num- 
bered, which Moses and Aaron num- 
bered, and the princes of Israel, being 
twelve men: each one was for the 
house of his fathers. 

45 So were all those that were 
numbered of the children of Israel, 
by the house of their fathers, from 
twenty years old and upward, all 
that were able to go forth to war in 
Israel ; 

46 Even all they that were num- 
bered were six hundred thousand and 
three thousand and five hundred and 
fifty. 

47 IT But the Levites after the 
tribe of their fathers were not num- 
bered among them. 

48 For the Lord had spoken unto 
Moses, saying, 

49 Only thou shalt not number the 
tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of 
them among the children of Israel : 

50 But thou shalt appoint the 
Levites over the tabernacle of testi- 
mony, and over all the vessels there- 
of, and over all things that belong to 
it : they shall bear the tabernacle, 
and all the vessels thereof; and they 
shall minister unto it, and shall en- 
camp round about the tabernacle. 

51 And when the tabernacle set- 
teth forward, the Levites shall take it 
down ; and when the tabernacle is to 
be pitched, the Levites shall set it up : 
and the stranger that cometh nigh 
shall be put to death. 

52 And the children of Israel shall 
pitch their tents, every man by his 
own camp, and every man by his 
own standard, throughout their hosts. 

53 But the Levites shall pitch 
round about the tabernacle of testi- 
mony, that there be no wrath upon 
the congregation of the children of 
Israel : and the Levites shall keep the 
charge of the tabernacle of testimony. 

6 1 And the children of Israel did 



The order of the tribes 



according to all that the Lord com- 
manded Moses, so did they. 



CHAPTER II. 

The order of the tribes in their tents. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses 
and unto Aaron, saying, 

2 Every man of the children of Is- 
rael shall pitch by his own standard, 
with the ensign of their father's house : 
far off about the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation shall they pitch. 

3 And on the east side toward the 
rising of the sun shall they of the 
standard of the camp of Judah pitch 
throughout their armies : and Nah- 
shon the son of Amminadab shall be 
captain of the children of Judah. 

4 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were three- 
score and fourteen thousand and six 
hundred. 

5 And those that do pitch next 
unto him shall be the tribe of Issa- 
char : and Nethaneel the son of Zuar 
shall be captain of the children of Is- 
sachar. 

6 And his host, and those that were 
numbered thereof, were fifty and four 
thousand and four hundred. 

7 Then the tribe of Zebulun : and 
Eliab the son of Helon shall be cap- 
tain of the children of Zebulun. 

8 And his host, and those that were 
numbered thereof, were fifty and seven 
thousand and four hundred. 

9 All that were numbered in the 
camp of Judah were a hundred thou- 
sand and fourscore thousand and six 
thousand and four hundred, through- 
out their armies : these shall first set 
forth. 

10 If On the south side shall be 
the standard of the camp of Reuben 
according to their armies : and the 
captain of the children of Reuben 
shall be Elizur the son of Shedeur. 

11 And his host, and those that 
were numbered thereof, were forty 
and six thousand and five hundred. 

12 And those which pitch by him 
shall be the tribe of Simeon: and 






16! 



in their tents, and 



NUMBERS. 



in their marches. 



the captain of the children of Sim- 
eon shall be Shelumiel the son of 
Zurishaddai. 

13 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were fifty and 
nine thousand and three hundred. 

14 Then the tribe of Gad: and the 
captain of the sons of Gad shall be 
Eliasaph the son of Reuel. 

15 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were forty 
and five thousand and six hundred 
and fifty. 

16 All that were numbered in the 
camp of Reuben were a hundred 
thousand and fifty and one thou- 
sand and four hundred and fifty, 
throughout their armies : and they 
shall set forth in the second rank. 

17 IT Then the tabernacle of the 
congregation shall set forward with 
the camp of the Levites in the midst 
of the camp : as they encamp, so 
shall they set forward, every man 
in his place by their standards. 

18 IT On the west side shall be the 
standard of the camp of Ephraim ac- 
cording to their armies: and the cap- 
tain of the sons of Ephraim shall be 
Elishama the son of Ammihud. 

19 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were forty 
thousand and five hundred. 

20 And by him shall be the tribe 
of Manasseh : and the captain of the 
children of Manasseh shall be Gama- 
liel the son of Pedahzur. 

21 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were thirty 
and two thousand and two hundred. 

22 Then the tribe of Benjamin : and 
the captain of the sons of Benjamin 
shall be Abidan the son of Gideoni. 

23 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were thirty 
and five thousand and four hundred. 

24 All that were numbered of the 
camp of Ephraim were a hundred 
thousand and eight thousand and a 
hundred, throughout their armies: 
and they shall go forward in the 
third rank. 



25 IT The standard of the camp of 
Dan shall be on the north side by 
their armies : and the captain of the 
children of Dan shall be Ahiezer the 
son of Ammishaddai. 

26 And his host, and those that were 
numbered of them, were threescore and 
two thousand and seven hundred. 

27 And those that encamp by him 
shall be the tribe of Asher : and the 
captain of the children of Asher shall 
be Pagiel the son of Ocran. 

28 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were forty 
and one thousand and five hundred. 

29 1[ Then the tribe of Naphtali: 
and the captain of the children of 
Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of 
Enan. 

30 And his host, and those that 
were numbered of them, were fifty 
and three thousand and four hundred. 

31 All they that were numbered 
in the camp of Dan were a hundred 
thousand and fifty and seven thou- 
sand and six hundred : they shall 
go hindmost with their standards. 

32 If These are those which were 
numbered of the children of Israel 
by the house of their fathers : all 
those that were numbered of the 
camps throughout their hosts were 
six hundred thousand and three 
thousand and five hundred and fifty. 

33 But the Levites were not num- 
bered among the children of Israel ; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

34 And the children of Israel did 
according to all that the Lord com- 
manded Moses: so they pitched by 
their standards, and so they set for- 
ward, every one after their families, ac- 
cording to the house of their fathers. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 The sons of Aaron. 5 The Levites are given to the 
priests for the service of the tabernacle, 1 1 instead of 
the firstborn. 14 The Levites are numbered by their 
families. 21 The families, number, and charge of 
the Gershonitcs, 27 of the Kohathites, 33 of the Me- 
rarites. 38 The place and charge of Moses and Aa- 
ron. 40 The firstborn arc freed by the Levites. 44 
The overplus are redeemed. 

THESE also are the generations 
of Aaron and Moses, in the day 
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The sons of Aaron. 



NUMBERS. 



The several families, 



that the Lord spake with Moses in 
mount Sinai. 

2 And these are the names of the 
sons of Aaron ; Nadab the firstborn, 
and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. 

3 These are the names of the sons 
of Aaron, the priests which were 
anointed, whom he consecrated to 
minister in the priest's office. 

4 And Nadab and Abihu died be- 
fore the Lord, when they offered 
strange fire before the Lord, in the 
wilderness of Sinai, and they had no 
children: and Eleazar and Ithamar 
ministered in the priest's office in the 
sight of Aaron their father. 

5 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and 
present them before Aaron the priest, 
that they may minister unto him. 

7 And they shall keep his charge, 
and the charge of the whole congre- 
gation before the tabernacle of the 
congregation, to do the service of the 
tabernacle. 

8 And they shall keep all the in- 
struments of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and the charge of the 
children of Israel, to do the service 
of the tabernacle. 

9 And thou shalt give the Levites 
unto Aaron and to his sons: they 
are wholly given unto him out of 
the children of Israel. 

10 And thou shalt appoint Aaron 
and his sons, and they shall wait on 
their priest's office: and the stran- 
ger that cometh nigh shall be put to 
death. 

11 And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses, saying, 

12 And I, behold, I have taken the 
Levites from among the children of 
Israel instead of all the firstborn that 
openeth the matrix among the chil- 
dren of Israel : therefore the Levites 
shall be mine ; 

13 Because all the firstborn are 
mine ; for on the day that I smote 
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt 
I hallowed unto me all the firstborn 

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in Israel, both man and beast : mine 
they shall be : I am the Lord. 

14 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, 
saying, 

15 Number the children of Levi 
after the house of their fathers, by 
their families : every male from a 
month old and upward shalt thou 
number them. 

16 And Moses numbered them ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord, as 
he was commanded. 

17 And these were the sons of 
Levi by their names ; Gershon, and 
Kohath, and Merari. 

18 And these are the names of the 
sons of Gershon by their families; 
Libni, and Shimei. 

19 And the sons of Kohath by 
their families ; Amram, and Izehar, 
Hebron, and Uzziel. 

20 And the sons of Merari by their 
families ; Mahli, and Mushi. These 
are the families of the Levites ac- 
cording to the house of their fa- 
thers. 

21 Of Gershon was the family of 
the Libnites, and the family of the 
Shimites : these are the families of 
the Gershonites. 

22 Those that were numbered of 
them, according to the number of all 
the males, from a month old and 
upward, even those that were num- 
bered of them were seven thousand 
and ^.re hundred. 

23 The families of the Gershonites 
shall pitch behind the tabernacle 
westward. 

24 And the chief of the house of 
the father of the Gershonites shall 
be Eliasaph the son of Lael. 

25 And the charge of the sons of 
Gershon in the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation shall be the tabernacle, 
and the tent, the covering there- 
of, and the hanging for the door 
of the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, 

26 And the hangings of the court, 
and the curtain for the door of the 



number, and charge 



NUMBERS. 



of the Levites. 



court, which is by the tabernacle, and 
by the altar round about, and the cords 
of it, for all the service thereof. 

27 If And of Kohath was the fam- 
ily of the Amramites, and the family 
of the Izeharites, and the family of 
the Hebronites, and the family of 
the Uzzielites : these are the families 
of the Kohathites. 

28 In the number of all the males, 
from a month old and upward, were 
eight thousand and six hundred, keep- 
ing the charge of the sanctuary. 

29 The families of the sons of Ko- 
hath shall pitch on the side of the 
tabernacle southward. 

30 And the chief of the house of 
the father of the families of the Ko- 
hathites shall be Elizaphan the son 
of Uzziel. 

31 And their charge shall be the 
ark, and the table, and the candle- 
stick, and the altars, and the vessels 
of the sanctuary wherewith they min- 
ister, and the hanging, and all the 
service thereof. 

32 And Eleazar the son of Aaron 
the priest shall be chief over the chief 
of the Levites, and have the oversight 
of them that keep the charge of the 
sanctuary. 

33 ^[ Of Merari was the family of 
the Mahlites, and the family of the 
Mushites: these are the families of 
Merari. 

34 And those that were numbered 
of them, according to the number of 
all the males, from a month old and 
upward, were six thousand and two 
hundred. 

35 And the chief of the house of 
the father of the families of Merari 
was Zuriel the son of Abihail : these 
shall pitch on the side of the taber- 
nacle northward. 

36 And under the custody and 
charge of the sons of Merari shall he 
the boards of the tabernacle, and the 
bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, 
and the sockets thereof, and all the 
vessels thereof, and all that serveth 
thereto, 



37 And the pillars of the court 
round about, and their sockets, and 
their pins, and their cords. 

38 If But those that encamp be- 
fore the tabernacle toward the east, 
even before the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation eastward, shall be Moses, 
and Aaron and his sons, keeping the 
charge of the sanctuary for the charge 
of the children of Israel; and the 
stranger that cometh nigh shall be 
put to death. 

39 All that were numbered of the 
Levites, which Moses and Aaron 
numbered at the commandment of 
the Lord, throughout their families, 
all the males from a month old and 
upward, were twenty and two thou- 
sand. 

40 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Number all the firstborn of the 
males of the children of Israel from a 
month old and upward, and take the 
number of their names. 

41 And thou shalt take the Levites 
for me (I am the Lord) instead of all 
the firstborn among the children of 
Israel ; and the cattle of the Levites 
instead of all the firstlings among the 
cattle of the children of Israel. 

42 And Moses nHimbered, as the 
Lord commanded him, all the first- 
born among the children of Israel. 

43 And all the firstborn males by 
the number of names, from a month 
old and upward, of those that were 
numbered of them, were twenty and 
two thousand two hundred and three- 
score and thirteen. 

44 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

45 Take the Levites instead of all 
the firstborn among the children of 
Israel, and the cattle of the Levites 
instead of their cattle ; and the Le- 
vites shall be mine : I am the Lord. 

46 And for those that are to be 
redeemed of the two hundred and 
threescore and thirteen of the first- 
born of the children of Israel, which 
are more than the Levites ; 

47 Thou shalt even take five shekels 

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Age of the Levites' service. NUMBERS. 



The number qualified 



apiece by the poll, after the shekel of 
the sanctuary shalt thou take them : 
(the shekel is twenty gerahs :) 

48 And thou shalt give the money, 
wherewith the odd number of them 
is to be redeemed, unto Aaron and to 
his sons. 

49 And Moses took the redemption 
money of them that were over and 
above them that were redeemed by 
the Levites : 

50 Of the firstborn of the children 
of Israel took he the money ; a thou- 
sand three hundred and threescore 
and fire shekels, after the shekel of 
the sanctuary : 

51 And Moses gave the money of 
them that were redeemed unto Aaron 
and to his sons, according to the word 
of the Lord, as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 The age and time of the Levites' service. 4 The carriage 
of the Kohathites, when the priests have taken down 
the tabernacle. 16 The charge of Eleazar. Vl The office 
of the priests. 21 The carriage of the Gershonites. 
29 The carriage of the Merarites. 34 The number of 
the Kohathites, 38 of the Gershonites, 42 and of the 
Merarites. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses 
. and unto Aaron, saying, 

2 Take the sum of the sons of Ko- 
rmth from among the sons of Levi, 
after their families, by the house of 
their fathers, 

3 From thirty years old and up- 
ward even until fifty years old, all 
that enter into the host, to do the 
work in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

4 This shall be the service of the 
sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of 
the congregation, about the most holy 
things. 

5 IT And when the camp setteth 
forward, Aaron shall come, and his 
sons, and they shall take down the 
covering vail, and cover the ark of 
testimony with it : 

6 And shall put thereon the cover- 
ing of badgers' skins, and shall spread 
over it a cloth wholly of blue, and 
shall put in the staves thereof. 

7 And upon the table of shewbread 

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they shall spread a cloth of blue, and 
put thereon the dishes, and the spoons, 
and the bowls, and covers to cover 
withal : and the continual bread shall 
be thereon : 

8 And they shall spread upon them 
a cloth of scarlet, and cover the same 
with a covering of badgers' skins, and 
shall put in the staves thereof. 

9 And they shall take a cloth of 
blue, and cover the candlestick of the 
light, and his lamps, and his tongs, 
and his snuffdishes, and all the oil 
vessels thereof, wherewith they min- 
ister unto it : 

10 And they shall put it and all 
the vessels thereof within a covering 
of badgers' skins, and shall put it 
upon a bar. 

1 1 And upon the golden altar they 
shall spread a cloth of blue, and cov- 
er it with a covering of badgers' 
skins, and shall put to the staves 
thereof: 

12 And they shall take all the in- 
struments of ministry, wherewith they 
minister in the sanctuary, and put 
them in a cloth of blue, and cover 
them with a covering of badgers' skins, 
and shall put them on a bar. 

13 And they shall take away the 
ashes from the altar, and spread a 
purple cloth thereon : 

14 And they shall put upon it all 
the vessels thereof, wherewith they 
minister about it, even the censers, 
the fleshhooks, and the shovels, and 
the basins, all the vessels of the al- 
tar ; and they shall spread upon it a 
covering of badgers' skins, and put to 
the staves of it. 

15 And when Aaron and his sons 
have made an end of covering the 
sanctuary, and all the vessels of the 
sanctuary, as the camp is to set for- 
ward ; after that, the sons of Kohath 
shall come to bear it ; but they shall 
not touch any holy thing, lest they 
die. These things are the burden of 
the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle 
of the congregation. 

16 Tf And to the office of Eleazar 



for the ministry. 



NUMBERS. 



Service of the Merarites. 



the son of Aaron the priest pertain- 
eth the oil for the light, and the 
sweet incense, and the daily meat 
offering, and the anointing oil, and 
the oversight of all the tahernacle, 
and of all that therein is, in the sanc- 
tuary, and in the vessels thereof. 

17 11 And the Lord spake unto 
Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 

18 Cut ye not off the tribe of the fam- 
ilies of the Kohathites from among 
the Levites: 

19 But thus do unto them, that 
they may live, and not die, when 
they approach unto the most holy 
things : Aaron and his sons shall 
go in, and appoint them every one 
to his service and to his burden : 

20 But they shall not go in to see 
when the holy things are covered, 
lest they die. 

21 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

22 Take also the sum of the sons 
of Gershon, throughout the houses 
of their fathers, by their families ; 

23 From thirty years old and up- 
ward until fifty years old shalt thou 
number them ; all that enter in to 
perform the service, to do the work 
in the tabernacle of the congregation. 

24 This is the service of the fami- 
lies of the Gershonites, to serve, and 
for burdens : 

25 And they shall bear the curtains 
of the tabernacle, and the taberna- 
cle of the congregation, his covering, 
and the covering of the badgers' 
skins that is above upon it, and the 
hanging for the door of the taberna- 
cle of the congregation, 

26 And the hangings of the court, 
and the hanging for the door of the 
gate of the court, which is by the 
tabernacle and by the altar round 
about, and their cords, and all the 
instruments of their service, and all 
that is made for them : so shall they 
serve. 

27 At the appointment of Aaron 
and his sons shall be all the service 
of the sons of the Gershonites, in all 



their burdens, and in all their ser- 
vice: and ye shall appoint unto them 
in charge all their burdens. 

28 This is the service of the fam- 
ilies of the sons of Gershon in the 
tabernacle of the congregation : and 
their charge shall be under the hand of 
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 

29 If As for the sons of Merari, 
thou shalt number them after their 
families, by the house of their fathers ; 

30 From thirty years old and up- 
ward even unto fifty years old shalt 
thou number them, every one that 
entereth into the service, to do the 
work of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

31 And this is the charge of their 
burden, according to all their ser- 
vice in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation ; the boards of the tabernacle, 
and the bars thereof, and the pillars 
thereof, and sockets thereof, 

32 And the pillars of the court 
round about, and their sockets, and 
their pins, and their cords, with all 
their instruments, and with all their 
service : and by name ye shall reckon 
the instruments of the charge of their 
burden. 

33 This is the service of the fami- 
lies of the sons of Merari, according 
to all their service, in the tabernacle 
of the congregation, under the hand of 
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 

34 1f And Moses and Aaron and 
the chief of the congregation num- 
bered the sons of the Kohathites 
after their families, and after the 
house of their fathers, 

35 From thirty years old and up- 
ward even unto fifty years old, every 
one that entereth into the service, 
for the work in the tabernacle of the 
congregation : 

36 And those that were numbered 
of them by their families were two 
thousand seven hundred and fifty. 

37 These were they that were num- 
bered of the families of the Kohath- 
ites, all that might do service in 
the tabernacle of the congregation, 

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Number of the Gershonites. NUMBERS. Restitution in trespasses. 



which Moses and Aaron did number 
according to the commandment of 
the Lord by the hand of Moses. 

38 And those that were numbered 
of the sons of Gershon, throughout 
their families, and by the house of 
their fathers, 

39 From thirty years old and up- 
ward even unto fifty years old, every 
one that entereth into the service, 
for the work in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, 

40 Even those that were numbered 
of them, throughout their families, 
by the house of their fathers, were 
two thousand and six hundred and 
thirty. 

41 These are they that were num- 
bered of the families of the sons of 
Gershon, of all that might do ser- 
vice in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, whom Moses and Aaron did 
number according to the command- 
ment of the Lord. 

42 If And those that were num- 
bered of the families of the sons of 
Merari, throughout their families, by 
the house of their fathers, 

43 From thirty years old and up- 
ward even unto fifty years old, ev- 
ery one that entereth into the service, 
for the work in the tabernacle of the 
congregation, 

44 Even those that were numbered 
of them after their families, were 
three thousand and two hundred. 

45 These be those that were num- 
bered of the families of the sons of 
Merari, whom Moses and Aaron 
numbered according to the word 
of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 

46 All those that were numbered 
of the Levites, whom Moses and 
Aaron and the chief of Israel num- 
bered, after their families, and after 
the bouse of their fathers, 

47 From thirty years old and up- 
ward even unto fifty years old, every 
one that came to do the service of the 
ministry, and the service of the bur- 
den in the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, 

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48 Even those that were numbered 
of them, were eight thousand and five 
hundred and fourscore. 

49 According to the commandment 
of the Lord they were numbered by 
the hand of Moses, every one ac- 
cording to his service, and accord- 
ing to his burden: thus were they 
numbered of him, as the Lord com- 
manded Moses. 

CHAPTEE Y. 

1 The unclean are removed out of the camp. 5 Res- 
titution is to be made in trespasses. 1 1 The trial of 
jealousy. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 

2 Command the children of Israel, 
that they put out of the camp every 
leper, and every one that hath an 
issue, and whosoever is defiled by 
the dead : 

3 Both male and female shall ye 
put out, without the camp shall ye 
put them ; that they defile not their 
camps, in the midst whereof I dwell. 

4 And the children of Israel did so, 
and put them out without the camp : 
as the Lord spake unto Moses, so 
did the children of Israel. 

5 Tf And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

6 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
"When a man or woman shall com- 
mit any sin that men commit, to do 
a trespass against the Lord, and that 
person be guilty ; 

7 Then they shall confess their sin 
which they have done : and he shall 
recompense his trespass with the 
principal thereof, and add unto it 
the fifth part thereof, and give it 
unto him against whom he hath tres- 
passed. 

8 But if the man have no kins- 
man to recompense the trespass un- 
to, let the trespass be recompensed 
unto the Lord, even to the priest ; 
beside the ram of the atonement, 
whereby an atonement shall be made 
for him. 

9 And every offering of all the 
holy things of the children of Israel, 



The trial of jealousy. 



NUMBERS. 



The trial of jealousy. 



which they bring unto the priest, 
shall be his. 

10 And every man's hallowed 
things shall be his : whatsoever any 
man giveth the priest, it shall be his. 

11 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

12 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, and say unto them, If any man's 
wife go aside, and commit a trespass 
against him, 

13 And a man lie with her car- 
nally, and it be hid from the eyes of 
her husband, and be kept close, and 
she be defiled, and there be no wit- 
ness against her, neither she be taken 
with the manner ; 

14 And the spirit of jealousy come 
upon him, and he be jealous of his 
wife, and she be defiled ; or if the 
spirit of jealousy come upon him, 
and he be jealous of his wife, and 
she be not defiled : 

15 Then shall the man bring his 
wife unto the priest, and he shall 
bring her offering for her, the- tenth 
part of an ephah of barley meal ; he 
shall pour no oil upon it, nor put frank- 
incense thereon ; for it is an offering 
of jealousy, an offering of memorial, 
bringing iniquity to remembrance. 

16 And the priest shall bring her 
near, and set her before the Lord : 

17 And the priest shall take holy 
water in an earthen vessel ; and of 
the dust that is in the floor of the 
tabernacle the priest shall take, and 
put it into the water: 

18 And the priest shall set the wo- 
man before the Lord, and uncover 
the woman's head, and put the offer- 
ing of memorial in her hands, which 
is the jealousy offering : and the 
priest shall have in his hand the 
bitter water that causeth the curse: 

19 And the priest shall charge her 
by an oath, and say unto the woman, 
If no man have lain with thee, and 
if thou hast not gone aside to un- 
cleanness with another instead of thy 
husband, be thou free from this bit- 
ter water that causeth the curse : 



20 But if thou hast gone aside to 
another instead of thy husband, and 
if thou be defiled, and some man have 
lain with thee besides thine husband : 

21 Then the priest shall charge 
the woman with an oath of cursing, 
and the priest shall say unto the wo- 
man, The Lord make thee a curse 
and an oath among thy people, when 
the Lord doth make thy thigh to 
rot, and thy belly to swell ; 

22 And this water that causeth the 
curse shall go into thy bowels, to 
make thy belly to swell, and thy 
thigh to rot. And the woman shall 
say, Amen, amen. 

23 And the priest shall write these 
curses in a book, and he shall blot 
them out with the bitter water : 

24 And he shall cause the woman 
to drink the bitter water that causeth 
the curse : and the water that causeth 
the curse shall enter into her, arid 
become bitter. 

25 Then the priest shall take the 
jealousy offering out of the woman's 
hand, and shall wave the offering 
before the Lord, and offer it upon 
the altar : 

26 And the priest shall take a 
handful of the offering, even the 
memorial thereof, and burn it upon 
the altar, and afterward shall cause 
the woman to drink the water. 

2 7 And when he hath made her to 
drink the water, then it shall come to 
pass, that if she be defiled, and have 
done trespass against her husband, 
that the water that causeth the curse 
shall enter into her, and become bit- 
ter, and her belly shall swell, and 
her thigh shall rot : and the woman 
shall be a curse among her people. 

28 And if the woman be not defiled, 
but be clean ; then she shall be free, 
and shall conceive seed. 

29 This is the law of jealousies, 
when a wife goeth aside to another 
instead of her husband, and is defiled ; 

30 Or when the spirit of jealousy 
cometh upon him, and he be jealous 
over his wife, and shall set the wo- 

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The law of 



NUMBERS. 



the Nazarite. 



man before the Lord, and the priest 
shall execute upon her all this law. 
31 Then shall the man be guiltless 
from iniquity, and this woman shall 
bear her iniquity. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 TJu law of the Kazarites. 22 TJie form of blessing 
the people. 

ND the Lord spake unto Moses, 



K 



2 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, When either man 
or woman shall separate themselves 
to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to sepa- 
rate themselves unto the Lord ; 

3 He shall separate himself from 
wine and strong drink, and shall 
drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar 
of strong drink, neither shall he 
drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat 
moist grapes, or dried. 

4 All the days of his separation 
shall he eat nothing that is made of 
the vine tree, from the kernels even 
to the husk. 

5 All the days of the vow of his 
separation there shall no razor come 
upon his head : until the days be ful- 
filled, in the which he separateth 
himself unto the Lord, he shall be 
holy, and shall let the locks of the 
hair of his head grow. 

6 All the days that he separateth 
himself unto the Lord he shall come 
at no dead body. 

7 He shall not make himself un- 
clean for his father, or for his mother, 
for his brother, or for his sister, when 
they die : because the consecration 
of his God is upon his head. 

8 All the days of his separation he 
is holy unto the Lord. 

9 And if any man die very suddenly 
by hi j ii, and he hath denied the head 
of his consecration; then he shall 
shave his head in the day of his 
cleansing, on the seventh day shall 
he shave it. 

1 And on the eighth day he shall 
bring two turtles, or two young pig- 
cons, to the priest, to the door of 
the tahernacle of the congregation : 

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11 And the priest shall offer the one 
for a sin offering, and the other for a 
burnt offering, and make an atone- 
ment for him, for that he sinned by 
the dead, and shall hallow his head 
that same day. 

12 And he shall consecrate unto 
the Lord the days of his separation, 
and shall bring a lamb of the first 
year for a trespass offering : but the 
days that were before shall be lost, 
because his separation was defiled. 

13 If And this is the law of the Naz- 
arite : when the days of his separa- 
tion are fulfilled, he shall be brought 
unto the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation : 

14 And he shall offer his offering 
unto the Lord, one he lamb of the 
first year without blemish for a burnt 
offering, and one ewe lamb of the 
first year without blemish for a sin 
offering, and one ram without blem- 
ish for peace offerings, 

15 And a basket of unleavened 
bread, cakes of fine flour mingled 
with oil, and wafers of unleavened 
bread anointed with oil, and their 
meat offering, and their drink offer- 
ings. 

16 And the priest shall bring them 
before the Lord, and shall offer his 
sin offering, and his burnt offering : 

17 And he shall offer the ram for 
a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the 
Lord, with the basket of unleavened 
bread : the priest shall offer also his 
meat offering, and his drink offering. 

18 And the Nazarite shall shave 
the head of his separation at the door 
of the tabernacle of the congregation, 
and shall take the hair of the head of 
his separation, and put it in the fire 
which is under the sacrifice of the 
peace offerings. 

19 And the priest shall take the 
sodden shoulder of the ram, and 
one unleavened cake out of the 
basket, and one unleavened wafer, 
and shall put them upon the hands 
of the Nazarite, after the hair of his 
separation is shaven : 



Of blessing the people. 



NUMBERS. 



The princes' offerings. 



20 And the priest shall wave them 
for a wave offering before the Lord : 
this is holy for the priest, with the 
wave breast and heave shoulder: 
and after that the Nazarite may 
drink wine. 

21 This is the law of the Nazarite 
who hath vowed, and of his offering 
unto the Lord for his separation, 
besides that that his hand shall get : 
according to the vow which he vow- 
ed, so he must do after the law of his 
separation. 

22 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

23 Speak unto Aaron and unto his 
sons, saying, On this wise ye shall 
bless the children of Israel, saying 
unto them, 

24 The Lord bless thee, and keep 
thee : 

25 The Lord make his face shine 
upon thee, and be gracious unto thee : 

26 The Lord lift up his counte- 
nance upon thee, and give thee peace. 

27 And they shall put my name 
upon the children of Israel, and I 
will bless them. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 The offering of ilte princes at the dedication of the 
tabernacle. 10 Their several offerings at the dedica- 
tion of the altar. 89 God speaketh to Moses from the 
mercy seat. 

AND it came to pass on the day 
. that Moses had fully set up the 
tabernacle, and had anointed it, and 
sanctified it, and all the instruments 
thereof, both the altar and all the 
vessels thereof, and had anointed 
them, and sanctified them ; 

2 That the princes of Israel, heads 
of the house of their fathers, who 
were the princes of the tribes, and 
were over them that were numbered, 
offered : 

3 And they brought their offering 
before the Lord, six covered wagons, 
and twelve oxen ; a wagon for two of 
the princes, and for each one an ox : 
and they brought them before the 
tabernacle. 

4 And the Lord spake unto Moses, 
saying, 



5 Take it of them, that they may 
be to do the service of the tabernacle 
of the congregation ; and thou shalt 
give them unto the Levites, to every 
man according to his service. 

6 And Moses took the wagons and 
the oxen, and gave them unto the 
Levites. 

7 Two wagons and four oxen he 
gave unto the sons of Gershon, ac- 
cording to their service : 

8 And four wagons and eight oxen 
he gave unto the sons of Merari, ac- 
cording unto their service, under the 
hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron 
the priest. 

9 But unto the sons of Kohath he 
gave none : because the service of 
the sanctuary belonging unto them 
was that they should bear upon their 
shoulders. 

10 11 And the princes offered for 
dedicating of the altar in the day 
that it was anointed, even the princes 
offered their offering before the altar. 

11 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
They shall offer their offering, each 
prince on his day, for the dedicating 
of the altar. 

12 ^T And he that offered his offer- 
ing the first day was Nahshon the 
son of Amminadab, of the tribe of 
Judah : 

13 And his offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was a 
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver 
bowl of seventy shekels, after the shek- 
el of the sanctuary ; both of them 
were full of fine flour mingled with 
oil for a meat offering : 

14 One spoon often shekels of gold, 
full of incense : 

15 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a burnt 
offering : 

16 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

17 And for a sacrifice of peace of- 
ferings, two oxen, ^ve rams, Rye he 
goats, five lambs of the first year: 
this icas the offering of Nahshon the 
son of Amminadab. 

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The offerings 



NUMBERS. 



of the 'princes 



18 If On the second day Nethaneel 
the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, 
did offer : 

19 He offered for his offering one 
silver charger, the weight whereof 
was a hundred and thirty shekels, 
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, 
after the shekel of the sanctuary ; 
both of them full of fine flour min- 
gled with oil for a meat offering : 

20 One spoon of gold of ten shekels, 
full of incense : 

21 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

22 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

23 And for a sacrifice of peace of- 
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he 
goats, five lambs of the first year: 
this was the offering of Nethaneel 
the son of Zuar. 

24 If On the third day Eliab the 
son of Helon, prince of the children 
of Zebulun, did offer: 

25 His offering ivas one silver char- 
ger, the weight whereof was a hun- 
dred and thirty shekels, one silver 
bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary ; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled .with 
oil for a meat offering : 

26 One golden spoon often shekels, 
full of incense : 

27 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

28 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

29 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five 
he goats, five lambs of the first year : 
this was the offering of Eliab the son 
of Helon. 

30 If On the fourth day Elizur the 
son of Shedeur, prince of the chil- 
dren of Reuben, did offer: 

31 J 1 is offering was one silver char- 
ger of the weight of a hundred and 
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of sev- 
enty shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary ; both of them full of fine 

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flour mingled with oil for a meat 
offering : 

32 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 
full of incense : 

33 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

34 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

35 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five 
he goats, five lambs of the first year : 
this was the offering of Elizur the 
son of Shedeur. 

36 if On the fifth day Shelumiel 
the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the 
children of Simeon, did offer : 

37 His offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was a 
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver 
bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary ; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with 
oil for a meat offering : 

38 One golden spoon often shekels, 
full of incense : 

39 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering: 

40 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

41 And for a sacrifice of peace of- 
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he 
goats, five lambs of the first year: 
this was the offering of Shelumiel the 
son of Zurishaddai. 

42 If On the sixth day Eliasaph the 
son of Deuel, prince of the children 
of Gad, offered : 

43 His offering was one silver char- 
ger of the weight of a hundred and 
thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy 
shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- 
tuary ; both of them full of fine flour 
mingled with oil for a meat offering : 

44 One golden spoon of ten shekels, 
full of incense : 

45 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

46 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 



at the dedication 



NUMBERS. 



of the altar. 



47 And for a sacrifice of peace of- 
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he 
goats, five lambs of the first year : 
this was the offering of Eliasaph the 
son of Deuel. 

48 If On the seventh day Elishama 
the son of Ammihud, prince of the 
children of Ephraim, offered : 

49 His offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was a 
hundred and thirty shekels, one 
silver bowl of seventy shekels, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary ; both 
of them full of fine flour mingled 
with oil for a meat offering : 

50 One golden spoon of ten shek- 
els, full of incense : 

51 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

52 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

53 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five 
he goats, five lambs of the first 
year: this was the offering of Eli- 
shama the son of Ammihud. 

54 If On the eighth day offered 
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince 
of the children of Manasseh : 

55 His offering was one silver char- 
ger of the weight of a hundred and 
thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seven- 
ty shekels, after the shekel of the sanc- 
tuary; both of them full of fine flour 
mingled with oil for a meat offering : 

56 One golden spoon of ten shek- 
els, full of incense : 

57 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

58 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

59 And for a sacrifice of peace 
offerings, two oxen, five rams, five 
he goats, five lambs of the first year : 
this ivas the offering of Gamaliel the 
son of Pedahzur. 

60 II On the ninth day Abidan the 
son of Gideoni, prince of the children 
of Benjamin, offered: 

61 His offering was one silver char- 



ger, the weight whereof was a hun- 
dred and thirty shekels, one silver 
bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary ; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with 
oil for a meat offering : 

62 One golden spoon of ten shek- 
els, full of incense : 

63 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

64 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

65 And for a sacrifice of peace of- 
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he 
goats, five lambs of the first year : 
this was the offering of Abidan the 
son of Gideoni. 

66 TT On the tenth day Ahiezer the 
son of Ammishaddai, prince of the 
children of Dan, offered : 

67 His offering was one silver 
charger, the weight whereof was a 
hundred and thirty shekels, one sil- 
ver bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary ; both of them 
full of fine flour mingled with oil for 
a meat offering : 

68 One golden spoon of ten shek- 
els, full of incense : 

69 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

70 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

71 And for a sacrifice of peace of- 
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he 
goats, five lambs of the first year: 
this was the offering of Ahiezer the 
son of Ammishaddai. 

72 H On the eleventh day Pagiel 
the son of Ocran, prince of the 
children of Asher, offered : 

73 His offering was one silver char- 
ger, the weight whereof was a hun- 
dred and thirty shekels, one silver 
bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary ; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with 
oil for a meat offering: 

74 One golden spoon of ten shek- 
els, full of incense : 

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The princes'' offerings at the NUMBERS. 



dedication of the altar. 



75 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

76 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

7 7 And for a sacrifice of peace of- 
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he 
goats, five lambs of the first year : 
this was the offering of Pagiel the 
son of Ocran. 

78 IT On the twelfth day Ahira the 
son of Enan, prince of the children 
of Naphtali, offered : 

79 His offering was one silver char- 
ger, the weight whereof was a hun- 
dred and thirty shekels, one silver 
bowl of seventy shekels, after the 
shekel of the sanctuary; both of 
them full of fine flour mingled with 
oil for a meat offering : 

80 One golden spoon of ten shek- 
els, full of incense : 

81 One young bullock, one ram, 
one lamb of the first year, for a 
burnt offering : 

82 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering : 

83 And for a sacrifice of peace of- 
ferings, two oxen, five rams, five he 
goats, five lambs of the first year: 
this was the offering of Ahira the son 
of Enan. 

84 This was the dedication of the 
altar, in the day when it was anoint- 
ed, by the princes of Israel: twelve 
chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, 
twelve spoons of gold : 

85 Each charger of silver weighing 
a hundred and thirty shekels, each 
bowl seventy : all the silver vessels 
weighed two thousand and four hun- 
dred shekels, after the shekel of the 
sanctuary : 

86 The golden spoons were twelve, 
full of incense, weighing ten shekels 
apiece, after the shekel of the sane- 
fcuary : all the gold of the spoons was 
a h and red and twenty shekels. 

HI All the oxen for the burnt offer- 
ing were twelve bullocks, the rams 
twelve, the lambs of the first year 
twelve, with their meat offering: 
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and the kids of the goats for sin of- 
fering twelve. 

88 And all the oxen for the sacrifice 
of the peace offerings were twenty 
and four bullocks, the rams sixty, 
the he goats sixty, the lambs of the 
first year sixty. This was the dedi- 
cation of the altar, after that it was 
anointed. 

89 And when Moses was gone into 
the tabernacle of the congregation 
to speak with him, then he heard 
the voice of one speaking unto him 
from off the mercy seat that was 
upon the ark of testimony, from be- 
tween the two cherubim : and he 
spake unto him. 

CHAPTEK Till. 

1 How the lamps are to be lighted. 5 Tlie consecration 
of the Levites. 23 The age and time of their service. 

AND the Lord spake unto Mo- 
. ses, saying, 

2 Speak unto Aaron, and say unto 
him, When thou lightest the lamps, 
the seven lamps shall give light over 
against the candlestick. 

3 And Aaron did so; he lighted 
the lamps thereof over against the 
candlestick, as the Lord commanded 
Moses. 

4 And this work of the candlestick 
was of beaten gold ; unto the shaft 
thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was 
beaten work : according unto the 
pattern which the Lord had shewed 
Moses, so he made the candlestick. 

5 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

6 Take the Levites from among the 
children of Israel, and cleanse them. 

7 And thus shalt thou do unto them, 
to cleanse them : Sprinkle water of 
purifying upon them, and let them 
shave all their flesh, and let them 
wash their clothes, and so make 
themselves clean. 

8 Then let them take a young 
bullock with his meat offering, even 
fine flour mingled with oil, and 
another young bullock shalt thou 
take for a sin offering. 

9 And thou shalt bring the Levites 



The consecration 



NUMBERS. 



of the Levites. 



before the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation: and thou shalt gather the 
whole assembly of the children of Is- 
rael together. 

10 And thou shalt bring the Levites 
before the Lord: and the children of 
Israel shall put their hands upon the 
Levites : 

11 And Aaron shall offer the Le- 
vites before the Lord for an offering 
of the children of Israel, that they 
may execute the service of the Lord. 

12 And the Levites shall lay their 
hands upon the heads of the bullocks : 
and thou shalt offer the one for a sin 
offering, and the other for a burnt of- 
fering, unto the Lord, to make an 
atonement for the Levites. 

13 And thou shalt set the Levites 
before Aaron, and before his sons, 
and offer them for an offering unto 
the Lord. 

14 Thus shalt thou separate the Le- 
vites from among the children of Is- 
rael : and the Levites shall be mine. 

15 And after that shall the Levites 
go in to do the service of the taber- 
nacle of the congregation : and thou 
shalt cleanse them, and offer them for 
an offering. 

16 For they are wholly given unto 
me from among the children of Isra- 
el; instead of such as open every 
womb, even instead of the firstborn 
of all the children of Israel, have I 
taken them unto me. 

17 For all the firstborn of the chil- 
dren of Israel are mine, both man 
and beast : on the day that I smote 
every firstborn in the land of Egypt 
I sanctified them for myself. 

18 And I have taken the Levites 
for all the firstborn of the children of 
Israel. 

19 And I have given the Levites 
as a gift to Aaron and to his sons 
from among the children of Israel, to 
do the service of the children of Isra- 
el in the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and to make an atonement for 
the children of Israel : that there be 
no plague among the children of Isra- 



el, when the children of Israel come 
nigh unto the sanctuary. 

20 And Moses, and Aaron, and all 
the congregation of the children of 
Israel, did to the Levites according 
unto all that the Lord commanded 
Moses concerning the Levites, so did 
the children of Israel unto them. 

21 And the Levites were purified, 
and they washed their clothes ; and 
Aaron offered them as an offering be- 
fore the Lord; and Aaron made an 
atonement for them to cleanse them. 

22 And after that went the Levites 
in to do their service in the taberna- 
cle of the congregation before Aaron, 
and before his sons : as the Lord 
had commanded Moses concerning 
the Levites, so did they unto them. 

23 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

24 This is it that belongeth unto 
the Levites: from twenty and five 
years old and upward they shall go 
in to wait upon the service of the 
tabernacle of the congregation : 

25 And from the age of fifty years 
they shall cease waiting upon the ser- 
vice thereof and shall serve no more : 

26 But shall minister with their 
brethren in the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, to keep the charge, and 
shall do no service. Thus shalt thou 
do unto the Levites touching their 
charge. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 The passover is commanded again. 6 A second pass* 
over allowed for them that were unclean or absent. 15 
The cloud guideth the removing s and encamping s of the 
Israelites. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses 
. in the wilderness of Sinai, in 
the first month of the second year 
after they were come out of the land 
of Egypt, saying, 

2 Let the children of Israel also 
keep the passover at his appointed 
season. 

3 In the fourteenth day of this 
month, at even, ye shall keep it in 
his appointed season : according to all 
the rites of it, and according to all the 
ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 

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A second passover allowed. NUMBERS. 



The cloud and fire. 



4 And Moses spake unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, that they should keep 
the passover. 

5 And they kept the passover on 
the fourteenth day of the first month 
at even in the wilderness of Sinai: 
according to all that the Lord com- 
manded Moses, so did the children of 
Israel. 

6 IT And there were certain men, 
who were defiled by the dead body 
of a man, that they could not keep 
the passover on that day: and they 
came before Moses and before Aaron 
on that day. 

7 And those men said unto him, 
We are defiled by the dead body of a 
man : wherefore are we kept back, 
that we may not offer an offering of 
the Lord in his appointed season 
among the children of Israel ? 

8 And Moses said unto them," Stand 
still, and I will hear what the Lord 
will command concerning you. 

9 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

10 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, saying, If any man of you or of 
your posterity shall be unclean by 
reason of a dead body, or be in a jour- 
ney afar off, yet he shall keep the 
passover unto the Lord. 

11 The fourteenth day of the sec- 
ond month at even they shall keep 
it, and eat it with unleavened bread 
and bitter herbs. 

12 They shall leave none of it unto 
the morning, nor break any bone of 
it : according to all the ordinances of 
the passover they shall keep it. 

13 But the man that is clean, and 
is not in a journey, and forbeareth to 
keep the passover, even the same 
hoi 1 1 shall be cut off from among his 
people : because he brought not the 
offering of the Lord in his appointed 

mi. that man shall bear his sin. 
1 I And if a stranger shall sojourn 
among you, and will keep the pass- 
over unto the Lord; according to the 
ordinance of the passover, and accord- 
ing to the manner thereof, so shall he 
17G 



do : ye shall have one ordinance, both 
for the stranger, and for him that was 
born in the land. 

15 IT And on the day that the 
tabernacle was reared up the cloud 
covered the tabernacle, namely, the 
tent of the testimony : and at even 
there was upon the tabernacle as it 
were the appearance of fire, until the 
morning. 

16 So it was alway: the cloud 
covered it by day, and the appear- 
ance of fire by night. 

17 And when the cloud was taken 
up from the tabernacle, then after 
that the children of Israel journeyed : 
and in the place where the cloud 
abode, there the children of Israel 
pitched their tents. 

18 At the commandment of the 
Lord the children of Israel journeyed, 
and at the commandment of the 
Lord they pitched: as long as the 
cloud abode upon the tabernacle they 
rested in their tents. 

19 And when the cloud tarried long 
upon the tabernacle many days, then 
the children of Israel kept the charge 
of the Lord, and journeyed not. 

20 And so it was, when the cloud 
was a few days upon the tabernacle ; 
according to the commandment of the 
Lord they abode in their tents, and 
according to the commandment of the 
Lord they journeyed. 

21 And so it was, when the cloud 
abode from even unto the morning, 
and that the cloud was taken up in 
the morning, then they journeyed : 
whether it ivas by day or by night 
that the cloud was taken up, they 
journeyed. 

22 Or whether it were two days, or 
a month, or a year, that the cloud 
tarried upon the tabernacle, remain- 
ing thereon, the children of Israel 
abode in their tents, and journeyed 
not : but when it was taken up, they 
journeyed. 

23 At the commandment of the 
Lord they rested in their tents, and 
at the commandment of the Lord 



Use of the silver trumpets. NUMBERS. Order of the Israelites 1 march, 



they journeyed : they kept the charge 
of the Lord, at the commandment of 
the Lord hy the hand of Moses. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 The use of the silver trumpets. 11 The Israelites re- 
move from Sinai to Paran. 14 The order of their 
march. 29 Hobab is entreated by Moses not to leave 
them. 33 The blessing of Moses at the removing and 
resting of the ark. 

\ ND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
JTJL saying, 

2 Make thee two trumpets of silver ; 
of a whole piece shalt thou make 
them : that thou mayest use them for 
the calling of the assembly, and for 
the journeying of the camps. 

3 And when they shall blow with 
them, all the assembly shall assemble 
themselves to thee at the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

4 And if they blow but with one 
trumpet, then the princes, ivhich are 
heads of the thousands of Israel, 
shall gather themselves unto thee. 

5 When ye blow an alarm, then the 
camps that lie on the east parts shall 
go forward. 

6 When ye blow an alarm the sec- 
ond time, then the camps that lie on 
the south side shall take their journey : 
they shall blow an alarm for their 
journeys. 

7 But when the congregation is to 
be gathered together, ye shall blow, 
but ye shall not sound an alarm. 

8 And the sons of Aaron, the priests, 
shall blow with the trumpets ; and they 
shall be to you for an ordinance for 
ever throughout your generations. 

9 And if ye go to war in your land 
against the enemy that oppresseth 
you, then ye shall blow an alarm with 
the trumpets; and ye shall be re- 
membered before the Lord your God, 
and ye shall be saved from your ene- 
mies. 

10 Also in the day of your glad- 
ness, and in your solemn days, and 
in the beginnings of your months, ye 
shall blow with the trumpets over 
your burnt offerings, and over the 
sacrifices of your peace offerings ; 
that they may be to you for a me- 

12 



morial before your God : I am the 
Lord your God. 

11 IT And it came to pass on the 
twentieth day of the second month, 
in the second year, that the cloud 
was taken up from off the taberna- 
cle of the testimony. 

12 And the children of Israel took 
their journeys out of the wilderness 
of Sinai ; and the cloud rested in 
the wilderness of Paran. 

13 And they first took their jour- 
ney according to the commandment 
of the Lord by the hand of Moses. 

14 If In the first place went the 
standard of the camp of the children 
of Judah according to their armies : 
and over his host was Nahshon the 
son of Amminadab. 

15 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Issachar ivas Neth- 
aneel the son of Zuar. 

16 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Zebulun was Eliab 
the son of Helon. 

17 And the tabernacle was taken 
down ; and the sons of Gershon and 
the sons of Merari set forward, bear- 
ing the tabernacle. 

18 If And the standard of the camp 
of Reuben set forward according to 
their armies: and over his host was 
Elizur the son of Shedeur. 

19 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Simeon was Shelu- 
miel the son of Zurishaddai. 

20 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Gad ivas Eliasaph 
the son of Deuel. 

21 And the Kohathites set forward, 
bearing the sanctuary : and the other 
did set up the tabernacle against 
they came. 

22 TT And the standard of the camp 
of the children of Ephraim set for- 
ward according to their armies : and 
over his host was Elishama the son 
of Ammihud. 

23 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Manasseh was 
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur. 

24 And over the host of the tribe 

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NUMBERS. 



The people lust for flesh. 



of the children of Benjamin was 
Ahidan the son of Gideoni. 

25 IT And the standard of the camp 
of the children of Dan set forward, 
which was the rearward of all the 
camps throughout their hosts : and 
over his host was Ahiezer the son of 
Ammishaddai. 

26 And over the host of the tribe 
of the children of Asher ivas Pagiel 
the son of Ocran. 

27 And over the host of the trihe 
of the children of Naphtali was Ahira 
the son of Enan. 

28 Thus were the journeyings of 
the children of Israel according to 
their armies, when they set forward. 

29 If And Moses said unto Hohah, 
the son of Raguel the Midianite, 
Moses' father in law, We are jour- 
neying unto the place of which the 
Lord said, I will give it you : come 
thou with us, and we will do thee 
good : for the Lord hath spoken 
good concerning Israel. 

30 And he said unto him, I will 
not go ; but I will depart to mine 
own land, and to my kindred. 

31 And he said, Leave us not, I 
pray thee ; forasmuch as thou know- 
est how we are to encamp in the wil- 
derness, and thou mayest be to us 
instead of eyes. 

32 And it shall be, if thou go with 
us, yea, it shall be, that what good- 
ness the Lord shall do unto us, the 
same will we do unto thee. 

33 ^[ And they departed from the 
■anount of the Lord three days' jour- 
*ney : and the ark of the covenant of 
<the Lord went before them in the 
rtljree days' journey, to search out a 
nesting place for them. 

I \ And the cloud of the Lord was 
iupan them by day, when they went 
.out of the camp. 

And it came to pass, when the 
?u;k set forward, that Moses said, 
Base (Up, Lord, and let thine ene- 
mies be scattered ; and let them that 
hate thee flee before thee. 

^i6 And when it rested, he said, 
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Return, O Lord, unto the many 
thousands of Israel. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 The burning at Taberah quenched by 3foses f prayer. 
4 The people lust for flesh, and loathe manna. 10 
Moses complaineth of his charge. 16 God divideth 
his burden unto seventy elders. 31 Quails are given 
in wrath at Kibroth-hattaavah. i 

AND when the people complainedj 
. it displeased the Lord : and the 
Lord heard it; and his anger was 
kindled ; and the fire of the Lord 
burnt among them, and consumed 
them that were in the uttermost parts 
of the camp. 

2 And the people cried unto Mo- 
ses ; and when Moses prayed unto 
the Lord, the fire was quenched. 

3 And he called the name of the 
place Taberah: because the fire of 
the Lord burnt among them. 

4 TT And the mixed multitude that 
was among them fell a lusting : and 
the children of Israel also wept again, 
and said, Who shall give us flesh to 
eat? 

5 We remember the fish, which we 
did eat in Egypt freely ; the cucum- 
bers, and the melons, and the leeks, 
and the onions, and the garlic : 

6 But now our soul is dried away : 
there is nothing at all, besides this 
manna, before our eyes. 

7 And the manna was as corian- 
der seed, and the colour thereof as 
the colour of bdellium. 

8 And the people went about, and 
gathered it, and ground it in mills, 
or beat it in a mortar, and baked it 
in pans, and made cakes of it: and 
the taste of it was as the taste of 
fresh oil. 

9 And when the dew fell upon the 
camp in the night, the manna fell 
upon it. 

10 IT Then Moses heard the people 
weep throughout their families, every 
man in the door of his tent : and the 
anger of the Lord was kindled great- 
ly ; Moses also was displeased. 

11 And Moses said unto the Lord, 
Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy ser- 
vant ? and wherefore have I not found 



Seventy elders 



NUMBERS. 



are appointed. 



favour in thy sight, that thou layest 
the burden of all this people upon me ? 

12 Have I conceived all this peo- 
ple ? have I begotten them, that thou 
shouldest say unto me, Carry them in 
thy bosom, as a nursing father beareth 
the sucking child, unto the land which 
thou sw&rest unto their fathers? 

13 Whence should I have flesh to 
give unto all this people ? for they 
weep unto me, saying, Give us flesh, 
that we may eat. 

14 I am not able to bear all this 
people alone, because it is too heavy 
for me. 

15 And if thou deal thus with me, 
kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, if 
I have found favour in thy sight ; 
and let me not see my wretchedness. 

16 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Gather unto me seventy men 
of the elders of Israel, whom thou 
knowest to be the elders of the peo- 
ple, and officers over them ; and 
bring them unto the tabernacle of 
the congregation, that they may 
stand there with thee. 

17 And I will come down and talk 
with thee there: and I will take of 
the spirit which is upon thee, and 
will put it upon them; and they 
shall bear the burden of the people 
with thee, that thou bear it not thy- 
self alone. 

18 And say thou unto the people, 
Sanctify yourselves against,, to mor- 
row, and ye shall eat flesh : for ye 
have wept in the ears of the Lord, 
saying, Who shall give us flesh to 
eat? for it was well with us in 
Egypt: therefore the Lord will give 
you flesh, and ye shall eat. 

19 Ye shall not eat one day, nor 
two days, nor five days, neither ten 
days, nor twenty days ; 

20 But even a whole month, until 
it come out at your nostrils, and it 
be loathsome unto you : because that 
ye have despised the Lord which is 
among you, and have wept before 
him, saying, Why came we forth out 
of Egypt? 



21 And Moses said, The people, 
among whom I am, are six hundred 
thousand footmen; and thou hast 
said, I will give them flesh, that 
they may eat a whole month. 

22 Shall the flocks and the herds 
be slain for them, to suffice them? 
or shall all the fish of the sea be 
gathered together for them, to suffice 
them? 

23 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Is the Lord's hand waxed short? 
thou shalt see now whether my word 
shall come to pass unto thee or not. 

24 If And Moses went out, and told 
the people the words of the Lord, and 
gathered the seventy men of the el- 
ders of the people, and set them round 
about the tabernacle. 

25 And the Lord came down in a 
cloud, and spake unto him, and took 
of the spirit that was upon him, and 
gave it unto the seventy elders : and 
it came to pass, that, when the spirit 
rested upon them, they prophesied, 
and did not cease. 

26 But there remained two of the 
men in the camp, the name of the 
one was Eldad, and the name of the 
other Medad : and the spirit rested 
upon them ; and they were of them 
that were written, but went not out 
unto the tabernacle : and they proph- 
esied in the camp. 

27 And there ran a young man, 
and told Moses, and said, Eldad and 
Medad do prophesy in the camp. 

28 And Joshua the son of Nun, 
the servant of Moses, one of his 
young men, answered and said, My 
lord Moses, forbid them. 

29 And Moses said unto him, En- 
viest thou for my sake ? would God 
that all the Lord's people were proph- 
ets, and that the Lord would put his 
Spirit upon them. 

30 And Moses gat him into the 
camp, he and the elders of Israel. 

31 IT And there went forth a wind 
from the Lord, and brought quails 
from the sea, and let them fall by the 
camp, as it were a day's journey on 

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this side, and as it were a day's jour- 
ney on the other side, round about 
the camp, and as it were two cubits 
high upon the face of the earth. 

32 And the people stood up all 
that day, and all that night, and 
all the next day, and they gath- 
ered the quails : he that gathered 
least gathered ten homers : and they 
spread them all abroad for them- 
selves round about the camp. 

33 And while the flesh was yet be- 
tween their teeth, ere it was chewed, 
the wrath of the Lord was kindled 
against the people, and the Lord 
smote the people with a very great 
plague. 

34 And he called the name of 
that place Kibroth-hattaavah : be- 
cause there they buried the people 
that lusted. 

35 And the people journeyed from 
Kibroth-hattaavah unto Hazeroth ; 
and abode at Hazeroth. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 God rebuketh the sedition of Miriam and Aaron. 10 
Miriam's leprosy is healed at the prayer of Moses. 
14 God commandeth her to be shut out of the host. 

AND Miriam and Aaron spake 
. against Moses because of the 
Ethiopian woman whom he had 
married : for he had married an 
Ethiopian woman. 

2 And they said, Hath the Lord 
indeed spoken only by Moses ? hath 
he not spoken also by us ? And the 
Lord heard it. 

3 (Now the man Moses ivas very 
meek, above all the men which were 
upon the face of the earth.) 

4 And the Lord spake suddenly 
unto Moses, and unto Aaron, and un- 
to Miriam, Come out ye three unto 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 
And they three came out. 

5 And the Lord came down in the 
pillar of the cloud, and stood in the 
door of the tabernacle, and called 
Aaron and Miriam: and they both 
came forth. 

6 And he said, Hear now my words: 
If there be a prophet among you, I 

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the Lord will make myself known 
unto him in a vision, and will speak 
unto him in a dream. 

7 My servant Moses is not so, who 
is faithful in all mine house. 

8 With him will I speak mouth 
to mouth, even apparently, and not 
in dark speeches; and the similitude 
of the Lord shall he behold : where- 
fore then were ye not afraid to speak 
against my servant Moses ? 

9 And the anger of the Lord was 
kindled against them; and he de- 
parted. 

10 And the cloud departed from 
off the tabernacle ; and, behold, Mir- 
iam became leprous, white as snow : 
and Aaron looked upon Miriam, and, 
behold, she was leprous. 

11 And Aaron said unto Moses, 
Alas, my lord, I beseech thee, lay not 
the sin upon us, wherein we have 
done foolishly, and wherein we have 
sinned. 

12 Let her not be as one dead, of 
whom the flesh is half consumed when 
he cometh out of his mother's womb. 

13 And Moses cried unto the Lord, 
saying, Heal her now, O God, I be- 
seech thee. 

14 If And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, If her father had but spit in her 
face, should she not be ashamed sev- 
en days? let her be shut out from 
the camp seven days, and after that 
let her be received in again. 

15 And Miriam was shut out from 
the camp seven days: and the peo- 
ple journeyed not till Miriam was 
Drought in again. 

16 And afterward the people re- 
moved from Hazeroth, and pitched 
in the wilderness of Paran. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 The names of the men who were sent to search the land. 
17 Their instructions. 21 Their acts. 26 Their re- 
lation. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
_ saying, 
2 Send thou men, that they may 
search the land of Canaan, which I 
give unto the children of Israel: of 



The names of the spies. 



NUMBERS. 



Their evil report. 



every tribe of their fathers shall ye 
send a man, every one a ruler among 
them. 

3 And Moses by the commandment 
of the Lord sent them from the wil- 
derness of Paran : all those men were 
heads of the children of Israel. 

4 And these were their names : Of 
the tribe of Reuben, Shammua the 
son of Zaccur. 

5 Of the tribe of Simeon, Shaphat 
the son of Hori. 

6 Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the 
son of Jephunneh. 

7 Of the tribe of Issachar, Igal the 
son of Joseph. 

8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea 
the son of Nun. 

9 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Palti 
the son of Raphu. 

10 Of the tribe of Zebulun, Gad- 
diel the son of Sodi. 

11 Of the tribe of Joseph, namely, 
of the tribe of Manasseh, Gaddi the 
son of Susi. 

12 Of the tribe of Dan, Ammiel the 
son of G-emalli. 

13 Of the tribe of Asher, Sethur 
the son of Michael. 

14 Of the tribe of Naphtali, Nahbi 
the son of Yophsi. 

15 Of the tribe of Gad, Geuel the 
son of Machi. 

16 These are the names of the men 
which Moses sent to spy out the land. 
And Moses called Oshea the son of 
Nun, Jehoshua. 

17 T[ And Moses sent them to spy 
out the land of Canaan, and said 
unto them, Get you up this way 
southward, and go up into the moun- 
tain: 

18 And see the land, what it is ; 
and the people that dwelleth therein, 
whether they be strong or weak, few 
or many ; 

19 And what the land is that they 
dwell in, whether it be good or bad ; 
and what cities they be that they 
dwell in, whether in tents, or in 
strong holds ; 

20 And what the land is, whether it 



be fat or lean, whether there be wood 
therein, or not. And be ye of good 
courage, and bring of the fruit of the 
land. Now the time was the time of 
the first ripe grapes. 

21 ^T So they went up, and search- 
ed the land from the wilderness of 
Zin unto Rehob, as men come to 
Hamath. 

22 And they ascended by the south, 
and came unto Hebron ; where Ahi- 
man, Sheshai, and Talmai, the chil- 
dren of Anak, were. (Now Hebron 
was built seven years before Zoan 
in Egypt.) 

23 And they came unto the brook 
of Eshcol, and cut down from thence 
a branch with one cluster of grapes, 
and they bare it between two upon a 
staff; and they brought of the pome- 
granates, and of the figs. 

24 The place was called the brook 
Eshcol, because of the cluster of 
grapes which the children of Israel 
cut down from thence. 

25 And they returned from search- 
ing of the land after forty days. 

26 TT And they went and came to 
Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the 
congregation of the children of Is- 
rael, unto the wilderness of Paran, 
to Kadesh; and brought back word 
unto them, and unto all the congre- 
gation, and shewed them the fruit of 
the land. 

27 And they told him, and said, 
"We came unto the land whither thou 
sentest us, and surely it floweth with 
milk and honey ; and this is the fruit 
of it. 

28 Nevertheless the people be 
strong that dwell in the land, and 
the cities are walled, and very great : 
and moreover we saw the children 
of Anak there. 

29 The Amalekites dwell in the 
land of the south : and the Hittites, 
and the Jebusites, and the Amorites, 
dwell in the mountains : and the 
Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by 
the coast of Jordan. 

30 And Caleb stilled the people 

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The people murmur. NUMBERS, 

before Moses, and said, Let us go up 
at once, and possess it; for we are 
well able to overcome it. 

31 But the men that went up with 
him said, We be not able to go up 
against the people ; for they are 
stronger than we. 

32 And they brought up an evil 
report of the land which they had 
searched unto the children of Israel, 
saying, The land, through which we 
have gone to search it, is a land that 
eateth up the inhabitants thereof; 
and all the people that we saw in it 
are men of a great stature. 

33 And there we saw the giants, 
the sons of Anak, which come of the 
giants : and we were in our own sight 
as grasshoppers, and so we were in 
their sight. 

CHAPTER XIY. 

1 The people murmur at the news. 6 Joshua and Caleb 
labour to still them. 11 God threateneth them. 13 
Moses persuadeth God, and obtaineth pardon. 26 The 
■murmurers are deprived of entering into the land. 36 
The men who raised the evil report die by a plague. 
40 The people that woidd invade the land against the 
will of God are smitten. 

AND all the congregation lifted 
. up their voice, and cried ; and 
the people wept that night. 

2 And all the children of Israel 
murmured against Moses and against 
xiaron : and the whole congregation 
said unto them, Would God that we 
had died in the land of Egypt! or 
would God we had died in this wil- 
derness ! 

3 And wherefore hath the Lord 
brought us unto this land, to fall by 
the sword, that our wives and our 
children should be a prey ? were it not 
better for us to return into Egypt ? 

4 And they said one to another, 
Let us make a captain, and let us re- 
turn into Egypt. 

■'> Then Moses and Aaron fell on 
their faces before all the assembly of 
the congregation of the children of 
[srael. 

6 If And Joshua the son of Nun, 
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, 
which ire re of them that searched the 
land, rent their clothes: 
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7 And they spake unto all the com- 
pany of the children of Israel, saying, 
The land, which we passed through to 
search it, is an exceeding good land. 

8 If the Lord delight in us, then 
he will bring us into this land, and 
give it us ; a land which floweth with 
milk and honey. 

9 Only rebel not ye against the 
Lord, neither fear ye the people 
of the land ; for they are bread for 
us : their defence is departed from 
them, and the Lord is with us : fear 
them not. 

10 But all the congregation bade 
stone them with stones. And the 
glory of the Lord appeared in the 
tabernacle of the congregation before 
all the children of Israel. 

11 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, How long will this people pro- 
voke me ? and how long will it be 
ere they believe me, for all the signs 
which I have shewed among them ? 

12 I will smite them with the 
pestilence, and disinherit them, and 
will make of thee a greater nation 
and mightier than they. 

13 IT And Moses said unto the 
Lord, Then the Egyptians shall hear 
it, (for thou broughtest up this people 
in thy might from among them ;) 

14 And they will tell it to the in- 
habitants of this land : for they have 
heard that thou Lord art among this 
people, that thou Lord art seen face 
to face, and that thy cloud standeth 
over them, and that thou goest be- 
fore them, by daytime in a pillar of a 
cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. 

15 If Now if thou shalt kill all 
this people as one man, then the na- 
tions which have heard the fame of 
thee will speak, saying, 

16 Because the Lord was not 
able to bring this people into the 
Jand which he sware unto them, 
therefore he hath slain them in the 
wilderness. 

17 And now, I beseech thee, let the 
power of my Lord be great, according 
as thou hast spoken, saying, 



The murmurers 



NUMBERS. 



are excluded. 



18 The Lord is longsuffering, and 
of great mercy, forgiving iniquity 
and transgression, and by no means 
clearing the guilty, visiting the ini- 
quity of the fathers upon the children 
unto the third and fourth generation. 

19 Pardon, I beseech thee, the ini- 
quity of this people according unto 
the greatness of thy mercy, and as 
thou hast forgiven this people, from 
Egypt even until now. 

20 And the Lord said, I have par- 
doned according to thy word : 

21 But as truly as I live, all the 
earth shall be filled with the glory of 
the Lord. 

22 Because all those men which 
have seen my glory, and my mira- 
cles, which I did in Egypt and in 
the wilderness, and have tempted me 
now these ten times, and have not 
hearkened to my voice ; 

23 Surely they shall not see the 
land which I sware unto their fa- 
thers, neither shall any of them that 
provoked me see it : 

24 But my servant Caleb, because 
he had another spirit with him, and 
hath followed me fully, him will 
I bring into the land whereinto he 
went ; and his seed shall possess it. 

25 (Now the Amalekites and the 
Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To 
morrow turn you, and get you into 
the wilderness by the way of the 
Red sea. 

26 ^T And the Lord spake unto 
Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 

27 How long shall I bear with 
this evil congregation, which mur- 
mur against me ? I have heard the 
murmurings of the children of Israel, 
which they murmur against me. 

28 Say unto them, As truly as I 
live, saith the Lord, as ye have spo- 
ken in mine ears, so will I do to you : 

29 Your carcasses shall fall in this 
wilderness, and all that were num- 
bered of you, according to your 
whole number, from twenty years 
old and upward, which have mur- 
mured against me, 



30 Doubtless ye shall not come 
into the land, concerning which I 
sware to make you dwell therein, 
save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, 
and Joshua the son of Nun. 

31 But your little ones, which ye 
said should be a prey, them will I 
bring in, and they shall know the 
land which ye have despised. 

32 But as for you, your carcasses, 
they shall fall in this wilderness. 

33 And your children shall wan- 
der in the wilderness forty years, 
and bear your whoredoms, until your 
carcasses be wasted in the wilderness. 

34 After the number of the days 
in which ye searched the land, even 
forty days, each day for a year, shall 
ye bear your iniquities, even forty 
years, and ye shall know my breach 
of promise. 

35 I the Lord have said, I will 
surely do it unto all this evil congre- 
gation, that are gathered together 
against me : in this wilderness they 
shall be consumed, and there they 
shall die. 

36 And the men which Moses sent 
to search the land, who returned, and 
made all the congregation to murmur 
against him, by bringing up a slander 
upon the land, 

37 Even those men that did bring 
up the evil report upon the land, 
died by the plague before the Lord. 

38 But Joshua ' the son of Nun, 
and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, 
which ivere of the men that went to 
search the land, lived still. 

39 And Moses told these sayings 
unto all the children of Israel : and 
the people mourned greatly. 

40 If And they rose up early in the 
morning, and gat them up into the 
top of the mountain, saying, Lo, we 
be here, and will go up unto the place 
which the Lord hath promised : for 
we have sinned. 

41 And Moses said, "Wherefore now 
do ye transgress the commandment of 
the Lord ? but it shall not prosper. 

42 Go not up, for the Lord is not 

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Law of the meat offering NUMBERS. 



and the drink offering. 



among you; that ye be not smitten 
before your enemies. 

43 For the Amalekites and the Ca- 
naanites are there before you, and 
ye shall fall by the sword : because 
ye are turned away from the Lord, 
therefore the Lord will not be with 
you. 

44 But they presumed to go up 
unto the hill top: nevertheless the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord, 
and Moses, departed not out of the 
camp. 

45 Then the Amalekites came 
down, and the Canaanites which 
dwelt in that hill, and smote them, 
and discomfited them, even unto 
Hormah. 

CHAPTER XT. 

1 TJte law of the meat offering and the drink offering. 
13, 29 The stranger is under the same law. 17 The 
law of the first of the dough for a heave offering. _ 22 
The sacrifice for sins of ignorance. 30 The punish- 
ment of presumption. 32 He that violated the sab- 
bath is stoned. 37 The law of fringes. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
_ saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Isra- 
el, and say unto them, When ye be 
come into the land of your habita- 
tions, which I give unto you, 

3 And will make an offering by 
fire unto the Lord, a burnt offering, 
or a sacrifice in performing a vow, 
or in a freewill offering, or in your 
solemn feasts, to make a sweet sa- 
vour unto the Lord, of the herd, or of 
the flock : 

4 Then shall he that offereth his 
offering unto the Lord bring a meat 
offering of a tenth deal of flour, min- 
gled with the fourth part of a hin 
of oil. 

5 And the fourth part of a hin of 
wine for a drink offering shalt thou 
prepare with the burnt offering or 
sacrifice, for one lamb. 

6 ( )r for a ram, thou shalt prepare 
for a meat offering two tenth deals 
of flour, mingled with the third part 
<<f a hin of oil. 

7 And for a drink offering thou 
shalt offer the third part of a hin 

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of wine, for a sweet savour unto the 
Lord. 

8 And when thou preparest a bul- 
lock for a burnt offering, or for a sac- 
rifice in performing a vow, or peace 
offerings unto the Lord ; 

9 Then shall he bring with a bul- 
lock a meat offering of three tenth 
deals of flour, mingled with half a 
hin of oil. 

10 And thou shalt bring for a 
drink offering half a hin of wine, for 
an offering made by fire, of a sweet 
savour unto the Lord. 

11 Thus shall it be done for one 
bullock, or for one ram, or for a 
lamb, or a kid. 

12 According to the number that 
ye shall prepare, so shall ye do to 
every one according to their number. 

13 All that are born of the country 
shall do these things after this man- 
ner, in offering an offering made by 
fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord. 

14 And if a stranger sojourn with 
you, or whosoever be among you in 
your generations, and will offer an 
offering made by fire, of a sweet sa- 
vour unto the Lord ; as ye do, so he 
shall do. 

15 One ordinance shall be both for 
you of the congregation, and also 
for the stranger that sojourneth with 
you, an ordinance for ever in your 
generations : as ye are, so shall the 
stranger be before the Lord. 

16 One law and one manner shall 
be for you, and for the stranger that 
sojourneth with you. 

17 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

18 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, and say unto them, When ye 
come into the land whither I bring 
you, 

19 Then it shall be, that, when 
ye eat of the bread of the land, ye 
shall offer up a heave offering unto 
the Lord. 

20 Ye shall offer up a cake of th^ 
first of your dough for a heave of- 
fering : as ye do the heave offering of 



Of sin of ignorance. 



NUMBERS. The sabbathbreaker stoned. 



the threshingfioor, so shall ye heave 
it, 

21 Of the first of your dough ye 
shall give unto the Lord a heave 
offering in your generations. 

22 If And if ye have erred, and not 
ohserved all these commandments, 
which the Lord hath spoken unto 
Moses, 

23 Even all that the Lord hath 
commanded you by the hand of 
Moses, from the day that 'the Lord 
commanded Moses, and hencefor- 
ward among your generations ; 

24 Then it shall he, if aught be 
committed by ignorance without the 
knowledge of the congregation, that 
all the congregation shall offer one 
young bullock for a burnt offering, 
for a sweet savour unto the Lord, 
with his meat offering, and his drink 
offering, according to the manner, 
and one kid of the goats for a sin 
offering. 

25 And the priest shall make an 
atonement for all the congregation of 
the children of Israel, and it shall be 
forgiven them ; for it is ignorance : 
and they shall bring their offering, a 
sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord, 
and their sin offering before the 
Lord, for their ignorance : 

26 And it shall be forgiven all the 
congregation of the children of Isra- 
el, and the stranger that sojourneth 
among them; seeing all the people 
were in ignorance. 

27 IT And if any soul sin through 
ignorance, then he shall bring a she 
goat of the first year for a sin offering. 

28 And the priest shall make an 
atonement for the soul that sinneth 
ignorantly, when he sinneth by ig- 
norance before the Lord, to make an 
atonement for him ; and it shall be 
forgiven him. 

29 Ye shall have one law for him 
that sinneth through ignorance, both 
for him that is born among the chil- 
dren of Israel, and for the stranger 
that sojourneth among them. 

30 If But the soul that doeth aught 



presumptuously, whether he be born 
in the land, or a stranger the same 
reproacheth the Lord ; and that 
soul shall be cut off from among his 
people. 

31 Because he hath despised the 
word of the Lord, and hath broken 
his commandment, that soul shall 
utterly be cut off; his iniquity shall 
be upon him. 

32 ^ And while the children of 
Israel were in the wilderness, they 
found a man that gathered sticks 
upon the sabbath day. 

33 And they that found him gath- 
ering sticks brought him unto Moses 
and Aaron, and unto all the congre- 
gation. 

34 And they put him in ward, 
because it was not declared what 
should be done to him. 

35 And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, The man shall be surely put 
to death: all the congregation shall 
stone him with stones without the 
camp. 

36 And all the congregation brought 
him without the camp, and stoned 
him with stones, and he died ; as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

37 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

38 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and bid them that they make them 
fringes in the borders of their gar- 
ments, throughout their generations, 
and that they put upon the fringe 
of the borders a ribband of blue : 

39 And it shall be unto you for 
a fringe, that ye may look upon it, 
and remember all the command- 
ments of the Lord, and do them ; 
and that ye seek not after your own 
heart and your own eyes, after which 
ye use to go a whoring : 

40 That ye may remember, and do 
all my commandments, and be holy 
unto your God. 

41 I am the Lord your God, which 
brought you out of the land of Egypt, 
to be your God : I am the Lord your 
God. 

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The rebellion of Korah, 



NUMBERS. 



Dathan, and Abiram. 



CHAPTER XYL 

1 TJie rebellion of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram. 23 
Moses separate'th the people from the rebels' tents. 31 
The earth swalloweth up Korah, and a fire consumeth 
others. 36 The censers are reserved to holy use. 41 
Fourteen thousand and seven hundred are slain by a 
plague for murmuring against Moses and Aaron. 46 
Aaron by incense stayeth the plague. 

NOW Korah, the son of Izhar, 
the son of Kohath, the son of 
Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the 
sons of Eliah, and On, the son of Pe- 
leth, sons of Renben, took men : 

2 And they rose up before Moses, 
with certain of the children of Israel, 
two hundred and fifty princes of the 
assembly, famous in the congrega- 
tion, men of renown : 

3 And they gathered themselves 
together against Moses and against 
Aaron, and said unto them, Ye take 
too much upon you, seeing all the 
congregation are holy, every one 
of them, and the Lord is among 
them : wherefore then lift ye up 
yourselves above the congregation 
of the Lord? 

4 And when Moses heard it, he fell 
upon his face : 

5 And he spake unto Korah and 
unto all his company, saying, Even 
to morrow the Lord will shew who 
are his, and who is holy ; and will 
cause him to come near unto him: 
even him whom he hath chosen will 
he cause to come near unto him. 

6 This do ; Take you censers, Ko- 
rah, and all his company ; 

7 And put fire therein, and put in- 
cense in them before the Lord to 
morrow: and it shall be that the 
man whom the Lord doth choose, 
he shall be holy: ye take too much 
upon you, ye sons of Levi. 

8 And Moses said unto Korah, 
Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi : 

9 Seemeth it but a small tiring un- 
to you, that the God of Israel hath 
separated you from the congregation 
of Esrael, to bring you near to him- 
self to do the service of the taber- 
nacle of the Lord, and to stand be- 
fore the congregation to minister un- 
to them? 

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10 And he hath brought thee near 
to him, and all thy brethren the sons 
of Levi with thee : and seek ye the 
priesthood also? 

11 For which cause both thou and 
all thy company are gathered togeth- 
er against the Lord : and what is 
Aaron, that ye murmur against him? 

12 If And Moses sent to call Da- 
than and Abiram, the sons of Eliab ; 
which said, We will not come up: 

13 Is it a small thing that thou 
hast brought us up out of a land that 
floweth with milk and honey, to kill 
us in the wilderness, except thou make 
thyself altogether a prince over us ? 

14 Moreover, thou hast not brought 
us into a land that floweth with milk 
and honey, or given us inheritance 
of fields and vineyards : wilt thou 
put out the eyes of these men ? we 
will not come up. 

15 And Moses was very wroth, 
and said unto the Lord, Respect 
not thou their offering: I have not 
taken one ass from them, neither 
have I hurt one of them. 

16 And Moses said unto Korah, 
Be thou and all thy company before 
the Lord, thou, and they, and Aaron, 
to morrow : 

1 7 And take every man his censer, 
and put incense in them, and bring 
ye before the Lord every man his 
censer, two hundred and fifty cen- 
sers ; thou also, and Aaron, each of 
you his censer. 

18 And they took every man his 
censer, and put fire in them, and 
laid incense thereon, and stood in 
the door of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation with Moses and Aaron. 

19 And Korah gathered all the 
congregation against them unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation : and the glory of the Lord ap- 
peared unto all the congregation. 

20 And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses and unto Aaron, saying, 

21 Separate yourselves from among 
this congregation, that I may con 
sume them in a moment. 



The earth swalloweth up 



NUMBEKS. 



Korah and his company. 



22 And they fell upon their faces, 
and said, O God, the God of the 
spirits of all flesh, shall one man sin, 
and wilt thou be wroth with all the 
congregation ? 

23 Tf And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

24 Speak unto the congregation, 
saying, Get you up from about the 
tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and 
Abiram. 

25 And Moses rose up and went 
unto Dathan and Abiram; and the 
elders of Israel followed him. 

26 And he spake unto the congre- 
gation, saying, Depart, I pray you, 
from the tents of these wicked men, 
and touch nothing of theirs, lest ye 
be consumed in all their sins. 

27 So they gat up from the taber- 
nacle of Korah, Dathan, and Abi- 
ram, on every side : and Dathan 
and Abiram came out, and stood 
in the door of their tents, and their 
wives, and their sons, and their little 
children. 

28 And Moses said, Hereby ye 
shall know that the Lord hath sent 
me to do all these works ; for / have 
not done them of mine own mind. 

29 If these men die the common 
death of all men, or if they be visited 
after the visitation of all men ; then 
the Lord hath not sent me. 

30 But if the Lord make a new 
thing, and the earth open her mouth, 
and swallow them up, with all that 
appertain unto them, and they go 
down quick into the pit; then ye 
shall understand that these men 
have provoked the Lord. 

31 1[ And it came to pass, as he 
had made an end of speaking all 
these words, that the ground clave 
asunder that was under them: 

32 And the earth opened her 
mouth, and swallowed them up, and 
their houses, and all the men that 
appertained unto Korah, and all 
their goods. 

33 They, and all that appertained 
to them, went down alive into the 



pit, and the earth closed upon them : 
and they perished from among the 
congregation. 

34 And all Israel that were round 
about them fled at the cry of them : 
for they said, Lest the earth swallow 
us up also. 

35 And there came out a fire from 
the Lord, and consumed the two 
hundred and fifty men that offered 
incense. 

36 ^f And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

37 Speak unto Eleazar the son of 
Aaron the priest, that he take up the 
censers out of the burning, and scat- 
ter thou the fire yonder; for they 
are hallowed. 

38 The censers of these sinners 
against their own souls, let them 
make them broad plates for a cov- 
ering of the altar : for they offered 
them before the Lord, therefore they 
are hallowed : and they shall be a 
sign unto the children of Israel. 

39 And Eleazar the priest took 
the brazen censers, wherewith they 
that were burnt had offered ; and 
they were made broad plates for a 
covering of the altar : 

40 To be a memorial unto the 
children of Israel, that no stranger, 
which is not of the seed of Aaron, 
come near to offer incense before the 
Lord ; that he be not as Korah, and 
as his company : as the Lord said to 
him by the hand of Moses. 

41 IT But on the morrow all the 
congregation of the children of Is- 
rael murmured against Moses and 
against Aaron, saying, Ye have kill- 
ed the people of the Lord. 

42 And it came to pass, when the 
congregation was gathered against 
Moses and against Aaron, that they 
looked toward the tabernacle of the 
congregation : and, behold, the cloud 
covered it, and the glory of the Lord 
appeared. 

43 And Moses and Aaron came 
before the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

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Aaron stayeth the plague. NUMBERS, 



Aaron's rod flour isheth. 



44 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

45 Get you up from among this 
congregation, that I may consume 
them as in a moment. And they 
fell upon their faces. 

46 II And Moses said unto Aaron, 
Take a censer, and put fire therein 
from off the altar, and put on in- 
cense, and go quickly unto the con- 
gregation, and make an atonement 
for them : for there is wrath gone out 
from the Lord; the plague is "begun. 

47 And Aaron took as Moses com- 
manded, and ran into the midst of 
the congregation ; and, behold, the 
plague was begun among the people : 
and he put on incense, and made an 
atonement for the people. 

48 And he stood between the dead 
and the living; and the plague was 
stayed. 

49 Now they that died in the 
plague were fourteen thousand and 
seven hundred, besides them that 
died about the matter of Korah. 

50 And Aaron returned unto Mo- 
ses unto the door of the tabernacle 
of the congregation : and the plague 
was stayed. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

1 Aaron's rod among all the rods of the tribes only 
flour isheth. 10 It is left for a monument against the 
rebels. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 

2 Speak unto the children of Isra- 
el, and take of every one of them a 
rod according to the house of their 
fathers, of all their princes according 
to the house of their fathers, twelve 
rods : write thou every man's name 
upon his rod. 

3 And thou shalt write Aaron's 
name upon the rod of Levi : for one 
rod shall be for the head of the house 
of their fathers. 

4 And thou shalt lay them up in 
the tabernacle of the congregation 
before the testimony, where I will 
meet with you. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that 

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the man's rod, whom I shall choose, 
shall blossom : and I will make to 
cease from me the murmurings of 
the children of Israel, whereby they 
murmur against you. 

6 IT And Moses spake unto the 
children of Israel, and every one of 
their princes gave him a rod apiece, 
for each prince one, according to their 
fathers' houses, even twelve rods : 
and the rod of Aaron was among 
their rods. 

7 And Moses laid up the rods be- 
fore the Lord in the tabernacle of 
witness. 

8 And it came to pass, that on the 
morrow Moses went into the taber- 
nacle of witness ; and, behold, the 
rod of Aaron for the house of Levi 
was budded, and brought forth buds, 
and bloomed blossoms, and yielded 
almonds. 

9 And Moses brought out all the 
rods from before the Lord unto all the 
children of Israel: and they looked, 
and took every man his rod. 

10 TT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Bring Aaron's rod again before 
the testimony, to be kept for a token 
against the rebels ; and thou shalt 
quite take away their murmurings 
from me, that they die not. 

1 1 And Moses did so : as the Lord 
commanded him, so did he. 

12 And the children of Israel spake 
unto Moses, saying, Behold, we die, 
we perish, we all perish. 

13 Whosoever cometh any thing 
near unto the tabernacle of the Lord 
shall die : shall we be consumed with 
dying ? 

CHAPTER XYIII. 

1 The charge of the priests and Levites. 9 The priests' 
portion. 21 The Levites'' portion. 25 The heave of- 
fering to the priests out of the Levites' portion. 

AND the Lord said unto Aaron, 
. Thou and thy sons and thy fa- 
ther's house with thee shall bear the 
iniquity of the sanctuary : and thou 
and thy sons with thee shall bear the 
iniquity of your priesthood. 

2 And thy brethren also of the tribe 
of Levi, the tribe of thy father, bring 



The charge of the priests. NUMBERS. The portion of the priests, 



thou with thee, that they may be 
joined unto thee, and minister unto 
thee: hut thou and thy sons with 
thee shall minister before the taber- 
nacle of witness. 

3 And they shall keep thy charge, 
and the charge of all the tabernacle : 
only they shall not come nigh the 
vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, 
that neither they, nor ye also, die. 

4 And they shall be joined unto 
thee, and keep the charge of the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation, for all 
the service of the tabernacle : and a 
stranger shall not come nigh unto you. 

5 And ye shall keep the charge of 
the sanctuary, and the charge of the 
altar; that there be no wrath any 
more upon the children of Israel. 

6 And I, behold, I have taken your 
brethren the Levites from among the 
children of Israel: to you they are 
given as a gift for the Lord, to do 
the service of the tabernacle of the 
congregation. 

7 Therefore thou and thy sons with 
thee shall keep your priest's office for 
every thing of the altar, and within 
the vail ; and ye shall serve : I have 
given your priest's office unto you as 
a service of gift : and the stranger that 
cometh nigh shall be put to death. 

8 \ And the Lord spake unto 
Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee 
the charge of mine heave offerings of 
all the hallowed things of the chil- 
dren of Israel ; unto thee have I 
given them by reason of the anoint- 
ing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance 
for ever. 

9 This shall be thine of the most 
holy things, reserved from the fire : 
every oblation of theirs, every meat 
offering of theirs, and every sin of- 
fering of theirs, and every trespass 
offering of theirs, which they shall 
render unto me, shall be most holy 
for thee and for thy sons. 

10 In the most holy place shalt 
thou eat it ; every male shall eat it : 
it shall be holy unto thee. 

11 And this is thine; the heave 



offering of their gift, with all the 
wave offerings of the children of Is- 
rael: I have given them unto thee, 
and to thy sons and to thy daugh- 
ters with thee, by a statute for ever: 
every one that is clean in thy house 
shall eat of it. 

12 All the best of the oil, and all 
the best of the wine, and of the wheat, 
the firstfruits of them which they 
shall offer unto the Lord, them have 
I given thee. 

13 And whatsoever is first ripe in 
the land, which they shall bring unto 
the Lord, shall be thine ; every one 
that is clean in thine house shall eat 
of it. 

14 Every thing devoted in Israel 
shall be thine. 

15 Every thing that openeth the 
matrix in all flesh, which they bring 
unto the Lord, whether it be of men 
or beasts, shall be thine : neverthe- 
less the firstborn of man shalt thou 
surely redeem, and the firstling of 
unclean beasts shalt thou redeem. 

16 And those that are to be redeem- 
ed from a month old shalt thou re- 
deem, according to thine estimation, 
for the money of fire shekels, after 
the shekel of the sanctuary, which 
is twenty gerahs. 

17 But the firstling of a cow, or 
the firstling of a sheep, or the first- 
ling of a goat, thou shalt not re- 
deem ; they are holy : thou shalt 
sprinkle their blood upon the altar, 
and shalt burn their fat for an offer- 
ing made by fire, for a sweet savour 
unto the Lord. 

18 And the flesh of them shall be 
thine, as the wave breast and as the 
right shoulder are thine. 

19 All the heave offerings of the 
holy things, which the children of 
Israel offer unto the Lord, have I 
given thee, and thy sons and thy 
daughters with thee, by a statute for 
ever: it is a covenant of salt for 
ever before the Lord unto thee and 
to thy seed with thee. 

20 *[[ And the Lord spake unto 

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The Levites' portion. 



NUMBERS. 



The water of separation. 



Aaron, Thou shalt have no inherit- 
ance in their land, neither shalt thou 
have any part among them: I am 
thy part and thine inheritance among 
the children of Israel. 

21 And, behold, I have given the 
children of Levi all the tenth in Is- 
rael for an inheritance, for their ser- 
vice which they serve, even the ser- 
vice of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

22 Neither must the children of 
Israel henceforth come nigh the tab- 
ernacle of the congregation, lest they 
bear sin, and die. 

23 But the Levites shall do the 
service of the tabernacle of the con- 
gregation, and they shall bear their 
iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever 
throughout your generations, that 
among the children of Israel they 
have no inheritance. 

24 But the tithes of the children 
of Israel, which they offer as a heave 
offering unto the Lord, I have given 
to the Levites to inherit: therefore 
I have said unto them, Among the 
children of Israel they shall have no 
inheritance. 

25 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

26 Thus speak unto the Levites, 
and say unto them, When ye take of 
the children of Israel the tithes which 
I have given you from them for your 
inheritance, then ye shall offer up a 
heave offering of it for the Lord, even 
a tenth part of the tithe. 

27 And this your heave offering 
shall be reckoned unto you, as though 
it were the corn of the threshingfloor, 
and as the fulness of the winepress. 

28 Thus ye also shall offer a heave 
offering unto the Lord of all your 
tithes, which ye receive of the chil- 
dren of Israel ; and ye shall give 
thereof the Lord's heave offering to 
Aaron the priest. 

29 Out of all your gifts ye shall 
offer every heave offering of the 
Lord, of all the best thereof, even 
the hallowed part thereof out of it. 

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30 Therefore thou shalt say unto 
them, When ye have heaved the 
best thereof from it, then it shall 
be counted unto the Levites as the 
increase of the threshingfloor, and 
as the increase of the winepress. 

31 And ye shall eat it in every 
place, ye and your households : for it 
is your reward for your service in 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

32 And ye shall bear no sin by 
reason of it, when ye have heaved 
from it the best of it: neither shall 
ye pollute the holy things of the 
children of Israel, lest ye die. 

CHAPTEK XIX. 

1 The water of separation made of the ashes of a red 
heifer. 11 The law for the use of it in purification 
of the unclean. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses 
_ and unto Aaron, saying, 

2 This is the ordinance of the law 
which the Lord hath commanded, 
saying, Speak unto the children of 
Israel, that they bring thee a red 
heifer without spot, wherein is no 
blemish, and upon which never came 
yoke. 

3 And ye shall give her unto Elea- 
zar the priest, that he may bring her 
forth without the camp, and one shall 
slay her before his face : 

4 And Eleazar the priest shall 
take of her blood with his ringer, 
and sprinkle of her blood directly 
before the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation seven times. 

5 And one shall burn the heifer in 
his sight ; her skin, and her flesh, 
and her blood, with her dung, shall 
he burn : 

6 And the priest shall take cedar 
wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and 
cast it into the midst of the burning 
of the heifer. 

7 Then the priest shall wash his 
clothes, and he shall bathe his flesh 
in water, and afterward he shall 
come into the camp, and the priest 
shall be unclean until the even. 

8 And he that burnetii her shall 
wash his clothes in water, and bathe 



The law for the use of it, NUMBERS. The people murmur for water. 



his flesh in water, and shall be un- 
clean until the even. 

9 And a man that is clean shall 
gather up the ashes of the heifer, 
and lay them up without the camp 
in a clean place, and it shall be kept 
for the congregation of the children 
of Israel for a water of separation : it 
is a purification for sin. 

10 And he that gathereth the ash- 
es of the heifer shall wash his clothes, 
and be unclean until the even: and 
it shall be unto the children of Isra- 
el, and unto the stranger that so- 
journeth among them, for a statute 
for ever. 

11 IT He that toucheth the dead 
body of any man shall be unclean 
seven days. 

12 He shall purify himself with it 
on the third day, and on the seventh 
day he shall be clean : but if he pu- 
rify not himself the third day, then 
the seventh day he shall not be 
clean. 

13 Whosoever toucheth the dead 
body of any man that is dead, and 
purifieth not himself, defileth the tab- 
ernacle of the Lord ; and that soul 
shall be cut off from Israel : because 
the water of separation was not sprin- 
kled upon him, he shall be unclean ; 
his uncleanness is yet upon him. 

14 This is the law, when a man 
dieth in a tent : all that come into 
the tent, and all that is in the tent, 
shall be unclean seven days. 

15 And every open vessel, which 
hath no covering bound upon it, is 
unclean. 

16 And whosoever toucheth one 
that is slain with a sword in the 
open fields, or a dead body, or a bone 
of a man, or a grave, shall be un- 
clean seven days. 

17 And for an unclean person they 
shall take of the ashes of the burnt 
heifer of purification for sin, and run- 
ning water shall be put thereto in a 
vessel : 

18 And a clean person shall take 
hyssop, and dip it in the water, and 



sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon 
all the vessels, and upon the persons 
that were there, and upon him that 
touched a bone, or one slain, or one 
dead, or a grave : 

19 And the clean person shall 
sprinkle upon the unclean on the 
third day, and on the seventh day: 
and on the seventh day he shall pu- 
rify himself, and wash his clothes, 
and bathe himself in water, and shall 
be clean at even. 

20 But the man that shall be un- 
clean, and shall not purify himself, 
that soul shall be cut off from among 
the congregation, because he hath 
defiled the sanctuary of the Lord: 
the water of separation hath not been 
sprinkled upon him; he is unclean. 

2 1 And it shall be a perpetual stat- 
ute unto them, that he that sprin- 
kleth the water of separation shall 
wash his clothes ; and he that touch- 
eth the water of separation shall be 
unclean until even. 

22 And whatsoever the unclean 
person toucheth shall be unclean ; 
and the soul that toucheth it shall 
be unclean until even. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 The children of Israel come to Zin, where Miriam 
dieth. 2 They murmur for want of vjater. 1 Moses 
smiting the rock bring eth forth water at Meribah. 14 
Moses at Kadesh desireth passage through Edom, 
which is denied him. 22 At mount Hor Aaron re- 
signeth his place to Eleazar, and dieth. 

THEN came the children of Israel, 
even the whole congregation, into 
the desert of Zin in the first month : 
and the people abode in Kadesh ; and 
Miriam died there, and was buried 
there. 

2 And there was no water for the 
congregation : and they gathered 
themselves together against Moses 
and against Aaron. 

3 And the people chode with Mo- 
ses, and spake, saying, Would God 
that we had died when our brethren 
died before the Lord ! 

4 And why have ye brought up 
the congregation of the Lord into 
this wilderness, that we and our cat- 
tle should die there ? 

191 



Moses smiteth the rock. 



NUMBERS. 



His message to Edom, 



5 And wherefore have ye made us 
to come up out of Egypt, to bring us 
in unto this evil place ? it is no place 
of seed, or of figs, or of vines, or of 
pomegranates ; neither is there any 
water to drink. 

6 And Moses and Aaron went from 
the presence of the assembly unto the 
door of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, and they fell upon their fa- 
ces : and the glory of the Lord ap- 
peared unto them. 

7 1[ And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses, saying, 

8 Take the rod, and gather thou 
the assembly together, thou and Aa- 
ron thy brother, and speak ye unto 
the rock before their eyes ; and it 
shall give forth his water, and thou 
shalt bring forth to them water out 
of the rock : so thou shalt give the 
congregation and their beasts drink. 

9 And Moses took the rod from 
before the Lord, as he commanded 
him. 

10 And Moses and Aaron gathered 
the congregation together before the 
rock, and he said unto them, Hear 
now, ye rebels ; must we fetch you 
water out of this rock ? 

11 And Moses lifted up his hand, 
and with his rod he smote the rock 
twice : and the water came out abun- 
dantly, and the congregation drank, 
and their beasts also. 

12 TT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses and Aaron, Because ye be- 
lieved me not, to sanctify me in the 
eyes of the children of Israel, there- 
fore ye shall not bring this congre- 
gation into the land which I have 
given them. 

13 This is the water of Meribah ; 
because the children of Israel strove 
with the Lord, and he was sanctified 
in them. 

14 H And Moses sent messengers 
from Kadesh unto the king of Edom, 
Th us sniff i thy brother Israel, Thou 
k i lowest all the travail that hath be- 
fallen as : 

15 How our fathers went down into 

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Egypt, and we have dwelt in Egypt a 
long time ; and the Egyptians vexed 
us, and our fathers : 

16 And when we cried unto the 
Lord, he heard our voice, and sent 
an angel, and hath brought us forth 
out of Egypt: and, behold, we are in 
Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy 
border. 

1 7 Let us pass, I pray thee, through 
thy country : we will not pass through 
the fields, or through the vineyards, 
neither will we drink of the water of 
the wells : we will go by the king's 
high way, we will not turn to the 
right hand nor to the left, until we 
have passed thy borders. 

18 And Edom said unto him, Thou 
shalt not pass by me, lest I come out 
against thee with the sword. 

19 And the children of Israel said 
unto him, We will go by the high 
way : and if I and my cattle drink of 
thy water, then I will pay for it: I 
will only, without doing any thing 
else, go through on my feet. 

20 And he said, Thou shalt not 
go through. And Edom came out 
against him with much people, and 
with a strong hand. 

21 Thus Edom refused to give Isra- 
el passage through his border : where- 
fore Israel turned away from him. 

22 IT And the children of Israel, 
even the whole congregation, jour- 
neyed from Kadesh, and came unto 
mount Hor. 

23 And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses and Aaron in mount Hor, by the 
coast of the land of Edom, saying, 

24 Aaron shall be gathered unto 
his people : for he shall not enter into 
the land which I have given unto 
the children of Israel, because ye re- 
belled against my word at the water 
of Meribah. 

25 Take Aaron and Eleazar his son, 
and bring them up unto mount Hor : 

26 And strip Aaron of his garments, 
and put them upon Eleazar his son : 
and Aaron shall be gathered unto his 
j)cople, and shall die there. 



Aaron's death. 



NUMBERS. 



The brazen serpent. 



27 And Moses did as the Lord 
commanded : and they went up into 
mount Hor in the sight of all the 
congregation. 

28 And Moses stripped Aaron of his 
garments, and put them upon Eleazar 
his son ; and Aaron died there in the 
top of the mount: and Moses and 
Eleazar came down from the mount. 

29 And when all the congregation 
saw that Aaron was dead, they 
mourned for Aaron thirty days, even 
all the house of Israel. 

CHAPTEE XXL 

1 Israel with some loss destroy the Canaanites at Hor- 
mah. 4 The people murmuring are plagued with fiery 
serpents. 7 They repenting are healed by a brazen 
serpent. 10 Sundry journeys of the Israelites. 21 
Sihon is overcome, 33 and Og. 

AND when king Arad the Canaan- 
. ite, which dwelt in the south, 
heard tell that Israel came by the 
way of the spies ; then he fought 
against Israel, and took some of them 
prisoners. 

2 And Israel vowed a vow unto the 
Lord, and said, If thou wilt indeed 
deliver this people into my hand, then 
I will utterly destroy their cities. 

3 And the Lord hearkened to the 
voice of Israel, and delivered up the 
Canaanites ; and they utterly destroy- 
ed them and their cities : and he call- 
ed the name of the place Hormah. 

4 If And they journeyed from 
mount Hor by the way of the Red 
sea, to compass the land of Edom : 
and the soul of the people was much 
discouraged because of the way. 

5 And the people spake against 
God, and against Moses, Wherefore 
have ye brought us up out of Egypt 
to die in the wilderness? for there 
is no bread, neither is there any wa- 
ter ; and our soul loatheth this light 
bread. 

6 And the Lord sent fiery serpents 
among the people, and they bit the 
people; and much people of Israel 
died. 

7 If Therefore the people came to 
Moses, and said, We have sinned, for 
we have spoken against the Lord, 

13 



and against thee ; pray unto the 
Lord, that he take away the ser- 
pents from us. And Moses prayed 
for the people. 

8 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it 
upon a pole: and it shall come to 
pass, that every one that is bitten, 
when he looketh upon it, shall live. 

9 And Moses made a serpent of 
brass, and put it upon a pole ; and it 
came to pass, that if a serpent had 
bitten any man, when he beheld the 
serpent of brass, he lived. 

10 If And the children of Israel set 
forward, and pitched in Oboth. 

11 And they journeyed from Oboth, 
and pitched at Ije-abarim, in the wil- 
derness which is before Moab, toward 
the sunrising. 

12 If From thence they removed, 
and pitched in the valley of Zared. 

13 From thence they removed, and 
pitched on the other side of Anion, 
which is in the wilderness that com- 
eth out of the coasts of the Amorites : 
for Arnon is the border of Moab, be- 
tween Moab and the Amorites. 

14 Wherefore it is said in the book 
of the wars of the Lord, What he did 
in the Red sea, and in the brooks of 
Arnon, 

15 And at the stream of the brooks 
that goeth down to the dwelling of 
Ar, and lieth upon the border of 
Moab. 

16 And from thence they went to 
Beer: that is the well whereof the 
Lord spake unto Moses, Gather the 
people together, and I will give them 
water. 

17 H Then Israel sang this song, 
Spring up, O well ; sing ye unto it : 

18 The princes digged the well, 
the nobles of the people digged it, 
by the direction of the lawgiver, with 
their staves. And from the wilder- 
ness they ivent to Mattanah : 

19 And from Mattanah to Naha- 
liel : and from Nahaliel to Bamoth : 

20 And from Bamoth in the valley, 
that is in the country of Moab, to the 

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Sihon and Og are 



NUMBERS. 



overcome and slain. 



top of Pisgah, which looketh toward 
Jeshimon. 

2 1 IT And Israel sent messengers un- 
to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying, 

22 Let me pass through thy land: 
we will not turn into the fields, or 
into the vineyards; we will not drink 
of the waters of the well : but we will 
go along by the king's high way, un- 
til we be past thy borders. 

23 And Sihon would not suffer Is- 
rael to pass through his border: but 
Sihon gathered all his people togeth- 
er, and went out against Israel into 
the wilderness: and he came to Ja- 
haz, and fought against Israel. 

24 And Israel smote him with the 
edge of the sword, and possessed his 
land from Arnon unto Jabbok, even 
unto the children of Ammon : for the 
border of the children of Ammon was 
strong. 

25 And Israel took all these cities: 
and Israel dwelt in all the cities of 
the Amorites, in Heshbon, and in all 
the villages thereof. 

26 For Heshbon was the city of 
Sihon the king of the Amorites, who 
had fought against the former king 
of Moab, and taken all his land out 
of his hand, even unto Arnon. 

27 Wherefore they that speak in 
proverbs say, Come into Heshbon, 
let the city of Sihon be built and 
prepared : 

28 For there is a fire gone out of 
Heshbon, a flame from the city of Si- 
hon : it hath consumed Ar of Moab, 
and the lords of the high places of 
Arnon. 

29 Woe to thee, Moab! thou art 
undone, O people of Chemosh : he 
hath given his sons that escaped, 
and his daughters, into captivity un- 
to Sihon king of the Amorites. 

30 We have shot at them ; Hesh- 
bon is perished even unto Dibon, and 
we have laid them waste even unto 
Nophah, which reachethunto Medeba. 

31 1f Thus Israel dwelt in the land 
of the Amorites. 

'.3 2 And Moses sent to spy out Jaa- 
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zer, and they took the villages there- 
of, and drove out the Amorites that 
were there. 

33 IT And they turned and went 
up by the way of Bashan : and Og 
the king of Bashan went out against 
them, he, and all his people, to the 
battle at Edrei. 

34 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Fear him not : for I have delivered 
him into thy hand, and all his peo- 
ple, and his land ; and thou shalt 
do to him as thou didst unto Sihon 
king of the Amorites, which dwelt 
at Heshbon. 

35 So they smote him, and his 
sons, and all his people, until there 
was none left him alive: and they 
possessed his land. 

CHAPTEE XXII. 

1 Balak's first message for Balaam, is refused. 15 His 
second message obtaineth him. 22 An angel would 
have slain him,, if his ass had not saved him. 36 
Balak entertaineth him. 

AND the children of Israel set for- 
. ward, and pitched in the plains 
of Moab on this side Jordan by Jericho. 

2 IT And Balak the son of Zippor 
saw all that Israel had done to the 
Amorites. 

3 And Moab was sore afraid of the 
people, because they were many : and 
Moab was distressed because of the 
children of Israel. 

4 And Moab said unto the elders of 
Midian, Now shall this company lick 
up all that are round about us, as the 
ox licketh up the grass of the field. 
And Balak the son of Zippor was 
king of the Moabites at that time. 

5 He sent messengers therefore un- 
to Balaam the son of Beor to Pethor, 
which is by the river of the land of 
the children of his people, to call him, 
saying, Behold, there is a people come 
out from Egypt: behold, they cover 
the face of the earth, and they abide 
over against me : 

6 Come now therefore, I pray thee, 
curse me this people ; for they are too 
mighty for me : peradventure I shall 
prevail, that we may smite them, and 



Balak sendeth for Balaam. NUMBERS. An angel opposeth Balaam. 



that I may drive them out of the land: 
for I wot that he whom thou blessest 
is blessed, and he whom thou cursest 
is cursed. 

7 And the elders of Moab and the 
elders of Midian departed with the 
rewards of divination in their hand ; 
and they came unto Balaam, and 
spake unto him the words of Balak. 

8 And he said unto them, Lodge 
here this night, and I will bring you 
word again, as the Lord shall speak 
unto me: and the princes of Moab 
abode with Balaam. 

9 And God came unto Balaam, and 
said, What men are these with thee ? 

10 And Balaam said unto God, 
Balak the son of Zippor, king of Mo- 
ab, hath sent unto me, saying, 

11 Behold, there is a people come 
out of Egypt, which cover eth the 
face of the earth : come now, curse 
me them; peradventure I shall be 
able to overcome them, and drive 
them out. 

12 And God said unto Balaam, 
Thou shalt not go with them; thou 
shalt not curse the people : for they 
are blessed. 

13 And Balaam rose up in the 
morning, and said unto the princes 
of Balak, Get you into your land : 
for the Lord refuseth to give me 
leave to go with you. 

14 And the princes of* Moab rose 
up, and they went unto Balak, and 
said, Balaam refuseth to come with us. 

15 IT And Balak sent yet again 
princes, more, and more honourable 
than they. 

16 And they came to Balaam, and 
said to him, Thus saith Balak the son 
of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, 
hinder thee from coming unto me: 

17 For I will promote thee unto 
very great honour, and I will do 
whatsoever thou sayest unto me : 
come therefore, I pray thee, curse 
me this people. 

18 And Balaam answered and said 
unto the servants of Balak, If Ba- 
lak would give me his house full of 



silver and gold, I cannot go beyond 
the word of the Lord my God, to do 
less or more. 

19 Now therefore, I pray you, tar- 
ry ye also here this night, that I may 
know what the Lord will say unto 
me more. 

20 And God came unto Balaam at 
night, and said unto him, If the men 
come to call thee, rise up, and go 
with them ; but yet the word, which I 
shall say unto thee, that shalt thou do. 

21 And Balaam rose up in the 
morning, and saddled his ass, and 
went with the princes of Moab. 

22 % And God's anger was kin- 
dled because he went: and the an- 
gel of the Lord stood in the way for 
an adversary against him. Now he 
was riding upon his ass, and his two 
servants were with him. 

23 And the ass saw the angel of the 
Lord standing in the way, and his 
sword drawn in his hand : and the ass 
turned aside out of the way, and went 
into the field : and Balaam smote the 
ass, to turn her into the way. 

24 But the angel of the Lord stood 
in a path of the vineyards, a wall be- 
ing on this side, and a wall on that 
side. 

25 And when the ass saw the an- 
gel of the Lord, she thrust herself 
unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's 
foot against the wall : and he smote 
her again. 

26 And the angel of the Lord went 
further, and stood in a narrow place, 
where was no way to turn either to 
the right hand or to the left. 

2 7 And when the ass saw the angel 
of the Lord, she fell down under Ba- 
laam : and Balaam's anger was kin- • 
died, and he smote the ass with a 
staff. 

28 And the Lord opened the mouth 
of the ass, and she said unto Balaam, 
What have I done unto thee, that 
thou hast smitten me these three 
times ? 

29 And Balaam said unto the ass. 
Because thou hast mocked me : I 

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NUMBERS. 



Balaam 1 s first 'parable. 



would there were a sword in mine 
hand, for now would I kill thee. 

30 And the ass said unto Balaam, 
Am not I thine ass, upon which thou 
hast ridden ever since / was thine 
unto this day ? was I ever wont to do 
so unto thee ? And he said, Nay. 

31 Then the Lord opened the eyes 
of Balaam, and he saw the angel of 
the Lord standing in the way, and 
his sword drawn in his hand : and 
he bowed down his head, and fell 
flat on his face. 

32 And the angel of the Lord said 
unto him, Wherefore hast thou smit- 
ten thine ass these three times ? Be- 
hold, I went out to withstand thee, be- 
cause thy way is perverse before me : 

33 And the ass saw me, and turned 
from me these three times : unless she 
had turned from me, surely now also 
I had slain thee, and saved her alive. 

34 And Balaam said unto the an- 
gel of the Lord, I have sinned ; for I 
knew not that thou stoodest in the way 
against me: now therefore, if it dis- 
please thee, I will get me back again. 

35 And the angel of the Lord said 
unto Balaam, Go with the men : but 
only the word that I shall speak unto 
thee, that thou shalt speak. So Ba- 
laam went with the princes of Balak. 

36 IT And when Balak heard that 
Balaam was come, he went out to 
meet him unto a city of Moab, which 
is in the border of Anion, which is in 
the utmost coast. 

37 And Balak said unto Balaam, 
Did I not earnestly send unto thee 
to call thee? wherefore earnest thou 
not unto me ? am I not able indeed 
to promote thee to honour? 

38 And Balaam said unto Balak, 
Lo, I am come unto thee : have I now 
any power at all to say any thing? 
the word that God putteth in my 
mouth, that shall I speak. 

39 And Balaam went with Balak, 
and they came unto Kirjath-huzoth. 

40 And Balak offered oxen and 
sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to 
the princes that were with him. 

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41 And it came to pass on the mor- 
row, that Balak took Balaam, and 
brought him up into the high places 
of Baal, that thence he might see the 
utmost part of the people. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1, 13, 28 Balah's sacrifice. 7, 18 Balaam's parable. 

A ND Balaam said unto Balak, 
XjL Build me here seven altars, 
and prepare me here seven oxen and 
seven rams. 

2 And Balak did as Balaam had 
spoken; and Balak and Balaam offer- 
ed on every altar a bullock and a ram. 

3 And Balaam said unto Balak, 
Stand by thy burnt offering, and I 
will go : peradventure the Lord will 
come to meet me; and whatsoever 
he sheweth me I will tell thee. And 
he went to a high place. 

4 And God met Balaam: and he 
said unto him, I have prepared seven 
altars, and I have offered upon every 
altar a bullock and a ram. 

5 And the Lord put a word in Ba- 
laam's mouth, and said, Return unto 
Balak, and thus thou shalt speak. 

6 And he returned unto him, and, 
lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, 
and all the princes of Moab. 

7 And he took up his parable, and 
said, Balak the king of Moab hath 
brought me from Aram, out of the 
mountains of the east, saying, Come, 
curse me Jacob, and come, defy Israel. 

8 How shall I curse, whom God 
hath not cursed ? or how shall I defy, 
whom the Lord hath not defied ? 

9 For from the top of the rocks I 
see him, and from the hills I behold 
him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, 
and shall not be reckoned among the 
nations. 

10 Who can count the dust of Ja- 
cob, and the number of the fourth 
part of Israel? Let me die the death 
of the righteous, and let my last end 
be like his ! 

11 And Balak said unto Balaam, 
What hast thou done unto me ? I 
took thee to curse mine enemies, 



He prophesieth the 



NUMBERS. 



happiness of Israel. 



and, behold, thou hast blessed them 
altogether. 

12 And he answered and said, Must 
I not take heed to speak that which 
the Lord hath put in my mouth ? 

13 And Balak said unto him, Come, 
I pray thee, with me unto another 
place, from whence thou mayest see 
them : thou shalt see but the utmost 
part of them, and shalt not see them 
all : and curse me them from thence. 

14 H And he brought him into the 
field of Zophim, to the top of Pisgah, 
and built seven altars, and offered a 
bullock and a ram on every altar. 

15 And he said unto Balak, Stand 
here by thy burnt offering, while I 
meet the Lord yonder. 

16 And the Lord met Balaam, and 
put a word in his mouth, and said, 
Go again unto Balak, and say thus. 

17 And when he came to him, be- 
hold, he stood by his burnt offering, 
and the princes of Moab with him. 
And Balak said unto him, What hath 
the Lord spoken ? 

18 And he took up his parable, and 
said, Rise up, Balak, and hear ; heark- 
en unto me, thou son of Zippor : 

19 God is not a man, that he 
should lie ; neither the son of man, 
that he should repent : hath he said, 
and shall he not do it? or hath he 
spoken, and shall he not make it 
good? 

20 Behold, I have received com- 
mandment to bless : and he hath bless- 
ed ; and I cannot reverse it. 

21 He hath not beheld iniquity in 
Jacob, neither hath he seen perverse- 
ness in Israel : the Lord his God is 
with him, and the shout of a king is 
among them. 

2 2 God brought them out of Egypt ; 
he hath as it were the strength of a 
unicorn. 

23 Surely there is no enchantment 
against Jacob, neither is there any di- 
vination against Israel : according to 
this time it shall be said of Jacob and 
of Israel, "What hath God wrought ! 

24 Behold, the people shall rise up 



as a great lion, and lift up himself as 
a young lion : he shall not lie down 
until he eat of the prey, and drink 
the blood of the slain. 

25 IT And Balak said unto Bala- 
am, Neither curse them at all, nor 
bless them at all. 

26 But Balaam answered and said 
unto Balak, Told not I thee, saying, 
All that the Lord speaketh, that I 
must do? 

27 IT And Balak said unto Balaam, 
Come, I pray thee, I will bring thee 
unto another place ; peradventure 
it will please God that thou mayest 
curse me them from thence. 

28 And Balak brought Balaam un- 
to the top of Peor, that looketh to- 
ward Jeshimon. 

29 And Balaam said unto Balak, 
Build me here seven altars, and pre- 
pare me here seven bullocks and sev- 
en rams. 

30 And Balak did as Balaam had 
said, and offered a bullock and a ram 
on every altar. 

CHAPTER XXIY. 

1 Balaam, leaving divinations, prophesieth the happi- 
ness of Israel. 10 Balak in anger dismisseth him. 
15 He prophesieth of the Star of Jacob, and the de- 
struction of some nations. 

AND when Balaam saw that it 
ta pleased the Lord to bless Isra- 
el, he went not, as at other times, to 
seek for enchantments, but he set'his 
face toward the wilderness. 

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, 
and he saw Israel abiding in his tents 
according to their tribes ; and the 
Spirit of God came upon him. 

3 And he took up his parable, and 
said, Balaam the son of Beor hath 
said, and the man whose eyes are 
open hath said : 

4 He hath said, which heard the 
words of God, which saw the vision 
of the Almighty, falling into a trance, 
but having his eyes open : 

5 How goodly are thy tents, O Ja- 
cob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel ! 

6 As the valleys are they spread 
forth, as gardens by the river's side, 

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Balaam } s prophecy 



NUMBERS. 



of the Star of Jacob. 



as the trees of lign aloes which the 
Lord hath planted, and as cedar 
trees beside the waters. 

7 He shall pour the water out of 
his buckets, and his seed shall be 
in many waters, and his king shall 
be higher than Agag, and his king- 
dom shall be exalted. 

8 God brought him forth out of 
Egypt ; he hath as it were the strength 
of a unicorn : he shall eat up the na- 
tions his enemies, and shall break 
their bones, and pierce them through 
with his arrows. 

9 He couched, he lay down as a 
lion, and as a great lion : who shall 
stir him up ? Blessed is he that bless- 
eth thee, and cursed is he that curs- 
eth thee. 

10 IT And Balak's anger was kin- 
dled against Balaam, and he smote 
his hands together : and Balak said 
unto Balaam, I called thee to curse 
mine enemies, and, behold, thou hast 
altogether blessed them these three 
times. 

11 Therefore now flee thou to thy 
place : I thought to promote thee un- 
to great honour; but, lo, the Lord 
hath kept thee back from honour. 

12 And Balaam said unto Balak, 
Spake I not also to thy messengers 
which thou sentest unto me, saying, 

13 If Balak would give me his 
house full of silver and gold, I can- 
not go beyond the commandment of 
the Lord, to do either good or bad of 
mine own mind ; but what the Lord 
saith, that will I speak ? 

14 And now, behold, I go unto my 
people : come therefore, and I will 
advertise thee what this people shall 
do to thy people in the latter days. 

15 If And he took up his parable, 
and said, Balaam the son of Beor 
hath said, and the man whose eyes 
are open hath said : 

16 He hath said, which heard the 
words of God, and knew the know- 
ledge of the Most High, which saw the 
vision of the Almighty, falling into a 
trance, but having his eyes open : 

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17 I shall see him, but not now: I 
shall behold him, but not nigh : there 
shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a 
Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and 
shall smite the corners of Moab, and 
destroy all the children of Sheth. 

18 And Edom shall be a posses- 
sion, Seir also shall be a possession 
for his enemies ; and Israel shall do 
valiantly. 

19 Out of Jacob shall come he that 
shall have dominion, and shall de- 
stroy him that remaineth of the city. 

20 IT And when he looked on Ama- 
lek, he took up his parable, and said, 
Amalek was the first of the nations ; 
but his latter end shall be that he 
perish for ever. 

21 And he looked on the Kenites, 
and took up his parable, and said, 
Strong is thy dwellingplace, and 
thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 

22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall 
be wasted, until Asshur shall carry 
thee away captive. 

23 And he took up his parable, 
and said, Alas, who shall live when 
God doeth this ! 

24 And ships shall come from the 
coast of Chittim, and shall afflict 
Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and 
he also shall perish for ever. 

25 And Balaam rose up, and went 
and returned to his place : and Ba- 
lak also went his way. 

CHAPTER XXY. 

1 Israel at Shittirn commit whoredom and idolatry. 6 
Phinehas killeth Zimri and Cozbi. 10 God therefore 
giveth him an everlasting priesthood. 16 The Midian- 
ites are to be vexed. 

AND Israel abode in Shittirn, and 
. the people began to commit 
whoredom with the daughters of 
Moab. 

2 And they called the people unto 
the sacrifices of their gods : and the 
people did eat, and bowed down to 
their gods. 

3 And Israel joined himself unto 
Baal-peor : and the anger of the 
Lord was kindled against Israel. 

4 And the Lord said unto Moses, 
Take all the heads of the people, 



Zimri and Cozbi slain. 



NUMBERS. 



The Israelites numbered. 



and hang them up before the Lord 
against the sun, that the fierce anger 
of the Lord may be turned away 
from Israel. 

5 And Moses said unto the judges 
of Israel, Slay ye every one his men 
that were joined unto Baal-peor. 

6 I" And, behold, one of the chil- 
dren of Israel came and brought unto 
his brethren a Midianitish woman 
in the sight of Moses, and in the 
sight of all the congregation of the 
children of Israel, who were weeping 
before the door of the tabernacle of 
the congregation. 

7 And when Phinehas, the son of 
Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, 
saw it, he rose up from among the 
congregation, and took a javelin in 
his hand ; 

8 And he went after the man of Is- 
rael into the tent, and thrust both of 
them through, the man of Israel, and 
the woman through her belly. So 
the plague was stayed from the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

9 And those that died in the plague 
were twenty and four thousand. 

10 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

11 Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, 
the son of Aaron the priest, hath 
turned my wrath away from the chil- 
dren of Israel, while he was zealous 
for my sake among them, that I 
consumed not the children of Israel 
in my jealousy. 

12 Wherefore say, Behold, I give 
unto him my covenant of peace : 

13 And he shall have it, and his 
seed after him, even the covenant of 
an everlasting priesthood ; because he 
was zealous for his God, and made an 
atonement for the children of Israel. 

14 Now the name of the Israelite 
that was slain, even that was slain 
with the Midianitish woman, was 
Zimri, the son of Salu, a prince of a 
chief house among the Simeonites. 

15 And the name of the Midianitish 
woman that was slain ivas Cozbi, the 
daughter of Zur; he ivas head over 



a people, and of a chief house in 
Midian. 

16 TT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

17 Vex the Midianites, and smite 
them: 

18 For they vex you with their 
wiles, wherewith they have beguiled 
you in the matter of Peor, and in the 
matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a 
prince of Midian, their sister, which 
was slain in the day of the plague for 
Peor's sake. 

CHAPTEE XXYI. 

1 The sum of all Israel is taken in the plains of Moab. 
52 The law of dividing among them the inheritance of 
the land. 57 The families and number of the Levites. 
63 None were left of them which were numbered at 
Sinai, but Caleb and Joshua. 

AND it came to pass after the 
. plague, that the Lord spake 
unto Moses and unto Eleazar the 
son of Aaron the priest, saying, 

2 Take the sum of all the congre- 
gation of the children of Israel, from 
twenty years old and upward, through- 
out their fathers' house, all that are 
able to go to war in Israel. 

3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest 
spake with them in the plains of 
Moab by Jordan near Jericho, saying, 

4 Take the sum of the people, from 
twenty years old and upward ; as the 
Lord commanded Moses and the chil- 
dren of Israel, which went forth out 
of the land of Egypt. 

5 IT Reuben, the eldest son of Is- 
rael : the children of Reuben ; Ha- 
noch, of whom cometh the family of 
the Hanochites : of Pallu, the family 
of the Palluites : 

6 Of Hezron, the family of the 
Hezronites : of Carmi, the family of 
the Car mites. 

7 These are the families of the Reu- 
benites : and they that were number- 
ed of them were forty and three thou- 
sand and seven hundred and thirty. 

8 And the sons of Pallu ; Eliab. 

9 And the sons of Eliab ; Nemuel, 
and Dathan, and Abiram. This is 
that Dathan and Abiram, which were 
famous in the congregation, who 

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The sum of all 



NUMBERS. 



Israel is taken 



strove against Moses and against 
Aaron in the company of Korah, 
when they strove against the Lord : 

10 And the earth opened her month, 
and swallowed them up together with 
Korah, when that company died, 
what time the fire devoured two hun- 
dred and fifty men : and they became 
a sign. 

11 Notwithstanding the children of 
Korah died not. 

12 IT The sons of Simeon after their 
families : of Nemuel, the family of 
the Nemuelites : of Jamin, the family 
of the Jaminites : of Jachin, the fam- 
ily of the Jachinites : 

13 Of Zerah, the family of the 
Zarhites : of Shaul, the family of the 
Shaulites. 

14 These are the families of the 
Simeonites, twenty and two thousand 
and two hundred. 

15 1[ The children of Gad after 
their families : of Zephon, the family 
of the Zephonites : of Haggi, the fam- 
ily of the Haggites : of Shuni, the 
family of the Shunites : 

16 Of Ozni, the family of the Oz- 
nites : of Eri, the family of the Erites : 

17 Of Arod, the family of the 
Arodites : of Areli, the family of the 
Arelites. 

18 These are the families of the 
children of Gad according to those 
that were numbered of them, forty 
thousand and five hundred. 

19 Tf The sons of Judah were Er 
and Onan : and Er and Onan died in 
the land of Canaan. 

20 And the sons of Judah after 
their families were; of Shelah, the 
family of the Shelanites : of Pharez, 
the family of the Pharzites : of Zerah, 
the family of the Zarhites. 

2 1 And the sons of Pharez were ; 
of Hezron, the family of the Hezron- 
ites : of Hamul, the family of the 
llainulites. 

22 These are the families of Judah 
according to those that were num- 
bered of them, threescore and sixteen 
thousand and fi>e hundred. 

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23^0/ the sons of Issachar after 
their families : of Tola, the family 
of the Tolaites : of Pua, the family 
of the Punites : 

24 Of Jashub, the family of the 
Jashubites: of Shimron, the family 
of the Shimronites. 

25 These are the families of Issa- 
char according to those that were 
numbered of them, threescore and 
four thousand and three hundred. 

26 If O/the sons of Zebulun after 
their families: of Sered, the family 
of the Sardites : of Elon, the family 
of the Elonites : of Jahleel, the fam- 
ily of the Jahleelites. 

27 These are the families of the 
Zebulunites according to those that 
were numbered of them, threescore 
thousand and five hundred. 

28 IT The sons of Joseph after their 
families were Manasseh and Ephraim. 

29 Of the sons of Manasseh: of 
Machir, the family of the Machirites : 
and Machir begat Gilead : of Gilead 
come the family of the Gileadites. 

30 These are the sons of Gilead : 
of Jeezer, the family of the Jeezerites : 
of Helek, the family of the Helekites : 

3 1 And of Asriel, the family of the 
Asrielites : and of Shechem, the fam- 
ily of the Shechemites : 

32 And o/Shemida, the family of 
the Shemidaites : and of Hepher, the 
family of the Hepherites. 

33 IT And Zelophehad the son of 
Hepher had no sons, but daughters : 
and the names of the daughters of 
Zelophehad were Mahlah, and Noah, 
Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 

34 These are the families of Ma- 
nasseh, and those that were number- 
ed of them, fifty and two thousand 
and seven hundred. 

35 If These are the sons of Ephraim 
after their families : of Shuthelah, the 
family of the Shuthalhites : of Becher, 
the family of the Bachrites : of Ta- 
han, the family of the Tahanites. 

36 And these are the sons of Shu- 
thelah : of Eran, the family of the 
Eranites. 



in the plains of Moab. 



NUMBERS. 



The land divided. 



37 These are the families of the 
sons of Ephraim according to those 
that were numbered of them, thirty 
and two thousand and five hundred. 
These are the sons of Joseph after 
their families. 

38 1[ The sons of Benjamin after 
their families : of Bela, the family of 
the Belaites : of Ashbel, the family 
of the Ashbelites : of Ahiram, the 
family of the Ahiramites : 

39 Of Shupham, the family of the 
Shuphamites : of Hupham, the fami- 
ly of the Huphamites. 

40 And the sons of Bela were Ard 
and Naaman : of Ard, the family of 
the Ardites : and of Naaman, the 
family of the Naamites. 

41 These are the sons of Benjamin 
after their families: and they that 
were numbered of them were forty 
and five thousand and six hundred. 

42 IT These are the sons of Dan after 
their families : of Shuham, the fami- 
ly of the Shuhamites. These are the 
families of Dan after their families. 

43 All the families of the Shuham- 
ites, according to those that were 
numbered of them, were threescore 
and four thousand and four hundred. 

44 IT 0/the children of Asher after 
their families : of Jimna, the family 
of the Jimnites : of Jesui, the family 
of the Jesuites : of Beriah, the family 
of the Beriites. 

45 Of the sons of Beriah : ofHeber, 
the family of the Heberites : of Mal- 
chiel, the family of the Malchielites. 

46 And the name of the daughter 
of Asher was Sarah. 

47 These are the families of the sons 
of Asher according to those that were 
numbered of them; who were fifty 
and three thousand and four hundred. 

48 IT Of the sons of Naphtali after 
their families : of Jahzeel, the family 
of the Jahzeelites : of Guni, the fami- 
ly of the Gunites : 

49 Of Jezer, the family of the Je- 
zerites : of Shillem, the family of the 
Shillemites. 

50 These are the families of Naph- 



tali according to their families : and 
they that were numbered of them 
were forty and five thousand and four 
hundred. 

51 These were the numbered of the 
children of Israel, six hundred thou- 
sand and a thousand seven hundred 
and thirty. 

52 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

53 Unto these the land shall be 
divided for an inheritance according 
to the number of names. 

54 To many thou shalt give the 
more inheritance, and to few thou 
shalt give the less inheritance : to 
every one shall his inheritance be 
given according to those that were 
numbered of him. 

55 Notwithstanding the land shall 
be divided by lot : according to the 
names of the tribes of their fathers 
they shall inherit. 

56 According to the lot shall the 
possession thereof be divided between 
many and few. 

57 ^T And these are they that were 
numbered of the Levites after their 
families: of Gershon, the family of 
the Gershonites : of Kohath, the fami- 
ly of the Kohathites : of Merari, the 
family of the Merarites. 

58 These are the families of the 
Levites : the family of the Libnites, 
the family of the Hebronites, the fam- 
ily of the Mahlites, the family of the 
Mushites, the family of the Korath- 
ites. And Kohath begat Amram. 

59 And the name of Amram's wife 
was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, 
whom her mother bare to Levi in 
Egypt: and she bare unto Amram, 
Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their 
sister. 

60 And unto Aaron was born Nadab 
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 

61 And Nadab and Abihu died, 
when they offered strange fire before 
the Lord. 

62 And those that were numbered 
of them were twenty and three thou- 
sand, all males from a month old and 

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upward : for they were not numbered 
among the children of Israel, because 
there was no inheritance given them 
among the children of Israel. 

63 % These are they that were num- 
bered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, 
who numbered the children of Israel 
in the plains of Moab by Jordan near 
Jericho. 

64 But among these there was not 
a man of them whom Moses and Aa- 
ron the priest numbered, when they 
numbered the children of Israel in 
the wilderness of Sinai. 

65 For the Lord had said of them, 
They shall surely die in the wilder- 
ness. And there was not left a man 
of them, save Caleb the son of Je- 
phunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun. 

CHAPTER XXYII. 

1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance. 
6 The law of inheritances. 12 Moses, being told of 
his death, suetli for a successor. 18 Joshua is ap- 
pointed to succeed him. 

THEN came the daughters of Ze- 
lophehad, the son of Hepher, 
the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, 
the son of Manasseh, of the families 
of Manasseh the son of Joseph : and 
these are the names of his daugh- 
ters ; Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and 
Milcah, and Tirzah. 

2 And they stood before Moses, and 
before Eleazar the priest, and before 
the princes and all the congregation, 
by the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation, saying, 

3 Our father died in the wilder- 
ness, and he was not in the company 
of them that gathered themselves to- 
gether against the Lord in the com- 
pany of Korah ; but died in his own 
sin, and had no sons. 

4 Why should the name of our 
father be done away from among his 
family, because he hath no son? 
Oive unto us therefore a possession 
among the brethren of our father. 

5 And Moses brought their cause 
before the Lord. 

6 If And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses, saying, 

7 The daughters of Zelophehad 

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speak right : thou shalt surely give 
them a possession of an inheritance 
among their father's brethren ; and 
thou shalt cause the inheritance of 
their father to pass unto them. 

8 And thou shalt speak unto the 
children of Israel, saying, If a man 
die, and have no son, then ye shall 
cause his inheritance to pass unto his 
daughter. 

9 And if he have no daughter, then 
ye shall give his inheritance unto his 
brethren. 

10 And if he have no brethren, then 
ye shall give his inheritance unto his 
father's brethren. 

1 1 And if his father have no breth- 
ren, then ye shall give his inherit- 
ance unto his kinsman that is next to 
him of his family, and he shall pos- 
sess it : and it shall be unto the chil- 
dren of Israel a statute of judgment, 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

12 H And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Get thee up into this mount Aba- 
Tim, and see the land which I have 
given unto the children of Israel. 

13 And when thou hast seen it, , 
thou also shalt be gathered unto thy 
people, as Aaron thy brother was 
gathered. 

14 For ye rebelled against my com- 
mandment in the desert of Zin, in the 
strife of the congregation, to sanctify 
me at the water before their eyes : 
that is the water of Meribah in Ka- 
desh in the wilderness of Zin. 

15 IT And Moses spake unto the 
Lord, saying, 

16 Let the Lord, the God of the 
spirits of all flesh, set a man over the 
congregation, 

17 Which may go out before them, 
and which may go in before them, 
and which may lead them out, and 
which may bring them in ; that the 
congregation of the Lord be not as 
sheep which have no shepherd. 

18 If And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, 
a man in whom is the spirit, and lay 
thine hand upon him ; 



The continual 



NUMBERS. 



burnt offering. 



19 And set him before Eleazar the 
priest, and before all the congrega- 
tion ; and give him a charge in their 
sight. 

20 And thou shalt put some of 
thine honour upon him, that all the 
congregation of the children of Israel 
may be obedient. 

21 And he shall stand before Elea- 
zar the priest, who shall ask counsel 
for him after the judgment of Urim 
before the Lord: at his word shall 
they go out, and at his word they 
shall come in, both he, and all the 
children of Israel with him, even all 
the congregation. 

22 And Moses did as the Lord com- 
manded him: and he took Joshua, 
and set him before Eleazar the priest, 
and before all the congregation : 

23 And he laid his hands upon him, 
and gave him a charge, as the Lord 
commanded by the hand of Moses. 

CHAPTEK XXVIII. 

1 Offerings are to be observed. 3 The continual burnt 
offering. 9 The offering on the sabbath, 11 on the 
new moons, 16 at t/ie passover, 26 in the day of first- 
fruits. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
l saying, 

2 Command the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, My offering, and 
my bread for my sacrifices made by 
fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall 
ye observe to offer unto me in their 
due season. 

3 And thou shalt say unto them, 
This is the offering made by fire 
which ye shall offer unto the Lord ; 
two lambs of the first year without 
spot day by day, for a continual 
burnt offering. 

4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in 
the morning, and the other lamb shalt 
thou offer at even ; 

5 And a tenth part of an ephah of 
flour for a meat offering, mingled with 
the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. 

6 It is a continual burnt offering, 
which was ordained in mount Sinai 
for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made 
by fire unto the Lord. 



7 And the drink offering thereof shall 
be the fourth part of a hin for the one 
lamb : in the holy place shalt thou 
cause the strong wine to be poured 
unto the Lord for a drink offering. 

8 And the other lamb shalt thou 
offer at even : as the meat offering of 
the morning, and as the drink offer- 
ing thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sac- 
rifice made by fire, of a sweet savour 
unto the Lord. 

9 If And on the sabbath day two 
lambs of the first year without spot, 
and two tenth deals of flour for a 
meat offering, mingled with oil, and 
the drink offering thereof: 

1 This is the burnt offering of every 
sabbath, beside the continual burnt 
offering, and his drink offering. 

11 TT And in the beginnings of your 
months ye shall offer a burnt offering 
unto the Lord ; two young bullocks, 
and one ram, seven lambs of the first 
year without spot ; 

12 And three tenth deals of flour 
for a meat offering, mingled with oil, 
for one bullock ; and two tenth deals 
of flour for a meat offering, mingled 
with oil, for one ram ; 

13 And a several tenth deal of flour 
mingled with oil for a meat offering 
unto one lamb ; for a burnt offering 
of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by 
fire unto the Lord. 

14 And their drink offerings shall 
be half a hin of wine unto a bullock, 
and the third part of a hin unto a 
ram, and a fourth part of a hin unto 
a lamb : this is the burnt offering of 
every month throughout the months 
of the year. 

15 And one kid of the goats for a 
sin offering unto the Lord shall be 
offered, beside the continual burnt 
offering, and his drink offering. 

16 And in the fourteenth day of 
the first month is the passover of the 
Lord. 

17 And in the fifteenth day of this 
month is the feast : seven -days shall 
unleavened bread be eaten. 

18 In the first day shall be a holy 

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convocation ; ye shall do no manner 
of servile work therein : 

19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice 
made by fire for a burnt offering unto 
the Lord; two young bullocks, and 
one ram, and seven lambs of the first 
year : they shall be unto you without 
blemish. 

20 And their meat offering shall be 
of flour mingled with oil: three tenth 
deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and 
two tenth deals for a ram ; 

21 A several tenth deal shalt thou 
offer for every lamb, throughout the 
seven lambs: 

22 And one goat for a sin offering, 
to make an atonement for you. 

23 Ye shall offer these beside the 
burnt offering in the morning, which 
is for a continual burnt offering. 

24 After this manner ye shall offer 
daily, throughout the seven days, the 
meat of the sacrifice made by fire, 
of a sweet savour unto the Lord : 
it shall be offered beside the con- 
tinual burnt offering, and his drink 
offering. 

25 And on the seventh day ye shall 
have a holy convocation ; ye shall do 
no servile work. 

26 If Also in the day of the first- 
fruits, when ye bring a new meat of- 
fering unto the Lord, after your weeks 
be out, ye shall have a holy convoca- 
tion ; ye shall do no servile work : 

27 But ye shall offer the burnt 
offering for a sweet savour unto the 
Lord ; two young bullocks, one ram, 
seven lambs of the first year ; 

28 And their meat offering of flour 
mingled with oil, three tenth deals 
unto one bullock, two tenth deals 
unto one ram, 

29 A several tenth deal unto one 
lamb, throughout the seven lambs ; 

30 And one kid of the goats, to 
make an atonement for you. 

31 Ye shall offer them beside the 
continual burnt offering, and his meat 
offering, (they shall be unto you 
without blemish,) and their drink 
offerings. 

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CHAPTER XXIX. 

1 The offering at the feast of trumpets, 1 at the day of 
afflicting their souls, 13 and on the eight days of the 
feast of tabernacles. 

AND in the seventh month, on the 
first day of the month, ye shall 
have a holy convocation ; ye shall do 
no servile work : it is a day of blow- 
ing the trumpets unto you. 

2 And ye shall offer a burnt offering 
for a sweet savour unto the Lord; 
one young bullock, one ram, and 
seven lambs of the first year without 
blemish : 

3 And their meat offering shall be 
of flour mingled with oil, three tenth 
deals for a bullock, and two tenth 
deals for a ram, 

4 And one tenth deal for one lamb, 
throughout the seven lambs : 

5 And one kid of the goats for a 
sin offering, to make an atonement 
for you : 

6 Beside the burnt offering of the 
month, and his meat offering, and 
the daily burnt offering, and his meat 
offering, and their drink offerings, ac- 
cording unto their manner, for a sweet 
savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto 
the Lord. 

7 If And ye shall have on the tenth 
day of this seventh month a holy 
convocation ; and ye shall afflict 
your souls : ye shall not do any work 
therein : 

8 But ye shall offer a burnt offer- 
ing unto the Lord for a sweet savour; 
one young bullock, one ram, and 
seven lambs of the first year; they 
shall be unto you without blemish. 

9 And their meat offering shall be 
of flour mingled with oil, three tenth 
deals to a bullock, and two tenth 
deals to one ram, 

10 A several tenth deal for one 
lamb, throughout the seven lambs : 

11 One kid of the goats for a sin 
offering ; beside the sin offering of 
atonement, and the continual burnt 
offering, and the meat offering of it, 
and their drink offerings. 

12 If And on the fifteenth day of 
the seventh month ye shall have a 



The offerings at the 



NUMBERS. 



feast of tabernacles. 



holy convocation ; ye shall do no ser- 
vile work, and ye shall keep a feast 
unto the Lord seven days : 

13 And ye shall offer a burnt offer- 
ing, a sacrifice made by fire, of a 
sweet savour unto the Lord ; thir- 
teen young bullocks, two rams, and 
fourteen lambs of the first year ; they 
shall be without blemish : 

14 And their meat offering shall be 
of flour mingled with oil, three tenth 
deals unto every bullock of the thir- 
teen bullocks, two tenth deals to each 
ram of the two rams, 

15 And a several tenth deal to each 
lamb of the fourteen lambs : 

16 And one kid of the goats for 
a sin offering; beside the continual 
burnt offering, his meat offering, and 
his drink offering. 

17 IT And on the second day ye 
shall offer twelve young bullocks, 
two rams, fourteen lambs of the first 
year without spot : 

18 And their meat offering and 
their drink offerings for the bullocks, 
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall 
be according to their number, after 
the manner : 

19 And one kid of the goats/or a sin 
offering ; beside the continual burnt 
offering, and the meat offering there- 
of, and their drink offerings. 

20 If And on the third day eleven 
bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs 
of the first year without blemish : 

21 And their meat offering and 
their drink offerings for the bullocks, 
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall 
be according to their number, after 
the manner: 

22 And one goat for a sin offering; 
beside the continual burnt offering, 
and his meat offering, and his drink 
offering. 

23 ^f And on the fourth day ten bul- 
locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs 
of the first year without blemish : 

24 Their meat offering and their 
drink offerings for the bullocks, for the 
rams, and for the lambs, shall be accord- 
ing to their number, after the manner : 



25 And one kid of the goats for 
a sin offering; beside the continual 
burnt offering, his meat offering, and 
his drink offering. 

26 IT And on the fifth day nine bul- 
locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs 
of the first year without spot : 

27 And their meat offering and 
their drink offerings for the bullocks, 
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall 
be according to their number, after 
the manner : 

28 And one goat for a sin offering ; 
beside the continual burnt offering, 
and his meat offering, and his drink 
offering. 

2 9 IT And on the sixth day eight bul- 
locks, two rams, and fourteen lambs 
of the first year without blemish : 

30 And their meat offering and 
their drink offerings for the bullocks, 
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall 
be according to their number, after 
the manner: 

31 And one goat for a sin offering ; 
beside the continual burnt offering, 
his meat offering, and his drink offer- 
ing. 

32 ^T And on the seventh day sev- 
en bullocks, two rams, and fourteen 
lambs of the first year without blem- 
ish : 

33 And their meat offering and 
their drink offerings for the bullocks, 
for the rams, and for the lambs, shall 
be according to their number, after 
the manner : 

34 And one goat for a sin offering ; 
beside the continual burnt offering, 
his meat offering, and his drink of- 
fering. 

35 TT On the eighth day ye shall 
have a solemn assembly: ye shall 
do no servile work therein : 

36 But ye shall offer a burnt of- 
fering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a 
sweet savour unto the Lord: one 
bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the 
first year without blemish : 

37 Their meat offering and their 
drink offerings for the bullock, for 
the ram, and for the lambs, shall be 

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to be broken. 



according to their number, after the 
manner : 

38 And one goat for a sin offering ; 
beside the continual burnt offering, 
and his meat offering, and his drink 
offering. 

39 These things ye shall do unto 
the Lord in your set feasts, beside 
your vows, and your freewill offer- 
ings, for your burnt offerings, and 
for your meat offerings, and for your 
drink offerings, and for your peace 
offerings. 

40 And Moses told the children of 
Israel according to all that the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

CHAPTEE XXX. 

1 Vows are not to be broken. 3 The exception of a 
maid's vow, 6 of a wife's, 9 of a widow's, or her that 

is divorced. 

AND Moses spake unto the heads 
_ of the tribes concerning the 
children of Israel, saying, This is 
the thing which the Lord hath com- 
manded. 

2 If a man vow a vow unto the 
Lord, or swear an oath to bind his 
soul with a bond ; he shall not break 
his word, he shall do according to all 
that proceedeth out of his mouth. 

3 If a woman also vow a vow un- 
to the Lord, and bind herself by a 
bond, being in her father's house in 
her youth ; 

4 And her father hear her vow, 
and her bond wherewith she hath 
bound her soul, and her father shall 
hold his peace at her ; then all her 
vows shall stand, and every bond 
wherewith she hath bound her soul 
shall stand. 

5 But if her father disallow her in 
the day that he heareth, not any of 
her vows, or of her bonds where- 
with she hath bound her soul, shall 
stand ; and the Lord shall forgive 
her, because her father disallowed 
her. 

6 And if she had at all a husband, 
when she vowed, or uttered aught out 
of lier lips, wherewith she bound her 
soul : 



7 And her husband heard it, and 
held his peace at her in the day that 
he heard it : then her vows shall 
stand, and her bonds wherewith she 
bound her soul shall stand. 

8 But if her husband disallowed 
her on the day that he heard it, then 
he shall make her vow which she 
vowed, and that which she uttered 
with her lips, wherewith she bound 
her soul, of none effect ; and the 
Lord shall forgive her. 

9 But every vow of a widow, and 
of her that is divorced, wherewith 
they have bound their souls, shall 
stand against her. 

10 And if she vowed in her hus- 
band's house, or bound her soul by 
a bond with an oath ; 

11 And her husband heard it, and 
held his peace at her, and disallow- 
ed her not : then all her vows shall 
stand, and every bond wherewith she 
bound her soul shall stand. 

12 But if her husband hath utterly 
made them void on the day he heard 
them ; then whatsoever proceeded out 
of her lips concerning her vows, or 
concerning the bond of her soul, shall 
not stand : her husband hath made 
them void ; and the Lord shall for- 
give her. 

13 Every vow, and every binding 
oath to afflict the soul, her husband 
may establish it, or her husband may 
make it void. 

14 But if her husband altogether 
hold his peace at her from day to 
day ; then he establisheth all her 
vows, or all her bonds, which are 
upon her: he confirmeth them, be- 
cause he held his peace at her in the 
day that he heard them. 

15 But if he shall any ways make 
them void after that he hath heard 
them; then he shall bear her ini- 
quity. 

1 6 These are the statutes, which the 
Lord commanded Moses, between a 
man and his wife, between the father 
and his daughter, being yet in her 
youth in her father's house. 



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NUMBERS. 



Law of purification. 



CHAPTEK XXXI. 

1 The Midianites are spoiled, and Balaam slain. 13 
Moses is wroth with the officers, for saving the women 
alive. 19 How the soldiers, with their captives and 
spoil, are to be purified. 25 The proportion whereby 
the prey is to be divided. 48 The voluntary oblation 
unto the treasury of the Lord. 

A ND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
J\. saying, 

2 Avenge the children of Israel of 
the Midianites : afterward shalt thou 
be gathered unto thy people. 

3 And Moses spake unto the peo- 
ple, saying, Arm some of yourselves 
unto the war, and let them go against 
the Midianites, and avenge the Lord 
of Midian. 

4 Of every tribe a thousand, 
throughout all the tribes of Israel, 
shall ye send to the war. 

5 So there were delivered out of 
the thousands of Israel, a thousand 
of every tribe, twelve thousand armed 
for war. 

6 And Moses sent them to the wax, 
a thousand of every tribe, them and 
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the 
priest, to the war, with the holy in- 
struments, and the trumpets to blow 
in his hand. 

7 And they warred against the Mid- 
ianites, as the Lord commanded 
Moses ; and they slew all the males. 

8 And they slew the kings of Mid- 
ian, beside the rest of them that 
were slain; namely, Evi, and Rekem, 
and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, five 
kings of Midian : Balaam also the 
son of Beor they slew with the sword. 

9 And the children of Israel. took 
all the women of Midian captives, 
and their little ones, and took the 
spoil of all their cattle, and all their 
flocks, and all their goods. 

10 And they burnt all their cities 
wherein they dwelt, and all their 
goodly castles, with fire. 

11 And they took a]l the spoil, and 
all the prey, both of men and of beasts. 

12 And they brought the captives, 
and the prey, and the spoil, unto 
Moses and Eleazar the priest, and 
unto the congregation of the chil- 
dren of Israel, unto the camp at the 



plains of Moab, which are by Jordan 
near Jericho. 

13 IT And Moses, and Eleazar the 
priest, and all the princes of the con- 
gregation, went forth to meet them 
without the camp. 

14 And Moses was wroth with the 
officers of the host, with the captains 
over thousands, and captains over hun- 
dreds, which came from the battle. 

15 And Moses said unto them, Have 
ye saved all the women alive ? 

16 Behold, these caused the chil- 
dren of Israel, through the counsel of 
Balaam, to commit trespass against 
the Lord in the matter of Peor, and 
there was a plague among the con- 
gregation of the Lord. 

17 Now therefore kill every male 
among the little ones, and kill every 
woman that hath known man by 
lying with him. 

18 But all the women children, that 
have not known a man by lying with 
him, keep alive for yourselves. 

19 And do ye abide without the 
camp seven days : whosoever hath 
killed any person, and whosoever 
hath touched any slain, purify both 
yourselves and your captives on the 
third day, and on the seventh day. 

20 And purify all your raiment, 
and all that is made of skins, and 
all work of goats' hair, and all things 
made of wood. 

2 1 H And Eleazar the priest said unto 
the men of war which went to the bat- 
tle, This is the ordinance of the law 
which the Lord commanded Moses ; 

22 Only the gold, and the silver, the 
brass, the iron, the tin, and the lead, 

23 Every thing that may abide the 
fire, ye shall make it go through the 
fire, and it shall be clean: never- 
theless it shall be purified with the 
water of separation : and all that 
abideth not the fire ye shall make 
go through the water. 

24 And ye shall wash your clothes 
on the seventh day, and ye shall be 
clean, and afterward ye shall come 
into the camp. 

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is to be divided. 



25 H And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

26 Take the sum of the prey that 
was taken, both of man and of beast, 
thou, and Eleazar the priest, and the 
chief fathers of the congregation : 

27 And divide the prey into two 
parts ; between them that took the 
war upon them, who went out to bat- 
tle, and between all the congregation. 

28 And levy a tribute unto the Lord 
of the men of war which went out to 
battle : one soul of five hundred, both 
of the persons, and of the beeves, and 
of the asses, and of the sheep : 

29 Take it of their half, and give it 
unto Eleazar the priest, for a heave 
offering of the Lord. 

30 And of the children of Israel's 
half, thou shalt take one portion of 
fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, 
of the asses, and of the flocks, of all 
manner of beasts, and give them unto 
the Levites, which keep the charge of 
the tabernacle of the Lord. 

31 And Moses and Eleazar the priest 
did as the Lord commanded Moses. 

32 And the booty, being the rest 
of the prey which the men of war 
had caught, was six hundred thou- 
sand and seventy thousand and five 
thousand sheep, 

33 And threescore and twelve thou- 
sand beeves, 

34 And threescore and one thou- 
sand asses, 

35 And thirty and two thousand 
persons in all, of women that had 
not known man by lying with him. 

36 And the half, which was the 
portion of them that went out to 
war, was in number three hundred 
thousand and seven and thirty thou- 
sand and five hundred sheep : 

37 And the Lord's tribute of the 
sheep was six hundred and three- 
score and fifteen. 

38 And the beeves were thirty and 
six thousand ; of which the Lord's 
tribute was threescore and twelve. 

39 And the asses were thirty thou- 
sand and five hundred ; of which the 

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Lord's tribute was threescore and 
one. 

40 And the persons were sixteen 
thousand ; of which the Lord's trib- 
ute was thirty and two persons. 

41 And Moses gave the tribute, 
which was the Lord's heave offerinof. 
unto Eleazar the priest, as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

42 And of the children of Israel's 
half, which Moses divided from the 
men that warred, 

43 (Now the half that pertained 
unto the congregation was three 
hundred thousand and thirty thou- 
sand and seven thousand and five 
hundred sheep, 

44 And thirty and six thousand 
beeves, 

45 And thirty thousand asses and 
five hundred, 

46 And sixteen thousand persons,) 

47 Even of the children of Israel's 
half, Moses took one portion of fifty, 
both of man and of beast, and gave 
them unto the Levites, which kept the 
charge of the tabernacle of the Lord ; 
as the Lord commanded Moses. 

48 If And the officers which were 
over thousands of the host, the cap- 
tains of thousands, and captains of 
hundreds, came near unto Moses : 

49 And they said unto Moses, Thy 
servants have taken the sum of the 
men of war which are under our 
charge, and there lacketh not one 
man of us. 

50 We have therefore brought an 
oblation for the Lord, what every 
man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, 
chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, 
and tablets, to make an atonement 
for our souls before the Lord. 

51 And Moses and Eleazar the 
priest took the gold of them, even all 
wrought jewels. 

52 And all the gold of the offering 
that they offered up to the Lord, of 
the captains of thousands, and of the 
captains of hundreds, was sixteen 
thousand seven hundred and fifty 
shekels. 



The Reubenites and Gadites NUMBERS. sue for their inheritance. 



53 (For the men of war had taken 
spoil, every man for himself.) 

54 And Moses and Eleazar the 
priest took the gold of the captains 
of thousands and of hundreds, and 
brought it into the tabernacle of the 
congregation, for a memorial for the 
children of Israel before the Lord. 

CHAPTEE XXXII. 

1 The Reubenites and Gadites sue for their inheritance 
on that side Jordan. 6 Moses reproveth them. 16 
They offer him conditions to his content. 33 Moses 
assigneth them the land. 39 They conquer it. 

NOW the children of Reuben and 
the children of Gad had a very 
great multitude of cattle : and when 
they saw the land of Jazer, and the 
land of Gilead, that, behold, the 
place was a place for cattle ; 

2 The children of Gad and the 
children of Reuben came and spake 
unto Moses, and to Eleazar the priest, 
and unto the princes of the congrega- 
tion, saying, 

3 Ataroth, and Dibon, and Jazer, 
and Nimrah, and Heshbon, and Elea- 
leh, and Shebam, and Nebo, and 
Beon, 

4 Even the country which the 
Lord smote before the congregation 
of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy 
servants have cattle : 

5 Wherefore, said they, if we have 
found grace in thy sight, let this land 
be given unto thy servants for a pos- 
session, and bring us not over Jordan. 

6 IT And Moses said unto the chil- 
dren of Gad and to the children of 
Reuben, Shall your brethren go to 
war, and shall ye sit here ? 

7 And wherefore discourage ye the 
heart of the children of Israel from 
going over into the land which the 
Lord hath given them ? 

8 Thus did your fathers, when T 
sent them from Kadesh-barnea to see 
the land. 

9 For when they went up unto the 
valley of Eshcol, and saw the land, 
they discouraged the heart of the chil- 
dren of Israel, that they should not 
go into the land which the Lord had 
given them. 

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10 And the Lord s anger was kin- 
dled the same time, and he sware, 
saying, 

11 Surely none of the men that 
came up out of Egypt, from twenty 
years old and upward, shall see the 
land which I sware unto Abraham, 
unto Isaac, and unto Jacob ; because 
they have not wholly followed me : 

12 Save Caleb the son of Jephun- 
neh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son 
of Nun : for they have wholly follow- 
ed the Lord. 

13 And the Lord's anger was kin- 
dled against Israel, and he made them 
wander in the wilderness forty years, 
until all the generation, that had done 
evil in the sight of the Lord, was 
consumed. 

14 And, behold, ye are risen up in 
your fathers' stead, an increase of sin- 
ful men, to augment yet the fierce 
anger of the Lord toward Israel. 

15 For if ye turn away from after 
him, he will yet again leave them in 
the wilderness ; and ye shall destroy 
all this people. 

16 IT And they came near unto 
him, and said, We will build sheep- 
folds here for our cattle, and cities for 
our little ones : 

17 But we ourselves will go ready 
armed before the children of Israel, 
until we have brought them unto 
their place : and our little ones shall 
dwell in the fenced cities, because of 
the inhabitants of the land. 

18 We will not return unto our 
houses, until the children of Israel 
have inherited every man his inherit- 
ance : 

19 For we will not inherit with them 
on yonder side Jordan, or forward; 
because our inheritance is fallen to 
us on this side Jordan eastward. 

20 IT And Moses said unto them, 
If ye will do this thing, if ye will go 
armed before the Lord to war, 

21 And will go all of you armed 
over Jordan before the Lord, until he 
hath driven out his enemies from be- 
fore him, 

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NUMBERS. 



them the land. 



22 And the land be subdued before 
the Lord : then afterward ye shall 
return, and be guiltless before the 
Lord, and before Israel ; and this land 
shall be your possession before the 
Lord. 

23 But if ye will not do so, behold, ye 
have sinned against the Lord: and 
be sure your sin will find you out. 

24 Build you cities for your little 
ones, and folds for your sheep ; and 
do that which hath proceeded out of 
your mouth. 

25 And the children of Gad and 
the children of Reuben spake unto 
Moses, saying, Thy servants will do 
as my lord commandeth. 

26 Our little ones, our wives, our 
flocks, and all our cattle, shall be 
there in the cities of Gilead : 

27 But thy servants will pass over, 
every man armed for war, before the 
Lord to battle, as my lord saith. 

28 So concerning them Moses com- 
manded Eleazar the priest, and Jo- 
shua the son of Nun, and the chief 
fathers of the tribes of the children of 
Israel : 

29 And Moses said unto them, If 
the children of Gad and the children 
of Reuben will pass with you over 
Jordan, every man armed to battle, 
before the Lord, and the land shall 
be subdued before you ; then ye shall 
give them the land of Gilead for a 
possession : 

30 But if they will not pass over 
with you armed, they shall have pos- 
sessions among you in the land of 
Canaan. 

31 And the children of Gad and 
the children of Reuben answered, 
saying, As the Lord hath said unto 
thy servants, so will we do. 

32 We will pass over armed before 
the Lord into the land of Canaan, 
that the possession of our inheritance 
on this side Jordan may be ours. 

33 And Moses gave unto them, 
even to the children of Gad, and to 
the children of Reuben, and unto 
half the tribe of Manasseh the son of 

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Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king 
of the Amorites, and the kingdom of 
Og king of Bashan, the land, with the 
cities thereof in the coasts, even the 
cities of the country round about. 

34 If And the children of Gad built 
Dibon, and Ataroth, and Aroer, 

35 And Atroth, Shophan, and Jaa- 
zer, and Jogbehah, 

36 And Beth-nimrah, and Beth- 
haran, fenced cities; and folds for 
sheep. 

37 And the children of Reuben 
built Heshbon, and Elealeh, and Kir- 
jathaim, 

38 And Nebo, and Baal-meon, 
(their names being changed,) and 
Shibmah: and gave other names un- 
to the cities which they builded. 

39 And the children of Machir the 
son of Manasseh went to Gilead, 
and took it, and dispossessed the Am- 
orite which tvas in it. 

, 40 And Moses gave Gilead unto 
Machir the son of Manasseh ; and he 
dwelt therein. 

41 And Jair the son of Manas- 
seh went and took the small towns 
thereof, and called them Havoth- 
jair. 

42 And Nobah went and took 
Kenath, and the villages thereof, 
and called it Nobah, after his own 
name. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

1 Two and forty journeys of the Israelites. 60 The Ca- 
naanites are to be destroyed. 

THESE are the journeys of the 
children of Israel, which went 
forth out of the land of Egypt with 
their armies under the hand of Moses 
and Aaron. 

2 And Moses wrote their goings 
out according to their journeys by the 
commandment of the Lord : and these 
are their journeys according to their 
goings out. 

3 And they departed from Ra- 
meses in the first month, on the fif- 
teenth day of the first month; on 
the morrow after the passover the 
children of Israel went out with 



Two and forty journeys 



NUMBERS. 



of the Israelites. 



a high hand in the sight of all the 
Egyptians. 

4 For the Egyptians buried all their 
firstborn, which the Lord had smit- 
ten among them: upon their gods 
also the Lord executed judgments. 

5 And the children of Israel re- 
moved from Rameses, and pitched in 
Succoth. 

6 And they departed from Succoth, 
and pitched in Etham, which is in 
the edge of the wilderness. 

7 And they removed from Etham, 
and turned again unto Pi-hahiroth, 
which is before Baal-zephon: and 
they pitched before Migdol. 

8 And they departed from before 
Pi-hahiroth, and passed through the 
midst of the sea into the wilderness, 
and went three days' journey in the 
wilderness of Etham, and pitched in 
Marah. 

9 And they removed from Marah, 
and came unto Elim: and in Elim 
ivere twelve fountains of water, and 
threescore and ten palm trees ; and 
they pitched there. 

^Q And they removed from Elim, 
and encamped by the Red sea. 

11 And they removed from the 
Red sea, and encamped in the wil- 
derness of Sin. 

12 And they took their journey 
out of the wilderness of Sin, and en- 
camped in Dophkah. 

13 And they departed from Doph- 
kah, and encamped in Alush. 

14 And they removed from Alush, 
and encamped at Rephidim, where 
was no water for the people to drink. 

15 And they departed from Rephi- 
dim, and pitched in the wilderness of 
Sinai. 

16 And they removed from the 
desert of Sinai, and pitched at Ki- 
broth-hattaavah. 

17 And they departed from Kibroth- 
hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth. 

18 And they departed from Haze- 
roth, and pitched in Rithmah. 

19 And they departed from Rith- 
mah, and pitched at Rimmon-parez. 



20 And they departed from Rim- 
mon-parez, and pitched in Libnah. 

21 And they removed from Lib- 
nah, and pitched at Rissah. 

22 And they journeyed from Ris- 
sah, and pitched in Kehelathah. 

23 And they went from Kehelathah, 
and pitched in mount Shapher. 

24 And they removed from mount 
Shapher, and encamped in Haradah. 

25 And they removed from Hara- 
dah, and pitched in Makheloth. 

26 And they removed from Mak- 
heloth, and encamped at Tahath. 

27 And they departed from Tahath, 
and pitched at Tarah. 

28 And they removed from Tarah, 
and pitched in Mithcah. 

29 And they went from Mithcah, 
and pitched in Hashmonah. 

30 And they departed from Hash- 
monah, and encamped at Moseroth. 

31 And they departed from Mose- 
roth, and pitched in Bene-jaakan. 

32 And they removed from Bene-ja- 
akan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad. 

33 And they went from Hor-hagid- 
gad, and pitched in Jotbathah. 

34 And they removed from Jotba- 
thah, and encamped at Ebronah. 

35 And they departed from Ebro- 
nah, and encamped at Ezion-gaber. 

36 And they removed from Ezion- 
gaber, and pitched in the wilderness 
of Zin, which is Kadesh. 

37 And they removed from Ka- 
desh, and pitched in mount Hor, in 
the edge of the land of Edom. 

38 And Aaron the priest went up 
into mount Hor at the command- 
ment of the Lord, and died there, 
in the fortieth year after the children 
of Israel were come out of the land 
of Egypt, in the first day of the fifth 
month. 

39 And Aaron was a hundred and 
twenty and three years old when he 
died in mount Hor. 

40 And king Arad the Canaanite, 
which dwelt in the south in the land 
of Canaan, heard of the coming of the 
children of Israel. 

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NUMBERS. 



to be destroyed. 



41 And they departed from mount 
Hor, and pitched in Zalmonah. 

42 And they departed from Zalmo- 
nah, and pitched in Punon. 

43 And they departed from Punon, 
and pitched in Oboth. 

44 And they departed from Oboth, 
and pitched in Ije-abarim, in the bor- 
der of Moab. 

45 And they departed from Iim, 
and pitched in Dibon-gad. 

46 And they removed from Dibon- 
gad, and encamped in Almon-dibla- 
thaim. 

47 And they removed from Almon- 
diblathaim, and pitched in the moun- 
tains of Abarim, before Nebo. 

48 And they departed from the 
mountains of Abarim, and pitched in 
the plains of Moab by Jordan near 
Jericho. 

49 And they pitched by Jordan, 
from Beth-jesimoth even unto Abel- 
shittim in the plains of Moab. 

50 IT And the Lord spake unto 
Moses in the plains of Moab by Jor- 
dan near Jericho, saying", 

51 Speak unto the children of Is- 
rael, and say unto them, When ye 
are passed over Jordan into the land 
of Canaan ; 

52 Then ye shall drive out all the 
inhabitants of the land from before 
you, and destroy all their pictures, 
and destroy all their molten images, 
and quite pluck down all their high 
places : 

53 And ye shall dispossess the in- 
habitants o/the land, and dwell there- 
in : for I have given you the land to 
possess it. 

54 And ye shall divide the land 
by lot for an inheritance among your 
families; and to the more ye shall 
rive the more inheritance, and to the 
fewer ye shall give the less inherit- 
ance : every man's inheritance shall 
be in the place where his lot falleth ; 
according to the tribes of your fathers 
ye shall inherit. 

55 But if ye will not drive out the 
inhabitants of the land from before 

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you ; then it shall come to pass, that 
those which ye let remain of them 
shall be pricks in your eyes, and thorns 
in your sides, and shall vex you in 
the land wherein ye dwell. 

56 Moreover it shall come to pass, 
that I shall do unto you, as I thought 
to do unto them. 

CHAPTEK XXXIY. 

1 The borders of the land. 16 The names of the men 
which shall divide the land. 

AND the Lord spake unto Moses, 
. saying, 

2 Command the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, When ye come 
into the land of Canaan ; (this is the 
land that shall fall unto you for an 
inheritance, even the land of Canaan 
with the coasts thereof:) 

3 Then your south quarter shall be 
from the wilderness of Zin along by 
the coast of Edom, and your south 
border shall be the outmost coast of 
the salt sea eastward : 

4 And your border shall turn from 
the south to the ascent of Akrabbim, 
and pass on to Zin : and the going 
forth thereof shall be from the south 
to Kadesh-barnea, and shall go on to 
Hazar-addar, and pass on to Azmon : 

5 And the border shall fetch a 
compass from Azmon unto the river 
of Egypt, and the goings out of it 
shall be at the sea. 

6 And as for the western border, ye 
shall even have the great sea for a bor- 
der : this shall be your west border. 

7 And this shall be your north bor- 
der : from the great sea ye shall point 
out for you mount Hor : 

8 From mount Hor ye shall point 
out your border unto the entrance of 
Hamath ; and the goings forth of the 
border shall be to Zedad: 

9 % And the border shall go on to 
Ziphron, and the goings out of it 
shall be at Hazar-enan : this shall 
be your north border. 

10 And ye shall point out your 
east border from Hazar-enan to She- 
pham: 

11 And the coast shall go down 



Borders of the land. 



NUMBERS. 



Cities of the Levites. 



from Shepham to Riblah, on the 
east side of Ain; and the border 
shall descend, and shall reach unto 
the side of the sea of Chinnereth 
eastward : 

12 And the border shall go down 
to Jordan, and the goings out of it 
shall be at the salt sea : this shall be 
your land with the coasts thereof 
round about. 

13 And Moses commanded the 
children of Israel, saying, This is 
the land which ye shall inherit by 
lot, which the Lord commanded to 
give unto the nine tribes, and to the 
half tribe : 

14 For the tribe of the children of 
Reuben according to the house of 
their fathers, and the tribe of the 
children of Gad according to the 
house of their fathers, have received 
their inheritance ; and half the tribe 
of Manasseh have received their in- 
heritance : 

15 The two tribes and the half 
tribe have received their inheritance 
on this side Jordan near Jericho east- 
ward, toward the sunrising. 

16 And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses, saying, 

17 These are the names of the men 
which shall divide the land unto 
you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua 
the son of Nun. 

18 And ye shall take one prince 
of every tribe, to divide the land by 
inheritance. 

19 And the names of the men are 
these : Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb 
the son of Jephunneh. 

20 And of the tribe of the children 
of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Am- 
mihud. 

21 Of the tribe of Benjamin, Eli- 
dad the son of Chislon. 

22 And the prince of the tribe of 
the children of Dan, Bukki the son of 
Jogli. 

23 The prince of the children of 
Joseph, for the tribe of the children 
of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of 
Ephod. 



24 And the prince of the tribe of 
the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the 
son of Shiphtan. 

25 And the prince of the tribe of 
the children of Zebulun, Elizaphan 
the son of Parnach. 

26 And the prince of the tribe of 
the children of Issachar, Paltiel the 
son of Azzan. 

27 And the prince of the tribe of 
the children of Asher, Ahihud the son 
of Shelomi. 

28 And the prince of the tribe of 
the children of Naphtali, Pedahel the 
son of Ammihud. 

29 These are they whom the Lord 
commanded to divide the inheritance 
unto the children of Israel in the land 
of Canaan. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

1 Eight and forty cities for the Levites with their sub- 
urbs, and measure thereof 6 Six of them are to be 
cities of refuge. 9 The laws of murder. 31 No satis- 
faction for murder. 

\ ND the Lord spake unto Moses 
Xjl in the plains of Moab by Jor- 
dan near Jericho, saying, 

2 Command the children of Israel, 
that they give unto the Levites, of 
the inheritance of their possession, 
cities to dwell in ; and ye shall give 
also unto the Levites suburbs for the 
cities round about them. 

3 And the cities shall they have to 
dwell in ; and the suburbs of them 
shall be for their cattle, and for their 
goods, and for all their beasts. 

4 And the suburbs of the cities, 
which ye shall give unto the Levites, 
shall reach from the wall of the city 
and outward a thousand cubits round 
about. 

5 And ye shall measure from with- 
out the city on the east side two thou- 
sand cubits, and on the south side 
two thousand cubits, and on the west 
side two thousand cubits, and on the 
north side two thousand cubits ; and 
the city shall be in the midst : this 
shall be to them the suburbs of the 
cities. 

6 And among the cities which ye 

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The cities of refuge. 



NUMBERS. 



The laws of murder. 



shall give unto the Levites there shall 
be six cities for refuge, which ye shall 
appoint for the manslayer, that he 
may flee thither: and to them ye 
shall add forty and two cities. 

7 So all the cities which ye shall 
give to the Levites shall be forty and 
eight cities : them shall ye give with 
their suburbs. 

8 And the cities which ye shall 
give shall be of the possession of the 
children of Israel : from them that have 
many ye shall give many ; hut from 
them that have few ye shall give few : 
every one shall give of his cities unto 
the Levites according to his inherit- 
ance which he inheriteth. 

9 If And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

10 Speak unto the children of Israel, 
and say unto them, When ye he come 
over Jordan into the land of Canaan, 

11 Then ye shall appoint you cities 
to he cities of refuge for you ; that the 
slayer may flee thither, which killeth 
any person at unawares. 

12 And they shall he unto you 
cities for refuge from the avenger ; 
that the manslayer die not, until he 
stand before the congregation in judg- 
ment. 

13 And of these cities which ye 
shall give, six cities shall ye have for 
refuge. 

14 Ye shall give three cities on 
this side Jordan, and three cities shall 
ye give in the land of Canaan, which 
shall be cities of refuge. 

15 These six cities shall be a re- 
fuge, both for the children of Israel, 
and for the stranger, and for the so- 
journer among them ; that every one 
that killeth any person unawares 
may flee thither. 

16 And if he smite him with an 
instrument of iron, so that he die, he 
is a murderer : the murderer shall 
surely be put to death. 

17 And if he smite him with throw- 
ing a stone, wherewith he may die, 
and he die, he is a murderer : the 
murderer shall surely be put to death. 

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18 Or if he smite him with a hand 
weapon of wood, wherewith he may 
die, and he die, he is a> murderer : the 
murderer shall surely be put to death. 

19 The revenger of blood himself 
shall slay the murderer: when he 
meeteth him, he shall slay him. 

20 But if he thrust him of hatred, 
or hurl at him by laying of wait, that 
he die ; 

21 Or in enmity smite him with 
his hand, that he die : he that smote 
him shall surely be put to death ; for 
he is a murderer: the revenger of 
blood shall slay the murderer, when 
he meeteth him. 

22 But if he thrust him suddenly 
without enmity, or have cast upon 
him any thing without laying of wait, 

23 Or with any stone, wherewith a 
man may die, seeing him not, and cast 
it upon him, that he die, and was not 
his enemy, neither sought his harm : 

24 Then the congregation shall 
judge between the slayer and the re- 
venger of blood according to these 
judgments : 

25 And the congregation shall de- 
liver the slayer out of the hand of the 
revenger of blood, and the congrega- 
tion shall restore him to the city of 
his refuge, whither he was fled : and 
he shall abide in it unto the death of 
the high priest, which was anointed 
with the holy oil. 

26 But if the slayer shall at any 
time come without the border of the 
city of his refuge, whither he was fled ; 

27 And the revenger of blood find 
him without the borders of the city 
of his refuge, and the revenger of 
blood kill the slayer ; he shall not be 
guilty of blood : 

28 Because he should have remain- 
ed in the city of his refuge until the 
death of the high priest: but after 
the death of the high priest the slay- 
er shall return into the land of his 
possession. 

29 So these things shall be for a stat- 
ute of judgment unto you throughout 
your generations in all your dwellings. 



Of the marriage 



NUMBERS, 



of heiresses. 



30 Whoso killeth any person, the 
murderer shall be put to death by 
the mouth of witnesses : but one wit- 
ness shall not testify against any per- 
son to cause him to die. 

31 Moreover ye shall take no satis- 
faction for the life of a murderer, 
which is guilty of death : but he shall 
be surely put to death. 

32 And ye shall take no satisfaction 
for him that is fled to the city of his 
refuge, that he should come again to 
dwell in the land, until the death of 
the priest. 

33 So ye shall not pollute the land 
wherein ye are : for blood it deflleth 
the land : and the land cannot be 
cleansed of the blood that is shed 
therein, but by the blood of him that 
shed it. 

34 Defile not therefore the land 
which ye shall inhabit, wherein I 
dwell : for I the Lord dwell among 
the children of Israel. 

CHAPTER XXXYI. 

1 The inconvenience of the inheritance of daughters 
5-_is remedied by marrying in their oion tribes, 1 lest 
the inheritance should be removed from, the tribe. 10 
The daughters of Zelop he had marry their father's 
brothers' sons. 

AND the chief fathers of the fami- 
. lies of the children of Gilead, 
the son of Machir, the son of Manas- 
seh, of the families of the sons of Jo- 
seph, came near, and spake before 
Moses, and before the princes, the 
chief fathers of the children of Israel : 

2 And they said, The Lord com- 
manded my lord to give the land for 
an inheritance by lot to the children 
of Israel : and my lord was command- 
ed by the Lord to give the inheritance 
of Zelophehad our brother unto his 
daughters. 

3 And if they be married to any of 
the sons of the other tribes of the 
children of Israel, then shall their in- 
heritance be taken from the inherit- 
ance of our fathers, and shall be put 
to the inheritance of the tribe where- 
unto they are received : so shall it be 
taken from the lot of our inherit- 
ance. 



4 And when the jubilee of the chil- 
dren of Israel shall be, then shall 
their inheritance be put unto the in- 
heritance of the tribe whereunto they 
are received: so shall their inherit- 
ance be taken away from the inherit- 
ance of the tribe of our fathers. 

5 And Moses commanded the chil- 
dren of Israel according to the word 
of the Lord, saying, The tribe of the 
sons of Joseph hath said well. 

6 This is the thing which the Lord 
doth command concerning the daugh- 
ters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them 
marry to whom they think best ; only 
to the family of the tribe of their 
father shall they marry. 

7 So shall not the inheritance of the 
children of Israel remove from tribe 
to tribe : for every one of the children 
of Israel shall keep himself to the in- 
heritance of the tribe of his fathers. 

8 And every daughter, that pos- 
sesseth an inheritance in any tribe of 
the children of Israel, shall be wife 
unto one of the family of the tribe of 
her father, that the children of Israel 
may enjoy every man the inheritance 
of his fathers. 

9 Neither shall the inheritance re- 
move from one tribe to another tribe ; 
but every one of the tribes of the 
children of Israel shall keep himself 
to his own inheritance. 

10 Even as the Lord commanded 
Moses, so did the daughters of Zelo- 
phehad : 

11 For Mahlah, Tirzah, and Hog- 
lah, and Milcah, and Noah, the 
daughters of Zelophehad, were mar- 
ried unto their father's brothers' sons : 

12 And they were married into the 
families of the sons of Manasseh the 
son of Joseph, and their inheritance 
remained in the tribe of the family 
of their father. 

13 These are the commandments 
and the judgments, which the Lord 
commanded, by the hand of Moses, 
unto the children of Israel in the 
plains of Moab by Jordan near Jeri- 
cho. 

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THE FIFTH BOOK OF MOSES, 



CALLED 



DEUTERONOMY. 




CHAPTEE I. 

1 Moses' speech in the end of the fortieth year, briefly 
rehearsing the story 6 of God's promise, 13 of giving 
them officers, 19 of sending the spies to search the 
land, 34 of God's anger for their incredulity, 41 and 
disobedience. 

THESE be the words which Moses 
spake unto all Israel on this side 
Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain 
over against the Red sea, hetween 
Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and 
Hazeroth, and Dizahab. 

2 (There are eleven days' journey 
from Horeh by the way of mount Seir 
unto Kadesh-barnea.) 

3 And it came to pass in the for- 
tieth year, in the eleventh month, on 
the first day of the month, that Mo- 
ses spake unto the children of Israel, 
according unto all that the Lord had 
given him in commandment unto 
them ; . . 

4 After he had slain Sihon the 
king of the Amorites, which dwelt in 
Heshbon, and Ogthe king of Bashan, 
which dwelt at Astaroth in Edrei : 

5 On this side Jordan, in the land 
of Moab, began Moses to declare this 
law, saying, 

6 The Lord our God spake unto 
us in Horeb, saying, Ye have dwelt 
long enough in this mount : 

7 Turn you, and take your journey, 
and go to the mount of the Amorites, 
and unto all the places nigh thereun- 
to, in the plain, in the hills, and in 
the vale, and in the south, and by the 
sea side, to the land of the Canaanites, 
and unto Lebanon, unto the great 
river, the river Euphrates. 

8 Behold, I have set the land be- 
fore you : go in and possess the land 
which the Lord sware unto your fa- 
thers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to 

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give unto them and to their seed after 
them. 

9 1[ And I spake unto you at that 
time, saying, I am not able to bear 
you myself alone : 

10 The Lord your God hath mul- 
tiplied you, and, behold, ye are this 
day as the stars of heaven for multi- 
tude. 

11 (The Lord God of your fathers 
make you a thousand times so many 
more as ye are, and bless you, as he 
hath promised you !) 

12 How can I myself alone bear 
your cumbrance, and your burden, 
and your strife ? 

13 Take you wise men, and un- 
derstanding, and known among your 
tribes, and I will make them rulers 
over you. 

14 And ye answered me, and said, 
The thing which thou hast spoken is 
good for us to do. 

15 So I took the chief of your tribes, 
wise men, and known, and made 
them heads over you, captains over 
thousands, and captains over hun- 
dreds, and captains over fifties, and 
captains over tens, and officers among 
your tribes. 

16 And I charged your judges at 
that time, saying, Hear the causes 
between your brethren, and judge 
righteously between every man and 
his brother, and the stranger that is 
with him. 

17 Ye shall not respect persons in 
judgment; but ye shall hear the 
small as well as the great ; ye shall 
not be afraid of the face of man ; for 
the judgment is God's : and the 
cause that is too hard for you, bring 
it unto me, and I will hear it. 



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former things. 



18 And I commanded you at that 
time all the things which ye should do. 

19 IT And when we departed from 
Horeb, we went through all that 
great and terrible wilderness, which 
ye saw by the way of the mountain 
of the Amorites, as the Lord our God 
commanded us ; and we came to Ka- 
desh-barnea. 

20 And I said unto you, Ye are 
come unto the mountain of the Am- 
orites, which the Lord our God doth 
give unto us. 

21 Behold, the Lord thy God hath 
set the land before thee : go up and 
possess it, as the Lord God of thy 
fathers hath said unto thee ; fear not, 
neither be discouraged. 

22 H And ye came near unto me 
every one of you, and said, We will 
send men before us, and they shall 
search us out the land, and bring us 
word again by what way we must go 
up, and into what cities we shall come. 

23 And the saying pleased me 
well ; and I took twelve men of you, 
one^of a tribe : 

24 And they turned and went up 
into the mountain, and came unto the 
valley of Eshcol, and searched it out. 

25 And they took of the fruit of 
the land in their hands, and brought 
it down unto us, and brought us word 
again, and said, It is a good land 
which the Lord our God doth give us. 

26 Notwithstanding ye would not 
go up, but rebelled against the com- 
mandment of the Lord your God : 

27 And ye murmured in your tents, 
and said, Because the Lord hated us, 
he hath brought us forth out of the 
land of Egypt, to deliver us into the 
hand of the Amorites, to destroy us. 

28 Whither shall we go up ? our 
brethren have discouraged our heart, 
saying, The people is greater and 
taller than we; the cities are great 
and walled up to heaven ; and more- 
over we have seen the sons of the 
Anakim there. 

29 Then I said unto you, Dread 
not, neither be afraid of them. 



30 The Lord your God which go- 
eth before you, he shall fight for you, 
according to all that he did for you 
in Egypt before your eyes ; 

31 And in the wilderness, where 
thou hast seen how that the Lord 
thy God bare thee, as a man doth 
bear his son, in all the way that ye 
went, until ye came into this place. 

32 Yet in this thing ye did not be- 
lieve the Lord your God, 

33 Who went in the way before 
you, to search you out a place to 
pitch your tents in, in fire by night, 
to shew you by what way ye should 
go, and in a cloud by day. 

34 And the Lord heard the voice 
of your words, and was wroth, and 
sware, saying, 

35 Surely there shall not one of 
these men of this evil generation see 
that good land, which I sware to give 
unto your fathers, 

36 Save Caleb the son of Jephun- 
neh ; he shall see it, and to him will 
I give the land that he hath trodden 
upon, and to his children, because he 
hath wholly followed the Lord. 

37 Also the Lord was angry with 
me for your sakes, saying, Thou also 
shalt not go in thither. 

38 But Joshua the son of Nun, 
which standeth before thee, he shall 
go in thither : encourage him : for he 
shall cause Israel to inherit it. 

39 Moreover your little ones, which 
ye said should be a prey, and your 
children, which in that day had no 
knowledge between good and evil, 
they shall go in thither, and unto 
them will I give it, and they shall 
possess it. 

40 But as for you, turn yon, and 
take your journey into the wilderness 
by the way of the Bed sea. 

41 Then ye answered and said unto 
me, We have sinned against the Lord, 
we will go up and fight, according to 
all that the Lord our God commanded 
us. And when ye had girded on every 
man his weapons of war, ye were rea- 
dy to go up into the hill. 

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what befell Israel 



42 And the Lord said unto me, Say 
unto them, Go not up, neither fight ; 
for I am not among you ; lest ye be 
smitten before your enemies. 

43 So I spake unto you; and ye 
would not hear, but rebelled against 
the commandment of the Lord, and 
went presumptuously up into the hill. 

44 And the Amorites, which dwelt 
in that mountain, came out against 
you, and chased you, as bees do, and 
destroyed you in Seir, even unto Hor- 
mah. 

45 And ye returned and wept be- 
fore the Lord; but the Lord would 
not hearken to your voice, nor give 
ear unto you. 

46 So ye abode in Kadesh many 
days, according unto the days that 
ye abode there. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 The story is continued, that they were not to meddle 
with the Edomites, 9 nor with the Moabites, 17 nor 
with the Ammonites, 24 but Sihon the Amorite was 
subdued by them. 

THEN we turned, and took our 
journey into the wilderness by 
the way of the Red sea, as the Lord 
spake unto me : and we compassed 
mount Seir many days. 

2 And the Lord spake unto me, 
saying, 

3 Ye have compassed this mountain 
long enough : turn you northward. 

4 And command thou the people, 
saying, Ye are to pass through the 
coast of your brethren the children of 
Esau, which dwell in Seir ; and they 
shall be afraid of you : take ye good 
heed unto yourselves therefore : 

5 Meddle not with them ; for I will 
not give you of their land, no, not so 
much as a footbreadth ; because I 
have given mount Seir unto Esau for 
a possession. 

6 Ye shall buy meat of them for 
money, that ye may eat ; and ye shall 
also buy water of them for money, 
that ye may drink. 

7 For the Lord thy God hath bless- 
ed thee in all the works of thy hand : 
he knoweth thy walking through this 
great wilderness : these forty years 

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the Lord thy God hath been with 
thee ; thou hast lacked nothing. 

8 And when we passed by from our 
brethren the children of Esau, which 
dwelt in Seir, through the way of the 
plain from Elath, and from Ezion- 
gaber, we turned and passed by the 
way of the wilderness of Moab. 

9 And the Lord said unto me, 
Distress not the Moabites, neither 
contend with them in battle : for I 
will not give thee of their land for a 
possession ; because I have given Ar 
unto the children of Lot for a pos- 
session. 

10 The Emim dwelt therein in 
times past, a people great, and many, 
and tall, as the Anakim ; 

11 Which also were accounted 
giants, as the Anakim ; but the 
Moabites call them Emim. 

12 The Horim also dwelt in Seir 
beforetime ; but the children of Esau 
succeeded them, when they had de- 
stroyed them from before them, and 
dwelt in their stead; as Israel did 
unto the land of his possession, which 
the Lord gave unto them. 

13 Now rise up, said /, and get you 
over the brook Zered. And we went 
over the brook Zered. 

14 And the space in which we 
came from Kadesh-barnea, until we 
were come over the brook Zered, was 
thirty and eight years ; until all the 
generation of the men of war were 
wasted out from among the host, as 
the Lord sware unto them. 

15 For indeed the hand of the 
Lord was against them, to destroy 
them from among the host, until they 
were consumed. 

16 IT So it came to pass, when all 
the men of war were consumed and 
dead from among the people, 

17 That the Lord spake unto me, 
saying, 

18 Thou art to pass over through 
Ar, the coast of Moab, this day : 

19 And when thou comest nigh 
over against the children of Ammon, 
distress them not, nor meddle with 



on their way 



DEUTERONOMY. 



toward Canaan. 



them : for I will not give thee of the 
land of the children of Ammon any 
possession ; because I have given it unto 
the children of Lot for a possession. 

20 (That also was accounted a land 
of giants : giants dwelt therein in old 
time ; and the Ammonites call them 
Zamzummim ; 

21 A people great, and many, and 
tall, as the Anakim ; but the Lord 
destroyed them before them ; and they 
succeeded them, and dwelt in their 
stead : 

22 As he did to the children of Esau, 
which dwelt in Seir, when he destroy- 
ed the Horim from before them ; and 
they succeeded them, and dwelt in 
their stead even unto this day : 

23 And the Avim which dwelt in 
Hazerim, even unto Azzah, the Caph- 
torim, which came forth out of Caph- 
tor, destroyed them, and dwelt in their 
stead.) 

24 IT Rise ye up, take your journey, 
and pass over the river Arnon: behold, 
I have given into thine hand Sihon 
the^Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his 
land : begin to possess it, and contend 
with him in battle. 

25 This day will I begin to put the 
dread of thee and the fear of thee 
upon the nations that are under the 
whole heaven, who shall hear report 
of thee, and shall tremble, and be in 
anguish because of thee. 

26 % And I sent messengers out of 
the wilderness of Kedemoth unto Si- 
hon king of Heshbon with words of 
peace, saying, 

27 Let me pass through thy land : 
I will go along by the high way, I 
will neither turn unto the right hand 
nor to the left. 

28 Thou shalt sell me meat for 
money, that I may eat ; and give me 
water for money, that I may drink: 
only I will pass through on my feet: 

29 (As the children of Esau which 
dwell in Seir, and the Moabites which 
dwell in Ar, did unto me :) until I 
shall pass over Jordan into the land 
which the Lord our God giveth us. 



30 But Sihon king of Heshbon 
would not let us pass by him : for the 
Lord thy God hardened his spirit, and 
made his heart obstinate, that he 
might deliver him into thy hand, as 
appeareth this day. 

31 And the Lord said unto me, Be- 
hold, I have begun to give Sihon and 
his land before thee : begin to possess, 
that thou mayest inherit his land. 

3 2 Then Sihon came out against us, 
he and all his people, to fight at Jahaz. 

33 And the Lord our God delivered 
him before us ; and we smote him, 
and his sons, and all his people. 

34 And we took all his cities at that 
time, and utterly destroyed the men, 
and the women, and the little ones, 
of every city, we left none to remain : 

35 Only the cattle we took for a 
prey unto ourselves, and the spoil of 
the cities which we took. 

36 From Aroer, which is by the 
brink of the river of Arnon, and from 
the city that is by the river, even 
unto Gilead, there was not one city 
too strong for us : the Lord our God 
delivered all unto us : 

37 Only unto the land of the chil- 
dren of Ammon thou earnest not, nor 
unto any place of the river Jabbok, 
nor unto the cities in the mountains, 
nor unto whatsoever the Lord our 
God forbade us. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 Tlie story of the conquest of Og king of Bashan. II 
The bigness of his bed. 1 2 The distribution of those 
lands to the two tribes and half 23 3/oses' prayer to 
enter into the land. 26 He is permitted to see it. 

THEN we turned, and went up 
the way to Bash an : and Og the 
king of Bashan came out against us, 
he and all his people, to battle at 
Edrei. 

2 And the Lord said unto me, 
Fear him not : for I will deliver him, 
and all his people, and his land, into 
thy hand ; and thou shalt do unto him 
as thou didst unto Sihon king of the 
Amorites, which dwelt at Heshbon. 

3 So the Lord our God delivered 
into our hands Og also, the king of 

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Bashan, and all his people : and we 
smote him, until none was left to him 
remaining. 

4 And we took all his cities at that 
time, there was not a city which we 
took not from them, threescore cities, 
all the region of Argob, the kingdom 
of Og in Bashan. 

5 All these cities were fenced with 
high walls, gates, and bars ; beside 
unwalled towns a great many. 

6 And we utterly destroyed them, 
as we did unto Sihon king of Hesh- 
bon, utterly destroying the men, wo- 
men, and children, of every city. 

7 But all the cattle, and the spoil 
of the cities, we took for a prey to 
ourselves. 

8 And we took at that time out of 
the hand of the two kings of the 
Amorites the land that was on this 
side Jordan, from the river of Arnon 
unto mount Hermon ; 

9 {Which Hermon the Sidonians 
call Sirion ; and the Amorites call it 
Shenir;) 

10 All the cities of the plain, and all 
Gilead, and all Bashan, unto Salchah 
and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of 
Og in Bashan. 

11 For only Og king of Bashan 
remained of the remnant of giants; 
behold, his bedstead was a bedstead 
of iron ; is it not in Rabbath of the 
children of Ammon ? nine cubits was 
the length thereof, and four cubits 
the breadth of it, after the cubit of 
a man. 

12 And this land, which we possessed 
at that time, from Aroer, which is by 
the river Arnon, and half mount 
Gilead, and the cities thereof, gave 
I unto the Reubenites and to the 
Gadites. 

13 And the rest of Gilead, and all 
Bashan, being the kingdom of Og, 
gave I unto the half tribe of Manas- 
seh ; all the region of Argob, with all 
Bashan, which was called the land of 
giants. 

14 Jair the son of Manasseh took 
all the country of Argob unto the 

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coasts of Geshuri and Maachathi; 
and called them after his own name, 
Bashan-havoth-jair, unto this day. 

15 And I gave Gilead unto Machir. 

16 And unto the Reubenites and 
unto the Gadites I gave from Gilead 
even unto the river Arnon half the 
valley, and the border even unto the 
river Jabbok, which is the border of 
the children of Ammon ; 

17 The plain also, and Jordan, and 
the coast thereof from Chinnereth 
even unto the sea of the plain, even 
the salt sea, under Ashdoth-pisgah 
eastward. 

18 IT And I commanded you at that 
time, saying, The Lord your God hath 
given you this land to possess it : ye 
shall pass over armed before your 
brethren the children of Israel, all 
that are meet for the war. 

19 But your wives, and your little 
ones, and your cattle, [for I know that 
ye have much cattle,) shall abide in 
your cities which I have given you ; 

20 Until the Lord have given rest 
unto your brethren, as well as unto 
you, and until they also possess the 
land which the Lord your God hath 
given them beyond Jordan : and then 
shall ye return every man unto his 
possession, which I have given you. 

21 IT And I commanded Joshua at 
that time, saying, Thine eyes have 
seen all that the Lord your God hath 
done unto these two kings : so shall 
the Lord do unto all the kingdoms 
whither thou passest. 

22 Ye shall not fear them: for the 
Lord your God he shall fight for you. 

23 And I besought the Lord at 
that time, saying, 

24 O Lord God, thou hast begun 
to shew thy servant thy greatness, 
and thy mighty hand : for what God 
is there in heaven or in earth, that can 
do according to thy works, and accord- 
ing to thy might ? 

25 I pray thee, let me go over, and 
see the good land that is beyond Jor- 
dan, that goodly mountain, and Leb- 
anon. 



An exhortation 



DEUTERONOMY. 



to obedience. 



26 But the Lord was wroth with 
me for your sakes, and would not 
hear me : and the Lord said unto me, 
Let it suffice thee; speak no more 
unto me of this matter. 

27 Get thee up into the top of Pis- 
gah, and lift up thine eyes westward, 
and northward, and southward, and 
eastward, and hehold it with thine 
eyes : for thou shalt not go over this 
Jordan. 

28 But charge Joshua, and encour- 
age him, and strengthen him : for he 
shall go over before this people, and 
he shall cause them to inherit the 
land which thou shalt see. 

29 So we abode in the valley over 
against Beth-peor. 

CHAPTEE IV. 

1 An exhortation to obedience. 41 Moses appointeth 
the three cities of refuge on that side Jordan. 

NOW therefore hearken, O Israel, 
unto the statutes and unto the 
judgments, which I teach you, for to 
do t hem K th.Eit ye may live, and go in 
and possess the land which the Lord 
God of your fathers giveth you. 

2 Ye shall not add unto the word 
which I command you, neither shall 
ye diminish aught from it, that ye may 
keep the commandments of the Lord 
your God which I command you. 

3 Your eyes have seen what the 
Lord did because of Baal-peor: for 
all the men that followed Baal-peor, 
the Lord thy God hath destroyed 
them from among you. 

4 But ye that did cleave unto the 
Lord ycur God are alive every one of 
you this day. 

5 Behold, I have taught you stat- 
utes and judgments, even as the 
Lord my God commanded me, that 
ye should do so in the land whither 
ye go to possess it. 

6 Keep therefore and do them ; for 
this is your wisdom and your under- 
standing in the sight of the nations, 
which shall hear all these statutes, 
and say, Surely this great nation is a 
wise and understanding people. 

7 For what nation is there so great, 



who hath God so nigh unto them, as 
the Lord our God is in all things 
that we call upon him for ? 

8 And what nation is there so great, 
that hath statutes and judgments so 
righteous as all this law, which I set 
before you this day ? 

9 Only take heed to thyself, and 
keep thy soul diligently, lest thou 
forget the things which thine eyes 
have seen, and lest they depart from 
thy heart all the days of thy life : 
but teach them thy sons, and thy 
sons' sons ; 

10 Specially the day that thou 
stoodest before the Lord thy God in 
Horeb, when the Lord said unto 
me, Gather me the people together, 
and I will make them hear my words, 
that they may learn to fear me all 
the days that they shall live upon 
the earth, and that they may teach 
their children. 

11 And ye came near and stood 
under the mountain ; and the moun- 
tain burned with fire unto the midst 
of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and 
thick darkness. 

12 And the Lord spake unto you 
out of the midst of the fire : ye heard 
the voice of the words, but saw no 
similitude ; only ye heard a voice. 

13 And he declared unto you his 
covenant, which he commanded you 
to perform, even ten commandments ; 
and he wrote them upon two tables 
of stone. 

14 % And the Lord commanded 
me at that time to teach you statutes 
and judgments, that ye might do 
them in the land whither ye go over 
to possess it. 

15 Take ye therefore good heed 
unto yourselves ; for ye saw no man- 
ner of similitude on the day that the 
Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of 
the midst of the fire ; 

16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and 
make you a graven image, the simil- 
itude of any figure, the likeness of 
male or female, 

1 7 The likeness of any beast that 

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to obedience. 



is on the earth, the likeness of any 
winged fowl that flieth in the air, 

18 The likeness of any thing that 
creepeth on the ground, the likeness 
of any fish that is in the waters be- 
neath the earth : 

19 And lest thou lift up thine 
eyes unto heaven, and when thou 
seest the sun, and the moon, and the 
stars, even all the host of heaven, 
shouldest be driven to worship them, 
and serve them, which the Lord thy 
God hath divided unto all nations 
under the whole heaven. 

20 But the Lord hath taken you, 
and brought you forth out of the iron 
furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto 
him a people of inheritance, as ye are 
this day. 

21 Furthermore the Lord was an- 
gry with me for your sakes, and sware 
that I should not go over Jordan, and 
that I should not go in unto that 
good land, which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee for an inheritance : 

22 But I must die in this land, I 
must not go over Jordan : but ye shall 
go over, and possess that good land. 

23 Take heed unto yourselves, lest 
ye forget the covenant of the Lord 
your God, which he made with you, 
and make you a graven image, or 
the likeness of any thing, which the 
Lord thy God hath forbidden thee. 

24 For the Lord thy God is a con- 
suming fire, even a jealous God. 

25 If When thou shalt beget chil- 
dren, and children's children, and ye 
shall have remained long in the land, 
and shall corrupt yourselves, and make 
a graven image, or the likeness of 
any thing, and shall do evil in the 
sight of the Lord thy God, to provoke 
him to anger ; 

26 I call heaven and earth to wit- 
ness against you this day, that ye 
shall soon utterly perish from off the 
land whereunto ye go over Jordan to 
possess it ; ye shall not prolong your 
days upon it, but shall utterly be de- 
stroyed. 

27 And the Lord shall scatter you 

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among the nations, and ye shall be left 
few in number among the heathen, 
whither the Lord shall lead you. 

28 And there ye shall serve gods, 
the work of men's hands, wood and 
stone, which neither see, nor hear, 
nor eat, nor smell. 

29 But if from thence thou shalt 
seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt 
find him, if thou seek him with all 
thy heart and with all thy soul, .j 

30 When thou art in tribulation, 
and all these things are come upon 
thee, even in the latter days, if thou 
turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt 
be obedient unto his voice ; 

31 (For the Lord thy God is a 
merciful God ;) he will not forsake 
thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget 
the covenant of thy fathers, which he 
sware unto them. 

32 For ask now of the days that 
are past, which were before thee, 
since the day that God created man 
upon the earth, and ask from the 
one side of heaven unto the other, 
whether there hath been any such 
thing as this great thing is, or hath 
been heard like it ? 

33 Did ever people hear the voice 
of God speaking out of the midst of 
the fire, as thou hast heard, and live ? 

34 Or hath God assayed to go and 
take him a nation from the midst of 
another nation, by temptations, by 
signs, and by wonders, and by war, 
and by a mighty hand, and by a 
stretched out arm, and by great ter- 
rors, according to all that the Lord 
your God did for you in Egypt before 
your eyes ? ' 

35 Unto thee it was shewed, that 
thou mightest know that the Lord he 
is God ; there is none else beside him. 

36 Out of heaven he made thee to 
hear his voice, that he might instruct 
thee : and upon earth he shewed 
thee his great fire ; and thou heardest 
his words out of the midst of the 
fire. 

37 And because he loved thy fa- 
thers, therefore he chose their seed 



Three cities of refuge, DEUTERONOMY. The covenant in Horeb. 



after them, and brought thee out in 
his sight with his mighty power out 
of Egypt ; 

38 To drive out nations from be- 
fore thee greater and mightier than 
thou art, to bring thee in, to give 
thee their land for an inheritance, as 
it is this day. 

39 Know therefore this day, and 
consider it in thine heart, that the 
L^rd he is God in heaven above, and 

^lipon the earth beneath : there is none 

Wse. 

'■S. 40 Thou shalt keep therefore his 
statutes, and his commandments, 
which I command thee this day, 
that it may go well with thee, and 
with thy children after thee, and that 
thou inayest prolong thy days upon 
the earth, which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee, for ever. 

41 IT Then Moses severed three 
cities on this side Jordan toward the 
sunrising ; 

42 That the slayer might flee thith- 
er, which should kill his neighbour 
unawares, and hated him not in times 
past; and that fleeing unto one of 
these cities he might live : 

43 Namely, Bezer in the wilder- 
ness, in the plain country, of the 
Reubenites ; and Ramoth in Gilead, 
of the Gadites ; and Golan in Bashan, 
of the Manassites. 

44 % And this is the law which Mo- 
ses set before the children of Israel : 

45 These are the testimonies, and 
the statutes, and the judgments, 
which Moses spake unto the children 
of Israel, after they came forth out of 
Egypt, 

46 On this side Jordan, in the valley 
over against Beth-peor, in the land 
of Sihon king of the Amorites, who 
dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and 
the children of Israel smote, after 
they were come forth out of Egypt : 

47 And they possessed his land, and 
the land of Og king of Bashan, two 
kings of the Amorites, which were on 
this side Jordan toward the sunrising ; 

48 From Aroer, which is by the 



bank of the river Arnon, even unto 
mount Sion, which is Hermon, 

49 And all the plain on this side 
Jordan eastward, even unto the sea 
of the plain, under the springs of 
Pisgah. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 The covenant in Horeb. 6 The ten commandments. 
22 At the people's request Moses receiveth the law from 
God. 

AND Moses called all Israel, and 
said unto them, Hear, O Israel, 
the statutes and judgments which I 
speak in your ears this day, that ye 
may learn them, and keep and do 
them. 

2 The Lord our God made a cov- 
enant with us in Horeb. 

3 The Lord made not this cov- 
enant with our fathers, but with us, 
even us, who are all of us here alive 
this day. 

4 The Lord talked with you face 
to face in the mount out of the midst 
of the fire, 

5 (I stood between the Lord and 
you at that time, to shew you the 
word of the Lord : for ye were afraid 
by reason of the fire, and went not 
up into the mount,) saying, 

6 IT I am the Lord thy God, which 
brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 
from the house of bondage. 

7 Thou shalt have none other gods 
before me. 

8 Thou shalt not make thee any 
graven image, or any likeness of any 
thing that is in heaven above, or that 
is in the earth beneath, or that is in 
the waters beneath the earth : 

9 Thou shalt not bow down thyself 
unto them, nor serve them : for I the 
Lord thy God am a jealous God, 
visiting the iniquity of the fathers 
upon the children unto the third and 
fourth generation of them that hate 
me, 

10 And shewing mercy unto thou- 
sands of them that love me and keep 
my commandments. 

11 Thou shalt not take the name 
of the Lord thy God in vain : for the 

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Lord will not hold him guiltless that 
taketh his name in vain. 

1 2 Keep the sahhath day to sanc- 
tify it, as the Lord thy God hath 
commanded thee. 

13 Six days thou shalt lahour, and 
do all thy work : 

14 But the seventh day is the sab- 
bath of the Lord thy God : in it thou 
shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy 
son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man- 
servant, nor thy maidservant, nor 
thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of 
thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is 
within thy gates ; that thy manser- 
vant and thy maidservant may rest 
as well as thou. 

15 And remember that thou wast 
a servant in the land of Egypt, and 
that the Lord thy God brought thee 
out thence through a mighty hand 
and by a stretched out arm: there- 
fore the Lord thy God commanded 
thee to keep the sabbath day. 

16 IT Honour thy father and thy 
mother, as the Lord thy God hath 
commanded thee ; that thy days may 
be prolonged, and that it may go 
well with thee, in the land which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee. 

17 Thou shalt not kill. 

18 Neither shalt thou commit adul- 
tery. 

19 Neither shalt thou steal. 

20 Neither shalt thou bear false 
witness against thy neighbour. 

21 Neither shalt thou desire thy 
neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou 
covet thy neighbour's house, his field, 
or his manservant, or his maidser- 
vant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing 
that is thy neighbour's. 

22 ^T These words the Lord spake 
unto all your assembly in the mount 
out of the midst of the fire, of the 
cloud, and of the thick darkness, 
with a great voice ; and he added no 
more. And he wrote thern in two 
tables of stone, and delivered them 
unto me. 

23 And it came to pass, when ye 
heard the voice out of the midst of 

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the darkness, (for the mountain did 
burn with fire,) that ye came near 
unto me, even all the heads of your 
tribes, and your elders ; 

24 And ye said, Behold, the Lord 
our God hath shewed us his glory and 
his greatness, and we have heard his 
voice out of the midst of the fire : we 
have seen this day that God doth 
talk with man, and he liveth. 

25 Now therefore why should we 
die ? for this great fire will consume 
us : if we hear the voice of the Lord 
our God any more, then we shall die. 

26 For who is there of all flesh, 
that hath heard the voice of the liv- 
ing God speaking out of the midst 
of the fire, as we have, and lived ? 

27 Go thou near, and hear all that 
the Lord our God shall say; and 
speak thou unto us all that the Lord 
our God shall speak unto thee ; and 
we will hear it, and do it. 

28 And the Lord heard the voice 
of your words, when ye spake unto 
me; and the Lord said unto me, I 
have heard the voice of the words of 
this people, which they have spoken 
unto thee : they have well said all 
that they have spoken. 

29 Oh that there were such a heart 
in them, that they would fear me, and 
keep all my commandments always, 
that it might be well with them, and 
with their "children for ever ! 

30 Go say to them, Get you into 
your tents again. 

31 But as for thee, stand thou here 
by me, and I will speak unto thee 
all the commandments, and the stat- 
utes, and the judgments, which thou 
shalt teach them, that they may do 
them in the land which I give them 
to possess it. 

32 Ye shall observe to do therefore 
as the Lord your God hath com- 
manded you : ye shall not turn aside 
to the right hand or to the left. 

33 Ye shall walk in all the ways 
which the Lord your God hath com- 
manded you, that ye may live, and 
that it may be well with you, and 



An exhortation 



DEUTERONOMY. 



to obedience. 



that ye may prolong" your days in the 
land which ye shall possess. 

CHAPTEK VI. 

1 The end of the law is obedience. 3 An exhortation 
thereto. 

NOW these are the command- 
ments, the statutes, and the 
judgments, which the Lord your 
God commanded to teach you, that 
ye might do them in the land whith- 
er ye go to possess it : 

2 That thou mightest fear the Lord 
thy God, to keep all his statutes and 
his commandments, which I com- 
mand thee, thou, and thy son, and thy 
son's son, all the days of thy life ; and 
that thy days may be prolonged. 

3 IT Hear therefore, O Israel, and 
observe to do it ; that it may be well 
with thee, and that ye may increase 
mightily, as the Lord God of thy fa- 
thers hath promised thee, in the land 
that floweth with milk and honey. 

4 Hear, O Israel : The Lord our 
God is one Lord : 

5 And thou shalt love the Lord thy 
God with all thine heart, and with 
all thy soul, and with all thy might. 

6 And these words, which I com- 
mand thee this day, shall be in thine 
heart : 

7 And thou shalt teach them dili- 
gently unto thy children, and shalt 
talk of them when thou sittest in thine 
house, and when thou walkest by the 
way, and when thou liest down, and 
when thou risest up. 

8 And thou shalt bind them for a 
sign upon thine hand, and they shall 
be as frontlets between thine eyes. 

9 And thou shalt write them upon 
the posts of thy house, and on thy 
gates. 

10 And it shall be, when the Lord 
thy God shall have brought thee into 
the land which he sware unto thy 
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to 
Jacob, to give thee great and goodly 
cities, which thou buildedst not, 

11 And houses full of all good 
things, which thou filledst not, and 

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wells digged, which thou diggedst 
not, vineyards and olive trees, which 
thou plantedst not ; when thou shalt 
have eaten and be full ; 

12 Then beware lest thou forget 
the Lord, which brought thee forth 
out of the land of Egypt, from the 
house of bondage. 

13 Thou shalt fear the- Lord thy 
God, and serve him, and shalt swear 
by his name. 

14 Ye shall not go after other gods, 
of the gods of the people which are 
round about you ; 

15 (For the Lord thy God is a jeal- 
ous God among you ;) lest the anger 
of the Lord thy God be kindled 
against thee, and destroy thee from 
off the face of the earth. 

16 H Ye shall not tempt the Lord 
your God, as ye tempted him in 
Massah. 

17 Ye shall diligently keep the com- 
mandments of the Lord your God, 
and his testimonies, and his statutes, 
which he hath commanded thee. 

18 And thou shalt do that which is 
right and good in the sight of the 
Lord ; that it may be well with thee, 
and that thou may est go in and pos- 
sess the good land which the Lord 
sware unto thy fathers, 

19 To cast out all thine enemies 
from before thee, as the Lord hath 
spoken. 

20 And when thy son asketh thee 
in time to come, saying, What mean 
the testimonies, and the statutes, and 
the judgments, which the Lord our 
God hath commanded you? 

21 Then thou shalt say unto thy 
son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in 
Egypt; and the Lord brought us out 
of Egypt with a mighty hand : 

22 And the Lord shewed signs 
and wonders, great and sore, upon 
Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all 
his household, before our eyes : 

23 And he brought us out from 
thence, that he might bring us in, 
to give us the land which he sware 
unto our fathers. 

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nations is forbidden. 



24 And the Lord commanded us 
to do all these statutes, to fear the 
Lord our God, for our good always, 
that he might preserve us alive, as it 
is at this day. 

25 And it shall he our righteous- 
ness, if we ohserve to do all these 
commandments before the Lord our 
God, as he hath commanded us. 

CHAPTER VII. 

I All communion with the nations is forbidden, 4 for 
fear of idolatry, 6 for the holiness of the people, 9 for 
the nature of God in his mercy and justice, 11 for 
the assuredness of victory which God will give over 
them. 

WHEN the Lord thy God shall 
bring thee into the land whither 
thou goest to possess it, and hath cast 
out many nations before thee, the 
Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the 
Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the 
Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the 
Jebusites, seven nations greater and 
mightier than thou ; 

2 And when the Lord thy God 
shall deliver them before thee ; thou 
shalt smite them, and utterly destroy 
them; thou shalt make no covenant 
with them, nor shew mercy unto 
them : 

3 Neither shalt thou make marriages 
with them ; thy daughter thou shalt 
not give unto his son, nor his daughter 
shalt thou take unto thy son. 

4 For they will turn away thy son 
from following me, that they may 
serve other gods : so will the anger of 
the Lord be kindled against you, and 
destroy thee suddenly. 

5 But thus shall ye deal with them ; 
ye shall destroy their altars, and break 
down their images, and cut down 
their groves, and burn their graven 
images with fire. 

6 For thou art a holy people unto 
the Lord thy God : the Lord thy God 
hath chosen thee to be a special peo- 
ple unto himself, above all people that 
are upon the face of the earth. 

7 The Lord did not set his love upon 
you, nor choose you, because ye were 
more in number than any people ; for 
ye were the fewest of all people : 

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8 But because the Lord loved you, 
and because he would keep the oath 
which he had sworn unto your fa- 
thers, hath the Lord brought you out 
with a mighty hand, and redeemed 
you out of the house of bondmen, from 
the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 

9 Know therefore that the Lord thy 
God, he is God, the faithful God, 
which keepeth covenant and mercy 
with them that love him and keep 
his commandments to a thousand gen- 
erations ; 

10 And repay eth them that hate 
him to their face, to destroy them : he 
will not be slack to him that hateth 
him, he will repay him to his face. 

11 Thou shalt therefore keep the 
commandments, and the statutes, and 
the judgments, which I command 
thee this day, to do them. 

12 IT Wherefore it shall come to 
pass, if ye hearken to these judgments, 
and keep and do them, that the Lord 
thy God shall keep unto thee the cov- 
enant and the mercy which he sware 
unto thy fathers : 

13 And he will love thee, and bless 
thee, and multiply thee : he will also 
bless the fruit of thy womb, and the 
fruit of thy land, thy corn, and thy 
wine, and thine oil, the increase of thy 
kine, and the flocks of thy sheep, in 
the land which he sware unto thy fa- 
thers to give thee. 

14 Thou shalt be blessed above all 
people : there shall not be male or fe- 
male barren among you, or among 
your cattle. 

15 And the Lord will take away 
from thee all sickness, and will put 
none of the evil diseases of Egypt, 
which thou knowest, upon thee ; but 
will lay them upon all them that 
hate thee. 

16 And thou shalt consume all the 
people which the Lord thy God shall 
deliver thee ; thine eye shall have no 
pity upon them : neither shalt thou 
serve their gods; for that will be a 
snare unto thee. 

1 7 If thou shalt say in thine heart, 



The reward of obedience. DEUTERONOMY. An exhortation thereto. 



These nations are more than I; how 
can I dispossess them ? 

18 Thou shalt not he afraid of them : 
hut shalt well remember what the 
Lord thy God did unto Pharaoh, and 
unto all Egypt ; 

19 The great temptations which 
thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the 
wonders, and the mighty hand, and 
the stretched out arm, whereby the 
Lord thy God brought thee out : so 
shall the Lord thy God do unto all 
the people of whom thou art afraid. 

20 Moreover the Lord thy God will 
send the hornet among them, until 
they that are left, and hide them- 
selves from thee, be destroyed. 

2 1 Thou shalt not be affrighted at 
them : for the Lord thy God is among 
you, a mighty God and terrible. 

22 And the Lord thy God will put 
out those nations before thee by little 
and little : thou mayest not consume 
them at once, lest the beasts of the 
field increase upon thee. 

23 But the Lord thy God shall 
deliver them unto thee, and shall 
destroy them with a mighty destruc- 
tion, until they be destroyed. 

24 And he shall deliver their kings 
into thine hand, and thou shalt de- 
stroy their name from under heaven : 
there shall no man be able to stand 
before thee, until thou have destroy- 
ed them. 

25 The graven images of their gods 
shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt 
not desire the silver or gold that is 
on them, nor take it unto thee, lest 
thou be snared therein: for it is an 
abomination to the Lord thy God. 

2 6 Neither shalt thou bring an abom- 
ination into thine house, lest thou be 
a cursed thing like it: but thou shalt 
utterly detest it, and thou shalt utterly 
abhor it ; for it is a cursed thing. 

CHAPTER YIIL 

An exhortation to obedience in regard of God's dealing 
with them. 

LL the commandments which I 
command thee this day shall ye 



A 1 



observe to do, that ye may live, and 
multiply, and go in and possess the 
land which the Lord sware unto 
your fathers. 

2 And thou shalt remember all the 
way which the Lord thy God led thee 
these forty years in the wilderness, 
to humble thee, and to prove thee, to 
know what was in thine heart, wheth- 
er thou wouldest keep his command- 
ments, or no. 

3 And he humbled thee, and suf- 
fered thee to hunger, and fed thee 
with manna, which thou knewest not, 
neither did thy fathers know; that 
he might make thee know that man 
doth not live by bread only, but by 
every word that proceedeth out of 
the mouth of the Lord doth man 
live. 

4 Thy raiment waxed not old upon 
thee, neither did thy foot swell, these 
forty years. 

5 Thou shalt also consider in thine 
heart, that, as a man chasteneth his 
son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth 
thee. 

6 Therefore thou shalt keep the 
commandments of the Lord thy God, 
to walk in his ways, and to fear 
him. 

7 For the Lord thy God bringeth 
thee into a good land, a land of brooks 
of water, of fountains and depths that 
spring out of valleys and hills ; 

8 A land of wheat, and barley, and 
vines, and fig trees, and pomegran- 
ates ; a land of oil olive, and honey ; 

9 A land wherein thou shalt eat 
bread without scarceness, thou shalt 
not lack any thing in it; a land 
whose stones are iron, and out of 
whose hills thou mayest dig brass. 

10 When thou hast eaten and art 
full, then thou shalt bless the Lord 
thy God for the good land which he 
hath given thee. 

11 Beware that thou forget not the 
Lord thy God, in not keeping his 
commandments, and his judgments, 
and his statutes, which I command 
thee this day : 

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Moses rehearseth 



12 Lest when thou hast eaten and 
art full, and hast built goodly houses, 
and dwelt therein; 

13 And when thy herds and thy 
flocks multiply, and thy silver and 
thy gold is multiplied, and all that 
thou hast is multiplied ; 

14 Then thine heart be lifted up, 
and thou forget the Lord thy God, 
which brought thee forth out of the 
land of Egypt, from the house of 
bondage ; 

15 Who led thee through that great 
and terrible wilderness, wherein ivere 
fiery serpents, and scorpions, and 
drought, where there was no water; 
who brought thee forth water out of 
the rock of flint ; 

16 Who fed thee in the wilderness 
with manna, which thy fathers knew 
not, that he might humble thee, and 
that he might prove thee, to do thee 
good at thy latter end ; 

17 And thou say in thine heart, 
My power and the might of mine 
hand hath gotten me this wealth. 

18 But thou shalt remember the 
Lord thy God : for it is he that 
giveth thee power to get wealth, 
that he may establish his covenant 
which he sware unto thy fathers, as 
it is this day. 

19 And it shall be, if thou do at all 
forget the Lord thy God, and walk 
after other gods, and serve them, and 
worship them, I testify against you 
this day that ye shall surely perish. 

20 As the nations which the Lord 
destroy eth before your face, so shall 
ye perish ; because ye would not be 
obedient unto the voice of the Lord 
your God. 

CHAPTER IX. 

Moses dissuadeth them from the opinion of their otun 
righteousness, by rehearsing their several rebellions. 

HEAR, O Israel: Thou art to 
pass over Jordan this day, to 
<_ r o in to possess nations greater and 
mightier than thyself, cities great and 
fenced up to heaven, 

2 A people great and tall, the chil- 
dren of the Anakim, whom thou 
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knowest, and of whom thou hast 
heard say, Who can stand before the 
children of Anak ! 

3 Understand therefore this day, 
that the Lord thy God is he which 
goeth over before thee; as a con- 
suming fire he shall destroy them, 
and he shall bring them down before 
thy face: so shalt thou drive them 
out, and destroy them quickly, as the 
Lord hath said unto thee. 

4 Speak not thou in thine heart, 
after that the Lord thy God hath 
cast them out from before thee, say- 
ing, For my righteousness* the Lord 
hath brought me in to possess this 
land : but for the wickedness of these 
nations the Lord doth drive them out 
from before thee. 

5 Not for thy righteousness, or for 
the uprightness of thine heart, dost 
thou go to possess their land : but 
for the wickedness of these nations 
the Lord thy God doth drive them 
out from before thee, and that he 
may perform the word which the 
Lord sware unto thy fathers, Abra- 
ham, Isaac, and Jacob. 

6 Understand therefore, that the 
Lord thy God giveth thee not this 
good land to possess it for thy right- 
eousness ; for thou art a stiffnecked 
people. 

7 % Remember, and forget not, 
how thou provokedst the Lord thy 
God to wrath in the wilderness: 
from the day that thou didst de- 
part out of the land of Egypt, until 
ye came unto this place, ye have 
been rebellious against the Lord. 

8 Also in Horeb ye provoked the 
Lord to wrath, so that the Lord 
was angry with you to have de- 
stroyed you. 

9 When I was gone up into the 
mount to receive the tables of stone, 
even the tables of the covenant which 
the Lord made with you, then I 
abode in the mount forty days and 
forty nights ; I neither did eat bread 
nor drink water : 

10 And the Lord delivered unto 



the several 



DEUTERONOMY. 



rebellions of Israel. 



me two tables of stone written with 
the finger of God ; and on them was 
written according to all the words 
which the Lord spake with you in 
the mount, out of the midst of the 
fire, in the day of the assembly. 

11 And it came to pass at the end 
of forty days and forty nights, that 
the Lord gave me the two tables of 
stone, even the tables of the covenant. 

12 And the Lord said unto me, 
Arise, get thee down quickly from 
hence ; for thy people which thou 
hast brought forth out of Egypt have 
corrupted themselves ; they are quickly 
turned aside out of the way which I 
commanded them ; they have made 
them a molten image. 

13 Furthermore the Lord spake 
unto me, saying, I have seen this 
people, and, behold, it is a stiffnecked 
people : 

14 Let me alone, that I may destroy 
them, and blot out their name from 
under heaven : and I will make of thee 
a nation mightier and greater than 
they. 

15 So I turned and came down 
from, the mount, and the mount 
burned with fire : and the two tables 
of the covenant were in my two hands. 

16 And I looked, and, behold, ye 
had sinned against the Lord your 
God, and had made you a molten 
calf: ye had turned aside quickly out 
of the way which the Lord had com- 
manded you. 

17 And I took the two tables, and 
cast them out of my two hands, and 
brake them before your eyes. 

18 And I fell down before the Lord, 
as at the first, forty days and forty 
nights : I did neither eat bread nor 
drink water, because of all your sins 
which ye sinned, in doing wickedly 
in the sight of the Lord, to provoke 
him to anger. 

19 For I was afraid of the anger 
and hot displeasure, wherewith the 
Lord was wroth against you to de- 
stroy you. But the Lord hearkened 
unto me at that time also. 



20 And the Lord was very angry 
with Aaron to have destroyed him: 
and I prayed for Aaron also the same 
time. 

21 And I took your sin, the calf 
which ye had made, and burnt it 
with fire, and stamped it, and ground 
it very small, even until it was as 
small as dust: and I cast the dust 
thereof into the brook that descended 
out of the mount. 

22 And at Taberah, and at Mas- 
sah, and at Kibroth-hattaavah, ye 
provoked the Lord to wrath. 

23 Likewise when the Lord sent 
you from Kadesh-barnea, saying, Go 
up and possess the land which I have 
given you; then ye rebelled against 
the commandment of the Lord your 
God, and ye believed him not, nor 
hearkened to his voice. 

24 Ye have been rebellious against 
the Lord from the day that I knew 
you. 

25 Thus I fell down before the 
Lord forty days and forty nights, as 
I fell down at the first ; because the 
Lord had said he would destroy 
you. 

26 I prayed therefore unto the 
Lord, and said, O Lord God, de- 
stroy not thy people and thine in- 
heritance, which thou hast redeemed 
through thy greatness, which thou 
hast brought forth out of Egypt with 
a mighty hand. 

27 Remember thy servants, Abra- 
ham, Isaac, and Jacob ; look not unto 
the stubbornness of this people, nor 
to their wickedness, nor to their 
sin: 

28 Lest the land whence thou 
broughtest us out say, Because the 
Lord was not able to bring them 
into the land which he promised 
them, and because he hated them, 
he hath brought them out to slay 
them in the wilderness. 

29 Yet they are thy people and 
thine inheritance, which thou brought- 
est out by thy mighty power and by 
thy stretched out arm. 

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DEUTERONOMY. Exhortation to obedience. 



CHAPTER X. 

1 God's mercy in restoring the tv.'o tables, 6 in continu- 
ing the priesthood, 8 in separating the tribe of Levi, 
10 in hearkening unto Moses' suit for the people. 12 
An exhortation unto obedience. 

AT that time the Lord said unto 
. me, Hew thee two tables of 
stone like unto the first, and come 
up unto me into the mount, and 
make thee an ark of wood. 

2 And I will write on the tables the 
words that were in the first tables 
which thou brakest, and thou shalt 
put them in the ark. 

3 And I made an ark of shittim 
wood, and hewed two tables of stone 
like unto the first, and went up into 
the mount, having the two tables in 
mine hand. 

4 And he wrote on the tables, ac- 
cording to the first writing, the ten 
commandments, which the Lord 
spake unto you in the mount, out of 
the midst of the fire, in the day of 
the assembly: and the Lord gave 
them unto me. 

5 And I turned myself and came 
down from the mount, and put the 
tables in the ark which I had made ; 
and there they be, as the Lord com- 
manded me. 

6 IT And the children of Israel took 
their journey from Beeroth of the 
children of Jaakan to Mosera : there 
Aaron died, and there he was buried ; 
and Eleazar his son ministered in the 
priest's office in his stead. 

7 From thence they journeyed unto 
Gudgodah ; and from Gudgodah to 
Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters. 

8 If At that time the Lord sepa- 
rated the tribe of Levi, to bear the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord, to 
stand before the Lord to minister 
unto him, and to bless in his name, 
unto this day. 

9 Wherefore Levi hath no part nor 
inheritance with his brethren ; the 
Lord is his inheritance, according as 
the Lord thy God promised him. 

10 And I stayed in the mount, ac- 
cording to the first time, forty days 
and forty nights; and the Lord 

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hearkened unto me at that time 
also, and the Lord would not de- 
stroy thee. 

11 And the Lord said unto me, 
Arise, take thy journey before the 
people, that they may go in and 
possess the land, which I sware unto 
their fathers to give unto them. 

12 IT And now, Israel, what doth 
the Lord thy God require of thee, 
but to fear the Lord thy God, to 
walk in all his ways, and to love 
him, and to serve the Lord thy God 
with all thy heart and with all thy 
soul, 

13 To keep the commandments of 
the Lord, and his statutes, which I 
command thee this day for thy good ? 

14 Behold, the heaven and the 
heaven of heavens is the Lord's thy 
God, the earth also, with all that 
therein is. 

15 Only the Lord had a delight 
in thy fathers to love them, and he 
chose their seed after them, even you 
above all people, as it is this day. 

16 Circumcise therefore the fore- 
skin of your heart, and be no more 
stiffnecked. 

17 For the Lord your God is God 
of gods, and Lord of lords, a great 
God, a mighty, and a terrible, which 
regardeth not persons, nor taketh re- 
ward : 

18 He doth execute the judgment 
of the fatherless and widow, and lov- 
eth the stranger, in giving him food 
and raiment. 

19 Love ye therefore the stranger: 
for ye were strangers in the land of 
Egypt. 

20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy 
God ; him shalt thou serve, and to 
him shalt thou cleave, and swear by 
his name. 

21 He is thy praise, and he is thy 
God, that hath done for thee these 
great and terrible things, which thine 
eyes have seen. 

22 Thy fathers went down into 
Egypt with threescore and ten per- 
sons ; and now the Lord thy God 






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DEUTERONOMY. 



to obedience. 



hath made thee as the stars of heav- 
en for multitude. 

CHAPTER XL 

\ An exhortation to obedience, 2 by their own experience 
of God's great works, 8 by promise of God's great 
blessings, 16 and by threatenings. 18 A careful study 
is required in God's words. 26 The blessing and curse 
is set before them. 

THEREFORE thou shalt love 
the Lord thy God, and keep his 
charge, and his statutes, and his 
judgments, and his commandments, 
alway. 

2 And know ye this day: for I 
speak not with your children which 
have not known, and which have not 
seen the chastisement of the Lord 
your God, his greatness, his mighty 
hand, and his stretched out arm, 

3 And his miracles, and his acts, 
which he did in the midst of Egypt 
unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and 
unto all his land ; 

4 And what he did unto the army 
of Egypt, unto their horses, and to 
their chariots ; how he made the 
water of the Red sea to overflow 
them as they pursued after you, and 
how the Lord hath destroyed them 
unto this day ; 

5 And what he did unto you in the 
wilderness, until ye came into this 
place ; 

6 And what he did unto Dathan 
and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the 
son of Reuben : how the earth open- 
ed her mouth, and swallowed them 
up, and their households, and their 
tents, and all the substance that was 
in their possession, in the midst of all 
Israel : 

7 But your eyes have seen all the 
great acts of the Lord which he did. 

8 Therefore shall ye keep all the 
commandments which I command 
you this day, that ye may be strong, 
and go in and possess the land, whith- 
er ye go to possess it ; 

9 And that ye may prolong your 
days in the land, which the Lord 
sware unto your fathers to give unto 
them and to their seed, a land that 
floweth with milk and honey. 



10 IT For the land, whither thou 
goest in to possess it, is not as the 
land of Egypt, from whence ye came 
out, where thou sowedst thy seed, 
and wateredst it with thy foot, as a 
garden of herbs : 

11 But the land, whither ye go to 
possess it, is a land of hills and val- 
leys, and drinketh water of the rain 
of heaven : 

12 A land which the Lord thy God 
careth for : the eyes of the Lord thy 
God are always upon it, from the be- 
ginning of the year even unto the end 
of the year. 

13 Tf And it shall come to pass, 
if ye shall hearken diligently unto 
my commandments which I com- 
mand you this day, to love the Lord 
your God, and to serve him with all 
your heart and with all your soul, 

14 That I will give you the rain 
of your land in his due season, the 
first rain and the latter rain, that 
thou mayest gather in thy corn, and 
thy wine, and thine oil. 

15 And I will send grass in thy 
fields for thy cattle, that thou may- 
est eat and be full. 

16 Take heed to yourselves, that 
your heart be not deceived, and ye 
turn aside, and serve other gods, and 
worship them ; 

17 And then the Lord's wrath be 
kindled against you, and he shut up 
the heaven, that there be no rain, 
and that the land yield not her fruit; 
and lest ye perish quickly from off the 
good land which the Lord giveth you. 

18 If Therefore shall ye lay up 
these my words in your heart and 
in your soul, and bind them for a 
sign upon your hand, that they may 
be as frontlets between your eyes. 

19 And ye shall teach them your 
children, speaking of them when 
thou sittest in thine house, and when 
thou walkest by the way, when thou 
liest down, and when thou risest up. 

20 And thou shalt write them up- 
on the door posts of thine house, and 
upon thy gates : 

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The place of GoaVs 



21 That your days may be mul- 
tiplied, and the days of your chil- 
dren, in the land which the Lord 
sware unto your fathers to give them, 
as the days of heaven upon the earth. 

22 If For if ye shall diligently keep 
all these commandments which I 
command you, to do them, to love the 
Lord your God, to walk in all his 
ways, and to cleave unto him ; 

23 Then will the Lord drive out 
all these nations from before you, 
and ye shall possess greater nations 
and mightier than yourselves. 

24 Every place whereon the soles 
of your feet shall tread shall be 
yours : from the wilderness and Leb- 
anon, from the river, the river Euphra- 
tes, even unto the uttermost sea shall 
your coast b.e. 

25 There shall no man be able to 
stand before you : for the Lord your 
God shall lay the fear of you and the 
dread of you upon all the land that 
ye shall tread upon, as he hath said 
unto you. 

26 If Behold, I set before you this 
day a blessing and a curse ; 

27 A blessing, if ye obey the com- 
mandments of the Lord your God, 
which I command you this day : 

2 8 And a curse, if ye will not obey the 
commandments of the Lord your God, 
but turn aside out of the way which 
I command you this day, to go after 
other gods, which ye have not known. 

29 And it shall come to pass, when 
the Lord thy God hath brought thee 
in unto the land whither thou goest 
to possess it, that thou shalt put the 
blessing upon mount Gerizim, and 
the curse upon mount Ebal. 

30 Are they not on the other side 
Jordan, by the way where the sun 
goeth down, in the land of the Ca- 
naanites, which dwell in the cham- 
paign over against Gilgal, beside the 
plains of Moreh? 

31 For ye shall pass over Jordan 
to go in to possess the land which 
the Lord your God giveth you, and 
ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. 

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32 And ye shall observe to do all 
the statutes and judgments which I 
set before you this day. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 Monuments of idolatry are to be destroyed. 5 The 
place of God's service is to be kept. 1 5, 23 Blood is 
forbidden. 17, 20, 26 Holy things must be eaten in 
the holy place. 19 The Levite is not to be forsaken. 
29 Idolatry is not to be inquired after. 

THESE are the statutes and judg- 
ments, which ye shall observe 
to do in the land, which the Lord 
God of thy fathers giveth thee to 
possess it, all the days that ye live 
upon the earth. 

2 Ye shall utterly destroy all the 
places, wherein the nations which 
ye shall possess served their gods, 
upon the high mountains, and upon 
the hills, and under every green tree : 

3 And ye shall overthrow their 
altars, and break their pillars, and 
burn their groves with fire ; and ye 
shall hew down the graven images 
of their gods, and destroy the names 
of them out of that place. 

4 Ye shall not do so unto the Lord 
your God. 

5 But unto the place which the 
Lord your God shall choose out of 
all your tribes to put his name there, 
even unto his habitation shall ye seek, 
and thither thou shalt come : 

6 And thither ye shall bring your 
burnt offerings, and your sacrifices, 
and your tithes, and heave offerings 
of your hand, and your vows, and 
your freewill offerings, and the first- 
lings of your herds and of your 
flocks : 

7 And there ye shall eat before the 
Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice 
in all that ye put your hand unto, 
ye and your households, wherein the 
Lord thy God hath blessed thee. 

8 Ye shall not do after all the things 
that we do here this day, every man 
whatsoever is right in his own eyes. 

9 For ye are not as yet come to 
the rest and to the inheritance, which 
the Lord your God giveth you. 

10 But when ye go over Jordan, 
and dwell in the land which the 



service is to be kept. 



DEUTERONOMY. 



Blood is forbidden. 



Lord your God giveth you to in- 
herit, and when he giveth you rest 
from all your enemies round about, 
so that ye dwell in safety ; 

11 Then there shall be a place 
which the Lord your God shall 
choose to cause his name to dwell 
there ; thither shall ye bring all that 
I command you; your burnt offer- 
ings, and your sacrifices, your tithes, 
and the heave offering of your hand, 
and all your choice vows which ye 
vow unto the Lord : 

12 And ye shall rejoice before the 
Lord your God, ye, and your sons, 
and your daughters, and your men- 
servants, and your maidservants, and 
the Levite that is within your gates ; 
forasmuch as he hath no part nor 
inheritance with you. 

13 Take heed to thyself that thou 
offer not thy burnt offerings in every 
place that thou seest : 

14 But in the place which the 
Lord shall choose in one of thy 
tribes, there thou shalt offer thy 
burnt offerings, and there thou shalt 
do all that I command thee. 

15 Notwithstanding, thou mayest 
kill and eat flesh in all thy gates, 
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after, 
according to the blessing of the 
Lord thy God which he hath given 
thee: the unclean and the clean 
may eat thereof, as of the roebuck, 
and as of the hart. 

16 Only ye shall not eat the blood ; 
ye shall pour it upon the earth as 
water. 

17 TT Thou mayest not eat within 
thy gates the tithe of thy corn, or of 
thy wine, or of thy oil, or the first- 
lings of thy herds or of thy flock, 
nor any of thy vows which thou 
vowest, nor thy freewill offerings, 
or heave offering of thine hand : 

18 But thou must eat them before 
the Lord thy God in the place which 
the Lord thy God shall choose, thou, 
and thy son, and thy daughter, and 
thy manservant, and thy maidser- 
vant, and the Levite that is within 



thy gates : and thou shalt rejoice 
before the Lord thy God in all that 
thou puttest thine hands unto. 

19 Take heed to thyself that thou 
forsake not the Levite as long as 
thou livest upon the earth. 

20 H When the Lord thy God shall 
enlarge thy border, as he hath prom- 
ised thee, and thou shalt say, I will 
eat flesh, because thy soul longeth 
to eat flesh ; thou mayest eat flesh, 
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 

21 If the place which the Lord thy 
God hath chosen to put his name 
there be too far from thee, then thou 
shalt kill of thy herd and of thy 
flock, which the Lord hath given 
thee, as I have commanded thee, 
and thou shalt eat in thy gates 
whatsoever thy soul lusteth after. 

22 Even as the roebuck and the 
hart is eaten, so thou shalt eat them : 
the unclean and the clean shall eat 
o/them alike. 

23 Only be sure that thou eat not 
the blood : for the blood is the life ; 
and thou mayest not eat the life with 
the flesh. 

24 Thou shalt not eat it; thou shalt 
pour it upon the earth as water. 

25 Thou shalt not eat it; that it 
may go well with thee, and with thy 
children after thee, when thou shalt 
do that which is right in the sight of 
the Lord. 

26 Only thy holy things which 
thou hast, and thy vows, thou shalt 
take, and go unto the place which 
the Lord shall choose : 

27 And thou shalt offer thy burnt 
offerings, the flesh and the blood, 
upon the altar of the Lord thy God : 
and the blood of thy sacrifices shall 
be poured out upon the altar of the 
Lord thy God, and thou shalt eat 
the flesh. 

28 Observe and hear all these words 
which I command thee, that it may 
go well with thee, and with thy chil- 
dren after thee for ever, when thou 
doest that which is good and right in 
the sight of the Lord thy God. 

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DEUTERONOMY. 



to be stoned to death. 



29 IT When the Lord thy God 
shall cut off the nations from hefore 
thee, whither thou goest to possess 
them, and thou succeedest them, 
and dwellest in their land ; 

30 Take heed to thyself that thou 
be not snared by following them, 
after that they be destroyed from 
before thee ; and that thou inquire 
not after their gods, saying, How 
did these nations serve their gods? 
even so will I do likewise. 

31 Thou shalt not do so unto the 
Lord thy God : for every abomina- 
tion to the Lord which he hateth 
have they done unto their gods ; for 
even their sons and their daughters 
they have burnt in the fire to their 
gods. 

32 What thing soever I command 
you, observe to do it : thou shalt not 
add thereto, nor diminish from it. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Enticers to idolatry, 6 how near soever unto thee, 9 are 
to be stoned to death. 12 Idolatrous cities are not to 
be spared. 

IF there arise among you a prophet, 
or a dreamer of dreams, and giveth 
thee a sign or a wonder, 

2 And the sign or the wonder come 
to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, 
saying, Let us go after other gods, 
which thou hast not known, and let 
us serve them ; 

3 Thou shalt not hearken unto the 
words of that prophet, or that dream- 
er of dreams : for the Lord your God 
proveth you, to know whether ye 
love the Lord your God with all 
your heart and with all your soul. 

4 Ye shall walk after the Lord 
your God, and fear him, and keep 
his commandments, and obey his 
voice, and ye shall serve him, and 
cleave unto him. 

5 And that prophet, or that dream- 
er of dreams, shall be put to death ; 
because he hath spoken to turn you 
away from the Lord your God, which 
brought you out of the land of Egypt, 
and redeemed you out of the house of 
bondage, to thrust thee out of the 

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way which the Lord thy God com- 
manded thee to walk in. So shalt 
thou put the evil away from the 
midst of thee. 

6 H If thy brother, the son of thy 
mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, 
or the wife of thy bosom, or thy 
friend, which is as thine own soul, 
entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go 
and serve other gods, which thou hast 
not known, thou, nor thy fathers ; 

7 Namely, of the gods of the peo- 
ple which are round about you, nigh 
unto thee, or far off from thee, from 
the one end of the earth even unto 
the other end of the earth ; 

8 Thou shalt not consent unto 
him, nor hearken unto him ; neither 
shall thine eye pity him, neither 
shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou 
conceal him : 

9 But thou shalt surely kill him ; 
thine hand shall be first upon him 
to put him to death, and afterwards 
the hand of all the people. 

10 And thou shalt stone him with 
stones, that he die ; because he hath 
sought to thrust thee away from the 
Lord thy God, which brought thee 
out of the land of Egypt, from the 
house of bondage. 

11 And all Israel shall hear, and 
fear, and shall do no more any such 
wickedness as this is among you. 

12 If If thou shalt hear say in one 
of thy cities, which the Lord thy 
God hath given thee to dwell there, 
saying, 

13 Certain men, the children of 
Belial, are gone out from among 
you, and have withdrawn the in- 
habitants of their city, saying, Let 
us go and serve other gods, which 
ye have not known ; 

14 Then shalt thou inquire, and 
make search, and ask diligently ; and, 
behold, if it be truth, and the thing 
certain, that such abomination is 
wrought among you ; 

15 Thou shalt surely smite the in- 
habitants of that city with the edge 
of the sword, destroying it utterly, 



Of meats clean 



DEUTERONOMY. 



and unclean. 



and all that is therein, and the cattle 
thereof, with the edge of the sword. 

16 And thou shalt gather all the 
spoil of it into the midst of the street 
thereof, and shalt burn with fire the 
city, and all the spoil thereof every 
whit, for the Lord thy God : and it 
shall be a heap for ever ; it shall not 
be built again. 

17 And there shall cleave nought 
of the cursed thing to thine hand : 
that the Lord may turn from the 
fierceness of his anger, and shew 
thee mercy, and have compassion 
upon thee, and multiply thee, as he 
hath sworn unto thy fathers ; 

18 When thou shalt hearken to the 
voice of the Lord thy God, to keep 
all his commandments which I com- 
mand thee this day, to do that which 
is right in the eyes of the Lord thy 
God. 

CHAPTER XIY. 

1 God's children are not to disfigure themselves in mourn- 
ing. 3 What may, and what may not be eaten, 4 of 
beasts, 9 of fishes, 11 of fowls. 21 That which dieth 
of itself may not be eaten. 22 Tithes of divine service. 
23 Tithes and firstlings of rejoicing before the Lord. 
28 The third year's tithe of alms and charity. 

YE are the children of the Lord 
your God: ye shall not cut 
yourselves, nor make any baldness 
between your eyes for the dead. 

2 For thou art a holy people unto 
the Lord thy God, and the Lord 
hath chosen thee to be a peculiar 
people unto himself, above all the 
nations that are upon the earth. 

3 U Thou shalt not eat any abom- 
inable thing. 

4 These are the beasts which ye 
shall eat : the ox, the sheep, and the 
goat, 

5 The hart, and the roebuck, and 
the fallow deer, and the wild goat, 
and the pygarg, and the wild ox, and 
the chamois. 

6 And every beast that parteth the 
f hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two 

claws, and cheweth the cud among 
the beasts, that ye shall eat. 

7 Nevertheless these ye shall not 
eat, of them that chew the cud, or of 



them that divide the cloven hoof; as 
the camel, and the hare, and the co- 
ney : for they chew the cud, but di- 
vide not the hoof; therefore they are 
unclean unto you. 

8 And the swine, because it divi- 
deth the hoof, yet cheweth not the 
cud, it is unclean unto you : ye shall 
not eat of their flesh, nor touch their 
dead carcass. 

9 If These ye shall eat, of all that 
are in the waters : all that have fins 
and scales shall ye eat : 

10 And whatsoever hath not fins 
and scales ye may not eat ; it is un- 
clean unto you. 

11 If Of all clean birds ye shall eat. 

12 But these are they of which ye 
shall not eat : the eagle, and the os- 
sifrage, and the ospray, 

13 And the glede, and the kite, 
and the vulture after his kind, 

14 And every raven after his kind, 

15 And the owl, and the night- 
hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk 
after his kind, 

16 The little owl, and the great 
owl, and the swan, 

17 And the pelican, and the gier 
eagle, and the cormorant, 

18 And the stork, and the heron 
after her kind, and the lapwing, and 
the bat. 

19 And every creeping thing that 
flieth is unclean unto you : they shall 
not be eaten. 

20 But of 'all clean fowls ye may eat. 

21 TT Ye shall not eat of any thing 
that dieth of itself: thou shalt give 
it unto the stranger that is in thy 
gates, that he may eat it; or thou 
mayest sell it unto an alien: for 
thou art a holy people unto the Lord 
thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a 
kid in his mother's milk. 

22 Thou shalt truly tithe all the 
increase of thy seed, that the field 
bringeth forth year by year. 

23 And thou shalt eat before the 
Lord thy God, in the place which 
he shall choose to place his name 
there, the tithe of thy corn, of thy 

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Of the year 

wine, and of thine oil, and the first- 
lings of thy herds and of thy flocks ; 
that thou mayest learn to fear the 
Lord thy God always. 

24 And if the way be too long for 
thee, so that thou art not able to 
carry it ; or if the place be too far 
from thee, which the Lord thy God 
shall choose to set his name there, 
when the Lord thy God hath bless- 
ed thee : 

25 Then shalt thou turn it into 
money, and bind up the money in 
thine hand, and shalt go unto the 
place which the Lord thy God shall 
choose : 

26 And thou shalt bestow that 
money for whatsoever thy soul lust- 
eth after, for oxen, or for sheep, or 
for wine, or for strong drink, or for 
whatsoever thy soul desireth : and 
thou shalt eat there before the Lord 
thy God, and thou shalt rejoice, thou, 
and thine household, 

27 And the Levite that is within 
thy gates ; thou shalt not forsake 
him: for he hath no part nor in- 
heritance with thee. 

28 IT At the end of three years 
thou shalt bring forth all the tithe of 
thine increase the same year, and 
shalt lay it up within thy gates : 

29 And the Levite, (because he 
hath no part nor inheritance with 
thee,) and the stranger, and the fa- 
therless, and the widow, which are 
within thy gates, shall come, and 
shall eat and be satisfied ; that the 
Lord thy God may bless thee in all 
the work of thine hand which thou 
doest. 

CIIAPTEE XV. 

1 The seventh year a year of release for the poor. *7 It 
must be no let of lending or {jiving. 12 A Hebrew 
servant, 16 except he will not depart, must in the sev- 
enth year go forth free and well furnished. 19 All 
firstling males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto 
the Lord. 

AT the end of every seven years 
. thou shalt make a release. 
2 And this is the manner of the 
release : Every creditor that lend- 
eth aught unto his neighbour shall 
release it ; he shall not exact it of 
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of release. 



his neighbour, or of his brother ; be- 
cause it is called the Lord's release. 

3 Of a foreigner thou mayest exact 
it again : but that which is thine with 
thy brother thine hand shall release ; 

4 Save when there shall be no 
poor among you ; for the Lord shall 
greatly bless thee in the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee for an 
inheritance to possess it : 

5 Only if thou carefully hearken 
unto the voice of the Lord thy 
God, to observe to do all these 
commandments which I command 
thee this day. 

6 For the Lord thy God blesseth 
thee, as he promised thee : and thou 
shalt lend unto many nations, but 
thou shalt not borrow; and thou 
shalt reign over many nations, but 
they shall not reign over thee. 

7 IF If there be among you a poor 
man of one of thy brethren within 
any of thy gates in thy land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee, thou 
shalt not harden thine heart, nor shut 
thine hand from thy poor brother : 

8 But thou shalt open thine hand 
wide unto him, and shalt surely lend 
him sufficient for his need, in that 
which he wanteth. 

9 Beware that there be not a 
thought in thy wicked heart, say- 
ing, The seventh year, the year of 
release, is at hand ; and thine eye 
be evil against thy poor brother, and 
thou givest him nought ; and he cry 
unto the Lord against thee, and it 
be sin unto thee. 

10 Thou shalt surely give him, 
and thine heart shall not be grieved 
when thou givest unto him : because 
that for this thing the Lord thy 
God shall bless thee in all thy works, 
and in all that thou puttest thine 
hand unto. 

11 For the poor shall never cease 
out of the land : therefore I com- 
mand thee, saying, Thou shalt open 
thine hand wide unto thy brother, 
to thy poor, and to thy needy, in 
thy land. 



Of a Hebrew servant. DEUTERONOMY. The feast of the passover. 



12 % And if thy brother, a Hebrew 
man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold 
unto thee, and serve thee six years ; 
then in the seventh year thou shalt 
let him go free from thee. 

13 And when thou sendest him out 
free from thee, thou shalt not let him 
go away empty : 

14 Thou shalt furnish him liberally 
out of thy flock, and out of thy floor, 
and out of thy winepress : of that 
wherewith the Lord thy God hath 
blessed thee thou shalt give unto him. 

15 And thou shalt remember that 
thou wast a bondman in the land of 
Egypt, and the Lord thy God re- 
deemed thee : therefore I command 
thee this thing to day. 

16 And it shall be, if he say unto 
thee, I will not go away from thee; 
because he loveth thee and thine 
house, because he is well with thee ; 

17 Then thou shalt take an awl, 
and thrust it through his ear unto 
the door, and he shall be thy ser- 
vant for ever. And also unto thy 
maidservant thou shalt do likewise. 

18 It shall not seem hard unto thee, 
when thou sendest him away free 
from thee; for he hath been worth 
a double hired servant to thee, in 
serving thee six years : and the Lord 
thy God shall bless thee in all that 
thou doest. 

19 T[ All the firstling males that 
come of thy herd and of thy flock 
thou shalt sanctify unto the Lord 
thy God : thou shalt do no work with 
the firstling of thy bullock, nor shear 
the firstling of thy sheep. 

20 Thou shalt eat it before the 
Lord thy God year by year in the 
place which the Lord shall choose, 
thou and thy household. 

21 And if there be any blemish 
therein, as if it be lame, or blind, or 
have any ill blemish, thou shalt not 
sacrifice it unto the Lord thy God. 

22 Thou shalt eat it within thy 
gates : the unclean and the clean 
person shall eat it alike, as the roe- 
buck, and as the hart. 



23 Only thou shalt not eat the 
blood thereof; thou shalt pour it 
upon the ground as water. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

1 The feast of the passover, 9 of weeks, 13 of tabernacles. 
16 Every male must offer, as he is able, at these three 
feasts. 18 Of judges and justice. 21 Groves and im- 
ages are forbidden. 

OBSERVE the month of Abib, 
and keep the passover unto the 
Lord thy God : for in the month of 
Abib the Lord thy God brought thee 
forth out of Egypt by night. 

2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the 
passover unto the Lord thy God, of 
the flock and the herd, in the place 
which the Lord shall choose to place 
his name there. 

3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread 
with it ; seven days shalt thou eat 
unleavened bread therewith, even the 
bread of affliction ; for thou earnest 
forth out of the land of Egypt in 
haste : that thou mayest remember 
the day when thou earnest forth out 
of the land of Egypt all the days of 
thy life. 

4 And there shall be no leavened 
bread seen with thee in all thy coast 
seven days ; neither shall there any 
thing of the flesh, which thou sacri- 
ficedst the first day at even, remain 
all night until the morning. 

5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the 
passover within any of thy gates, 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee : 

6 But at the place which the Lord 
thy God shall choose to place his 
name in, there thou shalt sacrifice 
the passover at even, at the going 
down of the sun, at the season that 
thou earnest forth out of Egypt. 

7 And thou shalt roast and eat it 
in the place which the Lord thy God 
shall choose : and thou shalt turn in 
the morning, and go unto thy tents. 

8 Six days thou shalt eat unleaven- 
ed bread : and on the seventh day 
shall be a solemn assembly to the 
Lord thy God : thou shalt do no 
work therein. 

9 If Seven weeks shalt thou num. 

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DEUTERONOMY. Of judges and Justice. 



ber unto thee : begin to number the 
seven weeks from such time as thou 
beginnest to put the sickle to the corn. 

10 And thou shalt keep the feast of 
weeks unto the Lord thy God with 
a tribute of a freewill offering of 
thine hand, which thou shalt give 
unto the Lord thy God, according as 
the Lord thy God hath blessed thee: 

11 And thou shalt rejoice before 
the Lord thy God, thou, and thy 
son, and thy daughter, and thy 
manservant, and thy maidservant, 
and the Levite that is within thy 
gates, and the stranger, and the 
fatherless, and the widow, that are 
among you, in the place which the 
Lord thy God hath chosen to place 
his name there. 

12 And thou shalt remember that 
thou wast a bondman in Egypt : and 
thou shalt observe and do these stat- 
utes. 

13 IT Thou shalt observe the feast 
of tabernacles seven days, after that 
thou hast gathered in thy corn and 
thy wine : 

14 And thou shalt rejoice in thy 
feast, thou, and thy son, and thy 
daughter, and thy manservant, and 
thy maidservant, and the Levite, the 
stranger, and the fatherless, and the 
widow, that are within thy gates. 

15 Seven days shalt thou keep a 
solemn feast unto the Lord thy God 
in the place which the Lord shall 
choose: because the Lord thy God 
shall bless thee in all thine increase, 
and in all the works of thine hands, 
therefore thou shalt surely rejoice. 

16 If Three times in a year shall all 
thy males appear before the Lord 
thy God in the place which he shall 
choose ; in the feast of unleavened 
bread, and in the feast of weeks, and 
in the feast of tabernacles : and they 
shall not appear before the Lord 
empty : 

17 Every man shall give as he is 
able, according to the blessing of the 
Lord thy God which he hath given 
thee. 

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18 IT Judges and officers shalt thou 
make thee in all thy gates, which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee, through- 
out thy tribes : and they shall judge 
the people with just judgment. 

19 Thou shalt not wrest judg- 
ment; thou shalt not respect per- 
sons, neither take a gift: for a gift 
doth blind the eyes of the wise, and 
pervert the words of the righteous. 

20 That which is altogether just 
shalt thou follow, that thou may est 
live, and inherit the land which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee. 

21 IT Thou shalt not plant thee a 
grove of any trees near unto the altar 
of the Lord thy God, which thou 
shalt make thee. 

22 Neither shalt thou set thee up 
any image ; which the Lord thy 
God hateth. 

CHAPTER XYII. 

1 The things sacrificed must be sound. 2 Idolaters must 
be slain. 8 Hard controversies are to be determined 
by the priests and judges. 12 The contemner of that 
determination must die. 1-i The election, 16 and duty 
of a king. 

THOU shalt not sacrifice unto 
the Lord thy God any bullock, 
or sheep, wherein is blemish, or any 
evilfavouredness : for that is an abom- 
ination unto the Lord thy God. 

2 If If there be found among you, 
within any of thy gates which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee, man or 
woman, that hath wrought wicked- 
ness in the sight of the Lord thy 
God, in transgressing his covenant, 

3 And hath gone and served other 
gods, and worshipped them, either the 
sun, or moon, or any of the host of 
heaven, which I have not commanded ; 

4 And it be told thee, and thou 
hast heard of it, and inquired dili- 
gently, and, behold, it be true, and 
the thing certain, that such abomi- 
nation is wrought in Israel : 

5 Then shalt thou bring forth that 
man or that woman, which have com- 
mitted that wicked thing, unto thy 
gates, even that man or that woman, 
and shalt stone them with stones, 
till they die. 



Of hard controversies. DEUTERONOMY. The duty of a king. 



6 At the mouth of two witnesses, 
or three witnesses, shall he that is 
worthy of death be put to death ; but 
at the mouth of one witness he shall 
not be put to death. 

7 The hands of the witnesses shall 
be first upon him to put him to death, 
and afterward the hands of all the 
people. So thou shalt put the evil 
away from among you. 

8 H" If there arise a matter too hard 
for thee in judgment, between blood 
and blood, between plea and plea, 
and between stroke and stroke, being 
matters of controversy within thy 
gates : then shalt thou arise, and 
get thee up into the place which the 
Lord thy God shall choose ; 

9 And thou shalt come unto the 
priests the Levites, and unto the 
judge that shall be in those days, and 
inquire ; and they shall shew thee 
the sentence of judgment : 

10 And thou shalt do according to 
the sentence, which they of that place 
which the Lord shall choose shall 
shew thee ; and thou shalt observe to 
do according to all that they inform 
thee: 

11 According to the sentence of the 
law which they shall teach thee, and 
according to the judgment which they 
shall tell thee, thou shalt do: thou 
shalt not decline from the sentence 
which they shall shew thee, to the 
right hand, nor to the left. 

12 And the man that will do pre- 
sumptuously, and will not hearken 
unto the priest that standeth to 
minister there before the Lord thy 
God, or unto the judge, even that 
man shall die : and thou shalt put 
away the evil from Israel. 

13 And all the people shall hear, 
and fear, and do no more presump- 
tuously. 

14 IT When thou art come unto the 
land which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee, and shalt possess it, and shalt 
dwell therein, and shalt say, I will 
set a king over me, like as all the 
nations that are about me : 



15 Thou shalt in any wise set him 
king over thee, whom the Lord thy 
God shall choose: one from among 
thy brethren shalt thou set king over 
thee : thou may est not set a stranger 
over thee, which is not thy brother. 

16 But he shall not multiply horses 
to himself, nor cause the people to 
return to Egypt, to the end that he 
should multiply horses : forasmuch 
as the Lord hath said unto you, 
Ye shall henceforth return no more 
that way. 

17 Neither shall he multiply wives 
to himself, that his heart turn not 
away : neither shall he greatly mul- 
tiply to himself silver and gold. 

18 And it shall be, when he sitteth 
upon the throne of his kingdom, that 
he shall write him a copy of this law 
in a book out of that which is before 
the priests the Levites : 

19 And it shall be with him, and 
he shall read therein all the days of 
his life ; that he may learn to fear 
the Lord his God, to keep all the 
words of this law and these statutes, 
to do them : 

20 That his heart be not lifted up 
above his brethren, and that he turn 
not aside from the commandment, to 
the right hand, or to the left : to the 
end that he may prolong his days in 
his kingdom, he, and his children, in 
the midst of Israel. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

1 The Lord is the priests' and Levites' inheritance. 3 
The priest's due. 6 The Levites portion. 9 The abom- 
inations of the nations are to be avoided. 1 5 Christ 
the Prophet is to be heard. 20 The presumptuous 
prophet is to die. 

THE priests the Levites, and all 
the tribe of Levi, shall have no 
part nor inheritance with Israel : they 
shall eat the offerings of the Lord 
made by fire, and his inheritance. 

2 Therefore shall they have no in- 
heritance among their brethren : the 
Lord is their inheritance, as he hath 
said unto them. 

3 If And this shall be the priest's 
due from the people, from them that 
offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or 

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The Levites portion, DEUTERONOMY. Christ the true Prophet, 



sheep ; and they shall give unto the 
priest the shoulder, and the two 
cheeks, and the maw. 

4 The firstfruit also of thy corn, 
of thy wine, and of thine oil, and the 
first of the fleece of thy sheep, shalt 
thou give him. 

5 For the Lord thy God hath 
chosen him out of all thy trihes, to 
stand to minister in the name of the 
Lord, him and his sons for ever. 

6 if And if a Levite come from any 
of thy gates out of all Israel, where 
he sojourned, and come with all the 
desire of his mind unto the place 
which the Lord shall choose ; 

7 Then he shall minister in the 
name of the Lord his God, as all 
his brethren the Levites do, which 
stand there before the Lord. 

8 They shall have like portions to 
eat, besides that which cometh of the 
sale of his patrimony. 

9 If When thou art come into the 
land which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee, thou shalt not learn to do after 
the abominations of those nations. 

10 There shall not be found among 
you any one that maketh his son or 
his daughter to pass through the fire, 
or that useth divination, or an observer 
of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, 

11 Or a charmer, or a consulter 
with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or 
a necromancer. 

12 For all that do these things are 
an abomination unto the Lord c and 
because of these abominations the 
Lord thy God doth drive them out 
from before thee. 

13 Thou shalt be perfect with the 
Lord thy God. 

14 For these nations, which thou 
shalt possess, hearkened unto ob- 
servers of times, and unto diviners : 
but as for thee, the Lord thy God 
hath not sutler ed thee so to do. 

15 If The Lord thy God will raise 
up unto thee a Prophet from the 
midst of thee, of thy brethren, like 
unto me ; unto him ye shall hearken ; 

16 According to all that thou de- 

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siredst of the Lord thy God in Horeb 
in the day of the assembly, saying, 
Let me not hear again the voice of 
the Lord my God, neither let me see 
this great fire any more, that I die not. 

17 And the Lord said unto me, 
They have well spoken that which 
they have spoken. 

18 I will raise them up a Prophet 
from among their brethren, like unto 
thee, and will put my words in his 
mouth; and he shall speak unto 
them all that I shall command him. 

19 And it shall come to pass, that 
whosoever will not hearken unto my 
words which he shall speak in my 
name, I will require it of him. 

20 But the prophet, which shall 
presume to speak a word in my name, 
which I have not commanded him to 
speak, or that shall speak in the 
name of other gods, even that prophet 
shall die. 

2 1 And if thou say in thine heart, 
How shall we know the word which 
the Lord hath not spoken ? 

22 When a prophet speaketh in 
the name of the Lord, if the thing 
follow not, nor come to pass, that is 
the thing which the Lord hath not 
spoken, but the prophet hath spoken 
it presumptuously : thou shalt not be 
afraid of him. 

CHAPTEK XIX. 

1 The cities of refuge. 4 The privilege thereof for the 
manslayer. 14 The landmark is not to be removed. 
15 Two, xvitnesscs at the least. 16 The punishment of a 
false witness. 

WHEN the Lord thy God hath 
cut off the nations, whose land 
the Lord thy God giveth thee, and 
thou succeedest them, and dwellest 
in their cities, and in their houses ; 

2 Thou shalt separate three cities 
for thee in the midst of thy land, 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee 
to possess it. 

3 Thou shalt prepare thee a way, 
and divide the coasts of thy land, 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee 
to inherit, into three parts, that every 
slayer may flee thither. 

4 If And this is the case of the 



Case of the manslaijer. DEUTERONOMY. 



Of false witness. 



slayer, which shall flee thither, that 
he may live : Whoso killeth his neigh- 
bour ignorantly, whom he hated not 
in time past ; 

5 As when a man goeth into the 
wood with his neighbour to hew 
wood, and his hand fetcheth a strdke 
with the axe to cut down the tree, and 
the head slippeth from the helve, and 
lighteth upon his neighbour, that he 
die ; he shall flee unto one of those 
cities, and live : 

6 Lest the avenger of the blood 
pursue the slayer, while his heart is 
hot, and overtake him, because the 
way is long, and slay him ; whereas 
he was not worthy of death, inasmuch 
as he hated him not in time past. 

7 Wherefore I command thee, say- 
ing, Thou shalt separate three cities 
for thee. 

8 And if the Lord thy God en- 
large thy coast, as he hath sworn 
unto thy fathers, and give thee all 
the land which he promised to give 
unto thy fathers ; 

9 If thou shalt keep all these com- 
mandments to do them, which I com- 
mand thee this day, to love the Lord 
thy God, and to walk ever in his 
ways ; then shalt thou add three cities 
more for thee, beside these three : 

10 That innocent blood be not shed 
in thy land, which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee for an inheritance, and 
so blood be upon thee. 

11 % But if any man hate his 
neighbour, and lie in wait for him, 
and rise up against him, and smite 
him mortally that he die, and fleeth 
into one of these cities ; 

12 Then the elders of his city shall 
send and fetch him thence, and de- 
liver him into the hand of the aven- 
ger of blood, that he may die. 

13 Thine eye shall not pity him, 
bat thou shalt put away the guilt of 
innocent blood from Israel, that it 
may go well with thee. 

14 IT Thou shalt not remove thy 
neighbour's landmark, which they of 
old time have set in thine inherit- 

16 



ance, which thou shalt inherit in the 
land that the Lord thy God giveth 
thee to possess it. 

15 H One witness shall not rise up 
against a man for any iniquity, or for 
any sin, in any sin that he sinneth : 
at the mouth of two witnesses, or at 
the mouth of three witnesses, shall 
the matter be established. 

16 IT If a false witness rise up 
against any man to testify against 
him that which is wrong ; 

17 Then both the men, between 
whom the controversy is, shall stand 
before the Lord, before the priests 
and the judges, which shall be in 
those days ; 

18 And the judges shall make dili- 
gent inquisition : and, behold, if the 
witness be a false witness, and hath 
testified falsely against his brother ; 

19 Then shall ye do unto him, as 
he had thought to have done unto 
his brother: so shalt thou put the 
evil away from among you. 

20 ,A n d those which remain shall 
hear, and fear, and shall henceforth 
commit no more any such evil among 
you. 

2 1 And thine eye shall not pity ; but 
life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth 
for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. 

CHAPTEK XX. 

1 The priest's exhortation to encourage the people to bat- 
tle. 5 The officers' proclamation who are to be dis- 
missed from the war. 10 How to use the cities that 
.accept or refuse the proclamation of peace. 16 What 
cities must be devoted. 19 Trees of man's meat must 
not be destroyed in the siege. 

WHEN thou goest out to battle 
against thine enemies, and 
seest horses, and chariots, and a peo- 
ple more than thou, be not afraid of 
them : for the Lord thy God is with 
thee, which brought thee up out of 
the land of Egypt. 

2 And it shall be, when ye are 
come nigh unto the battle, that the 
priest shall approach and speak unto 
the people, 

3 And shall say unto them, Hear, 
O Israel, ye approach this day unto 
battle against your enemies : let not 

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Laws to be 



DEUTERONOMY. 



observed in war. 



your hearts faint, fear not, and do 
not tremble, neither be ye terrified 
because of them ; 

4 For the Lord your God is he 
that goeth with you, to fight for you 
against your enemies, to save you. 

5 IT And the officers shall speak 
unto the people, saying, What man 
is there that hath built a new house, 
and hath not dedicated it? let him 
go and return to his house, lest he 
die in the battle, and another man 
dedicate it. 

6 And what man is he that hath 
planted a vineyard, and hath not yet 
eaten of it ? let him also go and 
return unto his house, lest he die in 
the battle, and another man eat of it. 

7 And what man is there that hath 
betrothed a wife, and hath not taken 
her ? let him go and return unto his 
house, lest he die in the battle, and 
another man take her. 

8 And the officers shall speak fur- 
ther unto the people, and they shall 
say, What man is there that is fear- 
ful and fainthearted ? let him go and 
return unto his house, lest his breth- 
ren's heart faint as well as his heart. 

9 And it shall be, when the officers 
have made an end of speaking unto 
the people, that they shall make 
captains of the armies to lead the 
people. 

10 IT When thou comest nigh unto 
a city to fight against it, then pro- 
claim peace unto it. 

11 And it shall be, if it make thee 
answer of peace, and open unto thee, 
then it shall be, that all the people that 
is found therein shall be tributaries 
unto thee, and they shall serve thee. 

12 And if it will make no peace 
with thee, but will make war against 
thee, then thou shalt besiege it : 

13 And when the Lord thy God 
hath delivered it into thine hands, 
thou shalt smite every male thereof 
with the edge of the sword : 

14 But the women, and the little 
ones, and the cattle, and all that is 
in the city, even all the spoil thereof, 

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shalt thou take unto thyself; and thou 
shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies, 
which the Lord thy God hath given 
thee. 

15 Thus shalt thou do unto all the 
cities which are very far off from 
thee, which are not of the cities of 
these nations. 

16 But of the cities of these peo- 
ple, which the Lord thy God doth 
give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt 
save alive nothing that breatheth : 

17 But thou shalt utterly destroy 
them ; namely, the Hittites, and the 
Amorites, the Canaanites, and the 
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Je- 
busites; as the Lord thy God hath 
commanded thee : 

18 That they teach you not to do 
after all their abominations, which 
they have done unto their gods ; so 
should ye sin against the Lord your 
God. 

19 1[ When thou shalt besiege a 
city a long time, in making war 
against it to take it, thou shalt not 
destroy the trees thereof by forcing 
an axe against them : for thou may est 
eat of them, and thou shalt not cut 
them down (for the tree of the field is 
man's life) to employ them in the siege : 

20 Only the trees which thou 
knowest that they be not trees for 
meat, thou shalt destroy and cut 
them down ; and thou shalt build 
bulwarks against the city that mak- 
eth war with thee, until it be sub- 
dued. 

CHAPTEE XXL 

1 The expiation of an uncertain murder. 10 The tisage 
of a captive taken to wife. 15 The firstborn is not to 
be disinherited upon private affection. 18 A stubborn 
son is to be stoned to death. 22 The malefactor must 
not hang all night on a tree. 

IF one be found slain in the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee to possess it, lying in the field, 
and it be not known who hath slain 
him: 

2 Then thy elders and thy judges 
shall come forth, and they shall 
measure unto the cities which are 
round about him that is slain : 






Usage of a captive. 



DEUTERONOMY. Stubborn son to be stoned. 



3 And it shall be, that the city 
which is next unto the slain man, 
even the elders of that city shall 
take a heifer, which hath not been 
wrought with, and which hath not 
drawn in the yoke ; 

4 And the elders of that city shall 
bring down the heifer unto a rough 
valley, which is neither eared nor 
sown, and shall strike off the heifer's 
neck there in the valley. 

5 And the priests the sons of Levi 
shall come near; for them the Lord 
thy God hath chosen to minister un- 
to him, and to bless in the name of the 
Lord ; and by their word shall every 
controversy and every stroke be tried : 

6 And all the elders of that city, 
that are next unto the slain man, 
shall wash their hands over the heifer 
that is beheaded in the valley : 

7 And they shall answer and say, 
Our hands have not shed this blood, 
neither have our eyes seen it. 

8 Be merciful, O Lord, unto thy 
people Israel, whom thou hast re- 
deemed, and lay not innocent blood 
unto thy people of Israel's charge. 
And the blood shall be forgiven them. 

9 So shalt thou put away the guilt 
of innocent blood from among you, 
when thou shalt do that which is 
right in the sight of the Lord. 

10 IT When thou goest forth to war, 
against thine enemies, and the Lord 
thy God hath delivered them into 
thine hands, and thou hast taken 
them captive, 

11 And seest among the captives a 
beautiful woman, and hast a desire 
unto her, that thou wouldest have her 
to thy wife ; 

12 Then thou shalt bring her home 
to thine house ; and she shall shave 
her head, and pare her nails ; 

13 And she shall put the raiment 
of her captivity from off her, and shall 
remain in thine house, and bewail 
her father and her mother a full 
month : and after that thou shalt go 
in unto her, and be her husband, and 
she shall be thy wife. 



14 And it shall be, if thou have no 
delight in her, then thou shalt let her 
go whither she will ; but thou shalt 
not sell her at all for money, thou 
shalt not make merchandise of her, 
because thou hast humbled her. 

15 If If a man have two wives, 
one beloved, and another hated, and 
they have borne him children, both 
the beloved and the hated ; and z/ the 
firstborn son be hers that was hated : 

16 Then it shall be, when he ma- 
keth his sons to inherit that which he 
hath, that he may not make the son 
of the beloved firstborn before the 
son of the hated, which is indeed the 
firstborn : 

17 But he shall acknowledge the 
son of the hated for the firstborn, 
by giving him a double portion of 
all that he hath : for he is the begin- 
ning of his strength ; the right of the 
firstborn is his. 

18 H If a man have a stubborn and 
rebellious son, which will not obey 
the voice pf his father, or the voice 
of his mother, and that, when they 
have chastened him, will not hearken 
unto them : 

19 Then shall his father and his 
mother lay hold on him, and bring 
him out unto the elders of his city, 
and unto the gate of his place ; 

20 And they shall say unto the el- 
ders of his city, This our son is stub- 
born and rebellious, he will not obey 
our voice ; he is a glutton, and a 
drunkard. 

21 And all the men of his city shall 
stone him with stones, that he die: 
so shalt thou put evil away from 
among you ; and all Israel shall 
hear, and fear. 

22 IT And if a man have commit- 
ted a sin worthy of death, and he be 
to be put to death, and thou hang 
him on a tree : 

23 His body shall not remain all 
night upon the tree, but thou shalt 
in any wise bury him that day ; (for 
he that is hanged is accursed of 
God;) that thy land be not defiled, 

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Humanity to brethren. DEUTERONOMY. Punishment for slander. 



which the Lord thy God giveth thee 
for an inheritance. 

CHAPTEE XXII. 

1 Of humanity toioard brethren. 5 The sex is to be dis- 
tinguished by apparel. 6 The dam is not to be taken 
with her young ones. 8 The house must have battle- r 
ments. 9 Confusion is to be avoided. 12 Fringes 
upon the vesture. 13 The punishment of him that 
slander eth his wife. 20, 22 Of adultery ', 25 o/ rape, 
28 and of fornication. 30 Incest. 

THOU shalt not see thy brother's 
ox or his sheep go astray, and 
hide thyself from them : thou shalt 
in any case bring them again unto 
thy brother. 

2 And if thy brother be not nigh 
unto thee, or if thou know him not, 
then thou shalt bring it unto thine 
own house, and it shall be with thee 
until thy brother seek after it, and 
thou shalt restore it to him again. 

3 In like manner shalt thou do with 
his ass ; and so shalt thou do with 
his raiment ; and with all lost things 
of thy brother's, which he hath lost, 
and thou hast found, shalt thou do like- 
wise : thou mayest not hide thyself. 

4 % Thou shalt not see thy broth- 
er's ass or his ox fall down by the 
way, and hide thyself from them: 
thou shalt surely help him to lift 
them up again. 

5 H The woman shall not wear that 
which pertaineth unto a man, nei- 
ther shall a man put on a woman's 
garment : for all that do so are abom- 
ination unto the Lord thy God. 

6 IT If a bird's nest chance to be 
before thee in the way in any tree, 
or on the ground, whether they be 
young ones, or eggs, and the dam 
sitting upon the young, or upon the 
eggs, thou shalt not take the dam 
with the young : 

7 But thou shalt in any wise let the 
dam go, and take the young to thee ; 
that it may be well with thee, and 
that thou mayest prolong thy days. 

8 IT When thou build est a new 
house, then thou shalt make a bat- 
tlement for thy roof, that thou bring 
not blood upon thine house, if any 
man fall from thence. 

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9 If Thou shalt not sow thy vine- 
yard with divers seeds : lest the fruit 
of thy seed which thou hast sown, and 
the fruit of thy vineyard, be defiled. 

10 IT Thou shalt not plough with an 
ox and an ass together. 

11 IT Thou shalt not wear a gar- 
ment of divers sorts, as of woollen 
and linen together. 

12 TT Thou shalt make thee fringes 
upon the four quarters of thy vesture, 
wherewith thou coverest thyself. 

13 TT If any man take a wife, and 
go in unto her, and hate her, 

14 And give occasions of speech 
against her, and bring up an evil 
name upon her, and say, I took this 
woman, and when I came to her, I 
found her not a maid : 

15 Then shall the father of the 
damsel, and her mother, take and 
bring forth the tokens of the damsel's 
virginity unto the elders of the city 
in the gate : 

16 And the damsel's father shall 
say unto the elders, I gave my 
daughter unto this man to wife, and 
he hateth her ; 

17 And, lo, he hath given occa- 
sions of speech against her, saying, 
I found not thy daughter a maid ; 
and yet these are the tokens of my 
daughter's virginity. And they shall 
spread the cloth before the elders of 
the city. 

18 And the elders of that city shall 
take that man and chastise him ; 

19 And they shall amerce him in a 
hundred shekels of silver, and give 
them unto the father of the damsel, 
because he hath brought up an evil 
name upon a virgin of Israel : and 
she shall be his wife ; he may not 
put her away all his days. 

20 But if this thing be true, and 
the tokens of virginity be not found 
for the damsel : 

21 Then they shall bring out the 
damsel to the door of her father's 
house, and the men of her city shall 
stone her with stones that she die ; 
because she hath wrought folly 



m 



Of adultery. 



DEUTERONOMY. 



Of uncleanness. 



Israel, to play the whore in her fa- 
ther's house : so shalt thou put evil 
away from among you. 

22 U" If a ma n be found lying with 
a woman married to a husband, then 
they shall both of them die, both the 
man that lay with the woman, and 
the woman : so shalt thou put away 
evil from Israel. 

23 H" If a damsel that is a virgin be 
betrothed unto a husband, and a man 
find her in the city, and lie with her ; 

24 Then ye shall bring them both 
out unto the gate of that city, and 
ye shall stone them with stones that 
they die ; the damsel, because she 
cried not, being in the city; and the 
man, because he hath humbled his 
neighbour's wife: so thou shalt put 
away evil from among you. 

25 H" But if a man find a betrothed 
damsel in the field, and the man 
force her, and lie with her ; then the 
man only that lay with her shall die : 

26 But unto the damsel thou shalt 
do nothing; there is in the damsel 
no sin worthy of death : for as when a 
man riseth against his neighbour, and 
slayeth him, even so is this matter : 

27 For he found her in the field, 
and the betrothed damsel cried, and 
there was none to save her. 

28 U If a man find a damsel that 
is a virgin, which is not betrothed, 
and lay hold on her, and lie with 
her, and they be found ; 

29 Then the man that lay with her 
shall give unto the damsel's father 
fifty shekels of silver, and she shall 
be his wife; because he hath hum- 
bled her, he may not put her away 
all his days. 

30 *[T A man shall not take his 
father's wife, nor discover his father's 
skirt. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 Who may or may not enter into the congregation. 9 
Uncleanness to be avoided in the host. 15 Of the fu- 
gitive servant. 1*7 Of filthiness. 18 Of abominable 
sacrifices. 19 Of usury. 21 Of vows. 24 Of tres- 
passes. 

HE that is wounded in the stones, 
or hath his privy member cut 



off, shall not enter into the congre- 
gation of the Lord. 

2 A bastard shall not enter into 
the congregation of the Lord; even 
to his tenth generation shall he not 
enter into the congregation of the 
Lord. 

3 An Ammonite or Moabite shall 
not enter into the congregation of the 
Lord; even to their tenth genera- 
tion shall they not enter into the 
congregation of the Lord for ever : 

4 Because they met you not with 
bread and with water in the way, 
when ye came forth out of Egypt; 
and because they hired against thee 
Balaam the son of Beor of Pethor of 
Mesopotamia, to curse thee. 

5 Nevertheless, the Lord thy God 
would not hearken unto Balaam ; but 
the Lord thy God turned the curse 
into a blessing unto thee, because 
the Lord thy God loved thee. 

6 Thou shalt not seek their peace 
nor their prosperity all thy days for 
ever. 

7 TT Thou shalt not abhor an 
Edomite ; for he is thy brother : 
thou shalt not abhor an Egyptian ; 
because thou wast a stranger in his 
land. 

8 The children that are begotten 
of them shall enter into the con- 
gregation of the Lord in their third 
generation. 

9 Tf When the host goeth forth 
against thine enemies, then keep 
thee from every wicked thing. 

10 IT If there be among you any 
man, that is not clean by reason of 
uncleanness that chanceth him by 
night, then shall he go abroad out of 
the camp, he shall not come within 
the camp : 

11 But it shall be, when evening 
cometh on, he shall wash himself vrith 
water: and when the sun is down, 
he shall come into the camp again. 

12 IT Thou shalt have a place also 
without the camp, whither thou shalt 
go forth abroad : 

13 And thou shalt have a paddle 

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DEUTERONOMY. 



Of divorce. 



upon thy weapon ; and it shall he, 
when thou wilt ease thyself abroad, 
thou shalt dig therewith, and shalt 
turn hack and cover that which Com- 
eth from thee : 

14 For the Lord thy God walketh 
in the midst of thy camp, to deliver 
thee, and to give up thine enemies be- 
fore thee ; therefore shall thy camp be 
holy : that he see no unclean thing 
in thee, and turn away from thee. 

15 H Thou shalt not deliver unto 
his master the servant which is es- 
caped from his master unto thee : 

16 He shall dwell with thee, even 
among you, in that place which he 
shall choose in one of thy gates, 
where it liketh him best : thou shalt 
not oppress him. 

17 if There shall be no whore of 
the daughters of Israel, nor a sod- 
omite of the sons of Israel. 

18 Thou shalt not bring the hire 
of a whore, or the price of a dog, 
into the house of the Lord thy God 
for any vow : for even both these 
are abomination unto the Lord thy 
God. 

19 11 Thou shalt not lend upon 
usury to thy brother ; usury of money, 
usury of victuals, usury of any thing 
that is lent upon usury : 

20 Unto a stranger thou may est 
lend upon usury; but unto thy broth- 
er thou shalt not lend upon usury : 
that the Lord thy God may bless 
thee in all that thou settest thine 
hand to in the land whither thou 
goest to possess it. 

21 IT When thou shalt vow a vow 
unto the Lord thy God, thou shalt 
not slack to pay it : for the Lord thy 
God will surely require it of thee; 
and it would be sin in thee. 

22 But if tliou shalt forbear to vow, 
it shall be no sin in thee. 

±'>\ That which is gone out of thy 
lips thou shalt keep and perform; 
even a freewill offering, according as 
thou hast vowed unto the Lord thy 
God, which thou hast promised with 
thy mouth. 

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24 IT When thou comest into thy 
neighbour's vineyard, then thou may- 
est eat grapes thy fill at thine own 
pleasure ; but thou shalt not put any 
in thy vessel. 

25 When thou comest into the 
standing corn of thy neighbour, then 
thou mayest pluck the ears with thine 
hand; but thou shalt not move a 
sickle unto thy neighbour's standing 
corn. 

CHAPTEK XXIY. 

1 Of divorce. 5 A new married man goeth not to war. 
6, 10 Of pledges. 7 Of manstealers. 8 Of leprosy. 
14 The hire is to be given. 16 Of justice. 19 Of 
charity. 

WHEN a man hath taken a 
wife, and married her, and it 
come to pass that she find no favour 
in his eyes, because he hath found 
some uncleanness in her : then let 
him write her a bill of divorcement, 
and give it in her hand, and send 
her out of his house. 

2 And when she is departed out of 
his house, she may go and be an- 
other man's wife. 

3 And if the latter husband hate 
her, and write her a bill of divorce- 
ment, and giveth it in her hand, and 
sendeth her out of his house ; or if 
the latter husband die, which took 
her to be his wife ; 

4 Her former husband, which sent 
her away, may not take her again to 
be his wife, after that she is defiled ; 
for that is abomination before the 
Lord : and thou shalt not cause the 
land to sin, which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee for an inheritance. 

5 if When a man hath taken a new 
wife, he shall not go out to war, nei- 
ther shall he be charged with any 
business : but he shall be free at 
home one year, and shall cheer up 
his wife which he hath taken. 

6 If No man shall take the nether 
or the upper millstone to pledge : for 
he taketh a man's life to pledge. 

7 If If a man be found stealing any 
of his brethren of the children of Is- 
rael, and maketh merchandise of him, 
or selleth him ; then that thief shall 



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DEUTERONOMY. 



Of charity. 



die ; and thou shalt put evil away 
from among you. 

8 If Take heed in the plague of 
leprosy, that thou observe diligent- 
ly, and do according to all that the 
priests the Levites shall teach you : 
as I commanded them, so ye shall 
observe to do. 

9 Remember what the Lord thy God 
did unto Miriam by the way, after 
that ye were come forth out of Egypt. 

10 % When thou dost lend thy 
brother any thing, thou shalt not go 
into his house to fetch his pledge. 

11 Thou shalt stand abroad, and 
the man to whom thou dost lend shall 
bring out the pledge abroad unto thee. 

12 And if the man be poor, thou 
shalt not sleep with his pledge : 

13 In any case thou shalt deliver 
him the pledge again when the sun 
goeth down, that he may sleep in 
his own raiment, and bless thee: 
and it shall be righteousness unto 
thee before the Lord thy God. 

14 IT Thou shalt not oppress a 
hired servant that is poor and needy, 
whether he be of thy brethren, or of 
thy strangers that are in thy land 
within thy gates : 

15 At his day thou shalt give him 
his hire, neither shall the sun go 
down upon it; for he is poor, and 
setteth his heart upon it: lest he 
cry against thee unto the Lord, and 
it be sin unto thee. 

16 The fathers shall not be put to 
death for the children, neither shall 
the children be put to death for the 
fathers : every man shall be put to 
death for his own sin. 

17 IT Thou shalt not pervert the 
judgment of the stranger, nor of the 
fatherless ; nor take a widow's rai- 
ment to pledge : 

18 But thou shalt remember that 
thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and 
the Lord thy God redeemed thee 
thence : therefore I command thee 
to do this thing. 

19 TJ When thou cuttest down 
thine harvest in thy field, and hast 



forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt 
not go again to fetch it : it shall be 
for the stranger, for the fatherless, 
and for the widow: that the Lord 
thy God may bless thee in all the 
work of thine hands. 

20 When thou beatest thine olive 
tree, thou shalt not go over the 
boughs again : it shall be for the 
stranger, for the fatherless, and for 
the widow. 

21 When thou gatherest the grapes 
of thy vineyard, thou shalt not glean 
it afterward : it shall be for the stran- 
ger, for the fatherless, and for the 
widow. 

22 And thou shalt remember that 
thou wast a bondman in the land of 
Egypt : therefore I command thee to 
do this thing. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

1 Stripes must not exceed forty. 4 The ox is not to be 
muzzled. 5 Of raising seed unto a brother. 1 1 Of 
the immodest woman. 13 Of unjust tueights. 17 The 
memory of Amalek is to be blotted out. 

IF there be a controversy between 
men, and they come unto judg- 
ment, that the judges may judge 
them; then they shall justify the 
righteous, and condemn the wicked. 

2 And it shall be, if the wicked 
man be worthy to be beaten, that 
the judge shall cause him to lie down, 
and to be beaten before his face, 
according to his fault, by a certain 
number. 

3 Forty stripes he may give him, 
and not exceed : lest, if he should 
exceed, and beat him above these 
with many stripes, then thy brother 
should seem vile unto thee. 

4 TI Thou shalt not muzzle the ox 
when he treadeth out the corn. 

5 TT If brethren dwell together, and 
one of them die, and have no child, 
the wife of the dead shall not marry 
without unto a stranger: her hus- 
band's brother shall go in unto her, 
and take her to him to wife, and per- 
form the duty of a husband's brother 
unto her. 

6 And it shall be, that the firstborn 
which she beareth shall succeed in the 

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The offering of 



name of his brother which is dead, 
that his name be not put out of Israel. 

7 And if the man like not to take 
his brother's wife, then let his broth- 
er's wife go up to the gate unto 
the elders, and say, My husband's 
brother refuseth to raise up unto his 
brother a name in Israel, he will not 
perform the duty of my husband's 
brother. 

8 Then the elders of his city shall 
call him, and speak unto him : and 
if he stand to it, and say, I like not 
to take her ; 

9 Then shall his brother's .wife 
come unto him in the presence of 
the elders, and loose his shoe from 
off his foot, and spit in his face, and 
shall answer and say, So shall it be 
done unto that man that will not 
build up his brother's house. 

10 And his name shall be called in 
Israel, The house of him that hath 
his shoe loosed. 

11 IT When men strive together 
one with another, and the wife of the 
one draweth near for to deliver her 
husband out of the hand of him that 
smiteth him, and putteth forth her 
hand, and taketh him by the secrets : 

12 Then thou shalt cut off her 
hand, thine eye shall not pity her. 

13 If Thou shalt not have in thy bag 
divers weights, a great and a small : 

1 4 Thou shalt not have in thine house 
divers measures, a great and a small : 

15 But thou shalt have a perfect 
and just weight, a perfect and just 
measure shalt thou have : that thy 
days may be lengthened in the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth thee. 

16 For all thatdosuchthings,<mJall 
that do unrighteously, are an abomi- 
nation unto the Lord thy God. 

1 7 IT Remember what Amalek did 
unto thee by the way, when ye were 
come forth out of Egypt ; 

18 How he met thee by the way, 
and smote the hindmost of thee, even 
all that were feeble behind thee, 
when thou wast faint and weary; 
and he feared not God. 

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19 Therefore it shall be, when the 
Lord thy God hath given thee rest 
from all thine enemies round about, 
in the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee for an inheritance to pos- 
sess it, that thou shalt blot out the 
remembrance of Amalek from under 
heaven ; thou shalt not forget it. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

1 The confession of him that offereth the basket of first- 
fruits. 12 The prayer of him that giveth his third 
year's tithes. 16 The covenant between God and the 
people. 

AND it shall be, when thou art 
_ come in unto the land which 
the Lord thy God giveth thee for 
an inheritance, and possessest it, and 
dwellest therein ; 

2 That thou shalt take of the first 
of all the fruit of the earth, which 
thou shalt bring of thy land that the 
Lord thy God giveth thee, and 
shalt put it in a basket, and shalt 
go unto the place which the Lord 
thy God shall choose to place his 
name there. 

3 And thou shalt go unto the priest 
that shall be in those days, and say 
unto him, I profess this day unto the 
Lord thy God, that I am come unto 
the country which the Lord sware 
unto our fathers for to give us. 

4 And the priest shall take the 
basket out of thine hand, and set it 
down before the altar of the Lord 
thy God. 

5 And thou shalt speak and say 
before the Lord thy God, A Syrian 
ready to perish was my father ; and 
he went down into Egypt, and so- 
journed there with a few, and became 
there a nation, great, mighty, and 
populous : 

6 And the Egyptians evil entreated 
us, and afflicted us, and laid upon us 
hard bondage : 

7 And when we cried unto the 
Lord God of our fathers, the Lord 
heard our voice, and looked on our 
affliction, and our labour, and our 
oppression : 

8 And the Lord brought us forth 



the Jirstfruits. 



DEUTERONOMY. 



God's covenant. 



out of Egypt with a mighty hand, 
and with an outstretched arm, and 
with great terrihleness, and with 
signs, and with wonders : 

9 And he hath brought us into this 
place, and hath given us this land, 
even a land that floweth with milk 
and honey. 

10 And now, behold, I have brought 
the firstfruits of the land, which thou, 
O Lord, hast given me. And thou 
shalt set it before the Lord thy God, 
and worship before the Lord thy God : 

11 And thou shalt rejoice in every 
good thing which the Lord thy God 
hath given unto thee, and unto thine 
house, thou, and the Levite, and the 
stranger that is among you. 

12 H When thou hast made an end 
of tithing all the tithes of thine in- 
crease the third year, which is the 
year of tithing, and hast given it unto 
the Levite, the stranger, the father- 
less, and the widow, that they may 
eat within thy gates, and be filled ; 

13 Then thou shalt say before the 
Lord thy God, I have brought away 
the hallowed things out oimine house, 
and also have given them unto the 
Levite, and unto the stranger, to the 
fatherless, and to the widow, accord- 
ing to all thy commandments which 
thou hast commanded me: I have 
not transgressed thy commandments, 
neither have I forgotten them: 

14 I have not eaten thereof in my 
mourning, neither have I taken away 
aught thereof for any unclean use, 
nor given aught thereof for the dead : 
but 1 have hearkened to the voice of 
the Lord my God, and have done 
according to all that thou hast com- 
manded me. 

15 Look down from thy holy hab- 
itation, from heaven, and bless thy 
people Israel, and the land which 
thou hast giv r en us, as thou s war est 
unto our fathers, a lanjl that floweth 
with milk and honey. 

16 IT This day the Lord thy God 
hath commanded thee to do these 
statutes and judgments : thou shalt 



therefore keep and do them with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul. 

17 Thou hast avouched the Lord 
this day to be thy God, and to walk 
in his ways, and to keep his statutes, 
and his commandments, and his judg- 
ments, and to hearken unto his voice : 

18 And the Lord hath avouched 
thee this day to be his peculiar peo- 
ple, as he hath promised thee, and 
that thou shouldest keep all his com- 
mandments ; 

19 And to make thee high above 
all nations which he hath made, in 
praise,, and in name, and in honour ; 
and that thou mayest be a holy peo- 
ple unto the Lord thy God, as he 
hath spoken. 

CHAPTEE XXYII. 

1 The people are commanded to write the law upon stones, 
5 and to build an altar of whole stones. 11 TJie tribes 
divided on Gerizim and Ebal. 14 The curses pro- 
nounced on mount Ebal. 

AND Moses with the elders of 
. Israel commanded the people, 
saying, Keep all the commandments 
which I command you this day. 

2 And it shall be, on the day when 
ye shall pass over Jordan unto the 
land which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee, that thou shalt set thee up great 
stones, and plaster them with plaster : 

3 And thou shalt write upon them 
all the words of this law, when thou 
art passed over, that thou mayest go 
in unto the land which the Lord thy 
God giveth thee, a land that floweth 
with milk and honey ; as the Lord 
God of thy fathers hath promised 
thee. 

4 Therefore it shall be when ye be 
gone over Jordan, that ye shall set up 
these stones, which I command you 
this day, in mount Ebal, and thou 
shalt plaster them with plaster. 

5 And there shalt thou build an 
altar unto the Lord thy God, an 
altar of stones : thou shalt not lift 
up any iron tool upon them. 

6 Thou shalt build the altar of the 
Lord thy God of whole stones : and 
thou shalt offer burnt offerings there- 
on unto the Lord thy God : 

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DEUTERONOMY. 



from mount Ebal. 



7 And thou shalt offer peace offer- 
ings, and shalt eat there, and rejoice 
before the Lord thy God. 

8 And thou shalt write upon the 
stones all the words of this law very 
plainly. 

9 If And Moses and the priests the 
Levites spake unto all Israel, saying, 
Take heed, and hearken, O Israel ; 
this day thou art become the people 
of the Lord thy God. 

10 Thou shalt therefore obey the 
voice of the Lord thy God, and do 
his commandments and his statutes, 
which I command thee this day. 

11 IT And Moses charged the peo- 
ple the same day, saying, 

12 These shall stand upon mount 
Gerizim to bless the people, when ye 
are come over Jordan ; Simeon, and 
Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and 
Joseph, and Benjamin: 

13 And these shall stand upon 
mount Ebal to curse ; Reuben, Gad, 
and Asher, and Zebulun, Dan, and 
Naphtali. 

14 IT And the Levites shall speak, 
and say unto all the men of Israel 
with a loud voice, 

15 Cursed be the man that maketh 
any graven or molten image, an abom- 
ination unto the Lord, the work of 
the hands of the craftsman, and put- 
teth it in a secret place : and all the 
people shall answer and say, Amen. 

16 Cursed be he that setteth light 
by his father or his mother : and all 
the people shall say, Amen. 

17 Cursed be he that removeth his 
neighbour's landmark: and all the 
people shall say, Amen. 

18 Cursed be he that maketh the 
1)1 i nd to wander out of the way: and 
all the people shall say, Amen. 

19 Cursed be he that perverteth the 
judgment of the stranger, fatherless, 
mid widow: and all the people shall 
say. Amen. 

20 Cursed be he that lieth with his 
father's wife; because he uncovereth 
his father's skirt: and all the people 
shall say, Amen. 

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21 Cursed be he that lieth with 
any manner of beast: and all the 
people shall say, Amen. 

22 Cursed be he that lieth with his 
sister, the daughter of his father, or 
the daughter of his mother : and all 
the people shall say, Amen. 

23 Cursed be he that lieth with 
his mother in law : and all the peo- 
ple shall say, Amen. 

24 Cursed be he that smiteth his 
neighbour secretly : and all the peo- 
ple shall say, Amen. 

25 Cursed be he that taketh re- 
ward to slay an innocent person : and 
all the people shall say, Amen. 

26 Cursed be he that confirmeth 
not all the words of this law to do 
them: and all the people shall say, 
Amen. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

1 The blessings for obedience. 15 The curses for disobe- 
dience. 

AND it shall come to pass, if thou 
_ shalt hearken diligently unto 
the voice of the Lord thy God, to 
observe and to do all his command- 
ments which I command thee this 
day, that the Lord thy God will set 
thee on high above all nations of the 
earth : 

2 And all these blessings shall come 
on thee, and overtake thee, if thou 
shalt hearken unto the voice of the 
Lord thy God. 

3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, 
and blessed shalt thou be in the field. 

4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy 
body, and the fruit of thy ground, 
and the fruit of thy cattle, the in- 
crease of thy kine, and the flocks of 
thy sheep. 

5 Blessed shall be thy basket and 
thy store. 

6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou 
comest in, and blessed shalt thou be 
when thou goest out. 

7 The Lord* shall cause thine ene- 
mies that rise up against thee to be 
smitten before thy face : they shall 
come out against thee one way, and 
flee before thee seven ways. 



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Blessings for obedience. DEUTERONOMY. Curses for disobedience. 



8 The Lord shall command the 
blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, 
and in all that thou settest thine 
hand unto ; and he shall bless thee 
in the land which the Lord thy God 
giveth thee. 

9 The Lord shall establish thee a 
holy people unto himself, as he hath 
sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep 
the commandments of the Lord thy 
God, and walk in his ways. 

10 And all people of the earth shall 
see that thou art called by the name 
of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid 
of thee. 

11 And the Lord shall make thee 
plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy 
body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, 
and in the fruit of thy ground, in the 
land which the Lord sware unto thy 
fathers to give thee. 

12 The Lord shall open unto thee 
his good treasure, the heaven to give 
the rain unto thy land in his season, 
and to bless all the work of thine 
hand : and thou shalt lend unto many 
nations, and thou shalt not borrow. 

13 And the Lord shall make thee 
the head, and not the tail ; and thou 
shalt be above only, and thou shalt 
not be beneath ; if that thou hearken 
unto the commandments of the Lord 
thy God, which I command thee this 
day, to observe and to do them : 

14 And thou shalt not go aside 
from any of the words which I com- 
mand thee this day, to the right 
hand, or to the left, to go after other 
gods to serve them. 

15 IT But it shall come to pass, if 
thou wilt not hearken unto the voice 
of the Lord thy God, to observe to 
do all his commandments and his 
statutes which I command thee this 
day ; that all these curses shall come 
upon thee, and overtake thee : 

16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, 
and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 

17 Cursed shall be thy basket and 
thy store. 

18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy 
body, and the fruit of thy land, the 



increase of thy kine, and the flocks 
of thy sheep. 

19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou 
comest in, and cursed shalt thou be 
when thou goest out. 

20 The Lord shall send upon thee 
cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all 
that thou settest thine hand unto for 
to do, until thou be destroyed, and 
until thou perish quickly ; because of 
the wickedness of thy doings, where- 
by thou hast forsaken me. 

21 The Lord shall make the pes- 
tilence cleave unto thee, until he 
have consumed thee from off the land, 
whither thou goest to possess it. 

22 The Lord shall smite thee with 
a consumption, and with a fever, and 
with an inflammation, and with an 
extreme burning, and with the sword, 
and with blasting, and with mildew ; 
and they shall pursue thee until thou 
perish. 

23 And thy heaven that is over 
thy head shall be brass, and the earth 
that is under thee shall be iron. 

24 The Lord shall make the rain 
of thy land powder and dust : from 
heaven shall it come down upon thee, 
until thou be destroyed. 

25 The Lord shall cause thee to 
be smitten before thine enemies : 
thou shalt go out one way against 
them, and flee seven ways before 
them ; and shalt be removed into 
all the kingdoms of the earth. 

26 And thy carcass shall be meat 
unto all fowls of the air, and unto 
the beasts of the earth, and no man 
shall fray them away. 

27 The Lord will smite thee with 
the botch of Egypt, and with the 
emerods, and with the scab, and with 
the itch, whereof thou canst not be 
healed. 

28 The Lord shall smite thee with 
madness, and blindness, and astonish- 
ment of heart : 

29 And thou shalt grope at noon- 
day, as the blind gropeth in dark- 
ness, and thou shalt not prosper in 
thy ways: and thou shalt be only 

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DEUTERONOMY. 



for disobedience. 



oppressed and spoiled evermore, and 
no man shall save thee. 

30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and 
another man shall lie with her : thou 
shalt build a house, and thou shalt 
not dwell therein: thou shalt plant 
a vineyard, and shalt not gather the 
grapes thereof. 

31 Thine ox shall be slain before 
thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat 
thereof: thine ass shall be violently 
taken away from before thy face, and 
shall not be restored to thee : thy 
sheep shall be given unto thine ene- 
mies, and thou shalt have none to 
rescue them. 

32 Thy sons and thy daughters 
shall be given unto another people, 
and thine eyes shall look, and fail 
with longing for them all the day 
long : and there shall be no might in 
thine hand. 

33 The fruit of thy land, and all 
thy labours, shall a nation which thou 
knowest not eat up ; and thou shalt be 
only oppressed and crushed alway : 

34 So that thou shalt be mad for 
the sight of thine eyes which thou 
shalt see. 

35 The Lord shall smite thee in 
the knees, and in the legs, with a 
sore botch that cannot be healed, 
from the sole of thy foot unto the 
top of thy head. 

36 The Lord shall bring thee, and 
thy king which thou shalt set over 
thee, unto a nation which neither 
thou nor thy fathers have known; 
and there shalt thou serve other gods, 
wood and stone. 

37 And thou shalt become an as- 
tonishment, a proverb, and a byword, 
among all nations whither the Lord 
shall lead thee. 

38 Thou shalt carry much seed 
out into the field, and shalt gather 
but little in ; for the locust shall con- 
sume it. 

39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and 
dress them, but shalt neither drink 
oj the wine, nor gather the grapes; 
for the worms shall eat them. 

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40 Thou shalt have olive trees 
throughout all thy coasts, but thou 
shalt not anoint thyself with the oil ; 
for thine olive shall cast his fruit. 

41 Thou shalt beget sons and 
daughters, but thou shalt not en- 
joy them; for they shall go into 
captivity. 

42 All thy trees and fruit of thy 
land shall the locust consume. 

43 The stranger that is within thee 
shall get up above thee very high ; 
and thou shalt come down very low. 

44 He shall lend to thee, and thou 
shalt not lend to him : he shall be 
the head, and thou shalt be the tail. 

45 Moreover all these curses shall 
come upon thee, and shall pursue* 
thee, and overtake thee, till thou be 
destroyed ; because thou hearkenedst 
not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, 
to keep his commandments and his 
statutes which he commanded thee. 

46 And they shall be upon thee 
for a sign and for a wonder, and 
upon thy seed for ever. 

47 Because thou servedst not the 
Lord thy God with joyfulness, and 
with gladness of heart, for the abun- 
dance of all things ; 

48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine 
enemies, which the Lord shall send 
against thee> in hunger, and in thirst, 
and in nakedness, and in want of all 
things : and he shall put a yoke of 
iron upon thy neck, until he have 
destroyed thee. 

49 The Lord shall bring a nation 
against thee from far, from the end 
of the earth, as swift as the eagle 
flieth ; a nation whose tongue thou 
shalt not understand ; 

50 A nation of fierce countenance, 
which shall not regard the person of 
the old, nor shew favour to the young : 

51 And he shall eat the fruit of 
thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, 
until thou be destroyed : which also 
shall not leave thee either corn, wine, 
or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or 
flocks of thy sheep, until he have 
destroyed thee. 



The curses 



DEUTERONOMY. 



for disobedience. 



52 And he shall besiege thee in 
all thy gates, until thy high and 
fenced .walls come down, wherein 
thou trustedst, throughout all thy 
land : and he shall besiege thee in all 
thy gates throughout all thy land, 
which the Lord thy God hath given 
thee. 

53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of 
thine own body, the flesh of thy 
sons and of thy daughters, which 
the Lord thy God hath given thee, 
in the siege, and in the straitness, 
wherewith thine enemies shall dis- 
tress thee : 

54 So that the man that is tender 
among you, and very delicate, his 
eye shall be evil toward his brother, 
and toward the wife of his bosom, 
and toward the remnant of his chil- 
dren which he shall leave : 

55 So that he will not give to any 
of them of the flesh of his children 
whom he shall eat : because he hath 
nothing left him in the siege, and in 
the straitness, wherewith thine ene- 
mies shall distress thee in all thy gates. 

56 The tender and delicate woman 
among you, which would not adven- 
ture to set the sole of her foot upon 
the ground for delicateness and ten- 
derness, her eye shall be evil to- 
ward the husband of her bosom, and 
toward her son, and toward her 
daughter, 

57 And toward her young one 
that cometh out from between her 
feet, and toward her children which 
she shall bear : for she shall eat them 
for want of all things secretly in the 
siege and straitness, wherewith thine 
enemy shall distress thee in thy gates. 

58 If thou wilt not observe to do 
all the words of this law that are 
written in this book, that thou may- 
est fear this glorious and fearful 
name, THE LORD THY GOD ; 

59 Then the Lord will make thy 
plagues wonderful, and the plagues 
of thy seed, even great plagues, and 
of long continuance, and sore sick- 
nesses, and of long continuance. 



60 Moreover, he will bring upon 
thee all the diseases of Egypt, which 
thou wast afraid of; and they shall 
cleave unto thee. 

61 Also every sickness, and every 
plague, which is not written in the 
book of this law, them will the Lord 
bring upon thee, until thou be de- 
stroyed. 

62 And ye shall be left few in 
number, whereas ye were as the 
stars of heaven for multitude ; be- 
cause thou wouldest not obey the 
voice of the Lord thy God. 

63 And it shall come to pass, that 
as the Lord rejoiced over you to 
do you good, and to multiply you; 
so the Lord will rejoice over you 
to destroy you, and to bring you to 
nought; and ye shall be plucked 
from off the land whither thou goest 
to possess it. 

64 And the Lord shall scatter thee 
among all people, from the one end 
of the earth even unto the other; 
and there thou shalt serve other gods, 
which neither thou nor thy fathers 
have known, even wood and stone. 

65 And among these nations shalt 
thou find no ease, neither shall the 
sole of thy foot have rest: but the 
Lord shall give thee there a trem- 
bling heart, and failing of eyes, and 
sorrow of mind : 

66 And thy life shall hang in doubt 
before thee ; and thou shalt fear day 
and night, and shalt have none as- 
surance of thy life : 

67 In the morning thou shalt say, 
Would God it were even ! and at 
even thou shalt say, Would God it 
were morning! for the fear of thine 
heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and 
for the sight of thine eyes which thou 
shalt see. 

68 And the Lord shall bring thee 
into Egypt again with ships, by the 
way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou 
shalt see it no more again : and there 
ye shall be sold unto your enemies 
for bondmen and bondwomen, and 
no man shall buy you. 

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to obedience. 



CHAPTER XXIX. 

1 Moses exhorteth them to obedUnce, by the memory of 
the works they have seen. 10 All are presented before 
the Lord to enter into his covenant. 18 The great 
wrath on him that flattereth himself in his wickedness. 
29 Secret things belong unto God. 

THESE are the words of the cove- 
nant, which the Lord command- 
ed Moses to make with the children 
of Israel in the land of Moab, besides 
the covenant which he made with 
them in Horeb. 

2 IT And Moses called nnto all Is- 
rael, and said nnto them, Ye have 
seen all that the Lord did before 
your eyes in the land of Egypt unto 
Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, 
and unto all his land ; 

3 The great temptations which 
thine eyes have seen, the signs, and 
those great miracles : 

4 Yet the Lord hath not given you 
a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, 
and ears to hear, unto this day. 

5 And I have led you forty years 
in the wilderness : your clothes are 
not waxen old upon you, and thy 
shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot. 

6 Ye have not eaten bread, neither 
have ye drunk wine or strong drink : 
that ye might know that I am the 
Lord your God. 

7 And when ye came unto this 
place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, 
and Og the king of Bashan, came 
out against us unto battle, and we 
smote them : 

8 And we took their land, and gave 
it for an inheritance unto the Reu- 
ben ites, and to the Gadites, and to 
the half tribe of Manasseh. 

9 Keep therefore the words of this 
covenant, and do them, that ye may 
prosper in all that ye do. 

10 H Ye stand this day all of you 
before the Lord your God ; your 
captains of your tribes, your elders, 
and your officers, with all the men of 
Israel, 

11 Your little ones, your wives, 
and thy stranger that is in thy camp, 
from the hewer of thy wood unto the 
drawer of thy water: 

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12 That thou shouldest enter into 
covenant with the Lord thy God, 
and into his oath, which the Lord 
thy God maketh with thee this day : 

13 That he may establish thee to 
day for a people unto himself, and 
that he may be unto thee a God, as 
he hath- said unto thee, and as he 
hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abra- 
ham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 

14 Neither with you only do I make 
this covenant and this oath ; 

15 But with him that standeth here 
with us this day before the Lord our 
God, and also with him that is not 
here with us this day : 

16 (For ye know how we have 
dwelt in the land of Egypt ; and how 
we came through the nations which 
ye passed by ; 

17 And ye have seen their abom- 
inations, and their idols, wood and 
stone, silver and gold, which were 
among them :) 

18 Lest there should be among you 
man, or woman, or family, or tribe, 
whose heart turneth away this day 
from the Lord our God, to go and 
serve the gods of these nations ; lest 
there should be among you a root 
that beareth gall and wormwood ; 

19 And it come to pass, when he 
heareth the words of this curse, that 
he bless himself in his heart, saying, 
I shall have peace, though I walk in 
the imagination of mine heart, to 
add drunkenness to thirst : 

20 The Lord will not spare him, 
but then the anger of the Lord and 
his jealousy shall smoke against that 
man, and all the curses that are writ- 
ten in this book shall lie upon him, 
and the Lord shall blot out his name 
from under heaven. 

21 And the Lord shall separate 
him unto evil out of all the tribes of 
Israel, according to all the curses of 
the covenant that are written in this 
book of the law : 

22 So that the generation to come 
of your children that shall rise up 
after you, and the stranger that shall 



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DEUTERONOMY. 



to the 'penitent. 



come from a far land, shall say, when 
they see the plagues of that land, and 
the sicknesses which the Lord hath 
laid upon it ; 

23 And that the whole land thereof 
is brimstone, and salt, and burning, 
that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor 
any grass groweth therein, like the 
overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, 
Admah and Zeboim, which the Lord 
overthrew in his anger, and in his 
wrath : 

24 Even all nations shall say, 
Wherefore hath the Lord done thus 
unto this land? what meaneth the 
heat of this great anger ? 

25 Then men shall say, Because 
they have forsaken the covenant of 
the Lord God of their fathers, which 
he made with them when he brought 
them forth out of the land of Egypt : 

26 For they went and served other 
gods, and worshipped them, gods 
whom they knew not, and whom he 
had not given unto them : 

27 And the anger of the Lord was 
kindled against this land, to bring 
upon it all the curses that are written 
in this book : 

28 And the Lord rooted them out of 
their land in anger, and in wrath, and 
in great indignation, and cast them 
into another land, as it is this day. 

29 The secret things belong unto 
the Lord our God : but those things 
which are revealed belong unto us and 
to our children for ever, that we may 
do all the words of this law. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

1 Great mercies promised unto the repentant. 11 The 
commandment is manifest. 15 Death and life are set 
before them. 

AND it shall come to pass, when 
. all these things are come upon 
thee, the blessing and the curse, 
which I have set before thee, and 
thou shalt call them to mind among 
all the nations, whither the Lord thy 
God hath driven thee, 

2 And shalt return unto the Lord 
thy God, and shalt obey his voice 
according to all that I command thee 



this day, thou and thy children, with 
all thine heart, and with all thy soul ; 

3 That then the Lord thy God will 
turn thy captivity, and have compas- 
sion upon thee, and will return and 
gather thee from all the nations, 
whither the Lord thy God hath scat- 
tered thee. 

4 If any of thine be driven out 
unto the outmost parts of heaven, 
from thence will the Lord thy God 
gather thee, and from thence will he 
fetch thee : 

5 And the Lord thy God will bring 
thee into the land which thy fathers 
possessed, and thou shalt possess it ; 
and he will do thee good, and mul- 
tiply thee above thy fathers. 

6 And the Lord thy God will cir- 
cumcise thine heart, and the heart of 
thy seed, to love the Lord thy God 
with all thine heart, and with all thy 
soul, that thou mayest live. 

7 And the Lord thy God will put 
all these curses upon thine enemies, 
and on them that hate thee, which 
persecuted thee. 

8 And thou shalt return and obey 
the voice of the Lord, and do all his 
commandments which I command 
thee this day. 

9 And the Lord thy God will make 
thee plenteous in every work of thine 
hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in 
the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit 
of thy land, for good : for the Lord 
will again rejoice over thee for good, 
as he rejoiced over thy fathers : 

10 If thou shalt hearken unto the 
voice of the Lord thy God, to keep 
his commandments and his statutes 
which are written in this book of the 
law, and if thou turn unto the Lord 
thy God with all thine heart, and 
with all thy soul. 

1 1 IT Eor this commandment which 
I command thee this day, it is not 
hidden from thee, neither is it far off. 

12 It is not in heaven, that thou 
shouldest say, Who shall go up for 
us to heaven, .and bring it unto us, 
that we may hear it, and do it ? 

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the people. 



13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that 
thou shouldest say, "Who shall go 
over the sea for us, and bring it unto 
us, that we may hear it, and do it ? 

14 But the word is very nigh unto 
thee, in thy mouth, and in # thy heart, 
that thou may est do it. 

15 IT See, I have set before thee this 
day life and good, and death and evil ; 

16 In that I command thee this 
day to love the Lord thy God, to 
walk in his ways, and to keep his 
commandments, and his statutes, and 
his judgments, that thou may est live 
and multiply : and the Lord thy God 
shall bless thee in the land whither 
thou goest to possess it. 

17 But if thine heart turn away, so 
that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be 
drawn away, and worship other gods, 
and serve them ; 

18 I denounce unto you this day, 
that ye shall surely perish, and that 
ye shall not prolong your days upon 
the land, whither thou passest over 
Jordan to go to possess it. 

19 I call heaven and earth to re- 
cord this day against you, that I have 
set before you life and death, blessing 
and cursing : therefore choose life, that 
both thou and thy seed may live : 

20 That thou mayest love the Lord 
thy God, and that thou mayest obey 
his voice, and that thou mayest cleave 
unto him : for he is thy life, and the 
length of thy days : that thou mayest 
dwell in the land which the Lord 
sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, 
to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them. 

OHAPTEK XXXL 

1 Mourn encouragcth the people. 7 He encourageth 
.Joshua. 9 He delivcreth the law unto the priests to read 
it in the seventh year to the people. 14 God giveth a 
charge to Joshua, 19 and a song to testify against the 
people. 21 Moses dctivereth the book of the law to the 
Levites to keep. 28 lie maketh a protestation to the 
ebb r . 

AND Moses went and spake these 
. words unto all Israel. 
2 And he said unto them, I am a 
hundred and twenty years old this 
day; I can no more go out and 
come in: also the Lord hath said 
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unto rne, Thou shalt not go over this 
Jordan. 

3 The Lord thy God, he will go 
over before thee, and he will destroy 
these nations from before thee, and 
tliou shalt possess them: and Joshua, 
he shall go over before thee, as the 
Lord hath said. 

4 And the Lord shall do unto them 
as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings 
of the Amorites, and unto the land of 
them, whom he destroyed. 

5 And the Lord shall give them 
up before your face, that ye may do 
unto them according unto all the 
commandments which I have com- 
manded you. 

6 Be strong and of a good courage, 
fear not, nor be afraid of them : for 
the Lord thy God, he it is that doth 
go with thee ; he will not fail thee, 
nor forsake thee. 

7 IT And Moses called unto Joshua, 
and said unto him in the sight of all 
Israel, Be strong and of a good cour- 
age : for thou must go with this 
people unto the land which the Lord 
hath sworn unto their fathers to give 
them ; and thou shalt cause them to 
inherit it. 

8 And the Lord, he it is that doth 
go before thee ; he will be with thee, 
he will not fail thee, neither forsake 
thee : fear not, neither be dismayed. 

9 If And Moses wrote this law, and 
delivered it unto the priests the sons, 
of Levi, which bare the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord, and unto all 
the elders of Israel. 

10 And Moses commanded them, 
saying, At the end of every seven 
years, in the solemnity of the year 
of release, in the feast of tabernacles, 

11 When all Israel is come to ap- 
pear before the Lord thy God in the 
place which he shall choose, thou 
shalt read this law before all Israel 
in their hearing. 

12 Gather the people together, 
men, and women, and children, and 
thy stranger that is within thy gates, 
that they may hear, and that they 



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DEUTERONOMY. of the people foretold. 



may learn, and fear the Lord your 
God, and observe to do all the words 
of this law : 

13 And that their children, which 
have not known any thing, may hear, 
and learn to fear the Lord your God, 
as long as ye live in the land whither 
ye go over Jordan to possess it. 

14 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Behold, thy days approach that 
thou must die: call Joshua, and pre- 
sent yourselves in the tabernacle of 
the congregation, that I may give 
him a charge. And Moses and Joshua 
went, and presented themselves in 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

15 And the Lord appeared in the 
tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud : and 
the pillar of the cloud stood over the 
door of the tabernacle. 

16 IT And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy 
fathers; and this people will rise up, 
and go a whoring after the gods of the 
strangers of the land, whither they go 
to be among them, and will forsake 
me, and break my covenant which I 
have made with them. 

17 Then my anger shall be kindled 
against them in that day, and I will 
forsake them, and I will hide my face 
from them, and they shall be de- 
voured, and many evils and troubles 
shall befall them ; so that they will 
say in that day, Are not these evils 
come upon us, because our God is 
not among us ? 

18 And I will surely hide my face 
in that day for all the evils which 
they shall have wrought, in that they 
are turned unto other gods. 

19 Now therefore write ye this song 
for you, and teach it the children of 
Israel : put it in their mouths, that 
this song may be a witness for me 
against the children of Israel. 

20 For when I shall have brought 
them into the land which I sware 
unto their fathers, that floweth with 
milk and honey ; and they shall have 
eaten and filled themselves, and wax- 
en fat ; then will they turn unto other 

17 



gods, and serve them, and provoke 
me, and break my covenant. 

21 And it shall come to pass, when 
many evils and troubles are befallen 
them, that this song shall testify 
against them as a witness ; for it 
shall not be forgotten out of the 
mouths of their seed : for I know 
their imagination which they go 
about, even now, before I have brought 
them into the land which I sware. 

22 IT Moses therefore wrote this 
song the same day, and taught it the 
children of Israel. 

23 And he gave Joshua the son of 
Nun a charge, and said, Be strong 
and of a good courage : for thou shalt 
bring the children of Israel into the 
land which I sware unto them : and 
I will be with thee. 

24 IT And it came to pass, when 
Moses had made an end of writing 
the words of this law in a book, until 
they were finished, 

25 That Moses commanded the 
Levites, which bare the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord, saying, 

26 Take this book of the law, and 
put it in the side of the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord your God, that 
it may be there for a witness against 
thee. 

27 For I know thy rebellion, and 
thy stiff neck : behold, while I am 
yet alive with you this day, ye have 
been rebellious against the Lord ; 
and how much more after my death ? 

28 If Gather unto me all the elders 
of your tribes, and your officers, that 
I may speak these words in their ears, 
and call heaven and earth to record 
against them. 

29 For I know that after my death 
ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and 
turn aside from the way which I have 
commanded you ; and evil will befall 
you in the latter days ; because ye 
will do evil in the sight of the Lord, 
to provoke him to anger through the 
work of your hands. 

30 And Moses spake in the ears 
of all the congregation of Israel the 

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The song of Moses. 



words of this song, until they were 
ended. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

1 A foxes' song, which setteth forth God's mercy and 
vengeance. 46 He exhorteth them to set their hearts 
upon it. 48 God sendeth him up to mount Nebo, to 
sec the land, and die. 

GIVE ear, O ye heavens, and I will 
speak ; and hear, O earth, the 
words of my mouth. 

2 My doctrine shall drop as the 
rain, my speech shall distil as the 
dew, as the small rain upon the ten- 
der herb, and as the showers upon 
the grass : 

3 Because I will publish the name 
of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness 
unto our God. 

4 He is the Rock, his work is per- 
fect: for all his ways prejudgment: 
a God of truth and without iniquity, 
just and right is he. 

5 They have corrupted themselves, 
their spot is not the spot of his chil- 
dren : they are a perverse and crooked 
generation. 

6 Do ye thus requite the Lord, O 
foolish people and unwise ? is not he 
thy father that hath bought thee ? 
hath he not made thee, and establish- 
ed thee ? 

7 H Remember the days of old, con- 
sider the years of many generations : 
ask thy father, and he will shew thee ; 
thy elders, and they will tell thee. 

8 When the Most High divided 
to the nations their inheritance, when 
he separated the sons of Adam, he 
set the bounds of the people accord- 
ing to the number of the children of 
Israel. 

9 For the Lord's portion is his 
people ; Jacob is the lot of his in- 
heritance. 

10 He found him in a desert land, 
and in the waste howling wilderness ; 
he led him about, he instructed him, 
he kept him as the apple of his eye. 

11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, 
llultereth over her young, spreadeth 
abroad her wings, taketh them, bear- 
eth them on her wings : 

12 #othe Lord alone did lead him, 

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and there was no strange god with 
him. 

13 He made him ride on the high 
places of the earth, that he might 
eat the increase of the fields ; and he 
made him to suck honey out of the 
rock, and oil out of the flinty rock ; 

14 Butter of kine, and milk of 
sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of 
the breed of Bashan, and goats, with 
the fat of kidneys of wheat ; and thou 
didst drink the pure blood of the grape. 

15 ^[ But Jeshurun waxed fat, and 
kicked : thou art waxen fat, thou art 
grown thick, thou art covered with 
fatness; then he forsook God which 
made him, and lightly esteemed the 
Rock of his salvation. 

16 They provoked him to jealousy 
with strange gods, with abominations 
provoked they him to anger. 

17 They sacrificed unto devils, not 
to God ; to gods whom they knew 
not, to new gods that came newly up, 
whom your fathers feared not. 

18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou 
art unmindful, and hast forgotten God 
that formed thee. 

19 And when the Lord saw it, he 
abhorred them, because of the provo- 
king of his sons, and of his daughters. 

20 And he said, I will hide my 
face from them, I will see what their 
end shall be : for they are a very fro- 
ward generation, children in whom 
is no faith. 

2 1 They have moved me to j ealousy 
with that which is not God ; they have 
provoked me to anger with their van- 
ities : and I will move them to jeal- 
ousy with those tvhich are not a people ; 
I will provoke them to anger with a 
foolish nation. 

22 For a fire is kindled in mine 
anger, and shall burn unto the low- 
est hell, and shall consume the earth 
with her increase, and set on fire the 
foundations of the mountains. 

23 I will heap mischiefs upon them ; 
I will spend mine arrows upon them. 

24 They shall be burnt with hunger, 
and devoured with burning heat, and 



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The song of Moses. 



with bitter destruction : I will also 
send the teeth of beasts upon them, 
with the poison of serpents of the dust. 

25 The sword without, and terror 
within, shall destroy both the young 
man and the virgin, the suckling also 
with the man of gray hairs. 

26 I said, I would scatter them 
into corners, I would make the re- 
membrance of them to cease from 
among men : 

27 Were it not that I feared the 
wrath of the enemy, lest their ad- 
versaries should behave themselves 
strangely, and lest they should say, 
Our hand is high, and the Lord hath 
not done all this. 

28 For they are a nation void of 
counsel, neither is there any under- 
standing in them. 

29 that they were wise, that they 
understood this, that they would con- 
sider their latter end ! 

3 How should one chase a thousand, 
and two put ten thousand to flight, 
except their Rock had sold them, and 
the Lord had shut them up ? 

31 For their rock is not as our Rock, 
0ven our enemies themselves being 
judges. 

32 For their vine is of the vine of 
Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah : 
their grapes are grapes of gall, their 
clusters are bitter : 

33 Their wine is the poison of drag- 
ons, and the cruel venom of asps. 

34 Is not this laid up in store with 
me, and sealed up among my treas- 
ures ? 

35 To me belongeth vengeance, and 
recompense; their foot shall slide in 
due time : for the day of their calamity 
is at hand, and the things that shall 
come upon them make haste. 

36 For the Lord shall judge his 
people, and repent himself for his 
servants, when he seeth that their 
power is gone, and there is none shut 
up, or left. 

37 And he shall say, Where are 
their gods, their rock in whom they 
trusted, 



38 Which did eat the fat of their 
sacrifices, and drank the wine of their 
drink offerings ? let them rise up and 
help you, and be your protection. 

39 See now that I, even I, am he, 
and* there is no god with me : I kill, 
and I make alive ; I wound, and I 
heal: neither is there any that can 
deliver out of my hand. 

40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, 
and say, I live for ever. 

41 If I whet my glittering sword, 
and mine hand take hold on judg- 
ment; I will render vengeance to 
mine enemies, and will reward them 
that hate me. 

42 I will make mine arrows drunk 
with blood, and my sword shall de- 
vour flesh; and that with the blood 
of the slain and of the captives, from 
the beginning of revenges upon the 
enemy. 

43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his 
people : for he will avenge the blood 
of his servants, and will render ven- 
geance to his adversaries, and will 
be merciful unto his land, and to his 
people. 

44 "If And Moses came and spake 
all the words of this song in the ears 
of the people, he, and Hoshea the 
son of Nun. 

45 And Moses made an end of speak- 
ing all these words to all Israel : 

46 And he said unto them, Set 
your hearts unto all the words which 
I testify among you this day, which 
ye shall command your children to 
observe to do, all the words of this law. 

47 For it is not a vain thing for 
you ; because it is your life : and 
through this thing ye shall prolong 
your days in the land, whither ye go 
over Jordan to possess it. 

48 And the Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses that selfsame day, saying, 

49 Get thee up into this mountain 
Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is 
in the land of Moab, that is over 
against Jericho ; and behold the land 
of Canaan, which I give unto the 
children of Israel for a possession : 

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50 And die in the mount whither 
thou goest up, and be gathered unto 
thy people; as Aaron thy brother 
died in mount Hor, and was gathered 
unto his people : 

51 Because ye trespassed against 
me among the children of Israel at 
the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in 
the wilderness of Zin; because ye 
sanctified me not in the midst of the 
children of Israel. 

52 Yet thou shalt see the land 
before thee; but thou shalt not go 
thither unto the land which I give 
the children of Israel. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

1 Tlie majesty of God. 6 The blessings of the twelve 
tribes. 26 The excellency of Israel. 

AND this is the blessing, where- 
jt\. with Moses the man of God 
blessed the children of Israel before 
his death. 

2 And he said, The Lord came 
from Sinai, and rose up from Seir 
unto them ; he shined forth from 
mount Paran, and he came with ten 
thousands of saints : from his right 
hand went a fiery law for them. 

3 Yea, he loved the people ; all his 
saints are in thy hand : and they sat 
down at thy feet ; every one shall re- 
ceive of thy words. 

4 Moses commanded us a law, even 
the inheritance of the congregation 
of Jacob. 

5 And he was king in Jeshurun, 
when the heads of the people and the 
tribes of Israel were gathered together. 

6 If Let Reuben live, and not die ; 
and let not his men be few. 

7 If And this is the blessing of Ju- 
dah : and he said, Hear, Lord, the 
voice of Judah, and bring him unto 
his people: let his hands be suffi- 
cient for him; and be thou a help 
to I dra from his enemies. 

8 If And of Levi he said, Let thy 
Thummim and thy Urim be with thy 
holy one, whom thou didst prove at 
Massah, and with whom thou didst 
strive at the waters of Meribah; 

9 "Who said unto his father and to 

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his mother, I have not seen him; 
neither did he acknowledge his breth- 
ren, nor knew his own children : 
for they have observed thy word, and 
kept thy covenant. 

10 They shall teach Jacob thy judg- 
ments, and Israel thy law : they shall 
put incense before thee, and whole 
burnt sacrifice upon thine altar. 

11 Bless, Lord, his substance, and 
accept the work of his hands : smite 
through the loins of them that rise 
against him, and of them that hate 
him, that they rise not again. 

12 If And of Benjamin he said, The 
beloved of the Lord shall dwell in 
safety by him; and the Lord shall 
cover him all the day long, and he 
shall dwell between his shoulders. 

13 IT And of Joseph he said, Bless- 
ed of the Lord be his land, for the 
precious things of heaven, for the 
dew, and for the deep that coucheth 
beneath, 

1 4 And for the precious fruits brought 
forth by the sun, and for the precious 
things put forth by the moon, 

15 And for the chief things of the 
ancient mountains, and for the pre- 
cious things of the lasting hills, 

16 And for the precious things of 
the earth and fulness thereof, and 
for the good will of him that dwelt 
in the bush: let the blessing come 
upon the head of Joseph, and upon 
the top of the head of him that was 
separated from his brethren. 

17 His glory is like the firstKng of 
his bullock, and his horns are like 
the horns of unicorns : with them 
he shall push the people together to 
the ends of the earth : and they are 
the ten thousands of Ephraim, and 
they are the thousands of Manasseh. 

18 If And of Zebulun he said, Re- 
joice, Zebulun, in thy going out; 
and, Issachar, in thy tents. 

19 They shall call the people unto 
the mountain ; there they shall offer 
sacrifices of righteousness : for they 
shall suck of the abundance of the 
seas, and of treasures hid in the sand. 



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20 % And of Gad he said, Blessed 
be he that enlargeth Gad : he dwell- 
eth as a lion, and teareth the arm 
with the crown of the head. 

21 And he provided the first part 
for himself, because there, in a por- 
tion of the lawgiver, was he seated ; 
and he came with the heads of the 
people, he executed the j ustice of the 
Lord, and his judgments with Israel. 

22 IT And of Dan he said, Dan is 
a lion's whelp: he shall leap from 
Bashan. 

23 IT And of Naphtali he said, O 
Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and 
full with the blessing of the Lord, 
possess thou the west and the south. 

24 IT And of Asher he said, Let 
Asher be blessed with children; let 
him be acceptable to his brethren, 
and let him dip his foot in oil. 

25 Thy shoes shall be iron and brass ; 
and as thy days, so shallthy strength be. 

26 If There is none like unto the 
God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon 
the heaven in thy help, and in his 
excellency on the sky. 

27 The eternal God is thy refuge, 
and underneath are the everlasting 
arms: and he shall thrust out the 
enemy from before thee ; and shall 
say, Destroy them. 

28 Israel then shall dwell in safety 
alone : the fountain of Jacob shall be 
upon a land of corn and wine ; also 
his heavens shall drop down dew. 

29 Happy art thou, O Israel : who 
is like unto thee, O people saved by 
the Lord, the shield of thy help, and 
who is the sword of thy excellency ! 
and thine enemies shall be found 
liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread 
upon their high places. 

CHAPTER XXXIY. 

1 Moses from mount Nebo vieweth the land. 5 He dieth 
there. 6 His burial. *1 His age. 8 TJiirty days' 
mourning for him. 9 Joshua succeedeth him. 10 
The praise of Moses. 

ND Moses went up from the 
plains of Moab unto the moun- 



A' 



tain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah 
that is over against Jericho: and 
the Lord shewed him all the land of 
Gilead, unto Dan, 

2 And all Naphtali, and the land 
of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all 
the land of Judah, unto the utmost 
sea, 

3 And the south, and the plain of 
the valley of Jericho, the city of palm 
trees, unto Zoar. 

4 And the Lord said unto him, 
This is the land which I sware unto 
Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Ja- 
cob, saying, I will give it unto thy 
seed: I have caused thee to see it 
with thine eyes, but thou shalt not 
go over thither. 

5 If So Moses the servant of the Lord 
died there in the land of Moab, accord- 
ing to the word of the Lord. 

6 And he buried him in a valley in 
the land of Moab, over against Beth- 
peor: but no man knoweth of his 
sepulchre unto this day. 

7 If And Moses was a hundred 
and twenty years old when he died : 
his eye was not dim, nor his natural 
force abated. 

8 If And the children of Israel wept 
for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty 
days : so the days of weeping and 
mourning for Moses were ended. 

9 If And Joshua the son of Nun 
was full of the spirit of wisdom; 
for Moses had laid his hands upon 
him: and the children of Israel 
hearkened unto him, and did as the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

10 If And there arose not a prophet 
since in Israel like unto Moses, whom 
the Lord knew face to face, 

11 In all the signs and the wonders 
which the Lord sent him to do in 
the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to 
all his servants, and to all his land, 

12 And in all that mighty hand, and 
in all the great terror which Moses 
shewed in the sight of all Israel. 

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BOOK OF JOSHUA 



CIIAPTEE I. 

1 The Lord appointeth Joshua to succeed Moses. 3 TJie 
borders of the promised land. 5, 9 God promiseth to 
assist Joshua. 8 He giveth him instructions. 10 He 
prepareth the people to pass over Jordan. 12 Joshua 
putteth the two tribes and half in mind of their prom- 
ise to Moses. 16 They promise him fealty. 

NOW after the death of Moses 
the servant of the Lord, it came 
to pass, that the Lord spake unto 
Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' min- 
ister, saying, 

2 Moses my servant is dead ; now 
therefore arise, go over this Jordan, 
thou, and all this people, unto the 
land which I do give to them, even 
to the children of Israel. 

3 Every place that the sole of your 
foot shall tread upon, that have I giv- 
en unto you, as I said unto Moses. 

4 From the wilderness and this 
Lebanon even unto the great river, 
the river Euphrates, all the land of 
the Hittites, and unto the great sea 
toward the going down of the sun, 
shall be your coast. 

5 There shall not any man be able 
to stand before thee all the days of 
thy life : as I was with Moses, so 
I will be with thee : I will not fail 
thee, nor forsake thee. 

6 Be strong and of a good cour- 
age : for unto this people shalt thou 
divide for an inheritance the land, 
which I sware unto their fathers to 
give them. 

7 Only be thou strong and very 
courageous, that thou mayest observe 
to do according to all the law, which 
Moses my servant commanded thee : 
turn not from it to the right hand or 
to the left, that thou mayest prosper 
whithersoever thou ffoest. 

8 This book of the law shall not 
depart out of thy mouth ; but thou 

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shalt meditate therein day and night, 
that thou mayest observe to do ac- 
cording to all that is written therein : 
for then thou shalt make thy way 
prosperous, and then thou shalt have 
good success. 

9 Have not I commanded thee ? 
Be strong and of a good courage ; be 
not afraid, neither be thou dismayed : 
for the Lord thy God is with thee 
whithersoever thou goest. 

10 If Then Joshua commanded the 
officers of the people, saying, 

11 Pass through the host, and com- 
mand the people, saying, Prepare 
you victuals ; for within three days ye 
shall pass over this Jordan, to go in 
to possess the land, which the Lord 
your God giveth you to possess it. 

12 If And to the Reubenites, and to 
the Gadites, and to half the tribe of 
Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying, 

13 Remember the word which 
Moses the servant of the Lord com- 
manded you, saying, The Lord your 
God hath given you rest, and hath 
given you this land. 

14 Your wives, your little ones, and 
your cattle, shall remain in the land 
which Moses gave you on this side 
Jordan ; but ye shall pass before your 
brethren armed, all the mighty men 
of valour, and help them ; 

15 Until the Lord have given 
your brethren rest, as he hath given 
you, and they also have possessed 
the land which the Lord your God 
giveth them: then ye shall return 
unto the land of your possession, 
and enjoy it, which Moses the Lord's 
servant gave you on this side Jordan 
toward the sunrising. 

16 IT And they answered Joshua, 
saying, All that thou commandest us 



Rahab concealeth the spies. JOSHUA. 



Her covenant with them. 



we will do, and whithersoever thou 
sendest us, we will go. 

17 According as we hearkened unto 
Moses in all things, so will we hearken 
unto thee: only the Lord thy God 
be with thee, as he was with Moses. 

18 Whosoever he be that doth rebel 
against thy commandment, and will 
not hearken unto thy words in all 
that thou commandest him, he shall 
be put to death : only be strong and 
of a good courage. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Rahab receiveth and concealeth the two spies sent from 
Shittim. 8 The covenant between her and them. 23 
Their return and relation, 

AND Joshua the son of Nun sent 
. out of Shittim two men to spy 
secretly, saying, Go view the land, 
even Jericho. And they went, and 
came into a harlot's house, named 
Rahab, and lodged there. 

2 And it was told the king of Jeri- 
cho, saying, Behold, there came men 
in hither to night of the children of 
Israel to search out the country. 

3 And the king of Jericho sent 
unto Rahab, saying, Bring forth the 
men that are come to thee, which 
are entered into thine house : for they 
be come to search out all the country. 

4 And the woman took the two 
men, and hid them, and said thus, 
There came men unto me, but I 
wist not whence they were : 

5 And it came to pass about the 
time of shutting of the gate, when it 
was dark, that the men went out; 
whither the men went, I wot not: 
pursue after them quickly ; for ye 
shall overtake them. 

6 But she had brought them up to 
the roof of the house, and hid them 
with the stalks of flax, which she 
had laid in order upon the roof. 

7 And the men pursued after them 
the way to Jordan unto the fords : and 
as soon as they which pursued after 
them were gone out, they shut the gate. 

8 If And before they were laid down, 
she came up unto them upon the roof; 

9 And she said unto the men, I 



know that the Lord hath given you 
the land, and that your terror is fallen 
upon us, and that all the inhabitants 
of the land faint because of you. 

10 For we have heard how the 
Lord dried up the water of the Red 
sea for you, when . ye came out of 
Egypt; and what ye did unto the 
two kings of the Amorites, that were 
on the other side Jordan, Sihon and 
Og, whom ye utterly destroyed. 

11 And as soon as we had heard 
these things, our hearts did melt, nei- 
ther did there remain any more cour- 
age in any man, because of you : 
for the Lord your God, he is God in 
heaven above, and in earth beneath. 

12 Now therefore, I pray you, 
swear unto me by the Lord, since I 
have shewed you kindness, that ye will 
also shew kindness unto my father's 
house, and give me a true token : 

13 And that ye will save alive my 
father, and my mother, and my breth- 
ren, and my sisters, and all that they 
have, and deliver our lives from death. 

14 And the men answered her, 
Our life for yours, if ye utter not 
this our business. And it shall be, 
when the Lord hath given us the 
land, that we will deal kindly and 
truly with thee. 

15 Then she let them down by a 
cord through the window : for her 
house was upon the town wall, and 
she dwelt upon the wall. 

16 And she said unto them, Get 
you to the mountain, lest the pur- 
suers meet you ; and hide yourselves 
there three days, until the pursuers 
be returned: and afterward may ye 
go your way. 

1 7 And the men said unto her, We 
will be blameless of this thine oath 
which thou hast made us swear. 

18 Behold, when we come into the 
land, thou shalt bind this line of 
scarlet thread in the window which 
thou didst let us down by : and thou 
shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, 
and thy brethren, and all thy father's 
household, home unto thee. 

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Joshua cometh to Jordan. JOSHUA. The Lord encourageth him. 



19 And it shall be, that whosoever 
shall go out of the doors of thy house 
into the street, his blood shall be 
upon his head, and we will be guilt- 
less : and whosoever shall be with 
thee in the house, his blood shall be 
on our head, if any hand be upon him. 

20 And if thou utter this our busi- 
ness, then we will be quit of thine 
oath which thou hast made us to swear. 

21 And she said, According unto 
your words, so be it. And she sent 
them away, and they departed: and she 
bound the scarlet line in the window. 

22 And they went, and came unto 
the mountain, and abode there three 
days, until the pursuers were return- 
ed : and the pursuers sought them 
throughout all the way, but found 
them not. 

23 1[ So the two men returned, and 
descended from the mountain, and 
passed over, and came to Joshua the 
son of Nun, and told him all things 
that befell them : 

24 And they said unto Joshua, 
Truly the Lord hath delivered into 
our hands all the land ; for even all 
the inhabitants of the country do 
faint because of us. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 Joshua cometh to Jordan, 2 The officers instruct the 
people for the passage. 7 The Zord encourageth 
Joshua. 9 Joshua encourageth the people. 14 The 
waters of Jordan are divided. 

AND Joshua rose early in the morn- 
_ ing; and they removed from 
Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and 
all the children of Israel, and lodged 
there before they passed over. 

2 And it came to pass after three 
days, that the officers went through 
the host ; 

3 And they commanded the people, 
saying, When ye see the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord your God, and 
the priests the Levites bearing it, then 
ye shall remove from your place, and 
go after it. 

4 Yet there shall be a space be- 
tween you and it, about two thousand 
cubits by measure : come not near 

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unto it, that ye may know the way 
by which ye must go : for ye have 
not passed this way heretofore. 

5 And Joshua said unto the people, 
Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow 
the Lord will do wonders among you. 

6 And Joshua spake unto the 
priests, saying, Take up the ark of 
the covenant, and pass over before 
the people. And they took up the 
ark of the covenant, and went before 
the people. 

7 IT And* the Lord said unto Joshua, 
This day will I begin to magnify thee 
in the sight of all Israel, that they 
may know that, as I was with Moses, 
so I will be with thee. 

8 And thou shalt command the 
priests that bear the ark of the cov- 
enant, saying, When ye are come to 
the brink of the water of Jordan, ye 
shall stand still in Jordan. 

9 IT And Joshua said unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, Come hither, and heai 
the words of the Lord your God. 

10 And Joshua said, Hereby ye 
shall know that the living God is 
among you, and that he will without 
fail drive out from before you the 
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the 
Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the 
Girgashites, and the Amorites, and 
the Jebusites. 

11 Behold, the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord of all the earth passeth 
over before you into Jordan. 

12 Now therefore take you twelve 
men out of the tribes of Israel, out of 
every tribe a man. 

13 And it shall come to pass, as 
soon as the soles of the feet of the 
priests that bear the ark of the Lord, 
the Lord of all the earth, shall rest 
in the waters of Jordan, that the wa- 
ters of Jordan shall be cut off from the 
waters that come down from above; 
and they shall stand upon a heap. 

14 IT And it came to pass, when 
the people removed from their tents, 
to pass over Jordan, and the priests 
bearing the ark of the covenant be- 
fore the people ; 



The Israelites 



JOSHUA. 



pass over Jordan. 



15 And as they that bare the ark 
were come unto Jordan, and the feet 
of the priests that bare the ark were 
dipped in the brim of the water, (for 
Jordan overfloweth all his banks all 
the time of harvest,) 

16 That the waters which came 
down from above stood and rose up 
upon a heap very far from the city 
Adam, that is beside Zaretan ; and 
those that came down toward the sea 
of the plain, even the salt sea, failed, 
mid were cut off: and the people 
passed over right against Jericho. 

17 And the priests that bare the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord 
stood firm on dry ground in the 
midst of Jordan, and all the Is- 
raelites passed over on dry ground, 
until all the people were passed 
clean over Jordan. 

CHAPTEE IV. 

1 Twelve men are appointed to take twelve stones for a 
memorial out of Jordan. 9 Twelve other stones are 
set up in the midst of Jordan. 10, 19 The people pass 
over. 14 God magnifieth Joshua. 20 The twelve 
stones are pitched in Gilgal. 

A ND it came to pass, when all the 
X\_ people were clean passed over 
Jordan, that the Lord spake unto 
Joshua, saying, 

2 Take you twelve men out of the 
people, out of every tribe a man, 

» 3 And command ye them, saying, 
Take you hence out of the midst of 
Jordan, out of the place where the 
priests' feet stood firm, twelve stones, 
and ye shall carry them over with 
you, and leave them in the lodging 
place, where ye shall lodge this night. 

4 Then Joshua called the twelve 
men, whom he had prepared of the 
children of Israel, out of every tribe 
a man: 

5 And Joshua said unto them, Pass 
over before the ark of the Lord your 
G-od into the midst of Jordan, and 
take you up every man of you a 
stone upon his shoulder, according 
unto the number of the tribes of the 
children of Israel : 

6 That this may be a sign among 
you, that when your children ask 



their fathers in time to come, saying- 
What mean ye by these stones ? 

7 Then ye shall answer them, That 
the waters of Jordan were cut off 
before the ark of the covenant of 
the Lord; when it passed over Jor- 
dan, the waters of Jordan were cut 
off: and these stones shall be for a 
memorial unto the children of Israel 
for ever. 

8 And the children of Israel did 
so as Joshua commanded, and took 
up twelve stones out of the midst of 
Jordan, as the Lord spake unto 
Joshua, according to the number of 
the tribes of the children of Israel, 
and carried them over with them 
unto the place where they lodged, 
and laid them down there. 

9 And Joshua set up twelve stones 
in the midst of Jordan, in the place 
where the feet of the priests which 
bare the ark of the covenant stood : 
and they are there unto this day. 

10 IT For the priests which bare the 
ark stood in the midst of Jordan, un- 
til every thing was finished that the 
Lord commanded Joshua to speak 
unto the people, according to all that 
Moses commanded Joshua: and the 
people hasted and passed over. 

1 1 And it came to pass, when all the 
people were clean passed over, that the 
ark of the Lord passed over, and the 
priests, in the presence of the people. 

12 And the children of Reuben, 
and the children of Gad, and half 
the tribe of Manasseh, passed over 
armed before the children of Israel, 
as Moses spake unto them : 

13 About forty thousand prepared 
for war passed over before the Lord 
unto battle, to the plains of Jericho. 

14 IT On that day the Lord mag- 
nified Joshua in the sight of all Is- 
rael; and they feared him, as they 
feared Moses, all the days of his life. 

15 And the Lord spake unto 
Joshua, saying, 

16 Command the priests that bear 
the ark of the testimony, that they 
come up out of Jordan. 

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Twelve stones are pitched. JOSHUA. 



Circumcision renewed. 



17 Joshua therefore commanded 
the priests, saying, Come ye up out 
of Jordan. 

18 And it came to pass, when the 
priests that bare the ark of the cov- 
enant of the Lord were come up out 
of the midst of Jordan, and the soles 
of the priests' feet were lifted up unto 
the dry land, that the waters of Jordan 
returned unto their place, and flowed 
over all his banks, as they did before. 

19 IT And the people came up out 
of Jordan on the tenth day of the 
first month, and encamped in Gilgal, 
in the east border of Jericho. 

20 And those twelve stones, which 
they took out of Jordan, did Joshua 
pitch in Gilgal. 

21 And he spake unto the children 
of Israel, saying, When your children 
shall ask their fathers in time to come, 
saying, What mean these stones ? 

22 Then ye shall let your children 
know, saying, Israel came over this 
Jordan on dry land. 

23 For the Lord your God dried 
up the waters of Jordan from before 
you, until ye were passed over, as 
the Lord your God did to the Red 
sea, which he dried up from before 
us, until we were gone over : 

24 That all the people -of the earth 
might know the hand of the Lord, 
that it is mighty: that ye might fear 
the Lord your God for ever. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 The Canaanites are afraid. 2 Joshua reneweth cir- 
cumcision. 10 The passover is kept at Gilgal. 12 
Manna ceascth. 13 A n Angel appcarelh to Joshua. 

AND it came to pass, when all 
. the kings of the Amorites, which 
were on the side of Jordan westward, 
and all the kings of the Canaanites, 
which were by the sea, heard that 
the Lord had dried up the waters 
of Jordan from before the children 
of Israel, until we were passed over, 
that their heart melted, neither was 
there spirit in them any more, be- 
cause of the children of Israel. 

2 If At that time the Lord said un- 
to Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, 
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and circumcise again the children of 
Israel the second time. 

3 And Joshua made him sharp 
knives, and circumcised the children 
of Israel at the hill of the foreskins. 

4 And this is the cause why Joshua 
did circumcise : All the people that 
came out of Egypt, that were males, 
even all the men of war, died in the 
wilderness by the way, after they 
came out of Egypt. 

5 Now all the people that came out 
were circumcised ; but all the peo- 
ple that were born in the wilderness 
by the way as they came forth out of 
Egypt, them they had not circumcised. 

6 For the children of Israel walked 
forty years in the wilderness, till all 
the people that were men of war, 
which came out of Egypt, were con- 
sumed, because they obeyed not the 
voice of the Lord : unto whom the 
Lord sware that he would not shew 
them the land, which the Lord sware 
unto their fathers that he would give 
us, a land that floweth with milk and 
honey. 

7 And their children, whom he rais- 
ed up in their stead, them Joshua 
circumcised : for they were uncir- 
cumcised, because they had not cir- 
cumcised them by the way. 

8 And it came to pass, when 
they had done circumcising all the 
people, that they abode in their places 
in the camp, till they were whole. 

9 And the Lord said unto Joshua, 
This day have I rolled away the 
reproach of Egypt from off you. 
Wherefore the name of the place 
is called Gilgal unto this day. 

10 IT And the children of Israel 
encamped in Gilgal, and kept the 
passover on the fourteenth day of the 
month at even in the plains of Jericho. 

11 And they did eat of the old 
corn of the land on the morrow af- 
ter the passover, unleavened cakes, 
and parched corn in the selfsame day. 

12 TT And the manna ceased on 
the morrow after they had eaten of 
the old corn of the land ; neither had 



Jericho is shut up. 



JOSHUA. 



The city is compassed. 



the children of Israel manna any 
more ; but they did eat of the fruit 
of the land of Canaan that year. 

13 IT And it came to pass, when 
Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted 
up his eyes and looked, and, behold, 
there stood a man over against him 
with his sword drawn in his hand : 
and Joshua went unto him, and said 
unto him, Art thou for us, or for our 
adversaries ? 

14 And he said, Nay; but as cap- 
tain of the host of the Lord am I 
now come. And Joshua fell on his 
face to the earth, and did worship, 
and said unto him, What saith my 
lord unto his servant ? 

15 And the captain of the Lord's 
host said unto Joshua, Loose thy 
shoe from off thy foot ; for the place 
whereon thou standest is holy. And 
Joshua did so. 

CHAP TEE Yl. 

1 Jericho is shut up. 2 God instructeth Joshua how to 
besiege it. 12 The city is compassed. 1*7 It must be 
accursed. 20 TJie walls fall down. 22 Rahab is 
saved. 26 The builder of Jericho is cursed. 

NOW Jericho was straitly shut up 
because of the children of Israel : 
none went out, and none came in. 

2 And the Lord said unto Joshua, 
See, I have given into thine hand 
Jericho, and the king thereof, and 
the mighty men of valour. 

3 And ye shall compass the city, all 
ye men of war, and go round about the 
city once. Thus shalt thou do six days. 

4 And seven priests shall bear be- 
fore the ark seven trumpets of rams' 
horns : and the seventh day ye shall 
compass the city seven times, and the 
priests shall blow with the trumpets. 

5 And it shall come to pass, that 
when they make a long blast with 
the ram's horn, and when ye hear 
the sound of the trumpet, all the peo- 
ple shall shout with a great shout ; 
and the wall of the city shall fall 
down flat, and the people shall ascend 
up every man straight before him. 

6 1T And Joshua the son of Nun 
called the priests, and said unto 



them, Take up the ark of the cov- 
enant, and let seven priests bear 
seven trumpets of rams' horns be- 
fore the ark of the Lord. 

7 And he said unto the people, 
Pass on, and compass the city, and 
let him that is armed pass on before 
the ark of the Lord. 

8 If And it came to pass, when 
Joshua had spoken unto the people, 
that the seven priests bearing the 
seven trumpets of rams' horns passed 
on before the Lord, and blew with 
the trumpets: and the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord followed them. 

9 ^f And the armed men went be- 
fore the priests that blew with the 
trumpets, and the rearward came 
after the ark, the priests going on, 
and blowing with the trumpets. 

10 And Joshua had commanded the 
people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor 
make any noise with your voice, nei- 
ther shall any word proceed out of 
your mouth, until the day I bid you 
shout ; then shall ye shout. 

11 So the ark of the Lord com- 
passed the city, going about it once: 
and they came into the camp, and 
lodged in the camp. 

12 If And Joshua rose early in the 
morning, and the priests took up the 
ark of the Lord. 

13 And seven priests bearing seven 
trumpets of rams' horns before the 
ark of the Lord went on continually, 
and blew with the trumpets : and the 
armed men went before them; but 
the rearward came after the ark of 
the Lord, the priests going on, and 
blowing with the trumpets. 

14 And the second day they com- 
passed the city once, and returned 
into the camp. So they did six days. 

15 And it came to pass on the sev- 
enth day, that they rose early about 
the dawning of the day, and com- 
passed the city after the same manner 
seven times : only on that day they 
compassed the city seven times. 

16 And it came to pass at the 
seventh time, when the priests blew 

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JOSHUA. 



Achan troubleth Israel. 



with the trumpets, Joshua said unto 
the people, Shout ; for the Lord hath 
given you the city. 

17 II And the city shall be accurs- 
ed, even it, and all that are therein, 
to the Lord : only Rahab the harlot 
shall live, she and all that are with 
her in the house, because she hid the 
messengers that we sent. 

18 And ye, in any wise keep your- 
selves from the accursed thing, lest 
ye make yourselves accursed, when 
ye take of the accursed thing, and 
make the camp of Israel a curse, and 
trouble it. 

19 But all the silver, and gold, and 
vessels of brass and iron, are conse- 
crated unto the Lord: they shall 
come into the treasury of the Lord. 

20 So the people snouted when the 
priests blew with the trumpets : and 
it came to pass, when the people 
heard the sound of the trumpet, and 
the people shouted with a great shout, 
that the wall fell down flat, so that 
the people went up into the city, every 
man straight before him, and they 
took the city. 

21 And they utterly destroyed all 
that was in the city, both man and wo- 
man, young and old, and ox, and sheep, 
and ass, with the edge of the sword. 

22 But Joshua had said unto the 
two men that had spied out the coun- 
try, Go into the harlot's house, and 
bring out thence the woman, and all 
that she hath, as ye sware unto her. 

23 And the young men that were 
spies went in, and brought out Ra- 
hab, and her father, and her mother, 
and her brethren, and all that she 
had ; and they brought out all her 
kindred, and left them without the 
camp of Israel. 

24 And they burnt the city with 
fire, and all that was therein: only 
the silver, and the gold, and the ves- 
sels of brass and of iron, they put into 
the treasury of the house of the Lord. 

2-j And Joshua saved Rahab the 
barlot alive, and her father's house- 
hold, and all that she had ; and she 
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dwelleth in Israel even unto this 
day; because she hid the messen- 
gers, which Joshua sent to spy out 
Jericho. 

26 1[ And Joshua adjured them at 
that time, saying, Cursed be the man 
before the Lord, that riseth up and 
buildeth this city Jericho: he shall 
lay the foundation thereof in his 
firstborn, and in his youngest son 
shall he set up the gates of it. 

27 So the Lord was with Joshua; 
and his fame was noised throughout 
all the country. 

CHAPTER YIL 

1 TJie Israelites are smitten at Ai. 6 Joshua's com- 
plaint. 10 God instructeth him what to do. 16 
Achan is taken by the lot. 19 His confession. 22 
He and all he had are destroyed in the valley of 
Achor. 

BUT the children of Israel com- 
mitted a trespass in the accurs- 
ed thing : for Achan, the son of Car- 
mi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Ze- 
rah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the 
accursed thing : and the anger of the 
Lord was kindled against the children 
of Israel. 

2 And Joshua sent men from Jer- 
icho to Ai, which is beside Beth-aven, 
on the east side of Beth-el, and spake 
unto them, saying, Go up and view 
the country. And the men went up 
and viewed Ai. 

3 And they returned to Joshua, and 
said unto him, Let not all the people 
go up; but let about two or three 
thousand men go up and smite Ai; 
and make not all the people to labour 
thither ; for they are but few. 

4 So there went up thither of the 
people about three thousand men ; 
and they fled before the men of Ai. 

5 And the men of Ai smote of 
them about thirty and six men : for 
they chased them from before the 
gate even unto Shebarim, and smote 
them in the going down: wherefore 
the hearts of the people melted, and 
became as water. 

6 IT And Joshua rent his clothes, 
and fell to the earth upon his face 
before the ark of the Lord until the 



Joshua's complaint. 



JOSHUA. 



Achan is taken by lot. 



eventide, he and the elders of Israel, 
and put dust upon their heads. 

7 And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord 
God, wherefore hast thou at all 
brought this people over Jordan, to 
deliver us into the hand of the Amor- 
ites, to destroy us ? would to God we 
had been content, and dwelt on the 
other side Jordan ! 

8 O Lord, what shall I say, when 
Israel turneth their backs before their 
enemies ! 

9 For the Canaanites and all the 
inhabitants of the land shall hear of 
it, and shall environ us round, and cut 
off our name from the earth : and what 
wilt thou do unto thy great name ? 

10 IT And the Lord said unto Josh- 
ua, Get thee up ; wherefore liest thou 
thus upon thy face ? 

11 Israel hath sinned, and they 
have also transgressed my covenant 
which I commanded them : for they 
have even taken of the accursed thing, 
and have also stolen, and dissembled 
also, and they have put it even among 
their own stuff. 

12 Therefore the children of Israel 
could not stand before their enemies, 
but turned their backs before their 
enemies, because they were accursed : 
neither will I be with you any more, 
except ye destroy the accursed from 
among you. 

13 Up, sanctify the people, and 
say, Sanctify yourselves against to 
morrow : for thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel, There is an accursed 
thing in the midst of thee, O Israel : 
thou canst not stand before thine 
enemies, until ye take away the ac- 
cursed thing from among you. 

14 In the morning therefore ye 
shall be brought according to your 
tribes : and it shall be, that the tribe 
which the Lord taketh shall come 
according to the families thereof; 
and the family which the Lord shall 
take shall come by households ; and 
the household which the Lord shall 
take shall come man by man. 

15 And it shall he, that he that is 



taken with the accursed thing shall 
be burnt with fire, he and all that he 
hath: because he hath transgressed 
the covenant of the Lord, and be- 
cause he hath wrought folly in Israel. 

16 IT So Joshua rose up early in 
the morning, and brought Israel by 
their tribes; and the tribe of Judah 
was taken : 

17 And he Drought the family of 
Judah; and he took the family of 
the Zarhites : and he brought the 
family of the Zarhites man hy man ; 
and Zabdi was taken : 

18 And he brought his household 
man by man ; and Achan, the son of 
Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Ze- 
rah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken. 

19 And Joshua said unto Achan, 
My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the 
Lord God of Israel, and make confes- 
sion unto him ; and tell me now what 
thou hast done ; hide it not from me. 

20 And Achan answered Joshua, 
and said, Indeed I have sinned 
against the Lord God of Israel, and 
thus and thus have I done : 

21 When I saw among the spoils 
a goodly Babylonish garment, and 
two hundred shekels of silver, and 
a wedge of gold of fifty shekels 
weight, then I coveted them, and 
took them; and, behold, they are 
hid in the earth in the midst of my 
tent, and the silver under it. 

22 % So Joshua sent messengers, 
and they ran unto the tent; and, 
behold, it was hid in his tent, and 
the silver under it. 

23 And they took them out of the 
midst of the tent, and brought them 
unto Joshua, and unto all the chil- 
dren of Israel, and laid them out 
before the Lord. 

24 And Joshua, and all Israel with 
him, took Achan the son of Zerah, 
and the silver, and the garment, and 
the wedge of gold, and his sons, and 
his daughters, and his oxen, and his 
asses, and his sheep, and his tent, and 
all that he had : and they brought 
them unto the valley of Achor. 

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The stratagem whereby 



25 And Joshua said, Why hast 
thou troubled us? the Lord shall 
trouble thee this day. And all 
Israel stoned him with stones, and 
burned them with fire, after they 
had stoned them with stones. 

26 And they raised over him a 
great heap of stones unto this day. 
So the Lord turned from the fierce- 
ness of his anger. Wherefore the 
name of that place was called, The 
valley of Achor, unto this day. 

CHAPTEE VIII. 

1 God encourageth Joshua. 3 The stratagem whereby 
Ai was taken. 29 The king thereof is hanged. 30 
Joshua buildeth a?t altar, 32 writeth the law on stones, 
33 propoundeth blessings and cursings. 



AND the Lord said unto Joshua, 
>_ Fear not, neither be thou dis- 
mayed: take all the people of war 
with thee, and arise, go up to Ai : 
see, I have given into thy hand the 
king of Ai, and his people, and his 
city, and his land : 

2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her 
king as thou didst unto Jericho and 
her king : only the spoil thereof, and 
the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a 
prey unto yourselves : lay thee an 
ambush for the city behind it. 

3 If So Joshua arose, and all the 
people of war, to go up against Ai: 
and Joshua chose out thirty thousand 
mighty men of valour, and sent them 
away by night. 

4 And he commanded them, saying, 
Behold, ye shall lie in wait against the 
city, even behind the city : go not very 
far from the city, but be ye all ready : 

5 And I, and all the people that are 
with me, will approach unto the city : 
and it shall come to pass, when they 
come out against us, as at the first, 
that we will flee before them, 

6 (For they will come out after us,) 
till we have drawn them from the 
city ; for they will say, They flee be- 
fore us, as at the first: therefore we 
will flee before them. 

7 Then ye shall rise up from the 
ambush, and seize upon the city : for 
the Lord your God will deliver it 
into your hand. 

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8 And it shall be, when ye have 
taken the city, that ye shall set the 
city on fire : according to the com- 
mandment of the Lord shall ye do. 
See, I have commanded you. 

9 TT Joshua therefore sent them 
forth ; and they went to lie in ambush, 
and abode between Beth-el and Ai, on 
the west side of Ai : but Joshua lodged 
that night among the people. 

10 And Joshua rose up early in the 
morning, and numbered the people, 
and went up, he and the elders of 
Israel, before the people to Ai. 

11 And all the people, even the 
people of war that were with him, 
went up, and drew nigh, and came 
before the city, and pitched on the 
north side of Ai: now there was a 
valley between them and Ai. 

12 And he took about ^ve thou- 
sand men, and set them to lie in 
ambush between Beth-el and Ai, on 
the west side of the city. 

13 And when they had set the 
people, even all the host that ivas on 
the north of the city, and their Hers 
in wait on the west of the city, 
Joshua went that night into the 
midst of the valley. 

14 T| And it came to pass, when the 
king of Ai saw it, that they hasted 
and rose up early, and the men of the 
city went out against Israel to battle, 
he and all his people, at a time ap- 
pointed, before the plain ; but he wist 
not that there were liers in ambush 
against him behind the city. 

15 And Joshua and all Israel made 
as if they were beaten before them, 
and fled by the way of the wilderness. 

16 And all the people that were in Ai 
were called together to pursue after 
them : and they pursued after Joshua, 
and were drawn away from the city. 

17 And there was not a man left 
in Ai or Beth-el, that went not out 
after Israel : and they left the city 
open, and pursued after Israel. 

18 And the Lord said unto Joshua, 
Stretch out the spear that is in thy 
hand toward Ai; for I will give it 



Ai was taken. 



JOSHUA. 



Toshua buildeth an altar. 



into thine hand. And Joshua stretch- 
ed out the spear that he had in his 
hand toward the city. 

19 And the amhush arose quickly 
out of their place, and they ran as 
soon as he had stretched out his 
hand: and they entered into the 
city, and took it, and hasted and set 
the city on fire. 

20 And when the men of Ai looked 
behind them, they saw, and, behold, 
the smoke of the city ascended up to 
heaven, and they had no power to 
flee this way or that way: and the 
people that fled to the wilderness 
turned back upon the pursuers. 

21 And when Joshua and all Israel 
saw that the ambush had taken the 
city, and that the smoke of the city 
ascended, then they turned again, 
and slew the men of Ai. 

22 And the other issued out of the 
city against them; so they were in 
the midst of Israel, some on this side, 
and some on that side : and they 
smote them, so that they let none of 
them remain or escape. 

23 And the king of Ai they took 
alive, and brought him to Joshua. 

24 And it came to pass, when Is- 
rael had made an end of slaying all 
the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in 
the wilderness wherein they chased 
them, and when they were all fallen 
on the edge of the sword, until they 
were consumed, that all the Israelites 
returned unto Ai, and smote it with 
the edge of the sword. 

25 And so it was, that all that fell 
that day, both of men and women, 
were twelve thousand, even all the 
men of Ai. 

26 For Joshua drew not his hand 
back, wherewith he stretched out the 
spear, until he had utterly destroyed 
all the inhabitants of Ai. 

27 Only the cattle and the spoil 
of that city Israel took for a prey 
unto themselves, according unto the 
word of the Lord which he command- 
ed Joshua. 

28 And Joshua burnt Ai, and made 



it a heap for ever, even a desolation 
unto this day. 

29 And the king of Ai he hanged 
on a tree until eventide : and as soon 
as the sun was down, Joshua com- 
manded that they should take his car- 
cass down from the tree, and cast it 
at the entering of the gate of the city, 
and raise thereon a great heap of 
stones, that remaineth unto this day. 

3 IT Then Joshua built an altar unto 
the Lord God of Israel in mount Ebal, 

31 As Moses the servant of the 
Lord commanded the children of 
Israel, as it is written in the book of 
the law of Moses, an altar of whole 
stones, over which no man hath lifted 
up any iron : and they offered there- 
on burnt offerings unto the Lord, and 
sacrificed peace offerings. 

32 If And he wrote there upon the 
stones a copy of the law of Moses, 
which he wrote in the presence of 
the children of Israel. 

33 And all Israel, and their elders, 
and officers, and their judges, stood 
on this side the ark and on that side 
before the priests the Levites, which 
bare the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord, as well the stranger, as he 
that was born among them; half of 
them over against mount Gerizim, 
and half of them over against mount 
Ebal ; as Moses the servant of the 
Lord had commanded before, that 
they should bless the people of Israel. 

34 And afterward he read all the 
words of the law, the blessings and 
cursings, according to all that is writ- 
ten in the book of the law. 

35 There was not a word of all that 
Moses commanded, which Joshua 
read not before all the congregation 
of Israel, with the women, and the 
little ones, and the strangers that 
were conversant among them. 

CHAPTEK IX. 

1 The kings combine against Israel. 3 The Gibeonites 
by craft obtain a league. 16 For which they are con- 
demned to perpetual bondage. 

AND it came to pass, when all 
_jLjL the kings which were on this 
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The Gibeonites by craft 



JOSHUA. 



obtain a league. 



side Jordan, in the hills, and in the 
valleys, and in all the coasts of the 
great sea over against Lebanon, the 
Hittite, and the Amorite, the Ca- 
naanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, 
and the Jebnsite, heard thereof ; 

2 That they gathered themselves 
together, to fight with Joshua and 
with Israel, with one accord. 

3 If And when the inhabitants of 
Gibeon heard what Joshua had done 
unto Jericho and to Ai, 

4 They did work wilily, and went 
and made as if they had been ambas- 
sadors, and took old sacks upon their 
asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, 
and bound up ; 

5 And old shoes and clouted upon 
their feet, and old garments upon 
them ; and all the bread of their pro- 
vision was dryland mouldy. 

6 And they went to Joshua unto 
the camp at Gilgal, and said unto 
him, and to the men of Israel, We be 
come from a far country : now there- 
fore make ye a league with us. 

7 And the men of Israel said unto 
the Hivites, Peradventure ye dwell 
among us ; and how shall we make a 
league with you ? 

8 And they said unto Joshua, We 
are thy servants. And Joshua said 
unto them, Who are ye ? and from 
whence come ye ? 

9 And they said unto him, From a 
very far country thy servants are come, 
because of the name of the Lord thy 
God : for we have heard the fame of 
him, and all that he did in Egypt, 

10 And all that he did to the two 
kings of the Amorites, that were be- 
yond Jordan, to Sihon king of Hesh- 
bon, and to Og king of Bashan, 
which was at Ashtaroth. 

11 Wherefore our elders and all 
the inhabitants of our country spake 
to us, saying, Take victuals with you 
for the journey, and go to meet them, 
and say unto them, We are your ser- 
vants : therefore now make ye a 
league with us. 

12 This our bread we took hot for 

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our provision out of our houses on 
the day we came forth to go unto 
you ; but now, behold, it is dry, and 
it is mouldy : 

13 And these bottles of wine, which 
we filled, were new; and, behold, 
they be rent : and these our garments 
and our shoes are become old by rea- 
son of the very long journey. 

14 And the men took of their 
victuals, and asked not counsel at 
the mouth of the Lord. 

15 And Joshua made peace with 
them, and made a league with them, 
to let them live: and the princes of 
the congregation sware unto them. 

16 If And it came to pass at the end 
of three days after they had made a 
league with them, that they heard 
that they were their neighbours, and 
that they dwelt among them. 

17 And the children of Israel jour- 
neyed, and came unto their cities on 
the third day. Now their cities were 
Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, 
and Kirjath-jearim. 

18 And the children of Israel smote 
them not, because the princes of the 
congregation had sworn unto them 
by the Lord God of Israel. And all 
the congregation murmured against 
the princes. 

19 But all the princes said unto all 
the congregation, We have sworn 
unto them by the Lord God of Is- 
rael : now therefore we may not touch 
them. 

20 This we will do to them ; we will 
even let them live, lest wrath be 
upon us, because of the oath which 
we sware unto them. 

21 And the princes said unto them, 
Let them live ; but let them be hew- 
ers of wood and drawers of water 
unto all the congregation; as the 
princes had promised them. 

22 H And Joshua called for them, 
and he spake unto them, saying, 
Wherefore have ye beguiled us, say- 
ing, We are very far from you ; when 
ye dwell among us ? 

23 Now therefore ye are cursed, 



Five kings war 



JOSHUA. 



against Gibeon. 



and there shall none of you be freed 
from being bondmen, and hewers of 
wood and drawers of water for the 
house of my God. 

24 And they answered Joshua, and 
said, Because it was certainly told 
thy servants, how that the Lord thy 
God commanded his servant Moses 
to give you all the land, and to de- 
stroy all the inhabitants of the land 
from before you, therefore we were 
sore afraid of our lives because of 
you, and have done this thing. 

25 And now, behold, we are in 
thine hand : as it seemeth good and 
right unto thee to do unto us, do. 

26 And so did he unto them, and 
delivered them out of the hand of 
the children of Israel, that they slew 
them not. 

27 And Joshua made them that day 
hewers of wood and drawers of water 
for the congregation, and for the altar 
of the Lord, even unto this day, in the 
place which he should choose. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 Five kings war against Gibeon. 6 Joshua rescueth it. 
10 God fighteth against them with hailstones. 12 The 
sun and moon standstill at the word of Joshua. 16 
The five kings are mured in a cave. 23 They are 
brought forth, 24 scornfully used, 26 and hanged. 28 
Seven kings more are conquered. 43 Joshua return- 
eth to Gilgal. 

NOW it came to pass, when 
Adoni-zedek king of Jerusa- 
lem had heard how Joshua had taken 
Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as 
he had done to Jericho and her king, 
so he had done to Ai and her king; 
and how the inhabitants of Gibeon 
had made peace with Israel, and 
were among them ; 

2 That they feared greatly, be- 
cause Gibeon was a great city, as one 
of the royal cities, and because it 
was greater than Ai, and all the men 
thereof were mighty. 

3 Wherefore Adoni-zedek king of 
Jerusalem sent unto Hoham king of 
Hebron, and unto Piram king of Jar- 
muth, and unto Japhia king of Lachish, 
and unto Debir king of Eglon, saying, 

4 Come up unto me, and help me, 
that we may smite Gibeon: for it 

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hath made peace with Joshua and 
with the children of Israel. 

5 Therefore the five kings of the 
Amorites, the king of Jerusalem, the 
king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, 
the king of Lachish, the king of Eg- 
lon, gathered themselves together, and 
went up, they and all their hosts, and 
encamped before Gibeon, and made 
war against it. 

6 H And the men of Gibeon sent 
unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, 
saying, Slack not thy hand from thy 
servants ; come up to us quickly, and 
save us, and help us : for all the 
kings of the Amorites that dwell in 
the mountains are gathered together 
against us. 

7 So Joshua ascended from Gilgal, 
he, and all the people of war with him, 
and all the mighty men of valour. 

8 IT And the Lord said unto Joshua, 
Fear them not : for I have delivered 
them into thine hand ; there shall 
not a man of them stand before thee. 

9 Joshua therefore came unto them 
suddenly, and went up from Gilgal 
all night. 

10 And the Lord discomfited them 
before Israel, and slew them with a 
great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased 
them along the way that goeth up 
to Beth-horon, and smote them to 
Azekah, and unto Makkedah. 

11 And it came to pass, as they fled 
from before Israel, and were in the 
going down to Beth-horon, that the 
Lord cast down great stones from 
heaven upon them unto Azekah, and 
they died : they were more which died 
with hailstones than they whom the 
children of Israel slew with the sword. 

12 IT Then spake Joshua to the 
Lord in the day when the Lord de- 
livered up the Amotites before the 
children of Israel, and he said in the 
sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still 
upon Gibeon ; and thou, Moon, in 
the valley of Ajalon. 

13 And the sun stood still, and the 
moon stayed, until the people had 
avenged themselves upon their ene- 

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are hanged. 



mies. Is not this written in the book 
of Jasher ? So the sun stood still in 
the midst of heaven, and hasted not 
to go down about a whole day. 

14 And there was no day like that 
before it or after it, that the Lord 
hearkened unto the voice of a man : 
for the Lord fought for Israel. 

15 If And Joshua returned, and 
all Israel with him, unto the camp to 
Gilgal. 

1 6 But these five kings fled, and hid 
themselves in a cave at Makkedah. 

1 7 And it was told Joshua, saying, 
The five kings are found hid in a 
cave at Makkedah. 

18 And Joshua said, Roll great 
stones upon the mouth of the cave, 
and set men by it for to keep them : 

19 And stay ye not, but pursue after 
your enemies, and smite the hindmost 
of them ; suffer them not to enter into 
their cities: for the Lord your God 
hath delivered them into your hand. 

20 And it came to pass, when 
Joshua and the children of Israel had 
made an end of slaying them with a 
very great slaughter, till they were 
consumed, that the rest which remain- 
ed of them entered into fenced cities. 

21 And all the people returned to 
the camp to Joshua at Makkedah 
in peace : none moved his tongue 
against any of the children of Israel. 

22 Then said Joshua, Open the 
mouth of the cave, and bring out those 
five kings unto me out of the cave. 

2 3 And they did so, and brought forth 
those five kings unto him out of the 
cave, the king of Jerusalem, the king of 
Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king 
of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 

24 And it came to pass, when they 
brought out those kings unto Joshua, 
that Joshua called for all the men of 
Israel, and said unto the captains of 
the men of war which went with him, 
Come near, put your feet upon the 
necks of these kings. And they came 
near, and put their feet upon the 
necks of them. 

2o And Joshua said unto them, 
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Fear not, nor be dismayed, be strong 
and of good courage : for thus shall 
the Lord do to all your enemies 
against whom ye fight. 

26 And afterward Joshua smote 
them, and slew them, and hanged them 
on five trees : and they were hanging 
upon the trees until the evening. 

27 And it came to pass at the time 
of the going down of the sun, that 
Joshua commanded, and they took 
them down off the trees, and cast 
them into the cave wherein they had 
been hid, and laid great stones in the 
cave's mouth, which remain until this 
very day. 

28 If And that day Joshua took 
Makkedah, and smote it with the 
edge of the sword, and the king 
thereof he utterly destroyed, them, 
and all the souls that were therein ; 
he let none remain: and he did to 
the king of Makkedah as he did unto 
the king of Jericho. 

29 Then Joshua passed from Mak- 
kedah, and a]l Israel with him, unto 
Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 

30 And the Lord delivered it also, 
and the king thereof, into the hand 
of Israel ; and he smote it with the 
edge of the sword, and all the souls 
that were therein ; he let none remain 
in it ; but did unto the king thereof 
as he did unto the king of Jericho. 

3 1 If And Joshua passed from Lib- 
nah, and all Israel with him, unto 
Lachish, and encamped against it, 
and fought against it : 

32 And the Lord delivered Lachish 
into the hand of Israel, which took it 
on the second day, and smote it with 
the edge of the sword, and all the 
souls that were therein, according to 
all that he had done to Libnah. 

33 If Then Horam king of Gezer 
came up to help Lachish ; and Joshua 
smote him and his people, until he 
had left him none remaining. 

34 If And from Lachish Joshua 
passed unto Eglon, and all Israel with 
him ; and they encamped against it, 
and fought against it : 



■Joshua smiteth 



JOSHUA. 



divers other kings. 



So And they took it on that day, and 
smote it with the edge of the sword, 
and all the souls that were therein he 
utterly destroyed that day, according 
to all that he had done to Lachish. 

36 And Joshua went up from Eg- 
lon, and all Israel with him, unto He- 
bron ; and they fought against it : 

37 And they took it, and smote it 
with the edge of the sword, and the 
king thereof, and all the cities there- 
of, and all the souls that were there- 
in ; he left none remaining, according 
to all that he had done to Eglon ; but 
destroyed it utterly, and all the souls 
that were therein. 

38 IT And Joshua returned, and all 
Israel with him, to Debir ; and fought 
against it : 

39 And he took it, and the king 
thereof, and all the cities thereof; 
and they smote them with the edge 
of the sword, and utterly destroyed 
all the souls that were therein ; he 
left none remaining : as he had done 
to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and 
to the king thereof; as he had done 
also to Libnah, and to her king. 

40 1T So Joshua smote all the coun- 
try of the hills, and of the south, and 
of the vale, and of the springs, and 
all their kings : he left none remain- 
ing, but utterly destroyed all that 
breathed, as the Lord God of Israel 
commanded. 

41 And Joshua smote them from 
Kadesh-barnea even unto Gaza, and 
all the country of Goshen, even unto 
Gibeon. 

42 And all these kings and their 
land did Joshua take at one time, 
because the Lord God of Israel 
fought for Israel. 

43 And Joshua returned, and all 
Israel with him, unto the camp to 
Gilgal. 

CHAPTEE XL 

l Divers kings overcome at the waters of Merom. 10 
Hazor is taken and burnt. 16 All the country taken 
by Joshua. 21 The Anakim cut off. 

A ND it came to pass, when Jabin 
JIjL king of Hazor had heard those 
things, that he sent to Jobab king of 



Madon, and to the king of Shimron, 
and to the king of Achshaph, 

2 And to the kings that were on the 
north of the mountains, and of the 
plains south of Chinneroth, and in 
the valley, and in the borders of Dor 
on the west, 

3 And to the Canaanite on the east 
and on the west, and to the Amorite, 
and the Hittite, and the Perizzite, 
and the Jebusite in the mountains, 
and to the Hivite under Hermon in 
the land of Mizpeh. 

4 And they went out, they and all 
their hosts with them, much people, 
even as the sand that is upon the 
sea shore in multitude, with horses 
and chariots very many. 

5 And when all these kings were 
met together, they came and pitched 
together at the waters of Merom, to 
fight against Israel. 

6 % And the Lord said unto Joshua, 
Be not afraid because of them : for 
to morrow about this time will I de- 
liver them up all slain before Israel : 
thou shalt hough their horses, and 
burn their chariots with fire. 

7 So Joshua came, and all the peo- 
ple of war with him, against them by 
the waters of Merom suddenly; and 
they fell upon them. 

8 And the Lord delivered them 
into the hand of Israel, who smote 
them, and chased them unto great 
Zidon, and unto Misrephoth-maim, 
and unto the valley of Mizpeh east- 
ward ; and they smote them, until 
they left them none remaining. 

9 And Joshua did unto them as the 
Lord bade him : he houghed their hor- 
ses, and burnt their chariots with fire. 

10 IT And Joshua at that time turn- 
ed back, and took Hazor, and smote 
the king thereof with the sword : for 
Hazor beforetime was the head of all 
those kingdoms. 

11 And they smote all the souls 
that were therein with the edge of 
the sword, utterly destroying them : 
there was not any left to breathe: 
and he burnt Hazor with fire. 

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Thirty one kings 



12 And all the cities of those kings, 
and all the kings of them, did Joshua 
take, and smote them with the edge 
of the sword, and he utterly destroy- 
ed them, as Moses the servant of the 
Lord commanded. 

13 But as for the cities that stood 
still in their strength, Israel hurned 
none of them, save Hazor only ; that 
did Joshua burn. 

14 And all the spoil of these cities, 
and the cattle, the children of Israel 
took for a prey unto themselves ; hut 
every man they smote with the edge 
of the sword, until they had destroyed 
them, neither left they any to breathe. 

15 IT As the Lord commanded Mo- 
ses his servant, so did Moses com- 
mand Joshua, and so did Joshua ; he 
left nothing undone of all that the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

16 So Joshua took all that land, the 
hills, and all the south country, and 
all the land of Goshen, and the valley, 
and the plain, and the mountain of 
Israel, and the valley of the same ; 

1 7 Even from the mount Halak, that 
goeth up to Seir, even unto Baal-gad 
in the valley of Lebanon under mount 
Hermon : and all their kings he took, 
and smote them, and slew them. 

18 Joshua made war a long time 
with all those kings. 

19 There was not a city that made 
peace with the children of Israel, save 
the Hivites the inhabitants of Gib- 
eon : all other they took in battle. 

20 For it was of the Lord to 
harden their hearts, that they should 
come against Israel in battle, that he 
might destroy them utterly, and that 
they might have no favour, but that 
he might destroy them, as the Lord 
commanded Moses. 

21 If And at that time came Josh- 
ua, and cut off the Anakim from 
the mountains, from Hebron, from 
Debir, from Anab, and from all the 
mountains of Judah, and from all the 
mountains of Israel: Joshua destroy- 

' ed them utterly with their cities. 

22 There was none of the Anakim 

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left in the land of the children of 
Israel : only in Gaza, in Gath, and 
in Ashdod, there remained. 

23 So Joshua, took the whole land, 
according to all that the Lord said 
unto Moses ; and Joshua gave it for 
an inheritance unto Israel according 
to their divisions by their tribes. 
And the land rested from war. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 The two kings whose countries Moses took and disposed 
of. 7 The one and thirty kings on the other side Jor- 
dan which Joshua smote. 

NOW these are the kings of the 
land, which the children of Is- 
rael smote, and possessed their land 
on the other side Jordan toward the 
rising of the sun, from the river Ar- 
non unto mount Hermon, and all the 
plain on the east : 

2 Sihon king of the Amorites, who 
dwelt in Heshbon, and ruled from 
Aroer, which is upon the bank of the 
river Arnon, and from the middle of 
the river, and from half Gilead, even 
unto the river Jabbok, which is the 
border of the children of Ammon ; 

3 And from the plain to the sea of 
Chinneroth on the east, and unto the 
sea of the plain, even the salt sea on 
the east, the way to Beth-jeshimoth; 
and from the south, under Ashdoth- 
pisgah : 

4 If And the coast of Og king of 
Bashan, which was of the remnant 
of the giants, that dwelt at Ashta- 
roth and at Edrei, 

5 And reigned in mount Hermon, 
and in Salcah, and in all Bashan, 
unto the border of the Geshurites and 
the Maachathites, and half Gilead, the 
border of Sihon king of Heshbon. 

6 Them did Moses the servant of 
the Lord and the children of Israel 
smite : and Moses the servant of the 
Lord gave it for a possession unto the 
lleubenites, and the Gadites, and the 
half tribe of Manasseh. 

7 ^f And these are the kings of the 
country which Joshua and the chil- 
dren of Israel smote on this side Jor- 
dan on the west, from Baal-gad in 



smitten by Joshua. 



JOSHUA. 



Bounds of the land. 



the valley of Lebanon even unto the 
mount Halak, that goeth up to Seir ; 
which Joshua gave unto the tribes of 
Israel for a possession according to 
their divisions ; 

8 In the mountains, and in the 
valleys, and in the plains, and in the 
springs, and in the wilderness, and in 
the south country; the Hittites, the 
Amorites, and the Canaanites, the 
Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebu- 
sites : 

9 IT The king of Jericho, one ; the 
king ofAi, which is beside Beth-el, one; 

10 The king of Jerusalem, one; 
the king of Hebron, one ; 

1 1 The king of Jarmuth, one ; the 
king of Lachish, one ; 

12 The king of Eglon, one; the 
king of G-ezer, one ; 

13 The king of Debir, one ; the 
king of Geder, one ; 

14 The king of Hormah, one; the 
king of Arad, one ; 

• 15 The king of Libnah, one ; the 
king of Adullam, one ; 

16 The king of Makkedah, one; 
the king of Beth-el, one ; 

17 The king of Tappuah, one; 
the king of Hepher, one ; 

18 The king of Aphek, one ; the 
king of Lasharon, one ; 

19 The king of Madon, one; the 
king of Hazor, one ; 

20 The king of Shimron-meron, 
one ; the king of Achshaph, one ; 

21 The king of Taanach, one ; the 
king of Megiddo, one ; 

22 The king of Kedesh, one ; the 
king of Jokneam of Carmel, one ; 

23 The king of Dor in the coast of 
Dor, one ; the king of the nations of 
Gjlgal, one ; 

24 The king of Tirzah, one: all 
the kings thirty and one. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 The bounds of the land not yet conquered. 8 The in- 
heritance of the two tribes and half 14, 33 The Lord 
and his sacrifices are the inheritance of Levi, 15 The 
bounds of the inheritance of Reuben. 22 Balaam 
slain. 24 The bounds of the inheritance of Gad, 29 
and of the half tribe of Manasseh. 

"VTOW Joshua was old and stricken 
-LM in years ; and the Lord said 



unto him, Thou art old and stricken 
in years, and there remaineth yet 
very much land to be possessed. 

2 This is the land that yet remain- 
eth : all the borders of the Philistines, 
and all Geshuri, 

3 From Sihor, which is before 
Egypt, even unto the borders of Ek- 
ron northward, which is counted to 
the Canaanite : five lords of the Philis- 
tines ; the Gazathites, and the Ash- 
dothites, the Eshkalonites, the Git- 
tites, and the Ekronites; also the 
Avites : 

4 From the south, all the land of 
the Canaanites, and Mearah that is 
beside the Sidonians, unto Aphek, to 
the borders of the Amorites : 

5 And the land of the Giblites, and 
all Lebanon toward the sunrising, 
from Baal-gad under mount Hermon 
unto the entering into Hamath. 

6 All the inhabitants of the hill 
country from Lebanon unto Misre- 
photh-maim, and all the Sidonians, 
them will I drive out from before the 
children of Israel : only divide thou 
it by lot unto the Israelites for an in- 
heritance, as I have commanded thee. 

7 Now therefore divide this land for 
an inheritance unto the nine tribes, 
and the half tribe of Manasseh, 

8 With whom the Reubenites and 
the Gadites have received their inher- 
itance, which Moses gave them, be- 
yond Jordan eastward, even as Moses 
the servant of the Lord gave them ; 

9 From Aroer, that is upon the 
bank of the river Arnon, and the city 
that is in the midst of the river, and 
all the plain of Medeba unto Dibon ; 

10 And all the cities of Sihon king 
of the Amorites, which reigned in 
Heshbon, unto the border of the 
children of Ammon ; 

11 And Gilead, and the border of 
the Geshurites and Maachathites, and 
all mount Hermon, and all Bashan 
unto Salcah ; 

12 All the kingdom of Og in Ba- 
shan, which reigned in Ashtaroth 
and in Edrei, who remained of the 

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two tribes and half. 



remnant of the giants : for these did 
Moses smite, and cast them ont. 

13 Nevertheless the children of Is- 
rael expelled not the Geshurites, nor 
the Maachathites : hut the Geshurites 
and the Maachathites dwell among 
the Israelites until this day. 

14 Only unto the tribe of Levi he 
gave none inheritance ; the sacrifices 
of the Lord God of Israel made by 
fire are their inheritance, as he said 
unto them. 

15 IT And Moses gave unto the 
tribe of the children of Reuben in- 
heritance according to their families. 

16 And their coast was from Aroer, 
that is on the bank of the river Arnon, 
and the city that is in the midst of the 
river, and all the plain by Medeba ; 

1 7 Heshbon, and all her cities that 
are in the plain ; Dibon, and Bamoth- 
baal, and Beth-baal-meon, 

18 And Jahaza, and Kedemoth, and 
Mephaath, 

19 And Kirjathaim, and Sibmah, 
and Zareth-shahar in the mount of 
the valley, 

20 And Beth-peor, and Ashdoth- 
pisgah, and Beth-jeshimoth, 

21 And all the cities of the plain, 
and all the kingdom of Sihon king of 
the Amorites, which reigned in Hesh- 
bon, whom Moses smote with the 
princes of Midian, Evi, and Rekem, 
and Zur, and Hur, and Reba, which 
were dukes of Sihon, dwelling in the 
country. 

22 IT Balaam also the son of Beor, 
the soothsayer, did the children of 
Israel slay with the sword among 
them that were slain by them. 

23 And the border of the children 
of Reuben was Jordan, and the bor- 
der thereof. This was the inherit- 
ance of the children of Reuben after 
their families, the cities and the vil- 
lages thereof. 

24 And Moses gave inheritance 
unto the tribe of Gad, even unto the 
children of Gad according to their 
families. 

2o And their coast was Jazer, and 
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all the cities of Gilead, and half the 
land of the children of Ammon, unto 
Aroer that is before Rabbah ; 

26 And from Heshbon unto Ra- 
math-mizpeh, and Betonim ; and from 
Mahanaim unto the border of Debir ; 

27 And in the valley, Beth-aram, 
and Beth-nimrah, and Succoth, and 
Zaphon, the rest of the kingdom of 
Sihon king of Heshbon, Jordan and 
his border, even unto the edge of the 
sea of Chinnereth on the other side 
Jordan eastward. 

28 This is the inheritance of the 
children of Gad after their families, 
the cities, and their villages. 

29 TT And Moses gave inheritance 
unto the half tribe of Manasseh : and 
this was the possession of the half 
tribe of the children of Manasseh by 
their families. 

30 And their coast was from Ma- 
hanaim, all Bashan, all the kingdom 
of Og king of Bashan, and all the 
towns of Jair, which are in Bashan, 
threescore cities : 

31 And half Gilead, and Ashta- 
roth, and Edrei, cities of the king- 
dom of Og in Bashan, were pertain- 
ing unto the children of Machir the 
son of Manasseh, even to the one 
half of the children of Machir by 
their families. 

32 These are the countries which 
Moses did distribute for inheritance 
in the plains of Moab, on the other 
side Jordan, by Jericho, eastward. 

33 But unto the tribe of Levi Moses 
gave not any inheritance : the Lord 
God of Israel ivas their inheritance, 
as he said unto them. 

CHAPTER XIY. 

1 The nine tribes and a half are to have their inherit- 
ance by lot. 6 Caleb by privilege obtaineth Hebron. 

AND these are the countries which 
. the children of Israel inherited 
in the land of Canaan, which Elea- 
zar the priest, and Joshua the son of 
Nun, and the heads of the fathers of 
the tribes of the children of Israel, 
distributed for inheritance to them. 
2 By lot was their inheritance, as 



Caleb obtaineth Hebron. 



JOSHUA. 



The lot of Judah. 



the Lord commanded by the hand 
of Moses, for the nine tribes, and for 
the half tribe. 

3 For Moses had given the inher- 
itance of two tribes and a half tribe 
on the other side Jordan : but unto 
the Levites he gave none inheritance 
among them. 

4 For the children of Joseph were 
two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim : 
therefore they gave no part unto the 
Levites in the land, save cities to 
dwell in, with their suburbs for their 
cattle and for their substance. 

5 As the Lord commanded Moses, 
so the children of Israel did, and they 
divided the land. 

6 ^[ Then the children of Judah 
came unto Joshua in Gilgal :' and Ca- 
leb the son of Jephunneh the Ken- 
ezite said unto him, Thou knowest 
the thing that the Lord said unto 
Moses the man of God concerning 
me and thee in Kadesh-barnea. 

7 Forty years old was I when Mo- 
ses the servant of the Lord sent me 
from Kadesh-barnea to espy out the 
land ; and I brought him word again 
as it was in mine heart. 

8 Nevertheless my brethren that 
went up with me made the heart of 
the people melt : but I wholly fol- 
lowed the Lord my God. 

9 And Moses sware on that day, 
saying, Surely the land whereon thy 
feet have trodden shall be thine in- 
heritance, and thy children's for ever, 
because thou hast .wholly followed 
the Lord my God. 

10 And now, behold, the Lord 
hath kept me alive, as he said, these 
forty and five years, even since the 
Lord spake this word unto Moses, 
while the children of Israel wandered 
in the wilderness : and now, lo, I am 
this day fourscore and five years old. 

11 As yet I am as strong this day 
as / was in the day that Moses sent 
me : as my strength was then, even 
so is my strength now, for war, both 
to go out, and to come in. 

12 Now therefore give me this 



mountain, whereof the Lord spake 
in that day; for thou heardest in 
that day how the Anakim were 
there, and that the cities were great 
and fenced : if so be the Lord will be 
with me, then I shall be able to drive 
them out, as the Lord said. 

13 And Joshua blessed him, and 
gave unto Caleb the son of Jephun- 
neh Hebron for an inheritance. 

14 Hebron therefore became the 
inheritance of Caleb the son of Je- 
phunneh the Kenezite unto this day; 
because that he wholly followed the 
Lord God of Israel. 

15 And the name of Hebron be- 
fore was Kirjath-arba; which Arba 
was a great man among the Anakim. 
And the land had rest from war. 

CHAPTEE XY. 

1 The borders of the lot of Judah. 13 Caleb's portion 
and conquest. 16 Othniel, for his valour, hath Ach- 
sah, Caleb's daughter, to wife. 18 She obtaineth a 
blessing of her father. 21 The cities of Judah. 63 
The Jebusites not conquered. 

THIS then was the lot of the tribe 
of the children of Judah by their 
families ; even to the border of Edom 
the wilderness of Zin southward was 
the uttermost part of the south coast. 

2 And their south border was from 
the shore of the salt sea, from the bay 
that looketh southward : 

3 And it went out to the south 
side to Maaleh-acrabbim, and passed 
along to Zin, and ascended up on the 
south side unto Kadesh-barnea, and 
passed along to Hezron, and went up 
to Adar, and fetched a compass to 
Karkaa : 

4 From thence it passed toward 
Azmon, and went out unto the river 
of Egypt ; and the goings out of that 
coast were at the sea : this shall be 
your south coast. 

5 And the east border was the salt 
sea, even unto the end of Jordan. 
And their border in the north quarter 
was from the bay of the sea at the 
uttermost part of Jordan : 

6 And the border went up to Beth- 
hogla, and passed along by the north 
of Beth-arabah ; and the border went 

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The cities of Judah. 



up to the stone of Bohan the son of 
Reuben : 

7 And the border went up toward 
Debir from the valley of Achor, and 
so northward, looking toward Gilgal, 
that is before the going up to Adum- 
mim, which is on the south side of the 
river : and the border passed toward 
the waters of En-shemesh, and the 
goings out thereof were at En-rogel : 

8 And the border went up by the 
valley of the son of Hinnom unto the 
south side of the Jebusite ; the same 
is Jerusalem: and the border went 
up to the top of the mountain that 
lieth before the valley of Hinnom 
westward, which is at the end of the 
valley of the giants northward : 

9 And the border was drawn from 
the top of the hill unto the fountain 
of the water of Nephtoah, and went 
out to the cities of mount Ephron; 
and the border was drawn to Baalah, 
which is Kirjath-jearim: 

10 And the border compassed from 
Baalah westward unto mount Seir, and 
passed along unto the side of mount 
Jearim, which zsChesalon, on the north 
side, and went down to Beth-shemesh, 
and passed on to Timnah : 

11 And the border went out unto 
the side of Ekron northward: and 
the border was drawn to Shicron, and 
passed along to mount Baalah, and 
went out unto Jabneel ; and the go- 
ings out of the border were at the 
sea. 

12 And the west border was to the 
great sea, and the coast thereof. This 
is the coast of the children of Judah 
round about according to their fam- 
ilies. 

13 IT And unto Caleb the son of 
Jephunneh he gave a part among 
the children of Judah, according to 
the commandment of the Lord to 
Joshua, even the city of Arba the fa- 
ther of Anak, which city is Hebron. 

14 And Caleb drove thence the three 
sons of Anak, Sheshai, and Ahiman, 
and Talmai, the children of Anak. 

15 And he went up thence to the 

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inhabitants of Debir : and the name 
of Debir before was Kirjath-sepher. 

1 6 H And Caleb said, He that smiteth 
Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him 
will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 

17 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, 
the brother of Caleb, took it : and he 
gave him Achsah his daughter to wife. 

18 And it came to pass, as she 
came unto him, that she moved him 
to ask of her father a field : and she 
lighted off her ass; and Caleb said 
unto her, What wouldest thou ? 

19 Who answered, Give me a bless- 
ing ; for thou hast given me a south 
land ; give me also springs of water. 
And he gave her the upper springs, 
and the nether springs. 

20 This is the inheritance of the 
tribe of the children of Judah ac- 
cording to their families. 

21 And the uttermost cities of the 
tribe of the children of Judah toward 
the coast of Edom southward were 
Kabzeel, and Eder, and Jagur, 

22 And Kinah, and Dimonah, and 
Adadah, 

23 And Kedesh, and Hazor, and 
Ithnan, 

24 Ziph, and Telem, and Bealoth, 

25 And Hazor, Hadattah, and Ke- 
rioth, and Hezron, which is Hazor, 

26 Amain, and Shema, and Mola- 
dah, 

27 And Hazar-gaddah, and Hesh- 
mon, and Beth-palet, 

28 And Hazar-shual, and Beer- 
sheba, and Bizjothjah, 

29 Baalah, and Iim, and Azem, 

30 And Eltolad, and Chesil, and 
Hormah, 

31 And Ziklag, and Madmannah, 
and Sansannah, 

32 And Lebaoth, and Shilhim, and 
Ain, and Rimmon : all the cities are 
twenty and nine, with their villages : 

33 And in the valley, Eshtaol, and 
Zoreah, and Ashnah, 

34 And Zanoah, and En-gannim, 
Tappuah, and Enam, 

35 Jarmuth, and Adullam, Socoh, 
and Azekah, 



The cities of Judah. 



JOSHUA. 



The lot of Joseph. 



36 And Sharaim, and Adithaim, 
and Gederah, and Gederothaim ; four- 
teen cities with their villages : 

37 Zenan, and Hadashah, and 
Migdal-gad, 

38 And Dilean, and Mizpeh, and 
Joktheel, 

39 Lachish, andBozkath, andEglon, 

40 And Cabbon, and Lahmam, and 
Kithlish, 

41 And Gederoth, Beth-dagon, and 
Naamah, and Makkedah; sixteen 
cities with their villages : 

42 Libnah, and Ether, and Ashan, 

43 And Jiphtah, and Ashnah, and 
Nezib, 

44 And Keilah, and Achzib, and Ma- 
reshah ; nine cities with their villages: 

45 Ekron, with her towns and her 
villages : 

46 From Ekron even unto the sea, 
all that lay near Ashdod, with their 
villages : 

47 Ashdod, with her towns and her 
villages ; Gaza, with her towns and her 
villages, unto the river of Egypt, and 
the great sea, and the border thereof: 

48 If And in the mountains, Sha- 
mir, and Jattir, and Socoh, 

49 And Dannah, and Kirjath-san- 
nah, which is Debir, 

50 And Anab, and Eshtemoh, and 
Anim, 

51 And Goshen, and Holon, and Gi- 
loh ; eleven cities with their villages : 

52 Arab, and Dumah, and Eshean, 

53 And Janum, and Beth-tappuah, 
and Aphekah, 

54 And Humtah, and Kirjath-arba, 
which is Hebron, and Zior ; nine cit- 
ies with their villages : 

55 Maon, Carmel, and Ziph, and 
Juttah, 

56 And Jezreel, and Jokdeam, and 
Zanoah, 

57 Cain, Gibeah, and Timnah; ten 
cities with their villages : 

58 Halhul, Beth-zur, and Gedor, 

59 And Maarath, and Beth-anoth, 
and Eltekon; six cities with their 
villages : 

60 Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath- 



jearim, and Rabbah; two cities with 
their villages. 

6 1 In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, 
Middin, and Secacah, 

62 And Nibshan, and the city of 
Salt, and En-gedi ; six cities with 
their villages. 

63 ^T As for the Jebusites the inhab- 
itants of Jerusalem, the children of 
Judah could not drive them out : but 
the Jebusites dwell with the children 
of Judah at Jerusalem unto this day. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

1 The general borders of the sons of Joseph. 5 The bor- 
der of the inheritance of Ephraim. 10 The Canaan- 
ites not conquered. 

AND the lot of the children of Jo- 
. seph fell from Jordan by Jericho, 
unto the water of Jericho on the east, 
to the wilderness that goeth up from 
Jericho throughout mount Beth-el, 

2 And goeth out from Beth-el to 
Luz, and passeth along unto the 
borders of Archi to Ataroth, 

3 And goeth down westward to the 
coast of Japhleti, unto the coast of 
Beth-horon the nether, and to Ge- 
zer: and the goings out thereof are 
at the sea. 

4 So the children of Joseph, Ma- 
nasseh and Ephraim, took their in- 
heritance. 

5 IT And the border of the children 
of Ephraim according to their fami- 
lies was thus : even the border of 
their inheritance on the east side was 
Ataroth-addar, unto Beth-horon the 
upper ; 

6 And the border went out toward 
the sea to Michmethah on the north 
side ; and the border went about east- 
ward unto Taanath-shiloh, and pass 
ed by it on the east to Janohah ; 

7 And it went down from Janohah 
to Ataroth, and to Naarath, and came 
to Jericho, and went out at Jordan. 

8 The border went out from Tap- 
puah westward unto the river Kanah; 
and the goings out thereof were at 
the sea. This is the inheritance of 
the tribe of the children of Ephraim 
by their families. 

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of Manasseh. 



9 And the separate cities for the 
children of Ephraim were among the 
inheritance of the children of Ma- 
nasseh, all the cities with their vil- 
lages. 

10 And they drave not out the 
Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but 
the Canaanites dwell among the 
Ephraimites unto this day, and serve 
under tribute. 

CHAPTEE XYIL 

1 The lot of Manasseh. 7 His coast. 12 The Canaan- 
ites not driven out. 14 The children of Joseph obtain 
another lot. 

THERE was also a lot for the 
tribe of Manasseh ; for he was 
the firstborn of Joseph; to wit, for 
Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, 
the father of Gilead: because he 
was a man of war, therefore he had 
Gilead and Bashan. 

2 There was also a lot for the rest 
of the children of Manasseh by their 
families ; for the children of Abi- 
ezer, and for the children of Helek, 
and for the children of Asriel, and 
for the children of Shechem, and for 
the children of Hepher, and for the 
children of Shemida : these were the 
male children of Manasseh the son 
of Joseph by their families. 

3 IT But Zelophehad, the son of 
Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of 
Machir, the son of Manasseh, had no 
sons, but daughters : and these are the 
names of his daughters, Mahlah, and 
Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 

4 And they came near before Elea- 
zar the priest, and before Joshua the 
son of Nun, and before the princes, 
saying, The Lord commanded Mo-. 
scs to give us an inheritance among 
our brethren. Therefore, according 
to the commandment of the Lord, 
he gave them an inheritance among 
the brethren of their father. 

5 And there fell ten portions to 
Manasseh, besides the land of Gilead 
and Bashan, which were on the other 
side Jordan ; 

(i Because the daughters of Manas- 
seh had an inheritance among his 
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sons : and the rest of Manasseh's sons 
had the land of Gilead. 

7 IT And the coast of Manasseh was 
from Asher to Michmethah, that lieth 
before Shechem ; and the border went 
along on the right hand unto the in- 
habitants of En-tappuah. 

8 Now Manasseh had the land of 
Tappuah : but Tappuah on the bor- 
der of Manasseh belonged to the chil- 
dren of Ephraim ; 

9 And the coast descended unto the 
river Kanah, southward of the river : 
these cities* of Ephraim are among 
the cities of Manasseh : the coast of 
Manasseh also was on the north side 
of the river, and the outgoings of it 
were at the sea : 

10 Southward it was Ephraim's, 
and northward it was Manasseh's, 
and the sea is his border ; and they 
met together in Asher on the north, 
and in Issachar on the east. 

11 And Manasseh had in Issachar 
and in Asher Beth-shean and her 
towns, and Ibleam and her towns, 
and the inhabitants of Dor and her 
towns, and the inhabitants of En- 
dor and her towns, and the inhab- 
itants of Taanach and her towns, and 
the inhabitants of Megiddo and her 
towns, even three countries. 

12 Yet the children of Manasseh 
could not drive out the inhabitants 
of those cities ; but the Canaanites 
would dwell in that land. 

13 Yet it came to pass, when the chil- 
dren of Israel were waxen strong, that 
they put the Canaanites to tribute; 
but did not utterly drive them out. 

14 And the children of Joseph spake . 
unto Joshua, saying, Why hast thou 
given me but one lot and one portion 
to inherit, seeing I am a great people, 
forasmuch as the Lord hath blessed 
me hitherto ? 

15 And Joshua answered them, If 
thou be a great people, then get thee 
up to the wood country, and cut down 
for thyself there in the land of the 
Perizzites and of the giants, if mount 
Ephraim be too narrow for thee. 



The tabernacle set up. 



JOSHUA. 



The lot of Benjamin. 



16 And the children of Joseph said, 
The hill is not enough for us : and 
all the Canaanites that dwell in the 
land of the valley have chariots of 
iron, both they who are of Beth-shean 
and her towns, and they who are of 
the valley of Jezreel. 

17 And Joshua spake unto the 
house of Joseph, even to Ephraim 
and to Manasseh, saying, Thou art a 
great people, and hast great power: 
thou shalt not have one lot only : 

18 But the mountain shall be thine ; 
for it is a wood, and thou shalt cut it 
down : and the outgoings of it shall 
be thine : for thou shalt drive out the 
Canaanites, though they have iron 
chariots, and though they be strong. 

CHAPTEE XYIII. 

1 The tabernacle is set up at Shiloh. 2 Tlxe remainder 
of the land is described, and divided into seven parts. 
10 Joshua divideth it by lot. 11 The lot and border 
of Benjamin. 21 Their cities. 

AND the whole congregation of 
. the children of Israel assembled 
together at Shiloh, and set up the 
tabernacle of the congregation there : 
and the land was subdued before them. 

2 And there remained among the 
children of Israel seven tribes, which 
had not yet received their inheritance. 

3 And Joshua said unto the children 
of Israel, How long are ye slack to 
go to possess the land, which the Lord 
God of your fathers hath given you ? 

4 Give out from among you three 
men for each tribe : and I will send 
them, and they shall rise, and go 
through the land, and describe it ac- 
cording to the inheritance of them ; 
and they shall come again to me. 

5 And they shall divide it into seven 
parts : Judah shall abide in their coast 
on the south, and the house of Joseph 
shall abide in their coasts on the north. 

6 Ye shall therefore describe the 
land into seven parts, and bring the 
description hither to me, that I may 
cast lots for you here before the Lord 
our God. 

7 But the Levites have no part 
among you; for the priesthood of 



the Lord is their inheritance : and 
Gad, and Reuben, and half the tribe 
of Manasseh, have received their in- 
heritance beyond Jordan on the east, 
which Moses the servant of the Lord 
gave them. 

8 IT And the men arose, and went 
away : and Joshua charged them that 
went to describe the land, saying, 
Go and walk through the land, and 
describe it, and come again to me, 
that I may here cast lots for you be- 
fore the Lord in Shiloh. 

9 And the men went and passed 
through the land, and described it by 
cities into seven parts in a book, and 
came again to Joshua to the host at 
Shiloh. 

10 H And Joshua cast lots for them 
in Shiloh before the Lord : and there 
Joshua divided the land unto the 
children of Israel according to their 
divisions. 

11 IT And the lot of the tribe of 
the children of Benjamin came up 
according to their families : and the 
coast of their lot came forth between 
the children of Judah and the chil- 
dren of Joseph. 

12 And their border on the north 
side was from Jordan ; and the bor- 
der went up to the side of Jericho on 
the north side, and went up through 
the mountains westward; and the 
goings out thereof were at the wilder- 
ness of Beth-aven. 

13 And the border went over from 
thence toward Luz, to the side of 
Luz, which is Beth-el, southward; 
and the border descended to Ataroth- 
adar, near the hill that lieth on the 
south side of the nether Beth-horon. 

14 And the border was drawn thence, 
and compassed the corner of the sea 
southward, from the hill that lieth be- 
fore Beth-horon southward ; and the 
goings out thereof were at Kirjath- 
baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, a city 
of the children of Judah : this was 
the west quarter. 

15 And the south quarter ivas from 
the end of Kirjath-jearim, and the 

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The cities of Benjamin, 



JOSHUA. The lots of Simeon, Zebulun, 



border went out on the west, and 
went out to the well of waters of 
Nephtoah : 

16 And the border came down to 
the end of the mountain that lieth 
before the valley of the son of Hin- 
nom, and which is in the valley of 
the giants on the north, and descend- 
ed to the valley of Hinnom, to the 
side of Jebusi on the south, and de- 
scended to En-rogel, 

17 And was drawn from the north, 
and went forth to En-shemesh, and 
went forth toward Geliloth, which is 
over against the going up of Adum- 
mim, and descended to the stone of 
Bohan the son of Reuben, 

18 And passed along toward the 
side over against Arabah northward, 
and went down unto Arabah : 

19 And the border passed along to 
the side of Beth-hoglah northward : 
and the outgoings of the border were 
at the north bay of the salt sea at 
the south end of Jordan : this was the 
south coast. 

20 And Jordan was the border of it 
on the east side. This was the in- 
heritance of the children of Benjamin, 
by the coasts thereof round about, 
according to their families. 

21 Now the cities of the tribe of the 
children of Benjamin according to 
their families were Jericho, and Beth- 
hoglah, and the valley of Keziz, 

22 And Beth-arabah, and Zema- 
raim, and Beth-el, 

23 And Avim, and Parah, and 
Ophrah, 

24 And Chephar-haammonai, and 
Ophni, and Gaba ; twelve cities with 
their villages : 

26 Gibeon, and Ramah, and Bee- 
roth, 

26 And Mizpeh, and Chephirah, 
and Mozah, 

27 And Rekem, and Irpeel, and 
Taralah, 

28 And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, 
which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and 
Kirjath; fourteen cities with their 
villages. This is the inheritance of 

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to their families. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 The lot of Simeon, 10 of Zebulun, 17 of Issachar, 24 
ofAsher, 32 of Naphtali, 40 of Dan. 49 The chil- 
dren of Israel give an inheritance to Joshua. 

AND the second lot came forth to 
_ Simeon, even for the tribe of 
the children of Simeon according to 
their families : and their inheritance 
was within the inheritance of the 
children of Judah. 

2 And they had in their inheritance 
Beer-sheba, or Sheba, and Moladah, 

3 And Hazar-shual, and Balah, and 
Azem, 

4 And Eltolad, and Bethul, and 
Hormah, 

5 And Ziklag, and Beth-marca- 
both, and Hazar-susah, 

6 And Beth-lebaoth, and Sharuhen ; 
thirteen cities and their villages : 

7 Ain, Remmon, and Ether, and 
Ash an ; four cities and their villages : 

8 And all the villages that were round 
about these cities to Baalath-beer, Ra- 
math of the south. This is the inheri- 
tance of the tribe of the children of 
Simeon according to their families. 

9 Out of the portion of the chil- 
dren of Judah was the inheritance of 
the children of Simeon : for the part 
of the children of Judah was too much 
for them: therefore the children of 
Simeon had their inheritance within 
the inheritance of them. 

10 IT And the third lot came up for 
the children of Zebulun according to 
their families : and the border of their 
inheritance was unto Sarid : 

11 And their border went up to- 
ward the sea, and Maralah, and reach- 
ed to Dabbasheth, and reached to the 
river that is before Jokneam ; 

12 And turned from Sarid eastward 
toward the sunrising unto the border 
of Chisloth-tabor, and then goeth out 
to Daberath, and goeth up to Japhia, 

13 And from thence passeth on 
along on the east to Gittah-hepher, 
to Ittah-kazin, and goeth out to Rem- 
mon-methoar to Neah ; 



Issachar, Asher, 



JOSHUA. 



Naphtali, and Dan. 



14 And the border compasseth it 
on the north side to Hannathon: 
and the outgoings thereof are in the 
valley of Jiphthah-el : 

15 And Kattath, and Nahallal, and 
Shimron, and Idalah, and Beth-lehem : 
twelve cities with their villages. 

1 6 This is the inheritance of the chil- 
dren of Zebulun according to their fam- 
ilies, these cities with their villages. 

17 If And the fourth lot came out 
to Issachar, for the children of Issa- 
char according to their families. 

18 And their border was toward Jez- 
reel, and Chesulloth, and Shunem, 

19 And Haphraim, and Shihon, 
and Anaharath, 

20 And Rabbith, and Kishion, and 
Abez, 

21 And Remeth, and En-gannim, 
and En-haddah, and Beth-pazzez ; 

22 And the coast reacheth to Ta- 
bor, and Shahazimah, and Beth-she- 
mesh; and the outgoings of their 
border were at Jordan : sixteen cities 
with their villages. 

23 This is the inheritance of the 
tribe of the children of Issachar ac- 
cording to their families, the cities 
and their villages. 

24 If And the fifth lot came out for 
the tribe of the children of Asher 
according to their families. 

25 And their border was Helkath, 
and Hali, and Beten, and Achshaph, 

26 And Alammelech, and Amad, 
and Misheal; and reacheth to Carmel 
westward, and to Shihor-libnath ; 

27 And turneth toward the sun- 
rising to Beth-dagon, and reacheth 
to Zebulun, and to the valley of Jiph- 
thah-el toward the north side of Beth- 
emek, and Neiel, and goeth out to 
Cabul on the left hand, 

28 And Hebron, and Rehob, and 
Hammon, and Kanah, even unto great 
Zidon ; 

29 And then the coast turneth to 
Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre ; 
and the coast turneth to Hosah ; and 
the outgoings thereof are at the sea 
from the coast to Achzib : 



30 Ummah also, and Aphek, and 
Rehob : twenty and two cities with 
their villages. 

31 This is the inheritance of the 
tribe of the children of Asher accord- 
ing to their families, these cities with 
their villages. 

32 If The sixth lot came out to the 
children of Naphtali, even for the chil- 
dren of Naphtali according to their 
families. 

33 And their coast was from He- 
leph, from Allon to Zaanannim, and 
Adami, Nekeb, and Jabneel, unto 
Lakum; and the outgoings thereof 
were at Jordan : 

34 And then the coast turneth west- 
ward to Aznoth -tabor, and goeth out 
from thence to Hukkok, and reach- 
eth to Zebulun on the south side, 
and reacheth to Asher on the west 
side, and to Judah upon Jordan to- 
ward the sunrising. 

35 And the fenced cities are Zid- 
dim, Zer, and Hammath, Rakkath, 
and Chinnereth, 

36 And Adamah, and Ramah, and 
Hazor, 

37 And Kedesh, and Edrei, and 
En-hazor, 

38 And Iron, and Migdal-el, Ho- 
rem, and Beth-anath, and Beth-she- 
mesh ; nineteen cities with their vil- 
lages. 

39 This is the inheritance of the 
tribe of the children of Naphtali ac- 
cording to their families, the cities 
and their villages. 

40 If And the seventh lot came out 
for the tribe of the children of Dan 
according to their families. 

41 And the coast of their inher- 
itance was Zorah, and Eshtaol, and 
Ir-shemesh, 

42 And Shaalabbin, and Ajalon, 
and Jethlah, 

43 And Elon, and Thimnathah, 
and Ekron, 

44 And Eltekeh, and Gibbethon, 
and Baalath, 

45 And Jehud, and Bene-berak, 
and Gath-rimmon, 

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Eight and forty cities 



46 And Me-jarkon, and Rakkon, 
with the border before Japho. 

47 And the coast of the children 
of Dan went out too little for them : 
therefore the children of Dan went 
up to fight against Leshem, and took 
it, and smote it with the edge of the 
sword, and possessed it, and dwelt 
therein, and called Leshem, Dan, 
after the name of Dan their father. 

48 This is the inheritance of the 
tribe of the children of Dan accord- 
ing to their families, these cities with 
their villages. 

49 H" When they had made an end 
of dividing the land for inheritance 
by their coasts, the children of Israel 
gave an inheritance to Joshua the 
son of Nun among them : 

50 According to the word of the 
Lord they gave him the city which he 
asked, even Timnath-serah in mount 
Ephraim : and he built the city, and 
dwelt therein. 

5 1 These are the inheritances, which 
Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son 
of Nun, and the heads of the fathers of 
the tribes of the children of Israel, di- 
vided for an inheritance by lot in Shi- 
loh before the Lord, at the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. So they 
made an end of dividing the country. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 God commandeth, 7 and the children of Israel appoint 
the six cities of refuge. 

THE Lord also spake unto Joshua, 
saying, 

2 Speak to the children of Israel, 
saying, Appoint out for you cities of 
refuge, whereof I spake unto you by 
the hand of Moses : 

3 That the slayer that killeth any 
person unawares and unwittingly 
may flee thither : and they shall be 
your refuge from the avenger of blood. 

4 And when he that doth flee unto 
one of those cities shall stand at the en- 
tering of the gate of the city, and shall 
declare his cause in the ears of the el- 
ders of that city, they shall take him 
into the city unto them, and give him a 
place, that he may dwell among them. 

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5 And if the avenger of blood pursue 
after him, then they shall not deliver 
the slayer up into his hand ; because 
he smote his neighbour unwittingly, 
and hated him not beforetime. 

6 And he shall dwell in that city, 
until he stand before the congregation 
for judgment, and until the death of 
the high priest that shall be in those 
days: then shall the slayer return, 
and come unto his own city, and untc 
his own house, unto the city from 
whence he fled. 

7 If And they appointed Kedesh in 
Galilee in mount Naphtali, and She- 
chem in mount Ephraim, and Kir- 
jath-arba, which is Hebron, in the 
mountain of Judah. 

8 And on the other side Jordan by 
Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer 
in the wilderness upon the plain out 
of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth 
in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and 
Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of 
Manasseh. 

9 These were the cities appointed 
for all the children of Israel, and for 
the stranger that sojourneth among 
them, that whosoever killeth any per- 
son at unawares might flee thither, 
and not die by the hand of the aven- 
ger of blood, until he stood before the 
congregation. 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 Eight and forty cities given by lot, out of the other 
tribes, unto the Levites. 43 God gave the land, and 
rest unto the Israelites, according to his promise. 

THEN came near the heads of the 
fathers of the Levites unto Elea- 
zar the priest, and unto Joshua the 
son of Nun, and unto the heads of the 
fathers of the tribes of the children 
of Israel ; 

2 And they spake unto them at Shi- 
loh in the land of Canaan, saying, The 
Lord commanded by the hand of Mo- 
ses to give us cities to dwell in, with 
the suburbs thereof for our cattle. 

3 And the children of Israel gave 
unto the Levites out of their inheri- 
tance, at the commandment of the 
Lord, these cities and their suburbs. 



are given by lot 



JOSHUA. 



unto the Levites. 



4 And the lot came out for the 
families of the Kohathites : and the 
children of Aaron the priest, which 
were of the Levites, had by lot out 
of the tribe of Judah, and out of the 
tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe 
of Benjamin, thirteen cities. 

5 And the rest of the children of 
Kohath had by lot out of the families 
of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of 
the tribe of Dan, and out of the half 
tribe of Manasseh, ten cities. 

6 And the children of Gershon had 
by lot out of the families of the tribe 
of Issachar, and out of the tribe of 
Asher, and out of the tribe of Naph- 
tali, and out of the half tribe of Ma- 
nasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 

7 The children of Merari by their 
families had out of the tribe of Reuben, 
and out of the tribe of Gad, and out 
of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 

8 And the children of Israel gave 
by lot unto the Levites these cities 
with their suburbs, as the Lord com- 
manded by the hand of Moses. 

9 If And they gave out of the tribe 
of the children of Judah, and out of 
the tribe of the children of Simeon, 
these cities which are here mentioned 
by name, 

10 Which the children of Aaron, 
being of the families of the Kohath- 
ites, who were of the children of Levi, 
had : for theirs was the first lot. 

1 1 And they gave them the city of Ar- 
ba the father of Anak, which city is He- 
bron, in the hill country of Judah, with 
the suburbs thereof round about it. 

12 But the fields of the city, and the 
villages thereof, gave they to Caleb the 
son of Jephunneh for his possession. 

13 ^f Thus they gave to the children 
of Aaron the priest Hebron with her 
suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the 
slayer; and Libnah with her suburbs, 

14 And Jattir with her suburbs, and 
Eshtemoa with her suburbs, 

15 And Holon with her suburbs, 
and Debir with her suburbs, 

16 And Ain with her suburbs, and 
Juttah with her suburbs, and Beth- 



shemesh with her suburbs ; nine cities 
out of those two tribes. 

17 And out of the tribe of Benjamin, 
Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with 
her suburbs, 

18 Anathoth with her suburbs, and 
Almon with her suburbs ; four cities. 

19 All the cities of the children of 
Aaron, the priests, ivere thirteen cities 
with their suburbs. 

20 If And the families of the chil- 
dren of Kohath, the Levites which 
remained of the children of Kohath, 
even they had the cities of their lot 
out of the tribe of Ephraim. 

21 For they gave them Shechem 
with her suburbs in mount Ephraim, 
to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; 
and Gezer with her suburbs, 

22 And Kibzaim with her suburbs, 
and Beth-heron with her suburbs; 
four cities. 

23 And out of the tribe of Dan, 
Eltekeh with her suburbs, Gibbethon 
with her suburbs, 

24 Aijalon with her suburbs, Gath- 
rimmon with her suburbs ; four cities. 

25 And out of the half tribe of 
Manasseh, Tanach with her suburbs, 
and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs ; 
two cities. 

26 All the cities were ten with their 
suburbs for the families of the chil- 
dren of Kohath that remained. 

27 IT And unto the children of 
Gershon, of the families of the Le- 
vites, out of the other half tribe of 
Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan 
with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge 
for the slayer; and Beeshterah with 
her suburbs ; two cities. 

28 And out of the tribe of Issachar, 
Kishon with her suburbs, Dabareh 
with her suburbs, 

29 Jarmuth with her suburbs, En- 
gannim with her suburbs ; four cities. 

30 And out of the tribe of Asher, 
Mishal with her suburbs, Abdon with 
her suburbs, 

31 Helkath with her suburbs, and 
Rehob with her suburbs ; four cities. 

32 And out of the tribe of Naphtali, 

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JOSHUA. 



a half are dismissed. 



Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, to 
be a city of refuge for the slayer ; and 
Hammoth-dor with her suburbs, and 
Kartan with her suburbs ; three cities. 

33 All the cities of the Gershonites 
according to their families were thir- 
teen cities with their suburbs. 

34 If And unto the families of the 
children of Merari, the rest of the 
Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, 
Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kar- 
tah with her suburbs, 

35 Dimnah with her suburbs, Na- 
halal with her suburbs ; four cities. 

36 And out of the tribe of Reuben, 
Bezer with her suburbs, and Jahazah 
with her suburbs, 

37 Kedemoth with her suburbs, 
and Mephaath with her suburbs ; 
four cities. 

38 And out of the tribe of Gad, 
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, 
to be a city of refuge for the slayer ; 
and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 

39 Heshbon with her suburbs, Jazer 
with her suburbs ; four cities in all. 

40 So all the cities for the children 
of Merari by their families, which 
were remaining of the families of 
the Levites, were by their lot twelve 
cities. 

41 All the cities of the Levites 
within the possession of the children 
of Israel were forty and eight cities 
with their suburbs. 

42 These cities were every one with 
their suburbs round about them : thus 
were all these cities. 

43 H And the Lord gave unto 
Israel all the land which he sware 
to give unto their fathers ; and they 
possessed it, and dwelt therein. 

44 And the Lord gave them rest 
round about, according to all that he 
sware unto their fathers : and there 
stood not a man of all their enemies 
before them ; the Lord delivered all 
theii enemies into their hand. 

\~> There failed not aught of any 
good thing which the Lord had spo- 
ken unto the house of Israel; all came 
to pi 

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CHAPTER XXII. 

1 The two tribes and half with a blessing are sent home. 

10 They build the altar of testimony in their journey. 

11 The Israelites are offended thereat. 21 They give 
them good satisfaction. 

THEN Joshua called the Reuben- 
ites, and the Gadites, and the 
half tribe of Manasseh, 

2 And said unto them, Ye have kept 
all that Moses the servant of the Lord 
commanded you, and have obeyed my 
voice in all that I commanded you : 

3 Ye have not left your brethren 
these many days unto this day, but 
have kept the charge of the com- 
mandment of the Lord your God. 

4 And now the Lord your God hath 
given rest unto your brethren, as he 
promised them : therefore now return 
ye, and get you unto your tents, and 
unto the land of your possession, 
which Moses the servant of the Lord 
gave you on the other side Jordan. 

5 But take diligent heed to do the 
commandment and the law, which 
Moses the servant of the Lord charged 
you, to love the Lord your God, and 
to walk in all his ways, and to keep 
his commandments, and to cleave 
unto him, and to serve him with all 
your heart and with all your soul. 

6 So Joshua blessed them, and sent 
them away : and they went unto their 
tents. 

7 ^f Now to the one half of the tribe 
of Manasseh Moses had given posses- 
sion in Bashan : but unto the other half 
thereof gave Joshua among their breth- 
ren on this side Jordan westward. And 
when Joshua sent them away also un- 
to their tents, then he blessed them, 

8 And he spake unto them, saying, 
Return with much riches unto your 
tents, and with very much cattle, with 
silver, and with gold, and with brass, 
and with iron, and with very much 
raiment : divide the spoil of your ene- 
mies with your brethren. 

9 H And the children of Reuben 
and the children of Gad and the half 
tribe of Manasseh returned, and de- 
parted from the children of Israel out 
of Shiloh, which is in the land of 



The altar of testimony. 



JOSHUA. 



Contention of the tribes, 



Canaan, to go unto the country of 
Gilead, to the land of their posses- 
sion, whereof they were possessed, 
according to the word of the Lord by 
the hand of Moses. 

10 IT And when they came unto the 
borders of Jordan, that are in the 
land of Canaan, the children of Reu- 
ben and the children of Gad and the 
half tribe of Manasseh built there an 
altar by Jordan, a great altar to see to. 

11 IT And the children of Israel 
heard say, Behold, the children of 
Reuben and the children of Gad and 
the half tribe of Manasseh have built 
an altar over against the land of Ca- 
naan, in the borders of Jordan, at the 
passage of the children of Israel. 

12 And when the children of Israel 
heard of it, the whole congregation 
of the children of Israel gathered 
themselves together at Shiloh, to go 
up to war against them. 

13 And the children of Israel sent 
unto the children of Reuben, and to 
the children of Gad,and to the half tribe 
of Manasseh, into the land of Gilead, 
Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, 

14 And with him ten princes, of 
each chief house a prince through- 
out all the tribes of Israel ; and each 
one was a head of the house of their 
fathers among the thousands of Israel. 

15 II And they came unto the chil- 
dren of Reuben, and to the children 
of Gad, and to the half tribe of Ma- 
nasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and 
they spake with them, saying, 

16 Thus saith the whole congrega- 
tion of the Lord, What trespass is 
this that ye have committed against 
the God of Israel, to turn away this 
day from following the Lord, in that 
ye have builded you an altar, that ye 
might rebel this day against the Lord ? 

17 Is the iniquity of Peor too little 
for us, from which we are not cleans- 
ed until this day, although there was a 
plague in the congregation of the Lord, 

18 But that ye must turn away this 
day from following the Lord ? and it 
will be, seeing ye rebel to dav against 

19 



the Lord, that to morrow he will be 
wroth with the whole congregation 
of Israel. 

19 Notwithstanding, if the land of 
your possession be unclean, then pass 
ye over unto the land of the posses- 
sion of the Lord, wherein the Lord's 
tabernacle dwelleth, and take posses- 
sion among us : but rebel not against 
the Lord, nor rebel against us, in build- 
ing you an altar besides the altar of 
the Lord our God. 

20 Did not Achan the son of Ze- 
rah commit a trespass in the accursed 
thing, and wrath fell on all the con- 
gregation of Israel? and that man per- 
ished not alone in his iniquity. 

• 21 If Then the children of Reuben 
and the children of Gad and the half 
tribe of Manasseh answered, and said 
unto the heads of the thousands of 
Israel, 

22 The Lord God of gods, the 
Lord God of gods, he knoweth, and 
Israel he shall know ; if it be in re- 
bellion, or if in transgression against 
the Lord, (save us not this day,) 

23 That we have built us an altar 
to turn from following the Lord, or 
if to offer thereon burnt offering or 
meat offering, or if to offer peace offer- 
ings thereon, let the Lord himself re- 
quire it ; 

24 And if we have not rather done 
it for fear of this thing, saying, In time 
to come your children might speak 
unto our children, saying, What have 
ye to do with the Lord God of Israel ? 

25 For the Lord hath made Jordan 
a border between us and you, ye chil- 
dren of Reuben and children of Gad ; 
ye have no part in the Lord : so shall 
your children make our children cease 
from fearing the Lord. 

26 Therefore we said, Let us now 
prepare to build us an altar, not for 
burnt offering, nor for sacrifice : 

27 But that it may be a witness 
between us, and you, and our gene- 
rations after us, that we might do 
the service of the Lord before him 
with our burnt offerings, and with 

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Joshua's exhortation 



our sacrifices, and with our peace 
offerings ; that your children may not 
say to our children in time to come, 
Ye have no part in the Lord. 

28 Therefore said we, that it shall 
be, when they should so say to us or 
to our generations in time to come, 
that we may say again, Behold the 
pattern of the altar of the Lord, which 
our fathers made, not for burnt offer- 
ings, nor for sacrifices ; but it is a 
witness between us and you. 

29 God forbid that we should rebel 
against the Lord, and turn this day 
from following the Lord, to build an 
altar for burnt offerings, for meat offer- 
ings, or for sacrifices, besides the altar 
of the Lord our God that is before his 
tabernacle. 

30 If And whenPhinehas the priest, 
and the princes of the congregation 
and heads of the thousands of Israel 
which were with him, heard the words 
that the children of Reuben and the 
children of Gad and the children of 
Manasseh spake, it pleased them. 

31 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar 
the priest said unto the children of 
Reuben, and to the children of Gad, 
and to the children of Manasseh, This 
day we perceive that the Lord is 
among us, because ye have not com- 
mitted this trespass against the Lord: 
now ye have delivered the children of 
Israel out of the hand of the Lord. 

32 If And Phinehas the son of Elea- 
zar the priest, and the princes, re- 
turned from the children of Reuben, 
and from the children of Gad, out of 
the land of Gilead, unto the land of 
Canaan, to the children of Israel, and 
brought them word again. 

33 And the thing pleased the chil- 
dren of Israel ; and the children of 
Israel blessed God, and did not in- 
tend to go up against them in battle, 
to destroy the land wherein the chil- 
dren of Reuben and Gad dwelt. 

34 And the children of Reuben and 
the children of Gad called the altar 
Ed : for it shall he a witness between 
us that the Lord is God. 

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CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 Joshua's exhortation before his death, 3 by former 
benefits, 5 by promises, 1 1 and by threatenings. 

AND it came to pass, a long time 
. after that the Lord had given 
rest unto Israel from all their enemies 
round about, that Joshua waxed old 
and stricken in age. 

2 And Joshua called for all Israel, 
and for their elders, and for their 
heads, and for their judges, and for 
their officers, and said unto them, I 
am old and stricken in age : 

3 And ye have seen all that the Lord 
your God hath done unto all these 
nations because of you ; for the Lord 
your God is he that hath fought for you. 

4 Behold, I have divided unto you 
by lot these nations that remain, to 
be an inheritance for your tribes, from 
Jordan, with all the nations that I 
have cut off, even unto the great sea 
westward. 

5 And the Lord your God, he shall 
expel them from before you, and drive 
them from out of your sight ; and ye 
shall possess their land, as the Lord 
your God hath promised unto you. 

6 Be ye therefore very courageous 
to keep and to do all that is written 
in the book of the law of Moses, that 
ye turn not aside therefrom to the 
right hand or to the left ; 

7 That ye come not among these 
nations, these that remain among 
you ; neither make mention of the 
name of their gods, nor cause to 
swear by them, neither serve them, 
nor bow yourselves unto them : 

8 But cleave unto the Lord your 
God, as ye have done unto this day. 

9 For the Lord hath driven out from 
before you great nations and strong : 
but as for you, no man hath been able 
to stand before you unto this day. 

10 One man of you shall chase a 
thousand : for the Lord your God, 
he it is that fighteth for you, as he 
hath promised you. 

.11 Take good heed therefore unto 
yourselves, that ye love the "Lord 
your God. 



before his death. 



JOSHUA. 



God's benefits to Israel. 



12 Else, if ye do in any wise go 
back, and cleave unto the remnant 
of these nations, even these that re- 
main among you, and shall make 
marriages with them, and go in unto 
them, and they to you : 

13 Know for a certainty that the 
Lord your God will no more drive 
out any of these nations from before 
you; but they shall be snares and 
traps unto you, and scourges in your 
sides, and thorns in your eyes, until 
ye perish from off this good land which 
the Lord your God hath given you. 

14 And, behold, this day I am go- 
ing the way of all the earth : and ye 
know in all your hearts and in all 
your souls, that not one thing hath 
failed of all the good things which the 
Lord your God spake concerning you ; 
all are come to pass unto you, and 
not one thing hath failed thereof. 

15 Therefore it shall come to pass, 
that as all good things are come up- 
on you, which the Lord your God 
promised you ; so shall the Lord 
bring upon you all evil things, until 
he have destroyed you from off this 
good land which the Lord your God 
hath given you. 

16 When ye have transgressed the 
covenant of the Lord your God, which 
he commanded you, and have gone 
and served other gods, and bowed your- 
selves to them ; then shall the anger 
of the Lord be kindled against you, 
and ye shall perish quickly from off the 
good land which he hath given unto 
you. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

1 Joshua assembleth the tribes at Shechem. 2 A brief 
history of God's benefits from Terah. 14 He reneweth 
the covenant between them and God. 26 A stone the 
witness of the covenant. 29 Joshua's age, death, and 
burial. 32 Joseph's bones are buried. 33 Eleazar 
dieth. 

AND Joshua gathered all the tribes 
. of Israel to Shechem, and called 
for the elders of Israel, and for their 
heads, and for their judges, and for 
their officers; and they presented 
themselves before God. 

2 And Joshua said unto all the 
people, Thus saith the Lord God of 



Israel, Your fathers dwelt on the 
other side of the flood in old time, even 
Terah, the father of Abraham, and 
the father of Nachor : and they served 
other gods. 

3 And I took your father Abraham 
from the other side of the flood, and 
led him throughout all the land of 
Canaan, and multiplied his seed, and 
gave him Isaac. 

4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob and 
Esau : and I gave unto Esau mount 
Seir, to possess it ; but Jacob and his 
children went down into Egypt. 

5 I sent Moses also and Aaron, and 
I plagued Egypt, according to that 
which I did among them : and after- 
ward I brought you out. 

6 And I brought your fathers out 
of Egypt : and ye came unto the sea ; 
and the Egyptians pursued after your 
fathers with chariots and horsemen 
unto the Red sea. 

7 And when they cried unto the 
Lord, he put darkness between you 
and the Egyptians, and brought the 
sea upon them, and covered them; 
and your eyes have seen what I have 
done in Egypt : and ye dwelt in the 
wilderness a long season. 

8 And I brought you into the land 
of the Amorites, which dwelt on the 
other side Jordan ; and they fought 
with you : and I gave them into your 
hand, that ye might possess their land ; 
and I destroyed them from before you. 

9 Then Balak the son of Zippor, 
king of Moab, arose and warred 
against Israel, and sent and called 
Balaam the son of Beor to curse you : 

1 But I would not hearken unto Ba- 
laam ; therefore he blessed you still : 
so I delivered you out of his hand. 

11 And ye went over Jordan, and 
came unto Jericho : and the men of 
Jericho fought against you, the Am- 
orites, and the Perizzites, and the 
Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the 
Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jeb- 
usites ; and I delivered them into your 
hand. 

12 And I sent the hornet before 

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JOSHUA. Joshua's death, and burial 



you, which drave them out from he- 
fore you, even the two kings of the 
Amorites; but not with thy sword, 
nor with thy how. 

13 And I have given you a land for 
which ye did not labour, and cities 
which ye built not, and ye dwell in 
them; of the vineyards and olive- 
yards which ye planted not do ye eat. 

14 IT Now therefore fear the Lord, 
and serve him in sincerity and in 
truth ; and put away the gods which 
your fathers served on the other side 
of the flood, and in Egypt ; and serve 
ye the Lord. 

15 And if it seem evil unto you to 
serve the Lord, choose you this day 
whom ye will serve ; whether the 
gods which your fathers served that 
ivere on the other side of the flood, 
or the gods of the Amorites, in whose 
land ye dwell : hut as for me and my 
house, we will serve the Lord. 

16 And the people answered and 
said, God forbid that we should for- 
sake the Lord, to serve other gods ; 

17 For the Lord our God, he it is 
that brought us up and our fathers 
out of the land of Egypt, from the 
house of bondage, and which did 
those great signs in our sight, and 
preserved us in all the way wherein 
we went, and among all the people 
through whom we passed : 

18 And the Lord drave out from 
before us all the people, even the 
Amorites which dwelt in the land : 
therefore will we also serve the Lord ; 
for he is our God. 

19 And Joshua said unto the peo- 
ple, Ye cannot serve the Lord: for 
he is a holy God ; he is a jealous 
God ; he will not forgive your trans- 
gressions nor your sins. 

20 If ye forsake the Lord, and 
serve strange gods, then he will turn 
and do you hurt, and consume you, 
after that he hath done you good. 

2 1 And the people said unto Joshua, 
Nay ; but we will serve the Lord. 

22 And Joshua said unto the peo- 
ple, Ye are witnesses against your- 

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selves that ye have chosen you the 
Lord, to serve him. And they said, 
We are witnesses. 

23 Now therefore put away, said 
he, the strange gods which are among 
you, and incline your heart unto the 
Lord God of Israel. 

24 And the people said unto Joshua, 
The Lord our God will we serve, and 
his voice will we obey. 

25 So Joshua made a covenant with 
the people that day, and set them a 
statute and an ordinance in Shechem. 

26 IT And Joshua wrote these words 
in the book of the law of God, and 
took a great stone, and set it up there 
under an oak, that was by the sanc- 
tuary of the Lord. 

27 And Joshua said unto all the 
people, Behold, this stone shall be a 
witness unto us ; for it hath heard all 
the words of the Lord which he spake 
unto us : it shall be therefore a wit- 
ness unto you, lest ye deny your God. 

28 So Joshua let the people depart, 
every man unto his inheritance. 

29 If And it came to pass after these 
things, that Joshua the son of Nun, 
the servant of the Lord, died, being 
a hundred and ten years old. 

30 And they buried him in the bor- 
der of his inheritance in Timnath- 
serah, which is in mount Ephraim, 
on the north side of the hill of Gaash. 

31 And Israel served the Lord all 
the days of Joshua, and all the days 
of the elders that overlived Joshua, 
and which had known all the works of 
the Lord, that he had done for Israel. 

32 If And the bones of Joseph, 
which the children of Israel brought 
up out of Egypt, buried they in She- 
chem, in a parcel of ground which 
Jacob bought of the sons of Hamor 
the father of Shechem for a hundred 
pieces of silver ; and it became the in- 
heritance of the children of Joseph. 

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron 
died ; and they buried him in a hill 
that pertained to Phinehas his son, 
which was given him in mount 
Ephraim. 



THE 



BOOK OF JUDGES. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The acts of Judah and Simeon. 4 Adoni-bezek justly 
requited. 8 Jerusalem taken. 10 Hebron taken. 11 
Othniel hath Achsah to wife for taking of Debir. 16 
The Kenites dwell in Judah. 17 Hormah, Gaza, As- 
kelon and Ekron taken. 21 The acts of Benjamin. 
22 Of the house of Joseph, who take Beth-el. 30 Of 
Zebulun. 31 Of Asher. 33 Of Naphtali. 34 Of Ban. 

NOW after the death of Joshua it 
came to pass, that the children 
of Israel asked the Lord, saying-, Who 
shall go up for us against the Ca- 
naanites first, to fight against them? 

2 And the Lord said, Judah shall 
go up : hehold, I have delivered the 
land into his hand. 

3 And Judah said unto Simeon his 
brother, Come up with me into my 
lot, that we may fight against the 
Canaanites; and I likewise will go 
with thee into thy lot. So Simeon 
went with him. 

4 And Judah went up ; and the 
Lord delivered the Canaanites and 
the Perizzites into their hand : and 
they slew of them in Bezek ten thou- 
sand men. 

5 And they found Adoni-bezek in 
Bezek : and they fought against him, 
and they slew the Canaanites and the 
Perizzites. 

6 But Adoni-bezek fled ; and they 
pursued after him, and caught him, 
and cut off his thumbs and his great 
toes. 

7 And Adoni-bezek said, Three- 
score and ten kings, having their 
thumbs and their great toes cut off, 
gathered their meat under my table : 
as I have done, so God hath requited 
me. And they brought him to Jeru- 
salem, and there he died. 

8 Now the children of Judah had 
fought against Jerusalem, and had 
taken it, and smitten it with the edge 
of the sword, and set the city on fire. 

9 If And afterward the children of 



Judah went down to fight against the 
Canaanites, that dwelt in the moun- 
tain, and in the south, and in the valley. 

10 And Judah went against the 
Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron : 
now the name of Hebron before was 
Kirjath-arba : and they slew Sheshai, 
and Ahiman, and Talmai. 

1 1 And from thence he went against 
the inhabitants of Debir: and the 
name of Debir before was Kirjath- 
sepher : 

12 And Caleb said, He that smiteth 
Kirjath-sepher, and taketh it, to him 
will I give Achsah my daughter to wife. 

13 And Othniel the son of Kenaz, 
Caleb's younger brother, took it : and 
he gave him Achsah his daughter to 
wife. 

14 And it came to pass, when she 
came to him, that she moved him to 
ask of her father a field : and she 
lighted from off her ass ; and Caleb 
said unto her, What wilt thou ? 

15 And she said unto him, Give me 
a blessing : for thou hast given me a 
south land ; give me also springs of 
water. And Caleb gave her the up- 
per springs and the nether springs. 

16 IT And the children of the Ke- 
nite, Moses' father in law, went up 
out of the city of palm trees with 
the children of Judah into the wil- 
derness of Judah, which lieth in the 
south of Arad ; and they went and 
dwelt among the people. 

17 And Judah went with Simeon 
his brother, and they slew the Ca- 
naanites that inhabited Zephath, and 
utterly destroyed it. And the namo 
of the city was called Hormah. 

18 Also Judah took Gaza with the 
coast thereof, and Askelon with the 
coast thereof, and Ekron with the 
coast thereof. 

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The Canaanites not 



JUDGES. 



wholly driven out. 



19 And the Lord was with Judah ; 
and he drave out the inhabitants of 
the mountain; hut could not drive 
out the inhabitants of the valley, he- 
cause they had chariots of iron. 

20 And they gave Hebron unto 
Caleb, as Moses said : and he expel- 
led thence the three sons of Anak. 

21 And the children of Benjamin 
did not drive out the Jebusites that 
inhabited Jerusalem; but the Jebu- 
sites dwell with the children of Ben- 
jamin in Jerusalem unto this day. 

22 IT And the house of Joseph, they 
also went up against Beth-el : and 
the Lord was with them. 

23 And the house of Joseph sent to 
descry Beth-el. Now the name of 
the city before was Luz. 

24 And the spies saw a man come 
forth out of the city, and they said 
unto him, Shew us, we pray thee, 
the entrance into the city, and we 
will shew thee mercy. 

25 And when he shewed them the 
entrance into the city, they smote 
the city with the edge of the sword ; 
but they let go the man and all his 
family. * 

26 And the man went into the land 
of the Hittites, and built a city, and 
called the name thereof Luz : which 
is the name thereof unto this day. 

27 If Neither did Manasseh drive 
out the inhabitants of Beth-shean and 
her towns, nor Taanach and her towns, 
nor the inhabitants of Dor and her 
towns, nor the inhabitants of Ibleam 
and her towns, nor the inhabitants 
of Megiddo and her towns : but the 
Canaanites would dwell in that land. 

28 And it came to pass, when Is- 
rael was strong, that they put the 
Canaanites to tribute, and did not 
utterly drive them out. 

29 IT Neither did Ephraim drive 
out the Canaanites that dwelt in 
Gezer; but the Canaanites dwelt in 
( rezei among them. 

30 If Neither did Zebulun drive 
out the inhabitants of Kitron, nor 
the inhabitants of Nahalol ; but the 

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Canaanites dwelt among them, and 
became tributaries. 

31 IT Neither did Asher drive out 
the inhabitants of Accho, nor the in- 
habitants of Zidon, nor of Ahlab, nor 
of Achzib, nor of Helbah,nor of Aphik, 
nor of Hehob : 

32 But the Asherites dwelt among 
the Canaanites, the inhabitants of the 
land : for they did not drive them out. 

33 H Neither did Naphtali drive 
out the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh, 
nor the inhabitants of Beth-anath; 
but he dwelt among the Canaanites, 
the inhabitants of the land : neverthe- 
less, the inhabitants of Beth-shemesh 
and of Beth-anath became tributaries 
unto them. 

34 And the Amorites forced the 
children of Dan into the mountain : 
for they would not suffer them to 
come down to the valley : 

35 But the Amorites would dwell 
in mount Heres in Aijalon, and in 
Shaalbim : yet the hand of the house 
of Joseph prevailed, so that they be- 
came tributaries. 

36 And the coast of the Amorites 
was from the going up to Akrabbim, 
from the rock, and upward. 

OHAPTEK II. 

1 An angel rebuketk the people at Bochim. 6 The wick- 
edness of the new generation after Joshua. 14 God's 
anger and pity towards them. 20 The Canaanites are 
left to prove Israel. 

\ ND an Angel of the Lord came 
XjL up from Gilgal to Bochim, and 
said, I made you to go up out of 
Egypt, and have brought you unto 
the land which I sware unto your 
fathers ; and I said, I will never break 
my covenant with you. 

2 And ye shall make no league 
with the inhabitants of this land ; 
ye shall throw down their altars : but 
ye have not obeyed my voice ; why 
have ye done this ? 

3 Wherefore I also said, I will not 
drive them out from before you ; but 
they shall be as thorns in your sides, 
and their gods shall be a snare unto 
you. 



Israel 1 s idolatry, 



JUDGES. 



and God's anger. 



4 And it came to pass, when the 
Angel of the Lord spake these words 
unto all the children of Israel, that the 
people lifted up their voice, and wept. 

5 And they called the name of that 
place Bochim : and they sacrificed 
there unto the Lord. 

6 H And when Joshua had let the 
people go, the children of Israel went 
every man unto his inheritance to 
possess the land. 

7 And the people served the Lord all 
the days of Joshua, and all the days 
of the elders that outlived Joshua, 
who had seen all the great works of 
the Lord, that he did for Israel. 

8 And Joshua the son of Nun, the 
servant of the Lord, died, being a 
hundred and ten years old. 

9 And they buried him in the bor- 
der of his inheritance in Timnath- 
heres, in the mount of Ephraim, on 
the north side of the hill Gaash. 

10 And also all that generation were 
gathered unto their fathers : and there 
arose another generation after them, 
which knew not the Lord, nor yet the 
works which he had done for Israel. 

11 IT And the children of Israel did 
evil in the sight of the Lord, and 
served Baalim : 

12 And they forsook the Lord God 
of their fathers, which brought them 
out of the land of Egypt, and follow- 
ed other gods, of the gods of the peo- 
ple that were round about them, and 
bowed themselves unto them, and 
provoked the Lord to anger. 

13 And they forsook the Lord, and 
served Baal and Ashtaroth. 

14 H And the anger of the Lord was 
hot against Israel, and he delivered 
them into the hands of spoilers that 
spoiled them, and he sold them into 
the hands of their enemies round 
about, so that they could not any 
longer stand before their enemies. 

1 5 Whithersoever they went out, the 
hand of the Lord was against them 
for evil, as the Lord had said, and 
as the Lord had sworn unto them: 
and they were greatly distressed. 



16 H Nevertheless the Lord raised 
up judges, which delivered them out 
of the hand of those that spoiled them. 

17 And yet they would not hearken 
unto their judges, but they went a 
whoring after other gods, and bowed 
themselves unto them: they turned 
quickly out of the way which their 
fathers walked in, obeying the com- 
mandments of the Lord ; but they 
did not so. 

18 And when the Lord raised them 
up judges, then the Lord was with 
the judge, and delivered them out 
of the hand of their enemies all the 
days of the judge : for it repented the 
Lord because of their groanings by 
reason of them that oppressed them 
and vexed them. 

19 And it came to pass, when the 
judge was dead, that they returned, 
and corrupted themselves more than 
their fathers, in following other gods 
to serve them, and to bow down unto 
them ; they ceased not from their own 
doings, nor from their stubborn way. 

20 IT And the anger of the Lord 
was hot against Israel ; and he said, 

^Because that this people hath trans- 
gressed my covenant which I com- 
manded their fathers, and have not 
hearkened unto my voice ; 

2 1 I also will not henceforth drive 
out any from before them of the na- 
tions which Joshua left when he died : 

22 That through them I may prove 
Israel, whether they will keep the 
way of the Lord to walk therein, as 
their fathers did keep it, or not. 

23 Therefore the Lord left those 
nations, without driving them out 
hastily; neither dehVered he them 
into the hand of Joshua. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 TJie nations which were left to prove Israel. 6 By 

communion with them they commit idolatry. 8 Oth- 

niel delivereth them from Chushan-rishathaim. 12 

Ehud from Eglon. 31 Sham gar from the Philis- 

j tines. 

NOW these are the nations which 
the Lord left, to prove Israel by 
them, even as many of Israel as had 
not known all the wars of Canaan; 
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JUDGES. 



Ehud hilleth Eglon. 



2 Only that the generations of the 
children of Israel might know to teach 
them war, at the least such as before 
knew nothing thereof; 

3 Namely, five lords of the Philis- 
tines, and all the Canaanites, and the 
Sidonians, and the Hivites that dwelt 
in mount Lebanon, from mount Baal- 
hermon unto the entering in of Ha- 
math. 

4 And they were to prove Israel by 
them, to know whether they would 
hearken unto the commandments of 
the Lord, which he commanded their 
fathers by the hand of Moses. 

5 IT And the children of Israel dwelt 
among the Canaanites, Hittites, and 
Amorites, and Perizzites, and Hivites, 
and Jebusites : 

6 And they took their daughters to 
be their wives, and gave their daugh- 
ters to their sons, and served their gods. 

7 And the children of Israel did evil 
in the sight of the Lord, and forgat 
the Lord their God, and served Baa- 
lim and the groves. 

8 If Therefore the anger of the Lord 
was hot against Israel, and he sold 
them into the hand of Chushan-rish^ 
athaim king of Mesopotamia: and 
the children of Israel served Chu- 
shan-rishathaim eight years. 

9 And when the children of Israel 
cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised 
up a deliverer to the children of Is- 
rael, who delivered them, even Othniel 
the son of Kenaz, Caleb's younger 
brother. 

10 And the Spirit of the Lord came 
upon him, and he judged Israel, and 
went out to war: and the Lord de- 
livered Chushan-rishathaim king of 
Mesopotamia into his hand ; and his 
hand prevailed against Chushan-rish- 
athaim. 

11 And the land had rest forty 
years: and Othniel the son of Kenaz 
died. 

1 ± H And the children of Israel did 

evil again in the sight of the Lord: 

and the Lord strengthened Eglon the 

king of Moab against Israel, because 

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they had done evil in the sight of the 
Lord. 

13 And he gathered unto him the 
children of Ammon and Amalek, and 
went and smote Israel, and possessed 
the city of palm trees. 

14 So the children of Israel served 
Eglon the king of Moab eighteen 
years. 

15 But when the children of Israel 
cried unto the Lord, the Lord raised 
them up a deliverer, Ehud the son of 
Gera, a Benjamite, a man lefthand- 
ed : and by him the children of Israel 
sent a present unto Eglon the king 
of Moab. 

16 But Ehud made him a dagger 
which had two edges, of a cubit 
length ; and he did gird it under his 
raiment upon his right thigh. 

17 And he brought the present un- 
to Eglon king of Moab : and Eglon 
was a very fat man. 

18 And when he had made an end 
to offer the present, he sent away the 
people that bare the present. 

19 But he himself turned again from 
the quarries that were by Gilgal, and 
said, I have a secret errand unto 
thee, O king: who said, Keep silence. 
And all that stood by him went out 
from him. 

20 And Ehud came unto him ; and 
he was sitting in a summer parlour, 
which he had for himself alone : and 
Ehud said, I have a message from 
God unto thee. And he arose out of 
his seat. 

21 And Ehud put forth his left hand, 
and took the dagger from his right 
thigh, and thrust it into his belly : 

22 And the haft also went in after 
the blade ; and the fat closed upon 
the blade, so that he could not draw 
the dagger out of his belly ; and the 
dirt came out. 

23 Then Ehud went forth through 
the porch, and shut the doors of the 
parlour upon him, and locked them. 

24 When he was gone out, his ser- 
vants came ; and when they saw that, 
behold, the doors of the parlour were 



Israel oppressed by 



JUDGES. 



Jabin and Sisera. 



locked, they said, Surely he covereth 
his feet in his summer chamber. 

25 And they tarried till they were 
ashamed : and, behold, he opened not 
the doors of the parlour ; therefore 
they took a key, and opened them; 
and, behold, their lord was fallen 
down dead on the earth. 

26 And Ehud escaped while they 
tarried, and passed beyond the quar- 
ries, and escaped unto Seirath. 

27 And it came to pass, when he 
was come, that he blew a trumpet in 
the mountain of Ephraim, and the 
children of Israel went down with 
him from the mount, and he before 
them. 

28 And he said unto them, Follow 
after me : for the Lord hath deliver- 
ed your enemies the Moabites into 
your hand. And they went down 
after him, and took the fords of Jor- 
dan toward Moab, and suffered not a 
man to pass over. 

29 And they slew of Moab at that 
time about ten thousand men, all 
lusty, and all men of valour; and 
there escaped not a man. 

30 So Moab was subdued that day 
under the hand of Israel. And the 
land had rest fourscore years. 

31 H And after him was Shamgar 
the son of Anath, which slew of the 
Philistines six hundred men with an 
oxgoad : and he also delivered Israel. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 Deborah and Barak deliver them from Jabin and 
Sisera. 18 Jael killeth Sisera. 

AND the children of Israel again 
e did evil in the sight of the Lord, 
when Ehud was dead. 

2 And the Lord sold them into the 
hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that 
reigned in Hazor ; the captain of 
whose host was Sisera, which dwelt 
in Harosheth of the Gentiles. 

3 And the children of Israel cried 
unto the Lord: for he had nine hun- 
dred chariots of iron; and twenty 
years he mightily oppressed the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

4 If And Deborah, a prophetess, the 



wife of Lapidoth, she judged Israel 
at that time. 

5 And she dwelt under the palm 
tree of Deborah, between Ramah and 
Beth- el in mount Ephraim : and the 
children of Israel came up to her for 
judgment. 

6 And she sent and called Barak 
the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh- 
naphtali, and said unto him, Hath 
not the Lord God of Israel com- 
manded, saying, Go and draw toward 
mount Tabor, and take with thee ten 
thousand men of the children of 
Naphtali and of the children of Zeb- 
ulun? 

7 And I will draw unto thee, to 
the river Kishon, Sisera the captain 
of Jabin's army, with his chariots and 
his multitude ; and I will deliver him 
into thine hand. 

8 And Barak said unto her, If thou 
wilt go with me, then I will go : but 
if thou wilt not go with me, then I 
will not go. 

9 And she said, I will surely go 
with thee : notwithstanding the jour- 
ney that thou takest shall not be for 
thine honour ; for the Lord shall sell 
Sisera into the hand of a woman. 
And Deborah arose, and went with 
Barak to Kedesh. 

10 H And Barak called Zebulun 
and Naphtali to Kedesh ; and he 
went up with ten thousand men at 
his feet : and Deborah went up with 
him. 

11 Now Heber the Kenite, which 
was of the children of Hobab the fa- 
ther in law of Moses, had severed 
himself from the Kenites, and pitch- 
ed his tent unto the plain of Zaanaim, 
which is by Kedesh. 

12 And they shewed Sisera that 
Barak the son of Abinoam was gone 
up to mount Tabor. 

13 And Sisera gathered together 
all his chariots, even nine hundred 
chariots of iron, and all the people 
that were with him, from Harosheth 
of the Gentiles unto the river of 
Kishon. 

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The song of 



14 And Deborah said unto Barak, 
Up ; for this is the day in which the 
Lord hath delivered Sisera into thine 
hand : is not the Lord gone out be- 
fore thee ? So Barak went down from 
mount Tabor, and ten thousand men 
after him. 

15 And the Lord discomfited Sis- 
era, and all his chariots, and all his 
host, with the edge of the sword be- 
fore Barak ; so that Sisera lighted 
down off his chariot, and fled away 
on his feet. 

16 But Barak pursued after the 
chariots, and after the host, unto 
Harosheth of the Gentiles : and all 
the host of Sisera fell upon the edge 
of the sword ; and there was not a 
man left. 

17 Howbeit Sisera fled away on 
his feet to the tent of Jael the wife 
of Heber the Kenite : for there was 
peace between Jabin the king of 
Hazor and the house of Heber the 
Kenite. 

18 TT And Jael went out to meet 
Sisera, and said unto him, Turn in, 
my lord, turn in to me ; fear not. And 
when he had turned in unto her into 
the tent, she covered him with a 
mantle. 

19 And he said unto her, Give me, 
I pray thee, a little water to drink ; 
for I am thirsty. And she opened a 
bottle of milk, and gave him drink, 
and covered him. 

20 Again he said unto her, Stand in 
the door of the tent, and it shall be, 
when any man doth come and inquire 
of thee, and say, Is there any man 
here ? that thou shalt say, No. 

21 Then Jael Heber's wife took a 
nail of the tent, and took a hammer 
in her hand, and went softly unto 
him, and smote the nail into his tem- 
pi os, and fastened it into the ground : 
for he was fast asleep and weary. 
So lie died. 

22 And, heboid, as Barak pursued 
Sisera, Jael came out to meet him, 
and said unto him, Come, and I will 
shew thee the man whom thou seek- 

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est. And when he came into her tent, 
behold, Sisera lay dead, and the nail 
was in his temples. 

23 So God subdued on that day 
Jabin the king of Canaan before the 
children of Israel. 

24 And the hand of the children 
of Israel prospered, and prevailed 
against Jabin the king of Canaan, 
until they had destroyed Jabin king 
of Canaan. 

CHAPTER V. 

The song of Deborah and Barak. 

THEN sang Deborah and Barak 
the son of Abinoam on that day, 
saying, ■ 

2 Praise ye the Lord for the aveng- 
ing of Israel, when the people will- 
ingly offered themselves. 

3 Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, O 
ye princes ; I, even I, will sing unto 
the Lord ; I will sing praise to the 
Lord God of Israel. 

4 Lord, when thou wentest out of 
Seir, when thou marchedst out of the 
field of Edom, the earth trembled, 
and the heavens dropped, the clouds 
also dropped water. 

5 The mountains melted from be- 
fore the Lord, even that Sinai from 
before the Lord God of Israel. 

6 In the days of Shamgar the son 
of Anath, in the days of Jael, the 
highways were unoccupied, and the 
travellers walked through byways. 

7 The inhabitants of the villages 
ceased, they ceased in Israel, until 
that I Deborah arose, that I arose a 
mother in Israel. 

8 They chose new gods ; then was 
war in the gates : was there a shield 
or spear seen among forty thousand 
in Israel ? 

9 My heart is toward the governors 
of Israel, that offered themselves will- 
ingly among the people. Bless ye the 
Lord. 

10 Speak, ye that ride on white 
asses, ye that sit in judgment, and 
walk by the way. 

11 They that are delivered from the 
noise of archers in the places of draw- 



Deborah 



JUDGES. 



and Barak. 



ing water, there shall they rehearse 
the righteous acts of the Lord, even 
the righteous acts toward the inhabi- 
tants of his villages in Israel: then 
shall the people of the Lord go down 
to the gates. 

12 Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, 
awake, utter a song: arise, Barak, 
and lead thy captivity captive, thou 
son of Abinoam. 

13 Then he made him that remain- 
eth have dominion over the nobles 
among the people : the Lord made 
me have dominion over the mighty. 

14 Out of Ephraim was there a root 
of them against Amalek ; after thee, 
Benjamin, among thy people ; out of 
Machir came down governors, and 
out of Zebulun they that handle the 
pen of the writer. 

15 And the princes of Issachar were 
with Deborah ; even Issachar, and 
also Barak : he was sent on foot into 
the valley. For the divisions of Reu- 
ben there were great thoughts of heart. 

16 Why abodest thou among the 
sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of 
the flocks ? For the divisions of Reu- 
ben there were great searchings of 
heart. 

17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan: 
and why did Dan remain in ships ? 
Asher continued on the sea shore, 
and abode in his breaches. 

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were a 
people that jeoparded their lives un- 
to the death in the high places of 
the field. 

19 The kings came and fought; 
then fought the kings of Canaan in 
Taanach by the waters of Megiddo ; 
they took no gain of money. 

20 They fought from heaven ; the 
stars in their courses fought against 
Sisera. 

21 The river of Kishon swept them 
away, that ancient river, the river 
Kishon. O my soul, thou hast trod- 
den down strength. 

22 Then were the horsehoofs bro- 
ken by the means of the prancings, 
the prancings of their mighty ones. 



23 Curse yeMeroz, said the angel of 
the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhab- 
itants thereof; because they came not 
to the help of the Lord, to the help of 
the Lord against the mighty. 

24 Blessed above women shall Jael 
the wife of Heber the Kenite be ; blessed 
shall she be above women in the tent. 

25 He asked water, and she gave 
him milk; she brought forth butter 
in a lordly dish. 

26 She put her hand to the nail, 
and her right hand to the workmen's 
hammer; and with the hammer she 
smote Sisera, she smote off his head, 
when she had pierced and stricken 
through his temples. 

27 At her feet he bowed, he fell, he 
lay down : at her feet he bowed, he 
fell : where he bowed, there he fell 
down dead. 

28 The mother of Sisera looked out 
at a window, and cried through the 
lattice, Why is his chariot so long in 
coming ? why tarry the wheels of his 
chariots ? 

29 Her wise ladies answered her, 
yea, she returned answer to herself, 

30 Have they not sped ? have they 
not divided the prey ; to every man a 
damsel or two ; to Sisera a prey of 
divers colours, a prey of divers co- 
lours of needlework, of divers colours 
of needlework on both sides, meet 
for the necks of them that take the 
spoil ? 

31 So let all thine enemies perish, 

Lord : but let them that love him 
be as the sun when he goeth forth in 
his might. And the land had rest 
forty years. 

CHAPTER YI. 

1 TJie Israelites for their sin are oppressed by Midian. 
8 A prophet rebuketh them. 11 A n angel sendeth 
Gideon for their deliverance. 17 Gideon's present is 
consumed with fire. 25 Gideon destroyeih Baal's 
altar, and offereth a sacrifice upon the altar^Jehovah- 
shalom. 28 Joash defendeth his son, and calleth him 
Jerubbaal. 33 Gideon's army. 36 Gideon's signs. 

AND the children of Israel did evil 
_ in the sight of the Lord : and 
the Lord delivered them into the 
hand of Midian seven years. 

2 And the hand of Midian prevailed 
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against Israel: and because of the 
Midianites the children of Israel made 
them the dens which are in the moun- 
tains, and caves, and strong holds. 

3 And so it was, when Israel had 
sown, that the Midianites came up, 
and the Amalekites, and the chil- 
dren of the east, even they came up 
against them ; 

4 And they encamped against them, 
and destroyed the increase of the earth, 
till thou come unto Gaza, and left no 
sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, 
nor ox, nor ass. 

5 For they came up with their cat- 
tle and their tents, and they came as 
grasshoppers for multitude ; for both 
they and their camels were without 
number: and they entered into the 
land to destroy it. 

6 And Israel was greatly impover- 
ished because of the Midianites ; and 
the children of Israel cried unto the 
Lord. 

7 % And it came to pass, when the 
children of Israel cried unto the Lord 
because of the Midianites, 

8 That the Lord sent a prophet un- 
to the children of Israel, which said 
unto them, Thus saith the Lord God 
of Israel, I brought you up from 
Egypt, and brought you forth out of 
the house of bondage ; 

9 And I delivered you out of the 
hand of the Egyptians, and out of 
the hand of all that oppressed you, 
and drave them out from before you, 
and gave you their land ; 

10 And I said unto you, I am the 
Lord your God ; fear not the gods of 
the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : 
but ye have not obeyed my voice. 

11 H And there came an angel of 
the Lord, and sat under an oak which 
was in Ophrah, that pertained unto 
Joash the Abi-ezrite: and his son 
Gideon threshed wheat by the wine- 
press, to hide it from the Midianites. 

12 And the angel of the Lord ap- 
peared unto him, and said unto him, 
The Lord is with thee, thou mighty 
man of valour. 

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13 And Gideon said unto him, O 
my Lord, if the Lord be with us, 
why then is all this befallen us ? and 
where be all his miracles which our 
fathers told us of, saying, Did not the 
Lord bring us up from Egypt? but 
now the Lord hath forsaken us, and 
delivered us into the hands of the 
Midianites. 

14 And the Lord looked upon him, 
and said, Go in this thy might, and 
thou shalt save Israel from the hand 
of the Midianites : have not I sent 
thee? 

15 And he said unto him, O my 
Lord, wherewith shall I save Israel ? 
behold, my family is poor in Manas- 
seh, and I am the least in my father's 
house. 

16 And the Lord said unto him, 
Surely I will be with thee, and thou 
shalt smite the Midianites as one man. 

17 And he said unto him, If now I 
have found grace in thy sight, then 
shew me a sign that thou talkest with 
me. 

18 Depart not hence, I pray thee, 
until I come unto thee, and bring 
forth my present, and set it before 
thee. And he said, I will tarry until 
thou come again. 

1 9 IT And Gideon went in, and made 
ready a kid, and unleavened cakes 
of ail ephah of flour : the flesh he put 
in a basket, and he put the broth in 
a pot, and brought it out unto him 
under the oak, and presented it. 

20 And the angel of God said unto 
him, Take the flesh and the unleav- 
ened cakes, and lay them upon this 
rock, and pour out the broth. And 
he did so. 

21 TT Then the angel of the Lord 
put forth the end of the staff that was 
in his hand, and touched the flesh and 
the unleavened cakes ; and there rose 
up fire out of the rock, and consumed 
the flesh and the unleavened cakes. 
Then the angel of the Lord departed 
out of his sight. 

22 And when Gideon perceived 
that he was an angel of the Lord, 



He destroy eth BaaVs altar. JUDGES. 



Gideon's signs. 



Gideon said, Alas, O Lord God ! for 
because I have seen an angel of the 
Lord face to face. 

23 And the Lord said unto him, 
Peace be unto thee; fear not: thou 
shalt not die. 

24 Then Gideon built an altar there 
unto the Lord, and called it Jehovah- 
shalom: unto this day it is yet in 
Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 

25 IT And it came to pass the same 
night, that the Lord said unto him, 
Take thy father's young bullock, even 
the second bullock of seven years old, 
and throw down the altar of Baal 
that thy father hath, and cut down 
the grove that is by it : 

26 And build an altar unto the Lord 
thy God upon the top of this rock, 
in the ordered place, and take the 
second bullock, and offer a burnt 
sacrifice with the wood of the grove 
which thou shalt cut down. 

27 Then Gideon took ten men of 
his servants, and did as the Lord 
had said unto him: and so it was, 
because he feared his father's house- 
hold, and the men of the city, that 
he could not do it by day, that he 
did it by night. 

28 ^f And when the men of the city 
arose early in the morning, behold, 
the altar of Baal was cast down, and 
the grove was cut down that ivas by 
it, and the second bullock was offer- 
ed upon the altar that was built. 

29 And they said one to another, 
Who hath done this thing ? And 
when they inquired and asked, they 
said, Gideon the son of Joash hath 
done this thing. 

30 Then the men of the city said 
unto Joash, Bring out thy son, that 
he may die : because he hath cast 
down the altar of Baal, and because 
he hath cut down the grove that was 
by it. 

31 And Joash said unto all that 
stood against him, Will ye plead for 
Baal? will ye save him? he that will 
plead for him, let him be put to death 
whilst it is yet morning: if he be a 



god, let him plead for himself, be- 
cause one hath cast down his altar. 

32 Therefore on that day he called 
him Jerubbaal, saying, Let Baal 
plead against him, because he hath 
thrown down his altar. 

33 IT Then all the Midianites and 
the Amalekites and the children of 
the east were gathered together, and 
went over, and pitched in the valley 
of Jezreel. 

34 But the Spirit of the Lord came 
upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet; 
and Abi-ezer was gathered after him. 

35 And he sent messengers through- 
out all Manasseh ; who also was gath- 
ered after him : and he sent messen- 
gers unto Asher, and unto Zebulun, 
and unto Naphtali; and they came 
up to meet them. 

36 IT And Gideon said unto God, If 
thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, 
as thou hast said, 

37 Behold, I will put a fleece of 
wool in the floor ; and if the dew be 
on the fleece only, and it be dry up- 
on all the earth besides, then shall I 
know that thou wilt save Israel by 
mine hand, as thou hast said. 

38 And it was so: for he rose up 
early on the morrow, and thrust the 
fleece together, and wringed the dew 
out of the fleece, a bowl full of water. 

39 And Gideon said unto God, Let 
not thine anger be hot against me, 
and I will speak but this once : let 
me prove, I pray thee, but this once 
with the fleece; let it now be dry 
only upon the fleece, and upon all 
the ground let there be dew. 

40 And God did so that night : for 
it was dry upon the fleece only, and 
there was dew on all the ground. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 Gideons army of two and thirty thousand is brought 
to three hundred. 9 He is encouraged by the dream 
and interpretation of the barley cake. 16 His strat- 
agem of trumpets and lamps in pitchers. 24 The 
Ephraimites take Oreb and Zeeb. 

THEN Jerubbaal, who is Gideon, 
and all the people that were with 
him, rose up early, and pitched be- 
side the well of Harod : so that the 
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He is encouraged. 



host of the Midianites were on the 
north side of them, by the hill of 
Moreh, in the valley. 

2 And the Lord said unto Gideon, 
The people that are with thee are 
too many for me to give the Midian- 
ites into their hands, lest Israel vaunt 
themselves against me, saying, Mine 
own hand hath saved me. 

3 Now therefore go to, proclaim in 
the ears of the people, saying, Who- 
soever is fearful and afraid, let him 
return and depart early from mount 
Gilead. And there returned of the 
people twenty and two thousand; 
and there remained ten thousand. 

4 And the Lord said unto Gideon, 
The people are yet too many; bring 
them down unto the water, and I will 
try them for thee there : and it shall 
be, that of whom I say unto thee, 
This shall go with thee, the same 
shall go with thee ; and of whomso- 
ever I say unto thee, This shall not 
go with thee, the same shall not go. 

5 So he brought down the people 
unto the water: and the Lord said 
unto Gideon, Every one that Jappeth 
of the water with his tongue, as a 
dog lappeth, him shalt thou set by 
himself ; likewise every one that bow- 
eth down upon his knees to drink. 

6 And the number of them that 
lapped, putting their hand to their 
mouth, were three hundred men : but 
all the rest of the people bowed down 
upon their knees to drink water. 

7 And the Lord said unto Gideon, 
By the three hundred men that lap- 
ped will I save you, and deliver the 
Midianites into thine hand: and let 
all the other people go every man 
unto his place. 

8 So the people took victuals in 
theii hand, and their trumpets: and 
he sent all the rest of Israel every 
man unto his tent, and retained those 
three hundred men : and the host of 
Midi a )) was beneath him in the valley. 

9 If And it came to pass the same 
night, that the Lord said unto him, 
Ari.se, get thee down unto tha host; 

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for I have delivered it into thine 
hand. 

10 But if thou fear to go down, go 
thou with Phurah thy servant dowi. 
to the host : 

11 And thou shalt hear what they 
say; and afterward shall thine hands 
be strengthened to go down unto the 
host. Then went he down with Phu- 
rah his servant unto the outside of 
the armed men that ivere in the host. 

12 And the Midianites and the 
Amalekites and all the children of 
the east lay along in the valley like 
grasshoppers for multitude ; and their 
camels were without number, as the 
sand by the sea side for multitude. 

13 And when Gideon was come, 
behold, there was a man that told a 
dream unto his fellow, and said, Be- 
hold, I dreamed a dream, and, lo, a 
cake of barley bread tumbled into the 
host of Midian, and came unto a tent, 
and smote it that it fell, and over- 
turned it, that the tent lay along. 

14 And his fellow answered and 
said, This is nothing else save the 
sword of Gideon the son of Jo ash, a 
man of Israel : for into his hand hath 
God delivered Midian, and all the host, 

15 H And it was so, when Gideon 
heard the telling of the dream, and 
the interpretation thereof, that he 
worshipped, and returned into the 
host of Israel, and said, Arise; foi 
the Lord hath delivered into your 
hand the host of Midian. 

16 And he divided the three hun- 
dred men into three companies, and 
he put a trumpet in every man's 
hand, with empty pitchers, and 
lamps within the pitchers. 

17 And he said unto them, Look 
on me, and do likewise : and, be- 
hold, when I come to the outside of 
the camp, it shall be that, as I do, so 
shall ye do. 

18 When I blow with a trumpet, I 
and all that are with me, then blow 
ye the trumpets also on every side of 
all the camp, and say, The sword of 
the Lord, and of Gideon. 



The Midianites defeated. 



JUDGES. 



The Ephraimites pacified. 



19 IT So Gideon, and the hundred 
men that were with him, came unto 
the outside of the camp in the be- 
ginning of the middle watch ; and 
they had but newly set the watch: 
and they blew the trumpets, and brake 
the pitchers that were in their hands. 

20 And the three companies blew 
the trumpets, and brake the pitchers, 
and held the lamps in their left hands, 
and the trumpets in their right hands 
to blow withal : and they cried, The 
sword of the Lord, and of Gideon. 

21 And they stood every man in 
his place round about the camp : and 
all the host ran, and cried, and fled. 

22 And the three hundred blew the 
trumpets, and the Lord set every 
man's sword against his fellow, even 
throughout all the host : and the host 
fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, and 
to the border of Abel-meholah, unto 
Tabbath. 

23 And the men of Israel gathered 
themselves together out of Naphtali, 
and out of Asher, and out of all Ma- 
nasseh, and pursued after the Mid- 
ianites. 

% 24 IT And Gideon sent messengers 
throughout all mount Ephraim, say- 
ing, Come down against the Midian- 
ites, and take before them the waters 
unto Beth-barah and Jordan. Then 
all the men of Ephraim gathered 
themselves together, and took the 
waters unto Beth-barah and Jordan. 
25 And they took two princes of the 
Midianites, Oreb and Zeeb ; and they 
slew' Oreb upon the rock Oreb, and 
Zeeb they slew at the winepress of 
Zeeb, and pursued Midian, and brought 
the heads of Oreb and Zeeb to Gideon 
on the other side Jordan. 

CHAPTER YIII. 

1 Gideon pacijieth the Ephraimites. 4 Succoth and Pe- 
nuel refuse to relieve Gideon's army. 10 Zebah and 
Zalmunna are taken. 13 Succoth and Penuel are 
destroyed. 18 Gideon revengeth his brethren's death 
on Zebah and Zalmunna. 22 He refuseth government. 
24 His ephod cause of idolatry. 28 Midian subdued. 
29 Gideon's children, and death. 33 The Israelites' 
idolatry and ingratitude. 

A ND the men of Ephraim said unto 
-XjL him, Why hast thou served us 



thus, that thou calledst us not, when 
thou wentest to fight with the Mid- 
ianites ? And they did chide with 
him sharply. 

2 And he said unto them, What 
have I done now in comparison of 
you? Is not the gleaning of the 
grapes of Ephraim better than the 
vintage of Abi-ezer ? 

3 God hath delivered into your 
hands the princes of Midian, Oreb 
and Zeeb : and what was I able to 
do in comparison of you ? Then their 
anger was abated toward him, when 
he had said that. 

4 TT And Gideon came to Jordan, 
and passed over, he, and the three 
hundred men that were with him, 
faint, yet pursuing them. 

5 And he said unto the men of 
Succoth, Give, I pray you, loaves 
of bread unto the people that follow 
me ; for they be faint, and I am pur- 
suing after Zebah and Zalmunna, 
kings of Midian. 

6 IT And the princes of Succoth 
said, Are the hands of Zebah and Zal- 
munna now in thine hand, that we 
should give bread unto thine army ? 

7 And Gideon said, Therefore when 
the Lord hath delivered Zebah and 
Zalmunna into mine hand, then I 
will tear your flesh with the thorns 
of the wilderness and with briers. 

8 ^f And he went up thence to Pe- 
nuel, and spake unto them likewise : 
and the men of Penuel answered him 
as the men of Succoth had answered 
him. 

9 And he spake also unto the men 
of Penuel, saying, When I come 
again in peace, I will break down 
this tower. 

10 IT Now Zebah and Zalmunna 
were in Karkor, and their hosts with 
them, about fifteen thousand men, 
all that were left of all the hosts of 
the children of the east: for there 
fell a hundred and twenty thousand 
men that drew sword. 

11 % And Gideon went up by the 
way of. them that dwelt in tents on 

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Gideon's death. 



the east of Nobah and Jogbehah, 
and smote the host : for the host was 
secure. 

12 And when Zebah and Zalmun- 
na fled, he pursued after them, and 
took the two kings of Midian, Zebah 
and Zalmunna, and discomfited all 
the host. 

13 IT And Gideon the son of Joash 
returned from battle before the sun 
was up, 

14 And caught a young man of the 
men of Succoth, and inquired of him: 
and he described unto him the prin- 
ces of Succoth, and the elders there- 
of, even threescore and seventeen 
men. 

15 And he came unto the men of 
Succoth, and said, Behold Zebah and 
Zalmunna, with whom ye did upbraid 
me, saying, Are the hands of Zebah 
and Zalmunna now in thine hand, 
that we should give bread unto thy 
men that are weary ? 

16 And he took the elders of the 
city, and thorns of the wilderness, 
and briers, and with them he taught 
the men of Succoth. 

17 And he beat down the tower of 
Penuel, and slew the men of the 
city. 

18 TT Then said he unto Zebah and 
Zalmunna, What manner of men were 
they whom ye slew at Tabor ? And 
they answered, As thou art, so were 
they ; each one resembled the chil- 
dren of a king. 

19 And he said, They were my 
brethren, even the sons of my mother : 
as the Lord liveth, if ye had saved 
them alive, I would not slay you. 

20 And he said unto Jether his first- 
born, Up, and slay them. But the 
youth drew not his sword : for he 
feared, because he was yet a youth. 

21 Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, 
Kise thou, and fall upon us: for as 
the man is, so is his strength. And 
(lid eon arose, and slew Zebah and 
Za I in in in a, and took away the or- 
naments that ivere on their camels' 
necks. 

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22 IT Then the men of Israel said 
unto Gideon, Rule thou over us, both 
thou, and thy son, and thy son's son 
also : for thou hast delivered us from 
the hand of Midian. 

.23 And Gideon said unto them, I 
will not rule over you, neither shall 
my son rule over you : the Lord shall 
rule over you. 

24 IT And Gideon said, unto them, 
I would desire a request of you, that 
ye would give me every man the 
earrings of his prey. (For they had 
golden earrings, because they were 
Ishmaelites.) 

25 And they answered, "We will 
willingly give them. And they spread 
a garment, and didjcast therein every 
man the earrings of his prey. 

26 And the weight of the golden 
earrings that he requested was a 
thousand and seven hundred shekels 
of gold ; besides ornaments, and col- 
lars, and purple raiment that was on 
the kings of Midian, and besides the 
chains that were about their camels' 
necks. 

27 And Gideon made an ephod 
thereof, and put it in his city, even in 
Ophrah : and all Israel went thither 
a whoring after it : which thing be- 
came a snare unto Gideon, and to his 
house. 

28 If Thus was Midian subdued 
before the children of Israel, so that 
they lifted up their heads no more. 
And the country was in quietness 
forty years in the days of Gideon. 

29 If And Jerubbaal the son of Jo- 
ash went and dwelt in his own house. 

30 And Gideon had threescore and 
ten sons of his body begotten : for he 
had many wives. 

31 And his concubine that was in 
Shechem, she also bare him a son, 
whose name he called Abimelech. 

32 If And Gideon the son of Joash 
died in a good old age, and was 
buried in the sepulchre of Joash his 
father, in Ophrah of the Abi-ezrites. 

33 And it came to pass, as soon as 
Gideon was dead, that the children 



Abimelech is made king. 



JUDGES. 



Jotham! s parable. 



of Israel turned again, and went 
a whoring after Baalim, and made 
Baal-berith their god. 

34 And the children of Israel re- 
membered not the Lord their Gpd, 
who had delivered them out of the 
hands of all their enemies on every 
side : 

35 Neither shewed they kindness 
to the house of Jerubbaal, namely, 
Gideon, according to all the goodness 
which he had shewed unto Israel. 

CHAPTEK IX. 

1 Abimelech by conspiracy with the Shechemites, and 
murder of his brethren, is made king. *1 Jotham by a 
parable rebuketh them, and foretelleth their ruin. 22 
Gaal conspireth with the Shechemites against him. 30 
Zebul revealeth it. 34 Abimelech overcometh them, 
and soweth the city with salt. 46 He burneth the hold, 
of the god Berith. 50 At Thebez he is slain by apiece 
of a millstone. 56 Jotham's curse is fulfilled. 

AND Abimelech the son of Je- 
. rubbaal went to Shechem unto 
his mother's brethren, and com- 
muned with them, and with all the 
family of the house of his mother's 
father, saying, 

2 Speak, I pray you, in the ears of 
all the men of Shechem, Whether is 
better for you, either that all the sons 
of Jerubbaal, which are threescore 
and ten persons, reign over you, or 
that one reign over you? remember 
also that I a?n your bone and your 
flesh. 

3 And his mother's brethren spake 
of him in the ears of all the men of 
Shechem all these words : and their 
hearts inclined to follow Abimelech ; 
for they said, He is our brother. 

4 And they gave him threescore and 
ten pieces of silver out of the house 
of Baal-berith, wherewith Abimelech 
hired vain and light persons, which 
followed him. 

5 And he went unto his father's 
house at Ophrah, and slew his breth- 
ren the sons of Jerubbaal, being 
threescore and ten persons, upon one 
stone : notwithstanding, yet Jotham 
the youngest son of Jerubbaal was 
left ; for he hid himself. 

6 And all the men of Shechem gath- 
ered together, and all the house of 

20 



Millo, and went and made Abime- 
lech king, by the plain of the pillar 
that was in Shechem. 

7 1[ And when they told it to Jo- 
tham, he went and stood in the top 
of mount Gerizim, and lifted up his 
voice, and cried, and said unto them, 
Hearken unto me, ye men of She- 
chem, that God may hearken unto 
you. 

8 The trees went forth on a time 
to anoint a king over them ; and they 
said unto the olive tree, Reign thou 
over us. 

9 But the olive tree said unto them, 
Should I leave my fatness, where- 
with by me they honour God and 
man, and go to be promoted over 
the trees ? 

10 And the trees said to the fig tree, 
Come thou, and reign over us. 

11 But the fig tree said unto them, 
Should I forsake my sweetness, and 
my good fruit, and go to be promoted 
over the trees ? 

12 Then said the trees unto the 
vine, Come thou, and reign over us.. 

13 And the vine said unto them, 
Should I leave my wine, which 
cheereth God and man, and go to be 
promoted over the trees ? 

14 Then said all the trees unto the 
bramble, Come thou, and reign over 
us. 

15 And the bramble said unto the 
trees, If in truth ye anoint me king 
over you, then come and put your 
trust in my shadow; and if not, 
let fire come out of the bramble, 
and devour the cedars of Lebanon. 

16 Now therefore, if ye have done 
truly and sincerely, in that ye have 
made Abimelech king, and if ye have 
dealt well with Jerubbaal and his 
house, and have done unto him 
according to the deserving of his 
hands : 

17 (For my father fought for you, 
and adventured his life far, and de- 
livered you out of the hand of Midian : 

18 And ye are risen up against 
my father's house this day, and have 

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The Sheche?nites conspire with JUDGES. 



Gaal against Abimelech. 



slain his sons, threescore and ten 
persons, upon one stone, and have 
made Ahimelech, the son of his maid- 
servant, king over the men of She- 
chem, because he is your brother :) 

19 If ye then have dealt truly and 
sincerely with Jerubbaal and with 
his house this day, then rejoice ye 
in Ahimelech, and let him also re- 
joice in you : 

20 But if not, let fire come out 
from Ahimelech, and devour the men 
of Shechem, and the house of Millo ; 
and let fire come out from the men 
of Shechem, and from the house of 
Millo, and devour Abimelech. 

21 And Jotham ran away, and fled, 
and went to Beer, and dwelt there, 
for fear of Abimelech his brother. 

22 IT When Abimelech had reigned 
three years over Israel, 

23 Then God sent an evil spirit 
between Abimelech and the men of 
Shechem ; and the men of She- 
chem dealt treacherously with Abim- 
elech : 

24 That the cruelty done to the 
threescore and ten sons of Jembbaa] 
might come, and their blood be laid 
upon Abimelech their brother, which 
slew them, and upon the men of 
Shechem, which aided him in the 
killing of his brethren. 

25 And the men of Shechem set 
Hers in wait for him in the top of the 
mountains, and they robbed all that 
came along that way by them : and 
it was told Abimelech. 

26 And Gaal the son of Ebed came 
with his brethren, and went over to 
Shechem : and the men of Shechem 
put their confidence in him. 

27 And they went out into the 
fields, and gathered their vineyards, 
and trode the grapes, and made 
merry, and went into the house of 
their god, and did eat and drink, and 
nursed Abimelech. 

28 And Gaal the son of Ebed said, 
Who is Abimelech, and who is She- 
chem, that we should serve him? is 
not he the son of Jerubbaal ? and 

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Zebul his officer ? serve the men of 
Hamor the father of Shechem: foi 
why should we serve him ? 

29 And would. io God this people 
were under my hand ! then would I 
remove Abimelech. And he said to 
Abimelech, Increase thine army, and 
come out. 

30 If And when Zebul the ruler of 
the city heard the words of Gaal the 
son of Ebed, his anger was kindled. 

31 And he sent messengers unto 
Abimelech privily, saying, Behold, 
Gaal the son of Ebed and his breth- 
ren be come to Shechem ; and, 
behold, they fortify the city against 
thee. 

32 Now therefore up by night, thou 
and the people that is with thee, and 
lie in wait in the field : 

33 And it shall be, that in the 
morning, as soon as the sun is up, 
thou snalt rise early, and set upon 
the city: and, behold, when he and 
the people that is with him come out 
against thee, then mayest thou do to 
them as thou shalt find occasion. 

34 U And Abimelech rose up, and 
all the people that were with him, by 
night, and they laid wait against She- 
chem in four companies. 

35 And Gaal the son of Ebed went 
out, and stood in the entering of the 
gate of the city : and Abimelech rose 
up, and the people that were with 
him, from lying in wait. 

36 And when Gaal saw the people, 
he said to Zebul, Behold, there come 
people down from the top of the 
mountains. And Zebul said unto 
him, Thou seest the shadow of the 
mountains as if they were men. 

37 And Gaal spake again and said, 
See, there come people down by the 
middle of the land, and another 
company come along by the plain of 
Meonenim. 

38 Then said Zebul unto him, 
Where is now thy mouth, wherewith 
thou saidst, Who is Abimelech, that 
we should serve him ? is not this the 
people that thou hast despised ? go 



Abimelech overcometh them. JUDGES. 



Abimelech is slain. 



out, I pray now, and fight with 
them. 

39 And Gaal went out before the 
men of Shechem, and fought with 
Abimelech. 

40 And Abimelech chased him, and 
he fled before him, and many were 
overthrown and wounded, even unto 
the entering of the gate. 

41 And Abimelech dwelt at Am- 
man : and Zebul thrust out Gaal and 
his brethren, that they should not 
dwell in Shechem. 

42 And it came to pass on the mor- 
row, that the people went out into the 
field ; and they told Abimelech. 

43 And he took the people, and di- 
vided them into three companies, and 
laid wait in the field, and looked, and, 
behold, the people were come forth 
out of the city ; and he rose up 
against them, and smote them. 

44 And Abimelech, and the com- 
pany that was with him, rushed for- 
ward, and stood in the entering of 
the gate of the city: and the two 
other companies ran upon all the 
people that were in the fields, and 
slew them. 

45 And Abimelech fought against 
the city all that day ; and he took 
the city, and slew the people that 
was therein, and beat down the city, 
and sowed it with salt. 

46 H And when all the men of the 
tower of Shechem heard that, they 
entered into a hold of the house of 
the god Berith. 

47 And it was told Abimelech, that 
all the men of the tower of Shechem 
were gathered together. 

48 And Abimelech gat him up to 
mount Zalmon, he and all the peo- 
ple that were with him ; and Abime- 
lech took an axe in his hand, and cut 
down a bough from the trees, and 
took it, and laid it on his shoulder, 
and said unto the people that were 
with him, What ye have seen me 
do, make haste, and do as I have 
done. 

49 And all the people likewise cut 



down every man his bough, and fol- 
lowed Abimelech, and put them to 
the hold, and set the hold on fire up- 
on them ; so that all the men of the 
tower of Shechem died also, about a 
thousand men and women. 

50 IT Then went Abimelech to The- 
bez, and encamped against Thebez, 
and took it. 

51 But there was a strong tower' 
within the city, and thither fled all 
the men and women, and all they of 
the city, and shut it to them, and gat 
them up to the top of the tower. 

52 And Abimelech came unto the 
tower, and fought against it, and went 
hard unto the door of the tower to 
burn it with fire. 

53 And a certain woman cast a 
piece of a millstone upon Abimelech's 
head, and all to brake his skull. 

54 Then he called hastily unto the 
young man his armourbearer, and said 
unto him, Draw thy sword, and slay 
me, that men say not of me, A woman 
slew him. And his young man thrust 
him through, and he died. 

55 And when the men of Israel saw 
that Abimelech was dead, they de- 
parted every man unto his place. 

56 IT Thus God rendered the wick- 
edness of Abimelech, which he did 
unto his father, in slaying his seventy 
brethren : 

57 And all the evil of the men of 
Shechem did God render upon their 
heads : and upon them came the 
curse of Jotham the son of Jerub- 
baal. 

CHAPTEE. X. 

1 Tola judgetk Israel in Shamir. 8 Jair, whose thirty 
sons had thirty cities. 6 The Philistines and Am- 
monites oppress Israel. 10 In their misery God send- 
eth them to their false gods. 15 Upon their repent- 
ance he pitieth them. 

AND after Abimelech there arose 
L to defend Israel Tola the son 
of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man of 
Issachar ; and he dwelt in Shamir in 
mount Ephraim. 

2 And he judged Israel twenty and 
three years, and died, and was buried 
in Shamir. 

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JUDGES, 



vex Israel. 



3 If And after him arose Jair, a Gil- 
eadite, and judged Israel twenty and 
two years. 

4 And he had thirty sons that rode 
on thirty ass colts, and they had thir- 
ty cities, which are called Havoth- 
jair unto this day, which are in the 

* land of Gilead. 

5 And Jair died, and was buried 
in C anion. 

6 1T And the children of Israel did 
evil again in the sight of the Lord, 
and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, 
and the gods of Syria, and the gods 
of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, 
and the gods of the children of Am- 
nion, and the gods of the Philistines, 
and forsook the Lord, and served not 
him. 

7 And the anger of the Lord was 
hot against Israel, and he sold them 
into the hands of the Philistines, and 
into the hands of the children of Am- 
mon. 

8 And that year they vexed and op- 
pressed the children of Israel : eight- 
een years, all the children of Israel 
that were on the other side Jordan in 
the land of the Amorites, which is in 
Gilead. 

9 Moreover the children of Am- 
nion passed over Jordan to fight 
also against Judah, and against 
Benjamin, and against the house of 
Ephraim ; so that Israel was sore 
distressed. 

10 If And the children of Israel 
cried unto the Lord, saying, We 
have sinned against thee, both be- 
cause we have forsaken our God, 
and also served Baalim. 

11 And the Lord said unto the 
children of Israel, Did not I de- 
liver you from the Egyptians, and 
from the Amorites, from the chil- 
dren of Ammon, and from the Phi- 
listines? 

12 The Zidonians also, and the 
Amalekites, and the Maonites, did 
oppress you ; and ye cried to me, 
and I delivered you out of their 
hand. 

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13 Yet ye have forsaken me, and 
served other gods : wherefore I will 
deliver you no more. 

14 Go and cry unto the gods 
which ye have chosen ; let them de- 
liver you in the time of your tribula- 
tion. 

15 If And the children of Israel said 
unto the Lord, We have sinned : do 
thou unto us whatsoever seemeth 
good unto thee ; deliver us only, we 
pray thee, this day. 

16 And they put away the strange 
gods from among them, and served 
the Lord : and his soul was grieved 
for the misery of Israel. 

17 Then the children of Ammon 
were gathered together, and en- 
camped in Gilead. And the chil- 
dren of Israel assembled them- 
selves together, and encamped in 
Mizpeh. 

18 And the people and princes of 
Gilead said one to another, What 
man is he that will begin to fight 
against the children of Ammon ? he 
shall be head over all the inhabitants 
of Gilead. 

CHAPTEE XL 

1 The covenant between Jephthah and the Gileadites, that 
he should be their head,. 12 The treaty of peace be- 
tween him and the Ammonites is in vain. 29 Jeph- 
thah? s vow. 32 His conquest of the Ammonites. 34 
He performeth his vow on his daughter. 

NOW Jephthah the Gileadite was 
a mighty man of valour, and he 
was the son of a harlot : and Gilead 
begat Jephthah. 

2 And Gilead's wife bare him sons ; 
and his wife's sons grew up, and they 
thrust out Jephthah, and said unto 
him, Thou shalt not inherit in our 
father's house ; for thou art the son 
of a strange woman. 

3 Then Jephthah fled from his 
brethren, and dwelt in the land of 
Tob : and there were gathered vain 
men to Jephthah, and went out with 
him. 

4 If And it came to pass in pro- 
cess of time, that the children of 
Ammon made war against Israel. 

5 And it was so, that when the chil- 



Jephthatis embassy 



JUDGES. 



to the king of Amnion. 



dren of Amnion made war against 
Israel, the elders of Gilead went to 
fetch Jephthah out of the land of Tob : 

6 And they said unto Jephthah, 
Come, and be our captain, that we 
may fight with the children of Am- 
mon. 

7 And Jephthah said unto the el- 
ders of Gilead, Did not ye hate me, 
and expel me out of my father's house ? 
and why are ye come unto me now 
when ye are in distress ? 

8 And the elders of Gilead said 
unto Jephthah, Therefore we turn 
again to thee now, that thou mayest 
go with us, and fight against the chil- 
dren of Amnion, and be our head over 
all the inhabitants of Gilead. 

9 And Jephthah said unto the el- 
ders of Gilead, If ye bring me home 
again to fight against the children of 
Ammon, and the Lord deliver them 
before me, shall I be your head ? 

10 And the elders of Gilead said 
unto Jephthah, The Lord be witness 
between us, if we do not so according 
to thy words. 

11 Then Jephthah went with the 
elders of Gilead, and the people made 
him head and captain over them: 
and Jephthah uttered all his words 
before the Lord in Mizpeh. 

12 IT And Jephthah sent messen- 
gers unto the king of the children of 
Ammon, saying, What hast thou to 
do with me, that thou art come against 
me to fight in my land ? 

13 And the king of the children of 
Ammon answered unto the messen- 
gers of Jephthah, Because Israel took 
away my land, when they came up 
out of Egypt, from Arnon even unto 
Jabbok, and unto Jordan : now there- 
fore restore those lands again peace- 
ably. 

14 And Jephthah sent messengers 
again unto the king of the children 
of Ammon : 

15 And said unto him, Thus saith 
Jephthah, Israel took not away the 
land of Moab, nor the land of the 
children of Ammon : 



16 But when Israel came up from 
Egypt, and walked through the wil- 
derness unto the Red sea, and came 
to Kadesh ; 

17 Then Israel sent messengers 
unto the king of Edom, saying, Let 
me, I pray thee, pass through thy 
land : but the king of Edom would 
not hearken thereto. And in like 
manner they sent unto the king of 
Moab ; but he would not consent : 
and Israel abode in Kadesh. 

18 Then they went along through 
the wilderness, and compassed the 
land of Edom, and the land of Moab, 
and came by the east side of the land 
of Moab, and pitched on the other 
side of Arnon, but came not within 
the border of Moab : for Arnon was 
the border of Moab. 

19 And Israel sent messengers unto 
Sihon king of the Amorites, the king 
of Heshbon ; and Israel said unto him, 
Let us pass, we pray thee, through 
thy land into my place. 

20 But Sihon trusted not Israel 
to pass through his coast : but Sihon 
gathered all his people together, and 
pitched in Jahaz, and fought against 
Israel. 

21 And the Lord God of Israel 
delivered Sihon and all his people 
into the hand of Israel, and they 
smote them: so Israel possessed all 
the land of the Amorites, the inhabi- 
tants of that country. 

22 And they possessed all the 
coasts of the Amorites, from Arnon 
even unto Jabbok, and from the wil- 
derness even unto Jordan. 

23 So now the Lord God of Israel 
hath dispossessed the Amorites from 
before his people Israel, and shouldest 
thou possess it ? 

24 Wilt not thou possess that which 
Chemosh thy god giveth thee to pos- 
sess ? So whomsoever the Lord our 
God shall drive out from before us, 
them will we possess. 

25 And now art thou any thing 
better than Balak the son of Zippor, 
king of Moab ? did he ever strive 

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JUDGES. 



He performeth his vow. 



against Israel, or did he ever fight 
against them, 

26 While Israel dwelt in Heshhon 
and her towns, and in Aroer and her 
towns, and in all the cities that be 
along by the coasts of Arnon, three 
hundred years ? why therefore did ye 
not recover them within that time ? 

27 Wherefore I have not sinned 
against thee, but thou doest me wrong 
to war against me : the Lord the 
Judge be judge this day between the 
children of Israel and the children of 
Amnion. 

28 Howbeit the king of the chil- 
dren of Amnion hearkened not unto 
the words of Jephthah which he sent 
him. 

29 If Then the Spirit of the Lord 
came upon Jephthah, and he passed 
over Gilead, and Manasseh, and pass- 
ed over Mizpeh of Gilead, and from 
Mizpeh of Gilead he passed over unto 
the children of Ammon. 

30 And Jephthah vowed a vow un- 
to the Lord, and said, If thou shalt 
without fail deliver the children of 
Ammon into mine hands, 

31 Then it shall be, that whatso- 
ever cometh forth of the doors of my 
house to meet me, when I return in 
peace from the children of Ammon, 
shall surely be the Lord's, and I 
will offer it up for a burnt offering. 

32 IF So Jephthah passed over un- 
to the children of Ammon to fight 
against them ; and the Lord deliv- 
ered them into his hands. 

33 And he smote them from Aroer, 
even till thou come to Minnith, even 
twenty cities, and unto the plain of 
the vineyards, with a very great 
slaughter. Thus the children of Am- 
mon were subdued before the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

34 1[ And Jephthah came to Miz- 
peh unto his house, and, behold, his 
daughter came out to meet him with 
timbrels and with dances: and she 
was his only child ; beside her he had 
neither son nor daughter. 

35 And it came to pass, when he 

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saw her, that he rent his clothes, and 
said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast 
brought me very low, and thou art 
one of them that trouble me : for I 
have opened my mouth unto the 
Lord, and I cannot go back. 

36 And she said unto him, My fa- 
ther, if thou hast opened thy mouth 
unto the Lord, do to me according to 
that which hath proceeded out of thy 
mouth ; forasmuch as the Lord hath 
taken vengeance for thee of thine 
enemies, even of the children of Am- 
mon. 

37 And she said unto her father, 
Let this thing be done for me : let 
me alone two months, that I may 
go up and down upon the moun- 
tains, and bewail my virginity, I and 
my fellows. 

38 And he said, Go. And he sent her 
away for two months : and she went 
with her companions, and bewailed 
her virginity upon the mountains. 

39 And it came to pass at the end 
of two months, that she returned 
unto her father, who did with her 
according to his vow which he had 
vowed : and she knew no man. And 
it was a custom in Israel, 

40 That the daughters of Israel 
went yearly to lament trte daughter 
of Jephthah the Gileadite four days 
in a year. 

CHAPTEE XII. 

1 The JSphraimites, quarrelling with Jephthah, and dis- 
cerned by Shibboleth, are slain by the Gileadites. 7 
Jephthah dieth. 8 Ibzan, who had thirty sons and 
thirty daughters, 11 and Elon, 13 and Abdon, who 
had forty sons and thirty nephews, judged Israel. 

\ ND the men of Ephraim gathered 
j[JL themselves together, and went 
northward, and said unto Jephthah, 
Wherefore passedst thou over to fight 
against the children of Ammon, and 
didst not call lis to go with thee? 
we will burn thine hous& upon thee 
with fire. 

2 And Jephthah said unto them, I 
and my people were at great strife 
with the children of Ammon; and 
when I called you, ye delivered me 
not out of their hands. 



An angel appeareth 



JUDGES. 



to Manoah! s wife. 



3 And when I saw that ye delivered 
me not, I put my life in my hands, 
and passed over against the children 
of Ammon, and the Lord delivered 
them into my hand : wherefore then 
are ye come up unto me this day, to 
fight against me ? 

4 Then Jephthah gathered together 
all the men of Gilead, and fought 
with Ephraim : and the men of Gil- 
ead smote Ephraim, hecause they 
said, Ye Gileadites are fugitives of 
Ephraim among the Ephraimites, 
and among the Manassites. 

5 And the Gileadites took the pas- 
sages of Jordan before the Ephraim- 
ites : and it was so, that when those 
Ephraimites which were escaped 
said, Let me go over, that the men 
of Gilead said unto him, Art thou 
an Ephraimite ? If he said, Nay ; 

6 Then said they unto him, Say 
now Shibboleth : and he said Sib- 
boleth: for he could not frame to 
pronounce it right. Then they took 
him, and slew him at the passages of 
Jordan: and there fell at that time 
of the Ephraimites forty and two 
thousand. 

7 And Jephthah judged Israel six 
years. Then died Jephthah the Gil- 
eadite, and was buried in one of the 
cities of Gilead. 

8 IT And after him Ibzan of Beth- 
lehem judged Israel. 

9 And he had thirty sons, and thirty 
daughters, whom he sent abroad, and 
took in thirty daughters from abroad 
for his sons. And he judged Israel 
seven years. 

10 Then died Ibzan, and was bur- 
ied at Beth-lehem. 

11 And after him Elon, a Zebu- 
lonite, judged Israel; and he judged 
Israel ten years. 

12 And Elon the Zebulonite died, 
and was buried in Aijalon in the 
country of Zebulun. 

13 And after him Abdon the son 
of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged Is- 
rael. 

14 And he had forty sons and thirty 



nephews, that rode on threescore and 
ten ass colts : and he judged Israel 
eight years. 

15 And Abdon the son of Hillel the 
Pirathonite died, and was buried in 
Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in 
the mount of the Amalekites. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines. 2 An angel 
appeareth to Manoah! s wife. 8 The angel appeareth 
to Manoah. 15 Manoah' s sacrifice, whereby the angel 
is discovered. 24 Samson is born. 

AND the children of Israel did 
. evil again in the sight of the 
Lord ; and the Lord delivered them 
into the hand of the Philistines forty 
years. 

2 ^T And there was a certain man of 
Zorah, of the family of the Danites, 
whose name was Manoah ; and his 
wife was barren, and bare not. 

3 And the angel of the Lord ap- 
peared unto the woman, and said unto 
her, Behold now, thou art barren, 
and bearest not : but thou shalt con- 
ceive, and bear a son. 

4 Now therefore beware, I pray 
thee, and drink not wine nor strong 
drink, and eat not any unclean thing : 

5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and 
bear a son ; and no razor shall come 
on his head : for the child shall be a 
Nazarite unto God from the womb : 
and he shall begin to deliver Israel 
out of the hand of the Philistines. 

6 ^ Then the woman came and told 
her husband, saying, A man of God 
came unto me, and his countenance 
was like the countenance of an angel 
of God, very terrible : but I asked 
him not whence he was, neither told 
he me his name : 

7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou 
shalt conceive, and bear a son ; and 
now drink no wine nor strong drink, 
neither eat any unclean thing: for 
the child shall be a Nazarite to God 
from the womb to the day of his 
death. 

8 If Then Manoah entreated the 
Lord, and said, O my Lord, let the 
man of God which thou didst send 
come again unto us, and teach us 

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Samson is born. 



what we shall do unto the child that 
shall he horn. 

9 And God hearkened to the voice 
of Manoah ; and the angel of God 
came again unto the woman as she 
sat in the field : but Manoah her 
husband was not with her. 

10 And the woman made haste, 
and ran, and shewed her husband, 
and said unto him, Behold, the man 
hath appeared unto me, that came 
unto me the other day. 

11 And Manoah arose, and went 
after his wife, and came to the man, 
and said unto him, Art thou the man 
that spakest unto the woman ? And 
he said, I am. 

12 And Manoah said, Now let thy 
words come to pass. How shall we 
order the child, and how shall we do 
unto him ? 

13 And the angel of the Lord said 
unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto 
the woman let her beware. 

14 She may not eat of any thing 
that cometh of the vine, neither let 
her drink wine or strong drink, nor 
eat any unclean thing: all that I 
commanded her let her observe. 

15 11" And Manoah said unto the 
angel of the Lord, I pray thee, let 
us detain thee, until we shall have 
made ready a kid for thee. 

16 And the angel of the Lord said 
unto Manoah, Though thou detain 
me, I will not eat of thy bread : and 
if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, 
thou must offer it unto the Lord. 
For Manoah knew not that he was 
an angel of the Lord. 

17 And Manoah said unto the an- 
gel of the Lord, "What is thy name, 
that when thy sayings come to pass 
we may do thee honour ? 

18 And the angel of the Lord said 
unto him, Why askest thou thus after 
my name, seeing it is secret? 

19 So Manoah took a kid with a 
meat offering, and offered it upon a 
rock unto the Lord : and the angel 
did wondrously; and Manoah and 
his wife looked on. 

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20 For it came to pass, when the 
flame went up toward heaven from 
off the altar, that the angel of the 
Lord ascended in the flame of the 
altar: and Manoah and his wife 
looked on it, and fell on their faces 
to the ground. 

21 But the angel of the Lord did 
no more appear to Manoah and to 
his wife. Then Manoah knew that 
he was an angel of the Lord. 

22 And Manoah said unto his wife, 
We shall surely die, because we have 
seen God. 

23 But his wife said unto him, If 
the Lord were pleased to kill us, he 
would not have received a burnt of- 
fering and a meat offering at our 
hands, neither would he have shewed 
us all these things, nor would as at 
this time have told us such things as 
these. 

24 IT And the woman bare a son, 
and called his name Samson : and 
the child grew, and the Lord blessed 
him. 

25 And the Spirit of the Lord be- 
gan to move him at times in the camp 
of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. 

CHAPTEK XIY. 

1 Samson desireth a wife of the Philistines. 5 In his 
journey he killeth a lion. 8 In a second journey he 
findeth honey in the carcass. 10 Samson's marriage 
feast. 12 His riddle by his wife is made known. 19 
He spoileth thirty Philistines. 20 His wife is married 
to another. 

AND Samson went down to Tim- 
_ nath, and saw a woman in Tim- 
nath of the daughters of the Philis- 
tines. 

2 And he came up, and told his 
father and his mother, and said, I 
have seen a woman in Timnath of 
the daughters of the Philistines: 
now therefore get her for me to 
wife. 

3 Then his father and his mother 
said unto him, Is there never a 
woman among the daughters of 
thy brethren, or among all my 
people, that thou goest to take a 
wife of the uncircumcised Philis- 
tines? And Samson said unto his 



Samson's marriage feast. 



JUDGES. 



His riddle made known. 



father, Get her for me; for she 
pleaseth me well. 

4 But his father and his mother 
knew not that it was of the Lord, 
that he sought an occasion against 
the Philistines : for at that time the 
Philistines had dominion over Israel. 

5 % Then went Samson down, and 
his father and his mother, to Tim- 
nath, and came to the vineyards of 
Timnath : and, behold, a young lion 
roared against him. 

6 And the Spirit of the Lord 
came mightily upon him, and he 
rent him as he would have rent a 
kid, and he had nothing in his 
hand: but he told not his father 
or his mother what he had done. 

7 And he went down, and talked 
with the woman ; and she pleased 
Samson well. 

8 IT And after a time he returned 
to take her, and he turned aside to 
see the carcass of the lion : and, be- 
hold, there was a swarm of bees and 
honey in the carcass of the lion. 

9 And he took thereof in his 
hands, and went on eating, and 
came to his father and mother, 
and he gave them, and they did 
eat: but he told not them that he 
had taken the honey out of the 
carcass of the lion. 

10 II So his father went down un- 
to the woman: and Samson made 
there a feast ; for so used the young 
men to do. 

11 And it came to pass, when they 
saw him, that they brought thirty 
companions to be with him. 

12 IT And Samson said unto them, 
I will now put forth a riddle unto 
you : if ye can certainly declare it me 
within the seven days of the feast, 
and find it out, then I will give you 
thirty sheets and thirty change of 
garments : 

13 But if ye cannot declare it me, 
then shall ye give me thirty sheets 
and thirty change of garments. And 
they said unto him, Put forth thy 
riddle, that we may hear it. 



14 And he said unto them, Out of 
the eater came forth meat, and out 
of the strong came forth sweetness. 
And they could not in three days 
expound the riddle. 

15 And it came to pass on the 
seventh day, that they said unto Sam- 
son's wife, Entice thy husband, that 
he niay declare unto us the riddle, 
lest we burn thee and thy father's 
house with fire: have ye called us 
to take that we have ? is it not so ? 

16 And Samson's wife wept before 
him, and said, Thou dost but hate 
me, and lovest me not : thou hast 
put forth a riddle unto the children 
of my people, and hast not told it 
me. And he said unto her, Behold, 
I have not told it my father nor my 
mother, and shall I tell it thee ? 

17 And she wept before him the 
seven days, while their feast lasted : 
and it came to pass on the seventh 
day, that he told her, because she 
lay sore upon him : and she told the 
riddle to the children of her people. 

18 And the men of the city said 
unto him on the seventh day before 
the sun went down, What is sweeter 
than honey ? and what is stronger 
than a lion ? And he said unto them, 
If ye had not ploughed with my heif- 
er, ye had not found out my riddle. 

19 IT And the Spirit of the Lord 
came upon him, and he went down 
to Ashkelon, and slew thirty men 
of them, and took their spoil, and 
gave change of garments unto them 
which expounded the riddle. And 
his anger was kindled, and he went 
up to his father's house. 

20 But Samson's wife was given to 
his companion, whom he had used as 
his friend. 

CHAPTEK XY. 

1 Samson is denied his wife. 3 He burnetii the Philis- 
tines' corn with foxes and firebrands. 6 His wife and 
her father are burnt by the Philistines. 1 Samson 
smiteth them hip and thigh. 9 He is bound by the 
men of Judah, and delivered to the Philistines. 14 
He killeth them with a jawbone. 18 God maketh the 
fountain En-hakkore for him in Lehi. 

BUT it came to pass within a 
while after, in the time of wheat 
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Samson is denied his wife. JUDGES. He smiteth the Philistines. 



harvest, that Samson visited his 
wife with a kid ; and he said, I will 
go in to my wife into the cham- 
ber. But her father would not suf- 
fer him to go in. 

2 And her father said, I verily 
thought that thou hadst utterly hated 
her; therefore I gave her to thy 
companion : is not her younger sis- 
ter fairer than she ? take her, I pray 
thee, instead of her. 

3 H And Samson said concerning 
them, Now shall I be more blame- 
less than the Philistines, though I 
do them a displeasure. 

4 And Samson went and caught 
three hundred foxes, and took fire- 
brands, and turned tail to tail, and 
put a firebrand in the midst between 
two tails. 

5 And when he had set the brands 
on fire, he let them go into the stand- 
ing corn of the Philistines, and burnt 
up both the shocks, and also the 
standing corn, with the vineyards 
and olives. 

6 TI Then the Philistines said, Who 
hath done this? And they answer- 
ed, Samson, the son in law of the 
Timnite, because he had taken his 
wife, and given her to his compan- 
ion. And the Philistines came up, 
and burnt her and her father with 
fire. 

7 If And Samson said unto them, 
Though ye have done this, yet will I 
be avenged of you, and after that I 
will cease. 

8 And he smote them hip and 
thigh with a great slaughter: and he 
went down and dwelt in the top of 
the rock Etam. 

9 If Then the Philistines went up, 
and pitched in Judah, and spread 
themselves in Lehi. 

10 And the men of Judah said, 
Why are ye come up against us ? 
And they answered, To bind Sam- 
son are we come up, to do to him 
aa he hath done to us. 

11 Then three thousand men of 
Judah went to the top of the rock 

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Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest 
thou not that the Philistines are ru- 
lers over us ? what is this that thou 
hast done unto us ? And he said un- 
to them, As they did unto me, so 
have I done unto them. 

12 And they said unto him, We 
are come down to bind thee, that 
we may deliver thee into the hand of 
the Philistines. And Samson said 
unto them, Swear unto me, that ye 
will not fall upon me yourselves. 

13 And they spake unto him, say- 
ing, No ; but we will bind thee fast, 
and deliver thee into their hand : 
but surely we will not kill thee. 
And they bound him with two new 
cords, and brought him up from the 
rock. 

14 IT And when he came unto Lehi, 
the Philistines shouted against him : 
and the Spirit of the Lord came 
mightily upon him, and the cords 
that were upon his arms became as 
flax that was burnt with fire, and his 
bands loosed from off his hands. 

15 And he found a new jawbone 
of an ass, and put forth his hand, 
and took it, and slew a thousand 
men therewith. 

16 And Samson said, With the 
jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, 
with the jaw of an ass have I slain 
a thousand men. 

17 And it came to pass, when he 
had made an end of speaking, that 
he cast away the j awbone out of his 
hand, and called that place Ramath- 
lehi. 

18 U And he was sore athirst, and 
called on the Lord, and said, Thou 
hast given this great deliverance into 
the hand of thy servant: and now 
shall I die for thirst, and fall into 
the hand of the uncircumcised ? 

19 But God clave a hollow place 
that was in the jaw, and there pame 
water thereout ; and when he had 
drunk, his spirit came again, and 
he revived : wherefore he called the 
name thereof En-hakkore, which is 
in Lehi unto this day. 



Samson's feats of strength. JUDGES. Delilah's falsehood to him. 



20 And he judged Israel in the 
days of the Philistines twenty years. 

CHAPTEE XVI. 

1 Samson at Gaza escapeth, and carrieth away the gates 
of the city. 4t Delilah, corrupted by the Philistines, 
enticeth Samson. 6 Thrice she is deceived. 15 At 
last she overcometh him. 21 The Philistines take 
him, and put out his eyes. 22 His strength renewing, 
he pulleth down the house upon the Philistines, and 
dieth. 

THEN went Samson to Gaza, and 
saw there a harlot, and went in 
unto her. 

2 And it was told the Gazites, say- 
ing, Samson is come hither. And 
they compassed him in, and laid wait 
for him all night in the gate of the 
city, and were quiet all the night, 
saying, In the morning, when it is 
day, we shall kill him. 

3 And Samson lay till midnight, 
and arose at midnight, and took the 
doors of the gate of the city, and 
the two posts, and went away with 
them, har and all, and put them up- 
on his shoulders, and carried them 
up to the top of a hill that is before 
Hebron. 

4 H" And it came to pass afterward, 
that he loved a woman in the valley 
of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 

o 5 And the lords of the Philistines 
came up unto her, and said unto 
her, Entice him, and see wherein 
his great strength lieth, and by 
what means we may prevail against 
him, that we may bind him to afflict 
him: and we will give thee every 
one of us eleven hundred pieces of 
silver. 

6 11" And Delilah said to Samson, 
Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy 
great strength lieth, and wherewith 
thou mightest be bound to afflict 
thee. 

7 And Samson said unto her, If 
they bind me with seven green 
withs that were never dried, then 
shall I be weak, and be as another 
man. 

8 Then the lords of the Philistines 
brought up to her seven green withs 
which had not been dried, and she 
bound him with them. 



9 Now there were men lying in 
wait, abiding with her in the cham- 
ber. And she said unto him, The 
Philistines be upon thee, Samson. 
And he brake the withs, as a thread 
of tow is broken when it toucheth 
the fire. So his strength was not 
known. 

10 And Delilah said unto Samson, 
Behold, thou hast mocked me, and 
told., me lies : now tell me, I pray 
thee, wherewith thou mightest be 
bound. 

1 1 And he said unto her, If they 
bind me fast with new ropes that 
never were occupied, then shall I be 
weak, and be as another man. 

12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, 
and bound him therewith, and said 
unto him, The Philistines be upon 
thee, Samson. And there were liers 
in wait abiding in the chamber. And 
he brake them from off his arms like 
a thread. 

13 And Delilah said unto Samson, 
Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and 
told me lies : tell me wherewith thou 
mightest be bound. And he said 
unto her, If thou weavest the seven 
locks of my head with the web. 

14 And she fastened it with the 
pin, and said unto him, The Phi- 
listines be upon thee, Samson. And 
he awaked out of his sleep, and went 
away with the pin of the beam, and 
with the web. 

15 IT And she said unto him, How 
canst thou say, I love thee, when 
thine heart is not with me ? Thou 
hast mocked me these three times, 
and hast not told me wherein thy 
great strength lieth. 

16 And it came to pass, when she 
pressed him daily with her words, 
and urged him, so that his soul was 
vexed unto death ; 

17 That he told her all his heart, 
and said unto her, There hath not 
come a razor upon mine head ; for I 
have been a Nazarite unto God from 
my mother's womb : if I be shaven, 
then my strength will go from me, 

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and death. 



and I shall become weak, and be like 
any other man. 

18 And when Delilah saw that he 
had told her all his heart, she sent 
and called for the lords of the Phi- 
listines, saying, Come up this once, 
for he hath shewed me all his heart. 
Then the lords of the Philistines 
came up unto her, and brought mo- 
ney in their hand. 

19 And she made him sleep upon 
her knees ; and she called for a man, 
and she caused him to shave off the 
seven locks of his head ; and she be- 
gan to afflict him, and his strength 
went from him. 

20 And she said, The Philistines be 
upon thee, Samson. And he awoke 
out of his sleep, and said, I will go 
out as at other times before, and 
shake myself. And he wist not that 
the Lord was departed from him. 

2 1 If But the Philistines took him, 
and put out his eyes, and brought 
him down to Gaza, and bound him 
with fetters of brass ; and he did 
grind in the prison house. 

22 Howbeit the hair of his head 
began to grow again after he was 
shaven. 

23 Then the lords of the Philistines 
gathered them together for to offer 
a great sacrifice unto Dagon their 
god, and to rejoice: for they said, 
Our god hath delivered Samson our 
enemy into our hand. 

24 And when the people saw him, 
they praised their god : for they said, 
Our god hath delivered into our 
hands our enemy, and the destroyer 
of our country, which slew many of 
us. 

25 And it came to pass, when their 
hearts were merry, that they said, 
Call for Samson, that he may make 
us sport. And they called for Sam- 
son out of the prison house ; and he 
made them sport : and they set him 
between the pillars. 

26 And Samson said unto the lad 
that held him by the hand, Suffer 
me that I may feel the pillars where- 

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Ephraim, whose name was Mi- 



upon the house standeth, that I may 
lean upon them. 

27 Now the house was full of men 
and women ; and all the lords of the 
Philistines were there ; and there were 
upon the roof about three thousand 
men and women, that beheld while 
Samson made sport. 

28 And Samson called unto the 
Lord, and said, O Lord God, remem- 
ber me, I pray thee, and strength- 
en me, I pray thee, only this once, 
O God, that I may be at once 
avenged of the Philistines for my 
two eyes. 

29 And Samson took hold of the 
two middle pillars upon which the 
house stood, and on which it was 
borne up, of the one with his right 
hand, and of the other with his 
left. 

30 And Samson said, Let me die 
with the Philistines. And he bowed 
himself with all his might ; and the 
house fell upon the lords, and upon 
all the people that were therein. So 
the dead which he slew at his death 
were more than they which he slew 
in his life. 

31 Then his brethren and all the 
house of his father came down, and 
took him, and brought him up, and 
buried him between Zorah and Esh- 
taol in the buryingplace of Manoah 
his father. And he judged Israel 
twenty years. 

CIIAPTEK XVII. 

1 Of the money that Micah first stole, then restored, his 
mother maketh images, 5 and he ornaments for them. 
7 He hireth a Levite to be his priest. 

AND there was a man of mount 
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2 And he said unto his mother, 
The eleven hundred shekels of silver 
that were taken from thee, about 
which thou cursedst, and spakest of 
also in mine ears, behold, the silver 
is with me ; I took it. And his moth- 
er said, Blessed be thou of the Lord, 
my son. 

3 And when he had restored the 



Micah 1 s idolatry. 



JUDGES. 



The spies of Dan. 



eleven hundred shekels of silver to 
his mother, his mother said, I had 
wholly dedicated the silver unto the 
•Lord from my hand for my son, to 
make a graven image and a molten 
image: now therefore I will restore 
it unto thee. 

4 Yet he restored the money unto 
his mother; and his mother took 
two hundred shekels of silver, and 
gave them to the founder, who made 
thereof a graven image and a molten 
image : and they were in the house 
of Micah. 

5 And the man Micah had a house 
of gods, and made an ephod, and ter- 
aphim, and consecrated one of his 
sons, who became his priest. 

6 In those days there was no king 
in Israel, but every man did that 
which ic as right in his own eyes. 

7 U And there was a young man 
out of Beth-lehem-judah of the family 
of Judah, who was a Levite, and he 
sojourned there. 

8 And the man departed out of the 
city from Beth-lehem-judah to so- 
journ where he could find a place : 
and he came to mount Ephraim to 
the house of Micah, as he journeyed. 

9 And Micah said unto him, Whence 
comest thou ? And he said unto him, 
I am a Levite of Beth-lehem-judah, 
and I go to sojourn where I may find 
a place. 

10 And Micah said unto him, Dwell 
with me, and he unto me a father 
and a priest, and I will give thee ten 
shekels of silver by the year, and a 
suit of apparel, and thy victuals. So 
the Levite went in. 

11 And the Levite was content to 
dwell with the man ; and the young 
man was unto him as one of his 
sons. 

12 And Micah consecrated the 
Levite ; and the young man became 
his priest, and was in the house of 
Micah. 

13 Then said Micah, Now know I 
that the Lord will do me good, see- 
ing I have a Levite to my priest. 



CHAPTEE XYIII. 

1 TJie Danites send five men to seek out an inheritance. 
3 At the house of Micah they consult with Jonathan, 
and are encouraged in their way. 7 They search 
Laish, and bring back news of good hope. 11 Six 
hundred men are sent to surprise it. 14 In the way 
they rob Micah of his priest and his consecrated 
things. 27 They win Laish, and call it Dan. 30 
They set up idolatry, wherein Jonathan inherited the 
priesthood. 

IN those days there was no king 
in Israel: and in those days the 
tribe of the Danites sought them an 
inheritance to dwell in ; for unto that 
day all their inheritance had not fall- 
en unto them among the tribes of Is- 
rael. 

2 And the children of Dan sent 
of their family five men from their 
coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, 
and from Eshtaol, to spy out the 
land, and to search it ; and they said 
unto them, Go, search the land : who 
when they came to mount Ephraim, 
to the house of Micah, they lodged 
there. 

3 When they were by the house of 
Micah, they knew the voice of the 
young man the Levite : and they 
turned in thither, and said unto him, 
Who brought thee hither ? and what 
makest thou in this place ? and what 
hast thou here ? 

4 And he said unto them, Thus and 
thus dealeth Micah with me, and hath 
hired me, and I am his priest. 

5 And they said unto him, Ask 
counsel, we pray thee, of God, that 
we may know whether our way which 
we go shall be prosperous. 

6 And the priest said unto them, 
Go in peace : before the Lord is your 
way wherein ye go. 

7 1[ Then the five men departed, 
and came to Laish, and saw the peo- 
ple that were therein, how they dwelt 
careless, after the manner of the Zi- 
donians, quiet and secure; and there 
was no magistrate in the land, that 
might put them to shame in any 
thing; and they were far from the 
Zidonians, and had no business with 
any man. 

8 And they came unto their breth- 
ren to Zorah and Eshtaol : and their 

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Micah of his idols. 



brethren said unto them, What say 
ye? 

9 And they said, Arise, that we 
may go up against them: for we 
have seen the land, and, behold, it 
is very good : and are ye still ? be 
not slothful to go, and to enter to 
possess the land. 

10 When ye go, ye shall come un- 
to a people secure, and to a large 
land : for God hath given it into 
your hands ; a place where there is 
no want of any thing that is in the 
earth. 

11 IT And there went from thence 
of the family of the Danites, out of 
Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hun- 
dred men appointed with weapons 
of war. 

12 And they went up, and pitched 
in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah : where- 
fore they called that place Mahaneh- 
dan unto this day : behold, it is be- 
hind Kirjath-jearim. 

13 And they passed thence unto 
mount Ephraim, and came unto the 
house of Micah. 

14 If Then answered the five men 
that went to spy out the country of 
Laish, and said unto their brethren, 
Do ye know that there is in these 
houses an ephod, and teraphim, and 
a graven image, and a molten image? 
now therefore consider what ye have 
to do. 

15 And they turned thitherward, 
and came to the house of the young 
man the Levite, even unto the house 
of Micah, and saluted him. 

16 And the six hundred men ap- 
pointed with their weapons of war, 
which were of the children of Dan, 
stood by the entering of the gate. 

17 And the five men that went to 
spy out the land went up, and came 
i nl hither, and took the graven image, 
and the ephod, and the teraphim, 
and 11 io molten image : and the priest 
stood in the entering of the gate with 
the six hundred men that were ap- 
pointed with weapons of war. 

18 And these went into Micah's 

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house, and fetched the carved image, 
the ephod, and the teraphim, and the 
molten image. Then said the priest 
unto them, What do ye ? 

19 And they said unto him, Hold 
thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy 
mouth, and go with us, and be to us 
a father and a priest : is it better for 
thee to be a priest unto the house of 
one man, or that thou be a priest un- 
to a tribe and a family in Israel ? 

20 And the priest's heart was glad, 
and he took the ephod, and the tera- 
phim, and the graven image, and 
went in the midst of the people. 

21 So they turned and departed, 
and put the little ones and the cattle 
and the carriage before them. 

22 If And when they were a good 
way from the house of Micah, the 
men that were in the houses near 
to Micah's house were gathered to- 
gether, and overtook the children of 
Dan. 

23 And' they cried unto the chil- 
dren of Dan. And they turned their 
faces, and said unto Micah, What 
aileth thee, that thou comest with 
such a company ? 

24 And he said, Ye have taken 
away my gods which I made, and 
the priest, and ye are gone away: 
and what have I more ? and what is 
this that ye say unto me, What aileth 
thee? 

25 And the children of Dan said 
unto him, Let not thy voice be heard 
among us, lest angry fellows run 
upon thee, and thou lose thy life, 
with the lives of thy household. 

26 And the children of Dan went 
their way: and when Micah saw 
that they were too strong for him, 
he turned and went back unto his 
house. 

27 And they took the things which 
Micah had made, and the priest 
which he had, and came unto Laish, 
unto a people that were at quiet and 
secure: and they smote them with 
the edge of the sword, and burnt the 
city with fire. 



A Levite cometh 



JUDGES. 



to lodge in Gibe ah. 



28 And there was no deliverer, 
because it was far from Zidon, and 
they had no business with any man ; 
and it was in the valley that lieth by 
Beth-rehob. And they built a city, 
and dwelt therein. 

29 And they called the name of 
the city Dan, after the name of Dan 
their father, who was born unto Is- 
rael : howbeit the name of the city 
was Laish at the first. 

SOU And the children of Dan set 
up the graven image : and Jonathan, 
the son of Gershom, the son of Ma- 
na,sseh, he and his sons were priests 
to the tribe of Dan until the day of 
the captivity of the land. 

31 And they set them up Micah's 
graven image, which he made, all 
the time that the house of God was 
in Shiloh. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 A Levite goeth to Beth-lehem to fetch home his wife. 
16 An old man entertaineth him at Gibeah. 22 
The Gibeathites abuse his concubine to death. 29 He 
divideth her into twelve pieces, to send them to the 
twelve tribes. 

AND it came to pass in those days, 
. when there ivas no king in Is- 
rael, that there was a certain Levite 
sojourning on the side of mount 
Ephraim, who took to him a concu- 
bine out of Beth-lehem-judah. 

2 And his concubine played the 
whore against him, and went away 
from him unto her father's house to 
Beth-leiiem-judah, and was there 
four whole months. 

3 And her husband arose, and went 
after her, to speak friendly unto her, 
and to bring her again, having his 
servant with him, and a couple of 
asses : and she brought him into her 
father's house ; and when the father 
of the damsel saw him, he rejoiced 
to meet him. 

4 And his father in law, the dam- 
sel's father, retained him ; and he 
abode with him three days : so they 
did eat and drink, and lodged there. 

' 5 *\\ And it came to pass on the 
fourth day, when they arose early in 
the morning, that he rose up to de- 



part : and the damsel's father said 
unto his son in law, Comfort thine 
heart with a morsel of bread, and af- 
terward go your way. 

6 And they sat down, and did eat 
and drink both of them together: 
for the damsel's father had said unto 
the man, Be content, I pray thee, 
and tarry all night, and let thine 
heart be merry. 

7 And when the man rose up to 
depart, his father in law urged him : 
therefore he lodged there again. 

8 And he arose early in the morn- 
ing on the fifth day to depart: and 
the damsel's father said, Comfort 
thine heart, I pray thee. And they 
tarried until afternoon, and they did 
eat both of them. 

9 And when the man rose up to 
depart, he, and his concubine, and 
his servant, his father in law, the 
damsel's father, said unto him, Be- 
hold, now the day draweth toward 
evening, I pray you tarry all night : 
behold, the day groweth to an end, 
lodge here, that thine heart may be 
merry ; and to morrow get you early 
on your way, that thou mayest go 
home. 

10 But the man would not tarry 
that night, but he rose up and de- 
parted, and came over against Jebus, 
which is Jerusalem; and there ivere 
with him two asses saddled, his con- 
cubine also ivas with him. 

11 And when they were by Jebus, 
the day was far spent ; and the ser- 
vant said unto his master, Come, I 
pray thee, and let us turn in into this 
city of the Jebusites, and lodge in it. 

12 And his master said unto him, 
We will not turn aside hither into 
the city of a stranger, that is not of 
the children of Israel ; we will pass 
over to Gibeah. 

13 And he said unto his servant, 
Come, and let us draw near to one 
of these places to lodge all night, in 
Gibeah, or in II amah. 

14 And they passed on and went 
their way ; and the sun went down 

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is abused to death. 



upon them when they were by Gib- 
eah, which belongeth to Benjamin. 

15 And they turned aside thither, 
to go in and to lodge in Gibeah : and 
when he went in, he sat him down 
in a street of the city : for there was 
no man that took them into his house 
to lodging. 

16 IT And, behold, there came an 
old man from his work out of the field 
at even, which was also of mount 
Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gib- 
eah : but the men of the place were 
Benjamites. 

17 And when he had lifted up his 
eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the 
street of the city : and the old man 
said, Whither goest thou ? and whence 
comest thou ? 

18 And he said unto him, We are 
passing from Beth-lehem-judah to- 
ward the side of mount Ephraim ; 
from thence am I: and I went to 
Beth-lehem-judah, but I am noiv go- 
ing to the house of the Lord; and 
there is no man that receiveth me to 
house. 

19 Yet there is both straw and 
provender for our asses ; and there is 
bread and wine also for me, and for 
thy handmaid, and for the young man 
which is with thy servants : there is 
no want of any thing. 

20 And the old man said, Peace 
be with thee ; howsoever, let all thy 
wants lie upon me; only lodge not 
in the street. 

21 So he brought him into his 
house, and gave provender unto the 
asses : and they washed their feet, 
and did eat and drink. 

22 U Now as they were making their 
hearts merry, behold, the men of the 
city, certain sons of Belial, beset the 
house round about, and beat at the 
door, and spake to the master of the 
house, the old man, saying, Bring 
forth the man that came into thine 
house, that we may know him. 

23 And the man, the master of the 
1 1 oi iso, went out unto them, and said 
unto them, Nay, my brethren, nay, 

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I pray you, do not so wickedly ; see- 
ing that this man is come into mine 
house, do not this folly. 

24 Behold, here is my daughter a 
maiden, and his concubine; them I 
will bring out now, and humble ye 
them, and do with them what seem- 
eth good unto you : but unto this 
man do not so vile a thing. 

25 But the men would not hearken 
to him : so the man took his concu- 
bine, and brought her forth unto them ; 
and they knew her, and abused her 
all the night until the morning : and 
when the day began to spring, they 
let her go. 

26 Then came the woman in the 
dawning of the day, and fell down 
at the door of the man's house where 
her lord was, till it was light. 

27 And her lord rose up in the 
morning, and opened the doors of 
the house, and went out to go his 
way : and, behold, the woman his con- 
cubine was fallen down at the door 
of the house, and her hands were up- 
on the threshold. 

28 And he said unto her, Up, and 
let us be going. But none answered. 
Then the man took her up upon an 
ass, and the man rose up, and gat 
him unto his place. 

29 If And when he was come into 
his house, he took a knife, and laid 
hold on his concubine, and divided 
her, together with her bones, into 
twelve pieces, and sent her into all 
the coasts of Israel. 

30 And it was so, that all that saw 
it said, There was no such deed done 
nor seen from the day that the chil- 
dren of Israel came up out of the land 
of Egypt unto this day : consider of it, 
take advice, and speak your minds. 

CHAPTEK XX. 

1 The Levite in a general assembly declareth his wrong. 
8 TJie decree of the assembly. 12 The Benjamites, be- 
ing cited, make head against the Israelites. ]8 The 
Israelites in two battles lose forty thousand. 26 They 
destroy by a stratagem all the Benjamites, except six 
hundred. 

THEN all the children of Israel 
went out, and the congregation 



The Levitts complaint. 



JUDGES. Israel wars with Benjamin. 



was gathered together as one man, 
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, with 
the land of Gilead, unto the Lord in 
Mizpeh. 

2 And the chief of all the people, 
even of all the tribes of Israel, pre- 
sented themselves in the assembly of 
the people of God, four hundred thou- 
sand footmen that drew sword. 

3 (Now the children of Benjamin 
heard that the children of Israel were 
gone up to Mizpeh.) Then said the 
children of Israel, Tell us, how was 
this wickedness ? 

4 And the Levite, the husband of 
the woman that was slain, answered 
and said, I came into Gibeah that 
belongeth to Benjamin, I and my 
concubine, to lodge. 

5 And the men of Gibeah rose a- 
gainst me, and beset the house round 
about upon me by night, and thought 
to have slain me : and my concubine 
have they forced, that she is dead. 

6 And I took my concubine, and 
cut her in pieces, and sent her 
throughout all the country of the 
inheritance of Israel : for they have 
committed lewdness and folly in Is- 
rael. 

7 Behold, ye are all children of 
Israel ; give here your advice and 
counsel. 

8 If And all the people arose as one 
man, saying, We will not any of us 
go to his tent, neither will we any of 
us turn into his house. 

9 But now this shall be the thing 
which we will do to Gibeah ; ive will 
go up by lot against it ; 

10 And we will take ten men of a 
hundred throughout all the tribes of 
Israel, and a hundred of a thousand, 
and a thousand out of ten thousand, 
to fetch victuals for the people, that 
they may do, when they come to Gib- 
eah of Benjamin, according to all 
the folly that they have wrought in 
Israel. 

11 So all the men of Israel were 
gathered against the city, knit togeth- 
er as one man. 

21 



12 IT And the tribes of Israel sent 
men through all the tribe of Benja- 
min, saying, What wickedness is this 
that is done among you ? 

13 Now therefore deliver us the 
men, the children of Belial, which 
are in Gibeah, that we may put them 
to death, and put away evil from Is- 
rael. But the children of Benjamin 
would not hearken to the voice of 
their brethren the children of Israel : 

14 But the children of Benjamin 
gathered themselves together out of 
the cities unto Gibeah, to go out to 
battle against the children of Israel. 

15 And the children of Benjamin 
were numbered at that time out of 
the cities twenty and six thousand 
men that drew sword, besides the in- 
habitants of Gibeah, which were 
numbered seven hundred chosen 
men. 

16 Among all this people there were 
seven hundred chosen men lefthand- 
ed ; every one could sling stones at a 
hair breadth, and not miss. 

17 And the men of Israel, besides 
Benjamin, were numbered four hun- 
dred thousand men that drew sword : 
all these were men of war. 

18 IT And the children of Israel 
arose, and went up to the house of 
God, and asked counsel of God, and 
said, Which of us shall go up first to 
the battle against the children of Ben- 
jamin ? And the Lord said, Judah 
shall go up first. 

19 And the children of Israel rose 
up in the morning, and encamped 
against Gibeah. 

20 And the men of Israel went out 
to battle against Benjamin; and the 
men of Israel put themselves in array 
to fight against them at Gibeah. 

21 And the children of Benjamin 
came forth out of Gibeah, and de- 
stroyed down to the ground of the 
Israelites that day twenty and, two 
thousand men. 

22 And the people, the men of Is- 
rael, encouraged themselves, and set 
their battle again in array in the place 

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smitten and destroyed. 



where they put themselves in array 
the first day. 

23 (And the children of Israel went 
up and wept before the Lord until 
even, and asked counsel of the Lord, 
saying, Shall I go up again to battle 
against the children of Benjamin my 
brother ? And the Lord said, Go up 
against him.) 

24 And the children of Israel came 
near against the children of Benjamin 
the second day. 

2 o And Ben j amin went forth against 
them out of Gibeah the second day, 
and destroyed down to the ground of 
the children of Israel again eighteen 
thousand men; all these drew the 
sword. 

26 If Then all the children of Israel, 
and all the people, went up, and 
came unto the house of God, and 
wept, and sat there before the Lord, 
and fasted that day until even, and 
offered burnt offerings and peace of- 
ferings before the Lord. 

27 And the children of Israel in- 
quired of the Lord, (for the ark of the 
covenant of God was there in those 
days, 

28 And Phinehas, the son of Ele- 
azar, the son of Aaron, stood before 
it in those days,) saying, Shall I yet 
again go out to battle against the 
children of Benjamin my brother, or 
shall I cease ? And the Lord said, Go 
up ; for to morrow I will deliver them 
into thine hand. 

29 And Israel set liers in wait round 
about Gibeah. 

30 And the children of Israel went 
up against the children of Benjamin 
on the third day, and put themselves 
in array against Gibeah, as at other 
times. 

31 And the children of Benjamin 
went out against the people, and were 
drawn away from the city ; and they 
began to smite of the people, and 
kill, as at other times, in the high- 
ways, of which one goeth up to the 
house of God, and the other to Gibeah 
in the field, about thirty men of Israel. 

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32 And the children of Benjamin 
said, They are smitten down before 
us, as at the first. But the children 
of Israel said, Let us flee, and draw 
them from the city unto the high- 
ways. 

33 And all the men of Israel rose! 
up out of their place, and put them- 
selves in array at Baal-tamar: and 
the liers in wait of Israel came forth 
out of their places, even out of the 
meadows of Gibeah. 

34 And there came against Gibeah 
ten thousand chosen men out of all 
Israel, and the battle was sore : but 
they knew not that evil was near 
them. 

35 And the Lord smote Benjamin 
before Israel : and the children of Is- 
rael destroyed of the Benjamites that 
day twenty and five thousand and a 
hundred men: all these drew the 
sword. 

36 So the children of Benjamin saw 
that they were smitten : for the men 
of Israel gave place to the Benjam- 
ites, because they trusted unto the 
liers in wait which they had set be- 
side Gibeah. 

37 And the liers in wait hasted, 
and rushed upon Gibeah; and the 
liers in wait drew themselves along, 
and smote all the city with the edge 
of the sword. 

38 Now there was an appointed 
sign between the men of Israel and 
the, liers in wait, that they should 
make a great flame with smoke rise 
up out of the city. 

39 And when the men of Israel re- 
tired in the battle, Benjamin began 
to smite arid kill of the men of Israel 
about thirty persons : for they said, 
Surely they are smitten down before 
us, as in the first battle. 

40 But when the flame began to 
arise up out of the city with a pillar 
of smoke, the Benjamites looked be- 
hind them, and, behold, the flame of 
the city ascended up to heaven. 

41 And when the men of Israel 
turned again, the men of Benjamin 



The Benjamited 



JUDGES. 



desolation bewailed. 



were amazed : for they saw that evil 
was come upon them. 

42 Therefore they turned their backs 
before the men of Israel unto the way 
of the wilderness ; but the battle over- 
took thern ; and them which came out 
of the cities they destroyed in the 
midst of them. 

43 Thus they inclosed the Benja- 
mites round about, and chased them, 
and trode them down with ease over 
against Gibeah toward the sunrising. 

44 And there fell of Benjamin 
eighteen thousand men ; all these 
were men of valour. 

45 And they turned and fled toward 
the wilderness unto the rock of Rim- 
mon : and they gleaned of them in 
the highways five thousand men ; and 
pursued hard after them unto Gidom, 
and slew two thousand men of them. 

46 So that all which fell that day of 
Benjamin were twenty and five thou- 
sand men that drew the sword; all 
these were men of valour. 

47 But six hundred men turned 
and fled to the wilderness unto the 
rock Rimmon, and abode in the rock 
Rimmon four months. 

48 And the men of Israel turned 
again upon the children of Benjamin, 
and smote them with the edge of the 
sword, as well the men of every city, 
as the beast, and all that came to 
hand: also they set on fire all the 
cities that they came to. 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 Tiie people bewail the desolation of Benjamin. 8 By 
the destruction of Jabesh-gilead they provide them four 
hundred wives. 16 They advise them to surprise the 
virgins that danced at Shiloh. 

NOW the men of Israel had sworn 
in Mizpeh, saying, There shall 
not any of us give his daughter unto 
Benjamin to wife. 

2 And the people came to the house 
of God, and abode there till even 
before God, and lifted up their voices, 
and wept sore ; 

3 And said, O Lord God of Israel, 
why is this come to pass in Israel, 
that there should be to day one tribe 
lacking in Israel ? 



4 And it came to pass on the mor- 
row, that the people rose early, and 
built there an altar, and offered burnt 
offerings and peace offerings. 

5 And the children of Israel said, 
Who is there among all the tribes 
of Israel that came not up with the 
congregation unto the Lord ? For 
they had made a great oath concern- 
ing him that came not up to the Lord 
to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be 
put to death. 

6 And the children of Israel repent- 
ed them for Benjamin their brother, 
and said, There is one tribe cut off 
from Israel this day. 

7 How shall we do for wives for 
them that remain, seeing we have 
sworn by the Lord, that we will not 
give them of our daughters to wives ? 

8 H And they said, What one is there 
of the tribes of Israel that came not 
up to Mizpeh to the Lord ? And, be- 
hold, there came none to the camp 
from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly. 

9 For the people were numbered, 
and, behold, there were none of the 
inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there. 

10 And the congregation sent thith- 
er twelve thousand men of the val- 
iantest, and commanded them, say- 
ing, Go and smite the inhabitants of 
Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the 
sword, with the women and the chil- 
dren. 

11 And this is the thing that ye 
shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy 
every male, and every woman that 
hath lain by man. 

12 And they found among the in- 
habitants of Jabesh-gilead four hun- 
dred young virgins, that had known 
no man by lying with any male : and 
they brought them unto the camp to 
Shiloh, which is in the land of Ca- 
naan. 

13 And the whole congregation sent 
some to speak to the children of Ben- 
jamin that were in the rock Rimmon, 
and to call peaceably unto them. 

14 And Benjamin came again at 
that time ; and they gave them wdves 

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RUTH. the Benjamites that escape. 



which they had saved alive of the 
women of Jabesh-gilead : and yet so 
they sufficed them not. 

15 And the people repented them 
for Benjamin, hecause that the Lord 
had made a breach in the tribes of 
Israel. 

16 IT Then the elders of the congre- 
gation said, How shall we do for wives 
for them that remain, seeing the wo- 
men are destroyed out of Benjamin ? 

17 And they said, There must be an 
inheritance for them that be escaped 
of Benjamin, that a tribe be not de- 
stroyed out of Israel. 

18 Howbeit we may not give them 
wives of our daughters : for the chil- 
dren of Israel have sworn, saying, 
Cursed be he that giveth a wife to 
Benjamin. 

19 Then they said, Behold, there is 
a feast of the Lord in Shiloh yearly, 
in a place which is on the north side of 
Beth-el, on the east side of the highway 
that goeth up from Beth-el to She- 
chem, and on the south of Lebonah. 

20 Therefore they commanded the 
children of Benjamin, saying, Go and 
Lie in wait in the vineyards ; 



21 And see, and, behold, if the 
daughters of Shiloh come out to 
dance in dances, then come ye out of 
the vineyards, and catch you every 
man his wife of the daughters of Shi- 
loh, and go to the land of Benjamin. 

22 And it shall be, when their fa- 
thers or their brethren come unto us 
to complain, that we will say unto 
them, Be favourable unto them for 
our sakes: because we reserved not 
to each man his wife in the war : for 
ye did not give unto them at this 
time, that ye should be guilty. 

23 And the children of Benjamin 
did so, and took them wives, accord- 
ing to their number, of them that 
danced, whom they caught : and they 
went and returned unto their inheri- 
tance, and repaired the cities, and 
dwelt in them. 

24 And the children of Israel de- 
parted thence ai that time, every man 
to his tribe and to his family, and 
they went out from thence every man 
to his inheritance. 

25 In those days there was no king 
in Israel : every man did that which 
ivas right in his own eyes. 



THE 



BOOK OF RUTH. 



CIIAPTEE I. 

1 Elimelech driven by famine into Moab, dieth there. 4 
Mahlon and Chilian, having married wives of Moab, 
die aho. 6 Naomi returning homeward, 8 dissuadeth 
her two daughter* in law from going with her. 14 
Orpah leavcth her, but Ruth with great constancy ac- 
companieth her. 19 They two come to Beth-lehem, where 
they are gladly received. 

NOW it came to pass in the days 
when the judges ruled, that 
there was a famine in the land. And 
a certain man of Beth-lehem-judah 
went to sojourn in the country of 
Moab, he, and his wife, and his two 
sons. 

2 And the name of the man was 
Klimelech, and the name of his wife 
Naomi, and the name of his two sons 
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Mahlon and Chilion, Ephrathites of 
Beth-lehem-judah. And they came 
into the country of Moab, and con- 
tinued there. 

3 And Elimelech Naomi's husband 
died ; and she was left, and her two 
sons. 

4 And they took them wives of the 
women of Moab ; the name of the 
one ivas Orpah, and the name of the 
other Ruth : and they dwelt there 
about ten years. 

5 And Mahlon and Chilion died al- 
so both of them ; and the woman was 
left of her two sons and her husband. 

6 If Then she arose with her daugh- 



Naomi returneth homeward. RUTH. 



Ruth goeth with her. 



ters in law, that she might return 
from the country of Moab : for she 
had heard in the country of Moab 
how that the Lord had visited his 
people in giving them bread. 

7 Wherefore she went forth out of 
the place where she was, and her two 
daughters in law with her ; and they 
went on the way to return unto the 
land of Judah. 

8 And Naomi said unto her two 
daughters in law, Go, return each to 
her mother's house : the Lord deal 
kindly with you, as ye have dealt 
with the dead, and with me. 

9 The Lord grant you that ye may 
find rest, each of you in the house of 
her husband. Then she kissed them ; 
and they lifted up their .voice, and 
wept. 

10 And they said unto her, Surely 
we will return with thee unto thy 
people. 

11 And Naomi said, Turn again, 
my daughters : why will ye go with 
me ? are there yet any more sons in 
my womb, that they may be your 
husbands ? 

12 Turn again, my daughters, go 
your way; for I am too old to have a 
husband. If I should say, I have 
hope, if I should have a husband 
also to night, and should also bear 
sons; 

13 Would ye tarry for them till 
they were grown ? would ye stay for 
them from having husbands ? nay, 
my daughters; for it grieveth me 
much for your sakes that the hand 
of the Lord is gone out against me. 

14 And they lifted up their voice, 
and wept again: and Orpah kissed 
her mother in law ; but Ruth clave 
unto her. 

15 And she said, Behold, thy sister 
in law is gone back unto her people, 
and unto her gods : return thou after 
thy sister in law. 

16 And Ruth said, Entreat me not 
to leave thee, or to return from fol- 
lowing after thee: for whither thou 
goest, I will go; and where thou 



lodgest, I will lodge : thy people shall 
be my people, and thy God my God : 

17 Where thou diest, will I die, and 
there will I be buried : the Lord do 
so to me, and more also, if aught 
but death part thee and me. 

1 8 When she saw that she was stead- 
fastly minded to go with her, then 
she left speaking unto her. 

19 IT So they two went until they 
came to Beth-lehem. And it came to 
pass, when they were come to Beth- 
lehem, that all the city was moved 
about them, and they said, Is this 
Naomi ? 

20 And she said unto them, Call 
me not Naomi, call me Mara : for the 
Almighty hath dealt very bitterly 
with me. 

211 went out full, and the Lord 
hath brought me home again emp- 
ty : why then call ye me Naomi, see- 
ing the Lord hath testified against 
me, and the Almighty hath afflicted 
me ? 

22 So Naomi returned, and Ruth 
the Moabitess, her daughter in law, 
with her, which returned out of the 
country of Moab : and they came to 
Beth-lehem in the beginning of bar- 
ley harvest. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Ruth gleaneth in the fields of JBoaz. 4 Boaz taking 
knowledge of her, 8 sheweth her great favour. 18 That 
which she got, she carrieth to Naomi. 

AND Naomi had a kinsman of her 
„. husband's, a mighty man of 
wealth, of the family of Elimelech ; 
and his name was Boaz. 

2 And Ruth the Moabitess said un- 
to Naomi, Let me now go to the field, 
and glean ears of corn after him in 
whose sight I shall find grace. And 
she said unto her, Go, my daugh- 
ter. 

3 And she went, and came, and 
gleaned in the field after the reapers : 
and her hap was to light on a part 
of the field belonging unto Boaz, who 
was of the kindred of Elimelech. 

4 *$ And, behold, Boaz came from 
Beth-lehem, and said unto the reap- 

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RUTH. 



kindness to Ruth. 



ers, The Lord be with you. And 
they answered him, The Lord bless 
thee. 

5 Then said Boaz unto his servant 
that was set over the reapers, Whose 
damsel is this ? 

6 And the servant that was set over 
the reapers answered and said, It is 
the Moabitish damsel that came back 
with Naomi out of the country of 
Moab : 

7 And she said, I pray you, let me 
glean and gather after the reapers 
among the sheaves: so she came, 
and hath continued even from the 
morning until now, that she tarried 
a little in the house. 

8 Then said Boaz unto Ruth, Hear- 
est thou not, my daughter ? Go not 
to glean in another field, neither go 
from hence, but abide here fast by 
my" maidens : 

9 Let thine eyes be on the field that 
they do reap, and go thou after them : 
have I not charged the young men 
that they shall not touch thee ? and 
when thou art athirst, go unto the 
vessels, and drink of that which the 
young men have drawn. 

10 Then she fell on her face, and 
bowed herself to the ground, and said 
unto him, Why have I found grace 
in thine eyes, that thou shouldest 
take knowledge of me, seeing I am 
a stranger ? 

11 And Boaz answered and said 
unto her, It hath fully been shewed 
me, all that thou hast done unto thy 
mother in law since the death of thine 
husband ; and how thou hast left thy 
father and thy mother, and the land 
of thy nativity, and art come unto a 
people which thou knewest not here- 
tofore. 

12 The Lord recompense thy work, 
and a full reward be given thee of 
the Lord God of Israel, under whose 
wings thou art come to trust. 

1 3 Then she said, Let me find favour 
in thy sight, my lord ; for that thou 
hast comforted me, and for that thou 
hast spoken friendly unto thine hand- 

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maid, though I be not like unto one 
of thine handmaidens. 

14 And Boaz said unto her, At meal- 
time come thou hither, and eat of the 
bread, and dip thy morsel in the vine- 
gar. And she sat beside the reapers : 
and he reached her parched corn, 
and she did eat, and was sufficed, 
and left. 

15 And when she was risen up to 
glean, Boaz commanded his young 
men, saying, Let her glean even 
among the sheaves, and reproach her 
not: 

16 And let fall also some of thehand- 
fuls of purpose for her, and leave 
them, that she may glean them, and 
rebuke her not. 

17 So she gleaned in the field until 
even, and beat out that she had glean- 
ed : and it was about an ephah of 
barley. 

18 IT And she took it up, and went 
into the city ; and her mother in law 
saw what she had gleaned : and she 
brought forth, and gave to her that 
she had reserved after she was suf- 
ficed. 

19 And her mother in law said unto 
her, Where hast thou gleaned to day? 
and where wroughtest thou ? blessed 
be he that did take knowledge of 
thee. And she shewed her mother 
in law with whom she had wrought, 
and said, The man's name with whom 
I wrought to day is Boaz. 

20 And Naomi said unto her daugh- 
ter in law, Blessed be he of the Lord, 
who hath not left off his kindness to 
the living and to the dead. And Na- 
omi said unto her, The man is near of 
kin unto us, one of our next kins- 
men. 

21 And Ruth the Moabitess said, 
He said unto me also, Thou shalt 
keep fast by my young men, until 
they have ended all my harvest. 

22 And Naomi said unto Ruth her 
daughter in law, It is good, my daugh- 
ter, that thou go out with his maid- 
ens, that they meet thee not in any 
other field. 



He acknowledgeth the 



RUTH. 



right of a kinsman. 



23 So she kept fast by the maidens 
of Boaz to glean unto the end of 
barley harvest and of wheat harvest ; 
and dwelt with her mother in law. 

CHAPTER III. 

\ By JSfaomVs instruction, 5 Ruth lieth at Boaz' feet. 8 
Boaz acknowledgeth the right of a kinsman. 14 Re 
sendeth her away with six measures of barley. 

THEN Naomi her mother in law 
said unto her, My daughter, 
shall I not seek rest for thee, that it 
may be well with thee ? 

2 And now is not Boaz of oar kin- 
dred, with whose maidens thou wast ? 
Behold, he winnoweth barley to night 
in the threshingfloor. 

3 Wash thyself therefore, and anoint 
thee, and put thy raiment upon thee, 
and get thee down to the floor : but 
make not thyself known unto the 
man, until he shall have done eating 
and drinking. 

4 And it shall be, when he lieth 
down, that thou shalt mark the place 
where he shall lie, and thou shalt go 
in, and uncover his feet, and lay thee 
down ; and he will tell thee what thou 
shalt do. 

5 And she said unto her, All that 
thou sayest unto me I will do. 

6 If And she went down unto the 
floor, and did according to all that 
her mother in law bade her. 

7 And when Boaz had eaten and 
drunk, and his heart was merry, he 
went to lie down at the end of the 
heap of corn : and she came softly, 
and uncovered his feet, and laid her 
down. 

8 If And it came to pass at mid- 
night, that the man was afraid, and 
turned himself: and, behold, a woman 
lay at his feet. 

9 And he said, Who art thou ? And 
she answered, I am Ruth thine hand- 
maid : spread therefore thy skirt over 
thine handmaid ; for thou art a near 
kinsman. 

10 And he said, Blessed be thou of 
the Lord, my daughter: for thou 
hast shewed more kindness in the 
latter end than at the beginning, in- 



asmuch as thou followedst not young 
men, whether poor or rich. 

11 And now, my daughter, fear not; 
I will do to thee all that thou requi- 
rest: for all the city of my people 
doth know that thou art a virtuous 
woman. 

12 And now it is true that I am thy 
near kinsman : howbeit there is a 
kinsman nearer than I. 

13 Tarry this night, and it shall be 
in the morning, that if he will per- 
form unto thee the part of a kins- 
man, well ; let him do the kinsman's 
part : but if he will not do the part 
of a kinsman to thee, then will I do 
the part of a kinsman to thee, as the 
Lord liveth : lie down until the morn- 
ing. 

14 TT And she lay at his feet until 
the morning : and she rose up before 
one could know another. And he 
said, Let it not be known that a wo- 
man came into the floor. 

15 Also he said, Bring the vail that 
thou hast upon thee, and hold it. And 
when she held it, he measured six 
measures of barley, and laid it on her : 
and she went into the city. 

16 And when she came to her moth- 
er in law, she said, Who art thou, my 
daughter ? And she told her all that 
the man had done to her. 

17 And she said, These six measures 
of barley gave he me ; for he said to 
me, Go not empty unto thy mother 
in law. 

18 Then said she, Sit still, my 
daughter, until thou know how the 
matter will fall : for the man will not 
be in rest, until he have finished the 
thing this day. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 Boaz calleth into judgment the next kinsman. 6 He 
refuseth the redemption according to the manner in 
Israel. 9 Boaz buyeth the inheritance. 1 1 He mar- 
rieth Ruth.. 1 3 She beareth Obed the grandfather of 
David. 18 The generation of Pharez. 

THEN went Boaz up to the gate, 
and sat him down there : and, 
behold, the kinsman of whom Boaz 
spake came by ; unto whom he said, 
Ho, such a one ! turn aside, sit down 
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Boaz buyeth the inheritance. RUTH. 



He marrieth Ruth. 



here. And he turned aside, and sat 
down. 

2 And he took ten men of the elders 
of the city, and said, Sit ye down 
here. And they sat down. 

3 And he said unto the kinsman, 
Naomi, that is come again out of the 
country of Moah, selleth a parcel of 
land, which was our brother E lime- 
lech's : 

4 And I thought to advertise thee, 
saying, Buy it before the inhabitants, 
and before the elders of my people. 
If thou wilt redeem it, redeem it: but 
if thou wilt not redeem it, then tell 
me, that I may know : for there is none 
to redeem it besides thee ; and I am 
after thee. And he said, I will re- 
deem it. 

5 Then said Boaz, What day thou 
buyest the field of the hand of Nao- 
mi, thou must buy it also of Ruth the 
Moabitess, the wife of the dead, to 
raise up the name of the dead upon 
his inheritance. 

6 If And the kinsman said, I can- 
not redeem it for myself, lest I mar 
mine own inheritance : redeem thou 
my right to thyself; for I cannot re- 
deem it. 

7 Now this was the manner in former 
time in Israel concerning redeeming 
and concerning changing, for to con- 
firm all things; a man plucked off 
his shoe, and gave it to his neigh- 
bour: and this ivas a testimony in 
Israel. 

8 Therefore the kinsman said unto 
Boaz, Buy it for thee. So he drew 
off his shoe. 

9 If And Boaz said unto the elders, 
and unto all the people, Ye are wit- 
nesses this day, that I have bought all 
\\\i\twas Elimelech's, and all that was 
Chi lion's and Mahlon's, of the hand 
of Naomi. 

10 Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, 
the wife of Mahlon, have I purchased 
to be my wife, to raise up the name 
of the dead upon his inheritance, that 

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the name of the dead be not cut off 
from among his brethren, and from 
the gate of his place : ye are witnesses 
this day. 

11 And all the people that were in 
the gate, and the elders, said, We are 
witnesses. The Lord make the wo- 
man that is come into thine house like 
Rachel and like Leah, which two did 
build the house of Israel : and do thou 
worthily in Ephratah, and be famous 
in Beth-lehem: 

12 And let thy house be like the 
house of Pharez, whom Tamar bare 
unto Judah, of the seed which the 
Lord shall give thee of this young 
woman. 

13 ^f So Boaz took Ruth, and she 
was his wife : and when he went in un- 
to her, the Lord gave her conception, 
and she bare a son. 

14 And the women said unto Nao- 
mi, Blessed be the Lord, which hath 
not left thee this day without a kins- 
man, that his name may be famous 
in Israel. 

15 And he shall be unto thee a re- 
storer of thy life, and a nourisher of 
thine old age : for thy daughter in 
law, which loveth thee, which is bet- 
ter to thee than seven sons, hath borne 
him. 

16 And Naomi took the child, and 
laid it in her bosom, and became 
nurse unto it. 

17 And the women her neighbours 
gave it a name, saying, There is a son 
born to Naomi ; and they called his 
name Obed : he is the father of Jesse, 
the father of David. 

18 If Now these are the generations 
of Pharez : Pharez begat Hezron, 

19 And Hezron begat Ram, and 
Ram begat Amminadab, 

2 And Amminadab begat Nahshon, 
and Nahshon begat Salmon, 

21 And Salmon begat Boaz, and 
Boaz begat Obed, 

22 And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse 
begat David. 



THE 

FIRST BOOK OF SAMUEL, 

OTHERWISE CALLED, 

THE FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Elkanah a Levite, having two wives, worshippeth yearly 
at Shiloh. 4 He cherisheth Hannah, though barren, 
and provoked by Peninnah. 9 Hannah in grief pray- 
eth for a child. 12 Eli first rebuking her, afterwards 
blesseth her. 19 Hannah having borne Samuel, stay- 
eth at home till he be weaned. 24 She presenteth him, 
according to her vow, to the Lord. 

NOW there was a certain man of 
Ramathaim-zophim, of mount 
Ephrahn, and his name was Elka- 
nah, the son of Jeroham, the son of 
Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of 
Zuph, an Ephrathite : 

2 And he had two wives; the name of 
the one was Hannah, and the name of 
the other Peninnah : and Peninnah had 
children, but Hannah had no children. 

3 And this man went up out of his 
city yearly to worship and to sacrifice 
unto the Lord of hosts in Shiloh. And 
the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phine- 
has, the priests of the Lord, were there. 

4 IT And when the time was that 
Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah 
his wife, and to all her sons and her 
daughters, portions : 

5 But unto Hannah he gave a wor- 
thy portion ; for he loved Hannah : 
but the Lord had shut up her womb. 

6 And her adversary also provoked 
her sore, for to make her fret, because 
the Lord had shut up her womb. 

7 And as he did so year by year, 
when she went up to the house of the 
Lord, so she provoked her ; therefore 
she wept, and did not eat. 

8 Then said Elkanah her husband 
to her, Hannah, why weepest thou ? 
and why eatest thou not ? and why 
is thy heart grieved ? am not I bet- 
ter to thee than ten sons ? 

9 If So Hannah rose up after they 
had eaten in Shiloh, and after they 
had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat 



upon a seat by a post of the temple 
of the Lord. 

10 And she was in bitterness of 
soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and 
wept sore. 

11 And she vowed a vow, and said, 
O Lord of hosts, if thou wilt indeed 
look on the affliction of thine hand- 
maid, and remember me, and not for- 
get thine handmaid, but wilt give 
unto thine handmaid a man child, 
then I will give him unto the Lord 
all the days of his life, and there 
shall no razor come upon his head. 

12 And it came to pass, as she con- 
tinued praying before the Lord, that 
Eli marked her mouth. 

13 Now Hannah, she spake in her 
heart; only her lips moved, but her 
voice was not heard : therefore Eli 
thought she had been drunken. 

14 And Eli said unto her, How long 
wilt thou be drunken ? put away thy 
wine from thee. 

15 And Hannah answered and said, 
No, my lord, I am a woman of a sor- 
rowful spirit: I have drunk neither 
wine nor strong drink, but have pour- 
ed out my soul before the Lord. 

16 Count not thine handmaid for 
a daughter of Belial : for out of the 
abundance of my complaint and grief 
have I spoken hitherto. 

17 Then Eli answered and said, 
Go in peace : and the God of Israel 
grant thee thy petition that thou hast 
asked of him. 

18 And she said, Let thine hand- 
maid find grace in thy sight. So the 
woman went her way, and did eat, and 
her countenance was no more sad. 

19 If And they rose up in the morn- 
ing early, and worshipped before the 

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The birth of Samuel. 



I. SAMUEL. 



HannaK s song. 



Lord, and returned, and came to their 
house to Ramah : and Elkanah knew 
Hannah his wife ; and the Lord re- 
membered her. 

20 Wherefore it came to pass, when 
the time was come about after Han- 
nah had conceived, that she bare a 
son, and called his name Samuel, say- 
ing, Because I have asked him of the 
Lord. 

21 And the man Elkanah, and all 
his house, went up to offer unto the 
Lord the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 

22 But Hannah went not up ; for 
she said unto her husband, / will not 
go up until the child be weaned, and 
then I will bring him, that he may 
appear before the Lord, and there 
abide for ever. 

23 And Elkanah her husband said 
unto her, Do what seemeth thee good ; 
tarry until thou have weaned him ; 
only the Lord establish his word. So 
the woman abode, and gave her son 
suck until she weaned him. 

24 If And when she had weaned 
him, she took him up with her, with 
three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, 
and a bottle of wine, and brought 
him unto the house of the Lord in 
Shiloh : and the child was young. 

25 And they slew a bullock, and 
brought the child to Eli. 

26 And she said, O my lord, as 
thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the 
woman that stood by thee here, pray- 
ing unto the Lord. 

27 For this child I prayed; and 
the Lord hath given me my petition 
which I asked of him : 

28 Therefore also I have lent him 
to the Lord ; as long as he liveth he 
shall be lent to the Lord. And he 
worshipped the Lord there. 

CIIAPTEE II. 

1 Hannah's song in thankfulness. 12 The sin of Eli's 
sons. 1 8 Samuel's ministry. 20 By Eli's blessing 
Hannah is more fruitful. 22 Eli reproveth his sons. 
A prophecy against Eli's house. 



27 



AND Hannah prayed, and said, 
. My heart rejoiceth in the Lord, 
mine horn is exalted in the Lord; 
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my mouth is enlarged over mine ene- 
mies ; because I rejoice in thy salva- 
tion. 

2 There is none holy as the Lord : 
for there is none besides thee : neither 
is there any rock like our God. 

3 Talk no more so exceeding proud- 
ly; let not arrogancy come out of 
your mouth : for the Lord is a God 
of knowledge, and by him actions are 
weighed. 

4 The bows of the mighty men are 
broken, and they that stumbled are 
girded with strength. 

5 They that were full have hired 
out themselves for bread ; and they 
that were hungry ceased : so that the 
barren hath borne seven ; and she 
that hath many children is waxed 
feeble. 

6 The Lord killeth, and maketh 
alive : he bringeth down to the grave, 
and bringeth up. 

7 The Lord maketh poor, and ma- 
keth rich : he bringeth low, and lift- 
eth up. 

8 He raiseth up the poor out of the 
dust, and lifteth up the beggar from 
the dunghill, to set them among 
princes, and to make them inherit 
the throne of glory : for the pillars of 
the earth are the Lord's, and he hath 
set the world upon them. 

9 He will keep the feet of his 
saints, and the wicked shall be silent 
in darkness ; for by strength shall no 
man prevail. 

10 The adversaries of the Lord 
shall be broken to pieces ; out of 
heaven shall he thunder upon them : 
the Lord shall judge the ends of the 
earth ; and he shall give strength 
unto his king, and exalt the horn of 
his anointed. 

11 And Elkanah went to Ramah 
to his house. And the child did min- 
ister unto the Lord before Eli the 
priest. 

12 1[ Now the sons of Eli were sons 
of Belial ; they knew not the Lord. 

13 And the priest's custom with the 
people was, that, when any man of- 



Sin of Eli's sons. 



I. SAMUEL. 



Prophecy against them. 



fered sacrifice, the priest's servant 
came, while the flesh was in seeth- 
ing, with a fleshhook of three teeth 
in his hand ; 

14 And he struck it into the pan, 
or kettle, or caldron, or pot ; all that 
the fleshhook Drought up the priest 
took for himself. So they did in Shi- 
loh unto all the Israelites that came 
thither. 

15 Also before they burnt the fat, 
the priest's servant came, and said to 
the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to 
roast for the priest; for he will not 
have sodden flesh of thee, but raw. 

16 And if any man said unto him, 
Let them not fail to burn the fat pres- 
ently, and then take as much as thy 
soul desireth; then he would answer 
him, Nay ; but thou shalt give it me 
now : and if not, I will take it by 
force. 

1 7 Wherefore the sin of the young 
men was very great before the Lord : 
for men abhorred the offering of the 
Lord. 

18 TT But Samuel ministered before 
the Lord, being a child, girded with 
a linen ephod. 

19 Moreover his mother made him 
a little coat, and brought it to him 
from year to year, when she came up 
with her husband to offer the yearly 
sacrifice. 

20 f And Eli blessed Elkanah and 
his wife, and said, The Lord give 
thee seed of this woman for the loan 
which is lent to the Lord. And they 
went unto their own home. 

21 And the Lord visited Hannah, 
so that she conceived, and bare three 
sons and two daughters. And the 
child Samuel grew before the Lord. 

22 If Now Eli was very old, and 
heard all that his sons did unto all 
Israel ; and how they lay with the 
women that assembled at the door of 
the tabernacle of the congregation. 

23 And he said unto them, Why do 
ye such things ? for I hear of your 
evil dealings by all this people. 

24 Nay, my sons ; for it is no good 



report that I hear: ye make the 
Lord's people to transgress. 

25 If one man sin against another, 
the judge shall judge him: but if a 
man sin against the Lord, who shall 
entreat for him? Notwithstanding, 
they hearkened not unto the voice of 
their father, because the Lord would 
slay them. 

26 And the child Samuel grew 
on, and was in favour both with the 
Lord, and also with men. 

27 IT And there came a man of God 
unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus 
saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear 
unto the house of thy father, when 
they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's 
house ? 

28 And did I choose him out of all 
the tribes of Israel to be my priest, 
to offer upon mine altar, to burn in- 
cense, to wear an ephod before me ? 
and did I give unto the house of thy 
father all the offerings made by fire 
of the children of Israel ? 

29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacri- 
fice and at mine offering, which I 
have commanded in my habitation ; 
and honourest thy sons above me, to 
make yourselves fat with the chiefest 
of all the offerings of Israel my people ? 

30 Wherefore the Lord God of 
Israel saith, I said indeed that thy 
house, and the house of thy father, 
should walk before me for ever : but 
now the Lord saith, Be it far from 
me ; for them that honour me I will 
honour, .and they that despise me 
shall be lightly esteemed. 

31 Behold, the days come, that I 
will cut off thine arm, and the arm 
of thy father's house, that there shall 
not be an old man in thine house. 

32 And thou shalt see an enemy in 
my habitation, in all the wealth which 
God shall give Israel : and there shall 
not be an old man in thine house for 
ever. 

33 And the man of thine, whom I 
shall not cut off from mine altar, shall 
be to consume thine eyes, and to 
grieve thine heart : and all the in- 

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Samuel is called. 



I. SAMUEL. 



He telleth his vision. 



crease of thine house shall die in the 
flower of their age. 

34 And this shall be a sign unto 
thee, that shall come upon thy two 
sons, on Hophni and Phinehas ; in 
one day they shall die both of them. 

35 And I will raise me up a faith- 
ful priest, that shall do according to 
that which is in mine heart and in 
my mind: and I will build him a 
sure house ; and he shall walk before 
mine anointed for ever. 

36 And it shall come to pass, that 
every one that is left in thine house 
shall come and crouch to him for a 
piece of silver and a morsel of bread, 
and shall say, Put me, I pray thee, 
into one of the priests' offices, that 
I may eat a piece of bread. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 How the word of the Lord was first revealed to Samuel. 
1 1 God telleth Samuel the destruction of Eli's house. 
15 Samuel, though loth, telleth Eli the vision. 19 
Samuel groweth in credit. 

AND the child Samuel ministered 
. unto the Lord before Eli. And 
the word of the Lord was precious in 
those days ; there was no open vision. 

2 And it came to pass at that time, 
when Eli was laid down in his place, 
and his eyes began to wax dim, that 
he could not see ; 

3 And ere the lamp of God went 
out in the temple of the Lord, where 
the ark of God was, and Samuel was 
laid down to sleep ; 

4 That the Lord called Samuel: 
and he answered, Here am I. 

5 And he ran unto Eli, and said, 
Here am I; for thou calledst me. 
And he said, I called not ; lie down 
again. And he went and lay down. 

6 And the Lord called yet again, 
Samuel. And Samuel arose and went 
to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for thou 
didst call me. And he answered, I 
called not, my son; lie down again. 

7 Now Samuel did not yet know 
the Lord, neither was the word of 
the Lord yet revealed unto him. 

8 And the Lord called Samuel 
again the third time. And he arose and 

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went to Eli, and said, Here am I ; for 
thou didst call me. And Eli perceiv- 
ed that the Lord had called the child. 

9 Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, 
Go, lie down : and it shall be, if he 
call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, 
Lord; for thy servant heareth. So 
Samuel went and lay down in his place. 

10 And the Lord came, and stood, 
and called as at other times, Samuel, 
Samuel. Then Samuel answered, 
Speak ; for thy servant heareth. 

11 T[ And the Lord said to Sam- 
uel, Behold, I will do a thing in Is- 
rael, at which both the ears of every 
one that heareth it shall tingle. 

1 2 In that day I will perform against 
Eli all things which I have spoken 
concerning his house : when I begin, 
I will also make an end. 

13 For I have told him that I will 
judge his house for ever for the in- 
iquity which he knoweth; because 
his sons made themselves vile, and 
he restrained them not. 

14 And therefore I have sworn un- 
to the house of Eli, that the iniquity 
of Eli's house shall not be purged 
with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 

15 If And Samuel lay until the 
morning, and opened the doors of the 
house of the Lord. And Samuel 
feared to shew Eli the vision. 

16 Then Eli called Samuel, and 
said, Samuel, my son. And he an- 
swered, Here am I. 

17 And he said, What is the thing 
that the Lord hath said unto thee ? 
I pray thee hide it not from me: 
God do so to thee, and more also, if 
thou hide any thing from me of all 
the things that he said unto thee. 

18 And Samuel told him every 
whit, and hid nothing from him. 
And he said, It is the Lord: let 
him do what seemeth him good. 

19 IT And Samuel grew, and the 
Lord was with him, and did let none 
of his words fall to the ground. 

20 And all Israel from Dan even 
to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was 
established to be a prophet of the Lord. 



The Israelites overcome. 



I. SAMUEL. 



The death of Eli. 



21 And the Lord appeared again 
in Shiloh: for the Lord revealed 
himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the 
word of the Lord. 

CHAPTEE IT. 

1 Tlie Israelites are overcome by the Philistines at Eben- 
czer. 3 They fetch the ark unto the terror of the 
Philistines. 10 Tliey are smitten again, the ark 
taken, Hophni and Phinehas are slain. 12 Eli at the 
news, falling backward, breaketh his neck. 19 Phine- 
has' wife, discouraged in her travail with I-chabod,dieth. 

AND the word of Samuel came 
. to all Israel. Now Israel went 
out against the Philistines to battle, 
and pitched beside Eben-ezer : and 
the Philistines pitched in Aphek. 

2 And the Philistines put them- 
selves in array against Israel : and 
when they joined battle, Israel was 
smitten before the Philistines : and 
they slew of the army in the field 
about four thousand men. 

3 1[ And when the people were 
come into the camp, the elders of Is- 
rael said, Wherefore hath the Lord 
smitten us to day before the Philis- 
tines ? Let us fetch the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord out of Shiloh 
unto us, that, when it cometh among 
us, it may save us out of the hand of 
our enemies. 

4 So the people sent to Shiloh, that 
they might bring from thence the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord of 
hosts, which dwelleth between the 
cherubim : and the two sons of Eli, 
Hophni and Phinehas, were there 
with the ark of the covenant of God. 

5 And when the ark of the cove- 
nant of the Lord came into the camp, 
all Israel shouted with a great shout, 
so that the earth rang again. 

6 And when the Philistines heard 
the noise of the shout, they said, 
What meaneth the noise of this great 
shout in the camp of the Hebrews ? 
And they understood that the ark of 
the Lord was come into the camp. 

7 And the Philistines were afraid ; 
for they said, God is come into the 
camp. And they said, Woe unto us ! 
for there hath not been such a thing 
heretofore. 



8 Woe unto us ! who shall deliver 
us out of the hand of these mighty 
Gods ? these are the Gods that smote 
the Egyptians with all the plagues in 
the wilderness. 

9 Be strong, and quit yourselves 
like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be 
not servants unto the Hebrews, as 
they have been to you : quit your- 
selves like men, and fight. 

10 IT And the Philistines fought, 
and Israel was smitten, and they fled 
every man into his tent : and there 
was a very great slaughter ; for there 
fell of Israel thirty thousand foot- 
men. 

11 And the ark of God was taken ; 
and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and 
Phinehas, were slain. 

1 2 IT And there ran a man of Ben- 
jamin out of the army, and came to 
Shiloh the same day with his clothes 
rent, and with earth upon his head. 

13 And when he came, lo, Eli sat 
upon a seat by the way side watch- 
ing : for his heart trembled for the ark 
of God. And when the man came 
into the city, and told it, all the city 
cried out. 

14 And when Eli heard the noise 
of the crying, he said, What meaneth 
the noise of this tumult ? And the 
man came in hastily, and told Eli. 

15 Now Eli was ninety and eight 
years old ; and his eyes were dim, 
that he could not see. 

16 And the man said unto Eli, I am 
he that came out of the army, and I 
fled to day out of the army. And he 
said, What is there done, my son ? 

17 And the messenger answered 
and said, Israel is fled before the 
Philistines, and there hath been also 
a great slaughter among the people, 
and thy two sons also, Hophni and 
Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of 
God is taken. 

18 And it came to pass, when he 
made mention of the ark of God, that 
he fell from off the seat backward by 
the side of the gate, and his neck 
brake, and he died: for he was an 

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Dagon falleth 



I. SAMUEL. 



before the ark. 



old man, and heavy. And he had 
judged Israel forty years. 

19 *a And his daughter in law, Phin- 
ehas' wife, was with child, near to 
be delivered: and when she heard 
the tidings that the ark of God was 
taken, and that her father in law and 
her husband were dead, she bowed 
herself and travailed ; for her pains 
came upon her. 

20 And about the time of her death 
the women that stood by her said 
unto her, Fear not; for thou hast 
borne a son. But she answered not, 
neither did she regard it. 

21 And she named the child I-cha- 
bod, saying, The glory is departed 
from Israel : because the ark of God 
was taken, and because of her father 
in law and her husband. 

22 And she said, The glory is 
departed from Israel : for the ark of 
God is taken. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 The Philistines having brought the ark into Ashdod, 
set it in the house of Dagon. 8 Dagon is smitten 
down and cut in pieces, and they of Ashdod smitten 
with emerods. 8 So God dealeth with them of Oath, 
when it was brought thither : 10 and so with them of 
JEkron, when it was brought thither. 

AND the Philistines took the ark 
i. of God, and brought it from 
Eben-ezer unto Ashdod. 

2 When the Philistines took the 
ark of God, they brought it into the 
house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. 

3 Tf And when they of Ashdod 
arose early on the morrow, behold, 
Dagon was fallen upon his face to 
the earth before the ark of the Lord. 
And they took Dagon, and set him 
in his place again. 

4 And when they arose early on the 
morrow morning, behold, Dagon ivas 
fallen upon his face to the ground be- 
fore the ark of the Lord; and the 
head of Dagon and both the palms 
of his hands were cut off upon the 
threshold ; only the stump of Dagon 
was left to him. 

5 Therefore neither the priests of 
Dagon, nor any that come into Da- 
gon's house, tread on the threshold 
of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. 

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6 But the hand of the Lord was 
heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he 
destroyed them, and smote them 
with emerods, even Ashdod and the 
coasts thereof. 

7 And when the men of Ashdod 
saw that it was so, they said, The ark 
of the God of Israel shall not abide 
with us : for his hand is sore upon 
us, and upon Dagon our god. 

8 They sent therefore and gathered 
all the lords of the Philistines unto 
them, and said, What shall we do 
with the ark of the God of Israel ? 
And they answered, Let the ark of 
the God of Israel be carried about 
unto Gath. And they carried the 
ark of the God of Israel about thither. 

9 And it was so, that, after they 
had carried it about, the hand of 
the Lord was against the city with 
a very great destruction: and he 
smote the men of the city, both small 
and great, and they had emerods in 
their secret parts. 

10 IT Therefore they sent the ark of 
God to Ekron. And it came to pass, 
as the ark of God came to Ekron, 
that the Ekronites cried out, saying, 
They have brought about the ark of 
the God of Israel to us, to slay us 
and our people. 

11 So they sent and gathered to- 
gether all the lords of the Philistines, 
and said, Send away the ark of the 
God of Israel, and let it go again to 
his own place, that it slay us not, 
and our people: for there was a 
deadly destruction throughout all 
the city ; the hand of God was very 
heavy there. 

12 And the men that died not were 
smitten with the emerods: and the 
cry of the city went up to heaven. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 After seven months the Philistines take counsel how 
to send back the ark. 10 They bring it on a new cart 
with an offering unto Beth-shemesh. 19 The people 
are smitten for looking into the ark. 21 They send 
to them of ifirjath-jearim to fetch it. 

A ND the ark of the Lord was in 
JLA. the country of the Philistines 
seven months. 



The Philistines 



I. SAMUEL. 



send bach the ark. 



2 And the Philistines called for 
the priests and the diviners, saying, 
What shall we do to the ark of the 
Lord? tell us wherewith we shall 
send it to his place. 

3 And they said, If ye send away 
the ark of the God of Israel, send it 
not empty; hut in any wise return 
him a trespass offering : then ye shall 
be healed, and it shall he known to 
you why his hand is not removed 
from you. 

4 Then said they, What shall be the 
trespass offering which we shall re- 
turn to him ? They answered, Five 
golden emerods, and five golden mice, 
according to the number of the lords 
of the Philistines : for one plague was 
on you all, and on your lords. 

5 Wherefore ye shall make images 
of your emerods, and images of your 
mice that mar the land ; and ye shall 
give glory unto the God of Israel: 
perad venture he will lighten his hand 
from off you, and from off your gods, 
and from off your land. 

6 Wherefore then do ye harden 
your hearts, as the Egyptians and 
Pharaoh hardened their hearts ? when 
he had wrought wonderfully among 
them, did they not let the people go, 
and they departed ? 

7 Now therefore make a new cart, 
and take two milch kine, on which 
there hath come no yoke, and tie the 
kine to the cart, and bring their calves 
home from them : 

8 And take the ark of the Lord, 
and lay it upon the cart; and put 
the jewels of gold, which ye return 
him for a trespass offering, in a cof- 
fer by the side thereof; and send it 
away, that it may go. 

9 And see, if it goeth up by the way 
of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, 
then he hath done us this great evil: 
but if not, then we shall know that 
it is not his hand that smote us ; it 
was a chance that happened to us. 

10 IT And the men did so; and took 
two milch kine, and tied them to the 
cart, and shut up their calves at home: 



11 And they laid the ark of the 
Lord upon the cart, and the coffer 
with the mice of gold and the images 
of their emerods. 

12 And the kine took the straight 
way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and 
went along the highway, lowing as 
they went, and turned not aside to 
the right hand or to the left ; and the 
lords of the Philistines went after them 
unto the border of Beth-shemesh. 

13 And they of Beth-shemesh were 
reaping their wheat harvest in the 
valley : and they lifted up their eyes, 
and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it. 

14 And the cart came into the field 
of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood 
there, where there was a great stone : 
and they clave the wood of the cart, 
and offered the kine a burnt offering 
unto the Lord. 

15 And the Levites took down the 
ark of the Lord, and the coffer that 
was with it, wherein the jewels of 
gold were, and put them on the great 
stone : and the men of Beth-shemesh 
offered burnt offerings and sacrificed 
sacrifices the same day unto the Lord. 

16 And when the five lords of the 
Philistines had seen it, they returned 
to Ekron the same day. 

17 And these are the golden eme- 
rods which the Philistines returned 
for a trespass offering unto the Lord ; 
for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for As- 
kelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron 
one; 

18 And the golden mice, according 
to the number of all the cities of the 
Philistines belonging to the ^ve lords, 
both of fenced cities, and of country 
villages, even unto the great stone of 
Abel, whereon they set down the ark 
of the Lord : which stone remaineth 
unto this day in the field of Joshua, 
the Beth-shemite. 

19 IT And he smote the men of 
Beth-shemesh, because they had look- 
ed into the ark of the Lord, even he 
smote of the people fifty thousand 
and threescore and ten men : and the 
people lamented, because the Lord 

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The Israelites repent. 



I. SAMUEL. 



The Philistines subdued. 



had smitten many of the people with 
a great slaughter. 

20 And the men of Beth-shemesh 
said, Who is ahle to stand before this 
holy Lord God ? and to whom shall 
he go up from us ? 

21 IT And they sent messengers 
to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, 
saying, The Philistines have brought 
again the ark of the Lord ; come ye 
down, and fetch it up to you. 

CHAPTEE TIL 

1 They of Kirjath-jearim bring the ark into the house 
of Abinadab, and sanctify Eleazar his son to keep it. 
2 After twenty years 3 the Israelites, by SamueVs 
means, solemnly repent at Mizpeh. 7 While Samuel 
prayeth and sacrifceth, the Lord discomfteth the 
Philistines by thunder at Eben-ezer. 13 The Phi- 
listines are subdued. 15 Samuel peaceably and religi- 
ously judgeth Israel. 

AND the men of Kirjath-jearim 
J\. came, and fetched up the ark 
of the Lord, and brought it into the 
house of Abinadab in the hill, and 
sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the 
ark of the Lord. 

2 And it came to pass, while the 
ark abode in Kirjath-jearim, that the 
time was long ; for it was twenty 
years : and all the house of Israel 
lamented after the Lord. 

3 H And Samuel spake unto all 
the house of Israel, saying, If ye do 
return unto the Lord with all your 
hearts, then put away the strange 
gods and Ashtaroth from among you, 
and prepare your hearts unto the 
Lord, and serve him only: and he 
will deliver you out of the hand of 
the Philistines. 

4 Then the children of Israel did 
put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and 
served the Lord only. 

5 And Samuel said, Gather all Is- 
rael to Mizpeh, and I will pray for 
you unto the Lord. 

6 And they gathered together to Miz- 
peh, and drew water, and poured it out 
before the Lord, and fasted on that 
day, and said there, We have sinned 
against the Lord. And Samuel judg- 
ed the children of Israel in Mizpeh. 

7 And when the Philistines heard 
that the children of Israel were gath- 

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ered together to Mizpeh, the lords of 
the Philistines went up against Isra- 
el. And when the children of Israel 
heard it, they were afraid of the Phil- 
istines. 

8 And the children of Israel said 
to Samuel, Cease not to cry unto the 
Lord our God for us, that he will save 
us out of the hand of the Philistines. 

9 If And Samuel took a sucking 
lamb, and offered it for a burnt offer- 
ing wholly unto the Lord : and Sam- 
uel cried unto the Lord for Israel; 
and the Lord heard him. 

10 And as Samuel was offering up 
the burnt offering, the Philistines drew 
near to battle against Israel : but the 
Lord thundered with a great thunder 
on that day upon the Philistines, and 
discomfited them ; and they were smit- 
ten before Israel. 

11 And the men of Israel went out 
of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philis- 
tines, and smote them, until they 
came under Beth-car. 

12 Then Samuel took a stone, and 
set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and 
called the name of it Eben-ezer, say- 
ing, Hitherto hath the Lord helped 
us. 

13 ^f So the Philistines were sub- 
dued, and they came no more into 
the coast of Israel : and the hand of 
the Lord was against the Philistines 
all the days of Samuel. 

14 And the cities which the Phil- 
istines had taken from Israel were 
restored to Israel, from Ekron even 
unto Gath ; and the coasts thereof 
did Israel deliver out of the hands of 
the Philistines. And there was peace 
between Israel and the Amorites. 

15 And Samuel judged Israel all 
the days of his life. 

16 And he went from year to year 
in circuit to Beth-el, and Gilgal, and 
Mizpeh, and judged Israel in all those 
places. 

17 And his return was to Ramah ; 
for there was his house; and there 
he judged Israel ; and there he built 
an altar unto the Lord. 



The people ask a king. 



I. SAMUEL. 



The manner of a king. 



CHAPTER YIII. 

1 By occasion of the ill government of SamueVs sons, the 
Israelites ask a Icing. 6 Samuel praying in grief is 
comforted by God: 10 He telleth the manner of a king. 
19 God willeth Samuel to yield unto the importunity 
of the people. 

AND it came to pass, when Sam- 
J\. uel was old, that he made his 
sons judges over Israel. 

2 Now the name of his firstborn was 
Joel ; and the name of his second, Abi- 
ah: they were judges in Beer-sheha. 

3 And his sons walked not in his 
ways, but turned aside after lucre, and 
took bribes, and perverted judgment. 

4 Then all the elders of Israel 
gathered themselves together, and 
came to Samuel unto Ramah, 

5 And said unto him, Behold, thou 
art old, and thy sons walk not in thy 
ways : now make us a king to judge 
us like all the nations. 

6 H But the thing displeased Sam- 
uel, when they said, Give us a king 
to judge us. And Samuel prayed 
unto the Lord. 

7 And the Lord said unto Samuel, 
Hearken unto the voice of the people 
in all that they say unto thee : for 
they have not rejected thee, but they 
have rejected me, that I should not 
reign over them. 

8 According to all the works which 
they have done since the day that I 
brought them up out of Egypt even 
unto this day, wherewith they have 
forsaken me, and served other gods, 
so do they also unto thee. 

9 Now therefore hearken unto their 
voice : howbeit yet protest solemnly 
unto them, and shew them the man- 
ner of the king that shall reign over 
them. 

10 % And Samuel told all the words 
of the Lord unto the people that 
asked of him a king. 

11 And he said, This will be the 
manner of the king that shall reign 
over you : He will take your sons, and 
appoint them for himself, for his char- 
iots, and to be his horsemen ; and 
some shall run before his chariots. 

12 And he will appoint him cap- 

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tains over thousands, and captains 
over fifties ; and will set them to ear 
his ground, and to reap his harvest, 
and to make his instruments of war, 
and instruments of his chariots. 

13 And he will take your daughters 
to be confectionaries, and to be cooks, 
and to be bakers. 

14 And he will take your fields, 
and your vineyards, and your olive- 
yards, even the best of them, and give 
them to his servants. 

15 And he will take the tenth of 
your seed, and of your vineyards, and 
give to his officers, and to his servants. 

16 And he will take your men- 
servants, and your maidservants, and 
your goodliest young men, and your 
asses, and put them to his work. 

17 He will take the tenth of your 
sheep : and ye shall be his servants. 

18 And ye shall cry out in that day 
because of your king which ye shall 
have chosen you ; and the Lord will 
not hear you in that day. 

19 ^T Nevertheless the people re- 
fused to obey the voice of Samuel ; 
and they said, Nay; but we will have 
a king over us ; 

20 That we also may be like all 
the nations; and that our king may 
judge us, and go out before us, and 
fight our battles. 

21 And Samuel heard all the words 
of the people, and he rehearsed them 
in the ears of the Lord. 

22 And the Lord said to Samuel, 
Hearken unto their voice, and make 
them a king. And Samuel said unto 
the men of Israel, Go ye every man 
unto his city. 

CHAPTEE IX. 

1 Saul despairing to find his father's asses, 6 by the 
counsel of his servant, 1 1 and direction of young maid- 
ens, 15 according to God's revelation, 18 cometh to 
Samuel. 19 Samuel entertaineth Saul at the feast. 
25 Samuel, after secret communication, bringeth Saul 
on his way. 

NOW there was a man of Benja- 
min, whose name was Kish, the 
son of Abiel, the son of Zeror,. the 
son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, 
a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. 
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Saul is sent to seek 



I. SAMUEL. 



his father's asses. 



2 And he had a son, whose name 
was Saul, a choice young man, and a 
goodly: and there was not among the 
children of Israel a goodlier person than 
he: from his shoulders and upward 
he was higher than any of the people. 

3 And the asses of Kish Saul's 
father were lost. And Kish said to 
Saul his son, Take now one of the ser- 
vants with thee, and arise, go seek the 
asses. 

4 And he passed through mount 
Ephraim, and passed through the land 
of Shalisha, but they found them not : 
then they passed through the land of 
Shalim, and there they were not: and 
he passed through the land of the 
Benjamites, but they found them 
not. 

5 And when they were come to the 
land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant 
that was with him, Come, and let us 
return ; lest my father leave caring for 
the asses, and take thought for us. 

6 And he said unto him, Behold 
now, there is in this city a man of 
God, and he is an honourable man ; 
all that he saith cometh surely to 
pass : now let us go thither ; perad- 
venture he can shew us our way that 
we should go. 

7 Then said Saul to his servant, 
But, behold, if we go, what shall we 
bring the man ? for the bread is spent 
in our vessels, and there is not a pres- 
ent to bring to the man of God : 
what have we ? 

8 And the servant answered Saul 
again, and said, Behold, I have here 
at hand the fourth part of a shekel of 
silver : that will I give to the man 
of God, to tell us our way. 

9 (Beforetime in Israel, when a 
man went to inquire of God, thus he 
spake, Come, and let us go to the seer : 
for he that is now called a Prophet 
was beforetime called a Seer.) 

10 Then said Saul to his servant, 
Well said ; come, let us go. So they 
went unto the city where the man of 
God was. 

• 11 IT And as they went up the hill 
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to the city, they found young maid- 
ens going out to draw water, and said 
unto them, Is the seer here ? 

12 And they answered them, and 
said, He is; behold, he is before you: 
make haste now, for he came to day 
to the city ; for there is a sacrifice of 
the people to day in the high place: 

13 As soon as ye be come into the 
city, ye shall straightway find him, 
before he go up to the high place to 
eat : for the people will not eat until 
he come, because he doth bless the 
sacrifice; and afterwards they eat 
that be bidden. Now therefore get 
you up ; for about this time ye shall 
find him. 

14 And they went up into the city: 
and when they were come into the 
city, behold, Samuel came out against 
them, for to go up to the high place. 

15 IT Now the Lord had told Sam- 
uel in his ear a day before Saul came, 
saying, 

16 To morrow about this time I 
will send thee a man out of the land 
of Benjamin, and thou shalt anoint 
him to be captain over my people Is- 
rael, that he may save my people out 
of the hand of the Philistines : for I 
have looked upon my people, because 
their cry is come unto me. 

17 And when Samuel saw Saul, the 
Lord said unto him, Behold the man 
whom I spake to thee of! this same 
shall reign over my people. 

18 Then Saul drew near to Sam- 
uel in the gate, and said, Tell me, I 
pray thee, where the seer's house is. 

19 And Samuel answered Saul, 
and said, I am the seer : go up before 
me unto the high place ; for ye shall 
eat with me to day, and to morrow I 
will let thee go, and will tell thee all 
that is in thine heart. 

20 And as for thine asses that were 
lost three days ago, set not thy mind 
on them; for they are found. And 
on whom is all the desire of Israel ? 
Is it not on thee, and on all thy fa- 
ther's house ? 

21 And Saul answered and said, 



Samuel anoint eth Saul. 



I. SAMUEL. 



Saul prophesieth. 



Am not I a Benjamite, of the small- 
est of the tribes of Israel ? and my 
family the least of all the families 
of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore 
then speakest thou so to me ? 

22 And Samuel tookSaul and his ser- 
vant, and brought them into the par- 
lour, and made thern sit in the chiefest 
place among them that were bidden, 
which were about thirty persons. 

23 And Samuel said unto the cook, 
Bring the portion which I gave thee, of 
which I said unto thee, Set it by thee. 

24 And the cook took up the shoul- 
der, and that which was upon it, and 
set it before Saul. And Samuel said, 
Behold that which is left ! set it be- 
fore thee, and eat : for unto this time 
hath it been kept for thee since I said, 
I have invited the people. So Saul 
did eat wii^ Samuel that day. 

25 IT Am^ when they were come 
down from the high place into the 
city, Samuel communed with Saul 
upon the top of the house. 

26 And they arose early: and it 
came to pass about the spring of the 
day, that Samuel called Saul to the 
top of the house, saying, Up, that I 
may send thee away. And Saul arose, 
and they went out both of them, he 
and Samuel, abroad. 

27 And as they were going down 
to the end of the city, Samuel said to 
Saul, Bid the servant pass on before 
us, (and he passed on,) but stand 
thou still a while, that I may shew 
thee the word of God. 

CHAPTEE X. 

1 Samuel anointeth Saul. 2 He confirmeth him by pre- 
diction of three signs. 9 Saul's heart is changed, and 
he prophesieth. 14 He concealeth the matter of the 
kingdom from his uncle. 17 Saul is chosen at Mizpeh 
by lot. 26 The different affections of his subjects. 

THEN Samuel took a vial of oil, 
and poured it upon his head, 
and kissed him, and said, 7s it not 
because the Lord hath anointed thee 
to be captain over his inheritance ? 

2 When thou art departed from me 
to day, then thou shalt find two men 
by Rachel's sepulchre in the border 
of Benjamin at Zelzah; and they 



will say unto thee, The asses which 
thou wentest to seek are found : and, 
lo, thy father hath left the care of 
the asses, and sorroweth for you, say- 
ing, What shall I do for my son ? 

3 Then shalt thou go on forward 
from thence, and thou shalt come to 
the plain of Tabor, and there shall 
meet thee three men going up to 
God to Beth-el, one carrying three 
kids, and another carrying three 
loaves of bread, and another carry- 
ing a bottle of wine : 

4 And they will salute thee, and 
give thee two loaves of bread ; which 
thou shalt receive of their hands. 

5 After that thou shalt come to 
the hill of God, where is the gar- 
rison of the Philistines : and it shall 
come to pass, when thou art come 
thither to the city, that thou shalt 
meet a company of prophets coming 
down from the high place with a 
psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, 
and a harp, before them; and they 
shall prophesy: 

6 And the Spirit of the Lord will 
come upon thee, and thou shalt proph- 
esy with them, and shalt be turned 
into another man. 

7 And let it be, when these signs are 
come unto thee, that thou do as occa- 
sion serve thee ; for God is with thee. 

8 And thou shalt go down before 
me to Gilgal ; and, behold, I will 
come down unto thee, to offer burnt 
offerings, and to sacrifice sacrifices of 
peace offerings : seven days shalt thou 
tarry, till I come to thee, and shew 
thee what thou shalt do. 

9 % And it was so, that, when he had 
turned his back to go from Samuel, 
God gave him another heart : and all 
those signs came to pass that day. 

10 And when they came thither 
to the hill, behold, a company of 
prophets met him; and the Spirit of 
God came upon him, and he proph- 
esied among them. 

11 And it came to pass, when all 
that knew him beforetime saw that, 
behold, he prophesied among: the 

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Saul proclaimed 



I. SAMUEL. 



king at Mizpeh. 



prophets, then the people said one 
to another, What is this that is come 
unto the son of Kish? Is Saul also 
among the prophets ? 

12 And one of the same place an- 
swered and said, But who is their fa- 
ther ? Therefore it became a proverb, 
Is Saul also among the prophets ? 

13 And when he had made an end 
of prophesying, he came to the high 
place. 

14 IT And Saul's uncle said unto 
him and to his servant, Whither went 
ye ? And he said, To seek the asses : 
and when we saw that they were no 
where, we came to Samuel. 

15 And Saul's uncle said, Tell me, I 
pray thee, what Samuel said unto you. 

16 And Saul said unto his uncle, 
He told us plainly that the asses were 
found. But of the matter of the king- 
dom, whereof Samuel spake, he told 
him not. 

17 If And Samuel called the people 
together unto the Lord to Mizpeh ; 

18 And said unto the children of 
Israel, Thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel, I brought up Israel cut of 
Egypt, and delivered you out of the 
hand of the Egyptians, and out of the 
hand of all kingdoms, and of them 
that oppressed you : 

19 And ye have this day rejected 
your God, who himself saved you out 
of all your adversities and your trib- 
ulations ; and ye have said unto him, 
Nay, but set a king over us. Now 
therefore present yourselves before 
the Lord by your tribes, and by your 
thousands. 

20 And when Samuel had caused 
all the tribes of Israel to come near, 
the tribe of Benjamin was taken. 

21 When he had caused the tribe 
of Benjamin to come near by their 
families, the family of Matri was ta- 
ken, and Saul the son of Kish was 
taken; and when they sought him, 
he could not be found. 

22 Therefore they inquired of the 
Lord further, if the man should yet 
come thither. And the Lord answer- 

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ed, Behold, he hath hjd himself among 
the stuff. 

23 And they ran and fetched him 
thence: and when he stood among 
the people, he was higher than any 
of the people from his shoulders and 
upward. 

24 And Samuel said to all the peo- 
ple, See ye him whom the Lord hath 
chosen, that there is none like him 
among all the people? And all the 
people shouted, and said, God save 
the king. 

25 Then Samuel told the people 
the manner of the kingdom, and wrote 
it in a book, and laid it up before 
the Lord. And Samuel sent all the 
people away, every man to his house. 

26 IT And Saul also went home to 
Gibeah ; and there went with him a 
band of men, whose hearts God had 
touched. 

27 But the children of Belial said, 
How shall this man save us ? And 
they despised him, and brought him 
no presents. But he held his peace. 

CHAPTEE XL 

1 Hah ash offereth them of Jabesh-gilead a reproachful 
condition. 4 They send messengers, and are delivered 
by Saul. 12 Saul thereby is confirmed, and his king- 
dom renetved. 

THEN Nahash the Ammonite 
came up, and encamped against 
Jabesh-gilead : and all the men of 
Jabesh said unto Nahash, Make a 
covenant with us, and we will serve 
thee. 

2 And Nahash the Ammonite an- 
swered them, On this condition will 
I make a covenant with you, that I 
may thrust out all your right eyes, and 
lay it for a reproach upon all Israel. 

3 And the elders of Jabesh said 
unto him, Give us seven days' res- 
pite, that we may send messengers 
unto all the coasts of Israel : and 
then, if there be no man to save us, 
we will come out to thee. 

4 H Then came the messengers to 
Gibeah of Saul, and told the tidings 
in the ears of the people : and all the 
people lifted up their voices, and wept. 



He rescueth Jabesh-gilead. I. SAMUEL. Samuel reproveth the people. 



5 And, behold, Saul came after the 
herd out of the field ; and Saul said, 
What aileth the people that they 
weep ? And they told him the tidings 
of the men of Jabesh. 

6 And the Spirit of God came upon 
Saul when he heard those tidings, 
and his anger was kindled greatly. 

7 And he took a yoke of oxen, and 
hewed them in pieces, and sent them 
throughout all the coasts of Israel 
by the hands of messengers, saying, 
Whosoever cometh not forth after 
Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be 
done unto his oxen. And the fear 
of the Lord fell on the people, and 
they came out with one consent. 

8 And when he numbered them in 
Bezek, the children of Israel were 
three hundred thousand, and the men 
of Judah thirty thousand. 

9 And they said unto the messen- 
gers that came, Thus shall ye say 
unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, To 
morrow, by that time the sun be hot, 
ye shall have help. And the messen- 
gers came and shewed it to the men 
of Jabesh ; and they were glad. 

10 Therefore the men of Jabesh 
said, To morrow we will come out 
unto you, and ye shall do with us all 
that seemeth good unto you. 

11 And it was so on the morrow, 
that Saul put the people in three 
companies ; and they came into the 
midst of the host in the morning 
watch, and slew the Ammonites un- 
til the heat of the day : and it came 
to pass, that they which remained 
were scattered, so that two of them 
were not left together. 

12 If And the people said unto 
Samuel, Who is he that said, Shall 
Saul reign over us ? bring the men, 
that we may put them to death. 

13 And Saul said, There shall not 
a man be put to death this day: for 
to day the Lord hath wrought salva- 
tion in Israel. 

14 Then said Samuel to the peo- 
ple, Come, and let us go to Gilgal, 
and renew the kingdom there. 



15 And all the people went to Gil- 
gal ; and there they made Saul king 
before the Lord in Gilgal ; and there 
they sacrificed sacrifices of peace of- 
ferings before the Lord; and there 
Saul and all the men of Israel rejoic- 
ed greatly. 

CHAPTEE XII. 

1 Samuel testifieth his integrity. 6 He reproveth the 
people of ingratitude. 16 He terrifieth them with 
thunder in harvest time. 20 He comforteth them in 
God's mercy. 

A ND Samuel said unto all Israel, 
JLJL Behold, I have hearkened unto 
your voice in all that ye said unto 
me, and have made a king over you. 

2 And now, behold, the king walk- 
eth before you : and I am old and 
grayheaded ; and, behold, my sons 
are with you : and I have walked be- 
fore you from my childhood unto this 
day. 

3 Behold, here I am: witness 
against me before the Lord, and be- 
fore his anointed : whose ox have I 
taken ? or whose ass have I taken ? 
or whom have I defrauded ? whom 
have I oppressed ? or of whose hand 
have I received any bribe to blind 
mine eyes therewith ? and I will re- 
store it you. 

4 And they said, Thou hast not de- 
frauded us, nor oppressed us, neither 
hast thou taken aught of any man's 
hand. 

5 And he said unto them, The 
Lord is witness against you, and his 
anointed is witness this day, that ye 
have not found aught in my hand. 
And they answered, He is witness. 

6 If And Samuel said unto the 
people, It is the Lord that advanced 
Moses and Aaron, and that brought 
your fathers up out of the land of 
Egypt. 

7 Now therefore stand still, that I 
may reason with you before the Lord 
of all the righteous acts of the Lord, 
which he did to you and to your fathers. 

8 When Jacob was come into 
Egypt, and your fathers cried unto 
the Lord, then the Lord sent Moses 
and Aaron, which brought forth your 

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thunder and rain. 



fathers out of Egypt, and made them 
dwell in this place. 

9 And when they forgat the Lord 
their God, he sold them into the 
hand of Sisera, captain of the host of 
Hazor, and into the hand of the Phil- 
istines, and into the hand of the king 
of Moab, and they fought against 
them. 

10 And they cried unto the Lord, 
and said, We have sinned, because 
we have forsaken the Lord, and 
have served Baalim and Ashtaroth: 
but now deliver us out of the hand of 
our enemies, and we will serve thee. 

11 And the Lord sent Jerubbaal, 
and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Sam- 
uel, and delivered you out of the 
hand of your enemies on every side, 
and ye dwelt safe. 

12 And when ye saw that Nahash 
the king of the children of Ammon 
came against you, ye said unto me, 
Nay ; but a king shall reign over us : 
when the Lord your God was your 
king. 

13 Now therefore behold the king 
whom ye have chosen, and whom ye 
have desired ! and, behold, the Lord 
hath set a king over you. 

14 If ye will fear the Lord, and 
serve him, and obey his voice, and 
not rebel against the commandment 
of the Lord ; then shall both ye and 
also the king that reigneth over you 
continue following the Lord your 
God: 

15 But if ye will not obey the voice 
of the Lord, but rebel against the 
commandment of the Lord; then shall 
the hand of the Lord be against you, 
as it was against your fathers. 

16 IT Now therefore stand and see 
this great thing, which the Lord will 
do before your eyes. 

17 Is it not wheat harvest to day? 
I will call unto the Lord, and he 
shall send thunder and rain; that ye 
may perceive and see that your wick- 
edness is great, which ye have done 
in the sight of the Lord, in asking 
you a king. 

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18 So Samuel called unto the Lord; 
and the Lord sent thunder and rain 
that day : and all the people greatly 
feared the Lord and Samuel. 

19 And all the people said unto 
Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto 
the Lord thy God, that we die not : 
for we have added unto all our sins 
this evil, to ask us a king. 

20 H And Samuel said unto the 
people, Fear not: ye have done all 
this wickedness: yet turn not aside 
from following the Lord, but serve 
the Lord with all your heart ; 

21 And turn ye not aside : for then 
should ye go after vain things, which 
cannot profit nor deliver; for they 
are vain. 

22 For the Lord will not forsake 
his people for his great name's sake : 
because it hath pleased the Lord to 
make you his people. 

23 Moreover as for me, God forbid 
that I should sin against the Lord in 
ceasing to pray for you : but I will 
teach you the good and the right 
way: 

24 Only fear the Lord, and serve 
him in truth with all your heart : for 
consider how great things he hath 
done for you. 

25 But if ye shall still do wickedly, 
ye shall be consumed, both ye and 
your king. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Saul's selected band. 3 He calleth the' Hebrews to 
Oilgal against the Philistines, whose garrison Jona- 
than had smitten. 5 The Philistines' great host. 6 
The distress of the Israelites. 8 Saul, weary of stay- 
ing for Samuel, sacrificeth. 11 Samuel reproveth 
him. 1*7 TJie three spoiling bands of the Philistines. 
19 The policy of the Philistines, to suffer no smith in 
Israel. 

SAUL reigned one year ; and when 
he had reigned two years over 
Israel, 

2 Saul chose him three thousand 
men of Israel ; whereof two thousand 
were with Saul in Michmash and in 
mount Beth-el, and a thousand were 
with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benja- 
min : and the rest of the people he 
sent every man to his tent. 

3 And Jonathan smote the garrison 



Samuel reproveth Saul. 



I. SAMUEL. Policy of the Philistines. 



of the Philistines that was in Geba, 
and the Philistines heard of it. And 
Saul blew the trumpet throughout 
all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews 
hear. 

4 And all Israel heard say that 
Saul had smitten a garrison of the 
Philistines, and that Israel also was 
had in abomination with the Philis- 
tines. And the people were called 
together after Saul to Gilgal. 

5 IT And the Philistines gathered 
themselves together to fight with Is- 
rael, thirty thousand chariots, and six 
thousand horsemen, and people as 
the sand which is on the sea shore in 
multitude: and they came up, and 
pitched in Michmash, eastward from 
Beth-aven. 

6 When the men of Israel saw that 
they were in a strait, (for the people 
were distressed,) then the people did 
hide themselves in caves, and in thick- 
ets, and in rocks, and in high places, 
and in pits. 

7 And some of the Hebrews went 
over Jordan to the land of Gad and 
Gilead. As for Saul, he was yet in 
Gilgal, and all the people followed 
him trembling. 

8 If And he tarried seven days, ac- 
cording to the set time that Samuel 
had appointed : but Samuel came not 
to Gilgal ; and the people were scat- 
tered from him. 

9 And Saul said, Bring hither a burnt 
offering to me, and peace offerings. 
And he offered the burnt offering. 

10 And it came to pass, that as 
soon as he had made an end of offer- 
ing the burnt offering, behold, Sam- 
uel came ; and Saul went out to 
meet him, that he might salute him. 

11 H And Samuel said, What hast 
thou done ? And Saul said, Because 
I saw that the people were scattered 
from me, and that thou earnest not 
within the days appointed, and that 
the Philistines gathered themselves 
together at Michmash ; 

12 Therefore said I, The Philistines 
will come down now upon me to Gil- 



gal, and I have not made supplication 
unto the Lord : I forced myself there- 
fore, and offered a burnt offering. 

13 And Samuel said to Saul, Thou 
hast done foolishly : thou hast not 
kept the commandment of the Lord 
thy God, which he commanded thee : 
for now would the Lord have estab- 
lished thy kingdom uponlsrael for ever. 

14 But now thy kingdom shall 
not continue: the Lord hath sought 
him a man after his own heart, and 
the Lord hath commanded him to 
be captain over his people, because 
thou hast not kept that which the 
Lord commanded thee. 

15 And Samuel arose, and gat him 
up from Gilgal unto Gibeah of Ben- 
jamin. And Saul numbered the peo- 
ple that were present with him, about 
six hundred men. 

16 And Saul, and Jonathan his son, 
and the people that viere present with 
them, abode in Gibeah of Benja- 
min : but the Philistines encamped 
in Michmash. 

17 IT And the spoilers came out of 
the camp of the Philistines in three 
companies : one company turned un- 
to the way that leadeth to Ophrah, 
unto the land of Shual : 

18 And another company turned 
the way to Beth-horon : and another 
company turned to the way of the 
border that looketh to the valley of 
Zeboim toward the wilderness. 

19 IT Now there was no smith found 
throughout all the land of Israel : for 
the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews 
make them swords or spears : 

20 But all the Israelites went down 
to the Philistines, to sharpen every 
man his share, and his coulter, and 
his axe, and his mattock. 

21 Yet they had a file for the mat- 
tocks, and for the coulters, and for 
the forks, and for the axes, and to 
sharpen the goads. 

22 So it came to pass in the day of 
battle, that there was neither sword 
nor spear found in the hand of any of 
the people that were with Saul and 

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I. SAMUEL. 



Philistines' garrison. 



Jonathan: but with Saul and with 
Jonathan his son was there found. 

23 And the garrison of the Philis- 
tines went out to the passage of 
Michmash. 

CHAPTEE XIY. 

1 Jonathan, unwitting to his father, the priest, or the 
people, goeth and miraculously smiteth the Philistines' 
garrison. 15 A divine terror makcth them beat them- 
selves. 17 Saul, not staying the priest's answer, set- 
teth on them. 21 The captivated Hebrews, and the 
hidden Israelites, join against them. 24 Saul's un- 
advised adjuration hinder eth the victory. 32 He re- 
strained the people from eating blood. 35 Hebuildeth 
an altar. 36 Jonathan, taken by lot, is saved by the 
people. 47 SauPs strength and family. 

NOW it came to pass upon a day, 
that Jonathan the son of Saul 
said unto the young man that bare his 
armour, Come, and let us go over to 
the Philistines' garrison, that is on the 
other side. But he told not his father. 

2 And Saul tarried in the uttermost 
part of Gibeah under a pomegranate 
tree which is in Migron: and the 
people that were with him were about 
six hundred men; 

3 And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, 
I-chabod's brother, the son of Phin- 
ehas, the son of Eli, the Lord's 
priest in Shiloh, wearing an ephod. 
And the people knew not that Jona- 
than was gone. 

4 If And between the passages, by 
which Jonathan sought to go over 
unto the Philistines' garrison, there 
was a sharp rock on the one side, 
and a sharp rock on the other side: 
and the name of the one was Bozez, 
and the name of the other Seneh. 

5 The forefront of the one was 
situate northward over against Mich- 
mash, and the other southward over 
against Gibeah. 

6 And Jonathan said to the young 
man that bare his armour, Come, 
and let us go over unto the garrison 
of these uncircumcised : it may be 
that the Lord will work for us : for 
there is no restraint to the Lord to 
save by many or by few. 

7 And his armourbearer said unto 
him, Do all that is in thy heart: 
turn thee ; behold, I am with thee 
according to thy heart. 

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8 Then said Jonathan, Behold, we 
will pass over unto these men, and we 
will discover ourselves unto them. 

9 If they say thus unto us, Tarry 
until we come to you ; then we will 
stand still in our place, and will not 
go up unto them. 

10 But if they say thus, Come up 
unto us ; then we will go up : for 
the Lord hath delivered them into 
our hand; and this shall be a sign 
unto us. 

11 And both of them discovered 
themselves unto the garrison of the 
Philistines : and the Philistines said, 
Behold, the Hebrews come forth out 
of the holes where they had hid 
themselves. 

12 And the men of the garrison 
answered Jonathan and his armour- 
bearer, and said, Come up to us, 
and we will shew you a thing. And 
Jonathan said unto his armourbearer, 
Come up after me : for the Lord hath 
delivered them into the hand of Israel. 

13 And Jonathan climbed up upon 
his hands and upon his feet, and his 
armourbearer after him: and they 
fell before Jonathan ; and his armour- 
bearer slew after him. 

14 And that first slaughter, which 
Jonathan and his armourbearer made, 
was about twenty men, within as it 
were a half acre of land, which a 
yoke of oxen might plough. 

15 And there was trembling in 
the host, in the field, and among all 
the people : the garrison, and the 
spoilers, they also trembled, and the 
earth quaked : so it was a very great 
trembling. 

16 And the watchmen of Saul in 
Gibeah of Benjamin looked; and, 
behold, the multitude melted away, 
and they went on beating down one 
another. 

17 Then said Saul unto the people 
that were with him, Number now, and 
see who is gone from us. And when 
they had numbered, behold, Jonathan 
and his armourbearer were not there. 

18 And Saul said unto Ahiah, 



SauVs adjuration 



I. SAMUEL. 



hinder eth the victory. 



Bring hither the ark of God. For the 
ark of God was at that time with the 
children of Israel. 

19 ^T And it came to pass, while 
Saul talked unto the priest, that the 
noise that was in the host of the 
Philistines went on and increased : 
and Saul said unto the priest, With- 
draw thine hand. 

20 And Saul and all the people 
that were with him assembled them- 
selves, and they came to the battle : 
and, behold, every man's sword was 
against his fellow, and there was a 
very great discomfiture. 

21 Moreover, the Hebrews that were 
with the Philistines before that time, 
which went up with them into the 
camp from the country round about, 
even they also turned to be with the 
Israelites that were with Saul and 
Jonathan. 

22 Likewise all the men of Israel 
which had hid themselves in mount 
Ephraim, when they heard that the 
Philistines fled, even they also fol- 
lowed hard after them in the battle, 

23 So the Lord saved Israel that 
day: and the battle passed over unto 
Beth-aven. 

24 IT And the men of Israel were 
distressed that day : for Saul had ad- 
jured the people, saying, Cursed be 
the man that eateth any food until 
evening, that I may be avenged on 
mine enemies. So none of the peo- 
ple tasted any food. 

25 And all they of the land came to 
a wood ; and there was honey upon 
the ground. 

26 And when the people were come 
into the wood, behold, the honey 
dropped ; but no man put his hand 
to his mouth: for the people feared 
the oath. 

27 But Jonathan heard not when 
nis father charged the people with 
the oath : wherefore he put forth the 
end of the rod that was in his hand, 
and dipped it in a honeycomb, and 
put his hand to his mouth; and his 
eyes were enlightened. 



28 Then answered one of the peo- 
ple, and said, Thy father straitly 
charged the people with an oath, 
saying, Cursed be the man that 
eateth any food this day. And the 
people were faint. 

29 Then said Jonathan, My father 
hath troubled the land : see, I pray 
you, how mine eyes have been en- 
lightened, because I tasted a little 
of this honey. 

30 How much more, if haply the 
people had eaten freely to day of the 
spoil of their enemies which they 
found ? for had there not been now 
a much greater slaughter among the 
Philistines ? 

31 And they smote the Philistines 
that day from Michmash to Aijalon: 
and the people were very faint. 

32 And the people flew upon the 
spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and 
calves, and slew them on the ground : 
and the people did eat them with the 
blood. 

33 IT Then they told Saul, saying, 
Behold, the people sin against the 
Lord, in that they eat with the blood. 
And he said, Ye have transgressed: 
roll a great stone unto me this day. 

34 And Saul said, Disperse your- 
selves among the people, and say 
unto them, Bring me hither every 
man his ox, and every man his sheep, 
and slay them here, and eat ; and sin 
not against the Lord in eating with 
the blood. And all the people brought 
every man his ox with him that night, 
and slew them there. 

35 And Saul built an altar unto the 
Lord : the same was the first altar 
that he built unto the Lord. 

36 % And Saul said, Let us go down 
after the Philistines by night, and 
spoil them until the morning light, 
and let us not leave a man of them. 
And they said, Do whatsoever seem- 
eth good unto thee. Then said the 
priest, Let us draw near hither unto 
God. 

37 And Saul asked counsel of God, 
Shall I go down after the Philistines ? 

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wilt thou deliver them into the hand 
of Israel ? But he answered him not 
that day. 

38 And Saul said, Draw ye near 
hither, all the chief of the people: 
and know and see wherein this sin 
hath been this day. 

39 For, as the Lord liveth, which 
saveth Israel, though it be in Jona- 
than rny son, he shall surely die. 
But there was not a man among all 
the people that answered him. 

40 Then said he unto all Israel, Be 
ye on one side, and I and Jonathan 
my son will be on the other side. 
And the people said unto Saul, Do 
what seemeth good unto thee. 

41 Therefore Saul said unto the 
Lord God of Israel, Give a perfect 
lot. And Saul and Jonathan were 
taken : but the people escaped. 

42 And Saul said, Cast lots between 
me and Jonathan my son. And Jona- 
than was taken. 

43 Then Saul said to Jonathan, 
Tell me what thou hast done. And 
Jonathan told him, and said, I did 
but taste a little honey with the end 
of the rod that was in mine hand, and, 
lo, I must die. 

44 And Saul answered, God do so 
and more also : for thou shalt surely 
die, Jonathan. 

45 And the people said unto Saul, 
Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought 
this great salvation in Israel ? God 
forbid : as the Lord liveth, there shall 
not one hair of his head fall to the 
ground; for he hath wrought with 
God this day. So the people rescued 
Jonathan, that he died not. 

46 Then Saul went up from follow- 
ing the Philistines : and the Philis- 
tines went to their own place. 

47 H So Saul took the kingdom 
over Israel, and fought against all his 
enemies on every side, against Moab, 
and against the children of Amnion, 
and against Edom, and against the 
kings of Zobah, and against the Phil- 
istines: and whithersoever he turned 
himself, he vexed them. 

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48 And he gathered a host, and 
smote the Amalekites, and delivered 
Israel out of the hands of them that 
spoiled them. 

49 Now the sons of Saul were Jona- 
than, and Ishui, and Melchi-shua: 
and the names of his two daughters 
ivere these ; the name of the firstborn 
Merab, and the name of the younger 
Michal : 

50 And the name of Saul's wife 
was Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahi- 
maaz : and the name of the captain 
of his host was Abner, the son of Ner, 
Saul's uncle. 

51 And Kish was the father of 
Saul ; and Ner the father of Abner 
was the son of Abiel. 

52 And there was sore war against 
the Philistines all the days of Saul: 
and when Saul saw any strong man, 
or any valiant man, he took him unto 
him. 

CHAPTEE XV. 

1 Samuel sendeth Saul to destroy Amaleh 6 Saul fa- 
voureth the Kenites. 8 He spareth Agag and the best 
of the spoil. 10 Samuel denounceth unto Saul, com- 
mending and excusing himself, God's rejection of him 
for his disobedience. 24 Saul's humiliation. 32 
Samuel Tcilleth Agag. 34 Samuel and Saul part. 

SAMUEL also said unto Saul, The 
Lord sent me to anoint thee to 
be king over his people, over Israel : 
now therefore hearken thou unto the 
voice of the words of the Lord. 

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I 
remember that which Amalek did to 
Israel, how he laid wait for him in the 
way, when he came up from Egypt 

3 Now go and smite Amalek, and 
utterly destroy all that they have, 
and spare them not; but slay both 
man and woman, infant and suckling 
ox and sheep, camel and ass. 

4 And Saul gathered the people 
together, and numbered them in Te- 
laim, two hundred thousand footmen, 
and ten thousand men of Judah. 

5 And Saul came to a city of Ama- 
lek, and laid wait in the valley. 

6 1[ And Saul said unto the Ke- 
nites, Go, depart, get you down from 
among the Amalekites, lest I destroy 



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Saul sparing A gag, is 



I. SAMUEL. 



rejected for disobedience. 



you with them : for ye shewed kind- 
ness to all the children of Israel, when 
they came up out of Egypt. So the 
Kenites departed from among the 
Amalekites. 

7 And Saul smote the Amalekites 
from Hayilah until thou comest to 
Shur, that is over against Egypt. 

8 And he took Agag the king of 
the Amalekites alive, and utterly de- 
stroyed all the people with the edge 
of the sword. 

9 But Saul and the people spared 
Agag, and the best of the sheep, and 
of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and 
the lambs, and all that was good, and 
would not utterly destroy them : but 
every thing that was vile and refuse, 
that they destroyed utterly, 

10 ^T Then came the word of the 
Lord unto Samuel, saying, 

11 It repenteth me that I have set 
up Saul to be king : for he is turned 
back from following me, and hath 
not performed my commandments. 
And it grieved Samuel ; and he cried 
unto the Lord all night. 

12 And when Samuel rose early to 
meet Saul in the morning, it was told 
Samuel, saying, Saul came to Car- 
mel, and, behold, he set him up a 
place, and is gone about, and passed 
on, and gone down to Gilgal. 

13 And Samuel came to Saul: and 
Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou 
of the Lord: I have performed the 
commandment of the Lord. 

14 And Samuel said, What mean- 
eth then this bleating of the sheep in 
mine ears, and the lowing of the oxen 
which I hear ? 

15 And Saul said, They have brought 
them from the Amalekites : for the 
people spared the best of the sheep 
and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the 
Lord thy God ; and the rest we have 

f utterly destroyed. 

16 Then Samuel said unto Saul, 
Stay, and I will tell thee what the 
Lord hath said to me this night. 
And he said unto him, Say on. 

17 And Samuel said, When thou 



wast little in thine own sight, ivast 
thou not made the head of the tribes 
of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee 
king over Israel ? 

1 8 And the Lord sent thee on a j our- 
ney, and said, Go and utterly destroy 
the sinners the Amalekites, and fight 
against them until they be consumed. 

19 Wherefore then didst thou not 
obey the voice of the Lord, but didst 
fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in 
the sight of the Lord ? 

20 And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, 
I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, 
and have gone the way which the 
Lord sent me, and have brought Agag 
the king of Amalek, and have utterly 
destroyed the Amalekites. 

21 But the people took of the spoil, 
sheep and oxen, the chief of the 
things which should have been ut- 
terly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the 
Lord thy God in Gilgal. 

22 And Samuel said, Hath the 
Lord as great delight in burnt offer- 
ings and sacrifices, as in obeying the 
voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey 
is better than sacrifice, and to heark- 
en than the fat of rams. 

2 3 For rebellion is as the sin of witch- 
craft, and stubbornness is as iniquity 
and idolatry. Because thou hast re- 
jected the word of the Lord, he hath 
also rejected thee from being king. 

24 ^T And Saul said unto Samuel, 
I have sinned : for I have transgress- 
ed the commandment of the Lord, 
and thy words : because I feared the 
people, and obeyed their voice. 

25 Now therefore, I pray thee, par- 
don my sin, and turn again with me, 
that I may worship the Lord. 

26 And Samuel said unto Saul, I 
will not return with thee : for thou 
hast rejected the word of the Lord, 
and the Lord hath rejected thee from 
being king over Israel. 

27 And as Samuel turned about to 
go away, he laid hold upon the skirt 
of his mantle, and it rent. 

28 And Samuel said unto him, 
The Lord hath rent the kingdom of 

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I. SAMUEL. 



He anointeth David. 



Israel from thee this day, and hath 
given it to a neighbour of thine, that 
is better than thou. 

29 And also the Strength of Israel 
will not lie nor repent : for he is not 
a man, that he should repent. 

30 Then he said, I have sinned: 
yet honour me now, I pray thee, before 
the elders of my people, and before 
Israel, and turn again with me, that 
I may worship the Lord thy God. 

31 So Samuel turned again after 
Saul ; and Saul worshipped the Lord. 

32 IT Then said Samuel, Bring ye 
hither to me Agag the king of the 
Amalekites. And Agag came unto 
him delicately. And Agag said, Sure- 
ly the bitterness of death is past. 

33 And Samuel said, As thy sword 
hath made women childless, so shall 
thy mother be childless among wo- 
men. And Samuel hewed Agag in 
pieces before the Lord in Gilgal. 

34 IT Then Samuel went to Ra- 
man ; and Saul went up to his house 
to Gibeah of Saul. 

35 And Samuel came no more to 
see Saul until the day of his death : 
nevertheless Samuel mourned for 
Saul : and the Lord repented that 
he had made Saul king over Israel. 

CHAPTEE XYI. 

1 Samuel sent by God, under pretence of a sacrifice, 
cometh to Beth-lehem. 6 His human judgment is re- 
proved. 1 1 He anointeth David. 15 Saul sendeth 
for David to quiet his evil spirit. 

AND the Lord said unto Samuel, 
» How long wilt thou mourn for 
Saul, seeing I have rejected him 
from reigning over Israel ? fill thine 
horn with oil, and go, I will send thee 
to Jesse the Beth-lehemite : for I have 
provided me a king among his sons. 

2 And Samuel said, How can I go ? 
if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And 
the Lord said, Take a heifer with 
thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice 
to the Lord. 

3 And call Jesse to the sacrifice, 
and I will shew thee what thou shalt 
do : and thou shalt anoint unto me 
him whom I name unto thee. 

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4 And Samuel did that which the 
Lord spake, and came to Beth-le- 
hem. And the elders of the town 
trembled at his coming, and said, 
Comest thou peaceably ? 

5 And he said, Peaceably: I am 
come to sacrifice unto the Lord : 
sanctify yourselves, and come with 
me to the sacrifice. And he sancti- 
fied Jesse and his sons, and called 
them to the sacrifice. 

6 If And it came to pass, when 
they were come, that he looked on 
Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's 
anointed is before him. 

7 But the Lord said unto Samuel, 
Look not on his countenance, or on 
the height of his stature ; because I 
have refused him : for the Lord 
seeth not as man seeth ; for man 
looketh on the outward appearance, 
but the Lord looketh on the heart. 

8 Then Jesse called Abinadab, and 
made him pass before Samuel. And 
he said, Neither hath the Lord cho- 
sen this. 

9 Then Jesse made Shammah to 
pass by. And he said, Neither hath 
the Lord chosen this. 

10 Again, Jesse made seven of his 
sons to pass before Samuel. And 
Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord 
hath not chosen these. 

11 And Samuel said unto Jesse, 
Are here all thy children ? And he 
said, There remaineth yet the young- 
est, and, behold, he keepeth the 
sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, 
Send and fetch him : for we will not 
sit down till he come hither. 

12 And he sent, and brought him 
in. Now he was ruddy, and withal 
of a beautiful countenance, and good- 
ly to look to. And the Lord said, 
Arise, anoint him : for this is he. 

13 Then Samuel took the horn of 
oil, and anointed him in the midst 
oT his brethren : and the Spirit of the 
Lord came upon David from that 
day forward. So Samuel rose up, and 
went to Ramah. 

14 1T But the Spirit of the Lord 



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Saul sendeth for David. 



I. SAMUEL. 



Goliath defieth Israel. 



departed from Saul, and an evil spir- 
it from the Lord troubled him. 

15 And Saul's servants said unto 
him, Behold now, an evil spirit from 
God troubleth thee. 

16 Let our lord now command thy 
servants, which are before thee, to 
seek out a man, who is a cunning 
player on a harp : and it shall come 
to pass, when the evil spirit from 
God is upon thee, that he shall play 
with his hand, and thou shalt be well. 

17 And Saul said unto his servants, 
Provide me now a man that can play 
well, and bring him to me. 

18 Then answered one of the ser- 
vants, and said, Behold, I have seen 
a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that 
is cunning in playing, and a mighty 
valiant man, and a man of war, and 
prudent in matters, and a comely 
person, and the Lord is with him. 

19 If Wherefore Saul sent messen- 
gers unto Jesse, and said, Send me Da- 
vid thy son, which is with the sheep. 

20 And Jesse took an ass laden 
with bread, and a bottle of wine, and 
a kid, and sent them by David his 
son unto Saul. 

21 And David came to Saul, and 
stood before him : and he loved him 
greatly ; and he became his armour- 
bearer. 

22 And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, 
Let David, I pray thee, stand before 
me; for he hath found favour in my 
sight. 

23 And it came to pass, when the 
evil spirit from God was upon Saul, 
that David took a harp, and played 
with his hand : so Saul was refresh- 
ed, and was well, and the evil spirit 
departed from him. 

CHAPTEK XVII. 

1 The armies of the Israelites and Philistines being 
ready to battle, 4 Goliath cometh proudly forth to 
challenge a combat. 12 David, sent by his father' 
visit his brethren, taketh the challenge. 28 ETia 
chideth him. 30 He is brought to Saul. 32 He shew- 
eth the reason of his confidence. 38 Without armour, 
armed by faith, he slayelh the giant. 55 Saul taketh 
notice of David. 

NOW the Philistines gathered 
together their armies to battle, 



and were gathered together at Sho- 
choh, which belong eth to Judah, and 
pitched between Shochoh and Aze- 
kah, in Ephes-dammim. 

2 And Saul and the men of Israel 
were gathered together, and pitched 
by the valley of Elah, and set the 
battle in array against the Philistines. 

3 And the Philistines stood on a 
mountain on the one side, and Israel 
stood on a mountain on the other 
side : and there was a valley between 
them. 

4 If And there went out a champion 
out of the camp of the Philistines, 
named Goliath, of Gath, whose 
height was six cubits and a span. 

5 And he had a helmet of brass 
upon his head, and he was armed 
with a coat of mail ; and the weight 
of the coat was five thousand shekels 
of brass. 

6 And he had greaves of brass upon 
his legs, and a target of brass between 
his shoulders. 

7 And the staff of his spear was 
like a weaver's beam ; and his spear's 
head weighed six hundred shekels of 
iron: and one bearing a shield went 
before him. 

8 And he stood. and cried unto the 
armies of Israel, and said unto them, 
Why are ye come out to set your 
battle in array? am not I a Philis- 
tinej and ye servants to Saul ? choose 
you a man for you, and let him come 
down to me. 

9 If he be able to fight with me, 
and to kill me, then will we be your 
servants : but if I prevail against 
him, and kill him, then shall ye be 
our servants, and serve us. 

10 And the Philistine said, I defy 
the armies of Israel this day ; give me 
a man, that we may fight together. 

11 When Saul and all Israel heard 
those words of the Philistine, they 
^Ijjedismayed, and greatly afraid. 

lal^f Now David ivas the son of 

that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, 

whose name teas Jesse ; and he had 

eight sons : and the man went among 

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David accepteth 



I. SAMUEL. 



tfye challenge. 



men for an old man in the days of 
Saul. 

13 And the three eldest sons of 
Jesse went and followed Saul to the 
battle : and the names of his three 
sons that went to the battle were 
Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him 
Abinadab, and the third Shammah. 

14 And David was the youngest: 
and the three eldest followed Saul. 

15 But David went and returned 
from Saul to feed his father's sheep 
at Beth-lehem. 

16 And the Philistine drew near 
morning and evening, and presented 
himself forty days. 

17 And Jesse said unto David his 
son, Take now for thy brethren an 
ephah of this parched com, and these 
ten loaves, and run to the camp to 
thy brethren ; 

18 And carry these ten cheeses 
unto the captain of their thousand, 
and look how thy brethren fare, and 
take their pledge. 

19 Now Saul, and they, and all the 
men of Israel, were in the valley of 
Elah, fighting with the Philistines. 

20 IT And David rose up early in 
the morning, and left the sheep with 
a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse 
had commanded him ; and he came 
to the trench, as the host was going 
forth to the fight, and shouted for the 
battle. 

21 For Israel and the Philistines 
had put the battle in array, army 
against army. 

22 And David left his carriage in 
the hand of the keeper of the carriage, 
and ran into the army, and came and 
saluted his brethren. 

23 And as he talked with them, 
behold, there came up the champion, 
the Philistine of Gath, Goliath by 
name, out of the armies of the Philis- 
tines, and spake according to the 
same words : and David heard them. 

24 And all the men of Israel, when 
they saw the man, fled from him, 
and were sore afraid. 

25 And the men of Israel said, Have 

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ye seen this man that is come up ? 
surely to defy Israel is he come up: 
and it shall be, that the man who 
killeth him, the king will enrich him 
with great riches, and will give him 
his daughter, and make his father's 
house free in Israel. 

26 And David spake to the men 
that stood by him, saying, What shall 
be done to the man that killeth this 
Philistine, and taketh away the re- 
proach from Israel ? for who is this 
uncircumcised Philistine, that he 
should defy the armies of the living 
God? 

27 And the people answered him 
after this manner, saying, So shall 
it be done to the man that killeth 
him. 

28 IT And Eliab his eldest brother 
heard when he spake unto the men ; 
and Eliab's anger was kindled against 
David, and he said, Why earnest thou 
down hither? and with whom hast 
thou left those few sheep in the wil- 
derness ? I know thy pride, and the 
naughtiness of thine heart ; for thou 
art come down that thou mightest 
see the battle. 

29 And David said, What have I 
now done ? Is there not a cause ? 

30 If And he turned from him to- 
ward another, and spake after the 
same manner: and the people an- 
swered him again after the former 
manner. 

3 1 And when the words were heard 
which David spake, they rehearsed 
them before Saul : and he sent for him. 

32 If And David said to Saul, Let 
no man's heart fail because of him ; 
thy servant will go and fight with 
this Philistine. 

33 And Saul said to David, Thou 
art not able to go against this Philis- 
tine to fight with him : for thou art 
but a youth, and he a man of war 
from his youth. 

34 And David said unto Saul, Thy 
servant kept his father's sheep, and 
there came a lion, and a bear, and 
took a lamb out of the flock : 



David slayeth 



I. SAMUEL. 



the Philistine, 



35 And I went out after him, and 
smote him, and delivered it out of his 
mouth: and when he arose against 
me, I caught him by his beard, and 
smote him, and slew him. 

36 Thy servant slew both the lion 
and the bear : and this uncircumcised 
Philistine shall be as one of them, 
seeing he hath defied the armies of 
the living God. 

37 David said moreover, The Lord 
that delivered me out of the paw of 
the lion, and out of the paw of the 
bear, he will deliver me out of the 
hand of this Philistine. And Saul 
said unto David, Go, and the Lord 
be with thee. 

38 If And Saul armed David with 
his armour, and he put a helmet of 
brass upon his head ; also he armed 
him with a coat of mail. 

39 And David girded his sword 
upon his armour, and he assayed to 
go; for he had not proved it. And 
David said unto Saul, I cannot go 
with these ; for I have not proved 
them. And David put them off him. 

40 And he took his staff in his hand, 
and chose him five smooth stones out 
of the brook, and put them in a shep- 
herd's bag which he had, even in a 
scrip ; and his sling was in his hand : 
and he drew near to the Philistine. 

41 And the Philistine came on and 
drew near unto David ; and the man 
that bare the shield went before him. 

42 And when the Philistine looked 
about, and saw David, he disdained 
him: for he was but a youth, and 
ruddy, and of a fair countenance. 

43 And the Philistine said unto 
David, Am I a dog, that thou comest 
to me with staves? And the Philis- 
tine cursed David by his gods. 

44 And the Philistine said to Da- 
vid, Come to me, and I will give thy 
flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to 
the beasts of the field. 

45 Then said David to the Philis- 
tine, Thou comest to me with a sword, 
and with a spear, and with a shield : 
but I come to thee in the name of 



the Lord of hosts, the God of the ar- 
mies of Israel, whom thou hast defied. 

46 This day will the Lord deliver 
thee into mine hand ; and I will smite 
thee, and take thine head from thee; 
and I will give the carcasses of the 
host of the Philistines this day unto 
the fowls of the air, and to the wild 
beasts of the earth ; that all the earth 
may know that there is a God in Is- 
rael. 

47 And all this assembly shall know 
that the Lord saveth not with sword 
and spear: for the battle is the 
Lord's, and he will give you into 
our hands. 

48 And it came to pass, when the 
Philistine arose, and. came and drew 
nigh to meet David, that David hast- 
ed, and ran toward the army to meet 
the Philistine. 

49 And David put his hand in his 
bag, and took thence a stone, and 
slang it, and smote the Philistine in 
his forehead, that the stone sunk into 
his forehead; and he fell upon his 
face to the earth. 

50 So David prevailed over the 
Philistine with a sling and with a 
stone, and smote the Philistine, and 
slew him ; but there was no sword in 
the hand of David. 

£1 Therefore David ran, and stood 
upon the Philistine, and took his 
sword, and drew it out of the sheath 
thereof, and slew him, and cut off 
his head therewith. And when the 
Philistines saw their champion was 
dead, they fled. 

52 And the men of Israel and of 
Judah arose, and shouted, and pur- 
sued the Philistines, until thou come 
to the valley, and to the gates of 
Ekron. And the wounded of the 
Philistines fell down by the way to 
Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and unto 
Ekron. 

53 And the children of Israel re- 
turned from chasing after the Philis- 
tines, and they spoiled their tents. 

54 And David took the head of 
the Philistine, and brought it to Je- 

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Jonathan loveth David. 



I. SAMUEL. 



Saul's jealousy of him. 



rusalem ; but he put his armour in his 
tent. 

55 IT And when Saul saw David go 
forth against the Philistine, he said 
unto Abner, the captain of the host, 
Abner, whose son is this youth ? And 
Abner said, As thy soul liveth, O 
king, I cannot tell. 

56 And the king said, Inquire thou 
whose son the stripling is. 

57 And as David returned from the 
slaughter of the Philistine, Abner 
took him, and brought him before 
Saul with the head of the Philistine 
in his hand. 

58 And Saul said to him, Whose 
son art thou, thou young man ? And 
David answered, I am the son of thy 
servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite. 

CHAPTER XYIII. 

I Jonathan loveth David. 5 Saul envieth his praise, 10 
seeketk to kill him in his fury, 12 feareth him for his 
good success, 17 offereth him his daughters for a snare. 
22 David persuaded to be the king's son in law, giveth 
two hundred foreskins of the Philistines for MichaVs 
dowry. 28 Saul's hatred, and David's glory increaseth. 

A ND it came to pass, when he had 
Xjl made an end of speaking unto 
Saul, that the soul of Jonathan was 
knit with the soul of David, and 
Jonathan loved him as his own soul. 

2 And Saul took him that day, and 
would let him go no more home to 
his father's house. 

3 Then Jonathan and David made 
a covenant, because he loved him as 
his own soul. 

4 And Jonathan stripped himself 
of the robe that was upon him, and 
gave it to David, and his garments, 
even to his sword, and to his bow, 
and to his girdle. 

5 IT And David went out whither- 
soever Saul sent him, and behaved 
himself wisely : and Saul set him 
over the men of war, and he was ac- 
cepted in the sight of all the people, 
and also in the sight of Saul's ser- 
vants. 

6 Arid it came to pass as they came, 
when David was returned from the 
slaughter of the Philistine, that the 
women came out of all cities of Is- 
rael, singing and dancing, to meet 

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king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and 
with instruments of music. 

7 And the women answered one 
another as they played, and said* 
Saul hath slain his thousands, and 
David his ten thousands. 

8 And Saul was very wroth, and the 
saying displeased him ; and he said, 
They have ascribed unto David ten 
thousands, and to me they have as- 
cribed but thousands : and what can 
he have more but the kingdom? 

9 And Saul eyed David from that 
day and forward. 

10 IT And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that the evil spirit from God 
came upon Saul, and he prophesied 
in the midst of the house : and David 
played with his hand, as at other 
times: and there was a javelin in 
Saul's hand. 

11 And Saul cast the javelin; for 
he said, I will smite David even to 
the wall with it. And David avoided 
out of his presence twice. 

12 1f And Saul was afraid of David, 
because the Lord was with him, and 
was departed from Saul. 

13 Therefore Saul removed him 
from him, and made him his captain 
over a thousand ; and he went out 
and came in before the people. 

14 And David behaved himself 
wisely in all his ways ; and the Lord 
was with him. 

15 Wherefore when Saul saw that 
he behaved himself very wisely, he 
was afraid of him. 

16 But all Israel and Judah loved 
David, because he went out and came 
in before them. 

17 If And Saul said to David, Be- 
hold my elder daughter Merab, her 
will I give thee to wife : only be thou 
valiant for me, and fight the Lord's 
battles. For Saul said, Let not mine 
hand be upon him, but let the hand 
of the Philistines be upon him. 

18 And David said unto Saul, Who 
am I ? and what is my life, or my 
father's family in Israel, that I should 
be son in law to the king ? 



Michal is given to David. I. SAMUEL. Saul seeketh to kill him. 



19 But it came to pass at the time 
when Merab Saul's daughter should 
have been given to David, that she 
was given unto Adriel the Mehola- 
thite to wife. 

20 And Michal Saul's daughter 
loved David: and they told Saul, 
and the thing pleased him. 

21 And Saul said, I will give him 
her, that she may be a snare to him, 
and that the hand of the Philistines 
may be against him. Wherefore Saul 
said to David, Thou shalt this day 
be my son in law in the one of the 
twain. 

22 IT And Saul commanded his ser- 
vants, saying, Commune with David 
secretly, and say, Behold, the king 
hath delight in thee, and all his ser- 
vants love thee: now therefore be 
the king's son in law. 

23 And Saul's servants spake those 
words in the ears of David. And 
David said, Seemeth it to you a light 
thing to be a king's son in law, see- 
ing that I am a poor man, and lightly 
esteemed? 

24 And the servants of Saul told 
him, saying, On this manner spake 
David. 

25 And Saul said, Thus shall ye 
say to David, The king desireth not 
any dowry, but a hundred foreskins 
of the Philistines, to be avenged of 
the king's enemies. But Saul thought 
to make David fall by the hand of 
the Philistines. 

26 And when his servants told Da- 
vid these words, it pleased David well 
to be the king's son in law : and the 
days were not expired. 

2 7 Wherefore David arose and went, 
he and his men, and slew of the Phil- 
istines two hundred men ; and David 
brought their foreskins, and they gave 
them in full tale to the king, that he 
might be the king's son in law. And 
Saul gave him Michal his daughter 
to wife. 

28 *[T And Saul saw and knew that 
the Lord was with David, and that 
Michal Saul's daughter loved him. 
23 



29 And Saul was yet the more afraid 
of David ; and Saul became David's 
enemy continually. 

30 Then the princes of the Philis- 
tines went forth : and it came to pass, 
after they went forth, that David be- 
haved himself more wisely than all 
the servants of Saul; so that his name 
was much set by. 

CHAPTEK XIX. 

1 Jonathan discloseth his J 'other' 's purpose to kill David. 
4 He persuadeih his father to reconciliation. 8 By 
reason of David's good success in a new war, Saul's 
malicious rage brcaketh out against him. 12 Michal 
deceiveth her father with an image in David's bed. 18 
David cometh to Samuel in Naioth. 20 Said's messen- 
gers sent to take David, 22 and Saul himself, prophesy. 

AND Saul spake to Jonathan his 
s. son, and to all his servants, that 
they should kill David. 

2 But Jonathan Saul's son delighted 
much in David : and Jonathan told 
David, saying, Saul my father seek- 
eth to kill thee : now therefore, T 
pray thee, take heed to thyself until 
the morning, and abide in a secret 
place, and hide thyself: 

3 And I will go out and stand be- 
side my father in the field where thou 
art, and I will commune with my fa- 
ther of thee ; and what I see, that 
I will tell thee. 

4 IT And Jonathan spake good of 
David unto Saul his father, and said 
unto him, Let not the king sin against 
his servant, against David; because 
he hath not sinned against thee, and 
because his works have been to thee- 
ward very good : 

5 For he did put his life in his 
hand, and slew the Philistine, and 
the Lord wrought a great salvation 
for all Israel: thou sawest it, and 
didst rejoice : wherefore then wilt 
thou sin against innocent blood, to 
slay David without a cause ? 

6 And Saul hearkened unto the 
voice of Jonathan : and Saul sware, 
As the Lord liveth, he shall not be- 
slain. 

7 And Jonathan called David, and 
Jonathan shewed him all those things. 
And Jonathan brought David to Saul, 

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MichaVs artifice. 



I. SAMUEL. 



David consulteth with 



and he was in his presence, as in 
times past. 

8 If And there was war again : and 
David went out, and fought with the 
Philistines, and slew them with a great 
slaughter ; and they fled from him. 

9 And the evil spirit from the Lord 
was upon Saul, as he sat in his house 
with his javelin in his hand: and 
David played with his hand. 

10 And Saul sought to smite David 
even to the wall with the javelin ; but 
he slipped away out of Saul's pres- 
ence, and he smote the javelin into 
the wall : and David fled, and esca- 
ped that night. 

11 Saul also sent messengers unto 
David's house, to watch him, and to 
slay him in the morning : and Michal 
David's wife told him, saying, If 
thou save not thy life to night, to 
morrow thou shalt be slain. 

12 IT So Michal let David down 
through a window : and he went, and 
fled, and escaped. 

13 And Michal took an image, and 
laid it in the bed, and put a pillow of 
goats' hair for his bolster, and cover- 
ed it with a cloth. 

14 And when Saul sent messengers 
to take David, she said, He is sick. 

15 And Saul sent the messengers 
again to see David, saying, Bring 
him up to me in the bed, that I may 
slay him. 

16 And when the messengers were 
come in, behold, there was an image 
in the bed, with a pillow of goats' 
hair for his bolster. 

17 And Saul said unto Michal, 
Why hast thou deceived me so, and 
sent away mine enemy, that he is 
escaped ? And Michal answered Saul, 
He said unto me, Let me go ; why 
should I kill thee ? 

18 H So David fled, and escaped, 
and came to Samuel to Ramah, and 
told him all that Saul had done to 
him. And he and Samuel went and 
dwelt in Naioth. 

19 And it was told Saul, saying, Be- 
hold, David is at Naioth in Ramah. 

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20 And Saul sent messengers to 
take David : and when they saw the 
company of the prophets prophesy- 
ing, and Samuel standing as appoint- 
ed over them, the Spirit of God was 
upon the messengers of Saul, and 
they also prophesied. 

21 And when it was told Saul, 
he sent other messengers, and they 
prophesied likewise. And Saul sent 
messengers again the third time, and 
they prophesied also. 

22 Then went he also to Ramah, 
and came to a great well that is in 
Sechu : and he asked and said, Where 
are Samuel and David ? And one 
said, Behold, they be at Naioth in 
Ramah. 

23 And he went thither to Naioth 
in Ramah : and the Spirit of God was 
upon him also, and he went on, and 
prophesied, until he came to Naioth 
in Ramah. 

24 And he stripped off his clothes 
also, and prophesied before Samuel 
in like manner, and lay down naked 
all that day and all that night. 
Wherefore they say, Is Saul also 
among the prophets ? 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 David consulteth with Jonathan for his safety. 11 
Jonathan and David renev) their covenant by oath. 18 
Jonathan's token to David. 24 Saul, missing David, 
seeketh to kill Jonathan. 35 Jonathan lovingly taketh 
his leave of David. 

AND David fled from Naioth in 
_ Ramah, and came and said be- 
fore Jonathan, What have I done? 
what is mine iniquity ? and what is 
my sin before thy father, that he 
seeketh my life ? 

2 And he said unto him, God for- 
bid ; thou shalt not die : behold, my 
father will do nothing either great or 
small, but that he will shew it me: 
and why should my father hide this 
thing from me ? it is not so. 

3 And David sware moreover, and 
said, Thy father certainly knoweth 
that I have found grace in thine 
eyes ; and he saith, Let not Jonathan 
know this, lest he be grieved: but 



Jonathan for his safety. 



I. SAMUEL. His covenant with David. 



truly, as the Lord liveth, and as thy 
soul liveth, there is but a step between 
me and death. 

4 Then said Jonathan unto David, 
Whatsoever thy soul desireth, I will 
even do it for thee. 

5 And David said unto Jonathan, 
Behold, to morrow is the new moon, 
and I should not fail to sit with the 
king at meat : but let me go, that I 
may hide myself in the field unto 
the third day at even. 

6 If thy father at all miss me, then 
say, David earnestly asked leave of 
me that he might run to Beth-lehem 
his city: for there is a yearly sacri- 
fice there for all the family. 

7 If he say thus, It is well ; thy 
servant shall have peace : but if he 
be very wroth, then be sure that evil 
is determined by him. 

8 Therefore thou shalt deal kindly 
with thy servant; for thou hast 
brought thy servant into a covenant 
of the Lord with thee : notwithstand- 
ing, if there be in me iniquity, slay 
me thyself; for why shouldest thou 
bring me to thy father ? 

9 And Jonathan said, Far be it from 
thee : for if I knew certainly that evil 
were determined hy my father to 
come upon thee, then would not I 
tell it thee ? 

10 Then said David to Jonathan, 
Who shall tell me ? or what if thy 
father answer thee roughly ? 

1 1 IT And Jonathan said unto David, 
Come, and let us go out into the field. 
And they went out both of them into 
the field. 

12 And Jonathan said unto David, 
Lord God of Israel, when I have 
sounded my father about to morrow 
any time, or the third day, and, be- 
hold, if there be good toward David, 
and I then send not unto thee, and 
shew it thee ; 

13 The Lord do so and much more 
to Jonathan : but if it please my fa- 
ther to do thee evil, then I will shew 
it thee, and send thee away, that 
thou mayest go in peace: and the 



Lord he with thee, as he hath been 
with my father. 

14 And thou shalt not only while 
yet I live shew me the kindness of 
the Lord, that I die not : 

15 But also thou shalt not cut off 
thy kindness from my house for ever : 
no, not when the Lord hath cut off 
the enemies of David every one from 
the face of the earth. 

16 So Jonathan made a covenant 
with the house of David, saying, Let 
the Lord even require it at the hand 
of David's enemies. 

17 And Jonathan caused David to 
swear again, because he loved him : 
for he loved him as he loved his own 
soul. 

18 Then Jonathan said to David, 
To morrow is the new moon: and 
thou shalt he missed, because thy 
seat will be empty. 

19 And when thou hast stayed three 
days, then thou shalt go down quick- 
ly, and come to the place where thou 
didst hide thyself when the husiness 
was in hand, and shalt remain by the 
stone Ezel. 

20 And I will shoot three arrows on 
the side thereof, as though I shot at 
a mark. 

21 And, behold, I will send a lad, 
saying, Go, find out the arrows. If 
I expressly say unto the lad, Behold, 
the arrows are on this side of thee, 
take them ; then come thou : for there 
is peace to thee, and no hurt ; as the 
Lord liveth. 

22 But if I say thus unto the young 
man, Behold, the arrows are beyond 
thee ; go thy way : for the Lord hath 
sent thee away. 

2 3 And as touching the matter which 
thou and I have spoken of, behold, 
the Lord be hetween thee and me for 
ever. 

24 % So David hid himself in the 
field : and when the new moon was 
come, the king sat him down to eat 
meat. 

25 And the king sat upon his seat, 
as at other times, even upon a seat by 

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Saul seeheth 



I. SAMUEL. 



to hill Jonathan, 



the wall: and Jonathan arose, and 
Aimer sat by Saul's side, and David's 
place was empty. 

26 Nevertheless Saul spake not any 
thing that day : for he thought, Some- 
thing hath befallen him, he is not 
clean ; surely he is not clean. 

27 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, which ivas the second day of 
the month, that "David's place was 
empty : and Saul said unto Jonathan 
his son, Wherefore cometh not the 
son of Jesse to meat, neither yester- 
day, nor to day ? 

28 And Jonathan answered Saul, 
David earnestly asked leave of me to 
go to Beth-lehem : 

29 And he said, Let me go, I pray 
thee ; for our family hath a sacrifice 
in the city ; and my brother, he hath 
commanded me to be there : and now, 
if I have found favour in thine eyes, 
let me get away, I pray thee, and see 
my brethren. Therefore he cometh 
not unto the king's table. 

30 Then Saul's anger was kindled 
against Jonathan, and he said unto 
him, Thou son of the perverse re- 
bellious woman, do not I know that 
thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to 
thine own confusion, and unto the 
confusion of thy mother's nakedness ? 

31 For as long as the son of Jesse 
liveth upon the ground, thou shalt 
not be established, nor thy kingdom. 
Wherefore now send and fetch him 
unto me, for he shall surely die. 

32 And Jonathan answered Saul his 
father, and said unto him, Where- 
fore shall he be slain ? what hath he 
done ? 

33 And Saul cast a javelin at him 
to smite him: whereby Jonathan 
knew that it was determined of his 
father to slay David. 

34 So Jonathan arose from the ta- 
ble in fierce anger, and did eat no 
meat the second day of the month : 
tor he was grieved for David, because 
his lather had done him shame. 

35 If And it came to pass in the 
morning, that Jonathan went out 

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into the field at the time appointed 
with David, and a little lad with him. 

36 And he said unto his lad, Run, 
find out now the arrows which I shoot. 
And as the lad ran, he shot an arrow 
beyond him. 

37 And when the lad was come to 
the place of the arrow which Jona- 
than had shot, Jonathan cried after 
the lad, and said, Is not the arrow 
beyond thee? 

38 And Jonathan cried after the 
lad, Make speed, haste, stay not. 
And Jonathan's lad gathered up the 
arrows, and came to his master. 

39 But the lad knew not any thing : 
only Jonathan and David knew the 
matter. 

40 And Jonathan gave his artillery 
unto his lad, and said unto him, Go, 
carry them to the city. 

41 If And as soon as the lad was 
gone, David arose out of a place to- 
ward the south, and fell on his face 
to the ground, and bowed himself 
three times : and they kissed one 
another, and wept one with another, 
until David exceeded. 

42 And Jonathan said to David, 
Go in peace, forasmuch as we have 
sworn both of us in the name of the 
Lord, saying, The Lord be between 
me and thee, and between my seed 
and thy seed for ever. And he arose 
and departed: and Jonathan went 
into the city. 

CHAPTEE XXI. 

1 David at Nob obtaineth of Ahimelech hallowed bread. 
1 Doeg was present. 8 David taketh Goliath's sword, 
10 David at Gath feigneth himself mad. 

THEN came David to Nob to 
Ahimelech the priest: and 
Ahimelech was afraid at the meet- 
ing of David, and said unto him, 
Why art thou alone, and no man 
with thee ? 

2 And David said unto Ahimelech 
the priest, The king hath command- 
ed me a business, and hath said unto 
me, Let no man know any thing of 
the business whereabout I send thee, 
and what I have commanded thee : 



David cometh to Nob. 



I. SAMUEL. 



David at Adullam. 



and I have appointed mij servants to 
such and such a place. 

3 Now therefore what is under thine 
hand ? give me five loaves of bread 
in mine hand, or what there is pres- 
ent. 

4 And the priest answered David, 
and said, There is no common bread 
under mine hand, but there is hal- 
lowed bread ; if the young men have 
kept themselves at least from women. 

5 And David answered the priest, 
and said unto him, Of a truth women 
have been kept from us about these 
three days, since I came out, and the 
vessels of the young men are holy, 
and the bread is in a manner com- 
mon, yea, though it were sanctified 
this day in the vessel. 

6 So the priest gave him hallowed 
bread: for there was no bread there 
but the shewbread, that was taken 
from before the Lord, to put hot bread 
in the day when it was taken away. 

7 Now a certain man of the servants 
of Saul was there that day, detained 
before the Lord ; and his name was 
Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of 
the herdmen that belonged to Saul. 

8 ^T And David said unto Ahime- 
lech, And is there not here under 
thine hand spear or sword ? for I have 
neither brought my sword nor my 
weapons with me, because the king's 
business required haste. 

9 And the priest said, The sword 
of Goliath the Philistine, whom thou 
slewest in the valley of Elah, behold, 
it is here wrapped in a cloth behind 
the ephod: if thou wilt take that, 
take it : for there is no other save that 
here. And David said, There is none 
like that ; give it me. 

10 ^T And David arose, and fled 
that day for fear of Saul, and went 
to Achish the king of Gath. 

11 And the servants of Achish said 
unto him, Is not this David the king 
of the land ? did they not sing one 
to another of him in dances, saying, 
Saul hath slain his thousands, and 
David his ten thousands ? 



12 And David laid up these words 
in his heart, and was sore afraid of 
Achish the king of Gath. 

13 And he changed his behaviour 
before them, and feigned himself 
mad in their hands, and scrabbled 
on the doors of the gate, and let his 
spittle fall down upon his beard. 

14 Then said Achish unto his ser- 
vants, Lo, ye see the man is mad : 
wherefore then have ye brought him 
to me? 

15 Have I need of madmen, that 
ye have brought this fellow to play 
the madman in my presence? shall 
this fellow come into my house ? 

CHAPTEE XXII. 

1 Companies resort unto David at Adullam. 3 At Miz- 
peh he commendeth his parents unto the king of Moah. 
5 Admonished by Gad, he cometh to Hareth. 6 Saul 
going to pursue him, complaineth of his servants' un- 
faithfulness. 9 Doeg accuseth Ahimelech. 11 Saul 
commandeth to kill the priests. 1*7 The footmen re- 
fusing, Doeg executeth it. 20 Abiathar escaping, 
bringeth David the news. 

DAVID therefore departed thence, 
and escaped to the cave Adul- 
lam : and when his brethren and all 
his father's house heard it, they went 
down thither to him. 

2 And every one that was in dis- 
tress, and every one that was in 
debt, and every one that was dis- 
contented, gathered themselves unto 
him; and he became a captain over 
them: and there were with him 
about four hundred men. 

3 *ft And David went thence to 
Mizpeh of Moab : and he said unto 
the king of Moab, Let my father and 
my mother, I pray thee, come forth, 
and be with you, till I know what 
God will do for me. 

4 And he brought them before the 
king of Moab : and they dwelt with 
him all the while that David was in 
the hold. 

5 IT And the prophet Gad said unto 
David, Abide not in the hold ; depart, 
and get thee into the land of Judah. 
Then David departed, and came into 
the forest of Hareth. 

6 IT When Saul heard that David 

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Doeg accuseth Ahimelech. I. SAMUEL. The priests of Nob slain. 



was discovered, and the men that 
were with him, (now Saul abode in 
Gibeah under a tree in Ramah, hav- 
ing his spear in his hand, and all his 
servants were standing about him ;) 

7 Then Saul said unto his servants 
that stood about him, Hear now, ye 
Benjamites; will the son of Jesse 
give every one of you fields and 
vineyards, and make you all cap- 
tains of thousands, and captains of 
hundreds ; 

8 That all of you have conspired 
against me, and there is none that 
sheweth me that my son hath made 
a league with the son of Jesse, and 
there is none of you that is sorry for 
me, or sheweth unto me that my son 
hath stirred up my servant against 
me, to lie in wait, as at this day ? 

9 If Then answered Doeg the Edom- 
ite, which was set over the servants 
of Saul, and said, I saw the son of 
Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech 
the son of Ahitub. 

10 And he inquired of the Lord 
for him, and gave him victuals, and 
gave him the sword of Goliath the 
Philistine. 

11 Then the king sent to call Ahim- 
elech the priest, the son of Ahitub, 
and all his father's house, the priests 
that were in Nob : and they came all 
of them to the king. 

12 And Saul said, Hear now, thou 
son of Ahitub. And he answered, 
Here I am, my lord. 

13 And Saul said unto him, Why 
have ye conspired against me, thou 
and the son of Jesse, in that thou 
hast given him bread, and a sword, 
and hast inquired of God for him, 
that he should rise against me, to lie 
in wait, as at this day ? 

14 Then Ahimelech answered the 
king, and said, And who is so faith- 
ful among all thy servants as David, 
which is the king's son in law, and 
goeth at thy bidding, and is honour- 
able in thine house ? 

15 Did I then begin to inquire of 
God for him ? be it far from me : let 

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not the king impute any thing unto 
his servant, nor to all the house of 
my father : for thy servant knew 
nothing of all this, less or more. 

16 And the king said, Thou shalt 
surely die, Ahimelech, thou, and all 
thy father's house. 

17 If And the king said unto the 
footmen that stood about him, Turn, 
and slay the priests of the Lord; 
because their hand also is with Da- 
vid, and because they knew when he 
fled, and did not shew it to me. But 
the servants of the king would not 
put forth their hand to fall upon the 
priests of the Lord. 

18 And the king said to Doeg, Turn 
thou, and fall upon the priests. And 
Doeg the Edomite turned, and he fell 
upon the priests, and slew on that 
day fourscore and five persons that 
did wear a linen ephod. 

19 And Nob, the city of the priests, 
smote he with the edge of the sword, 
both men and women, children and 
sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and 
sheep, with the edge of the sword. 

20 If And one of the sons of Ahime- 
lech the son of Ahitub, named Abia- 
thar, escaped, and fled after David. 

2 1 And Abiathar shewed David that 
Saul had slain the Lord's priests. 

22 And David said unto Abiathar, 
I knew it that day, when Doeg the 
Edomite was there, that he would 
surely tell Saul : I have occasioned 
the death of all the persons of thy fa- 
ther's house. 

23 Abide thou with me, fear not: 
for he that seeketh my life seeketh 
thy life : but with me thou shalt be 
in safeguard. 

CHAPTEE XXIII. 

1 David, inquiring of the Lord by Abiathar, rescueth 
Keilah. 1 God shewing him the coming of Saul, and 
the treachery of the Keilites, he escapeth from, Keilah. 
I A In Ziph Jonathan cometh and comforteth him. 19 
The Ziphites discover him to Saul. 25 At Maon he 
is rescued from Saul by the invasion of the Philistines. 
29 He dwelleth at En-gedi. 

THEN they told David, saying, Be- 
hold, the Philistines fight against 
Keilah, and they rob the threshing- 
floors. 



David rescueth Keilah. 



I. SAMUEL. Jonathan comforteth him. 



2 Therefore David inquired of the 
Lord, saying, Shall I go and smite 
these Philistines ? And the Lord said 
unto David, Go, and smite the Philis- 
tines, and save Keilah. 

3 And David's men said unto him, 
Behold, we be afraid here in Judah : 
how much more then if we come to 
Keilah against the armies of the 
Philistines ? 

4 Then David inquired of the Lord 
yet again. And the Lord answered 
him and said, Arise, go down to 
Keilah ; for I will deliver the Philis- 
tines into thine hand. 

5 So David and his men went to 
Keilah, and fought with the Philis- 
tines, and brought away their cattle, 
and smote them with a great slaugh- 
ter. So David saved the inhabitants 
of Keilah. 

6 And it came to pass, when Abi- 
athar the son of Ahimelech fled to 
David to Keilah, that he came down 
with an ephod in his hand. 

7 If And it was told Saul that Da- 
vid was come to Keilah. And Saul 
said, God hath delivered him into 
mine hand ; for he is shut in, by en- 
tering into a town that hath gates 
and bars. 

8 And Saul called all the people 
together to war, to go down to Kei- 
lah, to besiege David and his men. 

9 1T And David knew that Saul 
secretly practised mischief against 
him ; and he said to Abiathar the 
priest, Bring hither the ephod. 

10 Then said David, O Lord God 
of Israel, thy servant hath certainly 
heard that Saul seeketh to come to 
Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake. 

11 Will the men of Keilah deliver 
me up into his hand ? will Saul 
come down, as thy servant hath 
heard? O Lord God of Israel, I 
beseech thee, tell thy servant. And 
the Lord said, He will come down. 

12 Then said David, Will the men 
of Keilah deliver me and my men in- 
to the hand of Saul ? And the Lord 
said, They will deliver thee up. 



13 IT Then David and his men, 
which were about six hundred, arose 
and departed out of Keilah, and 
went whithersoever they could go. 
And it was told Saul that David was 
escaped from Keilah; and he for- 
bare to go forth. 

14 And David abode in the wilder- 
ness in strong holds, and remained 
in a mountain in the wilderness of 
Ziph. And Saul sought him every 
day, but God delivered him not into 
his hand. 

15 And David saw that Saul was 
come out to seek his life : and David 
was in the wilderness of Ziph in a 
wood. 

16 1[ And Jonathan Saul's son 
arose, and went to David into the 
wood, and strengthened his hand in 
God. 

17 And he said unto him, Fear 
not : for the hand of Saul my father 
shall not find thee ; and thou shalt 
be king over Israel, and I shall be 
next unto thee ; and that also Saul 
my father knoweth. 

18 And they two made a covenant 
before the Lord: and David abode 
in the wood, and Jonathan went to 
his house. 

19 If Then came up the Ziphites 
to Saul to Gibeah, saying, Doth not 
David hide himself with us in strong 
holds in the wood, in the hill of Ha- 
chilah, which is on the south of 
Jeshimon ? 

20 Now therefore, O king, come 
down according to all the desire of 
thy soul to come down; and our 
part shall be to deliver him into the 
king's hand. 

21 And Saul said, Blessed be ye of 
the Lord; for ye have compassion 
on me. 

22 Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and 
know and see his place where his 
haunt is, and who hath seen him 
there : for it is told me that he deal- 
eth very subtilely. 

23 See therefore, and take knowl- 
edge of all the lurking places where 

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I. SAMUEL. 



He spareth SauVs life. 



he hideth himself, and come ye again 
to me with the certainty, and I will 
go with you: and it shall come to 
pass, if he be in the land, that I will 
search him out throughout all the 
thousands of Judah. 

24 And they arose, and went to 
Ziph before Saul: but David and 
his men were in the wilderness of 
Maon, in the plain on the south of 
Jeshimon. 

25 Saul also and his men went to 
seek him. And they told David: 
wherefore he came down into a rock, 
and abode in the wilderness of Maon. 
And when Saul heard that, he pur- 
sued after David in the wilderness 
of Maon. 

26 And Saul went on this side of 
the mountain, and David and his 
men on that side of the mountain: 
and David made haste to get away 
for fear of Saul; for Saul and his 
men compassed David and his men 
round about to take them. 

27 ^f But there came a messenger 
unto Saul, saying, Haste thee, and 
come ; for the Philistines have in- 
vaded the land. 

28 Wherefore Saul returned from 
pursuing after David, and went 
against the Philistines : therefore they 
called that place Sela-hammahlekoth. 

29 % And David went up from 
thence, and dwelt in strong holds at 
En-gedi. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

1 David in a cave at En-gedi, having cut off Saul's skirt, 
spareth his life. 8 He sheweth thereby his innocency. 
16 Haul, acknowledging his fault, taketh an oath of 
David, and departcth. 

AND it came to pass, when Saul 
. was returned from following 
the Philistines, that it was told him, 
saying, Behold, David is in the wil- 
derness of En-gedi. 

2 Then Saul took three thousand 
chosen men out of all Israel, and 
went to seek David and his men 
upon the rocks of the wild goats. 

3 And he came to the sheepcotes 
by the way, where was a cave ; and 
Saul went in to cover his feet : and 

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David and his men remained in the 
sides of the cave. 

4 And the men of David said unto 
him, Behold the day of which the 
Lord said unto thee, Behold, I will 
deliver thine enemy into thine hand, 
that thou mayest do to him as it shall 
seem good unto thee. Then David 
arose, and cut off the skirt of Saul's 
robe privily. 

5 And it came to pass afterward, 
that David's heart smote him, be- 
cause he had cut off Saul's skirt. 

6 And he said unto his men, The 
Lord forbid that I should do this 
thing unto my master, the Lord's 
anointed, to stretch forth mine hand 
against him, seeing he is the anoint- 
ed of the Lord. 

7 So David stayed his servants 
with these words, and suffered them 
not to rise against Saul. But Saul 
rose up out of the cave, and went on 
his way. 

8 David also arose afterward, and 
went out of the cave, and cried after 
Saul, saying, My lord the king. 
And when Saul looked behind him, 
David stooped with his face to the 
earth, and bowed himself. 

9 If And David said to Saul, Where- 
fore nearest thou men's words, saying, 
Behold, David seeketh thy hurt ? 

10 Behold, this day thine eyes have 
seen how that the Lord had deliver- 
ed thee to day into mine hand in the 
cave : and some bade me kill thee : but 
mine eye spared thee; and I said, I 
will not put forth mine hand against 
my lord ; for he is the Lord's anointed. 

11 Moreover, my father, see, yea, 
see the skirt of thy robe in my hand : 
for in that I cut off the skirt of thy 
robe, and killed thee not, know thou 
and see that there is neither evil nor 
transgression in mine hand, and I 
have not sinned against thee ; yet 
thou huntest my soul to take it. 

12 The Lord judge between me 
and thee, and the Lord avenge me 
of thee : but mine hand shall not be 
upon thee. 



The death of Samuel. 



I. SAMUEL. 



NabaVs churlishness. 



13 As saith the proverb of the an- 
cients, Wickedness proceedeth from 
the wicked : but mine hand shall not 
be upon thee. 

14 After whom is the king of Israel 
come out ? after whom dost thou pur- 
sue ? after a dead dog, after a flea. 

15 The Lord therefore be judge, 
and judge between me and thee, and 
see, and plead my cause, and deliver 
me out of thine hand. 

16 IT And it came to pass, when 
David had made an end of speaking 
these words unto Saul, that Saul said, 
Is this thy voice, my son David ? And 
Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. 

17 And he said to David, Thou art 
more righteous than I : for thou hast 
rewarded me good, whereas I have 
rewarded thee evil. 

18 And thou hast shewed this day 
how that thou hast dealt well with 
me: forasmuch as when the Lord 
had delivered me into thine hand, 
thou killedst me not. 

19 For if a man find his enemy, will 
he let him go well away ? wherefore 
the Lord reward thee good for that 
thou hast done unto me this day. 

20 And now, behold, I know well 
that thou shalt surely be king, and 
that the kingdom of Israel shall be 
established in thine hand. 

21 Swear now therefore unto me 
by the Lord, that thou wilt not cut 
off my seed after me, and that thou 
wilt not destroy my name out of my 
father's house. 

22 And David sware unto Saul. 
And Saul went home ; but David and 
his men gat them up unto the hold. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

1 Samuel dieth. 2 David in Paran sendeth to ITabal. 
10 Provoked by NabaVs churlishness, he mindeth to 
destroy him. 14 Abigail understanding thereof, 18 
taJceth a present, 23 and by her wisdom 32 pacifieth 
David. 36 Nabal hearing thereof dieth. 39 David 
taketh Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives. 44 Mi- 
chal is given to Phalti. 

A ND Samuel died; and all the Is- 
-jlA. raelites were gathered together, 
and lamented him, and buried him 
in his house at Ramah. And David 



arose, and went down to the wilder- 
ness of Paran. 

2 And there was a man in Maon, 
whose possessions were in Carmel ; 
and the man was very great, and he 
had three thousand sheep, and a 
thousand goats : and he was shear- 
ing his sheep in Carmel. 

3 Now the name of the man was 
Nabal, and the name of his wife Ab- 
igail ; and she was a woman of good 
understanding, and of a beautiful 
countenance : but the man was chur- 
lish and evil in his doings ; and he 
was of the house of Caleb. 

4 1f And David heard in the wilder- 
ness that Nabal did shear his sheep. 

5 And David sent out ten young 
men, and David said unto the young 
men, Get you up to Carmel, and go 
to Nabal, and greet him in my name : 

6 And thus shall ye say to him that 
liveth in prosperity, Peace be both to 
thee, and peace be to thine house, and 
peace be unto all that thou hast. 

7 And now I have heard that thou 
hast shearers: now thy shepherds 
which were with us, we hurt them 
not, neither was there aught missing 
unto them, all the while they were 
in Carmel. 

8 Ask thy young men, and they 
will shew thee. Wherefore let the 
young men find favour in thine eyes ; 
for we come in a good day : give, 
I pray thee, whatsoever cometh to 
thine hand unto thy servants, and 
to thy son David. 

9 And when David's young men 
came, they spake to Nabal, according 
to all those words in the name of 
David, and ceased. 

10 ^T And Nabal answered David's 
servants, and said, Who is David ? 
and who is the son of Jesse ? there be 
many servants nowadays that break 
away every man from his master. 

11 Shall I then take my bread, 
and my water, and my flesh that 
I have killed for my shearers, and 
give it unto men, whom I know not 
whence they be ? 

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Abigail's discreet conduct. I. SAMUEL. 



She pacifieth David. 



12 So David's young men turned 
their way, and went again, and came 
and told him all those sayings. 

13 And David said unto his men, 
Gird ye on every man his sword. 
And they girded on every man his 
sword ; and David also girded on his 
sword : and there went up after Da- 
vid about four hundred men ; and 
two hundred abode by the stuff. 

14 IT But one of the young men 
told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, 
Behold, David sent messengers out 
of the wilderness to salute our mas- 
ter ; and he railed on them. 

'15 But the men were very good 
unto us, and we were not hurt, neith- 
er missed we any thing, as long as 
we were conversant with them, when 
we were in the fields. 

16 They were a wall unto us both 
by night and day, all the while we 
were with them keeping the sheep. 

17 Now therefore know and con- 
sider what thou wilt do ; for evil is 
determined against our master, and 
against all his household : for he is 
such a son of Belial, that a man can- 
not speak to him. 

18 IT Then Abigail made haste, and 
took two hundred loaves, and two 
bottles of wine, and five sheep ready 
dressed, and five measures of parch- 
ed corn, and a hundred clusters of 
raisins, and two hundred cakes of 
figs, and laid them on asses. 

19 And she said unto her servants, 
Go on before me ; behold, I come after 
you. But she told not her husband 
Nabal. 

20 And it was so, as she rode on 
the ass, that she came down by the 
covert of the hill, and, behold, David 
and his men came down against her ; 
and she met them. 

21 Now David had said, Surely in 
vain have I kept all that this fellow 
hath in the wilderness, so that noth- 
ing was missed of all that pertained 
unto him : and he hath requited me 
evil for good. 

22 So and more also do God unto 

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the enemies of David, if I leave of 
all that pertain to him by the morn- 
ing light any that pisseth against the 
wall. 

23 And when Abigail saw David, 
she hasted, and lighted off the ass, 
and fell before David on her face, 
and bowed herself to the ground, 

24 And fell at his feet, and said, 
Upon me, my lord, upon me let this 
iniquity be : and let thine handmaid, 
I pray thee, speak in thine audience, 
and hear the words of thine hand- 
maid. # 

25 Let not my lord, I pray thee, 
regard this man of Belial, even Na- 
bal : for as his name is, so is he ; 
Nabal is his name, and folly is with 
him : but I thine handmaid saw not 
the young men of my lord, whom 
thou didst send. 

26 Now therefore, my lord, as the 
Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, 
seeing the Lord hath withholden 
thee from coming to shed blood, and 
from avenging thyself with thine 
own hand, now let thine enemies, 
and they that seek evil to my lord, 
be as Nabal. 

27 And now this blessing which 
thine handmaid hath brought unto 
my lord, let it even be given unto the 
young men that follow my lord. 

28 1 pray thee, forgive the trespass 
of thine handmaid: for the Lord 
will certainly make my lord a sure 
house ; because my lord fighteth the 
battles of the Lord, and evil hath 
not been found in thee all thy days. 

29 Yet a man is risen to pursue 
thee, and to seek thy soul : but the 
soul of my lord shall be bound in the 
bundle of life with the Lord thy God ; 
and the souls of thine enemies, them 
shall he sling out, as out of the mid- 
dle of a sling. 

30 And it shall come to pass, when 
the Lord shall have done to my lord 
according to all the good that he hath 
spoken concerning thee, and shall 
have appointed thee ruler over Is- 
rael; 



The death of Nabal 



I. SAMUEL. 



David marrieth Abigail. 



31 That this shall be no grief 
unto thee, nor offence of heart unto 
my lord, either that thou hast shed 
blood causeless, or that my lord hath 
avenged himself: but when the Lord 
shall have dealt well with my lord, 
then remember thine handmaid. 

32 IF And David said to Abigail, 
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, 
which sent thee this day to meet me : 

33 And blessed be thy advice, and 
blessed be thou, which hast kept me 
this day from coming to shed blood, 
and from avenging myself with mine 
own hand. 

34 For in very deed, as the Lord 
God of Israel liveth, which hath kept 
me back from hurting thee, except 
thou hadst hasted and come to meet 
me, surely there had not been left 
unto Nabal by the morning light any 
that pisseth against the wall. 

35 So David received of her hand 
that which she had brought him, and 
said unto her, Go up in peace to thine 
house ; see, I have hearkened to thy 
voice, and have accepted thy person. t 

36 IT And Abigail came to Nabal ; * 
and, behold, he held a feast in his 
house, like the feast of a king ; and 
Nabal's heart was merry within him, 
for he was very drunken : wherefore 
she told him nothing, less or more, 
until the morning light. 

37 But it came to pass in the morn- 
ing, when the wine was gone out of 
Nabal, and his wife had told him 
these things, that his heart died with- 
in him, and he became as a stone. 

38 And it came to pass about ten 
days after, that the Lord smote Na- 
bal, that he died. 

39 Tf And when David heard that 
Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be 
the Lord, that hath pleaded the 
cause of my reproach from the hand 

i of Nabal, and hath kept his servant 
from evil: for the Lord hath re- 
turned the wickedness of Nabal upon 
his own head. And David sent and 
communed with Abigail, to take her 
to him to wife. 



40 And when the servants of David 
were come to Abigail to Carmel, they 
spake unto her, saying, David sent us 
unto thee, to take thee to him to wife. 

41 And she arose, and bowed her- 
self on her face to the earth, and said, 
Behold, let thine handmaid be a ser- 
vant to wash the feet of the servants 
of my lord. 

42 And Abigail hasted, and arose, 
and rode upon an ass, with five dam- 
sels of hers that went after her ; and 
she went after the messengers of Da- 
vid, and became his wife. 

43 David also took Ahinoam of 
Jezreel; and they were also both of 
them his wives. 

44 IT But Saul had given Michal 
his daughter, David's wife, to Phal- 
ti the son of Laish, which was of 
Gallim. 

CHAPTEE XXYI. 

1 Saul, by the discovery of the Ziphites, coraeth to Hach- 
ilah against David. 5 David coming into the trench 
stayeth Abishai from killing Saul, but taketh his spear 
and cruse. 1 3 David reproveth Abner, 18 and exhort- 
eth Saul, 21 Saxtl acknowledgeth his sin. 

AND the Ziphites came unto Saul 
. to Gibeah, saying, Doth not 
David hide himself in the hill of Ha- 
chilah, which is before Jeshimon ? 

2 Then Saul arose, and went down 
to the wilderness of Ziph, having three 
thousand chosen men of Israel with 
him, to seek David in the wilderness 
of Ziph. 

3 And Saul pitched in the hill of 
Hachilah, which is before Jeshimon, 
by the way. But David abode in the 
wilderness, and he saw that Saul 
came after him into the wilderness. 

4 David therefore sent out spies, 
and understood that Saul was come 
in very deed. 

5 If And David arose, and came to 
the place where Saul had pitched : 
and David beheld the place whera 
Saul lay, and Abner the son of Ner, 
the captain of his host : and Saul lay 
in the trench, and the people pitched 
round about him. 

6 Then answered David and said to 
Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai 

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David again spareth Saul. I. SAMUEL. Saul acknowledgeth his sin. 



the son of Zeruiah, brother to Joab, 
saying, Who will go down with me 
to Saul to the camp ? And Abishai 
said, I will go down with thee. 

7 So David and Abishai came to 
the people by night: and, behold, 
Saul lay sleeping within the trench, 
and his spear stuck in the ground at 
his bolster: but Abner and the peo- 
ple lay round about him. 

8 Then said Abishai to David, God 
hath delivered thine enemy into 
thine hand this day : now therefore 
let me smite him, I pray thee, with 
the spear even to the earth at once, 
and I will not smite him the second 
time. 

9 And David said to Abishai, De- 
stroy him not: for who can stretch 
forth his hand against the Lord's 
anointed, and be guiltless ? 

10 David said furthermore, As the 
Lord liveth, the Lord shall smite 
him ; or his day shall come to die ; 
or he shall descend into battle, and 
perish. 

11 The Lord forbid that I should 
stretch forth mine hand against the 
Lord's anointed : but, I pray thee, 
take thou now the spear that is at 
his bolster, and the .cruse of water, 
and let us go. 

12 So David took the spear and the 
cruse of water from Saul's bolster ; 
and they gat them away, and no man 
saw it, nor knew it, neither awaked : 
for they were all asleep ; because a 
deep sleep from the Lord was fallen 
upon them. 

13 IT Then David went over to the 
other side, and stood on the top of a 
hill afar off; a great space being be- 
tween them : 

14 And David cried to the people, 
and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, 
Answerest thou not, Abner? Then 
Abner answered and said, Who art 
thou that criest to the king ? 

15 And David said to Abner, Art 
not thou a valiant man ? and who is 
like to thee in Israel ? wherefore then 
hast thou not kept thy lord the king ? 

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for there came one of the people in to 
destroy the king thy lord. 

16 This thing is not good that thou 
hast done. As the Lord liveth, ye 
are worthy to die, because ye have 
not kept your master, the Lord's 
anointed. And now see where the 
king's spear is, and the cruse of wa- 
ter that was at his bolster. 

17 And Saul knew David's voice, 
and said, Is this thy voice, my son 
David ? And David said, It is my 
voice, my lord, O king. 

18 And he said, Wherefore doth 
my lord thus pursue after his ser- 
vant? for what have I done? or 
what evil is in mine hand ? 

19 Now therefore, I pray thee, let 
my lord the king hear the words of 
his servant. If the Lord have stirred 
thee up against me, let him accept 
an offering : but if they be the chil- 
dren of men, cursed be they before 
the Lord ; for they have driven me 
out this day from abiding in the in- 
heritance of the Lord, saying, Go, 
serve other gods. 

20 Now therefore, let not my blood 
fall to the earth before the face of the 
Lord: for the king of Israel is come 
out to seek a flea, as when one doth 
hunt a partridge in the mountains. 

2 1 ^[ Then said Saul, I have sinned : 
return, my son David ; for I will no 
more do thee harm, because my soul 
was precious in thine eyes this day: 
behold, I have played the fool, and 
have erred exceedingly. 

22 And David answered and said, 
Behold the king's spear ! and let one of 
the young men come over and fetch it. 

23 The Lord render to every man 
his righteousness and his faithful- 
ness: for the Lord delivered thee 
into my hand to day, but I would not 
stretch forth mine hand against the 
Lord's anointed. 

24 And, behold, as thy life was 
much set by this day in mine eyes, 
so let my life be much set by in the 
eyes of the Lord, and let him deliver 
me ouf of all tribulation. 



David fleeth to 



I. SAMUEL. 



Achish at Gath. 



25 Then Saul said to David, Bless- 
ed be thou, my son David : thou shalt 
both do great things, and also shalt 
still prevail. So David went on his 
way, and Saul returned to his place. 

CHAPTER XXYIL 

1 Saul hearing David to be in Gath seeketh no more for 
him. 5 David beggeth Ziklag of Achish. 8 He, in- 
vading other countries, persuadeth Achish he fought 
against Judah. 

AND David said in his heart, I 
. shall now perish one day by 
the hand of Saul: there is nothing 
better for me than that I should 
speedily escape into the land of the 
Philistines ; and Saul shall despair 
of me, to seek me any more in any 
coast of Israel : so shall X escape out 
of his hand. 

2 And David arose, and he passed 
over with the six hundred men that 
were with him unto Achish, the son 
of Maoch, king of Gath. 

3 And David dwelt with Achish 
at Gath, he and his men, every man 
with his household, even David with 
his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreel- 
itess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, 
Nabal's wife. 

4 And it was told Saul that David 
was fled to Gath : and he sought no 
more again for him. 

5 IT And David said unto Achish, 
If I have now found grace in thine 
eyes, let them give me a place in 
some town in the country, that I 
may dwell there: for why should 
thy servant dwell in the royal city 
with thee ? 

6 Then Achish gave him Ziklag 
that day : wherefore Ziklag pertain- 
eth unto the kings of Judah unto 
this day. 

7 And the time that David dwelt 
in the country of the Philistines was 
a full year and four months. 

8 If And David and his men went 
up, and invaded the Geshurites, and 
the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: 
for those nations were of old the in- 
habitants of the land, as thou go- 
est to Shur, even unto the la,nd of 
Egypt. 



9 And David smote the land, and 
left neither man nor woman alive, 
and took away the sheep, and the 
oxen, and the asses, and the camels, 
and the apparel, and returned, and 
came to Achish. 

10 And Achish said, Whither have 
ye made a road to day ? And David 
said, Against the south of Judah, and 
against the south of the Jerahmeel- 
ites, and against the south of the 
Kenites. * 

11 And David saved neither man 
nor woman alive, to bring tidings to 
Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on 
us, saying, So did David, and so will be 
his manner all the while he dwelleth 
in the country of the Philistines. 

12 And Achish believed David, 
saying, He hath made his people Is- 
rael utterly to abhor him; therefore 
he shall be my servant for ever. 

CHAPTER XXYIII. 

1 Achish putteth confidence in David. 3 Saul, having 
destroyed the witches, 4 and now in his fear forsaken 
of God, 7 seeketh to a witch. 9 The witch, encouraged 
by Saul, raiseth up Samuel. 15 Said, hearing his 
ruin, fainteth. 21 The woman with his servants re- 
fresh him with meat. 

AND it came to pass in those days, 
. that the Philistines gathered their 
armies together for warfare, to fight 
with Israel. And Achish said unto 
David, Know thou assuredly, that 
thou shalt go out with me to battle, 
thou and thy men. 

2 And David said to Achish, Surely 
thou shalt know what thy servant 
can do. And Achish said to David, 
Therefore will I make thee keeper of 
mine head for ever. 

3 If Now Samuel was dead, and all 
Israel had lamented him, and buried 
him in II amah, even in his own city. 
And Saul had put away those that 
had familiar spirits, and the wizards, 
out of the land. 

4 And the Philistines gathered 
themselves together, and came and 
pitched in Shunem : and Saul gath- 
ered all Israel together, and they 
pitched in Gilboa. 

5 And when Saul saw the host of 

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Saul seeketh to 



I. SAMUEL. 



a witch at En-dor. 



the Philistines, he was afraid, and 
his heart greatly trembled. 

6 And when Saul inquired of the 
Lord, the Lord answered him not, 
neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor 
by prophets. 

7 % Then said Saul unto his ser- 
vants, Seek me a woman that hath a 
familiar spirit, that I may go to her, 
and inquire of her. And his servants 
said to him, Behold, there is a woman 
$hat hath a familiar spirit at En-dor. 

8 And Saul disguised himself, and 
put on other raiment, and he went, 
and two men with him, and they 
came to the woman by night: and 
he said, I pray thee, divine unto me 
by the familiar spirit, and bring me 
him up, whom I shall name unto 
thee. 

9 And the woman said unto him, 
Behold, thou knowest what Saul hath 
done, how he hath cut off those that 
have familiar spirits, and the wizards, 
out of the land : wherefore then lay- 
est thou a snare for my life, to cause 
me to die ? 

10 And Saul sware to her by the 
Lord, saying, As the Lord liveth, 
there shall no punishment happen to 
thee for this thing. 

11 Then said the woman, Whom 
shall I bring up unto thee ? And he 
said, Bring me up Samuel. 

12 And when the woman saw 
Samuel, she cried with a loud voice : 
and the woman spake to Saul, say- 
ing, Why hast thou deceived me? 
for thou art Saul. 

13 And the king said unto her, Be 
not afraid: for what sawest thou? 
And the woman said unto Saul, I saw 
gods ascending out of the earth. 

14 And he said unto her, What form 
is he of? And she said, An old man 
cometh up ; and he is covered with a 
mantle. And Saul perceived that it 
was Samuel, and he stooped with his 
face to the ground, and bowed him- 
self. 

1 5 IT And Samuel said to Saul, Why 
hast thou disquieted me, to bring me 

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up ? And Saul answered, I am sore 
distressed ; for the Philistines make 
war against me, and God is departed 
from me, and answereth me no more, 
neither by prophets, nor by dreams : 
therefore I have called thee, that thou 
mayest make known unto me what 
I shall do. 

16 Then said Samuel, Wherefore 
then dost thou ask of me, seeing the 
Lord is departed from thee, and is 
become thine enemy ? 

17 And the Lord hath done to him, 
as he spake by me : for the Lord hath 
rent the kingdom out of thine hand, 
and given it to thy neighbour, even 
to David : 

18 Because thou obeyedst not the 
voice of the Lord, nor executedst his 
fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore 
hath the Lord done this thing unto 
thee this day. 

19 Moreover the Lord will also de- 
liver Israel with thee into the hand of 
the Philistines : and to morrow shalt 
thou and thy sons be with me : the 
Lord also shall deliver the host of 
Israel into the hand of the Philis- 
tines. 

20 Then Saul fell straightway all 
along on the earth, and was sore 
afraid, because of the words of Sam- 
uel: and there was no strength in 
him; for he had eaten no bread all 
the day, nor all the night. 

21 IT And the woman came unto 
Saul, and saw that he was sore troub- 
led, and said unto him, Behold, thine 
handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and 
I have put my life in my hand, and 
have hearkened unto thy words which 
thou spakest unto me. 

22 Now therefore, I pray thee, 
hearken thou also unto the voice of 
thine handmaid, and let me set a 
morsel of bread before thee ; and 
eat, that thou mayest have strength, 
when thou goest on thy way. 

23 But he refused, and said, I will 
not eat. But his servants, together 
with the woman, compelled him; 
and he hearkened unto their voice. 



The Philistines are 



L SAMUEL. 



jealous of David. 



So he rose from the earth, and sat 
upon the bed. 

24 And the woman had a fat calf 
in the house ; and she hasted, and 
killed it, and took flour, and kneaded 
it, and did bake unleavened bread 
thereof: 

25 And she brought it before Saul, 
and before his servants ; and they did 
eat. Then they rose up, and went 
away that night. 

CHAPTEE XXIX. 

1 David marching with the Philistines, 3 is disallowed 
by their princes. 6 Achish dismisseth him, with com- 
mendations of his fidelity. 

NOW the Philistines gathered to- 
gether all their armies to Aphek : 
and the Israelites pitched by a foun- 
tain which is in Jezreel. 

2 And the lords of the Philistines 
passed on by hundreds, and by thou- 
sands : but David and his men passed 
on in the rearward with Achish. 

3 Then said the princes of the Phil- 
istines, What do these Hebrews here ? 
And Achish said unto the princes of 
the Philistines, Is not this David, the 
servant of Saul the king of Israel, 
which hath been with me these days, 
or these years, and I have found no 
fault in him since he fell unto me 
unto this day? 

4 And the princes df the Philis- 
tines were wroth with him ; and the 
princes of the Philistines said unto 
him, Make this fellow return, that he 
may go again to his place which thou 
hast appointed him, and let him not 
go down with us to battle, lest in the 
battle he be an adversary to us : for 
wherewith should he reconcile him- 
self unto his master ? should it not be 
with the heads of these men ? 

5 Is not this David, of whom they 
sang one to another in dances, say- 
ing, Saul slew his thousands, and 
David his ten thousands ? 

6 IT Then Achish called David, and 
said unto him, Surely, as the Lord 
liveth, thou hast been upright, and 
thy going out and thy coming in 
with me in the host is good in my 



sight: for I have not found evil in 
thee since the day of thy coming un- 
to me unto this day : nevertheless the 
lords favour thee not. 

7 Wherefore now return, and go in 
peace, that thou displease not the 
lords of the Philistines. 

8 % And David said unto Achish; 
But what have I done ? and what hast 
thou found in thy servant so long as 
I have been with thee unto this day, 
that I may not go fight against the 
enemies of my lord the king? 

9 And Achish answered and said 
to David, I know that thou art good 
in my sight, as an angel of God : 
notwithstanding, the princes of the 
Philistines have said, He shall not 
go up with us to the battle. 

10 Wherefore now rise up early in 
the morning with thy master's ser- 
vants that are come with thee : and as 
soon as ye be up early in the morn- 
ing, and have light, depart. 

11 So David and his men rose 
up early to depart in the morning, 
to return into the land of the Phil- 
istines. And the Philistines went up 
to Jezreel. 

CHAPTEE XXX. 

1 The Amalekites spoil Ziklag. 4 David ashing counsel 
is encouraged by God to pursue them. 1 1 By the means 
of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, and 
recovereth all the spoil. 22 David's law to divide the 
spoil equally between them that fight and them that 
keep the stuff. 26 He sendeth presents to his friends. 

AND it came to pass, when Da- 
_ vid and his men were come to 
Ziklag on the third day, that the 
Amalekites had invaded the south, 
and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and 
burned it with fire ; 

2 And had taken the women cap- 
tives, that were therein: they slew 
not any, either great or small, but 
carried them away, and went on 
their way. 

3 % So David and his men came to 
the city, and, behold, it was burned 
with fire ; and their wives, and their 
sons, and their daughters, were taken 
captives. 

4 Then David and the people that 
were with him lifted up their voice 

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David pursueth 



I. SAMUEL. 



the Amalekites. 



and wept, until they had no more 
power to weep. 

5 And David's two wives were 
taken captives, Ahinoam the Jez- 
reelitess, and Abigail the wife of 
Nabal the Carmelite. 

6 And David was greatly distress- 
ed ; for the people spake of stoning 
him, because the soul of all the peo- 
ple was grieved, every man for his 
sons and for his daughters : but Da- 
vid encouraged himself in the Lord 
his God. 

7 And David said to Abiathar the 
priest, Ahimelech's son, I pray thee, 
bring me hither the ephod. And 
Abiathar brought thither the ephod 
to David. 

8 And David inquired at the Lord, 
saying, Shall I pursue after this troop ? 
shall I overtake them ? And he an- 
swered him, Pursue: for thou shalt 
surely overtake them, and without 
fail recover all. 

9 So David went, he and the six 
hundred men that were with him, 
and came to the brook Besor, where 
those that were left behind stayed. 

10 But David pursued, he and 
four hundred men : for two hun- 
dred abode behind, which were so 
faint that they could not go over 
the brook Besor. 

11 *|[ And they found an Egyptian 
in the field, and brought him to Da- 
vid, and gave him bread, and he did 
eat ; and they made him drink water; 

12 And they gave him a piece of 
a cake of figs, and two clusters of 
raisins : and when he had eaten, his 
spirit came again to him : for he had 
eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, 
three days and three nights. 

13 And David said unto him, To 
whom belongest thou ? and whence 
art thou? And he said, I am a 
young man of Egypt, servant to an 
Amalekite ; and my master left me, 
because three days agone I fell sick. 

14 We made an invasion upon the 
south of the Cherethites, and upon 
the coast which belongeth to Judah, 

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and upon the south of Caleb; and 
we burned Ziklag with fire. 

15 And David said to him, Canst 
thou bring me down to this com- 
pany ? And he said, Swear unto me 
by God, that thou wilt neither kill 
me, nor deliver me into the hands 
of my master, and I will bring thee 
down to this company. 

16 TT And when he had brought 
him down, behold, they were spread 
abroad upon all the earth, eating 
and drinking, and dancing, because 
of all the great spoil that they had 
taken out of the land of the Philis- 
tines, and out of the land of Judah. 

17 And David smote them from 
the twilight even unto the evening 
of the next day: and there escaped 
not a man of them, save four hun- 
dred young men, which rode upon 
camels, and fled. 

18 And David recovered jail that 
the Amalekites had carried away 
and "David rescued his two wives. 

19 And there was nothing lacking 
to them, neither small nor great, 
neither sons nor daughters, neither 
spoil, nor any thing that they had 
taken to them : David recovered all. 

20 And David took all the flocks 
and the herds, which they drave be- 
fore those other cattle, and said, This 
is David's spoil. 

21 IT And David came to the two 
hundred men, which were so faint 
that they could not follow David, 
whom they had made also to abide 
at the brook Besor: and they went 
forth to meet David, and to meet 
the people that were with him : and 
when David came near to the peo- 
ple, he saluted them. 

22 Then answered all the wicked 
men, and men of Belial, of those 
that went with David, and said, 
Because they went not with us, we 
will not give them aught of the spoil 
that we have recovered, save to ev- 
ery man his wife and his children, 
that they may lead them away, and 
depart. 



David divideth the spoil. I. SAMUEL. 



The death of Saul. 



23 Then said David, Ye shall not 
do so, my brethren, with that which 
the Lord hath given us, who hath 
preserved us, and delivered the com- 
pany that came against us into our 
hand. 

24 For who will hearken unto you 
in this matter? but as his part is 
that goeth down to the battle, so 
shall his part be that tarrieth by 
the stuff: they shall part alike. 

25 And it was so from that day 
forward, that he made it a statute and 
an ordinance for Israel unto this day. 

26 IT And when David came to 
Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the 
elders of Judah, even to his friends, 
saying, Behold a present for you of 
the spoil of the enemies of the Lord; 

27 To them which were in Beth-el, 
and to them which were in south 
Ramoth, and to them which were in 
Jattir, 

28 And to them which were in 
Aroer, and to them which were in 
Siphmoth, and to them which were 
in Eshtemoa, 

29 And to them which were in 
Rachal, and to them which were in 
the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and 
to them which were in the cities of 
the Kenites, 

30 And to them which were in 
Hormah, and to them which were 
in Chor-ashan, and to them which 
were in Athach, 

31 And to them which were in 
Hebron, and to all the places where 
David himself and his men were 
wont to haunt. 

CHAPTER XXXL 

1 Said having lost his army, and his sons slain, he and 
his armourbearer kill themselves. 7 The Philistines 
possess the forsaken toums of the Israelites. 8 They 
triumph over the dead carcasses. 11 They of Jabesh- 
gilead, recovering the bodies by night, burn them at 
Jabesh, and mournfully bury their bones. 

NOW the Philistines fought against 
Israel: and the men of Israel 
fled from before the Philistines, and 
fell down slain in mount Gilboa. 

2 And the Philistines followed hard 
upon Saul and upon his sons; and 
24 



the Philistines slew Jonathan, and 
Abinadab, and Melchi-shua, Saul's 
sons. 

3 And the battle went sore against 
Saul, and the archers hit him ; and 
he was sore wounded of the archers. 

4 Then said Saul unto his armour- 
bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust 
me through therewith; lest these 
uncircumcised come and thrust me 
through, and abuse me. But his 
armourbearer would not ; for he was 
sore afraid. Therefore Saul took a 
sword, and fell upon it. 

5 And when his armourbearer saw 
that Saul was dead, he fell likewise 
upon his sword, and died with him. 

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, 
and his armourbearer, and all his 
men, that same day together. 

7 IT And when the men of Israel 
that were on the other side of the 
valley, and they that were on the 
other side Jordan, saw that the men 
of Israel fled, and that Saul and his 
sons were dead, they forsook the 
cities, and fled ; and the Philistines 
came and dwelt in them. 

8 And it came to pass on the mor- 
row, when the Philistines came to 
strip the slain, that they found Saul 
and his three sons fallen in mount 
Gilboa. 

9 And they cut off his head, and 
stripped off his armour, and sent 
into the land of the Philistines round 
about, to publish it in the house of 
their idols, and among the people. 

10 And they put his armour in the 
house of Ashtaroth : and they fasten- 
ed his body to the wall of Beth-shan. 

11 IT And when the inhabitants of 
Jabesh-gilead heard of that which 
the Philistines had done to Saul, 

12 All the valiant men arose, and 
went all night, and took the body of 
Saul and the bodies of his sons from 
the wall of Beth-shan, and came to 
Jabesh, and burnt them there. 

13 And they took their bones, and 
buried them under a tree at Jabesh, 
and fasted seven days. 

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SECOND BOOK OF SAMUEL, 

OTHERWISE CALLED, 

THE SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS. 



CHAP TEE I. 

I The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the over- 
throw, and accused himself of Saul's death, is slain. 
17 David lamenteth Saul and Jonathan with a 
song. 

NOW it came to pass after the 
death of Saul, when David was 
returned from the slaughter of the 
Amalekites, and David had abode 
two days in Ziklag; 

2 It came even to pass on the third 
day, that, behold, a man came out of 
the camp from Saul with his clothes 
rent, and earth upon his head : and so 
it was, when he came to David, that 
he fell to the earth, and did obeisance. 

3 And David said unto him, From 
whence comest thou? And he said 
unto him, Out of the camp of Israel 
am I escaped. 

4 And David said unto him, How 
went the matter? I pray thee, tell 
me. And he answered, That the 
people are fled from the battle, and 
many of the people also are fallen 
and dead; and Saul and Jonathan 
his son are dead also. 

5 And David said unto the young 
man that told him, How knowest 
thou that Saul and Jonathan his son 
be dead ? 

6 And the young man that told 
him said, As I happened by chance 
upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul 
leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the 
chariots and horsemen followed hard 
after him. 

7 And when he looked behind him, 
he saw me, and called unto me. And 
I answered, Here am I. 

8 And he said unto me, Who art 
thou ? And I answered him, I am 
an Amalekite. 

9 He said unto me again, Stand, I 

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pray thee, upon me, and slay me: 
for anguish is come upon me, because 
my life is yet whole in me. 

10 So I stood upon him, and slew 
him, because I was sure that he 
could not live after that he was 
fallen: and I took the crown that 
was upon his head, and the brace- 
let that was on his arm, and have 
brought them hither unto my lord. 

11 Then David took hold on his 
clothes, and rent them; and likewise 
all the men that were with him : 

12 And they mourned, and wept, 
and fasted until even, for Saul, and 
for Jonathan his son, and for the 
people of the Lord, and for the 
house of Israel ; because they were 
fallen by the sword. 

13 IT And David said unto the 
young man that told him, Whence 
art thou ? And he answered, I am 
the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 

14 And David said unto him, How 
wast thou not afraid to stretch forth 
thine hand to destroy the Lord's 
anointed ? 

15 And David called one of the 
young men, and said, Go near, and 
fall upon him. And he smote him 
that he died. 

16 And David said unto him, Thy 
blood be upon thy head; for thy 
mouth hath testified against thee, say- 
ing, I have slain the Lord's anointed. 

17 IT And David lamented with 
this lamentation over Saul and over 
Jonathan his son: 

18 (Also he bade them teach the 
children of Judah the use of the 
bow: behold, it is written in the 
book of Jasher :) 

19 The beauty of Israel is slain 



David's lamentation. 



II. SAMUEL. He is made king of Judah 



upon thy high places : how are the 
mighty fallen ! 

20 Tell it not in Gath, publish it 
not in the streets of Askelon ; lest 
the daughters of the Philistines re- 
joice, lest the daughters of the un- 
circumcised triumph. 

21 Ye mountains of Gilboa, let 
there be no dew, neither let there be 
rain, upon you, nor fields of offer- 
ings : for there the shield of the 
mighty is vilely cast away, the shield 
of Saul, as though he had not been 
anointed with oil. 

22 From the blood of the slain, 
from the fat of* the mighty, the bow of 
Jonathan turned not back, and the 
sword of Saul returned not empty. 

23 Saul and Jonathan were lovely 
and pleasant in their lives, and in 
their death they were not divided: 
they were swifter than eagles, they 
were stronger than lions. 

24 Ye daughters of Israel, weep 
over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet, 
with other delights ; who put on orna- 
ments of gold upon your apparel. 

25 How are the mighty fallen in 
the midst of the battle ! O Jonathan, 
thou wast slain in thine high places. 

26 I am distressed for thee, my 
brother Jonathan : very pleasant hast 
thou been unto me: thy love to me 
was wonderful, passing the love of 
women. 

27 How are the nighty fallen, and 
the weapons of war perished ! 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 David, by God's direction, with his company goeth up 
to Hebron, where he is made king of Judah. 5 He com- 
mendeth them of Jabesh-gilead for their kindness to 
Saul. 8 Abner maketh Ish-bosheth king of Israel. 
12 A mortal skirmish between twelve of Abner 's and 
twelve of Joab's men. 18 Asahel is slain. 25 At 
Abner's motion Joab soundeth a retreat. 32 AsaheVs 
burial. 

AND it came to pass after this, 
. that David inquired of the 
Lord, saying, Shall I go up into 
any of the cities of Judah? And 
the Lord said unto him, Go up. 
And David said, Whither shall I 
go up ? And he said, Unto Hebron. 
2 So David went up thither, and 



his two wives also, Ahinoam the 
Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife 
the Carmelite. 

3 And his men that were with him 
did David bring up, every man with 
his household : and they dwelt in the 
cities of Hebron. 

4 And the men of Judah came, and 
there they anointed David king over 
the house of Judah. And they told 
David, saying, That the men of Ja- 
besh-gilead ivere they that buried Saul. 

5 TT And David sent messengers 
unto the men of Jabesh-gilead, and 
said unto them, Blessed be ye of 
the Lord, that ye have shewed this 
kindness unto your lord, even unto 
Saul, and have buried him. 

6 And now the Lord shew kind- 
ness and truth unto you : and I also 
will requite you this kindness, be- 
cause ye have done this thing. 

7 Therefore now let your hands be 
strengthened, and be ye valiant : for 
your master Saul is dead, and also 
the house of Judah have anointed 
me king over them. 

8 1[ But Abner the son of Ner, 
captain of Saul's host, took Ish-bo- 
sheth the son of Saul, and brought 
him over to Mahanaim ; 

9 And made him king over Gilead, 
and over the Ashurites, and over 
Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over 
Benjamin, and over all Israel. 

10 Ish-bosheth Saul's son was forty 
years old when he began to reign over 
Israel, and reigned two years. But 
the house of Judah followed David. 

11 And the time that David was 
king in Hebron over the house of Ju- 
dah was seven years and six months. 

12 TT And Abner the son of Ner, 
and the servants of Ish-bosheth the 
son of Saul, went out from Mahana- 
im to Gibeon. 

13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah, 
and the servants of David, went out, 
and met together by the pool of Gib- 
eon : and they sat down, the one on 
the one side of the pool, and the other 
on the other side of the pool. 

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Asahel slain by Abner. 



II. SAMUEL. 



Joab soundeth a retreat. 



14 And Abner said to Joab, Let 
the young men now arise, and play 
before us. And Joab said, Let them 
arise. 

15 Then there arose and went 
over by number twelve of Benjamin, 
which pertained to Ish-bosheth the 
son of Saul, and twelve of the ser- 
vants of David. 

16 And they caught every one his 
fellow by the head, and thrust his 
sword in his fellow's side ; so they 
fell down together : wherefore that 
place was called Helkath-hazzurim, 
which is in Gibeon. 

17 And there was a very sore bat- 
tle that day ; and Abner was beaten, 
and the men of Israel, before the ser- 
vants of David. 

18 If And there were three sons of 
Zeruiah there, Joab, and Abishai, and 
Asahel : and Asahel was as light of 
foot as a wild roe. 

19 And Asahel pursued after Ab- 
ner ; and in going he turned not, to 
the right hand nor to the left from fol- 
lowing Abner. 

20 Then Abner looked behind him, 
and said, Art thou Asahel ? And he 
answered, I am. 

21 And Abner said to him, Turn 
thee aside to thy right hand or to thy 
left, and lay thee hold on one of the 
young men, and take thee his armour. 
But Asahel would not turn aside from 
following of him. 

22 And Abner said again to Asahel, 
Turn thee aside from following me : 
wherefore should I smite thee to the 
ground ? how then should I hold up 
my face to Joab thy brother ? 

23 Howbeit he refused to turn 
aside: wherefore Abner with the 
hinder end of the spear smote him 
under the fifth rib, that the spear 
came out behind him; and he fell 
down there, and died in the same 
place : and it came to pass, that as 
many as came to the place where 
Asahel fell down and died stood still. 

21 Joab also and Abishai pursued 
after Abner : and the sun went down 
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when they were come to the hill of ■ 
Ammah, that lieth before Giah by 
the way of the wilderness of Gibeon. 

25 IT And the children of Benjamin 
gathered themselves together after 
Abner, and became one troop, and 
stood on the top of a hill. 

26 Then Abner called to Joab, and 
said, Shall the sword devour for ever ? 
knowest thou not that it will be bit- 
terness in the latter end ? how long 
shall it be then, ere thou bid the 
people return from following their 
brethren ? 

27 And Joab said, As God liveth, 
unless thou hadst spoken, surely 
then in the morning the people had 
gone up every one from following his 
brother. 

28 So Joab blew a trumpet, and all 
the people stood still, and pursued af- 
ter Israel no more, neither fought they 
any more. 

29 And Abner and his men walked 
all that night through the plain, and 
passed over Jordan, and went through 
all Bithron, and they came to Ma- 
hanaim. 

30 And Joab returned from follow- 
ing Abner : and when he had gath- 
ered all the people together, there 
lacked of David's servants nineteen 
men and Asahel. 

31 But the servants of David had 
smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's 
men, so that three hundred and three- 
score men died. 

32 If And they took up Asahel, and 
buried him in the sepulchre of his fa- 
ther, which was in Beth-lehem. And 
Joab and his men went all night, and 
they came to Hebron at break of day. 

OHAPTEE III. 

1 During the war David still waxeth stronger. 2 Six sons 
were born to him in Hebron. 6 Abner, displeased with 
Ish-bosheth, 12 revoltcth to David. 13 David requir- 
eth a condition to bring him his wife Michal. 17 
Abner, having communed with the Israelites, is feasted 
by David, and dismissed. 22 Joab, returning from 
battle, is displeased with the king, and killeth Abner. 
28 David cur seth Joab, 31 and mourncth for Abner. 

NOW there was long war be- 
tween the house of Saul and 
the house of David : but David waxed 



Six sons born to David. 



II. SAMUEL. Abner revolteth to David, 



stronger and stronger, and the house 
of Saul waxed weaker and weaker. 

2 *ft And unto David were sons 
born in Hebron: and his firstborn 
was Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreel- 
itess ; 

3 And his second, Chileab, of Abi- 
gail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite ; 
and the third, Absalom the son of 
Maacah the daughter of Talmai king 
of Geshur ; 

4 And the fourth, Adonijah the son 
of Haggith ; and the fifth, Shepha- 
tiah the son of Abital ; 

5 And the sixth, Ithream, by Eg- 
lah David's wife. These were born 
to David in Hebron. 

6 1T And i«t came to pass, while 
there was war between the house of 
Saul and the house of David, that 
Abner made himself strong for the 
house of Saul. 

7 And Saul had a concubine, whose 
name was Kizpah, the daughter of 
Aiah : and Ish-bosheth said to Abner, 
Wherefore hast thou gone in unto 
my father's concubine ? 

8 Then was Abner very wroth for 
the words of Ish-bosheth, and said, 
Am I a dog's head, which against 
Judah do shew kindness this day 
unto the house of Saul thy father, to 
his brethren, and to his friends, and 
have not delivered thee into the hand 
of David, that thou chargest me to 
day with a fault concerning this wo- 
man? 

9 So do God to Abner, and more 
also, except, as the Lord hath sworn 
to David, even so I do to him ; 

10 To translate the kingdom from 
the house of Saul, and to set up the 
throne of David over Israel and over 
Judah, from Dan even to Beer- 
sheba. 

11 And he could not answer Ab- 
ner a word again, because he feared 
him. 

12 1f And Abner sent messengers 
to David on his behalf, saying, 
Whose is the land ? saying also, 
Make thy league with me, and, 



behold, my hand shall be with thee, 
to bring about all Israel unto thee. 

13 IT And he said, Well ; I will 
make a league with thee: but one 
thing I require of thee, that is, Thou 
shalt not see my face, except thou 
first bring Michal Saul's daughter, 
when thou comest to see my face. 

14 And David sent messengers to 
Ish-bosheth Saul's son, saying, De- 
liver me my wife Michal, which I 
espoused to me for a hundred fore- 
skins of the Philistines. 

15 And Ish-bosheth sent, and took 
her from her husband, even from 
Phaltiel the son of Laish. 

16 And her husband went with 
her along weeping behind her to Ba- 
hurim. Then said Abner unto him, 
Go, return. And he returned. 

17 ^T And Abner had communica- 
tion with the elders of Israel, saying, 
Ye sought for David in times past to 
be king over you : 

18 Now then do it: for the Lord 
hath spoken of David, saying, By 
the hand of my servant David I will 
save my people Israel out of the 
hand of the Philistines, and out of 
the hand of all their enemies. 

19 And Abner also spake in the 
ears of Benjamin: and Abner went 
also to speak in the ears of David 
in Hebron all that seemed good to 
Israel, and that seemed good to the 
whole house of Benjamin. 

20 So Abner came to David to 
Hebron, and twenty men with him. 
And David made Abner and the men 
that were with him a feast. 

21 And Abner said unto David, I 
will arise and go, and will gather all 
Israel unto my lord the king, that 
they may make a league with thee, 
and that thou mayest reign over all 
that thine heart desireth. And Da- 
vid sent Abner away ; and he went 
in peace. 

22 U And, behold, the servants of 
David and Joab came from pursuing 
a troop, and brought in a great spoil 
with them : but Abner was not with 

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Joab hilleth Abner. 



II. SAMUEL. David mourneth for him. 



David in Hebron; for he had sent 
him away, and he was gone in peace. 

23 When Joab and all the host 
that was with him were come, they 
told Joab, saying, Abner the son of 
Ner came to the king, and he hath sent 
him away, and he is gone in peace. 

24 Then Joab came to the king, 
and said, What hast thou done ? be- 
hold, Abner came unto thee; why 
is it that thou hast sent him away, 
and he is quite gone ? 

.25 Thou knowest Abner the son 
of Ner, that he came to deceive thee, 
and to know thy going out and thy 
coming in, and to know all that thou 
doest. 

26 And when Joab was come out 
from David, he sent messengers after 
Abner, which brought him again from 
the well of Sirah : but David knew it 
not. 

27 And when Abner was returned 
to Hebron, Joab took him aside in 
the gate to speak with him quietly, 
and smote him there under the fifth 
rib, that he died, for the blood of 
Asahel his brother. 

28 IT And afterward when David 
heard it, he said, I and my kingdom 
are guiltless before the Lord for ever 
from the blood of Abner the son of 
Ner: 

29 Let it rest on the head of Joab, 
and on all his father's house; and let 
there not fail from the house of Joab 
one that hath an issue, or that is a 
leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or 
that falleth on the sword, or that 
lacketh bread. 

30 So Joab and Abishai his broth- 
er slew Abner, because he had slain 
their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the 
battle. 

31 H And David said to Joab, and 
to all the people that were with him, 
Rend your clothes, and gird you with 
sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. 
And king David himself followed the 
bier. 

32 And they buried Abner in He- 
bron : and the king lifted up his voice, 

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and wept at the grave of Abner ; and 
all the people wept. 

33 And the king lamented over 
Abner, and said, Died Abner as a 
fool dieth ? 

34 Thy hands were not bound, nor 
thy feet put into fetters : as a man 
falleth before wicked men, so fellest 
thou. And all the people wept again 
over him. 

35 And when all the people came 
to cause David to eat meat while it 
was yet day, David sware, saying, 
So do God to me, and more also, if I 
taste bread, or aught else, till the sun 
be down. 

36 And all the people took notice of 
it, and it pleased them: as whatsoever 
the king did pleased all the people. 

37 For all the people and all Israel 
understood that day that it was not of 
the king to slay Abner the son of Ner. 

38 And the king said unto his ser- 
vants, Know ye not that there is a 
prince and a great man fallen this 
day in Israel ? 

39 And I am this day weak, though 
anointed king; and these men the 
sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: 
the Lord shall reward the doer of 
evil according to his wickedness. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 The Israelites being troubled at the death of Abner, 
2 Baanah and Rechab slay Ish-bosheth, and bring his 
head to Hebron. 9 David causeth them to be slain, 
and Jsh-bosheth's head to be buried. 

AND when Saul's son heard that 
. Abner was dead in Hebron, his 
hands were feeble, and all the Israel- 
ites were troubled. 

2 And Saul's son had two men 
that were captains of bands : the name 
of the one was Baanah, and the name 
of the other Rechab, the sons of Rim- 
mon a Beerothite, of the children of 
Benjamin : (for Beeroth also was 
reckoned to Benjamin: 

3 And the Beerothites fled to Git- 
taim, and were sojourners there until 
this day.) 

4 And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a 
son that was lame of his feet. He 



Ish-bosheth murdered. 



II. SAMUEL. David made king of Israel. 



was five years old when the tidings 
came of Saul and Jonathan out of 
Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, 
and fled : and it came to pass, as she 
made haste to flee, that he fell, and 
became lame. And his name was 
Mephibosheth. 

5 And the sons of Simmon the 
Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, 
went, and came about the heat of 
the day to the house of Ish-bosheth, 
who lay on a bed at noon. 

6 And they came thither into the 
midst of the house, as though they 
would have fetched wheat ; and they 
smote him under the fifth rib: and 
Rechab and Baanah his brother es- 
caped. 

7 For when they came into the 
house, he lay on his bed in his bed- 
chamber, and they smote him, and 
slew him, and beheaded him, and 
took his head, and gat them away 
through the plain all night. 

8 And they brought the head of 
Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, 
and said to the king, Behold the 
nead of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul 
thine enemy, which sought thy life ; 
and the Lord hath avenged my lord 
the king this day of Saul, and of his 
seed. 

9 1[ And David answered Rechab 
and Baanah his brother, the sons of 
Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto 
them, As the Lord liveth, who hath 
redeemed my soul out of all adversity, 

10 When one told me, saying, Be- 
hold, Saul is dead, thinking to have 
brought good tidings, I took hold of 
him, and slew him in Ziklag, who 
thought that I would have given him 
a reward for his tidings : 

11 How much more, when wicked 
men have slain a righteous person in 
his own house upon his bed? shall 
I not therefore now require his blood 
of your hand, and take you away 
from the earth ? 

12 And David commanded his 
young men, and they slew them, 
and cut off their hands and their 



feet, and hanged them up over the pool 
in Hebron. But they took the head 
of Ish-bosheth, and buried it in the 
sepulchre of Abner in Hebron. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David over Israel. 
4 David's age. 6 He taking Zion from the Jebusites 
dwelleth in it. 11 Hiram sendeth to David. 13 
Eleven sons are born to him in Jerusalem. 17 David, 
directed by God, smiteth the Philistines at Baal-pera- 
zim, 22 and again at the mulberry trees. 

THEN came all the tribes of Is- 
rael to David unto Hebron, and 
spake, saying, Behold, we are thy 
bone and thy flesh. 

2 Also in time past, when Saul was 
king over us, thou wast he that led- 
dest out and broughtest in Israel : 
and the Lord said to thee, Thou 
shalt feed my people Israel, and 
thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 

3 So all the elders of Israel came 
to the king to Hebron ; and king Da- 
vid made a league with them in 
Hebron before the Lord: and they 
anointed David king over Israel. 

4 IT David was thirty years old 
when he began to reign, and he 
reigned forty years. 

5 In Hebron he reigned over Ju- 
dah seven years and six months : and 
in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and 
three years over all Israel and Judah. 

6 If And the king and his men went 
to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the 
inhabitants of the land: which spake 
unto David, saying, Except thou take 
away the blind and the lame, thou 
shalt not come in hither: thinking, 
David cannot come in hither. 

7 Nevertheless, David took the 
strong hold of Zion: the same is 
the city of David. 

8 And David said on that day, 
Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, 
and smiteth the Jebusites, and the 
lame and the blind, that are hated of 
David's soul, he shall be chief and 
captain. Wherefore they said, The 
blind and the lame shall not come 
into the house. 

9 So David dwelt in the fort, and 
called it the city of David. And 

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David smiteth the Philistines. II. SAMUEL. 



He fetcheth the ark 



David built round about from Millo 
and inward. 

10 And David went on, and grew 
great, and the Lord God of hosts 
was with him. 

11 IT And Hiram king of Tyre seixt^ 
messengers to David, and cedar trees, 
and carpenters, and masons : and they 
built David a house. 

12 And David perceived that the 
Lord had established him king over 
Israel, and that he had exalted his 
kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 

13 TT And David took him more con- 
cubines and wives out of Jerusalem, 
after he was come from Hebron : and 
there were yet sons and daughters 
born to David. 

14 And these be the names of those 
that were born unto him in Jerusa- 
lem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and 
Nathan, and Solomon, 

15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and 
Nepheg, and Japhia, 

16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and 
Eliphalet. 

1 7 IT But when the Philistines heard 
that they had anointed David king 
over Israel, all the Philistines came 
up to seek David ; and David heard 
of it, and went down to the hold. 

18 The Philistines also came and 
spread themselves in the valley of 
Rephaim. 

19 And David inquired of the 
Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the 
Philistines ? wilt thou deliver them 
into mine hand ? And the Lord said 
unto David, Go up : for I will doubtless 
deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 

20 And David came to Baal-pe- 
razim, and David smote them there, 
and said, The Lord hath broken 
forth upon mine enemies before me, 
as the breach of waters. Therefore 
he called the name of that place 
Baal-perazim. 

21 And there they left their images, 
and David and his men burned them. 

22 If And the Philistines came up 
yet again, and spread themselves in 
the valley of Rephaim. 

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23 And when David inquired of 
the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go 
up ; but fetch a compass behind them, 
and come upon them over against the 
mulberry trees. 

24 And let it be, when thou near- 
est the sound of a going in the tops 
of the mulberry trees, that then thou 
shalt bestir thyself: for then shall 
the Lord go out before thee, to smite 
the host of the Philistines. 

25 And David did so, as the Lord 
had commanded him; and smote the 
Philistines from Geba until thou come 
to Gazer. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 David fetcheth the ark from Kirjath-jearim on a new 
cart. 6 Uzzah is smitten at Perez-uzzah. 9 God 
hlesseth Obed-edom for the ark. 12 David bringing 
the ark into Zion with sacrifices, danceth before it, for 
which Michal despiseth him. 1*7 He placeth it in a 
tabernacle with great joy and feasting. 20 Michal re- 
proving David for his religious joy is childless to her 
death. 

AGAIN, David gathered together 
- all the chosen men of Israel, 
thirty thousand. 

2 And David arose, and went with 
all the people that were with him 
from Baale of Judah, to bring up 
from thence the ark of God, whose 
name is called by the name of the 
Lord of hosts that dwelleth betiveen 
the cherubim. 

3 And they set the ark of God 
upon a new cart, and brought it out 
of the house of Abinadab that ivas in 
Gibeah : and Uzzah and Ahio, the 
sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart. 

4 And they brought it out of the 
house of Abinadab which was at Gib- 
eah, accompanying the ark of God: 
and Ahio went before the ark. 

5 And David and all the house of 
Israel played before the Lord on all 
manner of instruments made of fir 
wood, even on harps, and on psalte- 
ries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, 
and on cymbals. % 

6 1[ And when they came to Na- 
chon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth 
his hand to the ark of God, and took 
hold of it ; for the oxen shook it. 

7 And the anger of the Lord was 



from Kirjath-jearim . 



II. SAMUEL. Michal reproveth David. 



kindled against Uzzah, and God 
smote him there for his error; and 
there he died hy the ark of God. 

8 And David was displeased, he- 
cause the Lord had made a hreach 
upon Uzzah : and he called the name 
of the place Perez-uzzah to this day. 

9 And David was afraid of the 
Lord that day, and said, How shall 
the ark of the Lord come to me ? 

10 So David would not remove the 
ark of the Lord unto him into the 
city of David : but David carried it 
aside into the house of Obed-edom 
the Gittite. 

11 And the ark of the Lord con- 
tinued in the house of Obed-edom 
the Gittite three months : and the 
Lord blessed Obed-edom, and all his 
household. 

12 % And it was told king David, 
saying, The Lord hath blessed the 
house of Obed-edorn, and all that 
pertaineth unto him, because of the 
ark of God. So David went and 
brought up the ark of God from the 
house of Obed-edom into the city of 
David with gladness. 

13 And it was so, that when they 
that bare the ark of the Lord had 
gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen 
and fatlings. 

14 And David danced before the 
Lord with all his might ; and David 
was girded with a linen ephod. 

15 So David and all the house of 
Israel brought up the ark of the 
Lord with shouting, and with the 
sound of the trumpet. 

16 And as the ark of the Lord 
came into the city of David, Michal 
Saul's daughter looked through a 
window, and saw king David leaping 
and dancing before the Lord; and 
she despised him in her heart. 

17 ^T And they brought in the ark 
of the Lord, and set it in his place, 

I in the midst of the tabernacle that 
David had pitched for it: and Da- 
vid offered burnt offerings and peace 
oiferings before the Lord. 

18 And as soon as David had made 



an end of offering burnt offerings and 
peace offerings, he blessed the people 
in the name of the Lord of hosts. 

19 And he dealt among all the peo- 
ple, even among the whole multitude 
of Israel, as well to the women as men, 
to every one a cake of bread, and a 
good piece of flesh, and a flagon of 
ivine. So all the people departed 
every one to his house. 

20 ^T Then David returned to bless 
his household. And Michal the daugh- 
ter of Saul came out to meet David, 
and said, How glorious was the king 
of Israel to day, who uncovered him- 
self to day in the eyes of the hand- 
maids of his servants, as one of the 
vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth 
himself! 

21 And David said unto Michal, It 
was before the Lord, which chose me 
before thy father, and before all his 
house, to appoint me ruler over the 
people of the Lord, over Israel : there- 
fore will I play before the Lord. 

22 And I will yet be more vile than 
thus, and will be base in mine own 
sight : and of the maidservants which 
thou hast spoken of, of them shall I 
be had in honour. 

23 Therefore Michal the daughter 
of Saul had no child unto the day of 
her death. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 Nathan first approving the purpose of David to build 
God a house, 4 after by the word of God forbiddeth 
him. 12 He promiseth him benefits and blessings in 
his seed. 18 David's prayer and thanksgiving. 

AND it came to pass, when the 
_ king sat in his house, and the 
Lord had given him rest round about 
from all his enemies ; 

2 That the king said unto Nathan 
the prophet, See now, I dwell in a 
house of cedar, but the ark of God 
dwelleth within curtains. 

3 And Nathan said to the king, Go, 
do all that is in thine heart ; for the 
Lord is with thee. 

4 IT And it came to pass that night, 
that the word of the Lord came unto 
Nathan, saying, 

5 Go and tell my servant David, 

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God's promises to David. II. SAMUEL. 



David's thanksgiving. 



Thus saith the Lord, Shalt thou build 
me a house for me to dwell in ? 

6 Whereas I have not dwelt in any 
house since the time that I brought 
up the children of Israel out of 
Egypt, even to this day, but have 
walked in a tent and in a tabernacle. 

7 In all the places wherein I have 
walked with all the children of Israel 
spake I a word with any of the tribes 
of Israel, whom I commanded to feed 
my people Israel, saying, Why build 
ye not me a house of cedar ? 

8 Now therefore so shalt thou say 
unto my servant David, Thus saith 
the Lord of hosts, I took thee from 
the sheepcote, from following the 
sheep, to be ruler over my people, 
over Israel : 

9 And I was with thee whitherso- 
ever thou wentest, and have cut off 
all thine enemies out of thy sight, 
and have made thee a great name, 
like unto the name of the great men 
that are in the earth. 

10 Moreover I will appoint a place 
for my people Israel, and will plant 
them, that they may dwell in a place of 
their own, and move no more ; neither 
shall the children of wickedness af- 
flict them any more, as beforetime, 

11 And as since the time that I 
commanded judges to be over my 
people Israel, and have caused thee 
to rest from all thine enemies. Also 
the Lord telleth thee that he will 
make thee a house. 

12 H And when thy days be ful- 
filled, and thou shalt sleep with thy 
fathers, I will set up thy seed after 
thee, which shall proceed out of thy 
bowels, and I will establish his king- 
dom. 

13 He shall build a house for my 
name, and I will stablish the throne 
of his kingdom for ever. 

14 I will be his father, and he shall 
be my son. If he commit iniquity, 
I will chasten him with the rod of 
men, and with the stripes of the chil- 
dren of men : 

15 But my mercy shall not depart 

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away from him, as I took it fron> 
Saul, whom I put away before thee. 

16 And thine house and thy king- 
dom shall be established for ever 
before thee : thy throne shall be es- 
tablished for ever. 

17 According to all these words> 
and according to all this vision, so 
did Nathan speak unto David. 

18 *j\ Then went king David in, and 
sat before the Lord, and he said, 
Who am I, O Lord God ? and what 
is my house, that thou hast brought 
me hitherto ? 

19 And this was yet a small thing 
in thy sight, O Lord God ; but thou 
hast spoken also of thy servant's 
house for a great while to come. 
And is this the manner of man, 
Lord God ? 

20 And what can David say more 
unto thee ? for thou, Lord God, know- 
est thy servant. 

21 For thy word's sake, and ac- 
cording to thine own heart, hast thou 
done all these great things, to make 
thy servant know them. 

22 Wherefore thou art great, O 
Lord God : for there is none like 
thee, neither is there any God besides 
thee, according to all that we have 
heard with our ears. 

23 And what one nation in the 
earth is like thy people, even like Is- 
rael, whQm God went to redeem for 
a people to himself, and to make him 
a name, and to do for you great things 
and terrible, for thy land, before thy 
people, which thou redeemedst to thee 
from Egypt, from the nations and 
their gods ? 

24 For thou hast confirmed to thy- 
self thy people Israel to be a people 
unto thee for ever: and thou, Lord, 
art become their God. 

25 And now, O Lord God, the 
word that thou hast spoken concern- 
ing thy servant, and concerning his 
house, establish it for ever, and do as 
thou hast said. 

26 And let thy name be magnified 
for ever, saying, The Lord of hosts 



He subdueth his enemies. II. SAMUEL. David's principal officers. 



is the God over Israel : and let the 
house of thy servant David be estab- 
lished before thee. 

27 For thou, O Lord of hosts, 
God of Israel, hast revealed to thy 
servant, saying, I will build thee a 
house: therefore hath thy servant 
found in his heart to pray this prayer 
unto thee. 

28 And now, O Lord God, thou 
art that God, and thy words be true, 
and thou hast promised this good- 
ness unto thy servant : 

29 Therefore now let it please thee 
to bless the house of thy servant, that 
it may continue for ever before thee : 
for thou, O Lord God, hast spoken 
it : and with thy blessing let the house 
of thy servant be blessed for ever. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. 3 
He smiteth Hadadezer, and the Syrians. 9 Toi sendeth 
Joram with presents to bless him. 11 The presents 
and the spoil David dedicateth to God. 14 He putteth 
garrisons in Edom. 16 David's officers. 

A ND after this it came to pass, 
JTjL that David smote the Philis- 
tines, and subdued them : and David 
took Metheg-ammah out of the hand 
of the Philistines. 

2 And he smote Moab, and meas- 
ured them with a line, casting them 
down to the ground ; even with two 
lines measured he to put to death, 
and with one full line to keep alive. 
And so the Moabites became David's 
servants, and brought gifts. 

3 ^T David smote also Hadadezer, 
the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as 
he went to recover his border at the 
river Euphrates. 

4 And David took from him a thou- 
sand chariots, and seven hundred 
horsemen, and twenty thousand foot- 
men: and David houghed all the 
chariot horses, but reserved of them 
for a hundred chariots. 

5 And when the Syrians of Damas- 
cus came to succour Hadadezer king 
of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians 
two and twenty thousand men. 

6 Then David put garrisons in 
Syria of Damascus: and the Syr- 



ians became servants to David, and 
brought gifts. And the Lord pre- 
served David whithersoever he went. 

7 And David took the shields of 
gold that were on the servants of 
Hadadezer, and .brought them to 
Jerusalem. 

8 And from Betah, and from Bero- 
thai, cities of Hadadezer, king David 
took exceeding much brass. 

9 ^[ When Toi king of Hamath 
heard that David had smitten all the 
host of Hadadezer, • 

10 Then Toi sent Joram his son 
unto king David, to salute him, and 
to bless him, because he had fought 
against Hadadezer, and smitten him : 
for Hadadezer had wars with Toi. 
And Joram brought with him vessels 
of silver, and vessels of gold, and ves- 
sels of brass : 

11 Which also king David did ded- 
icate unto the Lord, with the silver 
and gold that he had dedicated of all 
nations which he subdued ; 

12 Of Syria, and of Moab, and of 
the children of Ammon, and of the 
Philistines, and of Amalek, and of 
the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Re- 
hob, king of Zobah. 

13 And David gat him a name 
when he returned from smiting of 
the Syrians in the valley of salt, 
being eighteen thousand men. 

14 IT And he put garrisons in Edom ; 
throughout all Edom put he garrisons, 
and all they of Edom became David's 
servants. And the Lord preserved 
David whithersoever he went. 

15 And David reigned over all Is- 
rael ; and David executed judgment 
and justice unto all his people. 

16 And Joab the son of Zeruiah 
was over the host ; and Jehoshaphat 
the son of Ahilud tvas recorder ; 

1 7 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and 
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were 
the priests ; and Serai ah was the scribe ; 

18 And Benaiah the son of Jehoi- 
ada was over both the Cherethites 
and the Pelethites ; and David's sons 
were chief rulers. 

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David entertaineth 



II. SAMUEL. 



Mephibosheth. 






CHAPTER IX. 

1 David by Ziba sendethfor Mephibosheth. 7 For Jon- 
athan's sake he entertaineth him at his table, and restor- 
cth him all that was Said's. 9 He maketh Ziba his 
farmer. 

AND David said, Is there yet any 
that is left of the house of Saul, 
that I may shew him kindness for 
Jonathan's sake ? 

2 And there was of the house of 
Saul a servant whose name was Ziba. 
And when they had called him unto 
David, the king said unto him, Art 
thou Ziba? And he said, Thy ser- 
vant is he. 

3 And the king said, Is there not 
yet any of the house of Saul, that I 
may shew the kindness of God unto 
him ? And Ziba said unto the king, 
Jonathan hath yet a son, which is 
lame on his feet. 

4 And the king said unto him, 
Where is he ? And Ziba said unto 
the king, Behold, he is in the house 
of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in 
Lo-debar. 

5 If Then king David sent, and 
fetched him out of the house of 
Machir, the son of Ammiel, from 
Lo-debar. 

6 Now when Mephibosheth, the 
son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, was 
come unto David, he fell on his face, 
and did reverence. And David said, 
Mephibosheth. And he answered, 
Behold thy servant ! 

7 If And David said unto him, Fear 
not : for I will surely shew thee kind- 
ness for Jonathan thy father's sake, 
and will restore thee all the land of 
Saul thy father; and thou shalt eat 
bread at my table continually. 

8 And he bowed himself, and said, 
What is thy servant, that thou 
shouldest look upon such a dead 
dog as I am ? 

9 If Then the king called to Ziba, 
Saul's servant, and said unto him, 
I have given unto thy master's son 
all that pertained to Saul and to all 
his house. 

10 Thou therefore, and thy sons, 
and thy servants, shall till the land 

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for him, and thou shalt bring in the, 
fruits, that thy master's son may have 
food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy 
master's son shall eat bread alway 
at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen 
sons and twenty servants. 

11 Then said Ziba unto the king, 
According to all that my lord the 
king hath commanded his servant, 
so shall thy servant do. As for Meph- 
ibosheth, said the king, he shall eat 
at my table, as one of the king's sons, 

12 And Mephibosheth had a young 
son, whose name was Micha. And 
all that dwelt in the house of Ziba 
were servants unto Mephibosheth. 

13 So Mephibosheth dwelt in Je- 
rusalem: for he did eat continually 
at the king's table ; and was lame 
on both his feet. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun the son of 
Nahash, are villanously entreated. 6 The Ammonites, 
strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and 
Abishai. 15 Shobach, making a new supply of the 
Syrians at Helam, is slain by David. 

AND it came to pass after this, 
that the king of the children 
of Ammon died, and Hanun his son 
reigned in his stead. 

2 Then said David, I will shew 
kindness unto Hanun the son of Na- 
hash, as his father shewed kindness 
unto me. And David sent to com- 
fort him by the hand of his servants 
for his father. And David's servants 
came into the land of the children of 
Ammon. 

3 And the princes of the children of 
Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, 
Thinkest thou tjiat David doth hon- 
our thy father, that he hath sent 
comforters unto thee ? hath not Da- 
vid rather sent his servants unto thee, 
to search the city, and to spy it out, 
and to overthrow it ? 

4 Wherefore Hanun took David's 
servants, and shaved off the one half 
of their beards, and cut off their gar- 
ments in the middle, even to their 
buttocks, and sent them away. 

5 When they told it unto David, he 
sent to meet them, because the men 



The Syrians defeated. 



II. SAMUEL. 



David's adultery. 



were greatly ashamed : and the king 
said, Tarry at Jericho until your 
beards be grown, and then return. 

6 IT And when the children of Am- 
nion saw that they stank before 
David, the children of Amnion sent 
and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, 
and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty 
thousand footmen, and of king Maa- 
eah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob 
twelve thousand men. 

7 And when David heard of it, he 
sent Joab, and all the host of the 
mighty men. 

8 And the children of Amnion came 
out, and put the battle in array at 
the entering in of the gate : and the 
Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and 
Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by them- 
selves in the field. 

9 When Joab saw that the front 
of the battle was against him before 
and behind, he chose of all the choice 
men of Israel, and put them in array 
against the Syrians : 

10 And the rest of the people he 
delivered into the hand of Abishai 
his brother, that he might put them 
in array against the children of Am- 
nion. 

11 And he said, If the Syrians be 
too strong for me, then thou shalt 
help me : but if the children of Am- 
nion be too strong for thee, then I 
will come and help thee. 

12 Be of good courage, and let us 
play the men for our people, and for 
the cities of our God : and the Lord 
do that which seemeth him good. 

13 And Joab drew nigh, and the 
people that were with him, unto the 
battle against the Syrians : and they 
fled before him. 

* 14 And when the children of Am- 
mon saw that the Syrians were fled, 
then fled they also before Abishai, 
and entered into the city. So Joab 
returned from the children of Am- 
mon, and came to Jerusalem. 

15 TT And when the Syrians saw 
that they were smitten before Israel, 
they gathered themselves together. 



1 6 And Hadarezer sent, and brought 
out the Syrians that were beyond the 
river ; and they came to Helam : and 
Shobach the captain of the host of 
Hadarezer went before them. 

17 And when it was told David, 
he gathered all Israel together, and 
passed over Jordan, and came to 
Helam. And the Syrians set them- 
selves in array against David, and 
fought with him. 

18 And the Syrians fled before 
Israel ; and David slew the men of 
seven hundred chariots of the Syr- 
ians, and forty thousand horsemen, 
and smote Shobach the. captain of 
their host, who died there. 

19 And when all the kings that were 
servants to Hadarezer saw that they 
were smitten before Israel, they made 
peace with Israel, and served them. 
So the Syrians feared to help the 
children of Ammon any more. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 While Joab besieged Rabbah, David committeth adul- 
tery with Bath-sheba. 6 Uriah, sent for by David to 
cover the adultery, would not go home neither sober nor 
drunken. 14 He carrieth to Joab the letter of his 
death. 18 Joab sendeth the news thereof to David. 26 
David taketh Bath-sheba to wife. 

AND it came to pass, after the 
XJL year was expired, at the time 
when kings go forth to battle, that 
David sent Joab, and his servants 
with him, and all Israel ; and they 
destroyed the children of Ammon, 
and besieged Habbah. But David 
tarried still at Jerusalem. 

2 If And it came to pass in an 
eveningtide, that David arose from 
off his bed, and walked upon the 
roof of the king's house: and from 
the roof he saw a woman washing 
herself; and the woman ipas very 
beautiful to look upon. 

3 And David sent and inquired 
after the woman. And one said, Is 
not this Bath-sheba, the daughter of 
Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite ? 

4 And David sent messengers, and 
took her ; and she came in unto him, 
and he lay with her; for she was 
purified from her uncleanness : and 
she returned unto her house. 

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Uriah is 



II. SAMUEL. 



slain in battle. 



5 And the woman conceived, and 
sent and told David, and said, I am 
with child. 

6 IT And David sent to Joab, say- 
mg, Send me Uriah the Hittite. And 
Joab sent Uriah to David. 

7 And when Uriah was come unto 
him, David demanded of him how 
Joab did, and how the people did, 
and how the war prospered. 

8 And David said to Uriah, Go 
down to thy house, and wash thy 
feet. And Uriah departed out of the 
king's house, and there followed him 
a mess of meat from the king. 

9 But Uriah slept at the door of the 
king's house with all the servants of 
his lord, and went not down to his 
house. 

10 And when they had told David, 
saying, Uriah went not down unto 
his house, David said unto Uriah, 
Camest thou not from thy journey ? 
why then didst thou not go down 
unto thine house ? 

11 And Uriah said unto David, The 
ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in 
tents ; and my lord Joab, and the 
servants of my lord, are encamped 
in the open fields; shall I then go 
into mine house, to eat and to drink, 
and to lie with my wife? as thou 
livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will 
not do this thing. 

12 And David said to Uriah, Tarry 
here to day also, and to morrow I will 
let thee depart. So Uriah abode in 
Jerusalem that day, and the morrow. 

13 And when David had called him, 
he did eat and drink before him; 
and he made him drunk: and at 
even he went out to lie on his bed 
with the servants of his lord, but 
went not down to his house. 

14 IT And it came to pass in the 
morning, that David wrote a letter 
to Joab, and sent it by the hand of 
Uriah. 

15 And he wrote in the letter, say- 
ing, Set ye Uriah in the forefront of 
the hottest battle, and retire ye from 
him, that he may be smitten, and die. 

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16 And it came to pass, when Joab 
observed the city, that he assigned 
Uriah unto a place where he knew 
that valiant men were. 

17 And the men of the city went 
out, and fought with Joab : and there 
fell some of the people of the servants 
of David ; and Uriah the Hittite died 
also. 

18 U Then Joab sent and told David 
all the things concerning the war ; 

19 And charged the messenger, 
saying, When thou hast made an 
end of telling the matters of the war 
unto the king, 

20 And if so be that the king's wrath 
arise, and he say unto thee, Where- 
fore approached ye so nigh unto the 
city when ye did fight? knew ye not 
that they would shoot from the wall? 

21 Who smote Abimelech the son 
of Jerubbesheth ? did not a woman 
cast a piece of a millstone upon him 
from the wall, that he died in The- 
bez ? why went ye nigh the wall ? 
then say thou, Thy servant Uriah 
the Hittite is dead also. 

22 If So the messenger went, and 
came and shewed David all that 
Joab had sent him for. 

23 And the messenger said unto 
David, Surely the men prevailed 
against us, and came out unto us in- 
to the field, and we were upon them 
even unto the entering of the gate. 

24 And the shooters shot from off 
the wall upon thy servants; and 
some of the king's servants be dead, 
and thy servant Uriah the Hittite is 
dead also. 

25 Then David said unto the mes- 
senger, Thus shalt thou say unto 
Joab, Let not this thing displease 
thee, for the sword devoureth one as 
well as another : make thy battle more 
strong against the city, and over- 
throw it : and encourage thou him. 

26 IT And when the wife of Uriah 
heard that Uriah her husband was 
dead, she mourned for her husband. 

27 And when the mourning was 
past, David sent and fetched her to 



Nathan's parable. 



II. SAMUEL. David confesseth his sin. 



his house, and she became his wife, 
and bare him a son. But the thing 
that David had done displeased the 
Lord. 

CHAPTEE XII. 

1 Nathan's parable of the ewe lamb cavseth David to be 
his own judge. *1 David, reproved by Nathan, confesseth 
his sin, and is pardoned. 15 David mourneth and 
prayeth for the child, while it lived. 24 Solomon is 
born, and named Jedidiah. 26 David taketh Rabbah, 
and tortureth the people thereof. 

A ND the Lord sent Nathan unto 
-ZjL David. And he came unto him, 
and said unto him, There were two 
men in one city ; the one rich, and 
the other poor. 

2 The rich man had exceeding 
many flocks and herds : 

3 But the poor man had nothing, 
save one little ewe lamb, which he 
had bought and nourished up : and 
it grew up together with him, and 
with his children ; it did eat of his 
own meat, and drank of his own cup, 
and lay in his bosom, and was unto 
him as a daughter. 

4 And there came a traveller unto 
the rich man, and he spared to take 
of his own flock and of his own herd, 
to dress for the wayfaring man that 
was come unto him ; but took the 
poor man's lamb, and dressed it for 
the man that was come to him. 

5 And David's anger was greatly 
kindled against the man ; and he 
said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, 
the man that hath done this thing 
shall surely die : 

6 And he shall restore the lamb 
fourfold, because he did this thing, 
and because he had no pity. 

7 *ft And Nathan said to David, 
Thou art the man. Thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee 
king over Israel, and I delivered thee 
out of the hand of Saul ; 

8 And I gave thee thy master's 
house, and thy master's wives into thy 
bosom, and gave thee the house of Is- 
rael and of Judah; and iithat hadbeen 
too little, I would moreover have giv- 
en unto thee such and such things. 

9 Wherefore hast thou despised the 
commandment of the Lord, to do evil 



in his sight ? thou hast killed Uriah 
the Hittite with the sword, and hast 
taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast 
slain him with the sword of the chil- 
dren of Ammon. 

10 Now therefore the sword shall 
never depart from thine house; be- 
cause thou hast despised me, and 
hast taken the wife of Uriah the 
Hittite to be thy wife. 

11 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, 1 
will raise up evil against thee out of 
thine own house, and I will take thy 
wives before thine eyes, and give 
them unto thy neighbour, and he 
shall lie with thy wives in the sight 
of this sun. 

12 For thou didst it secretly: but 
I will do this thing before all Israel, 
and before the sun. 

13 And David said unto Nathan, 1 
have sinned against the Lord. And 
Nathan said unto David, The Lord 
also hath put away thy sin; thou 
shalt not die. 

14 Howbeit, because by this deed 
thou hast given great occasion to the 
enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, 
the child also that is born unto thee 
shall surely die. 

15 IT And Nathan departed unto 
his house. And the Lord struck the 
child % that Uriah's wife bare unto Da- 
vid, and it was very sick. 

16 David therefore besought God 
for the child ; and David fasted, and 
went in, and lay all night upon the 
earth. 

17 And the elders of his house 
arose, and went to him, to raise him 
up from the earth : but he would not, 
neither did he eat bread with them. 

18 And it came to pass on the sev- 
enth day, that the child died. And 
the servants of David feared to tell 
him that the child was dead: for 
they said, Behold, while the child 
was yet alive, we spake unto him, 
and he would not hearken unto 
our voice : how will he then vex him- 
self, if we tell him that the child is 
dead? 

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II. SAMUEL. 



19 But when David saw that his 
servants whispered, David perceived 
that the child was dead: therefore 
David said unto his servants, Is the 
child dead ? And they said, He is dead. 

20 Then David arose from the earth, 
and washed, and anointed himself, 
and changed his apparel, and came 
into the house of the Lord, and wor- 
shipped : then he came to his own 
house; and when he required, they 
set bread before him, and he did eat. 

21 Then said his servants unto him, 
What thing is this that thou hast 
done ? thou didst fast and weep for 
the child, while it was alive ; but 
when the child was dead, thou didst 
rise and eat bread. 

22 And he said, While the child 
was yet alive, I fasted and wept : for 
I said, Who can tell whether God will 
be gracious to me, that the child may 
live? 

23 But now he is dead, wherefore 
should I fast ? can I bring him back 
again ? I shall go to him, but he shall 
not return to me. 

24 If And David comforted Bath- 
sheba his wife, and went in unto her, 
and lay with her : and she bare a 
son, and he called his name Solomon : 
and the Lord loved him. 

25 And he sent by the hand of Na- 
than the prophet; and he called his 
name Jedidiah, because of the Lord. 

2 6 H And Joab fought against Rab- 
bah of the children of Ammon, and 
took the royal city. 

27 And Joab sent messengers 
to David, and said, I have fought 
against Rabbah, and have taken the 
city of waters. 

28 Now therefore gather the rest 
of the people together, and encamp 
against the city, and take it : lest I 
take the city, and it be called after 
my name. 

29 And David gathered all the peo- 
ple together, and went to Rabbah, 
and fought against it, and took it. 

30 And he took their king's crown 
from oil' his head, the weight whereof 

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Amnon for ceth his 

was a talent of gold with the pre- 
cious stones : and it was set on David's 
head. And he brought forth the spoil 
of the city in great abundance. 

31 And he brought forth the people 
that were therein, and put them un- 
der saws, and under harrows of iron, 
and under axes of iron, and made 
them pass through the brickkiln : 
and thus did he unto all the cities of 
the children of Ammon. So David 
and all the people returned unto 
Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Amnon loving Tamar, by JonadaUs counsel feigning 
himself sick, ravishcth her. 15 He hateth her, and 
shamefully turneth her away. 19 Absalom entertain- 
eth her, and concealeth his purpose. 23 At a sheep- 
shearing, among all the king's sons, he killeth Amnon. 
30 David grieving at the news is comforted by Jona- 
dab. 37 Absalom fleeth to Talmai at Geshur. 

A ND it came to pass after this, that 
JT-L Absalom the son of David had a 
fair sister, whose name was Tamar; 
and Amnon the son of David loved 
her. 

2 And Amnon was so vexed, that 
he fell sick for his sister Tamar ; for 
she was a virgin ; and Amnon thought 
it hard for him to do any thing to her. 

3 But Amnon had a friend, whose 
name was Jonadab, the son of Shim- 
eah David's brother: and Jonadab 
was a very subtile man. 

4 And he said unto him, Why art 
thou, being the king's son, lean from 
day to day? wilt thou not tell me? 
And Amnon said unto him, I love 
Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister. 

5 And Jonadab said unto him, Lay 
thee down on thy bed, and make 
thyself sick: and when thy father 
cometh to see thee, say unto him, I 
pray thee, let my sister Tamar come, 
and give me meat, and dress the 
meat in my sight, that I may see it, 
and eat it at her hand. 

6 1[ So Amnon lay down, and made 
himself sick : and when the king was 
come to see him, Amnon said unto 
the king, I pray thee, let Tamar my 
sister come, and make me a couple 
of cakes in my sight, that I may eat 
at her hand. 



sister Tamar, and 



II. SAMUEL. 



afterwards hateth her. 



7 Then David sent home to Tamar, 
saying, Go now to thy brother Am- 
non's house, and dress him meat. 

8 So Tamar went to her brother 
Amnon's house ; and he was laid 
down. And she took flour, and 
kneaded it, and made cakes in his 
sight, and did bake the cakes. 

9 And she took a pan, and poured 
them out before him ; but he refused 
to eat. And Amnon said, Have out 
all men from me. And they went 
out every man from him. 

10 And Amnon said unto Tamar, 
Bring the meat into the chamber, 
that I may eat of thine hand. And 
Tamar took the cakes which she had 
made, and brought them into the 
chamber to Amnon her brother. 

11 And when she had brought them 
unto him to eat, he took hold of her, 
and said unto her, Come lie with me, 
my sister. 

12 And she answered him, Nay, 
my brother, do not force me ; for no 
such thing ought to be done in Is- 
rael : do not thou this folly. 

13 And I, whither shall I cause 
my shame to go ? and as for thee, 
thou shalt be as one of the fools in 
Israel. Now therefore, I pray thee, 
speak unto the king; for he will 
not withhold me from thee. 

14 Howbeit he would not hearken 
unto her voice: but, being stronger 
than she, forced her, and lay with 
her. 

15 IT Then Amnon hated her ex- 
ceedingly ; so that the hatred where- 
with he hated her was greater than 
the love wherewith he had loved her. 
And Amnon said unto her, Arise, be 
gone. 

16 And she said unto him, There is 
no cause: this evil in sending me 
away is greater than the other that 
thou didst unto me. But he would 
not hearken unto her. 

17 Then he called his servant that 
ministered unto him, and said, Put 
now this woman out from me, and 
bolt the door after her. 

2.5 



18 And she had a garment of divers 
colours upon her : for with such robes 
were the king's daughters that were 
virgins apparelled. Then his servant 
brought her out, and bolted the door 
after her. 

19 IT And Tamar put ashes on her 
head, and rent her garment of divers 
colours that was on her, and laid her 
hand on her head, and went on cry- 
ing. 

20 And Absalom her brother said 
unto her, Hath Amnon thy brother 
been with thee ? but hold now thy 
peace, my sister : he is thy brother ; 
regard not this thing. So Tamar 
remained desolate in her brother 
Absalom's house. 

21 IT But when king David heard 
of all these things, he was very 
wroth. 

22 And Absalom spake unto his 
brother Amnon neither good nor bad : 
for Absalom hated Amnon, because 
he had forced his sister Tamar. 

23 IT And it came to pass after two 
full years, that Absalom had sheep- 
shearers in Baal-hazor, which is be- 
side Ephraim : and Absalom invited 
all the king's sons. 

24 And Absalom came to the king, 
and said, Behold now, thy servant 
hath sheepshearers ; let the king, I 
beseech thee, and his servants go 
with thy servant. 

25 And the king said to Absalom, 
Nay, my son, let us not all now go, 
lest we be chargeable unto thee. 
And he pressed him: howbeit he 
would not go, but blessed him. 

26 Then said Absalom, If not, I 
pray thee, let my brother Amnon go 
with us. And the king said unto 
him, Why should he go with thee ?: 

27 But Absalom pressed him, that 
he let Amnon and all the king's sons- 
go with him. 

28 If Now Absalom had command- 
ed his servants, saying, Mark ye now 
when Amnon's heart is merry with 
wine, and when I say unto you,. 
Smite Amnon; then kill him, fear 

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Absalom hilleth Amnon. 



II. SAMUEL. 



JoaVs artifice to 



not: have not I commanded you? 
be courageous, and be valiant. 

29 And the servants of Absalom 
did unto Amnon as Absalom had 
commanded. Then all the king's 
sons arose, and every man gat him 
up upon his mule, and fled. 

30 1[ And it came to pass, while 
they were in the way, that tidings 
came to David, saying, Absalom 
hath slain all the king's sons, and 
there is not one of them left. 

31 Then the king arose, and tare 
his garments, and lay on the earth; 
and all his servants stood by with 
their clothes rent. 

32 And Jonadab, the son of Shim- 
eah David's brother, answered and 
said, Let not my lord suppose that 
they have slain all the young men 
the king's sons ; for Amnon only is 
dead : for by the appointment of Absa- 
lom this hath been determined from 
the day that he forced his sister Tamar. 

33 Now therefore let not my lord 
the king take the thing to his heart, 
to think that all the king's sons are 
dead : for Amnon only is dead. 

34 But Absalom fled. And the 
young man that kept the watch lift- 
ed up his eyes, and looked, and, be- 
hold, there came much people by the 
way of the hill side behind him. 

35 And Jonadab said unto the king, 
Behold, the king's sons come : as thy 
servant said, so it is. 

36 And it came to pass, as soon as 
he had made an end of speaking, 
that, behold, the king's sons came, 
and lifted up their voice and wept : 
and the king also and all his servants 
wept very sore. 

37 If But Absalom fled, and went 
to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king 
of Geshur. And David mourned for 
his son every day. 

38 So Absalom fled, and went to 
Geshur, and was there three years. 

39 And the soul of king David long- 
ed to go forth unto Absalom : for he 
was comforted concerning Amnon, 
seeing he was dead. 

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CHAPTER XIV. 

1 Joab, suborning a widow of Tekoah, by a parable to 
incline the king's lieart to fetch home Absalom, bring- 
eth him to Jerusalem. 25 Absalom's beauty, hair, 
and children. 28 After two years, Absalom by Joab 
is brought into the king's presence. 

NOW Joab the son of Zeruiah 
perceived that the king's heart 
was toward Absalom. 

2 And Joab sent to Tekoah, and 
fetched thence a wise woman, and 
said unto her, I pray thee, feign thy- 
self to be a mourner, and put on now 
mourning apparel, and anoint not 
thyself with oil, but be as a woman 
that had a long time mourned for the 
dead : 

3 And come to the king, and speak 
on this manner unto him. So Joab 
put the words in her mouth. 

4 IT And when the woman of Te- 
koah spake to the king, she fell on 
her face to the ground, and did obei- 
sance, and said, Help, O king. 

5 And the king said unto her, What 
aileth thee ? And she answered, I am 
indeed a widow woman, and mine 
husband is dead. 

6 And thy handmaid had two sons, 
and they two strove together in the 
field, and there was none to part 
them, but the one smote the other, 
and slew him. 

7 And, behold, the whole family is 
risen against thine handmaid, and 
they said, Deliver him that smote his 
brother, that we may kill him, for the 
life of his brother whom he slew; 
and we will destroy the heir also: 
and so they shall quench my coal 
which is left, and shall not leave to 
my husband neither name nor re- 
mainder upon the earth. 

8 And the king said unto the wo- 
man, Go to thine house, and I will 
give charge concerning thee. 

9 And the woman of Tekoah said 
unto the king, My lord, O king, the 
iniquity be on me, and on my father's 
house : and the king and his throne 
be guiltless. 

10 And the king said, Whosoever 
saith aught unto thee, bring him to 



bring Absalom home. 



II. SAMUEL. 



Absalom 's return. 



me, and he shall not touch thee any 
more. 

11 Then said she, I pray thee, let 
the king rememher the Lord thy 
God, that thou wouidest not suffer 
the revengers of hlood to destroy 
any more, lest they destroy my son. 
And he said, As the Lord liveth, there 
shall not one hair of thy son fall to 
the earth. 

12 Then the woman said, Let thine 
handmaid, I pray thee, speak one 
word unto my lord the king. And he 
said, Say on. 

13 And the woman said, Wherefore 
then hast thou thought such a thing 
against the people of God? for the 
king doth speak this thing as one 
which is faulty, in that the king doth 
not fetch home again his banished. 

14 For we must needs die, and are 
as water spilt on the ground, which 
cannot he gathered up again ; neither 
doth God respect any person; yet doth 
he devise means, that his banished be 
not expelled from him. 

15 Now therefore that I am come to 
speak of this thing unto my lord the 
king, it is because the people have 
made me afraid : and thy handmaid 
said, I will now speak unto the king ; 
it may be that the king will perform 
the request of his handmaid. 

16 For the king will hear, to deliv- 
er his handmaid out of the hand of 
the man that would destroy me and 
my son together out of the inheri- 
tance of God. 

17 Then thine handmaid said, The 
word of my lord the king shall now 
be comfortable : for as an angel of God, 
so is my lord the king to discern good 
and bad : therefore the Lord thy God 
will be with thee. 

18 Then the king answered and 
said unto the woman, Hide not from 
me, I pray thee, the thing that I shall 
ask thee. And the woman said, Let 
my lord the king now speak. 

19 And the king said, Is not the 
hand of Joab with thee in all this ? 
And the woman answered and said, 



As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, 
none can turn to the right hand or to 
the left from aught that my lord the 
king hath spoken: for thy servant 
Joab, he bade me, and he put all 
these words in the mouth of thine 
handmaid : 

20 To fetch about this form of 
speech hath thy servant Joab done 
this thing : and my lord is wise, accor- 
ding to the wisdom of an angel of 
God, to know all things that are in 
the earth. 

21 If And the king said unto Joab, 
Behold now, I have done this thing : 
go therefore, bring the young man 
Absalom again. 

22 And Joab fell to the ground 
on his face, and bowed himself, and 
thanked the king : and Joab said, To 
day thy servant knoweth that I have 
found grace in thy sight, my lord, O 
king, in that the king hath fulfilled 
the request of his servant. 

23 So Joab arose and went to Ge- 
shur, and brought Absalom to Jeru- 
salem. 

24 And the king said, Let him turn 
to his own house, and let him not see 
my face. So Absalom returned to 
his own house, and saw not the king's 
face. 

25 IT But in all Israel there was 
none to be so much praised as Absa- 
lom for his beauty : from the sole of 
his foot even to the crown of his head 
there was no blemish in him, 

26 And when he polled his head, 
(for it was at every year's end that 
he polled it; because the hair was 
heavy on him, therefore he polled it :) 
he weighed the hair of his head at 
two hundred shekels after the king's 
weight. 

27 And unto Absalom there were 
born three sons, and one daughter, 
whose name was Tamar : she was a 
woman of a fair countenance. 

28 If So Absalom dwelt two full 
years in Jerusalem, and saw not the 
king's face. 

29 Therefore Absalom sent for Joab, 

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Absalom 's rebellion. 



II. SAMUEL. 



David fleeth 



to have sent him to the king ; but he 
would not come to him : and when he 
sent again the second time, he would 
not come. 

30 Therefore he said unto his ser- 
vants, See, Joab's field is near mine, 
and he hath barley there ; go and set 
it on fire. And Absalom's servants 
set the field on fire. 

31 Then Joab arose, and came to 
Absalom unto his house, and said un- 
to him, Wherefore have thy servants 
set my field on fire ? 

32 And Absalom answered Joab, 
Behold, I sent unto thee, saying, 
Come hither, that I may send thee to 
the king, to say, Wherefore am I come 
from Geshur? it had been good for 
me to have been there still : now there- 
fore let me see the king's face ; and 
if there be any iniquity in me, let 
him kill me. 

33 So Joab came to the king, and 
told him: and when he had called 
for Absalom, he came to the king, 
and bowed himself on his face to the 
ground before the king : and the king 
kissed Absalom. 

CHAPTER XY. 

1 Absalom, by fair' speeches and courtesies, stealeth the 
hearts of Israel. 7 Under pretence of a vow he obtaineth 
leave to go to Hebron. 10 He maheth there a great 
conspiracy. 13 David upon the news fleeth from Je- 
rusalem. 19 Ittai would not leave him. 24 Zadok 
and A biathar are sent back with the ark. 30 David 
and his company go up mount Olivet weeping. 31 He 
cur set h AhithopheVs counsel. 32 Hushai is sent back 
with instructions. 

AND it came to pass after this, 
that Absalom prepared him 
chariots and horses, and fifty men to 
run before him. 

2 And Absalom rose up early, and 
stood beside the way of the gate : and 
it was so, that when any man that 
had a controversy came to the king 
for judgment, then Absalom called 
unto him, and said, Of what city art 
thou ? And he said, Thy servant is of 
one of the tribes of Israel. 

3 And Absalom said unto him, See, 
thy matters are good and right ; but 
there is no man dejmted of the king 
to hear thee. 

4 Absalom said moreover, Oh that 

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I were made judge in the land, that 
every man which hath any suit or 
cause might come unto me, and I 
would do him justice ! 

5 And it was so, that when any man 
came nigh to him to do him obeisance, 
he put forth his hand, and took him, 
and kissed him. 

6 And on this manner did Absalom 
to all Israel that came to the king for 
judgment : so Absalom stole the hearts 
of the men of Israel. 

7 T| And it came to pass after forty 
years, that Absalom said unto the 
king, I pray thee, let me go and pay 
my vow, which I have vowed unto 
the Lord, in Hebron. 

8 For thy servant vowed a vow 
while I abode at Geshur in Syria, 
saying, If the Lord shall bring me 
again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will 
serve the Lord. 

9 And the king said unto him, Go 
in peace. So he arose, and went to 
Hebron. 

10 T But Absalom sent spies 
throughout all the tribes of Israel, 
saying, As soon as ye hear the sound 
of the trumpet, then ye shall say, Ab- 
salom reigneth in Hebron. 

11 And with Absalom went two 
hundred men out of Jerusalem, that 
were called ; and they went in their 
simplicity, and they knew not any 
thing. 

12 And Absalom sent for Ahitho- 
phel the Gilonite, David's counsellor, 
from his city, even from Giloh, while 
he offered sacrifices. And the conspir- 
acy was strong ; for the people in- 
creased continually with Absalom. 

13 11" And there came a messenger 
to David, saying, The hearts of the 
men of Israel are after Absalom. 

14 And David said unto all his ser- 
vants that were with him at Jerusa- 
lem, Arise, and let us flee; for we 
shall not else escape from Absalom: 
make speed to depart, lest he over- 
take us suddenly, and bring evil up- 
on us, and smite the city with the 
edge of the sword. 



from Jerusalem. 



II. SAMUEL. 



The ark is sent back. 



15 And the king's servants said 
unto the king, Behold, thy servants 
are ready to do whatsoever my lord 
the king shall appoint. 

16 And the king went forth, and 
all his household after him. And 
the king left ten women, which were 
concubines, to keep the house. 

17 And the king went forth, and 
all the people after him, and tarried 
in a place that was far off. 

18 And all his servants passed on 
beside him ; and all the Cherethites, 
and all the Pelethites, and all the 
Gittites, six hundred men which 
came after him from Gath, passed 
on before the king. 

19 ^f Then said the king to Ittai 
the Gittite, Wherefore goest thou 
also with us ? return to thy place, 
and abide with the king: for thou 
art a stranger, and also an exile. 

20 Whereas thou earnest but yes- 
terday, should I this day make thee 
go up and down with us? seeing I 
go whither I may, return thou, and 
take back thy brethren: mercy and 
truth be with thee. 

21 And Ittai answered the king, 
and said, As the Lord liveth, and 
as my lord the king liveth, surely in 
what place my lord the king shall 
be, whether in death or life, even 
there also will thy servant be. 

22 And David said to Ittai, Go and 
pass over. And Ittai the Gittite 
passed over, and all his men, and all 
the little ones that were with him. 

23 And all the country wept with 
a loud voice, and all the people 
passed over: the king also himself 
passed over the brook Kidron, and 
all the people passed over, toward 
the way of the wilderness. 

24 IT And lo Zadok also, and all 
the Levites were with him, bearing 
the ark of the covenant of God : and 
they set down the ark of God ; and 
Abiathar went up, until all the peo- 
ple had done passing out of the city. 

25 And the king said unto Zadok, 
Carry back the ark of God into the 



city: if I shall find favour in the 
eyes of the Lord, he will bring me 
again, and shew me both it, and his 
habitation : 

26 But if he thus say, I have no 
delight in thee; behold, here am I, 
let him do to me as seemeth good 
unto him. 

27 The king said also unto Zadok 
the priest, Art not thou a seer ? return 
into the city in peace, and your two 
sons with you, Ahimaaz thy son, and 
Jonathan the son of Abiathar. 

28 See, I will tarry in the plain 
of the wilderness, until there come 
word from you to certify me. 

29 Zadok therefore and Abiathar 
carried the ark of God again to Je- 
rusalem : and they tarried there. 

30 IT And David went up by the 
ascent of mount Olivet, and wept as 
he went up, and had his head cover- 
ed, and he went barefoot: and all 
the people that was with him cov- 
ered every man his head, and they 
went up, weeping as they went up. 

31 IT And one told David, saying, 
Ahithophel is among the conspirators 
with Absalom. And David said, O 
Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel 
of Ahithophel into foolishness. 

32 IT And it came to pass, that 
when David was come to the top of 
the mount, where he worshipped God, 
behold, Hushai the Archite came to 
meet him with his coat rent, and 
earth upon his head : 

33 Unto whom David said, If thou 
passest on with me, then thou shalt 
be a burden unto me : 

34 But if thou return to the city, 
and say unto Absalom, I will be thy 
servant, O king; as I have been thy 
father's servant hitherto, so will I 
now also be thy servant : then may- 
est thou for me defeat the counsel of 
Ahithophel. 

35 And hast thou not there with 
thee Zadok and Abiathar the 
priests ? therefore it shall be, that 
what thing soever thou shalt hear 
out of the king's house, thou shalt 

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Zibet's falsehood. 



II. SAMUEL. 



Shimei eurseih David. 



tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the 
priests. 

36 Behold, they have there with 
them their two sons, Ahimaaz Za- 
dok's son, and Jonathan Abiathar's 
son ; and by them ye shall send unto 
me every thing that ye can hear. 

37 So Hushai David's friend came 
into the city, and Absalom came in- 
to Jerusalem. 

CHAPTEK XYI. 

1 Ziba, by presents and false suggestions, obtaineth hi» 
master's inheritance. 5 At Bahurim Shimei curseth 
David. 9 David with patience abstaineth, and restrain- 
eth others, from revenge. 15 Hushai insinuateth him- 
self into Absalom's counsel. 20 AhithopheVs counsel. 

AND when David was a little 
past the top of the hill, behold, 
Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth 
met him, with a couple of asses 
saddled, and upon them two hun- 
dred loaves of bread, and a hun- 
dred bunches of raisins, and a hun- 
dred of summer fruits, and a bottle 
of wine. 

2 And the king said unto Ziba, 
What meanest thou by these ? And 
Ziba said, The asses be for the king's 
household to ride on ; and the bread 
and summer fruit for the young men 
to eat ; and the wine, that such as 
be faint in the wilderness may drink. 

3 And the king said, And where 
is thy master's son ? And Ziba said 
unto the king, Behold, he abideth at 
Jerusalem : for he said, To day shall 
the house of Israel restore me the 
kingdom of my father. 

4 Then said the king to Ziba, Be- 
hold, thine are all that pertained 
unto Mephibosheth. And Ziba said, 
I humbly beseech thee that I may 
find grace in thy sight, my lord, O 
king. 

5 IT And when king David came to 
Bahurim, behold, thence came out a 
man of the family of the house of 
Saul, whose name was Shimei, the 
son of Gera: he came forth, and 
cursed still as he came. 

6 And he cast stones at David, and 
at all the servants of king David : 
and all the people and all the mighty 

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men were on his right hand and on 
his left. 

7 And thus said Shimei when he 
cursed, Come out, come out, thou 
bloody man, and thou man of Belial : 

8 The Lord hath returned upon 
thee all the blood of the house of 
Saul, in whose stead thou hast reign- 
ed ; and the Lord hath delivered the 
kingdom into the hand of Absalom 
thy son : and, behold, thou art taken 
in thy mischief, because thou art a 
bloody man. 

9 Tf Then said Abishai the son of 
Zeruiah unto the king, Why should 
this dead dog curse my lord the 
king? let me go over, I pray thee, 
and take off his head. 

10 And the king said, What have 
I to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah ? 
so let him curse, because the Lord 
hath said unto him, Curse David. 
Who shall then say, Wherefore hast 
thou done so ? 

1 1 And David said to Abishai, and 
to all his servants, Behold, my son, 
which came forth of my bowels, 
seeketh my life: how much more 
now may this Benjamite do it? let 
him alone, and let him curse ; for 
the Lord hath bidden him. 

12 It may be that the Lord will 
look on mine affliction, and that the 
Lord will requite me good for his 
cursing this day. 

13 And as David and his men went 
by the way, Shimei went along on 
the hill's side over against him, and 
cursed as he went, and threw stones 
at him, and cast dust. 

14 And the king, and all the peo- 
ple that were with him, came weary, 
and refreshed themselves there. 

15 If And Absalom, and all the 
people the men of Israel, came to 
Jerusalem, and Ahithophel with him. 

16 And it came to pass, when Hu- 
shai the Archite, David's friend, was 
come unto Absalom, that Hushai said 
unto Absalom, God save the king, 
God save the king. 

17 And Absalom said to Hushai, 



/ 



AhithopheV s counsel 



II. SAMUEL. 



defeated by Hushai s. 



Is this thy kindness to thy friend? 
why wentest thou not with thy 
friend ? 

18 And Hushai said unto Absalom, 
Nay; but whom the Lord, and this 
people, and all the men of Israel, 
choose, his will I he, and with him 
will I abide. 

1 9 And again, whom should I serve ? 
should I not serve in the presence of 
his son ? as I have served in thy 
father's presence, so will I be in thy 
presence. 

20 IT Then said Absalom to Ahith- 
ophel, Give counsel among you what 
we shall do. 

21 And Ahithophel said unto Ab- 
salom, Go in unto thy father's con- 
cubines, which he hath left to keep 
the house ; and all Israel shall hear 
that thou art abhorred of thy father : 
then shall the hands of all that are 
with thee be strong. 

22 So they spread Absalom a tent 
upon the top of the house ; and Ab- 
salom went in unto his father's con- 
cubines in the sight of all Israel. 

23 And the counsel of Ahithophel, 
which he counselled in those days, 
was as if a man had inquired at the 
oracle of God : so was all the coun- 
sel of Ahithophel both with David 
and with Absalom. 

CHAPTEE XVII. 

1 Ahithophel s counsel is overthrown by HushaVs, ac- 
cording to God's appointment. 15 Secret intelligence 
is sent unto David. 23 Ahithophel hangeth himself. 
25 Amasa is made captain. 27 David at Mahanaim 
is furnished with provision. 

MOREOVER Ahithophel said un- 
to Absalom, Let me now choose 
out twelve thousand men, and I 
will arise and pursue after David 
this night : 

2 And I will come upon him while 
he is weary and weak handed, and 
will make him afraid: and all the 
people that are with him shall flee ; 
and I will smite the king only : 

3 And I will bring back all the 
people unto thee: the man whom 
thou seekest is as if all returned: 
so all the people shall be in peace. 



4 And the saying pleased Absalom 
well, and all the elders of Israel. 

5 Then said Absalom, Call now 
Hushai the Archite also, and let us 
hear likewise what he saith. 

6 And when Hushai was come to 
Absalom, Absalom spake unto him, 
saying, Ahithophel hath spoken after 
this manner: shall we do after his 
saying ? if not, speak thou. 

7 And Hushai said unto Absalom, 
The counsel that Ahithophel hath 
given is not good at this time. 

8 For, said Hushai, thou knowest 
thy father and his men, that they be 
mighty men, and they be chafed in 
their minds, as a bear robbed of her 
whelps in the field : and thy father 
is a man of war, and will not lodge 
with the people. 

9 Behold, he is hid now in some 
pit, or in some other place : and it 
will come to pass, when some of 
them be overthrown at the first, that 
whosoever heareth it will say, There 
is a slaughter among the people that 
follow Absalom. 

10 And he also that is valiant, 
whose heart is as the heart of a 
lion, shall utterly melt: for all Is- 
rael knoweth that thy father is a 
mighty man, and they which be with 
him are valiant men. 

11 Therefore I counsel that all Is- 
rael be generally gathered unto thee, 
from Dan even to Beer-sheba, as the 
sand that is by the sea for multi- 
tude ; and that thou go to battle in 
thine own person. 

12 So shall we come upon him in 
some place where he shall be found, 
and we will light upon him as the 
dew falleth on the ground : and of 
him and of all the men that are with 
him there shall not be left so much 
as one. 

13 Moreover, if he be gotten into a 
city, then shall all Israel bring ropes 
to that city, and we will draw it into 
the river, until there be not one small 
stone found there. 

14 And Absalom and all the men 

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David is advised thereof. II. SAMUEL. Ahithophel hangeth himself. 



of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai 
the Archite is better than the coun- 
sel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had 
appointed to defeat the good counsel 
of Ahithophel, to the intent that the 
Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. 

15 IT Then said Hushai unto Zadok 
and to Abiathar the priests, Thus 
and thus did M Ahithophel counsel 
Absalom and the elders of Israel; 
and thus and thus have I counselled. 

16 Now therefore send quickly, 
and tell David, saying, Lodge not 
this night in the plains of the wil- 
derness, but speedily pass over; lest 
the king be swallowed up, and all 
the people that are with him. 

17 Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz 
stayed by En-rogel; for they might 
not be seen to come into the city: 
and a wench went and told them ; 
and they went and told king David. 

18 Nevertheless, a lad saw them, 
and told Absalom: but they went 
both of them away quickly, and 
came to a man's house in Bahurim, 
which had a well in his court ; whith- 
er they went down. 

19 And the woman took and spread 
a covering over the well's mouth, and 
spread ground corn thereon ; and the 
thing was not known. 

20 And when Absalom's servants 
came to the woman to the house, 
they said, Where is Ahimaaz and 
Jonathan? And the woman said 
unto them, They be gone over the 
brook of water. And when they had 
sought and could not find them, they 
returned to Jerusalem. 

21 And it came to pass, after they 
were departed, that they came up 
out of the well, and went and told 
king David, and said unto David, 
Arise, and pass quickly over the 
water: for thus hath Ahithophel 
counselled against you. 

22 Then David arose, and all the 
people that were with him, and they 
passed over Jordan : by the morning 
light there lacked not one of them 
that was not gone over Jordan. 

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23 TT And when Ahithophel saw 
that his counsel was not followed, 
he saddled his ass, and arose, and 
gat him home to his house, to his 
city, and put his household in order, 
and hanged himself, and died, and was 
buried in the sepulchre of his father. 

24 Then David came to Mahanaim. 
And Absalom passed over Jordan, 
he and all the men of Israel with 
him. 

25 U And Absalom made Amasa 
captain of the host instead of Joab : 
which Amasa was a man's son, whose 
name was Ithra an Israelite, that 
went in to Abigail the daughter of 
Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's 
mother. 

26 So Israel and Absalom pitched 
in the land of Gilead. 

27 IT And it came to pass, when 
David was come to Mahanaim, that 
Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah 
of the children of Ammon, and Ma- 
chir the son of Ammiel of Lo-debar, 
and Barzillai the GileaditeofHogelim, 

28 Brought beds, and basins, and 
earthen vessels, and wheat, and barley, 
and flour, and parched corn, and beans, 
and lentiles, and parched pulse, 

29 And honey, and butter, and 
sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, 
and for the people that were with 
him, to eat : for they said, The peo-. 
pie is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, 
in the wilderness. 

CHAPTEE XVIII. 

1 David viewing the armies in their march giveth them 
charge of Absalom. 6 The Israelites are sore smitten 
in the wood of Ephraim. 9 Absalom, hanging in an 
oak, is slain by Joab, and cast into a pit. 18 Ab- 
salom's place. 19 Ahimaaz and Cushi bring tidings 
to David. 33 David mourneth for Absalom. 

AND David numbered the people 
that were with him, and set 
captains of thousands and captains 
of hundreds over them. 

2 And David sent forth a third 
part of the people under the hand 
of Joab, and a third part under the 
hand of Abishai the son of Zemiah, 
Joab's brother, and a third part under 
the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And 



The Israelites smitten. 



II. SAMUEL. 



Absalom slain by Joab. 



the king said unto the people, I will 
surely go forth with you myself also. 

3 But the people answered, Thou 
shalt not go forth : for if we flee away, 
they will not care for us ; neither if 
half of us die, will they care for us : 
but now thou art worth ten thousand 
of us : therefore now it is hetter that 
thou succour us out of the city. 

4 And the king said unto them, 
What seemeth you best I will do. 
And the king stood by the gate side, 
and all the people came out by hun- 
dreds and by thousands. 

5 And the king commanded Joab 
and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Deal 
gently for my sake with the young 
man, even with Absalom. And all 
the people heard when the king gave 
all the captains charge concerning 
Absalom. 

6 IT So the people went out into the 
field against Israel: and the battle 
was in the wood of Ephraim ; 

7 Where the people of Israel were 
slain before the servants of David, 
and there was there a great slaughter 
that day of twenty thousand men. 

8 For the battle was there scat- 
tered over the face of all the country : 
and the wood devoured more people 
that day than the sword devoured. 

9 % And Absalom met the servants 
of David. And Absalom rode upon 
a mule, and the mule went under the 
thick boughs of a great oak, and his 
head caught hold of the oak, and he 
was taken up between the heaven 
and the earth ; and the mule that 
was under him went away. 

10 And a certain man saw it, and 
told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw 
Absalom hanged in an oak. 

11 And Joab said unto the man 
that told him, And, behold, thou 
sawest him, and why didst thou not 
smite him there to the ground ? and 
I would have given thee ten shekels 
of silver, and a girdle. 

12 And the man said unto Joab, 
Though I should receive a thousand 
shekels of silver in mine hand, yet 



would I not put forth mine hand 
against the king's son : for in our 
hearing the king charged thee and 
Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware 
that none touch the young man Ab- 
salom. 

13 Otherwise I should have wrought 
falsehood against mine own life : for 
there is no matter hid from the king, 
and thou thyself wouldest have set 
thyself against me. 

14 Then said Joab, I may not tarry 
thus with thee. And he took three 
darts in his hand, and thrust them 
through the heart of Absalom, while 
he was yet alive in the midst of the 
oak. 

15 And ten young men that bare 
Joab's armour compassed about and 
smote Absalom, and slew him. 

16 And Joab blew the trumpet, and 
the people returned from pursuing 
after Israel : for Joab held back the 
people. 

17 And they took Absalom, and 
cast him into a great pit in the 
wood, and laid a very great heap 
of stones upon him : and all Israel 
fled every one to his tent. 

18 IT Now Absalom in his lifetime 
had taken and reared up for himself 
a pillar, which is in the king's dale : 
for he said, I have no son to keep 
my name in remembrance: and he 
called the pillar after his own name: 
and it is called unto this day, Absa- 
lom's place. 

19 TT Then said Ahimaaz the son 
of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear 
the king tidings, how that the Lord 
hath avenged him of his enemies. 

20 And Joab said unto him, Thou 
shalt not bear tidings this day, but 
thou shalt bear tidings another day : 
but this day thou shalt bear no ti- 
dings, because the king's son is dead. 

21 Then said Joab to Cushi, Go 
tell the king what thou hast seen. 
And Cushi bowed himself unto Joab, 
and ran. 

22 Then said Ahimaaz the son of 
Zadok yet again to Joab, But how- 

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David mourneth 



II. SAMUEL. 



for Absalom. 



soever, let me, I pray thee, also run 
after Cushi. And Joab said, Where- 
fore wilt thou run, my son, seeing 
that thou hast no tidings ready ? 

23 But howsoever, said he, let me 
run. And he said unto him, Run. 
Then Ahimaaz ran by the way of 
the plain, and overran Cushi. 

24 And David sat between the two 
gates : and the watchman went up 
to the roof over the gate unto the 
Avail, and lifted up his eyes, and look- 
ed, and behold a man running alone. 

25 And the watchman cried, and 
told the king. And the king said, 
If he be alone, there is tidings in his 
mouth. And he came apace, and 
drew near. 

26 And the watchman saw another 
man running : and the watchman 
called unto the porter, and said, Be- 
hold another man running alone. 
And the king said, He also bringeth 
tidings. 

27 And the watchman said, Me- 
thinketh the running of the foremost 
is like the running of Ahimaaz the 
son of Zadok. And the king said, 
He is a good man, and cometh with 
good tidings. 

28 And Ahimaaz called, and said 
unto the king, All is well. And he 
fell down to the earth upon his face 
before the king, and said, Blessed be 
the Lord thy God, which hath deliv- 
ered up the men that lifted up their 
hand against my lord the king. 

29 And the king said, Is the young 
man Absalom safe? And Ahimaaz 
answered, When Joab sent the king's 
servant, and me thy servant, I saw a 
great tumult, but I knew not what 
it was. 

30 And the king said unto him, 
Turn aside, and stand here. And 
he turned aside, and stood still. 

31 And, behold, Cushi came; and 
Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the 
king : for the Lord hath avenged thee 
this day of all them that rose up 
against thee. 

32 And the king said unto Cushi, 

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Is the young man Absalom safe ? 
And Cushi answered, The enemies 
of my lord the king, and all that rise 
against thee to do thee hurt, be as 
that young man is. 

33 If And the king was much 
moved, and went up to the chamber 
over the gate, and wept : and as he 
went, thus he said, O my son Ab- 
salom! my son, my son Absalom! 
would God I had died for thee, O 
Absalom, my son, my son ! 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 Joab causeth the king to cease his mourning. 9 The 
Israelites are earnest to bring the king back. 1 1 Da- 
vid sendeth to the priests to incite them of Judah. 18 
Shimei is pardoned. 24 Mephibosheth excused. 32 
Barzillai dismissed, Chimham his son is taken into tlie 
king's family. 41 The Israelites expostulate with 
Judah for bringing home the king without them. 

AND it was told Joab, Behold, the 
. king weepeth and mourneth for 
Absalom. 

2 And the victory that day was turn- 
ed into mourning unto all the people : 
for the people heard say that day how 
the king was grieved for his son. 

3 And the people gat them by 
stealth that day into the city, as 
people being ashamed steal away 
when they flee in battle. 

4 But the king covered his face, 
and the king cried with a loud voice, 
O my son Absalom ! O Absalom, my 
son, my son ! 

5 And Joab came into the house 
to the king, and said, Thou hast 
shamed this day the faces of all thy 
servants, which this day have saved 
thy life, and the lives of thy sons 
and of thy daughters, and the lives 
of thy wives, and the lives of thy 
concubines ; 

6 In that thou lovest thine ene- 
mies, and hatest thy friends. For 
thou hast declared this day, that 
thou regardest neither princes nor 
servants: for this day I perceive, 
that if Absalom had lived, and all 
we had died this day, then it had 
pleased thee well. 

7 Now therefore arise, go forth, and 
speak comfortably unto thy servants: 



David ceaseth mourning. II. SAMUEL. 



Shimei is pardoned. 



for I swear by the Lord, if thou go 
not forth, there will not tarry one with 
thee this night: and that will be worse 
unto thee than all the evil that befell 
thee from thy youth until now. 

8 Then the king arose, and sat in 
the gate. And they told unto all 
the people, saying, Behold, the king 
doth sit in the gate. And all the 
people came before the king: for 
Israel had fled every man to his tent. 

9 If And all the people were at 
strife throughout all the tribes of 
Israel, saying, The king saved us 
out of the hand of our enemies, and 
he delivered us out of the hand of 
the Philistines ; and now he is fled 
out of the land for Absalom. 

10 And Absalom, whom we anoint- 
ed over us, is dead in battle. Now 
therefore why speak ye not a word 
of bringing the king back? 

11 If And king David sent to Za- 
dok and to Abiathar the priests, say- 
ing, Speak unto the elders of Judah, 
saying, Why are ye the last to bring 
the king back to his house? seeing 
the speech of all Israel is come to 
the king, even to his house. 

12 Ye are my brethren, ye are my 
bones and my flesh : wherefore then 
are ye the last to bring back the king ? 

13 And say ye to Amasa, Art thou 
not of my bone, and of my flesh? 
God do so to me, and more also, if 
thou be not captain of the host before 
me continually in the room of Joab. 

14 And he bowed the heart of all 
the men of Judah, even as the heart 
of one man ; so that they sent this 
word unto the king, Return thou, 
and all thy servants. 

15 So the king returned, and came 
to Jordan. And Judah came to Gil- 
gal, to go to meet the king, to con- 
duct the king over Jordan. 

16 If And Shimei the son of Gera, 
a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, 
hasted and came down with the men 
of Judah to meet king David. 

17 And there were a thousand men 
of Benjamin with hirn, and Ziba the 



servant of the house of Saul, and his 
fifteen sons and his twenty, servants 
with him; and they went over Jor- 
dan before the king. 

18 And there went over a ferry 
boat to carry over the king's house- 
hold, and to do what he thought 
good. And Shimei the son of Gera 
fell down before the king, as he was 
come over Jordan ; 

19 And said unto the king, Let 
not my lord impute iniquity unto 
me, neither do thou remember that 
which thy servant did perversely the 
day that my lord the king went out 
of Jerusalem, that the king should 
take it to his heart. 

20 For thy servant doth know that 
I have sinned : therefore, behold, I 
am come the first this day of all the 
house of Joseph to go down to meet 
my lord the king. 

21 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah 
answered and said, Shall not Shimei 
be put to death for this, because he 
cursed the Lord's anointed ? 

22 And David said, What have I 
to do with you, ye sons of Zeruiah, 
that ye should this day be adver- 
saries unto me ? shall there any man 
be put to death this day in Israel? 
for do not I know that I am this day 
king over Israel ? 

23 Therefore the king said unto 
Shimei, Thou shalt not die. And the 
king sware unto him. 

24 Tf And Mephibosheth the son of 
Saul came down to meet the king, and 
had neither dressed his feet, nor trim- 
med his beard, nor washed his clothes, 
from the day the king departed until 
the day he came again in peace. 

25 And it came to pass, when he 
was come to Jerusalem to meet the 
king, that the king said unto him, 
Wherefore wentest not thou with me, 
Mephibosheth ? 

26 And he answered, My lord, O 
king, my servant deceived me : for thy 
servant said, I will saddle me an ass, 
that I may ride thereon, and go to the 
king ; because thy servant is lame. 

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David's gratitude 



II. SAMUEL. 



to Barzillai. 



27 And he hath slandered thy ser- 
vant unto my lord the king ; hut my 
lord the king is as an angel of God : 
do therefore what is good in thine 
eyes. 

28 For all of my father's house 
were hut dead men before my lord 
the king: yet didst thou set thy 
servant among them that did eat at 
thine own table. What right there- 
fore have I yet to cry any more un- 
to the king ? 

29 And the king said unto him, 
Why speakest thou any more of thy 
matters ? I have said, Thou and Zi- 
ba divide the land. 

30 And Mephibosheth said unto 
the king, -Yea, let him take all, for- 
asmuch as my lord the king is come 
again in peace unto his own house. 

31 IT And Barzillai the G-ileadite 
came down from Rogelim, and went 
over Jordan with the king, to con- 
duct him over Jordan. 

32 Now Barzillai was a very aged 
man, even fourscore years old: and 
he had provided the king of suste- 
nance while he lay at Maha,naim; 
for he was a very great man. 

33 And the king said unto Barzillai, 
Come thou over with me, and I will 
feed thee with me in Jerusalem, 

34 And Barzillai said unto the king, 
How long have I to live, that I should 
go up with the king unto Jerusalem ? 

35 I am this day fourscore years 
old : and can I discern between good 
and evil ? can thy servant taste what 
I eat or what I drink? can I hear 
any more the voice of singing men 
and singing women ? wherefore then 
should thy servant be yet a burden 
unto my lord the king ? 

36 Thy servant will go a little way 
over Jordan with the king : and why 
should the king recompense it me 
with such a reward ? 

37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, turn 
back again, that I may die in mine 
own city, and be buried by the grave 
of my father and of my mother. But 
behold thy servant Chimham; let 

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him go over with my lord the king ; 
and do to him what shall seem good 
unto thee. 

38 And the king answered, Chim- 
ham shall go over with me, and I 
will do to him that which shall seem 
good unto thee : and whatsoever thou 
shalt require of me, that will I do for 
thee. 

39 And all the people went over 
Jordan. And when the king was 
come over, the king kissed Barzillai, 
and blessed him; and he returned 
unto his own place. 

40 Then the king went on to Gil- 
gal, and Chimham went on with 
him: and all the people of Judah 
conducted the king, and also half 
the people of Israel. 

41 IT And, behold, all the men of 
Israel came to the king, and said un- 
to the king, Why have our brethren 
the men of Judah stolen thee away, 
and have brought the king, and his 
household, and all David's men with 
him, over Jordan ? 

42 And all the men of Judah an- 
swered the men of Israel, Because 
the king is near of kin to us : where- 
fore then be ye angry for this matter ? 
have we eaten at all of the king's 
cost ? or hath he given us any gift ? 

43 And the men of Israel answered 
the men of Judah, and said, We have 
ten parts in the king, and we have 
also more right in David than ye: 
why then did ye despise us, that 
our advice should not be first had in 
bringing back our king? And the 
words of the men of Judah were 
fiercer than the words of the men of 
Israel. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 By occasion of the quarrel, Sheba maketh a party in 
Israel. 3 David's ten concubines are shut up in 
perpetual prison. 4 Amasa, made captain over Ju- 
dah, is slain by Joab. 14 Joab pur sue th Sheba unto 
Abel. 16 A wise woman saveth the city by Sheba's 
head. 23 David's officers. 

AND there happened to be there 
l a man of Belial, whose name 
was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Ben- 
jarnite: and he blew a trumpet, and 
said, We have no part in David, 



Sheba! s revolt. 



II. SAMUEL. 



Amasa is slain. 



neither have we inheritance in the 
son of Jesse : every man to his tents, 
O Israel. 

2 So every man of Israel went up 
from after David, and followed She- 
ba the son of Bichri: but the men 
of Judah clave unto their king, from 
Jordan even to Jerusalem. 

3 If And David came to his house 
at Jerusalem ; and the king took the 
ten women his concubines, whom he 
had left to keep the house, and put 
them in ward, and fed them, but went 
not in unto them. So they were shut 
up unto the day of their death, living 
in widowhood. 

4 H Then said the king to Amasa, 
Assemble me the men of Judah within 
three days, and be thou here present. 

5 So Amasa went to assemble the 
men of Judah : but he tarried longer 
than the set time which he had ap- 
pointed him. 

6 And David said to Abishai, Now 
shall Sheba the son of Bichri do us 
more harm than did Absalom: take 
thou thy lord's servants, and pursue 
after him, lest he get him fenced 
cities, and escape us. 

7 And there went out after him 
Joab's men, and the Cherethites, and 
the Pelethites, and all the mighty men : 
and they went out of Jerusalem, to 
pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri. 

8 When they were at the great 
stone which is in Gibeon, Amasa 
went before them. And Joab's gar- 
ment that he had put on was girded 
unto him, and upon it a girdle with 
a sword fastened upon his loins in 
the sheath thereof; and as he went 
forth it fell out. 

9 And Joab said to Amasa, Art 
thou in health, my brother ? And 
Joab took Amasa by the beard with 
the right hand to kiss him. 

10 But Amasa took no heed to the 
sword that was in Joab's hand : so 
he smote him therewith in the fifth 
rib, and shed out his bowels to -the 
ground, and struck him not again; 
and he died. So Joab and Abishai 



his brother pursued after Sheba the 
son of Bichri. 

11 And one of Joab's men stood 
by him, and said, He that favoureth 
Joab, and he that is for David, let 
him go after Joab. 

12 And Amasa wallowed in blood 
in the midst of the highway. And 
when the man saw that a]l the peo- 
ple stood still, he removed Amasa 
out of the highway into the field, and 
cast a cloth upon him, when he saw 
that every one that came by him 
stood still. 

13 When he was removed out of 
the highway, all the people went on 
after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the 
son of Bichri. 

14 IT And he went through all the 
tribes of Israel unto Abel, and to 
Beth-maachah, and all the Berites: 
and they were gathered together, and 
went also after him. 

15 And they came and besieged 
him in Abel of Beth-maachah, and 
they cast up a bank against the city, 
and it stood in the trench : and all 
the people that were with Joab bat- 
tered the wall, to throw it down. 

16 IT Then cried a wise woman out 
of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray 
you, unto Joab, Come near hither, 
that I may speak with thee. 

17 And when he was come near 
unto her, the woman said, Art thou 
Joab ? And he answered, I am he. 
Then she said unto him, Hear the 
words of thine handmaid. And he 
answered, I do hear. 

18 Then she spake, saying, They 
were wont to speak in old time, say- 
ing, They shall surely ask counsel at 
Abel : and so they ended the matter. 

19 I am one of them that are peace- 
able and faithful in Israel : thou seek- 
est to destroy a city and a mother in 
Israel : why wilt thou swallow up the 
inheritance of the Lord ? 

20 And Joab answered and said, 
Far be it, far be it from me, that I 
should swallow up or destroy. 

21 The matter is not so : but a man 

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Sheba is beheaded. 



II. SAMUEL. 



SauVs sons hanged. 



of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of 
Bichri by name, hath lifted up his 
hand against the king, even against 
David : deliver him only, and I will 
depart from the city. And the wo- 
man said unto Joab, Behold, his head 
shall be thrown to thee over the wall. 

22 Then the woman went unto all 
the people in her wisdom : and they 
cut off the head of Sheba the son of 
Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And 
he blew a trumpet, and they retired 
from the city, every man to his tent. 
And Joab returned to Jerusalem un- 
to the king. 

23 IT Now Joab was over all the 
host of Israel : and Benaiah the son 
of Jehoiada was over the Cherethites 
and over the Pelethites : 

24 And Adoram was over the trib- 
ute: and Jehoshaphat the son of 
Ahilud was recorder : 

25 And Sheva was scribe : and Za- 
dok and Abiathar were the priests : 

26 And Ira also the Jairite was 
a chief ruler about David. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

1 The three years' famine for the Gibeonites ceaseth, by 
hanging seven of SauVs sons. 10 RizpaKs kindness 
unto the dead. 12 David burieth the bones of Saul 
and Jonathan in his father's sepulchre. 15 Four bat- 
tles against the Philistines, wherein, four valiants of 
David slay four giants. 

THEN there was a famine in the 
days of David three years, year 
after year; and David inquired of 
the Lord. And the Lord answered, It 
is for Saul, and for his bloody house, 
because he slew the Gibeonites. 

2 And the king called the Gibeon- 
ites, and said unto them ; (now the 
Gibeonites were not of the children 
of Israel, but of the remnant of the 
Amorites ; and the children of Israel 
had sworn unto them: and Saul 
sought to slay them in his zeal to the 
children of Israel and Judah :) 

3 Wherefore David said unto the 
Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? 
and wherewith shall I make the 
atonement, that ye may bless the in- 
heritance of the Lord ? 

4 And the Gibeonites said unto 

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him, We will have no silver nor 
gold of Saul, nor of his house ; neith- 
er for us shalt thou kill any man in 
Israel. And he said, What ye shall 
say, that will I do for you. 

5 And they answered the king, The 
man that consumed us, and that de- 
vised against us that we should be 
destroyed from remaining in any of 
the coasts of Israel, 

6 Let seven men of his sons be de- 
livered unto us, and we will hang 
them up unto the Lord in Gibeah 
of Saul, whom the Lord did choose. 
And the king said, I will give them. 

7 But the king spared Mephibo- 
sheth, the son of Jonathan the son 
of Saul, because of the Lord's oath 
that was between them, between Da- 
vid and Jonathan the son of Saul. 

8 But the king took the two sons of 
Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom 
she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Me- 
phibosheth; and the five sons of 
Michal the daughter of Saul, whom 
she brought up for Adriel the son of 
Barzillai the Meholathite : 

9 And he delivered them into the 
hands of the Gibeonites, and they 
hanged them in the hill before the 
Lord : and they fell all seven togeth- 
er, and were put to death in the 
days of harvest, in the first days, in 
the beginning of barley harvest. 

10 Tf And Rizpah the daughter of 
Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it 
for her upon the rock, from the be- 
ginning of harvest until water drop- 
ped upon them out of heaven, and 
suffered neither the birds of the air 
to rest on them by day, nor the beasts 
of the field by night. 

11 And it was told David what 
Bizpah the daughter of Aiah, the 
concubine of Saul, had done. 

12 IT And David went and took the 
bones of Saul and the bones of Jon- 
athan his son from the men of Ja- 
besh-gilead, which had stolen them 
from the street of Beth-shan, where the 
Philistines had hanged them, when the 
Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa : 



Four giants are slain. 



II. SAMUEL. A psalm of thanksgiving. 



13 And he brought up from thence 
the bones of Saul and the bones of 
Jonathan his son ; and they gathered 
the bones of them that were hanged. 

14 And the bones of Saul and Jon- 
athan his son buried they in the 
country of Benjamin in Zelah, in 
the sepulchre of Kish his father : 
and they performed all that the king 
commanded. And after that God 
was entreated for the land. 

15 IT Moreover the Philistines had 
yet war again with Israel ; and Da- 
vid went down, and his servants with 
him, and fought against the Philis- 
tines: and David waxed faint. 

16 And Ishbi-benob, which was of 
the sons of the giant, the weight of 
whose spear weighed three hundred 
shekels of brass in weight, he being 
girded with a new sword, thought to 
have slain David. 

17 But Abishai the son of Zeruiah 
succoured him, and smote the Philis- 
tine, and killed him. Then the men 
of David sware unto him, saying, 
Thou shalt go no more out with us 
to battle, that thou quench not the 
light of Israel. 

18 And it came to pass after this, 
that there was again a battle with the 
Philistines at Gob: then Sibbechai 
the Hushathite slew Saph, which was 
of the sons of the giant. 

19 And there was again a battle 
in Gob with the Philistines, where 
Elhanan the son of Jaare-oregim, 
a Beth-lehemite, slew the brother of 
Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose 
spear was like a weaver's beam. 

20 And there was yet a battle in 
Gath, where was a man of great stat- 
ure, that had on every hand six 
fingers, and on every foot six toes, 
four and twenty in number ; and he 
also was born to the giant. 

21 And when he defied Israel, 
Jonathan the son of Shimeah the 
brother of David slew him. 

22 These four were born to the giant 
in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, 
and by the hand of his servants. 



CHAPTEE XXII. 

A psalm of thanksgiving for God's powerful deliverance, 
and manifold blessings. 

AND David spake unto the Lord 
_ the words of this song, in the day 
that the Lord had delivered him out 
of the hand of all his enemies, and 
out of the hand of Saul : 

2 And he said, The Lord is my rock, 
and my fortress, and my deliverer; 

3 The God of my rock; in him will 
I trust : he is my shield, and the horn 
of my salvation, my high tower, and 
my refuge, my saviour; thou savest 
me from violence. 

4 I will call on the Lord, who is 
worthy to be praised : so shall I be 
saved from mine enemies. 

5 When the waves of death com- 
passed me, the floods of ungodly men 
made me afraid ; 

6 The sorrows of hell compassed 
me about ; the snares of death pre- 
vented me. 

7 In my distress I called upon the 
Lord, and cried to my God : and he 
did hear my voice out of his temple, 
and my cry did enter into his ears. 

8 Then the earth shook and trem- 
bled ; the foundations of heaven moved 
and shook, because he was wroth. 

9 There went up a smoke out of 
his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth 
devoured : coals were kindled by it. 

10 He bowed the heavens also, and 
came down ; and darkness was under 
his feet. 

11 And he rode upon a cherub, and 
did fly : and he was seen upon the 
wings of the wind. 

12 And he made darkness pavilions 
round about him, dark waters, and 
thick clouds of the skies. 

13 Through the brightness before 
him were coals of fire kindled. 

14 The Lord thundered from heav- 
en, and the Most High uttered his 
voice. 

15 And he sent out arrows, and 
scattered them; lightning, and dis- 
comfited them. 

16 And the channels of the sea ap- 

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II. SAMUEL. 



of thanksgiving. 



peared, the foundations of the world 
were discovered, at the rebuking of 
the Lord, at the blast of the breath 
of his nostrils. 

17 He sent from above, he took 
me ; he drew me out of many waters : 

18 He delivered me from my strong 
enemy, and from them that hated 
me : for they were too strong for me. 

19 They prevented me in the day 
of my calamity: but the Lord was 
my stay. 

20 He brought me forth also into 
a large place : he delivered me, be- 
cause he delighted in me. 

21 The Lord rewarded me accord- 
ing to my righteousness ; according 
to the cleanness of my hands hath he 
recompensed me. 

22 For I have kept the ways of 
the Lord, and have not wickedly de- 
parted from my God. 

23 For all his judgments were be- 
fore me : and as for his statutes, I did 
not depart from them. 

24 I was also upright before him, 
and have kept myself from mine ini- 
quity. 

25 Therefore the Lord hath recom- 
pensed me according to my right- 
eousness ; according to my cleanness 
in his eyesight. 

26 With the merciful thou wilt 
shew thyself merciful, and with the 
upright man thou wilt shew thyself 
upright. 

27 With the pure thou wilt shew 
thyself pure ; and with the froward 
thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury. 

28 And the afflicted people thou 
wilt save: but thine eyes are upon 
the haughty, that thou mayest bring 
them down. 

29 For thou art my lamp, O Lord: 
and the Lord will lighten my dark- 
ness. 

30 For by thee I have run through 
a troop : by my God have I leaped 
over a wall. 

31 As for God, his way is perfect; 
the word of the Lord is tried : he is 
a buckler to all them that trust in him. 

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32 For who is God, save the Lord? 
and who is & rock, save our God ? 

33 God is my strength and power ; 
and he maketh my way perfect. 

34 He maketh my feet like hinds' 
feet; and setteth me upon my high 
places. 

35 He teacheth my hands to war ; 
so that a bow of steel is broken by 
mine arms. 

36 Thou hast also given me the 
shield of thy salvation : and thy gen- 
tleness hath made me great. 

37 Thou hast enlarged my steps un- 
der me ; so that my feet did not slip. 

38 I have pursued mine enemies, 
and destroyed them ; and turned not 
again until I had consumed them. 

39 And I have consumed them, 
and wounded them, that they could 
not arise : yea, they are fallen under 
my feet. 

40 For thou hast girded me with 
strength to battle : them that rose up 
against me hast thou subdued under 
me. 

41 Thou hast also given me the 
necks of mine enemies, that I might 
destroy them that hate me. 

42 They looked, but there was none 
to save; even unto the Lord, but he 
answered them not. 

43 Then did I beat them as small 
as the dust of the earth : I did stamp 
them as the mire of the street, and 
did spread them abroad. 

44 Thou also hast delivered me 
from the strivings of my people, thou 
hast kept me to be head of the hea- 
then : a people which I knew not 
shall serve me. 

45 Strangers shall submit them- 
selves unto me: as soon as they 
hear, they shall be obedient unto 
me. 

46 Strangers shall fade away, and 
they shall be afraid out of their close 
places. 

47 The Lord liveth ; and blessed 
be my rock ; and exalted be the God 
of the rock of my salvation. 

48 It is God that avengeth me, 



David's last words. 



II. SAMUEL. 



David 's mighty men. 



and that bringeth down the people 
under me, 

49 And that bringeth me forth from 
mine enemies : thou also hast lifted 
me up on high above them that rose 
up against me: thou hast delivered 
me from the violent man. 

50 Therefore I will give thanks 
unto thee, O Ddrd, among the hea- 
then, and I will sing praises unto thy 
name. 

51 He is the tower of salvation for 
his king : and sheweth mercy to his 
anointed, unto David, and to his seed 
for evermore. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 David, in his last words, professeth his faith in God's 
promises to be beyond sense or experience. 6 The dif- 
ferent state of the wicked. 8 A catalogue of David's 
mighty men. 

NOW these be the last words of 
David. David the son of Jesse 
said, and the man who was raised 
up on high, the anointed of the God 
of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of 
Israel, said, 

2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by 
me, and his word was in my tongue. 

3 The God of Israel said, the Rock 
of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth 
over men must be just, ruling in the 
fear of God. 

4 And he shall be as the light of 
the morning, when the sun riseth, 
even a morning without clouds ; as 
the tender grass springing out of the 
earth by clear shining after rain. 

5 Although my house be not so 
with God ; yet he hath made with 
me an everlasting covenant, ordered 
in all things, and sure : for this is 
all my salvation, and all my desire, 
although he make it not to grow. 

6 ^T But the sons of Belial shall be 
all of them as thorns thrust away, 
because they cannot be taken with 
hands : 

7 But the man that shall touch 
them must be fenced with iron and 
the staff of a spear; and they shall 
be utterly burned with fire in the 
same place. 

8 TT These be the names of the 

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mighty men whom David had : The 
Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief 
among the captains ; the same was 
Adino the Eznite: he lifted up his 
spear against eight hundred, whom 
he slew at one time. 

9 And after him was Eleazar the 
son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the 
three mighty men with David, when 
they defied the Philistines that were 
there gathered together to battle, and 
the men of Israel were gone away * 

10 He arose, and smote the Phil- 
istines until his hand was weary, and 
his hand clave unto the sword : and 
the Lord wrought a great victory 
that day; and the people returned 
after him only to spoil. 

11 And after him was Shammah 
the son of Agee the Hararite. And 
the Philistines were gathered togeth- 
er into a troop, where was a piece of 
ground full of lentiles : and the peo- 
ple fled from the Philistines. 

12 But he stood in the midst of the 
ground, and defended it, and slew the 
Philistines : and the Lord wrought a 
great victory. * 

13 And three of the thirty chief 
went down, and came to David in the 
harvest time unto the cave of Adul- 
lam : and the troop of the Philistines 
pitched in the valley of Rephaim. 

14 And David was then in a hold, 
and the garrison of the Philistines 
was then in Beth-lehem. 

15 And David longed, and said, 
Oh that one would give me drink of 
the water of the well of Beth-lehem, 
which is by the gate ! 

16 And the three mighty men brake 
through the host of the Philistines, 
and drew water out of the well of 
Beth-lehem, that ivas by the gate, 
and took it, and brought it to Da- 
vid : nevertheless he would not drink 
thereof, but poured it out unto the 
Lord. 

17 And he said, Be it far from me, 
O Lord, that I should do this : is "not 
this the blood of the men that went 
in jeopardy of their lives? therefore 

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David's mighty men. 



II. SAMUEL. 



David's sin in 



he would not drink it. These things 
did these three mighty men. 

18 And Abishai, the brother of 
Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief 
among three. And he lifted up his 
spear against three hundred, and slew 
them, and had the name among three. 

19 Was he not most honourable of 
three? therefore he was their cap- 
tain : howbeit he attained not unto 
the first three. 

20 And Benaiah the son of Jehoia- 
da, the son of a valiant man, of Kab- 
zeel, who had done many acts, he 
slew two lionlike men of Moab : he 
went down also and slew a lion in 
the midst of a pit in time of snow. 

21 And he slew an Egyptian, a 
goodly man: and the Egyptian had 
a spear in his hand; but he went 
down to him with a staff, and plucked 
the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, 
and slew him with his own spear. 

22 These things did Benaiah the 
son of Jehoiada, and had the name 
among three mighty men. 

23 He was more honourable than 
the thirty, but Tie attained not to the 
first three. And David set him over 
his guard. 

24 Asahel the brother of Joab was 
one of the thirty ; Elhanan the son 
of Dodo of Beth-lehem, 

25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika 
the Harodite, 

26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son 
of Ikkesh the Tekoite, 

27 Abiezer the Anethothite, Me- 
bunnai the Hushathite, 

28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai 
the Netophathite, 

29 Heleb the son of Baanah, a Ne- 
tophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai out 
of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin, 

30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hid- 
dai of the brooks of Gaash, 

31 Abi-albon the Arbathite, Azma- 
veth the Barhumite, 

32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the 
sons of Jashen, Jonathan, 

33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam 
the son of Sharar the Hararite, 

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34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, 
the son of the Maachathite, Eliam 
the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, 

35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai 
the Arbite, 

36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zo- 
bah, Bani the Gadite, 

37 Zelek the Ammonite, Nahari 
the Beerothite, armourbearer to Joab 
the son of Zeruiah, 

38 Ira an Ithrite, Gareb an Ithrite, 

39 Uriah the Hittite : thirty and 
seven in all. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

1 David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the 
people. 5 The captains, in nine months and twenty 
days, bring the muster of thirteen hundred thousand 
fighting men. 10 David, having three plagues pro- 
pounded by Gad, repenteth, and chooseth the three 
days' pestilence. 15 After the death of threescore and 
ten thousand, David by repentance preventeth the de- 
struction of Jerusalem. 18 David, by Gad's direction, 
purchaseth AraunaKs thr eshing floor ; where having 
sacrificed, the plague stayeth. 

A ND again the anger of the Lord 
J-A- was kindled against Israel, and 
he moved David against them to say, 
Go, number Israel and Judah. 

2 For the king said to Joab the 
captain of the host, which was with 
him, Go now through all the tribes of 
Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, 
and number ye the people, that I 
may know the number of the people. 

3 And Joab said unto the king, 
Now the Lord thy God add unto the 
people, how many soever they be, a 
hundredfold, and that the eyes of my 
lord the king may see it: but why 
doth my lord the king delight in this 
thing ? 

4 Notwithstanding the king's word 
prevailed against Joab, and against 
the captains of the host. And Joab 
and the captains of the host went 
out from the presence of the king, to 
number the people of Israel. 

5 If And they passed over Jordan, 
and pitched in Aroer, on the right 
side of the city that lieth in the midst 
of the river of Grad, and toward Jazer : 

6 Then they came to Gilead, and to 
the land of Tahtim-hodshi ; and they 
came to Dan-jaan, and about to Zidon, 

7 And came to the strong hold of 



numbering the people. 



II. SAMUEL. 



The plague is stayed. 



Tyre, and to all the cities of the 
Hivites, and of the Canaanites : and 
they went out to the south of Judah, 
even to Beer-sheba. 

8 So when they had gone through 
all the land, they came to Jerusa- 
lem at the end of nine months and 
twenty days. 

9 And Joab gave up the sum of the 
number of the people unto the king : 
and there were in Israel eight hun- 
dred thousand valiant men that drew 
the sword ; and the men of Judah 
were five hundred thousand men. 

10 U And David's heart smote him 
after that he had numbered the peo- 
ple. And David said unto the Lord, 
I have sinned greatly in that I have 
done: and now, I beseech thee, O 
Lord, take away the iniquity of thy 
servant ; for I have done very fool- 
ishly. 

11 For when David was up in the 
morning, the word of the Lord came 
unto the prophet Gad, David's seer, 
saying, 

12 Go and say unto David, Thus 
saith the Lord, I offer thee three 
things ; choose thee one of them, 
that I may do it unto thee. 

13 So Gad came to David, and told 
him, and said unto him, Shall seven 
years of famine come unto thee in 
thy land? or wilt thou flee three 
months before thine enemies, while 
they pursue thee ? or that there be 
three days' pestilence in thy land ? 
now advise, and see what answer I 
shall return to him that sent me. 

14 And David said unto Gad, I am 
in a great strait : let us fall now into 
the hand of the Lord ; for his mer- 
cies are great: and let me not fall 
into the hand of man. 

15 If So the Lord sent a pestilence 
upon Israel from the morning even 
to the time appointed: and there 
died of the people from Dan even to 
Beer-sheba seventy thousand men. 

16 And when the angel stretched 
out his hand upon Jerusalem to de- 
stroy it, the Lord repented him of 



the evil, and said to the angel that 
destroyed the people, It is enough : 
stay now thine hand. And the angel 
of the Lord was by the threshing- 
place of Araunah the Jebusite. 

17 And David spake unto the Lord 
when he saw the angel that smote 
the people, and said, Lo, I have 
sinned, and I have done wickedly: 
but these sheep, what have they done ? 
let thine hand, I pray thee, be against 
me, and against my father's house. 

18 If And Gad came that day to 
David, and said unto him, Go up, rear 
an altar unto the Lord in the thresh- 
ingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite. 

19 And David, according to the 
saying of Gad, went up as the Lord 
commanded. 

20 And Araunah looked, and saw 
the king and his servants coming on 
toward him : and Araunah went out, 
and bowed himself before the king 
on his face upon the ground. 

21 And Araunah said, Wherefore 
is my lord the king come to his 
servant? And David said, To buy 
the threshingfloor of thee, to build an 
altar unto the Lord, that the plague 
may be stayed from the people. 

22 And Araunah said unto David, 
Let my lord the king take and offer 
up what seemeth good unto him : be- 
hold, here be oxen for burnt sacrifice, 
and threshing instruments and other 
instruments of the oxen for wood. 

23 All these things did Araunah, 
as a king, give unto the king. And 
Araunah said unto the king, The 
Lord thy God accept thee. 

24 And the king said unto Araunah, 
Nay ; but I will surely buy it of thee 
at a price : neither will I offer burnt 
offerings unto the Lord my God of 
that which doth cost me nothing. So 
David bought the threshingfloor and 
the oxen for fifty shekels of silver. 

25 And David built there an altar 
unto the Lord, and offered burnt of- 
ferings and peace offerings. So the 
Lord was entreated for the land, and 
the plague was stayed from Israel. 

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THE 

FIRST BOOK OF THE KINGS, 

COMMONLY CALLED, 

THE THIRD BOOK OF THE KINGS. 



CHAPTEK I. 

1 Abishag cherisheth David in his extreme age. 5 
Adonijah, David's darling, usurpeth the kingdom. 11 
By the counsel of Nathan, 15 Bath-sheba moveth the 
king, 22 and Nathan secondeth her. 28 David re- 
neweth his oath to Bath-sheba. 32 Solomon, by Da- 
vid's appointment, being anointed king by Zadok and 
Nathan, the people triumph. 41 Jonathan bringing 
these news, AdonijalCs guests fly. 50 Adonijah, flying 
to the horns of the altar, upon his good behaviour is 
dismissed by Solomon. 

NOW king David was old and 
stricken in years ; and they 
covered him with clothes, but he gat 
no heat. 

2 Wherefore his servants said unto 
him, Let there he sought for my lord the 
king a young virgin : and let her stand 
before the king, and let her cherish 
him, and let her lie in thy bosom, 
that my lord the king may get heat. 

3 So they sought for a fair damsel 
throughout all the coasts of Israel, 
and found Abishag a Shunammite, 
and brought her to the king. 

4 And the damsel was very fair, and 
cherished the king, and ministered to 
him : but the king knew her not. 

5 If Then Adonijah the son of Hag- 
gith exalted himself, saying, I will 
be king : and he prepared him char- 
iots and horsemen, and fifty men to 
run before him. 

6 And his father had not displeas- 
ed him at any time in saying, Why 
hast thou done so ? and he also was 
a very goodly man ; and his mother 
bare Jam after Absalom. 

7 And he conferred with Joab the 
son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar 
the priest: and they following Ado- 
nijah helped him. 

8 But Zadok the priest, and Benai- 
ah the son of Jehoiada, and Nathan 
the prophet, and Shimei, and Rei, 

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and the mighty men which belonged 
to David, were not with Adonijah. 

9 And Adonijah slew sheep and 
oxen and fat cattle by the stone of 
Zoheleth, which is by En-rogel, and 
called all his brethren the king's 
sons, and all the men of Judah the 
king's servants : 

10 But Nathan the prophet, and 
Benaiah, and the mighty men, and 
Solomon his brother, he called not. 

11 IT Wherefore Nathan spake un- 
to Bath-sheba the mother of Solomon, 
saying, Hast thou not heard that 
Adonijah the son of Haggith doth 
reign, and David our lord knoweth 
it not ? 

12 Now therefore come, let me, I 
pray thee, give thee counsel, that 
thou may est save thine own life, and 
the life of thy son Solomon. 

13 Go and get thee in unto king 
David, and say unto him, Didst not 
thou, my lord, O king, swear unto 
thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly 
Solomon thy son shall reign after 
me, and he shall sit upon my throne ? 
why then doth Adonijah reign ? 

14 Behold, while thou yet talkest 
there with the king, I also will come 
in after thee, and confirm thy words. 

15 If And Bath-sheba went in un- 
to the king into the chamber: and 
the king was very old ; and Abishag 
the Shunammite ministered unto the 
king. 

16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did 
obeisance unto the king. And the 
king said, What wouldest thou ? 

17 And she said unto him, My lord, 
thou swarest by the Lord thy God 
unto thine handmaid, saying, As- 



David reneweth his 



I. KINGS. 



oath to Bath-sheba. 



suredly Solomon thy son shall reign 
after me, and he shall sit upon my 
throne. 

18 And now, behold, Adonijah 
reigneth; and now, my lord the king, 
thou knowest it not : 

19 And he hath slain oxen and fat 
cattle and sheep in abundance, and 
hath called all the sons of the king, 
and Abiathar the priest, and Joab 
the captain of the host : but Solomon 
thy servant hath he not called. 

20 And thou, my lord, O king, the 
eyes of all Israel ar-e upon thee, that 
thou should est tell them who shall 
sit on the throne of my lord the king 
after him. 

21 Otherwise it shall come to pass, 
when my lord the king shall sleep 
with his fathers, that I and my 
son Solomon shall be counted offend- 
ers. 

22 IT And, lo, while she yet talked 
with the king, Nathan the prophet 
also came in. 

23 And they told the king, saying, 
Behold Nathan the prophet. And 
when he was come in before the 
king, he bowed himself before the 
king with his face to the ground. 

24 And Nathan said, My lord, O 
king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall 
reign after me, and he shall sit upon 
my throne ? 

25 For he is gone down this day, 
and hath slain oxen and fat cattle and 
sheep in abundance, and hath called 
all the king's sons, and the captains 
of the host, and Abiathar the priest ; 
and, behold, they eat and drink be- 
fore him, and say, God save king 
Adonijah. 

26 But me, even me thy servant, 
and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah 
the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant 
Solomon, hath he not called. 

27 Is this thing done by my lord 
the king, and thou hast not shewed 
it unto thy servant, who should sit 
on the throne of my lord the king 
after him ? 

28 % Then king David answered 



and said, Call me Bath-sheba. And 
she came into the king's presence, 
and stood before the king. 

29 And the king sware, and said, 
As the Lord liveth, that hath re- 
deemed my soul out of all distress, 

30 Even as I sware unto thee by 
the Lord God of Israel, saying, As- 
suredly Solomon thy son shall reign 
after me, and he shall sit upon my 
throne in my stead ; even so will I 
certainly do this day. 

31 Then Bath-sheba bowed with 
her face to the earth, and did rev- 
erence to the king, and said, Let 
my lord king David live for ever. 

32 IT And king David said, Call me 
Zadok the priest, and Nathan the 
prophet, and Benaiah the son of Je- 
hoiada. And they came before the 
king. 

33 The king also said unto them, 
Take with you the servants of your 
lord, and cause Solomon my son to 
ride upon mine own mule, and bring 
him down to Gihon : 

34 And let Zadok the priest and 
Nathan the prophet anoint him there 
king over Israel : and blow ye with 
the trumpet, and say, God save king 
Solomon. 

35 Then ye shall come up after him, 
that he may come and sit upon my 
throne ; for he shall be king in my 
stead : and I have appointed him to 
be ruler over Israel and over Judah. 

36 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada 
answered the king, and said, Amen : 
the Lord God of my lord the king- 
say so too. 

37 As the Lord hath been with mi- 
lord the king, even so be he with Sol- 
omon, and make his throne greater 
than the throne of my lord king Da- 
vid. 

38 So Zadok the priest, and Nathan 
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of 
Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and 
the Pelethites, went down, and caused 
Solomon to ride upon king David's 
mule, and brought him to Gihon. 

39 And Zadok the priest took a 

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horn of oil out of the tabernacle, and 
anointed Solomon. And they blew 
the trumpet ; and all the people said, 
God save king Solomon. 

40 And all the people came up after 
him, and the people piped with pipes, 
and rejoiced with great joy, so that 
the earth rent with the sound of them. 

41 If And Adonijah and all the 
guests that were with him heard it 
as they had made an end of eating. 
And when Joab heard the sound of the 
trumpet, he said, Wherefore is this 
noise of the city being in an uproar ? 

42 And while he yet spake, behold, 
Jonathan the son of Abiathar the 
priest came : and Adonijah said unto 
him, Come in ; for thou art a valiant 
man, and bringest good tidings. 

43 And Jonathan answered and 
said to Adonijah, Verily our lord 
king David hath made Solomon king. 

44 And the king hath sent with 
him Zadok the priest, and Nathan 
the prophet, and Benaiah the son of 
Jehoiada, and the Cherethites, and 
the Pelethites, and they have caused 
him to ride upon the king's mule : 

45 And Zadok the priest and Na- 
than the prophet have anointed him 
king in Gihon : and they are come 
up Irom thence rejoicing, so that the 
city rang again. This is the noise 
that ye have heard. 

46 And also Solomon sitteth on the 
throne of the kingdom. 

47 And moreover the king's ser- 
vants came to bless our lord king 
David, saying, God make the name 
of Solomon better than thy name, 
and make his throne greater than 
thy throne. And the king bowed 
himself upon the bed. 

48 And also thus said the king, 
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, 
which hath given one to sit on my 
throne this day, mine eyes even see- 
ing it. 

49 And all the guests that were 
with Adonijah were afraid, and rose 
up, and went every man his way. 

50 If And Adonijah feared because 

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of Solomon, and arose, and went, 
and caught hold on the horns of the 
altar. 

51 And it was told Solomon, say- 
ing, Behold, Adonijah feareth king 
Solomon: for, lo, he hath caught 
hold on the horns of the altar, say- 
ing, Let king Solomon swear unto 
me to day that he will not slay his 
servant with the sword. 

52 And Solomon said, If he will 
shew himself a worthy man, there 
shall not a hair of him fall to the 
earth : but if wickedness shall be 
found in him, he shall die. 

53 So king Solomon sent, and they 
brought him down from the altar. 
And he came and bowed himself to 
king Solomon: and Solomon said 
unto him, Go to thine house. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 David, having given a charge to Solomon, 3 of relig- 
iousness, 5 of Joab, 7 of Barzillai, 8 of Shimei, 10 
dieth. 12 Solomon succeedeth. 13 Adonijah, moving 
JBath-sheba to sue unto Solomon for Abishag, is put to 
death. 26 Abiathar, having his life given him, is de- 
prived of the priesthood. 28 Joab feeing to the horns 
of the altar is there slain. 35 Benaiah is put in JoaUs 
room, and Zadok in Abiathar 's. 36 Shimei, confined 
to Jerusalem, by occasion of going thence to Gath, is 
put to death. 

NOW the days of David drew 
nigh that he should die; and 
he charged Solomon his son, saying, 

2 I go the way of all the earth : 
be thou strong therefore, and shew 
thyself a man ; 

3 And keep the charge of the Lord 
thy God, to walk in his ways, to keep 
his statutes, and his commandments, 
and his judgments, and his testimo- 
nies, as it is written in the law of 
Moses, that thou mayest prosper in 
all that thou doest, and whitherso- 
ever thou turnest thyself: 

4 That the Lord may continue his 
word which he spake concerning me, 
saying, If thy children take heed 
to their way, to walk before me in 
truth with all their heart and with 
all their soul, there shall not fail thee 
(said he) a man on the throne of Is- 
rael. 

5 Moreover thou knowest also what 
Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, 



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Adonijah put to death. 



and what he did to the two captains 
of the hosts of Israel, unto Abner the 
son of Ner, and unto Amasa the son 
of Jether, whom he slew, and shed 
the blood of war in peace, and put 
the blood of war upon his girdle that 
was about his loins, and in his shoes 
that were on his feet. 

6 Do therefore according to thy 
wisdom, and let not his hoar head 
go down to the grave in peace. 

7 But shew kindness unto the sons 
of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let 
them be of those that eat at thy ta- 
ble : for so they came to me when I 
fled because of Absalom thy brother. 

8 And, behold, thou hast with thee 
Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite 
of Bahurim, which cursed me with 
a grievous curse in the day when I 
went to Mahanaim : but he came down 
to meet me at Jordan, and I sware 
to him by the Lord, saying, I will 
not put thee to death with the sword. 

9 Now therefore hold him not guilt- 
less : for thou art a wise man, and 
knowest what thou oughtest to do 
unto him; but his hoar head bring 
thou down to the grave with blood. 

10 So David slept with his fathers, 
and was buried in the city of David. 

11 And the days that David reign- 
ed over Israel were forty years : seven 
years reigned he in Hebron, and thirty 
and three years reigned he in Jeru- 
salem. 

12 IT Then sat Solomon upon the 
throne of David his father ; and his 
kingdom was established greatly. 

13 TI And Adonijah the son of Hag- 
gith came to Bath-sheba the mother 
of Solomon. And she said, Comest 
thou peaceably ? And he said, Peace- 
ably. 

14 He said moreover, I have some- 
what to say unto thee. And she 
said, Say on. 

15 And he said, Thou knowest that 
the kingdom was mine, and that all 
Israel set their faces on me, that I 
should reign: howbeit the kingdom 
is turned about, and is become my 



brother's: for it was his from the 
Lord. 

16 And now I ask one petition of 
thee, deny me not. And she said 
unto him, Say on. 

17 And he said, Speak, I pray thee, 
unto Solomon the king, (for he will 
not say thee nay,) that he give me 
Abishag the Shunammite to wife. 

18 And Bath-sheba said, Well; I 
will speak for thee unto the king. 

19 IT Bath-sheba therefore went 
unto king Solomon, to speak unto 
him for Adonijah. And the king 
rose up to meet her, and bowed him- 
self unto her, and sat down on his 
throne, and caused a seat to be set 
for the king's mother; and she sat 
on his right hand. 

20 Then she said, I desire one small 
petition of thee ; I -pray thee, say me 
not nay. And the king said unto her, 
Ask on, my mother ; for I will not say 
thee nay. 

21 And she said, Let Abishag the 
Shunammite be given to Adonijah 
thy brother to wife. 

22 And king Solomon answered and 
said unto his mother, And why dost 
thou ask Abishag the Shunammite 
for Adonijah ? ask for him the king- 
dom also ; for he is mine elder broth- 
er; even for him, and for Abiathar 
the priest,- and for Joab the son of 
Zeruiah. 

23 Then king Solomon sware by 
the Lord, saying, God do so to me, 
and more also, if Adonijah have not 
spoken this word against his own life. 

24 Now therefore, as the Lord liv- 
eth, which hath established me, and 
set me on the throne of David my 
father, and who hath made me a 
house, as he promised, Adonijah shall 
be put to death this day. 

25 And king Solomon sent by the 
hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada ; 
and he fell upon him that he died. 

26 H And unto Abiathar the priest 
said the king, Get thee to Anathoth, 
unto thine own fields ; for thou art 
worthy of death : but I will not at 

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went up, and fell upon him, and slew 
him : and he was buried in his own 
house in the wilderness. 

35 IT And the king put Benaiah the 
son of Jehoiada in his room over the 
host: and Zadok the priest did the 
king put in the room of Abiathar. 

36 IT And the king sent and called 
for Shimei, and said unto him, Build 
thee a house in Jerusalem, and dwell 
there, and go not forth thence any 
whither. 

37 For it shall be, that on the day 
thou goest out, and passest over the 
brook Kidron, thou shalt know for 
certain that thou shalt surely die : thy 
blood shall be upon thine own head. 

38 And Shimei said unto the king, 
The saying is good : as my lord the 
king hath said, so will thy servant 
do. And Shimei dwelt in Jerusalem 
many days. 

39 And it came to pass at the end 
of three years, that two of the servants 
of Shimei ran away unto Achish son 
of Maachah king of Gath. And they 
told Shimei, saying, Behold, thy ser- 
vants be in Gath. 

40 And Shimei arose, and saddled 
his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to 
seek his servants : and Shimei went, 
and brought his servants from Gath. 

41 And it was told Solomon that 
Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to 
Gath, and was come again. 

42 And the king sent and called for 
Shimei, and said unto him, Did I 
not make thee to swear by the Lord, 
and protested unto thee, saying, 
Know for a certain, on the day thou 
goest out, and walkest abroad any 
whither, that thou shalt surely die ? 
and thou saidst unto me, The word 
that I have heard is good. 

43 Why then hast thou not kept 
the oath of the Lord, and the com- 
mandment that I have charged thee 
with? 

44 The king said moreover to Shim- 
ei, Thou knowest all the wickedness 
which thine heart is privy to, that 
thou didst to Pavid my father ; there- 



this time put thee to death, because 
thou barest the ark of the Lord God 
before David my father, and because 
thou hast been afflicted in all where- 
in my father was afflicted. 

27 So Solomon thrust out Abiathar 
from being priest unto the Lord; 
that he might fulfil the word of the 
Lord, which he spake concerning the 
house of Eli in Shiloh. 

28 U Then tidings came to Joab : 
for Joab had turned after Adonijah, 
though he turned not after Absalom. 
And Joab fled unto the tabernacle 
of the Lord, and caught hold on the 
horns of the altar. 

29 And it was told king Solomon 
that Joab was fled unto the taberna- 
cle of the Lord; and, behold, he is 
by the altar. Then Solomon sent 
Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, saying, 
Go, fall upon him. 

30 And Benaiah came to the tab- 
ernacle of the Lord, and said unto 
him, Thus saith the king, Come forth. 
And he said, Nay; but I will die 
here. And Benaiah brought the king 
word again, saying, Thus said Joab, 
and thus he answered me. 

31 And the king said unto him, 
Do as he hath said, and fall upon 
him, and bury him ; that thou may- 
est take away the innocent blood, 
which Joab shed, from me, and from 
the house of my father. 

32 And the Lord shall return his 
blood upon his own head, who fell 
upon two men more righteous and 
better than he, and slew them with 
the sword, my father David not 
knowing thereof, to wit, Abner the 
son of Ner, captain of the host of 
Israel, and Amasa the son of Jeth- 
er, captain of the host of Judah. 

33 Their blood shall therefore re- 
turn upon the head of Joab, and up- 
on the head of his seed for ever : but 
upon David, and upon his seed, and 
upon his house, and upon his throne, 
shall there be peace for ever from the 
Lord. 

34 So Benaiah the son of Jehoiada 

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wisdom of God, 



fore the Lord shall return thy wick- 
edness upon thine own head : 

45 And king Solomon shallbe bless- 
ed, and the throne of David shall be 
established before the Lord for ever. 

46 So the king commanded Benai- 
ah the son of Jehoiada ; which went 
out, and fell upon him, that he died. 
And the kingdom was established in 
the hand of Solomon. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 Solomon marrietk Pharaoh's daughter. 2 High places 
being in use, Solomon sacrificeth at Gibeon. 5 Solo- 
mon at Gibeon, in the choice which God gave him, 
preferring wisdom, obtaineth wisdom, riches, and hon- 
our. 16 Solomon's judgment between the two harlots 
maketh him renowned. 

A ND Solomon made affinity with 
^LJL Pharaoh king of Egypt, and 
took Pharaoh's daughter, and brought 
her into the city of David, until he 
had made an end of building his own 
house, and the house of the Lord, and 
the wall of Jerusalem round about. 

2 Only the people sacrificed in high 
places, because there was no house 
built unto the name of the Lord, 
until those days. 

3 And Solomon loved the Lord, 
walking in the statutes of David his 
father : only he sacrificed and burnt 
incense in high places. 

4 And the king went to Gibeon to 
sacrifice there ; for that was the great 
high place: a thousand burnt offerings 
did Solomon offer upon that altar. 

5 IT In Gibeon the Lord appeared 
to Solomon in a dream by night : and 
God said, Ask what I shall give thee. 

6 And Solomon said, Thou hast 
shewed unto thy servant David my 
father great mercy, according as he 
walked before thee in truth, and in 
righteousness, and in uprightness of 
heart with thee ; and thou hast kept 
for him this great kindness, that thou 
hast given him a son to sit on his 
throne, as it is this day. 

7 And now, O Lord my God, thou 
hast made thy servant king instead 
of David my father : and I am but a 
little child: I know not how to go 
out or come in. 



8 And thy servant is in the midst of 
thy people which thou hast chosen, 
a great people, that cannot be num- 
bered nor counted for multitude. 

9 Give therefore thy servant an 
understanding heart to judge thy 
people, that I may discern between 
good and bad: for who is able to 
judge this thy so great a people ? 

10 And the speech pleased the 
Lord, that Solomon had asked this 
thing. 

11 And God said unto him, Because 
thou hast asked this thing, and hast 
not asked for thyself long life ; nei- 
ther hast asked riches for thyself, 
nor hast asked the life of thine ene- 
mies ; but hast asked for thyself un- 
derstanding to discern judgment ; 

12 Behold, I have done according 
to thy word : lo, I have given thee 
a wise and an understanding heart ; 
so that there was none like thee be- 
fore thee, neither after thee shall any 
arise like unto thee. 

13 And I have also given thee that 
which thou hast not asked, both 
riches, and honour: so that there 
shall not be any among the kings 
like unto thee all thy days. 

14 And if thou wilt walk in my 
ways, to keep my statutes and my 
commandments, as thy father David 
did walk, then I willlengthen thy days. 

15 And Solomon awoke ; and, be- 
hold, it was a dream. And he came 
to Jerusalem, and stood before the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord, 
and offered up burnt offerings, and 
offered peace offerings, and made a 
feast to all his servants. 

16 % Then came there two women, 
that were harlots, unto the king, and 
stood before him. 

17 And the one woman said, O my 
lord, I and this woman dwell in one 
house; and I was delivered of a 
child with her in the house. 

18 And it came to pass the third 
day after that I was delivered, that 
this woman was delivered also ; 
and we were together; there was 

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no stranger with us in the house, 
save we two in the house. 

19 And this woman's child died in 
the night ; because she overlaid it. 

20 And she arose at midnight, and 
took my son from beside me, while 
thine handmaid slept, and laid it in 
her bosom, and laid her dead child in 
my bosom. 

21 And when 1 rose in the morn- 
ing to give my child suck, behold, it 
was dead : but when I had considered 
it in the morning, behold, it was not 
my son, which I did bear. 

22 And the other woman said, Nay; 
but the living is my son, and the 
dead is thy son. And this said, No ; 
but the dead is thy son, and the liv- 
ing is my son. Thus they spake be- 
fore the king. 

23 Then said the king, The one 
saith, This is my son that liveth, 
and thy son is the dead : and the 
other saith, Nay; but thy son is 
the dead, and my son is the living. 

24 And the king said, Bring me a 
sword. And they brought a sword 
before the king. 

25 And the king said, Divide the 
living child in two, and give half to 
the one, and half to the other. 

26 Then spake the woman whose 
the living child was unto the king, 
for her bowels yearned upon her 
son, and she said, O my lord, give 
her the living child, and in no wise 
slay it. But the other said, Let it be 
neither mine nor thine, but divide it. 

2 7 Then the king answered and said, 
Give her the living child, and in no 
wise slay it : she is the mother thereof. 

28 And all Israel heard of the judg- 
ment which the king had judged; and 
they feared the king: for they saw 
that the wisdom of God was in him 
to do judgment. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 Sol onion' a princes. 7 His twelve officers for provision. 
20, 24 The peace and largeness of his kingdom. 22 
ah daily provision. 26 His stables. 29 His wisdom. 

O king Solomon was king over 
all Israel. 

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2 And these were the princes which 
he had ; Azariah the son of Zadok 
the priest, 

3 Elihoreph and Ahiah, the sons 
of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the 
son of Ahilud, the recorder. 

4 And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada 
was over the host: and Zadok and 
Abiathar were the priests : 

5 And Azariah the son of Nathan 
was over the officers : and Zabud the 
son of Nathan was principal officer, 
and the king's friend : 

6 And Ahishar was over the house- 
hold : and Adoniram the son of 
Abda was over the tribute. 

7 If And Solomon had twelve offi- 
cers over all Israel, which provided 
victuals for the king and his house- 
hold : each man his month in a year 
made provision. 

8 And these are tjieir names : The 
son of Hur, in mount Ephraim : 

9 The son of Dekar, in Makaz, 
and in Shaalbim, and Beth-shemesh, 
and Elon-beth-hanan : 

10 The son of Hesed, in Aruboth ; 
to him pertained Sochoh, and all the 
land of Hepher : 

11 The son of Abinadab, in all the 
region of Dor; which had Taphath 
the daughter of Solomon to wife : 

12 Baana the son of Ahilud ; to 
him pertained Taanach and Megid- 
do, and all Beth-shean, which is by 
Zartanah beneath Jezreel, from Beth- 
shean to Abel-meholah, even unto the 
place that is beyond Jokneam : 

13 The son of Geber, in Eamoth- 
gilead ; to him pertained the towns 
of Jair the son of Manasseh, which 
are in Gilead ; to him also pertained 
the region of Argob, which is in Ba- 
shan, threescore great cities with 
walls and brazen bars : 

14 Ahinadab the son of Iddo had 
Mahanaim : 

15 Ahimaaz was in Naphtali; he 
also took Basmath the daughter of 
Solomon to wife : 

16 Baanah the son of Hushai was 
in Asher and in Aloth : 



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and wisdom. 



17 Jehoshaphat the son of Paruah, 
in Issachar : 

18 Shimei the son of Elah, in 
Benjamin: 

19 Geber the son of Uri was in 
the country of Gilead, in the coun- 
try of Sihon king of the Amorites, 
and of Og king of Bashan; and he 
was the only officer which was in the 
land. 

20 IT Judah and Israel were many, 
as the sand which is by the sea in 
multitude, eating and drinking, and 
making merry. 

21 And Solomon reigned over all 
kingdoms from the river unto the 
land of the Philistines, and unto the 
border of Egypt : they brought pres- 
ents, and served Solomon all the 
days of his life. 

22 If And Solomon's provision for 
one day was thirty measures of fine 
flour, and threescore measures of 
meal, 

23 Ten fat oxen, and twenty oxen 
out of the pastures, and a hundred 
sheep, besides harts, and roebucks, 
and fallow deer, and fatted fowl. 

24 For he had dominion over all 
the region on this side the river, from 
Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the 
kings on this side the river: and he 
had peace on all sides round about 
him. 

25 And Judah and Israel dwelt 
safely, every man under his vine and 
under his fig tree, from Dan even to 
Beer-sheba, all the days of Solomon. 

26 If And Solomon had forty thou- 
sand stalls of horses for his chariots, 
and twelve thousand horsemen. 

27 And those officers provided vic- 
tuals for king Solomon, and for all 
that came unto king Solomon's ta- 
ble, every man in his month: they 
lacked nothing. 

28 Barley also and straw for the 
horses and dromedaries brought they 
unto the place where the officers were, 
every man according to his charge. 

29 IT And God gave Solomon wis- 
dom and understanding exceeding 



much, and largeness of heart, even 
as the sand that is on the sea shore. 

30 And Solomon's wisdom excelled 
the wisdom of all the children of the 
east country, and all the wisdom of 
Egypt. 

31 For he was wiser than all men, 
than Ethan the Ezrahite, and He- 
man, and Chalcol, and Darda, the 
sons of Mahol : and his fame was in 
all nations round about. 

32 And he spake three thousand 
proverbs : and his songs were a thou- 
sand and five. 

33 And he spake of trees, from the 
cedar tree that is in Lebanon even 
unto the hyssop that springeth out 
of the wall : he spake also of beasts, 
and of fowl, and of creeping things, 
and of fishes. 

34 And there came of all people 
to hear the wisdom of Solomon, from 
all kings of the earth, which had 
heard of his wisdom. 

CHAPTEK Y. 

1 Hiram, sending to congratulate Solomon, is certified 
of his purpose to build the temple, and desired to fur- 
nish him with timber thereto. 7 Hiram, blessing God 
for Solomon, and requesting food for his family, fur- 
nisheth him with trees. 13 The number of Solomon's 
workmen and labourers. 

A ND Hiram king of Tyre sent his 
iA. servants unto Solomon; for he 
had heard that they had anointed him 
king in the room of his father : for 
Hiram was ever a lover of David. 

2 And Solomon sent to Hiram, 
saying, 

3 Thou knowest how that David 
my father could not build a house 
unto the name of the Lord his God, 
for the wars which were about him 
on every side, until the Lord put 
them under the soles of his feet. 

4 But now the Lord my God hath 
given me rest on every side, so that 
there is neither adversary nor evil 
occurrent. 

5 And, behold, I purpose to build 
a house unto the name of the Lord 
my God, as the Lord spake unto 
David my father, saying, Thy son, 
whom I will set upon thy throne in 

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Solomon with timber. 



thy room, he shall build a house unto 
my name. 

6 Now therefore command thou 
that they hew me cedar trees out 
of Lebanon; and my servants shall 
be with thy servants : and unto thee 
will I give hire for thy servants 
according to all that thou shalt 
appoint : for thou knowest that 
there is not among us any that can 
skill to hew timber like unto the 
Sidonians. 

7 IT And it came to pass, when 
Hiram heard the words of Solomon, 
that he rejoiced greatly, and said, 
Blessed be the Lord this day, which 
hath given unto David a wise son 
over this great people. 

8 And Hiram sent to Solomon, 
saying, I have considered the things 
which thou sentest to me for : and I 
will do all thy desire concerning tim- 
ber of cedar, and concerning timber 
of fir. 

9 My servants shall bring them 
down from Lebanon unto the sea; 
and I will convey them by sea in 
floats unto the place that thou shalt 
appoint me, and will cause them to 
be discharged there, and thou shalt 
receive them: and thou shalt accom- 
plish my desire, in giving food for my 
household. 

10 So Hiram gave Solomon cedar 
trees and fir trees according to all his 
desire. 

11 And Solomon gave Hiram twen- 
ty thousand measures of wheat for 
food to his household, and twenty 
measures of pure oil : thus gave Sol- 
omon to Hiram year by year. 

12 And the Lord gave Solomon 
wisdom, as he promised him: and 
there was peace between Hiram and 
Solomon ; and they two made a 
league together. 

13 If And king Solomon raised a 
levy out of all Israel ; and the levy 
was thirty thousand men. 

14 And he sent them to Lebanon, 
ten thousand a month by courses : a 
month they were in Lebanon, and 

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two months at home : and Adoniram 
was over the levy. 

15 And Solomon had threescore 
and ten thousand that bare burdens, 
and fourscore thousand hewers in the 
mountains ; 

16 Besides the chief of Solomon's 
officers which were over the work, 
three thousand and three hundred, 
which ruled over the people that 
wrought in the work. 

17 And the king commanded, and 
they brought great stones, costly 
stones, and hewed stones, to lay the 
foundation of the house. 

18 And Solomon's builders and 
Hiram's builders did hew them, and 
the stonesquarers : so they prepared 
timber and stones to build the house. 

CHAPTEK VI. 

1 TJie building of Solomon's temple. 5 TJie chambers 
thereof. 11 God's promise unto it. 15 The ceiling 
and adorning of it. 23 The cherubim. 31 The 
doors. 36 The court. Zl The time of building 
it. 

AND it came to pass in the four 
^ hundred and eightieth year after 
the children of Israel were come out 
of the land of Egypt, in the fourth 
year of Solomon's reign over Israel, in 
the month Zif, which is the second 
month, that he began to build the 
house of the Lord. 

2 And the house which king Solo- 
mon built for the Lord, the length 
thereof was threescore cu bits, and the 
breadth thereof twenty cubits, and 
the height thereof thirty cubits. 

3 And the porch before the tem- 
ple of the house, twenty cubits was 
the length thereof, according to the 
breadth of the house ; and ten cubits 
was the breadth thereof before the 
house. 

4 And for the house he made win- 
dows of narrow lights. 

5 IT And against the wall of the 
house he built chambers round about, 
against the walls of the house round 
about, both of the temple and of the 
oracle : and he made chambers round 
about. 



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of the temple. 



6 The nethermost chamber was five 
cubits broad, and the middle was six 
cubits broad, and the third was seven 
cubits broad : for without in the wall 
of the house he made narrowed rests 
round about, that the beams should not 
be fastened in the walls of the house. 

7 And the house, when it was in 
building, was built of stone made 
ready before it was brought thither : 
so that there was neither hammer 
nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in 
the house, while it was in building. 

8 The door for the middle chamber 
was in the right side of the house : 
and they went up with winding stairs 
into the middle chamber, and out of 
the middle into the third. 

9 So he built the house, and finish- 
ed it; and covered the house with 
beams and boards of cedar. 

10 And then he built chambers 
against all the house, five cubits 
high : and they rested on the house 
with timber of cedar. 

11 IT And the word of the Lord 
came to Solomon, saying, 

12 Concerning this house which 
thou art in building, if thou wilt 
walk in my statutes, and execute 
my judgments, and keep all my com- 
mandments to walk in them; then 
will I perforin my word with thee, 
which I spake unto David thy father : 

13 And I will dwell among the 
children of Israel, and will not for- 
sake my people Israel. 

14 So Solomon built the house, 
and finished it. 

15 And he built the walls of the 
house within with boards of cedar, 
both the floor of the house, and the 
walls of the ceiling : and he covered 
them on the inside with wood, and 
covered the floor of the house with 
planks of fir. 

16 And he built twenty cubits on 
the sides of the house, both the floor 
and the walls with boards of cedar : 
he even built them for it within, even 
for the oracle, even for the most holy 
place. 



17 And the house, ttiat is, the tem- 
ple before it, was forty cubits long. 

18 And the cedar of the house 
within was carved with knops and 
open flowers: all was cedar; there 
was no stone seen. 

19 And the oracle he prepared in 
the house within, to set there the ark 
of the covenant of the Lord. 

20 And the oracle in the forepart 
was twenty cubits in length, and 
twenty cubits in breadth, and twenty 
cubits in the height thereof: and he 
overlaid it with pure gold; and so 
covered the altar which was of cedar. 

21 So Solomon overlaid the house 
within with pure gold : and he made 
a partition by the chains of gold be- 
fore the oracle ; and he overlaid it 
with gold. 

22 And the whole house he over- 
laid with gold, until he had finished 
all the house : also the whole altar 
that ivas by the oracle he overlaid 
with gold. 

23 IT And within the oracle he 
made two cherubim of olive tree, 
each ten cubits high. 

24 And five cubits ivas the one 
wing of the cherub, and five cubits 
the other wing of the cherub : from 
the uttermost part of the one wing 
unto the uttermost part of the other 
were ten cubits. 

25 And the other cherub was ten 
cubits : both the cherubim were of 
one measure and one size. 

26 The height of the one cherub 
was ten cubits, and so was it of the 
other cherub. 

27 And he set the cherubim within 
the inner house : and they stretched 
forth the wings of the cherubim, so 
that the wing of the one touched the 
one wall, and the wing of the other 
cherub touched the other wall ; and 
their wings touched one another in 
the midst of the house. 

28 And he overlaid the cherubim 
with gold. 

29 And he carved all the walls of 
the house round about with carved 

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figures of cherubim and palm trees 
and open flowers, within and without. 

30 And the floor of the house he 
overlaid with gold, within and with- 
out. 

31 TT And for the entering of the 
oracle he made doors of olive tree: 
the lintel and side posts were a fifth 
part of the wall. 

32 The two doors also were of olive 
tree; and he carved upon them carv- 
ings of cherubim and palm trees and 
open flowers, and overlaid them with 
gold, and spread gold upon the cher- 
ubim, and upon the palm trees. 

33 So also made he for the door 
of the temple posts of olive tree, a 
fourth part of the wall. 

34 And the two doors were of fir 
tree : the two leaves of the one door 
were folding, and the two leaves of 
the other door were folding. 

35 And he carved thereon cheru- 
bim and palm trees and open flow- 
ers : and covered them with gold fit- 
ted upon the carved work. 

36 If And he built the inner court 
with three rows of hewed stone, and 
a row of cedar beams. 

37 IT In the fourth year was the 
foundation of the house of the Lord 
laid, in the month Zif : 

38 And in the eleventh year, in 
the month Bui, which is the eighth 
month , was the house finished through- 
out all the parts thereof, and accord- 
ing to all the fashion of it. So was 
he seven years in building it. 

CHAPTER YII. 

1 The building of Solomon's house. 2 Of the house of 
Lebanon. 6 Of the porch of pillars. 7 Of the porch 
of judgment. 8 Of the house for Pharaoh's daugh- 
ter. 13 Hiram's work of the two pillars. 23 Of the 
molten sea. 27 Of the ten bases. 38 Of the ten lavers, 
40 and all the vessels. 

BUT Solomon was building his 
own house thirteen years, and 
he finished all his house. 

2 If He built also the house of the 
forest of Lebanon ; the length there- 
of was a hundred cubits, and the 
breadth thereof fifty cubits, and the 
height thereof thirty cubits, upon 
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four rows of cedar pillars, with cedar 
beams upon the pillars. 

3 And it was covered with cedar 
above upon the beams, that lay on 
forty five pillars, fifteen in a row. 

4 And there were windows in three 
rows, and light was against light in 
three ranks. 

5 And all the doors and posts were 
square, with the windows: and light 
was against light in three ranks. 

6 IT And he made a porch of pillars; 
the length thereof was fifty cubits, 
and the breadth thereof thirty cubits : 
and the porch was before them : and 
the other pillars and the thick beam 
were before them. 

7 If Then he made a porch for the 
throne where he might judge, even 
the porch of judgment : and it was 
covered with cedar from one side of 
the floor to the other. 

8 If And his house where he dwelt 
had another court within the porch, 
which was of the like work. Solo- 
mon made also a house for Pharaoh's 
daughter, whom he had taken to wife, 
like unto this porch. 

9 All these were of costly stones, 
according to the measures of hewed 
stones, sawed with saws, within and 
without, even from the foundation 
unto the coping, and so on the out- 
side toward the great court. 

10 And the foundation was of 
costly stones, even great stones, stones 
of ten cubits, and stones of eight 
cubits. 

11 And above were costly stones 
after the measures of hewed stones, 
and cedars. 

12 And the great court round about 
was with three rows of hewed stones, 
and a row of cedar beams, both for 
the inner court of the house of the 
Lord, and for the porch of the house. 

13 IT And king Solomon sent and 
fetched Hiram out of Tyre. 

14 He was a widow's son of the 
tribe of Naphtali, and his father was 
a man of Tyre, a worker in brass: 
and he was filled with wisdom, and 



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for the temple. 



understanding, and cunning to work 
all works in brass. And he came to 
king Solomon, and wrought all his 
work. 

15 For he cast two pillars of brass, 
of eighteen cubits high apiece: and 
a line of twelve cubits did compass 
either of them about. 

16 And he made two chapiters of 
molten brass, to set upon the tops of 
the pillars : the height of the one chap- 
iter was five cubits, and the height of 
the other chapiter was five cubits : 

17 And nets of checker work, arid 
wreaths of chain work, for the chapi- 
ters which were upon the top of the 
pillars; seven for the one chapiter, 
and seven for the other chapiter. 

18 And he made the pillars, and 
two rows round about upon the one 
network, to cover the chapiters that 
were upon the top, with pomegranates : 
and so did he for the other chapiter. 

19 And the chapiters that were 
upon the top of the pillars were of 
lily work in the porch, four cubits. 

20 And the chapiters upon the two 
pillars had pomegranates also above, 
over against the belly which was by 
the network: and the pomegranates 
were two hundred in rows round 
about upon the other chapiter. 

21 And he set up the pillars in 
the porch of the temple : and he set 
up the right pillar, and called the 
name thereof Jachin : and he set up 
the left pillar, and called the name 
thereof Boaz. 

22 And upon the top of the pillars 
was lily work: so was the work of 
the pillars finished. 

23 TT And he made a molten sea, 
ten cubits from the one brim to the 
other : it was round all about, and his 
height was Rye cubits : and a line of 
thirty cubits did compass it round 
about. 

24 And under the brim of it round 
about there were knops compassing it, 
ten in a cubit, compassing the sea 
round about : the knops were cast in 
two rows, when it was cast. 



25 It stood upon twelve oxen, three 
looking toward the north, and three 
looking toward the west, and three 
looking toward the south, and three 
looking toward the east : and the sea 
was set above upon them, and all 
their hinder parts were inward. 

26 And it was a handbreadth 
thick, and the brim thereof was 
wrought like the brim of a cup, 
with flowers of lilies: it contained 
two thousand baths. 

27 IT And he made ten bases of 
brass ; four cubits was the length of 
one base, and four cubits the breadth 
thereof, and three cubits the height 
of it. 

28 And the work of the bases was 
on this manner: they had borders, and 
the borders ivere between the ledges : 

29 And on the borders that were 
between the ledges were lions, oxen, 
and cherubim: and upon the ledges 
there was a base above : and beneath 
the lions and oxen were certain addi- 
tions made of thin work. 

30 And every base had four brazen 
wheels, and plates of brass : and the 
four corners thereof had undersetters : 
under the laver were undersetters 
molten, at the side of every addition. 

31 And the mouth of it within the 
chapiter and above was a cubit : but 
the mouth thereof was round after 
the work of the base, a cubit and a 
half: and also upon the mouth of 
it ivere gravings with their borders, 
foursquare, not round. 

32 And under the borders were 
four wheels ; and the axletrees of 
the wheels were joined to the base : 
and the height of a wheel was a 
cubit and half a cubit. 

33 And the work of the wheels was 
like the work of a chariot wheel : 
their axletrees, and their naves, and 
their felloes, and their spokes, were 
all molten. 

34 And there were four underset- 
ters to the four corners of one base : 
and the undersetters were of the very 
base itself. 

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and all the vessels. 



>ls. 



35 And in the top of the base was 
there a round compass of half a cubit 
high : and on the top of the base the 
ledges thereof and the borders thereof 
were of the same. 

36 For on the plates of the ledges 
thereof, and on the borders thereof, he 
graved cherubim, lions, and palm 
trees, according to the proportion of 
every one, and additions round about. 

37 After this manner he made the 
ten bases : all of them had one cast- 
ing, one measure, and one size. 

38 If Then made he ten lavers 
of brass : one laver contained forty- 
baths : and every laver was four 
cubits : and upon every one of the 
ten bases one laver. 

39 And he put five bases on the 
right side of the house, and five on 
the left side of the house : and he set 
the sea on the right side of the house 
eastward, over against the south. 

40 If And Hiram made the lavers, 
and the shovels, and the basins. So 
Hiram made an end of doing all the 
work that he made king Solomon for 
the house of the Lord : 

41 The two pillars, and the two 
bowls of the chapiters that were on 
the top of the two pillars ; and the 
two networks, to cover the two bowls 
of the chapiters which were upon the 
top of the pillars ; 

42 And four hundred pomegranates 
for the two networks, even two rows 
of pomegranates for one network, to 
cover the two bowls of the chapiters 
that were upon the pillars ; 

43 And the ten bases, and ten la- 
yers on the bases ; 

44 And one sea, and twelve oxen 
under the sea ; 

45 And the pots, and the shovels, 
and the basins: and all these ves- 
sels, which Hiram made to king Sol- 
omon for the house of the Lord, were 
of bright brass. 

46 in the plain of Jordan did the 
king cast them, in the clay ground 
between Succoth and Zarthan. 

47 And Solomon left all the ves- 

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sels unweighed, because they were 
exceeding many: neither was the 
weight of the brass found out. 

48 And Solomon made all the ves- 
sels that pertained unto the house of 
the Lord : the altar of gold, and the 
table of gold, whereupon the shew- 
bread was, 

49 And the candlesticks of pure 
gold, five on the right side, and five 
on the left, before the oracle, with 
the flowers, and the lamps, and the 
tongs of gold, 

50 And the bowls, and the snuffers, 
and the basins, and the spoons, and 
the censers of pure gold ; and the 
hinges of gold, both for the doors of 
the inner house, the most holy place r 
and for the doors of the house, to wit, 
of the temple. 

51 So was ended all the work that 
king Solomon made for the house of 
the Lord. And Solomon brought in 
the things which David his father 
had dedicated ; even the silver, and 
the gold, and the vessels, did he put 
among the treasures of the house of 
the Lord. 

CHAPTEE YIH, 

1 The feast of the dedication of the temple. 12, 54 
Solomon's blessing. 22 Solomon's prayer. 62 His 
sacrifice of peace offerings. 

THEN Solomon assembled the 
elders of Israel, and all the 
heads of the tribes, the chief of the 
fathers of the children of Israel, un- 
to king Solomon in Jerusalem, that 
they might bring up the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord out of the city 
of David, which is Zion. 

2 And all the men of Israel assem- 
bled themselves unto king Solomon 
at the feast in the month Ethanim, 
which is the seventh month. 

3 And all the elders of Israel came, 
and the priests took up the ark. 

4 And they brought up the ark of 
the Lord, and the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and all the holy ves- 
sels that were in the tabernacle, even 
those did the priests and the Levites 
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dedication of the temple. 



5 And king Solomon, and all the 
congregation of Israel, that were 
assembled nnto him, were with him 
before the ark, sacrificing sheep and 
oxen, that could not be told nor num- 
bered for multitude. 

6 And the priests brought in the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord unto 
his place, into the oracle of the house, 
to the most holy place, even under the 
wings of the cherubim. 

7 For the cherubim spread forth 
their two wings over the place of the 
ark, and the cherubim covered the 
ark and the staves thereof above. 

8 And they drew out the staves, 
that the ends of the staves were 
seen out in the holy place before the 
oracle, and they were not seen with- 
out : and there they are unto this day. 

9 There was nothing in the ark save 
the two tables of stone, which Moses 
put there at Horeb, when the Lord 
made a covenant with the children of 
Israel, when they came out of the 
land of Egypt. 

10 And it came to pass, when the 
priests were come out of the holy 
place, that the cloud filled the house 
of the Lord, 

11 So that the priests could not 
stand to minister because of the 
cloud : for the glory of the Lord had 
filled the house of the Lord. 

12 IT Then spake Solomon, The 
Lord said that he would dwell in 
the thick darkness. 

13 I have surely built thee a house 
to dwell in, a settled place for thee to 
abide in for ever. 

14 And the king turned his face 
about, and blessed all the congrega- 
tion of Israel : and all the congrega- 
tion of Israel stood ; 

15 And he said, Blessed be the 
Lord God of Israel, which spake 
with his mouth unto David my 
father, and hath with his hand ful- 
filled it, saying, 

16 Since the day that I brought 
forth my people Israel out of Egypt, 
I chose no city out of all the tribes 

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of Israel to build a house, that my 
name might be therein ; but I chose 
David to be over my people Israel. 

1 7 And it was in the heart of David 
my father to build a house for the 
name of the Lord God of Israel. 

18 And the Lord said unto David 
my father, Whereas it was in thine 
heart to build a house unto my name, 
thou didst well that it was in thine 
heart. 

19 Nevertheless thou shalt not 
build the house ; but thy son that 
shall come forth out of thy loins, he 
shall build the house unto my name. 

20 And the Lord hath performed 
his word that he spake, and I am 
risen up in the room of David my 
father, and sit on the throne of Israel, 
as the Lord promised, and have built 
a house for the name of the Lord 
God of Israel. 

21 And I have set there a place for 
the ark, wherein is the covenant of 
the Lord, which he made with our 
fathers, when he brought them out 
of the land of Egypt. 

22 TT And Solomon stood before the 
altar of the Lord in the presence of 
all the congregation of Israel, and 
spread forth his hands toward heaven : 

23 And he said, Lord God of 
Israel, there is no God like thee, in 
heaven above, or on earth beneath, 
who keepest covenant and mercy 
with thy servants that walk before 
thee with all their heart : 

24 Who hast kept with thy ser- 
vant David my father that thou prom- 
isedst him : thou spakest also with thy 
mouth, and hast fulfilled it with thine 
hand, as it is this day. 

25 Therefore now, Lord God of 
Israel, keep with thy servant David 
my father that thou promisedst him, 
saying, There shall not fail thee a 
man in my sight to sit on the throne 
of Israel ; so that thy children take 
heed to their way, that they walk before 
me as thou hast walked before me. 

26 And now, O God of Israel, let 
thy word, I pray thee r be verified, 

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which thou spakest unto thy servant 
David my father. 

27 But will God indeed dwell on 
the earth ? behold, the heaven and 
heaven of heavens cannot contain 
thee ; how much less this house that 
I have builded ? 

28 Yet have thou respect unto the 
prayer of thy servant, and to his sup- 
plication, O Lord my God, to hearken 
unto the cry and to the prayer, which 
thy servant prayeth before thee to 
day: 

29 That thine eyes may be open 
toward this house night and day, 
even toward the place of which thou 
hast said, My name shall be there : 
that thou may est hearken unto the 
prayer which thy servant shall make 
toward this place. 

30 And hearken thou to the sup- 
plication of thy servant, and of thy 
people Israel, when they shall pray 
toward this place : and hear thou in 
heaven thy dwellingplace : and when 
thou hearest, forgive. 

31 T[ If any man trespass against 
his neighbour, and an oath be laid 
upon him to cause him to swear, and 
the oath come before thine altar in 
this house : 

32 Then hear thou in heaven, and 
do, and judge thy servants, condem- 
ning the wicked, to bring his way 
upon his head; and justifying the 
righteous, to give him according to his 
righteousness. 

33 U When thy people Israel be 
smitten down before the enemy, be- 
cause they have sinned against thee, 
and shall turn again to thee, and 
confess thy name, and pray, and 
make supplication unto thee in this 
house : 

34 Then hear thou in heaven, and 
forgive the sin of thy people Israel, 
and bring them again unto the land 
which thou gavest unto their fathers. 

35 H When heaven is shut up, and 
there is no rain, because they have 
sinned against thee ; if they pray 
toward this place, and confess thy 

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name, and turn from their sin, when 
thou afflictest them : 

36 Then hear thou in heaven, and 
forgive the sin of thy servants, and 
of thy people Israel, that thou teach 
them the good way wherein they 
should walk, and give rain upon thy 
land, which thou hast given to thy 
people for an inheritance. 

37 TT If there be in the land fam- 
ine, if there be pestilence, blasting, 
mildew, locust, or if there be caterpil- 
lar ; if their enemy besiege them in 
the land of their cities; whatsoever 
plague, whatsoever sickness there be ; 

38 What prayer and supplication 
soever be made by any man, or by 
all thy people Israel, which shall know 
every man the plague of his own 
heart, and spread forth his hands 
toward this house : 

39 Then hear thou in heaven thy 
dwellingplace, and forgive, and do, 
and give to every man according to 
his ways, whose heart thou knowest ; 
(for thou, even thou only, knowest the 
hearts of all the children of men ;) 

40 That they may fear thee all the 
days that they live in the land which 
thou gavest unto our fathers. 

41 Moreover concerning a stranger, 
that is not of thy people Israel, but 
cometh out of a far country for thy 
name's sake ; 

42 (For they shall hear of thy great 
name, and of thy strong hand, and 
of thy stretched out arm ;) when he 
shall come and pray toward this house : 

43 Hear thou in heaven thy dwell- 
ingplace, and do according to all that 
the stranger calleth to thee for : that 
all people of the earth may know thy 
name, to fear thee, as do thy people 
Israel ; and that they may know that 
this house, which I have builded, is 
called by thy name. 

44 H If thy people go out to battle 
against their enemy, whithersoever 
thou shalt send them, and shall pray 
unto the Lord toward the city which 
thou hast chosen, and toward the house 
that I have built for thy name : 



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His peace offerings. 



45 Then hear thou in heaven their 
prayer and their supplication, and 
maintain their cause. 

46 If they sin against thee, (for 
there is no man that sinneth not,) 
and thou he angry with them, and 
deliver them to the enemy, so that 
they carry them away captives unto 
the land of the enemy, far or near ; 

47 Yet if they shall bethink them- 
selves in the land whither they were 
carried captives, and repent, and 
make supplication unto thee in the 
land of them that carried them cap- 
tives, saying, We have sinned, and 
have done perversely, we have com- 
mitted wickedness ; 

48 And so return unto thee with all 
their heart, and with all their soul, 
in the land of their enemies, which 
led them away captive, and pray 
unto thee toward their land, which 
thou gavest unto their fathers, the city 
which thou hast chosen, and the house 
which I have built for thy name : 

49 Then hear thou their prayer and 
their supplication in heaven thy d well- 
ingplace, and maintain their cause, 

50 And forgive thy people that 
have sinned against thee, and all 
their transgressions wherein they 
have transgressed against thee, and 
give them compassion before them 
who carried them captive, that they 
may have compassion on them : 

51 For they be thy people, and thine 
inheritance, which thou broughtest 
forth out of Egypt, from the midst 
of the furnace of iron : 

52 That thine eyes may be open 
unto the supplication of thy servant, 
and unto the supplication of thy peo- 
ple Israel, to hearken unto them in 
all that they call for unto thee. 

53 For thou didst separate them 
from among all the people of the 
earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou 
spakest by the hand of Moses thy 
servant, when thou broughtest our 
fathers out of Egypt, O Lord God. 

54 And it was so, that when Solo- 
mon had made an end of praying all 



this prayer and supplication unto 
the Lord, he arose from before the 
altar of the Lord, from kneeling on 
his knees with his hands spread up 
to heaven. 

55 And he stood, and blessed all 
the congregation of Israel with a 
loud voice, saying, 

56 Blessed be the Lord, that hath 
given rest unto his people Israel, 
according to all that he promised : 
there hath not failed one word of all 
his good promise, which he promised 
by the hand of Moses his servant. 

57 The Lord our God be with us, 
as he was with our fathers : let him 
not leave us, nor forsake us : 

58 That he may incline our hearts 
unto him, to walk in all his ways, 
and to keep his commandments, and 
his statutes, and his judgments, which 
he commanded our fathers. 

59 And let these my words, where- 
with I have made supplication before 
the Lord, be nigh unto the Lord our 
God day and night, that he maintain 
the cause of his servant, and the 
cause of his people Israel at all 
times, as the matter shall require : 

60 That all the people of the earth 
may know that the Lord is God, and 
that there is none else. 

61 Let your heart therefore be per- 
fect with the Lord our God, to walk 
in his statutes, and to keep his com- 
mandments, as at this day. 

62 If And the king, and all Israel 
with him, offered sacrifice before the 
Lord. 

63 And Solomon offered a sacrifice 
of peace offerings, which he offered 
unto the Lord, two and twenty thou- 
sand oxen, and a hundred and twenty 
thousand sheep. So the king and all 
the children of Israel dedicated the 
house of the Lord. 

64 The same day did the king hal- 
low the middle of the court that was 
before the house of the Lord : for 
there he offered burnt offerings, and 
meat offerings, and the fat of the 
peace offerings: because the brazen 

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altar that ivas before the Lord was 
too little to receive the burnt offer- 
ings, and meat offerings, and the fat 
of the peace offerings. 

65 And at that time Solomon held a 
feast, and all Israel with him, a great 
congregation, from the entering in of 
Hamath unto the river of Egypt, be- 
fore the Lord our God, seven days 
and seven days, even fourteen days. 

66 On the eighth day he sent the 
people away: and they blessed the 
king, and went unto their tents joy- 
ful and glad of heart for all the 
goodness that the Lord had done 
for David his servant, and for Israel 
his people. 

CHAPTEE IX. 

1 God's covenant in a vision with Solomon. 10 The 
mutual presents of Solomon and Hiram. 15 In Sol' 
ornon's ioorks the Gentiles were his bondmen, the Is- 
raelites honourable ^servants. 24 Pharaoh's daughter 
removeth to her house. 25 Solomon's yearly solemn 
sacrifices. 26 His navy fetcheth gold from Ophir. 

AND it came to pass, when Solo- 
. mon had finished the building 
of the house of the Lord, and the 
king's house, and all Solomon's de- 
sire which he was pleased to do, 

2 That the Lord appeared to Sol- 
omon the second time, as he had 
appeared unto him at Gibeon. 

3 And the Lord said unto him, 
I have heard thy prayer and thy 
supplication, that thou hast made 
before me: I have hallowed this 
house, which thou hast built, to put 
my name there for ever; and mine 
eyes and mine heart shall be there 
perpetually. 

4 And if thou wilt walk before 
me, as David thy father walked, in 
integrity of heart, and in uprightness, 
to do according to all that I have 
commanded thee, and wilt keep my 
statutes and my judgments ; 

5 Then I will establish the throne 
of thy kingdom upon Israel for ever, 
as I promised to David thy father, 
saying, There shall not fail thee a 
man upon the throne of Israel. 

6 But if ye shall at all turn from 
following me, ye or your children, 

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and will not keep my commandments 
and my statutes which I have set be- 
fore you, but go and serve other gods, 
and worship them ; 

7 Then will I cut off Israel out of 
the land which I have given them ; 
and this house, which I have hallow- 
ed for my name, will I cast out of my 
sight; and Israel shall be a proverb 
and a byword among all people : 

8 And at this house, which is high, 
every one that passeth by it shall 
be astonished, and shall hiss ; and 
they shall say, Why hath the Lord 
done thus unto this land, and to this 
house ? 

9 And they shall answer, Because 
they forsook the Lord their God, who 
brought forth their fathers out of the 
land of Egypt, and have taken hold 
upon other gods, and have worship- 
ped them, and served them : therefore 
hath the Lord brought upon them all 
this evil. 

10 If And it came to pass at the 
end of twenty years, when Solomon 
had built the two houses, the house 
of the Lord, and the king's house, 

11 (Now Hiram the king of Tyre , 
had furnished Solomon with cedar 
trees and fir trees, and with gold, ac- 
cording to all his desire,) that then 
king Solomon gave Hiram twenty 
cities in the land of Galilee. 

12 And Hiram came out from Tyre 
to see the cities which Solomon had 
given him ; and they pleased him not. 

13 And he said, What cities are 
these which thou hast given me, my 
brother ? And he called them the 
land of Cabul unto this day. 

14 And Hiram sent to the king 
sixscore talents of gold. 

15 If And this is the reason of the 
levy which king Solomon raised ; for 
to build the house of the Lord, and 
his own house, and Millo, and the 
wall of Jerusalem, and Hazor, and 
Megiddo, and Gezer. 

16 For Pharaoh king of Egypt had 
gone up, and taken Gezer, and burnt 
it with fire, and slain the Canaanites 



Solomon buildeth divers cities. I. KINGS. The queen of Shebds visit. 



that dwelt in the city, and given it 
for a present unto his daughter, Sol- 
omon's wife. 

17 And Solomon huilt Gezer, and 
Beth-horon the nether, 

18 And Baalath, and Tadmor in 
the wilderness, in the land, 

19 And all the cities of store that 
Solomon had, and cities for his char- 
iots, and cities for his horsemen, and 
that which Solomon desired to huild 
in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and 
in all the land of his dominion. 

20 And all the people that were 
left of the Amorites, Hittites, Periz- 
zites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which 
were not of the children of Israel, 

21 Their children that were left 
after them in the land, whom the 
children of Israel also were not able 
utterly to destroy, upon those did Sol- 
omon levy a tribute of bondservice 
unto this day. 

22 But of the children of Israel 
did Solomon make no bondmen : but 
they were men of war, and his ser- 
vants, and his princes, and his cap- 
tains, and rulers of his chariots, and 
his horsemen. 

23 These were the chief of the of- 
ficers that were over Solomon's work, 
five hundred and fifty, which bare 
rule over the people that wrought in 
the work. 

24 IT But Pharaoh's daughter came 
up out of the city of David unto her 
house which Solomon had built for 
her : then did he build Millo. 

25 1T And. three times in a year 
did Solomon offer burnt offerings and 
peace offerings upon the altar which 
he built unto the Lord, and he burnt 
incense upon the altar that was before 
the Lord. So he finished the house. 

26 TT And king Solomon made a 
navy of ships in Ezion-geber, which 
is beside Eloth, on the shore of the 
Red sea, in the land of Edom. 

27 And Hiram sent in the navy 
his servants, shipmen that had knowl- 

, edge of the sea, with the servants of 
Solomon. 



28 And they came to Ophir, and 
fetched from thence gold, four hun- 
dred and twenty talents, and brought 
it to king Solomon. 

CHAPTEE X. 

1 The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon. 
14 Solomon's gold. 16 His targets. 18 The throne 
of ivory. 21 His vessels. 24 His presents. 26 His 
chariots and horse. 28 His tribute. 

AND when the queen of Sheba 
_ heard of the fame of Solomon 
concerning the name of the Lord, 
she came to prove him with hard 
questions. 

2 And she came to Jerusalem with 
a very great train, with camels that 
bare spices, and very much gold, and 
precious stones : and when she was 
come to Solomon, she communed with 
him of all that was in her heart. 

3 And Solomon told her all her 
questions: there was not any thing 
hid from the king, which he told her 
not. 

4 And when the queen of Sheba 
had seen all Solomon's wisdom, and 
the house that he had built, 

5 And the meat of his table, and 
the sitting of his servants, and the 
attendance of his ministers, and their 
apparel, and his cupbearers, and his 
ascent by which he went up unto 
the house of the Lord ; there was no 
more spirit in her. 

6 And she said to the king, It was 
a true report that I heard in mine own 
land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 

7 Howbeit I believed not the words, 
until I came, and mine eyes had seen 
it ; and, behold, the half was not told 
me : thy wisdom and prosperity ex- 
ceedeth the fame which I heard. 

8 Happy are thy men, happy are 
these thy servants, which stand con- 
tinually before thee, and that hear 
thy wisdom. 

9 Blessed be the Lord thy God, 
which delighted in thee, to set thee 
on the throne of Israel : because the 
Lord loved Israel for ever, therefore 
made he thee king, to do judgment 
and justice. 

10 And she gave the king a hun- 

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and wisdom. 



dred and twenty talents of gold, and 
of spices very great store, and pre- 
cious stones : there came no more 
such abundance of spices as these 
which the queen of Sheba gave to 
king Solomon. 

11 And the navy also of Hiram, 
that brought gold from Ophir, brought 
in from Ophir great plenty of almug 
trees, and precious stones. 

12 And the king made of the al- 
mug trees pillars for the house of the 
Lord, and for the king's house, harps 
also and psalteries for singers : there 
came no such almug trees, nor were 
seen unto this day. 

13 And king Solomon gave unto 
the queen of Sheba all her desire, 
whatsoever she asked, besides that 
which Solomon gave her of his royal 
bounty. So she turned and went to 
her own country, she and her servants. 

14 If Now the weight of gold that 
came to Solomon in one year was six 
hundred threescore and six talents of 
gold, 

15 Besides that he had of the mer- 
, chantmen, and of the traffick of the 

spice merchants, and of all the kings 
of Arabia, and of the governors of 
the country. 

16 If And king Solomon made two 
hundred targets of beaten gold : six 
hundred shekels of gold went to one 
target. 

17 And he made three hundred 
shields of beaten gold ; three pounds 
of gold went to one shield: and the 
king put them in the house of the 
forest of Lebanon. 

18 IT Moreover, the king made a 
great throne of ivory, and overlaid it 
with the best gold. 

19 The throne had six steps, and 
the top of the throne was round be- 
hind : and there were stays on either 
side on the place of the seat, and two 
lions stood beside the stays. 

20 And twelve lions stood there on 
the one side and on the other upon 
the six steps : there was not the like 
made in any kingdom. 

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21 IT And all king Solomon's drink- 
ing vessels were of gold, and all the 
vessels of the house of the forest of 
Lebanon were of pure gold ; none 
were of silver: it was nothing ac- 
counted of in the days of Solomon. 

22 For the king had at sea a navy 
of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : 
once in three years came the navy of 
Tharshish, bringing gold, and silver, 
ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 

23 So king Solomon exceeded all 
the kings of the earth for riches and 
for wisdom. 

24 If And all the earth sought to 
Solomon, to hear his wisdom, which 
God had put in his heart. 

25 And they brought every man 
his present, vessels of silver, and ves- 
sels of gold, and garments, and ar- 
mour, and spices, horses, and mules, 
a rate year by year. 

26 <jf And Solomon gathered to- 
gether chariots and horsemen: and 
he had a thousand and four hundred 
chariots, and twelve thousand horse- 
men, whom he bestowed in the cities 
for chariots, and with the king at 
Jerusalem. 

27 And the king made silver to 
be in Jerusalem as stones, and cedars 
made he to be as the sycamore trees 
that are in the vale, for abundance. 

28 If And Solomon had horses 
brought out of Egypt, and linen 
yarn : the king's merchants received 
the linen yarn at a price. 

29 And a chariot came up and went 
out of Egypt for six hundred shekels of 
silver, and a horse for a hundred and 
fifty: and so for all the kings of the 
Hittites, and for the kings of Syria, did 
they bring them out by their means. 

OHAPTEK XL 

1 Solomon's wives and concubines. 4 In his old ac/e they 
draw him to idolatry. 9 God threatenelh him. 14 
Solomon's adversaries were JIadad, who was entertained 
in Egypt, 23 Rczon, who reigned in Damascus, 26 and 
Jeroboam, to whom AJdjah prophesied. 41 Solomon's 
acts, reign, and death : Rehoboam succeedeth him. 

BUT king Solomon loved many 
strange women, together with 
the daughter of Pharaoh, women of 



He is seduced to idolatry. 



I. KINGS. 



Solomon's adversaries. 



the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, 
Zidonians, and Hittites ; 

2 Of the nations concerning which 
the Lord said unto the children of 
Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, 
neither shall they come in unto you : 
for surely they will turn away your 
heart after their gods : Solomon clave 
unto these in love. 

3 And he had seven hundred wives, 
princesses, and three hundred concu- 
bines : and his wives turned away 
his heart. 

4 For it came to pass, when Solo- 
mon was old, that his wives turned 
away his heart after other gods : and 
his heart was not perfect with the 
Lord his God, as ivas the heart of 
David his father. 

5 For Solomon went after Ashto- 
reth the goddess of the Zidonians, 
and after Milcom the abomination of 
the Ammonites. 

6 And Solomon did evil in the sight 
of the Lord, and went not fully after 
the Lord, as did David his father. 

7 Then did Solomon build a high 
place for Chemosh, the abomination 
of Moab, in the hill that is before 
Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abom- 
ination of the children of Ammon. 

8 And likewise did he for all his 
strange wives, which burnt incense 
and sacrificed unto their gods. 

9 If And the Lord was angry 
with Solomon, because his heart was 
turned from the Lord God of Is- 
rael, which had appeared unto him 
twice, 

10 And had commanded him con- 
cerning this thing, that he should not 
go after other gods : but he kept not 
that which the Lord commanded. 

11 Wherefore the Lord said unto 
Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done 
of thee, and thou hast not kept my 
covenant and my statutes, which I 
have commanded thee, I will surely 
rend the kingdom |from thee, and will 
give it to thy servant. 

12 Notwithstanding, in thy days I 
will not do it for David thy father's 



sake : but I will rend it out of the 
hand of thy son. 

13 Howbeit I will not rend away 
all the kingdom; but will give one 
tribe to thy son for David my ser- 
vant's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake 
which I have chosen. 

14 IT And the Lord stirred up an 
adversary unto Solomon, Hadad the 
Edomite : he was of the king's seed 
in Edom. 

15 For it came to pass, when David 
was in Edom, and Joab the captain 
of the host was gone up to bury the 
slain, after he had smitten every 
male in Edom ; 

16 (For six months did Joab remain 
there with all Israel, until he had cut 
off every male in Edom :) 

17 That Hadad fled, he and certain 
Edomites of his father's servants with 
him, to go into Egypt ; Hadad being 
yet a little child. 

18 And they arose out of Midian, 
and came to Paran: and they took 
men with them out of Paran, and 
they came to Egypt, unto Pharaoh 
king of Egypt; which gave him a 
house, and appointed him victuals, 
and gave him land. 

19 And Hadad found great favour 
in the sight of Pharaoh, so that he 
gave him to wife the sister of his own 
wife, the sister of Tahpenes the queen. 

20 And the sister of Tahpenes bare 
him Genubath his son, whom Tahpe- 
nes weaned in Pharaoh's house : and 
Genubath was in Pharaoh's household 
among the sons of Pharaoh. 

2 1 And when Hadad heard in Egypt 
that David slept with his fathers, and 
that Joab the captain of the host was 
dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let 
me depart, that I may go to mine 
own country. 

22 Then Pharaoh said unto him, 
But what hast thou lacked with me, 
that, behold, thou seekest to go to 
thine own country ? And he answer- 
ed, Nothing: howbeit let me go in 
any wise. 

23 IT And God stirred him up an- 

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other adversary, Rezon the son of 
Eliadah, which fled from his lord 
Hadadezer king of Zobah : 

24 And he gathered men unto him, 
and became captain over a hand, 
when David slew them of Zobah: 
and they went to Damascus, and dwelt 
therein, and reigned in Damascus. 

25 And he was an adversary to Is- 
rael all the days of Solomon, besides 
the mischief that Hadad did: and 
he abhorred Israel, and reigned over 
Syria. 

26 TI And Jeroboam the son of 
Nebat, an Ephrathite of Zereda, 
Solomon's servant, whose mother's 
name ivas Zeruah, a widow woman, 
even he lifted up his hand against 
the king. 

2 7 And this was the cause that he 
lifted up his hand against the king : 
Solomon built Millo, and repaired 
the breaches of the city of David his 
father. 

28 And the man Jeroboam was a 
mighty man of valour : and Solomon 
seeing the young man that he was in- 
dustrious, he made him ruler over all 
the charge of the house of Joseph. 

29 And it came to pass at that time 
when Jeroboam went out of Jerusa- 
lem, that the prophet Ahijah the 
Shilonite found him in the way; 
and he had clad himself with a new 
garment ; and they two were alone 
in the field : 

30 And Ahijah caught the new gar- 
ment that was on him, and rent it in 
twelve pieces : 

3 1 And he said to Jeroboam, Take 
thee ten pieces: for thus saith the 
Lord, the God of Israel, Behold, I 
will rend the kingdom out of the 
hand of Solomon, and will give ten 
tribes to thee : 

32 (But he shall have one tribe for 
my servant David's sake, and for 
Jerusalem's sake, the city which I have 
chosen out of all the tribes of Israel :) 

33 Because that they have forsaken 
me, and have worshipped Ashtoreth 
the goddess of the Zidonians, Che- 

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mosh the god of the Moabites, and 
Milcom the god of the children of 
Ammon, and have not walked in my 
ways, to do that which is right in 
mine eyes, and to keep my statutes 
and my judgments, as did David his 
father. 

34 Howbeit I will not take the 
whole kingdom out of his hand : but 
I will make him prince all the days 
of his life for David my servant's 
sake, whom I chose, because he kept 
my commandments and my statutes : 

35 But I will take the kingdom 
out of his son's hand, and will give 
it unto thee, even ten tribes. 

36 And unto his son will I give one 
tribe, that David my servant may 
have a light alway before me in 
Jerusalem, the city which I have 
chosen me to put my name there. 

37 And I will take thee, and thou 
shalt reign according to all that thy 
soul desireth, and shalt be king over 
Israel. 

38 And it shall be, if thou wilt 
hearken unto all that I command 
thee, and wilt walk in my ways, and 
do that is right in my sight, to keep 
my statutes and my commandments, 
as David my servant did ; that I 
will be with thee, and build thee a 
sure house, as I built for David, and 
will give Israel unto thee. 

39 And I will for this afflict the 
seed of David, but not for ever. 

40 Solomon sought therefore to kill 
Jeroboam. And Jeroboam arose, and 
fled into Egypt, unto Shishak king 
of Egypt, and was in Egypt until the 
death of Solomon. 

41 H And the rest of the acts of 
Solomon, and all that he did, and his 
wisdom, are they not written in the 
book of the acts of Solomon ? 

42 And the time that Solomon 
reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel 
was forty years. 

43 And Solomorj slept with his fa- 
thers, and was buried in the city of 
David his father : and Rehoboam his 
son reigned in his stead. 



Rehoboam made king. 



I. KINGS. 



Ten tribes revolt. 



CHAPTER XII. 

1 The Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Reho- 
boam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation unto him. 
6 Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, by the ad- 
vice of young men, answereth them roughly. 16 Ten 
tribes revolting, kill Adoram, and make Rehoboam to 
flee. 21 Rehoboam, raising an army, is forbidden by 
Shemaiah. 25 Jeroboam strengthened himself by 
cities, 26 and by the idolatry of the two calves. 

A ND Rehoboam went to Shechem: 
-±\. for all Israel were come to She- 
chem to make him king. 

2 And it came to pass, when Jero- 
boam the son of Nebat, who was yet 
in Egypt, heard of it, (for he was fled 
from the presence of king Solomon, 
and Jeroboam dwelt in Egypt,) 

3 That they sent and called him. 
And Jeroboam and all the congrega- 
tion of Israel came, and spake unto 
Rehoboam, saying, 

4 Thy father made our yoke griev- 
ous : now therefore make thou the 
grievous service of thy father, and 
his heavy yoke which he put upon 
us, lighter, and we will serve thee. » 

(5 And he said unto them, Depart 
yet for three days, then come again 
to me, And the people departed. 

6 ^T And king Rehoboam consulted 
with the old men, that stood before 
Solomon his father while he yet lived, 
and said, How do ye advise that I 
may answer this people ? 

7 And they spake unto him, say- 
ing, If thou wilt be a servant unto 
this people this day, and wilt serve 
them, and answer them, and speak 
good words to them, then they will 
be thy servants for ever. 

8 But he forsook the counsel of the 
old men, which they had given him, 
and consulted with the young men 
that were grown up with him, and 
which stood before him : 

9 And he said unto them, What 
counsel give ye that we may answer 
this people, who have spoken to me, 
saying, Make the yoke which thy 
father did put upon us lighter ? 

10 And the young men that were 
grown up with him spake unto him, 
saying, Thus shalt thou speak unto 
this people that spake unto thee, say- 



ing, Thy father made our yoke heavy, 
but make thou it lighter unto us ; 
thus shalt thou say unto them, My 
little finger shall be thicker than my 
father's loins. 

11 And now whereas my father 
did lade you with a heavy yoke, I 
will add to your yoke: my father 
hath chastised you with whips, but 
I will chastise you with scorpions. 

1% IT -So Jeroboam and all the peo- 
ple came to Rehoboam the third day, 
as the king had appointed, saying, 
Come to me again the third day. 

13 And the king answered the 
people roughly, and forsook the old 
men's counsel that they gave him ; 

14 And spake to them after the 
counsel of the young men, saying, 
My father made your yoke heavy, 
and I will add to your yoke : my fa- 
ther also chastised you with whips, 
but I will chastise you with scorpions. 

15 Wherefore the king hearkened 
not unto the people ; for the cause 
was from the Lord, that he might 
perform his saying, which the Lord 
spake by Ahijah the Shilonite unto 
Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 

16 IT So when all Israel saw that 
the king hearkened not unto them, the 
people answered the king, saying, 
What portion have we in David ? 
neither have we inheritance in the son 
of Jesse : to your tents, O Israel: now 
see to thine own house, David. So 
Israel departed unto their tents. 

1 7 But as for the children of Israel 
which dwelt in the cities of Judah, 
Rehoboam reigned over them. 

18 Then king Rehoboam sent Ado- 
ram, who was over the tribute ; and 
all Israel stoned him with stones, 
that he died. Therefore king Reho- 
boam made speed to get him up to 
his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 

19 So Israel rebelled against the 
house of David unto this day. 

20 And it came to pass, when all 
Israel heard that Jeroboam was come 
again, that they sent and called him 
unto the congregation, and made him 

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I. KINGS. 



His idolatrous worship. 



king over all Israel: there was none 
that followed the house of David, but 
the tribe of Judah only. 

21 IT And when Rehoboam was 
come to Jerusalem, he assembled all 
the house of Judah, with the tribe of 
Benjamin, a hundred and fourscore 
thousand chosen men, which were 
warriors, to fight against the house 
of Israel, to bring the kingdom again 
to Rehoboam the son of Solomon. 

22 But the word of God came un- 
to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 

23 Speak unto Rehoboam, the son of 
Solomon, king of Judah, and unto all 
the house of Judah and Benjamin, and 
to the remnant of the people, saying, 

24 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall 
not go up, nor fight against your 
brethren the children of Israel: re- 
turn every man to his house ; for this 
thing is from me. They hearkened 
therefore to the word of the Lord, 
and returned to depart, according to 
the word of the Lord. 

25 ^[ Then Jeroboam built Shechem 
in mount Ephraim, and dwelt there- 
in ; and went out from thence, and 
built Penuel. 

26 And Jeroboam said in his heart, 
Now shall the kingdom return to the 
house of David : 

27 If this people go up to do sacri- 
fice in the house of the Lord at Je- 
rusalem, then shall the heart of this 
people turn again unto their lord, 
even unto Rehoboam king of Judah, 
and they shall kill me, and go again 
to Rehoboam king of Judah. 

28 Whereupon the king took coun- 
sel, and made two calves of gold, and 
said unto them, It is too much for 
you to go up to Jerusalem : behold 
thy gods, O Israel, which brought 
thee up out of the land of Egypt. 

29 And he set the one in Beth-el, 
and the other put he in Dan. 

30 And this thing became a sin: 
for the people went to worship before 
the one, even unto Dan. 

31 And he made a house of high 
places, and made priests of the low- 

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est of the people, which were not of 
the sons of Levi. 

32 And Jeroboam ordained a feast 
in the eighth month, on the fifteenth 
day of the month, like unto the feast 
that is in Judah, and he offered upon 
the altar. So did he in Beth-el, sac- 
rificing unto the calves that he had 
made : and he placed in Beth-el the 
priests of the high places which he 
had made. 

33 So he offered upon the altar 
which he had made in Beth-el the 
fifteenth day of the eighth month, 
even in the month which he had de- 
vised of his own heart ; and ordained 
a feast unto the children of Israel : 
and he offered upon the altar, and 
burnt incense. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Jeroboam's hand, that offered violence to him that 
prophesied against his altar at Beth-el, withereth, 6 
and at the prayer of the prophet is restored. 7 The 
prophet, refusing the king's entertainment, departeth 
from Beth-el. 11 An old prophet, seducing him, bring- 
eth him bach. 20 He is reproved by God, 23 slain by 
a lion, 26 buried by the old prophet, 31 who confirmeth 
his prophecy. 33 Jeroboam's obstinacy. 

AND, behold, there came a man 
. of God out of Judah by the 
word of the Lord unto Beth-el : and 
Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn 
incense. 

2 And he cried against the altar 
in the word of the Lord, and said, 
O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord; 
Behold, a child shall be born unto the 
house of David, Josiah by name ; and 
upon thee shall he offer the priests 
of the high places that burn incense 
upon thee, and men's bones shall be 
burnt upon thee. 

3 And he gave a sign the same 
day, saying, This is the sign which 
the Lord hath spoken ; Behold, the 
altar shall be rent, and the ashes that 
are upon it shall be poured out. 

4 And it came to pass, when king 
Jeroboam heard the saying of the 
man of God, which had cried against 
the altar in Beth-el, that he put forth 
his hand from the altar, saying, Lay 
hold on him. And his hand, which 
he put forth against him, dried up, 



The disobedient 



I. KINGS. 



prophet slain. 



so that he could not pull it in again 
to him. 

5 The altar also was rent, and the 
ashes poured out from the altar, ac- 
cording to the sign which the man of 
God had given hy the word of the Lord. 

6 And the king answered and said 
unto the man of God, Entreat now 
the face of the Lord thy God, and 
pray for me, that my hand may he 
restored me again. And the man of 
God besought the Lord, and the 
king's hand was restored him again, 
and became as it was before. 

7 And the king said unto the man of 
God, Come home with me, and refresh 
thyself, and I will give thee a reward. 

8 And the man of God said unto 
the king, If thou wilt give me half 
thine house, I will not go in with 
thee, neither will I eat bread nor 
drink water in this place : 

9 For so was it charged me by the 
word of the Lord, saying, Eat no 
bread, nor drink water, nor turn again 
by the same way that thou earnest. 

10 So he went another way, and 
returned not by the way that he 
came to Beth-el. 

11 IT Now there dwelt an old proph- 
et in Beth-el ; and his sons came and 
told him all the works that the man 
of God had done that day in Beth- 
el : the words which he had spoken 
unto the king, them they told also to 
their father. 

12 And their father said unto them, 
What way went he ? For his sons 
had seen what way the man of God 
went, which came from Judah. 

13 And he said unto his sons, Sad- 
dle me the ass. So they saddled him 
the ass : and he rode thereon, 

14 And went after the man of God, 
and found him sitting under an oak: 
and he said unto him, Art thou the 
man of God that earnest from Judah ? 
And he said, I am. 

15 Then he said unto him, Come 
home with me, and eat bread. 

16 And he said, I may not return 
with thee, nor go in with thee : neith- 



er will I eat bread nor drink water 
with thee in this place : 

17 For it was said to me by the 
word of the Lord, Thou shalt eat no 
bread nor drink water there, nor turn 
again to go by the way that thou 
earnest. 

18 He said unto him, I am a proph- 
et also as thou art; and an angel 
spake unto me by the word of the 
Lord, saying, Bring him back with 
thee into thine house, that he may 
eat bread and drink water. But he 
lied unto him. 

19 So he went back with him, and 
did eat bread in his house, and drank 
water. 

20 If And it came to pass, as they 
sat at the table, that the word of the 
Lord came unto the prophet that 
brought him back : 

21 And he cried unto the man of 
God that came from Judah, saying, 
Thus saith the Lord, Forasmuch as 
thou hast disobeyed the mouth of the 
Lord, and hast not kept the command- 
ment which the Lord thy God com- 
manded thee, 

22 But earnest back, and hast eaten 
bread and drunk water in the place, 
of the which the Lord did say to 
thee, Eat no bread, and drink no wa- 
ter ; thy carcass shall not come unto 
the sepulchre of thy fathers. 

23 If And it came to pass, after he 
had eaten bread, and after he had 
drunk, that he saddled for him the 
ass, to ivit, for the prophet whom he 
had brought back. 

24 And when he was gone, a lion 
met him by the way, and slew him : 
and his carcass was cast in the way, 
and the ass stood by it, the lion also 
stood by the carcass. 

25 And, behold, men passed by, 
and saw the carcass cast in the way, 
and the lion standing by the carcass: 
and they came and told it in the city 
where the old prophet dwelt. 

26 And when the prophet that 
brought him back from the way 
heard thereof, he said, It is the man 

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Ruin of Jeroboam 's 



of God, who was disobedient unto 
the word of the Lord: therefore the 
Lord hath delivered him unto the 
lion, which hath torn him, and slain 
him, according to the word of the 
Lord, which he spake unto him. 

27 And he spake to his sons, say- 
ing, Saddle me the ass. And they 
saddled him. 

28 And he went and found his car- 
cass cast in the way, and the ass and 
the lion standing by the carcass : the 
lion had not eaten the carcass, nor 
torn the ass. 

29 And the prophet took up the 
carcass of the man of God, and laid 
it upon the ass, and brought it back : 
and the old prophet came to the city, 
to mourn and to bury him. 

30 And he laid his carcass in his 
own grave ; and they mourned over 
him, saying, Alas, my brother ! 

31 And it came to pass, after he 
had buried him, that he spake to his 
sons, saying, When I am dead, then 
bury me in the sepulchre wherein 
the man of God is buried; lay my 
bones beside his bones : 

32 For the saying which he cried by 
the word of the Lord against the altar 
in Beth-el, and against all the houses 
of the high places whichar^ in the cities 
of Samaria, shall surely come to pass. 

33 H" After this thing Jeroboam 
returned not from his evil way, but 
made again of the lowest of the peo- 
ple priests of the high places : whoso- 
ever would, he consecrated him, and 
he became one of the priests of the 
high places. 

34 And this thing became sin unto 
the house of Jeroboam, even to cut it 
off, and to destroy it from off the face 
of the earth. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

1 Abijah being sick, Jeroboam sendcth his wife disguised 
with presents to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh. 5 
Ahijah, forevmrned by God, denounceth God's judg- 
ment. 17 Abijah dieth, and if buried. 19 Nadab 
tuceeedelh Jeroboam. 21 Jichoboam's wicked reign. 
25 Shishak spoileth Jerusalem. 29 Abijam succecdeth 
Jtehoboam. 

AT that time Abijah the son of 
. Jeroboam fell sick. 

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2 And Jeroboam said to his wife, 
Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thy- 
self, that thou be not known to be 
the wife of Jeroboam ; and get thee 
to Shiloh : behold, there is Ahijah 
the prophet, which told me that I 
should be king over this people. 

3 And take with thee ten loaves, 
and cracknels, and a cruse of honey, 
and go to him : he shall tell thee 
what shall become of the child. 

4 And Jeroboam's wife did so, and 
arose, and went to Shiloh, and came 
to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah 
could not see ; for his eyes were set 
by reason of his age. 

5 1[ And the Lord said unto Ahi- 
jah, Behold, the wife of Jeroboam 
cometh to ask a thing of thee for 
her son ; for he is sick : thus and 
thus shalt thou say unto her : for it 
shall be, when she cometh in, that 
she shall feign herself to be another 
woman. 

6 And it was so, when Ahijah heard 
the sound of her feet, as she came in 
at the door, that he said, Come in, 
thou wife of Jeroboam ; why feignest 
thou thyself to be another ? for I am 
sent to thee with heavy tidings. 

7 Go, tell Jeroboam, Thus saith 
the Lord God of Israel, Forasmuch 
as I exalted thee from among the 
people, and made thee prince over 
my people Israel, 

8 And rent the kingdom away 
from the house of David, and gave 
it thee : and yet thou hast not been 
as my servant David, who kept my 
commandments, and who followed 
me with all his heart, to do that 
only which was right in mine eyes ; 

9 But hast done evil above all that 
were before thee: for thou hast gone 
and made thee other gods, and molt- 
en images, to provoke me to anger, 
and hast cast me behind thy back : 

10 Therefore, behold, I will bring 
evil upon the house of Jeroboam, 
and will cut off from Jeroboam him 
that pisseth against the wall, and him 
that is shut up and left in Israel, and 



house foretold. 



I. KINGS. 



Rehoboam! s death. 



will take away the remnant of the 
house of Jeroboam, as a man taketh 
away dung, till it be all gone. 

11 Him that dieth of Jeroboam in 
the city shall the dogs eat ; and him 
that dieth in the field shall the fowls 
of the air eat: for the Lord hath 
spoken it. 

12 Arise thou therefore, get thee 
to thine own house : and when thy 
feet enter into the city, the child 
shall die. 

13 And all Israel shall mourn for 
him, and bury him: for he only of 
Jeroboam shall come to the grave, 
because in him there is found some 
good thing toward the Lord God of 
Israel in the house of Jeroboam. 

14 Moreover the Lord shall raise 
him up a king over Israel, who shall 
cut off the house of Jeroboam that 
day : but what ? even now. 

lo For the Lord shall smite Israel, 
as a reed is shaken in the water, and 
he shall root up Israel out of this 
good land, which he gave to their 
fathers, and shall scatter them be- 
yond the river, because they have 
made their groves, provoking the 
Lord to anger. 

16 And he shall give Israel up be- 
cause of the sins of Jeroboam, who 
did sin, and who made Israel to sin. 

17 If And Jeroboam's wife arose, 
and departed, and came to Tirzah: 
and when she came to the threshold 
of the door, the child died ; 

18 And they buried him; and all 
Israel mourned for him, according 
to the word of the Lord, which he 
spake by the hand of his servant 
Ahijah the prophet. 

19 And the rest of the acts of Jero- 
boam, how he warred, and how he 
reigned, behold, they are written in 
the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Israel. 

20 And the days which Jeroboam 
reigned were two and twenty years : 
and he slept with his fathers, and 
Nadab his son reigned in his stead. 

21 If And Rehoboam the son of Sol- 



omon reigned in Judah. Rehoboam 
was forty and one years old when 
he began to reign, and he reigned 
seventeen years in Jerusalem, the 
city which the Lord did choose out 
of all the tribes of Israel, to put his 
name there. And his mother's name 
was Naamah an Ammonitess. 

22 And Judah did evil in the sight 
of the Lord, and they provoked him 
to jealousy with their sins which they 
had committed, above all that their 
fathers had done. 

23 For they also built them high 
places, and images, and groves, on 
every high hill, and under every green 
tree. 

24 And there were also sodomites 
in the land : and they did according 
to all the abominations of the na- 
tions which the Lord cast out before 
the children of Israel. 

25 IT And it came to pass in the 
fifth year of king Rehoboam, that 
Shishak king of Egypt came up 
against Jerusalem: 

26 And he took away the treasures 
of the house of the Lord, and the 
treasures of the king's house : he even 
took away all : and he took away 
all the shields of gold which Solomon 
had made. 

27 And king Rehoboam made in 
their stead brazen shields, and com- 
mitted them unto the hands of the 
chief of the guard, which kept the 
door of the king's house. 

28 And it was so, when the king 
went into the house of the Lord, that 
the guard bare them, and brought 
them back into the guard chamber. 

29 TT Now the rest of the acts of 
Rehoboam, and all that he did, are 
they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

30 And there was war between 
Rehoboam and Jeroboam all their 
days. 

31 And Rehoboam slept with his 
fathers, and was buried with his 
fathers in the city of David. And 
his mother's name was Naamah an 

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Asa's good reign. 



Ammonitess. And Abijam his son 
reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XY. 

1 Abijam's wicked reign. 7 Asa succeedeth him. 9 
Asa's good reign. 16 The war between Baasha and 
him causeth him to make a league with Ben-hadad. 
23 Jehoshaphat succeedeth Asa. 25 JVadab's wicked 
reign. 27 Baasha conspiring against him executeth 
Ahijah's prophecy. 31 NadaUs acts and death. 33 
Baasha 's wicked reign. \ 

NOW in the eighteenth year of 
king Jeroboam the son of Ne- 
bat reigned Abijam over Judah. 

2 Three years reigned he in Jeru- 
salem. And his mother's name was 
Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom. 

3 And he walked in all the sins of 
his father, which he had done before 
him : and his heart was not perfect 
with the Lord his God, as the heart 
of David his father. 

4 Nevertheless for David's sake did 
the Lord his God give him a lamp 
in Jerusalem, to set up his son after 
him, and to establish Jerusalem : 

5 Because David did that which was 
right in the eyes of the Lord, and 
turned not aside from any thing that 
he commanded him all the days of 
his life, save only in the matter of 
Uriah the Hittite. 

6 And there was war between Re- 
hoboam and Jeroboam all the days 
of his life. 

7 Now the rest of the acts of Abi- 
jam, and all that he did, are they not 
written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Judah ? And there 
was war between Abijam and Jero- 
boam. 

8 And Abijam slept with his fa- 
thers ; and they buried him in the 
city of David : and Asa his son 
reigned in his stead. 

9 H And in the twentieth year of 
Jeroboam king of Israel reigned Asa 
over Judah. 

10 And forty and one years reigned 
he in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
name was Maachah, the daughter of 
Abishalom. 

11 And Asa did that which was 
right in the eyes of the Lord, as 
did David his father. 

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12 And he took away the sodom- 
ites out of the land, and removed all 
the idols that his fathers had made. 

13 And also Maachah his mother, 
even her he removed from being 
queen, because she had made an 
idol in a grove ; and Asa destroyed 
her idol, and burnt it by the brook 
Kidron. 

14 But the high places were not re- 
moved : nevertheless Asa's heart was 
perfect with the Lord all his days. 

15 And he brought in the things 
which his father had dedicated, and 
the things which himself had dedi- 
cated, into the house of the Lord, 
silver, and gold, and vessels. 

16 IT And there was war between 
Asa and Baasha king of Israel all 
their days. 

17 And Baasha king of Israel went 
up against Judah, and built Ramah, 
that he might not suffer any to go 
out or come in to Asa king of Judah. 

18 Then Asa took all the silver and 
the gold that were left in the treas- 
ures of the house of the Lord, and 
the treasures of the king's house, and 
delivered them into the hand of his 
servants : and king Asa sent them to 
Ben-hadad, the son of Tabrimon, the 
son of Hezion, king of Syria, that 
dwelt at Damascus, saying, 

19 There is a league between me 
and thee, and between my father and 
thy father : behold, I have sent unto 
thee a present of silver and gold; 
come and break thy league with 
Baasha king of Israel, that he may 
depart from me. 

20 So Ben-hadad hearkened unto 
king Asa, and sent the captains of 
the hosts which he had against the 
cities of Israel, and smote Ijon, and 
Dan, and Abel-beth-maachah, and 
all Cinneroth, with all the land of 
Naphtali. 

21 And it came to pass, when Baa- 
sha heard thereof, that he left off 
building of Ramah, and dwelt in 
Tirzah. 

22 Then king Asa made a procla- 



NadaUs wicked reign. 



I. KINGS. 



Jehu's prophecy. 



mation throughout all Judah ; none 
was exempted : and they took away 
the stones of Ramah, and the timber 
thereof, wherewith Baasha had build- 
ed ; and king Asa built with them 
Geba of Benjamin, and Mizpah. 

23 The rest of all the acts of Asa, 
and all his might, and all that he did, 
and the cities which he built, are they 
not written in the book of the Chron- 
icles of the kings of Judah ? Never- 
theless in the time of his old age he 
was diseased in his feet. 

24 And Asa slept with his fathers, 
and was buried with his fathers in 
the city of David his father : and Je- 
hoshaphat his son reigned in his stead. 

25 If And Nadab the son of Jero- 
boam began to reign over Israel in 
the second year of Asa king of Judah, 
and reigned over Israel two years. 

26 And he did evil in the sight of 
the Lord, and walked in the way of 
his father, and in his sin wherewith 
he made Israel to sin. 

27 5T And Baasha the son of Ahi- 
jah, of the house of Issachar, conspired 
against him ; and Baasha smote him 
at Gibbethon, which belonged to the 
Philistines ; for Nadab and all Israel 
laid siege to Gibbethon. 

28 Even in the third year of Asa 
king of Judah did Baasha slay him, 
and reigned in his stead. 

29 And it came to pass, when he 
reigned, that he smote all the house 
of Jeroboam ; he left not to Jeroboam 
any that breathed, until he had de- 
stroyed him, according unto the say- 
ing of the Lord, which he spake by 
his servant Ahijah the Shiionite : 

30 Because of the sins of Jeroboam 
which he sinned, and which he made 
Israel sin, by his provocation where- 
with he provoked the Lord God of 
Israel to anger. 

31 If Now the rest of the acts of 
Nadab, and all that he did, are they 
not written in the book of the Chroni- 
cles of the kings of Israel ? 

32 And there was war between Asa 
and Baasha king of Israel all their days. 



33 In the third year of Asa king of 
Judah began Baasha the son of Ahi- 
jah to reign over all Israel in Tirzah, 
twenty and four years. 

34 And he did evil in the sight of 
the Lord, and walked in the way of 
Jeroboam, and in his sin wherewith 
he made Israel to sin. 

CHAPTER XYI. 

1, 1 Jehus prophecy against Baasha. 6 Elah succcedeth 
him. 8 Zimri conspiring against Elah succeedeth 
him. 11 Zimri executeth Jehu s prophecy. 15 Omri, 
made king by the soldiers, forceth Zimri desperately to 
burn himself. 21 The kingdom being divided, Omri 
prevaileth against Tibni. 23 Omri buildeth Samaria. 
25 His wicked reign. 27 Ahab succeedeth him. 29 
AhaUs most wicked reign. 34 Joshua's curse upon 
Hiel the builder of Jericho. 

THEN the word of the Lord came 
to Jehu the son of Hanani against 
Baasha, saying, 

2 Forasmuch as I exalted thee out 
of the dust, and made thee prince 
over my people Israel ; and thou hast 
walked in the way of Jeroboam, and 
hast made my people Israel to sin, to 
provoke me to anger with their sins ; 

3 Behold, I will take away the 
posterity of Baasha, and the poster- 
ity of his house ; and will make thy 
house like the house of Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat. 

4 Him that dieth of Baasha in the 
city shall the dogs eat ; and him that 
dieth of his in the fields shall the 
fowls of the air eat. 

5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha, 
and what he did, and his might, are 
they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

6 So Baasha slept with his fathers, 
and was buried in Tirzah : and Elah 
his son reigned in his stead. 

7 And also by the hand of the pro- 
phet Jehu the son of Hanani came 
the word of the Lord against Baasha, 
and against his house, even for all 
the evil that he did in the sight of 
the Lord, in provoking him to anger 
with the work of his hands, in being 
like the house of Jeroboam ; and be- 
cause he killed him. 

8 IT In the twenty and sixth year 
of Asa king of Judah began Elah 

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Omri's wicked reign. 



the son of Baasha to reign over Israel 
in Tirzah, two years. 

9 And his servant Zimri, captain 
of half his chariots, conspired against 
him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking 
himself drunk in the house of Arza 
steward of his house in Tirzah. 

10 And Zimri went in and smote 
him, and killed him, in the twenty 
and seventh year of Asa king of 
Judah, and reigned in his stead. 

11 IT And it came to pass, when he 
began to reign, as soon as he sat on 
his throne, that he slew all the house 
of Baasha : he left him not one that 
pisseth against a wall, neither of his 
kinsfolks, nor of his friends. 

12 Thus did Zimri destroy all the 
house of Baasha, according to the 
word of the Lord, which he spake 
against Baasha hy Jehu the prophet, 

13 For all the sins of Baasha, and 
the sins of Elah his son, by which 
they sinned, and by which they made 
Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord 
God of Israel to anger with their 
vanities. 

14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah, 
and all that he did, are they not 
written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Israel ? 

15 IT In the twenty and seventh 
year of Asa king of Judah did Zimri 
reign seven days in Tirzah. And the 
people were encamped against Gib- 
bethon, which belonged to the Philis- 
tines. 

16 And the people that were en- 
camped heard say, Zimri hath con- 
spired, and hath also slain the king : 
wherefore all Israel made Omri, the 
captain of the host, king over Israel 
that day in the camp. 

17 And Omri went up from Gib- 
bethon, and all Israel with him, and 
they besieged Tirzah. 

18 And it came to pass, when Zimri 
saw that the city was taken, that he 
went into the palace of the king's 
house, and burnt the king's house 
over him with fire, and died, 

19 For his sins which he sinned 

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in doing evil in the sight of the Lord, 
in walking in the way of Jeroboam, 
and in his sin which he did, to make 
Israel to sin. 

20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, 
and his treason that he wrought, art 
they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

21 ^T Then were the people of Israel 
divided into two parts : half of the 
people followed Tibni the son of 
Ginath, to make him king ; and half 
followed Omri. 

22 But the people that followed 
Omri prevailed against the people 
that followed Tibni the son of Ginath : 
so Tibni died, and Omri reigned. 

23 H In the thirty and first year of 
Asa king of Judah began Omri to 
reign over Israel, twelve years: six 
years reigned he in Tirzah. 

24 And he bought the hill Samaria 
of Shemer for two talents of silver, 
and built on the hill, and called the 
name of the city which he built, 
after the name of Shemer, owner of 
the hill, Samaria. 

25 IT But Omri wrought evil in the 
eyes of the Lord, and did worse than 
all that were before him. 

26 For he walked in all the way 
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and 
in his sin wherewith he made Israel 
to sin, to provoke the Lord God of 
Israel to anger with their vanities. 

27 Now the rest of the acts of 
Omri which he did, and his might 
that he shewed, are they not written 
in the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Israel ? 

28 So Omri slept with his fathers, 
and was buried in Samaria: and 
Ahab his son reigned in his stead. 

29 IT And in the thirty and eighth 
year of Asa king of Judah began 
Ahab the son of Omri to reign over 
Israel: and Ahab the son of Omri 
reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty 
and two years. 

30 And Ahab the son of Omri did 
evil in the sight of the Lord above 
all that were before him. 



Elijah is fed by ravens. 



I. KINGS. 



He is sent to Zarephath. 



31 And it came to pass, as if it 
had been a light thing for him to 
walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son 
of Nebat, that he took to wife Jeze- 
bel the daughter of Ethbaal king of 
the Zidonians, and went and served 
Baal, and worshipped him. 

32 And he reared up an altar for 
Baal in the house of Baal, which he 
had built in Samaria. 

33 And Ahab made a grove; and 
Ahab did more to provoke the Lord 
God of Israel to anger than all the 
kings of Israel that were before him. 

34 H In his days did Hiel the 
Bethelite build Jericho : he laid the 
foundation thereof in Abiram his 
firstborn, and set up the gates 
thereof in his youngest son Segub, 
according to the word of the Lord, 
which he spake by Joshua the son 
of Nun. 

CHAPTEE XYII. 

1 Elijah, having prophesied against Ahab, is sent to 
Cherith, rohere the ravens feed him. 8 He is sent to 
the widow of Zarephath. 1*7 He raiseth the widow's 
son. 24 The woman believeth him. 

AND Elijah the Tishbite, who 
was of the inhabitants of Gil- 
ead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord 
God of Israel liveth, before whom 
I stand, there shall not be dew nor 
•rain these years, but according to my 
word. 

2 And the word of the Lord came 
unto him, saying, 

3 Get thee hence, and turn thee 
eastward, and hide thyself by the 
brook Cherith, that is before Jordan. 

4 And it shall be, that thou shalt 
drink of the brook; and I have 
commanded the ravens to feed thee 
there. 

5 So he went and did according 
unto the word of the Lord : for he 
went and dwelt by the brook Cherith, 
that is before Jordan. 

6 And the ravens brought him 
bread and flesh in the morning, and 
bread and flesh in the evening; and 
he drank of the brook. 

7 And it came to pass after a 
while, that the brook dried up, be- 

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cause there had been no rain in the 
land. 

8 IT And the word of the Lord 
came unto him, saying, 

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, 
which belongeth to Zidon, and dwell 
there: behold, I have commanded a 
widow woman there to sustain thee. 

10 So he arose and went to Zare- 
phath. And when he came to the 
gate of the city, behold, the widow 
woman was there gathering of sticks : 
and he called to her, and said, Fetch 
me, I pray thee, a little water in a 
vessel, that I may drink. 

11 And as she was going to fetch 
it, he called to her, and said, Bring 
me, I pray thee, a morsel of bread in 
thine hand. 

12 And she said, As the Lord thy 
God liveth, I have not a cake, but a 
handful of meal in a barrel, and a 
little oil in a cruse: and, behold, I 
am gathering two sticks, that I may 
go in and dress it for me and my 
son, that we may eat it, and die. 

13 And Elijah said unto her, Fear 
not; go and do as thou hast said: 
but make me thereof a little cake 
first, and bring it unto me, and after 
make for thee and for thy son. 

14 For thus saith the Lord God of 
Israel, The barrel of meal shall not 
waste, neither shall the cruse of oil 
fail, until the day that the Lord send- 
eth rain upon the earth. 

15 And she went and did accord- 
ing to the saying of Elijah : and she, 
and he, and her house, did eat many 
days. 

16 And the barrel of meal wasted 
not, neither did the cruse of oil fail, 
according to the word of the Lord, 
which he spake by Elijah. 

17 IT And it came to pass after these 
things, that the son of the woman, 
the mistress of the house, fell sick; 
and his sickness was so sore, that 
there was no breath left in him. 

18 And she said unto Elijah, "What 
have I to do with thee, O thou man 
of God ? art thou come unto me to 

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I. KINGS. 



He meeteth Obadiah. 



call my sin to remembrance, and to 
slay my son ? 

19 And he said unto her, Give me 
thy son. And he took him out of 
her bosom, and carried him up into 
a loft, where he abode, and laid him 
upon his own bed. 

20 And he cried unto the Lord, 
and said, O Lord my God, hast thou 
also brought evil upon the widow 
with whom I sojourn, by slaying her 
son? 

21 And he stretched himself upon 
the child three times, and cried unto 
the Lord, and said, O Lord my God, 
I pray thee, let this child's soul come 
into him again. 

22 And the Lord heard the voice 
of Elijah ; and the soul of the child 
came into him again, and he revived. 

23 And Elijah took the child, and 
brought him down out of the cham- 
ber into the house, and delivered him 
unto his mother : and Elijah said, See, 
thy son liveth. 

24 ^f And the woman said to Eli- 
jah, Now by this I know that thou 
art a man of God, and that the word 
of the Lord in thy mouth is truth. 

CHAPTEK XVIII. 

1 In the extremity of famine Elijah, sent to Ahab, meet- 
eth good Obadiah. 9 Obadiah bringeth Ahab to Eli- 
jah. 17 Elijah, reproving Ahab, by fire from heaven 
convinceth BaaFs prophets. 41 Elijah, by prayer ob- 
taining rain, followeth Ahab to Jezreel. 

AND it came to pass after many 
days, that the word of the 
Lord came to Elijah in the third 
year, saying, Go, shew thyself unto 
Ahab ; and I will send rain upon the 
earth. 

2 And Elijah went to shew himself 
unto Ahab. And there was a sore 
famine in Samaria. 

3 And Ahab called Obadiah, which 
was the governor of his house. (Now 
Obadiah feared the Lord greatly: 

4 For it was so, when Jezebel cut 
off the prophets of the Lord, that 
Obadiah took a hundred prophets, 
and hid them by fifty in a cave, and 
fed them with bread and water.) 

5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go 

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into the land, unto all fountains of 
water, and unto all brooks: perad- 
venture we may find grass to save 
the horses and mules alive, that we 
lose not all the beasts. 

6 So they divided the land between 
them to pass throughout it: Ahab 
went one way by himself, and Oba- 
diah went another way by himself. 

7 IT And as Obadiah was in the 
way, behold, Elijah met him : and he 
knew him, and fell on his face, and 
said, Art thou that my lord Elijah ? 

8 And he answered him, I am : go, 
tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 

9 And he said, What have I sin- 
ned, that thou wouldest deliver thy 
servant into the hand of Ahab, to 
slay me ? 

10 is the Lord thy God liveth, 
there is no nation or kingdom, whith- 
er my lord hath not sent to seek 
thee : and when they said, He is not 
there ; he took an oath of the kingdom 
and nation, that they found thee not. 

11 And now thou sayest, Go, tell 
thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here. 

12 And it shall come to pass, as 
soon as I am gone from thee, that 
the Spirit of the Lord shall carry 
thee whither I know not; and so 
when I come and tell Ahab, and he 
cannot find thee, he shall slay me : 
but I thy servant fear the Lord from 
my youth. 

13 Was it not told my lord what I 
did when Jezebel slew the prophets 
of the Lord, how I hid a hundred 
men of the Lord's prophets by fifty 
in a cave, and fed them with bread 
and water ? 

14 And now thou sayest, Go, tell 
thy lord, Behold, Elijah is here : and 
he shall slay me. 

15 And Elijah said, As the Lord of 
hosts liveth, before whom I stand, I 
will surely shew myself unto him to 
day. 

16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, 
and told him : and Ahab went to 
meet Elijah. 

17 TJ And it came to pass, when 



Elijah's sign to 



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determine the true God. 



Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said 
unto him, Art thou he that troubleth 
Israel ? 

18 And he answered, I have not 
troubled Israel; but thou, and thy 
father's house, in that ye have forsa- 
ken the commandments of the Lord, 
and thou hast followed Baalim. 

19 Now therefore send, and gather 
to me all Israel unto mount Carmel, 
and the prophets of Baal four hun- 
dred and fifty, and the prophets of 
the groves four hundred, which eat 
at Jezebel's table. 

20 So Ahab sent unto all the chil- 
dren of Israel, and gathered the proph- 
ets together unto mount Carmel. 

21 And Elijah came unto all the 
people, and said, How long halt ye 
between two opinions ? if the Lord 
be God, follow him : but if Baal, then 
follow him. And the people answer- 
ed him not a word. 

22 Then said Elijah unto the peo- 
ple, I, even I only, remain a prophet 
of the Lord ; but Baal's prophets are 
four hundred and fifty men. 

23 Let them therefore give us two 
bullocks ; and let them choose one 
bullock for themselves, and cut it in 
pieces, and lay it on wood, and put 
no fire under : and I will dress the 
other bullock, and lay it on wood, 
and put no fire under : 

24 And call ye on the name of 
your gods, and I will call on the 
name of the Lord : and the God that 
answereth by fire, let him be God. 
And all the people answered arid 
said, It is well spoken. 

25 And Elijah said unto the proph- 
ets of Baal, Choose you one bullock 
for yourselves, and dress it first ; 
for ye are many ; and call on the 
name of your gods, but put no fire 
under. 

26 And they took the bullock 
which was given them, and they 
dressed i% and called on the name 
of Baal from morning even until 
noon, saying, O Baal, hear us. But 
there was no voice, nor any that an- 



swered. And they leaped upon the 
altar which was made. 

27 And it came to pass at noon, 
that Elijah mocked them, and said, 
Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either 
he is talking, or he is pursuing, or 
he is in a journey, or perad venture 
he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 

28 And they cried aloud, and cut 
themselves after their manner with 
knives and lancets, till the blood 
gushed out upon them. 

29 And it came to pass, when mid- 
day was past, and they prophesied 
until the time of the offering of the 
evening sacrifice, that there was neith- 
er voice, nor any to answer, nor any 
that regarded. 

30 And Elijah said unto all the 
people, Come near unto me. And 
all the people came near unto him. 
And he repaired the altar of the 
Lord that was broken down. 

31 And Elijah took twelve stones, 
according to the number of the tribes 
of the sons of Jacob, unto whom the 
word of the Lord came, saying, Is- 
rael shall be thy name : 

32 And with the stones he built an 
altar in the name of the Lord : and 
he made a trench about the altar, as 
great as would contain two measures 
of seed. 

33 And he put the wood in order, 
and cut the bullock in pieces, and 
laid him on the wood, and said, Fill 
four barrels with water, and pour it 
on the burnt sacrifice, and on the 
wood. 

34 And he said, Do it the second 
time. And they did it the second 
time. And he said, Do it the third 
time. And they did it the third time. 

35 And the water ran round about 
the altar ; and he filled the trench 
also with water. 

36 And it came to pass at the time 
of the offering of the evening sacri- 
fice, that Elijah the prophet came 
near, and said, Lord God of Abra- 
ham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be 
known this day that thou art God 

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God appeareth to 



ill Israel, and that I am thy servant, 
and that I have done all these things 
at thy word. 

37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, 
that this people may know that thou 
art the Lord God, and that thou hast 
turned their heart back again. 

38 Then the fire of the Lord fell, 
and consumed the burnt sacrifice, 
and the wood, and the stones, and 
the dust, and licked up the water 
that was in the trench. 

39 And when all the people saw 
it, they fell on their faces : and they 
said, The Lord, he is the God ; the 
Lord, he is the God. 

40 And Elijah said unto them, 
Take the prophets of Baal ; let not 
one of them escape. And they took 
them : and Elijah brought them 
down to the brook Kishon, and 
slew them there. 

41 1[ And Elijah said unto Ahab, 
Get thee up, eat and drink ; for 
there is a sound of abundance of 
rain. 

42 So Ahab went up to eat and to 
drink. And Elijah went up to the 
top of Carmel ; and he cast himself 
down upon the earth, and put his 
face between his knees, 

43 And said to his servant, Go up 
now, look toward the sea. And he 
went up, and looked, and said, There 
is nothing. And he said, Go again 
seven times. 

44 And it came to pass at the 
seventh time, that he said, Behold, 
there ariseth a little cloud out of the 
sea, like a man's hand. And he said, 
Go up, say unto Ahab, Prepare thy 
chariot, and get thee down, that the 
rain stop thee not. 

45 And it came to pass in the mean 
while, that the heaven was black 
with clouds and wind, and there was 
a great rain. And Ahab rode, and 
went to Jezreel. 

46 And the hand of the Lord was 
on Elijah ; and he girded up his 
loins, and ran before Ahab to the 
entrance of Jezreel. 

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CHAPTER XIX. 

1 Elijah, threatened by Jezebel, fleeth to Beer-sheba. 4 In 
the wilderness, being weary of his life, he is comforted 
by an angel. 9 At Horeb God appeareth unto him, 
sending him to anoint Hazael, Jehu, and Elisha. 19 
Elisha, taking leave of his friends, followeth Elijah. 

AND Ahab told Jezebel all that 
_ Elijah had done, and withal 
how he had slain all the prophets 
with the sword. 

2 Then Jezebel sent a messenger 
unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods 
do to me, and more also, if I make 
not thy life as the life of one of them 
by to morrow about this time. 

3 And when he saw that, he arose, 
and went for his life, and came to 
Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Ju- 
dah, and left his servant there. 

4 IT But he himself went a day's 
journey into the wilderness, and came 
and sat down under a juniper tree : 
and he requested for himself tha.t he 
might die ; and said, It is enough ; 
now, O Lord, take away my life ; 
for I am not better than my fathers. 

5 And as he lay and slept undei 
a juniper tree, behold, then an ange] 
touched him, and said unto him ; 
Arise and eat. 

6 And he looked, and, behold, there 
was a cake baken on the coals, and 
a cruse of water at his head. And 
he did eat and drink, and laid him 
down again. 

7 And the angel of the Lord came 
again the second time, and touched 
him, and said, Arise and eat; because 
the journey is too great for thee. 

8 And he arose, and did eat and 
drink, and went in the strength of 
that meat forty days and forty nights 
unto Horeb the mount of God. 

9 IT And he came thither unto a 
cave, and lodged there ; and, behold, 
the word of the Lord came to him, 
and he said unto him, What does! 
thou here, Elijah? 

10 And he said, I have been very 
jealous for the Lord God of hosts : 
for the children of Israel have forsa- 
ken thy covenant, thrown down thine 
altars, and slain thy prophets with 
the sword ; and I, even I only, am 



Elijah at Horeb. 



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Ben-hadad's invasion. 



left ; and they seek my life, to take 
it away. 

11 And he said, Go forth, and 
stand upon the mount before the Lord. 
And, behold, the Lord passed by, and 
a great and strong wind rent the 
mountains, and brake in pieces the 
rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord 
was not in the wind : and after the 
wind an earthquake; but the Lord 
was not in the earthquake : 

12 And after the earthquake a 
fire; but the Lord was not in the 
fire : and after the fire a still small 
voice. 

13 And it was so, when Elijah 
heard it, that he wrapped his face in 
his mantle, and went out, and stood 
in the entering in of the cave. And, 
behold, there came a voice unto him, 
and said, What doest thou here, 
Elijah? 

14 And he said, I have been very 
jealous for the Lord God of hosts : 
because the children of Israel have 
forsaken thy covenant, thrown down 
thine altars, and slain thy prophets 
with the sword ; and I, even I only, 
am left; and they seek my life, to 
take it away. 

15 And the Lord said unto him, Go, 
return on thy way to the wilderness 
of Damascus : and when thou comest, 
anoint Hazael to be king over Syria : 

16 And Jehu the son of Nimshi 
shalt thou anoint to be king over Is- 
rael: and Elisha the son of Shaphat 
of Abel-meholah shalt thou anoint to 
be prophet in thy room. 

17 And it shall come to pass, that 
him that escapeth the sword of Ha- 
zael shall Jehu slay : and him that 
escapeth from the sword of Jehu shall 
Elisha slay. 

18 Yet I have left me seven thou- 
sand in Israel, all the knees which 
have not bowed unto Baal, and every 
mouth which hath not kissed him. 

19 % So he departed thence, and 
found Elisha the son of Shaphat, 
who was ploughing with twelve yoke 
of oxen before him, and he with the 



twelfth : and Elijah passed by him, 
and cast his mantle upon him. 

20 And he left the oxen, and ran 
after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray 
thee, kiss my father and my mother, 
and then I will follow thee. And he 
said unto him, Go back again: for 
what have I done to thee ? 

2 1 And he returned back from him, 
and took a yoke of oxen, and slew 
them, and boiled their flesh with the 
instruments of the oxen, and gave 
unto the people, and they did, eat. 
Then he arose, and went after Eli- 
jah, and ministered unto him. 

CHAPTEE XX. 

1 JBen-hadad, not content with Ahab's homage, besiegeth 
Samaria. 13 By the direction of a prophet, the Syr- 
ians are slain. 22 As the prophet forewarned Ahab, the 
Syrians, trusting in the valleys, come against him 
in Aphek. 28 By the word of the prophet, and God's 
judgment, the Syrians are smitten again. 31 The 
Syrians submitting themselves, Ahab sendeth Ben- 
hadad away with a covenant. 35 The prophet, wider 
the parable of a prisoner, making Ahab to judge him- 
self denounceth God's judgment against him. 

AND Ben-hadad the king of Syria 
. gathered all his host together : 
and there were thirty and two kings 
with him, and horses, and chariots : 
and he went up and besieged Sama- 
ria, and warred against it. 

2 And he sent messengers to Ah^b 
king of Israel into the city, and said 
unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad, 

3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine ; 
thy wives also and thy children, even 
the goodliest, are mine. 

4 And the king of Israel answered 
and said, My lord, O king, according 
to thy saying, I am thine, and all 
that I have. 

5 And the messengers came again, 
and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, 
saying, Although I have sent unto 
thee, saying, Thou shalt deliver me 
thy silver, and thy gold, and thy 
wives, and thy children ; 

6 Yet I will send my servants un- 
to thee to morrow about this time, 
and they shall search thine house, and 
the houses of thy servants ; and it 
shall be, that whatsoever is pleasant 
in thine eyes, they shall put it in 
their hand, and take it away. 

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are smitten. 



7 Then the king of Israel called 
all the elders of the land, and said, 
Mark, I pray you, and see how this 
man seeketh mischief: for he sent 
unto me for my wives, and for my 
children, and for my silver, and for 
my gold ; and I denied him not. 

8 And all the elders and all the 
people said unto him, Hearken not 
unto him, nor consent. 

9 Wherefore he said unto the mes- 
sengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord 
the king, All that thou didst send 
for to thy servant at the first I will 
do: hut this thing I may not do. 
And the messengers departed, and 
brought him word again. 

10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, 
and said, The gods do so unto me, 
and more also, if the dust of Sama- 
ria shall suffice for handfuls for all 
the people that follow me. 

1 1 And the king of Israel answer- 
ed and said, Tell him, Let not him 
that girdeth on his harness boast him- 
self as he that putteth it off. 

12 And it came to pass, when 
Ben-hadad heard this message, as 
he was drinking, he and the kings 
in the pavilions, that he said unto 
his servants, Set yourselves in array. 
And they set themselves in array 
against the city. 

13 If And, behold, there came a 
prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast 
thou seen all this great multitude? 
behold, I will deliver it into thine 
hand this day ; and thou shalt know 
that I am the Lord. 

14 And Ahab said, By whom ? 
And he said, Thus saith the Lord, 
Even by the young men of the 
princes of the provinces. Then he 
said, Who shall order the battle ? 
And he answered, Thou. 

15 Then he numbered the young 
men of the princes of the provinces, 
and they were two hundred and thir- 
ty two : and after them he numbered 
all the people, even all the children 
of Israel, being seven thousand. 

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16 And they went out at noon. 
But Ben-hadad was drinking him- 
self drunk in the pavilions, he and 
the kings, the thirty and two kings 
that helped him. 

17 And the young men of the 
princes of the provinces went out 
first ; and Ben-hadad sent out, and 
they told him, saying, There are men 
come out of Samaria. 

18 And he said, Whether they be 
come out for peace, take them alive ; 
or whether they be come out for war, 
take them alive. 

19 So these young men of the 
princes of the provinces came out 
of the city, and the army which fol- 
lowed them. 

20 And they slew every one his 
man : and the Syrians fled ; and Is- 
rael pursued them: and Ben-hadad 
the king of Syria escaped on a horse 
with the horsemen. 

21 And the king of Israel went 
out, and smote the horses and char- 
iots, and slew the Syrians with a 
great slaughter. 

22 H And the prophet came to the 
king of Israel, and said unto him, 
Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, 
and see what thou doest : for at the 
return of the year the king of Syria 
will come up against thee. 

23 And the servants of the king of 
Syria said unto him, Their gods are 
gods of the hills ; therefore they were 
stronger than we ; but let us fight 
against them in the plain, and surely 
we shall be stronger than they. 

24 And do this thing, Take the 
kings away, every man out of his 
place, and put captains in their 
rooms : 

25 And number thee an army, like 
the army that thou hast lost, horse 
for horse, and chariot for chariot : 
and we will fight against them in 
the plain, and surely we shall be 
stronger than they. And he heark- 
ened unto their voice, and did so. 

26 And it came to pass at the 
return of the year, that Ben-hadad 



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pity reproved. 



numbered the Syrians, and went up 
to Aphek, to fight against Israel. 

27 And the children of Israel were 
numbered, and were all present, and 
went against them : and the children 
of Israel pitched before them like two 
little flocks of kids ; but the Syrians 
filled the country. 

28 If And there came a man of 
God, and spake unto the king of 
Israel, and said, Thus saith the Lord, 
Because the Syrians have said, The 
Lord is God of the hills, but he is 
not God of the valleys, therefore will 
I deliver all this great multitude into 
thine hand, and ye shall know that 
I am the Lord. 

29 And they pitched one over 
against the other seven days. And 
so it was, that in the seventh day the 
battle was joined : and the children 
of Israel slew of the Syrians a hun- 
dred thousand footmen in one day. 

30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into 
the city ; and there a wall fell upon 
twenty and seven thousand of the 
men that were left. And Ben-hadad 
fled, and came into the city, into an 
inner chamber. 

31 TT And his servants said unto 
him, Behold now, we have heard 
that the kings of the house of Israel 
are merciful kings: let us, I pray 
thee, put sackcloth on our loins, and 
ropes upon our heads, and go out to 
the king of Israel : perad venture he 
will save thy life. 

32 So they girded sackcloth on their 
loins, and put ropes on their heads, 
and came to the king of Israel, and 
said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I 
pray thee, let me live. And he said, 
Is he yet alive ? he is my brother. 

33 Now the men did diligently ob- 
serve whether any thing would come 
from him, and did hastily catch it: 
and they said, Thy brother Ben- 
hadad. Then he said, Go ye, bring 
him. Then Ben-hadad came forth 
to him ; and he caused him to come 
up into the chariot. 

34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, 



The cities, which my father took 
from thy father, I will restore; and 
thou shalt make streets for thee in 
Damascus, as my father made in Sa- 
maria. Then said Ahab, I will send 
thee away with this covenant. So 
he made a covenant with him, and 
sent him away. 

35 TT And a certain man of the 
sons of the prophets said unto his 
neighbour in the word of the Lord, 
Smite me, I pray thee. And the man 
refused to smite him. 

36 Then said he unto him, Because 
thou hast not obeyed the voice of the 
Lord, behold, as soon as thou art 
departed from me, a lion shall slay 
thee. And as soon as he was depart- 
ed from him, a lion found him, and 
slew him. 

37 Then he found another man, 
and said, Smite me, I pray thee. 
And the man smote him, so that in 
smiting he wounded him. 

38 So the prophet departed, and 
waited for the king by the way, and 
disguised himself with ashes upon 
his face. 

39 And as the king passed by, he 
cried unto the king: and he said, 
Thy servant went out into the midst 
of the battle ; and, behold, a man 
turned aside, and brought a man 
unto me, and said, Keep this man: 
if by any means he be missing, then 
shall thy life be for his life, or else 
thou shalt pay a talent of silver. 

40 And as thy servant was busy 
here and there, he was gone. And 
the king of Israel said unto him, So 
shall thy judgment be ; thyself hast 
decided it. 

41 And he hasted, and took the 
ashes away from his face ; and the 
king of Israel discerned him that he 
was of the prophets. 

42 And he said unto him, Thus 
saith the Lord, Because thou hast 
let go out of thy hand a man whom 
I appointed to utter destruction, there- 
fore thy life shall go for his life, and 
thy people for his people. 

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Nabotlis death. 



43 And the king of Israel we at to 
his house heavy and displeased, and 
came to Samaria. 

CHAPTEE XXL 

1 Ahab being denied Naboth- s vineyard is grieved. 5 
Jezebel xoriting letters against Naboth, he is condemned 
of blasphemy. 15 Ahab taketh possession of the vine- 
yard. 17 Elijah denounceth judgments against Ahab 
and Jezebel. 25 Wicked Ahab repenting, God defer- 
reth the judgment. 

AND it came to pass after these 
things, that Naboth the Jezreel- 
ite had a vineyard, which was in 
Jezreel, hard by the palace of Ahab 
king of Samaria. 

2 And Ahab spake unto Naboth, 
saying, Give me thy vineyard, that 
I may have it for a garden of herbs, 
because it is near unto my house: 
and I will give thee for it a better 
vineyard than it ; or, if it seem good 
to thee, I will give thee the worth of 
it in money. 

3 And Naboth said to Ahab, The 
Lord forbid it me, that I should 
give the inheritance of my fathers 
unto thee. 

4 And Ahab came into his house 
heavy and displeased because of the 
word which Naboth the Jezreelite 
had spoken to him : for he had said, 
I will not give thee the inheritance of 
my fathers. And he laid him down 
upon his bed, and turned away his 
face, and would eat no bread. 

5 If But Jezebel his wife came to 
him, and said unto him, Why is thy 
spirit so sad, that thou eatest no 
bread ? 

6 And he said unto her, Because I 
spake unto Naboth the Jezreelite, and 
said unto him, Give me thy vineyard 
for money ; or else, if it please thee, 
I will give thee another vineyard for 
it : and he answered, I will not give 
thee my vineyard. 

7 And Jezebel his wife said unto 
him, Dost thou now govern the king- 
dom of Israel ? arise, and eat bread, 
and let thine heart be merry : I will 
give thee the vineyard of Naboth the 
Jezreelite. 

8 So she wrote letters in Ahab's 

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name, and sealed them with his seal, 
and sent the letters unto the elders 
and to the nobles that were in his 
city, dwelling with Naboth. 

9 And she wrote in the letters, say- 
ing, Proclaim a fast, and set Naboth 
on high among the people : 

10 And set two men, sons of Belial, 
before him, to bear witness against 
him, saying, Thou didst blaspheme 
God and the king. And then carry him 
out, and stone him, that he may die. 

11 And the men of his city, even 
the elders and the nobles who were 
the inhabitants in his city, did as 
Jezebel had sent unto them, and as 
it was written in the letters which 
she had sent unto them. 

12 They proclaimed a fast, and set 
Naboth on high among the people. 

13 And there came in two men, 
children of Belial, and sat before 
him : and the men of Belial witness- 
ed against him, even against Naboth, 
in the presence of the people, saying, 
Naboth did blaspheme God and the 
king. Then they carried him forth 
out of the city, and stoned him with 
stones, that he died. 

14 Then they sent to Jezebel, say- 
ing, Naboth is stoned, and is dead. 

15 IT And it came to pass, when 
Jezebel heard that Naboth was stoned, 
and was dead, that Jezebel said to 
Ahab, Arise, take possession of the 
vineyard of Naboth the Jezreelite, 
which he refused to give thee for 
money: for Naboth is not alive, but 
dead. 

16 And it came to pass, when Ahab 
heard that Naboth was dead, that 
Ahab rose up to go down to the vine- 
yard of Naboth the Jezreelite, to take 
possession of it. 

17 TT And the word of the Lord 
came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 

18 Arise, go down to meet Ahab 
king of Israel, which is in Samaria : 
behold, he is in the vineyard of Na- 
both, whither he is gone down to 
possess it. 

19 And thou shalt speak unto him, 



Ahab is seduced 



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by false jirophets. 



saying, Thus saith the Lord, Hast 
thou killed, and also taken posses- 
sion? And thou shalt speak unto 
him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, 
In the place where dogs licked the 
blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy 
blood, even thine. 

20 And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast 
thou found me, O mine enemy ? And 
he answered, I have found thee : be- 
cause thou hast sold thyself to work 
evil in the sight of the Lord. 

21 Behold, I will bring evil upon 
thee, and will take away thy poster- 
ity, and will cut off from Ahab him 
that pisseth against the wall, and him 
that is shut up and left in Israel, 

22 And will make thine house like 
the house of Jeroboam the son of 
Nebat, and like the house of Baasha 
the son of Ahijah, for the provocation 
wherewith thou hast provoked me to 
anger, and made Israel to sin. 

23 And of Jezebel also spake the 
Lord, saying, The dogs shall eat 
Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel. 

24 Him that dieth of Ahab in the 
city the dogs shall eat; and him 
that dieth in the field shall the fowls 
of the air eat. 

25- ^T But there was none like unto 
Ahab, which did sell himself to work 
wickedness in the sight of the Lord, 
whom Jezebel his wife stirred up. 

26 And he did very abominably 
in following idols, according to all 
things as did the Amorites, whom 
the Lord cast out before the children 
of Israel. 

27 And it came to pass, when Ahab 
heard those words, that he rent his 
clothes, and put sackcloth upon his 
flesh, and fasted, and lay in sack- 
cloth, and went softly. 

28 And the word of the Lord came 
to Elijah the Tishbite, saying, 

29 Seest thou how Ahab humbleth 
himself before me ? because he hum- 
bleth himself before me, I will not 
bring the evil in his days: but in 
his son's days will I bring the evil 
upon his house. 



CHAPTEE XXII. 

1 Ahab, seduced by false prophets, according to the word 
of Micaiah, is slain at Ramoth-gilead. 37 The dogs 
lick up his blood, and Ahaziah sxicceedeth him. 41 
Jehoshaphat' s good reign. 45 His acts. 50 Jehoram 
succeedeth him. 51 Ahaziah's evil reign. 

AND they continued three years 
. without war between Syria and 
Israel. 

2 And it came to pass in the third 
year, that Jehoshaphat the king of 
Judah came down to the king of 
Israel. 

3 And the king of Israel said unto 
his servants, Know ye that Ramoth 
in Gilead is ours, and we be still, 
and take it not out of the hand of 
the king of Syria ? 

4 And he said unto Jehoshaphat, 
Wilt thou go with me to battle to 
Ramoth-gilead ? And Jehoshaphat 
said to the king of Israel, I am as 
thou art, my people as thy people, 
my horses as thy horses. 

5 And Jehoshaphat said unto the 
king of Israel, Inquire, I pray thee, 
at the word of the Lord to day. 

6 Then the king of Israel gather- 
ed the prophets together, about four 
hundred men, and said unto them, 
Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to 
battle, or shall I forbear ? And they 
said, Go up ; for the Lord shall de- 
liver it into the hand of the king. 

7 And Jehoshaphat said, Is there 
not here a prophet of the Lord be- 
sides, that we might inquire of him ? 

8 And the king of Israel said unto 
Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, 
Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom 
we may inquire of the Lord : but I 
hate him; for he doth not prophesy 
good concerning me, but evil. And 
Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king 
say so. 

9 Then the king of Israel called an 
officer, and said, Hasten hither Mi- 
caiah the son of Imlah. 

10 And the king of Israel and Je- 
hoshaphat the king of Judah sat 
each on his throne, having put on 
their robes, in a void place in the 
entrance of the gate of Samaria; 

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AhaVs death. 



and all the prophets prophesied be- 
fore them. 

11 And Zedekiah the son of Che- 
naanah made him horns of iron : and 
he said, Thus saith the Lord, With 
these shalt thou push the Syrians, 
until thou have consumed them. 

12 And all the prophets prophesied 
so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, 
and prosper : for the Lord shall de- 
liver it into the king's hand. 

13 And the messenger that was 
gone to call Micaiah spake unto 
him, saying, Behold now, the words 
of the prophets declare good unto the 
king with one mouth : let thy word, 
I pray thee, be like the word of one 
of them, and speak that which is 
good. 

14 And Micaiah said, As the Lord 
liveth, what the Lord saith unto me, 
that will I speak. 

15 IT So he came to the king. And 
the king said unto him, Micaiah, 
shall we go against Ramoth-gilead 
to battle, or shall we forbear ? And 
he answered him, Go, and prosper : 
for the Lord shall deliver it into the 
hand of the king. 

16 And the king said unto him, 
How many times shall I adjure thee 
that thou tell me nothing bat that 
which is true in the name of the 
Lord? 

17 And he said, I saw all Israel 
scattered upon the hills, as sheep 
that have not a shepherd : and the 
Lord said, These have no master: 
let them return every man to his 
house in peace. 

18 And the king of Israel said unto 
Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that 
he would prophesy no good concern- 
ing me, but evil ? 

19 And he said, Hear thou there- 
fore the word of the Lord : I saw the 
Lord sitting on his throne, and all 
the host of heaven standing by him 
on his right hand and on his left. 

20 And the Lord said, Who shall 
persuade Ahab, that he may go up 
and fall at Ramoth-gilead ? And one 

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said on this manner, and another said 
on that manner. 

21 And there came forth a spirit, 
and stood before the Lord, and said, 
I will persuade him. 

22 And the Lord said unto him, 
Wherewith ? And he said, I will go 
forth, and I will be a lying spirit in 
the mouth of all his prophets. And 
he said, Thou shalt persuade him, 
and prevail also: go forth, and do 
so. 

23 Now therefore, behold, the Lord 
hath put a lying spirit in the mouth 
of all these thy prophets, and the 
Lord hath spoken evil concerning 
thee. 

24 But Zedekiah the son of Che- 
naanah went near, and smote Mi- 
caiah on the cheek, and said, Which 
way went the Spirit of the Lord 
from me to speak unto thee ? 

25 And Micaiah said, Behold, thou 
shalt see in that day, when thou 
shalt go into an inner chamber to 
hide thyself. 

26 And the king of Israel said, 
Take Micaiah, and carry him back 
unto Amon the governor of the city, 
and to Joash the king's son ; 

27 And say, Thus saith the king, 
Put this felloiv in the prison, and 
feed him with bread of affliction and 
with water of affliction, until I come 
in peace. 

28 And Micaiah said, If thou re- 
turn at all in peace, the Lord hath 
not spoken by me. And he said, 
Hearken, O people, every one of 
you. 

29 So the king of Israel and Je- 
hoshaphat the king of Judah went 
up to Ramoth-gilead. 

30 And the king of Israel said unto 
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, 
and enter into the battle; bat put 
thou on thy robes. And the king of 
Israel disguised himself, and went 
into the battle. 

3 1 But the king of Syria command- 
ed his thirty and two captains that 
had rule over his chariots, saying, 



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Jehoshaphat s reign. 



Fight neither with small nor great, 
save only with the king of Israel. 

32 And it came to pass, when the 
captains of the chariots saw Jehosh- 
aphat, that they said, Surely it is 
the king of Israel. And they turned 
aside to fight against him : and Je- 
hoshaphat cried out. 

33 And it came to pass, when the 
captains of the chariots perceived 
that it was not the king of Israel, 
that they turned back from pursuing 
him. 

34 And a certain man drew a bow 
at a venture, and smote the king 
of Israel between the joints of the 
harness : wherefore he said unto the 
driver of his chariot, Turn thine 
hand, and carry me out of the host ; 
for I am wounded. 

35 And the battle increased that 
day : and the king was stayed up in 
his chariot against the Syrians, and 
died at even: and the blood ran out 
of the wound into the midst of the 
chariot. 

36 And there went a proclamation 
throughout the host about the going 
down of the sun, saying, Every man 
to his city, and every man to his own 
country. 

37 If So the king died, and was 
brought to Samaria ; and they buried 
the king in Samaria. 

38 And one washed the chariot in 
the pool of Samaria; and the dogs 
licked up his blood ; and they wash- 
ed his armour ; according unto the 
word of the Lord which he spake. 

39 Now the rest of the acts of 
Ahab, and all that he did, and the 
ivory house which he made, and all 
the cities that he built, are they not 
written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Israel ? 

40 So Ahab slept with his fathers ; 
and Ahaziah his son reigned in his 
stead. 

41 If And Jehoshaphat the son of 
Asa began to reign over Judah in the 
fourth year of Ahab king of Israel. 

42 Jehoshaphat was thirty and five 



years old when he began to reign; 
and he reigned twenty and five years 
in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
name was Azubah the daughter of 
Shilhi. 

43 And he walked in all the ways 
of Asa his father ; he turned not aside 
from it, doing that which was right in 
the eyes of the Lord: nevertheless 
the high places were not taken away ; 
for the people offered and burnt in- 
cense yet in the high places. 

44 And Jehoshaphat made peace 
with the king of Israel. 

45 Now the rest of the acts of Je- 
hoshaphat, and his might that he 
shewed, and how he warred, are they 
not written in the book of the Chron- 
icles of the kings of Judah ? 

46 And the remnant of the sodom- 
ites, which remained in the days of 
his father Asa, he took out of the land. 

47 There was then no king in 
Edom : a deputy was king. 

48 Jehoshaphat made ships of 
Tharshish to go to Ophir for gold: 
but they went not ; for the ships 
were broken at Ezion-geber. 

49 Then said Ahaziah the son of 
Ahab unto Jehoshaphat, Let my ser- 
vants go with thy servants in the ships. 
But Jehoshaphat would not. 

50 If And Jehoshaphat slept with 
his fathers, and was buried with his 
fathers in the city of David his fa- 
ther: and Jehoram his son reigned 
in his stead. 

51 IT Ahaziah the son of Ahab be- 
gan to reign over Israel in Samaria 
the seventeenth year of Jehoshaphat 
king of Judah, and reigned two years 
over Israel. 

52 And he did evil in the sight 
of the Lord, and walked in the way 
of his father, and in the way of his 
mother, and in the way of Jeroboam 
the son of Nebat, who made Israel 
to sin : 

53 For he served Baal, and wor- 
shipped him, and provoked to anger 
the Lord God of Israel, according to 
all that his father had done. 

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SECOND BOOK OF THE KINGS, 

COMMONLY CALLED, 

THE FOURTH BOOK OF THE KINGS. 



CHAPTEK I. 

1 Moab rebelleth. 2 Ahaziah, sending to Baal-zebub, 
hath his judgment by Elijah. 5 Elijah twice bringeth 
fire from heaven upon them whom Ahaziah sent to 
apprehend him. 13 He pitieth the third captain, and, 
encouraged by an angel, telleth the king of his death. 
17 Jehoram succeedeth Ahaziah. 

THEN Moab rebelled against Is- 
rael after the death of Ahab. 

2 And Ahaziah fell down through 
a lattice in his upper chamber that 
was in Samaria, and was sick: and 
he sent messengers, and said unto 
them, Go, inquire of Baal-zebub the 
god of Ekron whether I shall recover 
of this disease. 

3 But the angel of the Lord said 
to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up 
to meet the messengers of the king 
of Samaria, and say unto them, Is 
it not because there is not a God in 
Israel, that ye go to inquire of Baal- 
zebub the god of Ekron ? 

4 Now therefore thus saith the 
Lord, Thou shalt not come down 
from that bed on which thou art 
gone up, but shalt surely die. And 
Elijah departed. 

5 IT And when the messengers 
turned back unto him, he said unto 
them, Why are ye now turned back? 

6 And they said unto him, There 
came a man up to meet us, and said 
unto us, Go, turn again unto the 
king that sent you, and say unto 
him, Thus saith the Lord, Is it not 
because there is not a God in Israel, 
that thou sendest to inquire of Baal- 
zebub the god of Ekron ? therefore 
thou shalt not come down from that 
bed on which thou art gone up, but 
shalt surely die. 

7 And he said unto them, What 
manner of man was he which came 

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up to meet you, and told you these 
words ? 

8 And they answered him, He was 
a hairy man, and girt with a girdle 
of leather about his loins. And he 
said, It is Elijah the Tishbite. 

9 Then the king sent unto him a 
captain of fifty with his fifty. And 
he w r ent up to him : and, behold, he 
sat on the top of a hill. And he 
spake unto him, Thou man of God, 
the king hath said, Come down. 

10 And Elijah answered and said 
to the captain of fifty, If I be a man 
of God, then let fire come down from 
heaven, and consume thee and thy 
fifty. And there came down fire 
from heaven, and consumed him and 
his fifty. 

11 Again also he sent unto him 
another captain of fifty with his fifty. 
And he answered and said unto him, 
O man of God, thus hath the king 
said, Come down quickly. 

12 And Elijah answered and said 
unto them, If I J* a man of God, 
let fire come down from heaven, 
and consume thee and thy fifty. 
And the fire of God came down from 
heaven, and consumed him and his 
fifty. 

13 ^f And he sent again a captain 
of the third fifty with his fifty. And 
the third captain of fifty went up, 
and came and fell on his knees be- 
fore Elijah, and besought him, and 
said unto him, O man of God, I pray 
thee, let my life, and the life of these 
fifty thy servants, be precious in thy 
sight. 

14 Behold, there came fire down 
from heaven, and burnt up the two 
captains of the former fifties with 



Elijah is taken 



II. KINGS. 



up into heaven. 



their fifties: therefore let my life 
now be precious in thy sight. 

15 And the angel of the Lord said 
unto Elijah, Go down with him: he 
not afraid of him. And he arose, and 
went down with him unto the king. 

1 6 And he said unto him, Thus saith 
the Lord, Forasmuch as thou hast sent 
messengers to inquire of Baal-zebub 
the god of Ekron, is it not because 
there is no God in Israel to inquire of 
his word? therefore thou shalt not 
come down off that bed on which 
thou art gone up, but shalt surely die. 

17 IT So he died according to the 
word of the Lord which Elijah had 
spoken. And Jehoram reigned in his 
stead, in the second year of Jehoram 
the son of Jehoshaphat king of Ju- 
dah; because he had no son. 

18 Now the rest of the acts of 
Ahaziah which he did, are they not 
written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Israel ? 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Elijah, taking his leave of JEJlisha, with his mantle di- 
videth Jordan, 9 and, granting Elisha his request, is 
taken up by a fiery chariot into heaven. 12 Elisha, 
dividing Jordan with Elijah's mantle, is acknowledged 
his successor. 16 The young prophets, hardly obtain- 
ing leave to seek Elijah, could not find him. 19 Eli- 
sha with salt healeth the unwholesome waters. 23 Bears 
destroy the children that mocked Elisha. 

A ND it came to pass, when the 
JTjl Lord would take up Elijah into 
heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah 
went with Elisha from Gilgal. 

2 And Elijah said unto Elisha, 
Tarry here, I pray thee ; for the Lord 
hath sent me to Beth-el. And Elisha 
said unto him, As the Lord liveth, 
and as thy soul liveth, I will not leave 
thee. So they went down to Beth-el. 

3 And the sons of the prophets that 
were at Beth-el came forth to Elisha, 
and said unto him, Knowest thou 
that the Lord will take away thy 
master from thy head to day ? And 
he said, Yea, I know it; hold ye 
your peace. 

4 And Elijah said unto him, Eli- 
sha, tarry here, I pray thee ; for the 
Lord hath sent me to Jericho. And 
ho said, As the Lord liveth, and as 



thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. 
So they came to Jericho. 

5 And the sons of the prophets that 
were at Jericho came to Elisha, and 
said unto him, Knowest thou that 
the Lord will take away thy master 
from thy head to day ? And he an- 
swered, Yea, I know it ; hold ye your 
peace. 

6 And Elijah said unto him, Tarry, 
I pray thee, here ; for the Lord hath 
sent me to Jordan. And he said, As 
the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liv- 
eth, I will not leave thee. And they 
two went on. 

7 And fifty men of the sons of the 
prophets went, and stood to view afar 
off: and they two stood by Jordan. 

8 And Elijah took his mantle, and 
wrapped it together, and smote the 
waters, and they were divided hither 
and thither, so that they two went 
over on dry ground. 

9 TT And it came to pass, when they 
were gone over, that Elijah said unto 
Elisha, Ask what I shall do for thee, 
before I be taken away from thee. 
And Elisha said, I pray thee, let a 
double portion of thy spirit be upon 
me. 

10 And he said, Thou hast asked 
a hard thing: nevertheless, if thou 
see me when I am taken from thee, 
it shall be so unto thee ; but if not, 
it shall not be so. 

11 And it came to pass, as they still 
went on, and talked, that, behold, 
there appeared a chariot of fire, and 
horses of fire, and parted them both 
asunder; and Elijah went up by a 
whirlwind into heaven. 

12 IT And Elisha saw it, and he 
cried, My father, my father, the char- 
iot of Israel, and the horsemen there- 
of! And he saw him no more: and 
he took hold of his own clothes, and 
rent them in two pieces. 

13 He took up also the mantle of 
Elijah that fell from him, and went 
back, and stood by the bank of Jordan ; 

14 And he took the mantle of Eli- 
jah that fell from him, and smote the 

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II. KINGS. 



Jehoram! s evil reign. 



waters, and said, Where is the Lord 
God of Elij ah ? And when he also had 
smitten the waters, they parted hither 
and thither : and Elisha went over. 

15 And when the sons of the pro- 
phets which were to view at Jericho 
saw him, they said, The spirit of Eli- 
jah doth rest on Elisha. And they 
came to meet him, and howed them- 
selves to the ground before him. 

16 IT And they said unto him, Be- 
hold now, there be with thy servants 
fifty strong men; let them go, we 
pray thee, and seek thy master: 
lest peradventure the Spirit of the 
Lord hath taken him up, and cast 
him upon some mountain, or into 
some valley. And he said, Ye shall 
not send. 

17 And when they urged him till 
he was ashamed, he said, Send. They 
sent therefore fifty men; and they 
sought three days, but found him not. 

18 And when they came again to 
him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) he 
said unto them, Did I not say unto 
you, Go not? 

19 H And the men of the city said 
unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, the 
situation of this city is pleasant, as my 
lord seeth : but the water is naught, 
and the ground barren. 

20 And he said, Bring me a new 
cruse, and put salt therein. And they 
brought it to him. 

21 And he went forth unto the 
spring of the waters, and cast the 
salt in there, and said, Thus saith 
the Lord, I have healed these wa- 
ters ; there shall not be from thence 
any more death or barren land. 

22 So the waters were healed unto 
this day, according to the saying of 
Elisha which he spake. 

23 If And he went up from thence 
unto Beth-el : and as he was going 
up by the way, there came forth lit- 
tle children out of the city, and 
mocked him, and said unto him, Go 
up, thou bald head ; go up, thou bald 
head. 

24 And he turned back, and look- 

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ed on them, and cursed them in the 
name of the Lord. And there came 
forth two she bears out of the wood, 
and tare forty and two children of 
them. 

25 And he went from thence to 
mount Carmel, and from thence he 
returned to Samaria. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 Jehoram* s reign. 4 Mesha rebelleth. 6 Jehoram, 
with Jehoshaphat, and the king of Edom, being dis- 
tressed for want of water, by Elisha obtaineth water, 
and promise of victory. 21 The Moabites, deceived by 
the colour of the water, coming to spoil, are overcome. 
26 The king of Moab, by sacrificing the king of 
Edom's son, raiseth the siege. 

NOW Jehoram the son of Ahab 
began to reign over Israel in 
Samaria in the eighteenth year of 
Jehoshaphat king of Judah, and reign- 
ed twelve years. 

2 And he wrought evil in the sight 
of the Lord ; but not like his father, 
and like his mother : for he put away 
the image of Baal that his father had 
made. . 

3 Nevertheless he cleaved unto the 
sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
which made Israel to sin ; he depart- 
ed not therefrom. 

4 TT And Mesha king of Moab was 
a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the 
king of Israel a hundred thousand 
lambs, and a hundred thousand rams, 
with the wool. 

5 But it came to pass, when Ahab 
was dead, that the king of Moab re- 
belled against the king of Israel. 

6 IT And king Jehoram went out 
of Samaria the same time, and num- 
bered all Israel. 

7 And he went and sent to Jehosh- 
aphat the king of Judah, saying, 
The king of Moab hath rebelled 
against me : wilt thou go with me 
against Moab to battle? And he 
said, I will go up : I am as thou art, 
my people as thy people, and my 
horses as thy horses. 

8 And he said, Which way shall 
we go up ? And he answered, The 
way through the wilderness of Edom. 

9 So the king of Israel went, and 
the king of Judah, ani the king 



The Moabites 



II. KINGS. 



are defeated. 



of Edom: and they fetched a com- 
pass of seven days' journey: and 
there was no water for the host, and 
for the cattle that followed them. 

10 And the king of Israel said, 
Alas ! that the Lord hath called these 
three kings together, to deliver them 
into the hand of Moab ! 

11 But Jehoshaphat said, 7s there 
not here a prophet of the Lord, that 
we may inquire of the Lord by him ? 
And one of the king of Israel's ser- 
vants answered and said, Here is Eli- 
sha the son of Shaphat, which pour- 
ed water on the hands of Elijah. 

12 And Jehoshaphat said, The word 
of the Lord is with him. So the 
king of Israel and Jehoshaphat and 
the king of Edom went down to him. 

13 And Elisha said unto the king 
of Israel, What have I to do with 
thee ? get thee to the prophets of thy 
father, and to the prophets of thy 
mother. And the king of Israel said 
unto him, Nay: for the Lord hath 
called these three kings together, to 
deliver them into the hand of Moab. 

14 And Elisha said, As the Lord 
of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, 
surely, were it not that I regard the 
presence of Jehoshaphat the king of 
Judah, I would not look toward thee, 
nor see thee. 

15 But now bring me a minstrel. 
And it came to pass, when the min- 
strel played, that the hand of the 
Lord came upon him. 

1 6 And he said, Thus saith the Lord, 
Make this valley full of ditches. 

17 For thus saith the Lord, Ye 
shall not see wind, neither shall ye 
see rain ; yet that valley shall be filled 
with water, that ye may drink, both 
ye, and your cattle, and your beasts. 

18 And this is but a light thing in 
the sight of the Lord : he will deliv- 
er the Moabites also into your hand. 

19 And ye shall smite every fenced 
city, and every choice city, and shall 
fell every good tree, and stop all 
wells of water, and mar every good 
piece of land with stones. 



20 And it came to pass in the 
morning, when the meat offering was 
offered, that, behold, there came wa- 
ter by the way of Edom, and the 
country was filled with water. 

21 TT And when all the Moabites 
heard that the kings were come up 
to fight against them, they gathered 
all that were able to put on armour, 
and upward, and stood in the border. 

22 And they rose up early in the 
morning, and the sun shone upon the 
water, and the Moabites saw the wa- 
ter on the other side as red as blood : 

23 And they said, This is blood : 
the kings are surely slain, and they 
have smitten one another : now there- 
fore, Moab, to the spoil. 

24 And when they came to the 
camp of Israel, the Israelites rose up 
and smote the Moabites, so that they 
fled before them : but they went for- 
ward smiting the Moabites, even in 
their country. 

25 And they beat down the cities, 
and on every good piece of land cast 
every man his stone, and filled it; 
and they stopped all the wells of wa- 
ter, and felled all the good trees : only 
in Kir-haraseth left they the stones 
thereof; howbeit the slingers went 
about it, and smote it. 

26 IT And when the king of Moab 
saw that the battle was too sore for 
him, he took with him seven hun- 
dred men that drew swords, to break 
through even unto the king of Edom : 
but they could not. 

27 Then he took his eldest son 
that should have reigned in his stead, 
and offered him for a burnt offering 
upon the wall. And there was great 
indignation against Israel : and they 
departed from him, and returned to 
their own land. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 Elisha multiplieth the ividoiifs oil. 8 He giveth a son 
to the good Shunammite. 18 He raiseth again her 
dead son. 38 At Gilgal he healeth the deadly pottage. 
42 He satisjieth a hundred men with twenty loaves. 

"VTOW there cried a certain woman 

.-L i of the wives of the sons of the 

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The widow's oil multiplied. II. KINGS, 



The ShunammitJs son 



prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy ser- 
vant my Husband is dead ; and thou 
knowest that thy servant did fear the 
Lord: and the creditor is come to 
take unto him 3 my two sons to be 
bondmen. 

2 And Elisha said unto her, What 
shall I do for thee ? tell me, what 
hast thou in the house? And she 
said, Thine handmaid hath not any 
thing in the house, save a pot of oil. 

3 Then he said, Go, borrow thee 
vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, 
even empty vessels ; borrow not a few. 

4 And when thou art come in, 
thou shalt shut the door upon thee 
and upon thy sons, and shalt pour 
out into all those vessels, and thou 
shalt set aside that which is full. 

5 So she went from him, and shut 
the door upon her and upon her sons, 
who brought the vessels to her; and 
she poured out. 

6 And it came to pass, when the 
vessels were full, that she said unto 
her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And 
he said unto her, There is not a ves- 
sel more. And the oil stayed. 

7 Then she came and told the man 
of God. And he said, Go, sell the 
oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou 
and thy children of the rest. 

8 If And it fell on a day, that Eli- 
sha passed to Shunem, where was a 
great woman ; and she constrained 
him to eat bread. And so it was, 
that, as oft as he passed by, he turn- 
ed in thither to eat bread. 

9 And she said unto her husband, 
Behold now, I perceive that this is a 
holy man of God, which passeth by 
us continually. 

10 Let us make a little chamber, 
I pray thee, on the wall; and let 
us set for him there a bed, and a 
table, and a stool, and a candle- 
stick : and it shall be, when he 
cometh to us, that he shall turn in 
thither. 

11 And it fell on a day, that he 
came thither, and he turned into the 
chamber, and lay there. 

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12 And he said to Gehazi his ser- 
vant, Call this Shunammite. And 
when he had called her, she stood, 
before him. 

13 And he said unto him, Say now 
unto her, Behold, thou hast been 
careful for us with all this care ; 
what is to be done for thee ? would- 
est thou be spoken for to the king, 
or to the captain of the host ? And 
she answered, I dwell among mine 
own people. 

14 And he said, What then is to 
be done for her? And Gehazi an- 
swered, Yerily she hath no child, and 
her husband is old. 

15 And he said, Call her. And 
when he had called her, she stood 
in the door. 

16 And he said, About this sea- 
son, according to the time of life, 
thou shalt embrace a son. And she 
said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, 
do not lie unto thine handmaid. 

17 And the woman conceived, and 
bare a son at that season that Elisha 
had said unto her, according to the 
time of life. 

18 If And when the child was 
grown, it fell on a day, that he went 
out to his father to the reapers. 

19 And he said unto his father, 
My head, my head ! And he said to 
a lad, Carry him to his mother. 

20 And when he had taken him, 
and brought him to his mother, he 
sat on her knees till noon, and then 
died. 

2 1 And she went up, and laid him 
on the bed of the man of God, and 
shut the door upon him, and went out. 

22 And she called unto her hus- 
band, and said, Send me, I pray 
thee, one of the young men, and 
one of the asses, that I may run to 
the man of God, and come again. 

23 And he said, Wherefore wilt 
thou go to him to day ? it is neither 
new moon, nor sabbath. And she 
said, It shall be well. 

24 Then she saddled an ass, and 
said to her servant, Drive, and go 






raised to life by Elisha. 



II. KINGS. Elisha healeth the pottage. 



forward ; slack not thy riding for me, 
except I bid thee. 

25 So she went and came unto the 
man of God to mount Carmel. And 
it came to pass, when the man of 
God saw her afar off, that he said 
to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yon- 
der is that Shunammite : 

26 Run now, I pray thee, to meet 
her, and say unto her, Is it well 
with thee ? is it well with thy hus- 
band ? is it well with the child ? 
And she answered, It is well. 

27 And when she came to the man 
of God to the hill, she caught him 
by the feet: but Gehazi came near 
to thrust her away. And the man 
of God said, Let her alone; for her 
soul is vexed within her: and the 
Lord hath hid it from me, and hath 
not told me. 

28 Then she said, Did I desire a 
son of my lord ? did I not say, Do 
not deceive me ? 

29 Then he said to Gehazi, Gird 
up thy loins, and take my staff in 
thine hand, and go thy way : if thou 
meet any man, salute him not; and 
if anv salute thee, answer him not 
again: and lay my staff upon the 
face of the child. 

30 And the mother of the child 
said, As the Lord liveth, and as 
thy soul liveth, I will not leave thee. 
And he arose, and followed her. 

31 And Gehazi passed on before 
them, and laid the staff upon the face 
of the child ; but there was neither 
voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he 
went again to meet him, and told him, 
saying, The child is not awaked. 

32 And when Elisha was come into 
the house, behold, the child was dead, 
and laid upon his bed. 

33 He went in therefore, and shut 
the door upon them twain, and pray- 
ed unto the Lord. 

34 And he went up, and lay upon 
the child, and put his mouth upon 
his mouth, and his eyes upon his 
eyes, and his hands upon his hands : 
and he stretched himself upon the 

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child; and the flesh of the child 
waxed warm. 

35 Then he returned, and walked 
in the house to and fro ; and went 
up, and stretched himself upon him : 
and the child sneezed seven times, 
and the child opened his eyes. 

36 And he called Gehazi, and said, 
Call this Shunammite. So he called 
her. And when she was come in un- 
to him, he said, Take up thy son. 

37 Then she went in, and fell at 
his feet, and bowed herself to the 
ground, and took up her son, and 
went out. 

38 *f And Elisha came again to 
Gilgal : and there was a dearth in 
the land; and the sons of the pro- 
phets were sitting before him: and 
he said unto his servant, Set on the 
great pot, and seethe pottage for the 
sons of the prophets. 

39 And one went out into the field 
to gather herbs, and found a wild 
vine, and gathered thereof wild 
gourds his lap full, and came and 
shred them into the pot of pottage : 
for they knew them not. 

40 So they poured out for the men 
to eat. And it came to pass, as they 
were eating of the pottage, that they 
cried out, and said, O thou man of 
God, there is death in the pot. And 
they could not eat thereof. 

41 But he said, Then bring meal. 
And he cast it into the pot ; and he 
said, Pour out for the people, that 
they may eat. And there was no 
harm in the pot. 

42 ^T And there came a man from 
Baal-shalisha, and brought the man 
of God bread of the firstfruits, twen- 
ty loaves of barley, and full ears of 
corn in the husk thereof. And he 
said, Give unto the people, that they 
may eat. 

43 And his servitor said, What, 
should I set this before a hundred 
men ? He said again, Give the peo- 
ple, that they may eat: for thus 
saith the Lord, They shall, eat, and 
shall leave thereof. 

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of his leprosy. 



44 So he set it before them, and 
they did eat, and left thereof, ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord. 
CHAPTEK V. 

1 Naaman, by the report of a captive maid, is sent to 
Samaria to be cured of his leprosy. 8 Elisha, send- 
iyig him to Jordan, cureth him. 15 He refusing Naa- 
man' s gifts granteth him some of the earth. 20 Gehazi, 
abasing his master's name unto Naaman, is smitten 
with leprosy. 

NOW Naaman, captain of the 
host of the king of Syria, was 
a great man with his master, and 
honourable, because by him the 
Lord had given deliverance unto 
Syria: he was also a mighty man 
in valour, but he was a leper. 

2 And the Syrians had gone out 
by companies, and had brought away 
captive out of the land of Israel a 
little maid ; and she waited on Naa- 
man's wife. 

3 And she said unto her mistress, 
Would God my lord were with the 
prophet that is in Samaria! for he 
would recover him of his leprosy. 

4 And one went in, and told his 
lord, saying, Thus and thus said the 
maid that is of the land of Israel. 

5 And the king of Syria said, Go 
to, go, and I will send a letter unto 
the king of Israel. And he departed, 
and took with him ten talents of sil- 
ver, and six thousand pieces of gold, 
and ten changes of raiment. 

6 And he brought the letter to the 
king of Israel, saying, Now when 
this letter is come unto thee, behold, 
I have therewith sent Naaman my 
servant to thee, that thou mayest 
recover him of his leprosy. 

7 And it came to pass, when the 
king of Israel had read the letter, that 
he rent his clothes, and said, Am I 
God, to kill and to make alive, that 
this man doth send unto me to recov- 
er a man of his leprosy ? Wherefore 
consider, I pray you, and see how he 
seeketh a quarrel against me. 

8 If And it was so, when Elisha the 
man of God had heard that the king 
of Israel had rent his clothes, that he 
sent to the king, saying, Wherefore 
hast thou rent thy clothes ? let him 

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come now to me, and he shall know 
that there is a prophet in Israel. 

9 So Naaman came with his horses 
and with his chariot, and stood at 
the door of the house of Elisha. 

10 And Elisha sent a messenger 
unto him, saying, Go and wash in 
Jordan seven times, and thy flesh 
shall come again to thee, and thou 
shalt be clean. 

1 1 Bat Naaman was wroth, and went 
away, and said, Behold, I thought, 
He will surely come out to me, and 
stand, and call on the name of the 
Lord his God, and strike his hand 
over the place, and recover the leper. 

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, 
rivers of Damascus, better than all 
the waters of Israel ? may I not wash 
in them, and be clean ? So he turned 
and went away in a rage. 

13 And his servants came near, and 
spake unto him, and said, My father, 
if the prophet had bid thee do some 
great thing, wouldest thou not have 
done it? how much rather them 
when he saith to thee, Wash, and be 
clean ? 

14 Then went he down, and dipped 
himself seven times in Jordan, ac- 
cording to the saying of the man of 
God : and his flesh came again like 
unto the flesh of a little child, and 
he was clean. 

15 IT And he returned to the man 
of God, he and all his company, and 
came, and stood before him : and he 
said, Behold, now I know that there 
is no God in all the earth, but in Is- 
rael : now therefore, I pray thee, take 
a blessing of thy servant. 

16 But he said, As the Lord liv- 
eth, before whom I stand, I will re- 
ceive none. And he urged him to 
take it ; but he refused. 

17 And Naaman said, Shall there 
not then, I pray thee, be given to thy 
servant two mules' burden of earth ? 
for thy servant will henceforth offer 
neither burnt offering nor sacrifice 
unto other gods, but unto the Lord. 

18 In this thing the Lord pardon 



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Gehazi, for his covetousness, II. KINGS. 

thy servant, that when my master 
goeth into the house of Rimmon to 
worship there, and he leaneth on my 
hand, and I how myself in the house 
of Rimmon : when I how down my- 
self in the house of Rimmon, the Lord 
pardon thy servant in this thing. 

19 And he said unto him, Go in 
peace. So he departed from him a 
little way. 

20 IT But Gehazi, the servant of 
Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, 
my master hath spared Naaman this 
Syrian, in not receiving at his hands 
that which he Drought : hut, as the 
Lord liveth, I will run after him, and 
take somewhat of him. 

21 So Gehazi followed after Naa- 
man. And when Naaman saw him 
running after him, he lighted down 
from the chariot to meet him, and 
said, Is all well? 

22 And he said, All is well. My 
master hath sent me, saying, Behold, 
even now there he come to me from 
mount Ephraim two young men of 
the sons of the prophets : give them, 
I pray thee, a talent of silver, and 
two changes of garments. 

23 And Naaman said, Be content, 
take two talents. And he urged him, 
and hound two talents of silver in two 
bags, with two changes of garments, 
and laid them upon two of his ser- 
vants ; and they hare them before him. 

24 And when he came to the tower, 
he took them from their hand, and 
bestowed them in the house : and he 
let the men go, and they departed. 

25 But he went in, and stood before 
his master. And Elisha said unto 
him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? 
And he said, Thy servant went no 
whither. 

26 And he said unto him, Went not 
mine heart with thee, when the man 
turned again from his chariot to meet 
thee ? Is it a time to receive money, 
and to receive garments, and olive- 
yards, and vineyards, and sheep, and 
oxen, and menservants, and maidser- 
vants ? 



is smitten with leprosy. 



2 7 The leprosy therefore of Naaman 
shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy 
seed for ever. And he went out from 
his presence a leper as white as snow. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 Elisha, giving leave to the young prophets to enlarge 
their dwellings, causeth iron to swim. 8 He discloseth 
the king of Syria's counsel. 13 The army, which was 
sent to Dothan to apprehend Elisha, is smitten with 
blindness. 19 Being brought into Samaria, they are 
dismissed in peace. 24 The famine in Samaria causeth 
women to eat their own children. 30 The king sendeth 
to slay Elisha. 

ND the sons of the prophets said 



unto Elisha, Behold now, the 
place where we dwell with thee is 
too strait for us. 

2 Let us go, we pray thee, unto 
Jordan, and take thence every man 
a beam, and let us make us a place 
there, where we may dwell. And he 
answered, Go ye. 

3 And one said, Be content, I pray 
thee, and go with thy servants. And 
he answered, I will go. 

4 So he went with them. And when 
they came to Jordan, they cut down 
wood. 

5 But as one was felling a beam, the 
axe head fell into the water : and he 
cried, and said, Alas, master ! for it 
was borrowed. 

6 And the man of God said, Where 
fell it? And he shewed him the 
place. And he cut down a stick, 
and cast it in thither ; and the iron 
did swim. 

7 Therefore said he, Take it up to 
thee. And he put out his hand, and 
took it. 

8 H Then the king of Syria warred 
against Israel, and took counsel with 
his servants, saying, In such and such 
a place shall be my camp. 

9 And the man of God sent unto 
the king of Israel, saying, Beware 
that thou pass not such a place ; for 
thither the Syrians are come down. 

10 And the king of Israel sent to 
the place which the man of God told 
him and warned him of, and saved 
himself there, not once nor twice. 

11 Therefore the heart of the king 
of Syria was sore troubled for this 

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thing; and he called his servants, 
and said unto them, Will ye not shew 
me which of us is for the king of Is- 
rael? 

12 And one of his servants said, 
None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, 
the prophet that is in Israel, telleth 
the king of Israel the words that thou 
speakest in thy bedchamber. 

13 IT And he said, Go and spy 
where he is, that I may send and 
fetch him. And it was told him, 
saying, Behold, he is in Dothan. 

14 Therefore sent he thither horses, 
and chariots, and a great host: and 
they came by night, and compassed 
the city about. 

15 And when the servant of the 
man of God was risen early, and gone 
forth, behold, a host compassed the 
city both with horses and chariots. 
And his servant said unto him, Alas, 
my master ! how shall we do ? 

16 And he answered, Fear not : for 
they that be with us are more than 
they that be with them. 

17 And Elisha prayed, and said, 
Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that 
he may see. And the Lord opened 
the eyes of the young man ; and he 
saw : and, behold, the mountain was 
full of horses and chariots of fire 
round about Elisha. 

18 And when they came down to 
him, Elisha prayed unto the Lord, 
and said, Smite this people, I pray 
thee, with blindness. And he smote 
them with blindness according to the 
word of Elisha. 

19 IT And Elisha said unto them, 
This is not the way, neither is this 
the city : follow me, and I will bring 
you to the man whom ye seek. But 
he led them to Samaria. 

20 And it came to pass, when they 
were come into Samaria, that Elisha 
said, Lord, open the eyes of these 
men, that they may see. And the 
Lord opened their eyes, and they 
saw ; and, behold, they were in the 
midst of Samaria. 

21 And the king of Israel said un- 

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to Elisha, when he saw them, My 
father, shall I smite them? shall I 
smite them ? 

22 And he answered, Thou shalt 
not smite them : wouldest thou smite 
those whom thou hast taken captive 
with thy sword and with thy bow ? 
set bread and water before them, 
that they may eat and drink, and go 
to their master. 

23 And he prepared great provision 
for them : and when they had eaten 
and drunk, he sent them away, and 
they went to their master. So the 
bands of Syria came no more into 
the land of Israel. 

24 If And it came to pass after 
this, that Ben-had ad king of Syria 
gathered all his host, and went up, 
and besieged Samaria. 

25 And there was a great famine in 
Samaria : and, behold, they besieged 
it, until an ass's head was sold for 
fourscore pieces of silver, and the 
fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for 
five pieces of silver. 

26 And as the king of Israel was 
passing by upon the wall, there cried 
a woman unto him, saying, Help, my 
lord, O king. 

27 And he said, If the Lord do 
not help thee, whence shall I help 
thee ? out of the barnfloor, or out of 
the winepress ? 

28 And the king said unto her, 
What aileth thee ? And she answered, 
This woman said unto me, Give thy 
son, that we may eat him to day, and 
we will eat my son to morrow. 

29 So we boiled my son, and did 
eat him : and I said unto her on the 
next day, Give thy son, that we 
may eat him : and she hath hid her 
son. 

30 IT And it came to pass, when the 
king heard the words of the woman, 
that he rent his clothes ; and he pass- 
ed by upon the wall, and the people 
looked, and, behold, he had sackcloth 
within upon his flesh. 

31 Then he said, God do so and 
more also to me, if the head of Elisha 



Elisha prophesieth 



II. KINGS. 



incredible plenty. 



the son of Shaphat shall stand on 
him this day. 

32 But Elisha sat in his house, and 
the elders sat with him ; and the king 
sent a man from before him : but ere 
the messenger came to him, he said 
to the elders, See ye how this son of 
a murderer hath sent to take away 
mine head ? look, when the messen- 
ger cometh, shut the door, and hold 
him fast at the door : is not the sound 
of his master's feet behind him? 

33 And while he yet talked with 
them, behold, the messenger came 
down unto him: and he said, Be- 
hold, this evil is of the Lord ; what 
should I wait for the Lord any 
longer ? 

CHAPTEK TIL 

1 Elisha prophesieth incredible plenty in Samaria. 3 
Four lepers, venturing on the host of the Syrians, bring 
tidings of their flight. 12 The king, finding by spies 
the news to be true, spoileth the tents of the Syrians. 
17 The lord, who would not believe the prophecy of 
plenty, having the charge of the gate, is trodden to 
death in the press. 

THEN Elisha said, Hear ye the 
word of the Lord; Thus saiththe 
Lord, To morrow about this time shall 
a measure of fine flour be sold for a 
shekel, and two measures of barley 
for a shekel, in the gate of Samaria. 

2 Then a lord on whose hand the 
king leaned answered the man of 
God, and said, Behold, if the Lord 
would make windows in heaven, 
might this thing be ? And he said, 
Behold, thou shalt see it with thine 
eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 

3 ^[ And there were four leprous 
men at the entering in of the gate : 
and they said one to another, Why 
sit we here until we die ? 

4 If we say, We will enter into the 
city, then the famine is in the city, 
and we shall die there : and if we sit 
still here, we die also. Now there- 
fore come, and let us fall unto the 
host of the Syrians : if they save us 
alive, we shall live ; and if they kill 
us, we shall but die. 

5 And they rose up in the twilight, 
to go unto the camp of the Syrians : 
and when they were come to the ut- 



termost part of the camp of Syria, 
behold, there ivas no man there. 

6 For the Lord had made the host 
of the Syrians to hear a noise of char- 
iots, and a noise of horses, even the 
noise of a great host : and they said 
one to another, Lo, the king of Israel 
hath hired against us the kings of 
the Hittites, and the kings of the 
Egyptians, to come upon us. 

7 Wherefore they arose and fled in 
the twilight, and left their tents, and 
their horses, and their asses, even the 
camp as it was, and fled for their life. 

8 And when these lepers came to 
the uttermost part of the camp, they 
went into one tent, and did eat and 
drink, and carried thence silver, and 
gold, and raiment, and went and hid 
it ; and came again, and entered into 
another tent, and carried thence also, 
and went and hid it. 

9 Then they said one to another, 
We do not well : this day is a day of 
good tidings, and we hold our peace : 
if we tarry till the morning light, 
some mischief will come upon us : 
now therefore come, that we may go 
and tell the king's household. 

10 So they came and called unto 
the porter of the city : and they told 
them, saying, We came to the camp 
of the Syrians, and, behold, there was 
no man there, neither voice of man, 
but horses tied, and asses tied, and 
the tents as they were. 

11 And he called the porters ; and 
they told it to the king's house within. 

12 IT And the king arose in the 
night, and said unto his servants, I 
will now shew you what the Syrians 
have done to us. They know that we 
be hungry ; therefore are they gone 
out of the camp to hide themselves 
in the field, saying, When they come 
out of the city, we shall catch them 
alive, and get into the city. 

13 And one of his servants answered 
and said, Let some take, I pray thee, 
five of the horses that remain, which 
are left in the city, (behold, they are 
as all the multitude of Israel that are 

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Elisha! s prophecy verified. II. KINGS. Shunarnmite 's land restored. 






left in it: behold, I say, they are even as 
all the multitude of the Israelites that 
are consumed:) and let us send and see. 

14 They took therefore two chariot 
horses; and the king sent after the 
host of the Syrians, saying, Go and see. 

15 And they went after them unto 
Jordan : and, lo, all the way was full 
of garments and vessels, which the 
Syrians had cast away in their haste. 
And the messengers returned, and 
told the king. 

16 And the people went out, and 
spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So 
a measure of fine flour was sold for 
a shekel, and two measures of barley 
for a shekel, according to the word 
of the Lord. 

17 IT And the king appointed the 
lord on whose hand he leaned to 
have the charge of the gate: and the 
people trode upon him in the gate, 
and he died, as the man of God had 
said, who spake when the king came 
down to him. 

18 And it came to pass as the man 
of God had spoken to the king, say- 
ing, Two measures of barley for a 
shekel, and a measure of fine flour 
for a shekel, shall be to morrow about 
this time in the gate of Samaria : 

19 And that lord answered the 
man of God, and said, Now, behold, 
if the Lord should make windows in 
heaven, might such a thing be ? And 
he said, Behold, thou shalt see it with 
thine eyes, but shalt not eat thereof. 

20 And so it fell out unto him: for 
the people trode upon him in the 
gate, and he died. 

CHAPTEK Till. 

1 The Shunammite, having left her country seven years, 
to avoid the forewarned famine, for Mlishds miracle 
sake hath her land restored by the Icing. *l Hazael, 
being sent with a present by Ben-hadad, to Elisha at 
Damascus, after he had heard the prophecy, killeth his 
master, and succeedeth him. 16 Jehoram's wicked 
reign in Judah. 20 Edom and Libnah revolt. 23 
Ahaziah succeedeth Jehoram. 25 Ahaziah's wicked 
reign. 28 He visitelh Jehoram wounded, at Jezreel. 

THEN spake Elisha unto the wo- 
man, whose son he had restored 
to life, saying, Arise, and go thou 
and thine household, and sojourn 
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wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for 
the Lord hath called for a famine 
and it shall also come upon the land 
seven years. 

2 And the woman arose, and did 
after the saying of the man of God : 
and she went with her household, and 
sojourned in the land of the Philis- 
tines seven years. 

3 And it came to pass at the seven 
years' end, that the woman returned 
out of the land of the Philistines: 
and she went forth to cry unto the 
king for her house and for her land. 

4 And the king talked with Gehazi 
the servant of the man of God, say- 
ing, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great 
things that Elisha hath done. 

5 And it came to pass, as he was 
telling the king how he had restored 
a dead body to life, that, behold, the 
woman, whose son he had restored to 
life, cried to the king for her house 
and for her land. And Gehazi said, 
My lord, O king, this is the woman, 
and this is her son, whom Elisha re- 
stored to life. 

6 And when the king asked the 
woman, she told him. So the king 
appointed unto her a certain officer, 
saying, Restore all that was hers, 
and all the fruits of the field since 
the day that she left the land, even 
until now. 

7 IT And Elisha came to Damascus; 
and Ben-hadad the king of Syria was 
sick ; and it was told him, saying, The 
man of God is come hither. 

8 And the king said unto Hazael, 
Take a present in thine hand, and go, 
meet the man of God, and inquire 
of the Lord by him, saying, Shall I 
recover of this disease ? 

9 So Hazael went to meet him, 
and took a present with him, even 
of every good thing of Damascus, 
forty camels' burden, and came and 
stood before him, and said, Thy son 
Ben-hadad king of Syria hath sent 
me to thee, saying, Shall I recover 
of this disease ? 

10 And Elisha said unto him, Go, 



Hazael hilleth Ben-hadad. 



II. KINGS. 



AhaziaJis wicked reign. 



say unto him, Thou mayest cer- 
tainly recover: howbeit the Lord 
hath shewed me that he shall surely 
die. 

11 And he settled his countenance 
steadfastly, until he was ashamed : 
and the man, of God wept. 

12 And Hazael said, Why weepeth 
my lord ? And he answered, Because 
I know the evil that thou wilt do un- 
to the children of Israel : their strong 
holds wilt thou set on fire, and their 
young men wilt thou slay with the 
sword, and wilt dash their children, 
and rip up their women with child. 

13 And Hazael said, But what, is 
thy servant a dog, that he should do 
this great thing ? And Elisha an- 
swered, The Lord hath shewed me 
that thou shalt be king over Syria. 

14 So he departed from Elisha, and 
came to his master ; who said to him, 
What said Elisha to thee ? And he 
answered, He told me that thou 
shouldest surely recover. 

15 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that he took a thick cloth, 
and dipped it in water, and spread 
it on his face, so that he died : and 
Hazael reigned in his stead. 

16 IT And in the fifth year of Joram 
the son of Ahab king of Israel, Jehosh- 
aphat being then king of Judah, Je- 
horam the son of Jehoshaphat king of 
Judah began to reign. 

17 Thirty and two years old was 
he when he began to reign ; and he 
reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 

18 And he walked in the way of 
the kings of Israel, as did the house 
of Ahab; for the daughter of Ahab 
was his wife : and he did evil in the 
sight of the Lord. 

19 Yet the Lord would not destroy 
Judah for David his servant's sake, 
as he promised him to give him al- 
ways a light, and to his children. 

20 H In his days Edom revolted 
from under the hand of Judah, and 
made a king over themselves. 

21 So Joram went over to Zair, and 
all the chariots with him: and he rose 



by night, and smote the Edomites 
which compassed him about, and the 
captains of the chariots : and the 
people fled into their tents. 

22 Yet Edom revolted from under 
the hand of Judah unto this day. Then 
Libnah revolted at the same time. 

23 And the rest of the acts of Jo- 
ram, and all that he did, are they 
not written in the book of the Chron- 
icles of the kings of Judah ? 

24 And Joram slept with his fa- 
thers, and was buried with his fa- 
thers in the city of David : and Aha- 
ziah his son reigned in his stead. 

25 IT In the twelfth year of Joram 
the son of Ahab king of Israel did 
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of 
Judah begin to reign. 

26 Two and twenty years old ivas 
Ahaziah when he began to reign ; and 
he reigned one year in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Athaliah, 
the daughter of Omri king of Israel. 

27 And he walked in the way of 
the house of Ahab, and did evil in 
the sight of the Lord, as did the 
house of Ahab : for he was the son 
in law of the house of Ahab. 

28 ^T And he went with Joram the 
son of Ahab to the war against Ha- 
zael king of Syria in Ramoth-gilead; 
and the Syrians wounded Joram. 

29 And king Joram went back to 
be healed in Jezreel of the wounds 
which the Syrians had given him 
at Ramah, when he fought against 
Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah 
the son of Jehoram king of Judah 
went down to see Joram the son of 
Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 Elisha sendeth a young prophet with instructions to 
. anoint Jehu at Ramoth-gilead. 4 The prophet having 
done his message Jleeth. 11 Jehu, being made kitig by 
the soldiers, hilleth Joram in the field of Naboih. 27 
Ahaziah is slain at Gur, and buried at Jerusalem. 
30 Proud Jezebel is thrown down out of a tvindoio, 
and eaten by dogs. 

AND Elisha the prophet called one 
. of the children of the proph- 
ets, and said unto him, Gird up thy 
loins, and take this box of oil in thine 
hand, and go to Ramoth-gilead: 
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Jehu anointed king. 



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Jehu hilleth Joram 



2 And when thou comest thither, 
look out there Jehu the son of Jehosh- 
aphat the son of Nimshi, and go in, 
and make him arise up from among 
his brethren, and carry him to an 
inner chamber ; 

3 Then take the box of oil, and 
pour it on his head, and say, Thus 
saith the Lord, I have anointed thee 
king over Israel. Then open the 
door, and flee, and tarry not. 

4 U So the young man, even the 
young man the prophet, went to 
Ramoth-gilead. 

5 And when he came, behold, the 
captains of the host were sitting ; and 
he said, I have an errand to thee, O 
captain. And Jehu said, Unto which 
of all us ? And he said, To thee, O 
captain. 

6 And he arose, and went into the 
house ; and he poured the oil on his 
head, and said unto him, Thus saith 
the Lord God of Israel, I have 
anointed thee king over the people 
of the Lord, even over Israel. 

7 And thou shalt smite the house 
of Ahab thy master, that I may 
avenge the blood of my servants the 
prophets, and the blood of all the 
servants of the Lord, at the hand of 
Jezebel. 

8 For the whole house of Ahab 
shall perish : and I will cut off from 
Ahab him that pisseth against the 
wall, and him that is shut up and 
left in Israel : 

9 And I will make the house of 
Ahab like the house of Jeroboam 
the son of Nebat, and like the house 
of Baasha the son of Ahijah : 

10 And the dogs shall eat Jezebel 
in the portion of Jezreel, and there 
shall be none to bury her. And he 
opened the door, and fled. 

11 IT Then Jehu came forth to the 
servants of his lord : and one said 
unto him, Is all well ? wherefore 
came this mad fellow to thee ? And 
he said unto them, Ye know the man, 
and his communication. 

12 And they said, It is false ; tell 

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us now. And he said, Thus and 
thus spake he to me, saying, Thus 
saith the Lord, I have anointed thee 
king over Israel. " 

13 Then they hasted, and took 
every man his garment, and put it 
under him on the top pf the stairs, 
and blew with trumpets, saying, Jehu 
is king. 

14 So Jehu the son of Jehoshaphat 
the son of Nimshi conspired against 
Joram. (Now Joram had kept Ra- 
moth-gilead, he and all Israel, be- 
cause of Hazael king of Syria : 

15 But king Joram was returned to 
be healed in Jezreel of the wounds 
which the Syrians had given him, 
when he fought with Hazael king of 
Syria.) And Jehu said, If it be your 
minds, then let none go forth nor 
escape out of the city to go to tell it 
in Jezreel. 

16 So Jehu rode in a chariot, and 
went to Jezreel ; for Joram lay there. 
And Ahaziah king of Judah was come 
down to see Joram. 

17 And there stood a watchman 
on the tower in Jezreel, and he spied 
the company of Jehu as he came, 
and said, I see a company. And Jo- 
ram said, Take a horseman, and send 
to meet them, and let him say, Is it 
peace ? 

18 So there went one on horseback 
to meet him, and said, Thus saith 
the king, Is it peace? And Jehu 
said, What hast thou to do with 
peace ? turn thee behind me. And 
the watchman told, saying, The mes- 
senger came to them, but he cometh 
not again. 

19 Then he sent out a second on 
horseback, which came to them, 
and said, Thus saith the king, Is it 
peace? And Jehu answered, What 
hast thou to do with peace? turn 
thee behind me. 

20 And the watchman told, saying, 
He came even unto them, and com- 
eth not again : and the driving is 
like the driving of Jehu the son of 
Nimshi ; for he driveth furiously. 



in the field of Naboth. 



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Jezebel eaten by dogs. 



21 And Joram said, Make ready. 
And his chariot was made ready. 
And Joram king of Israel and Aha- 
ziah king of Judah went out, each in 
his chariot, and they went out against 
Jehu, and met him in the portion of 
Naboth the Jezreelite. 

22 And it came to pass, when Jo- 
ram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it 
peace, Jehu? And he answered, 
What peace, so long as the whore- 
doms of thy mother Jezebel and her 
witchcrafts are so many ? 

23 And Joram turned his hands, 
and fled, and said to Ahaziah, There 
is treachery, O Ahaziah. 

24 And Jehu drew a bow with his 
full strength, and smote Jehoram be- 
tween his arms, and the arrow went 
out at his heart, and he sunk down 
in his chariot. 

25 Then said Jehu to Bidkar his 
captain, Take up, and cast him in 
the portion of the field of Naboth the 
Jezreelite : for remember how that, 
when I and thou rode together after 
Ahab his father, the Lord laid this 
burden upon him ; 

26 Surely I have seen yesterday 
the blood of Naboth, and the blood 
of his sons, saith the Lord; and I 
will requite thee in this plat, saith 
the Lord. Now therefore take and 
cast him into the plat of ground, ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord. 

27 If But when Ahaziah the king 
of Judah saw this,- he fled by the way 
of the garden house. And Jehu fol- 
lowed after him, and said, Smite him 
also in the chariot. And they did so 
at the going up to Gur, which is by 
Ibleam. And he fled to Megiddo, 
and died there. 

28 And his servants carried him in 
a chariot to Jerusalem, and buried 
him in his sepulchre with his fathers 
in the city of David. 

29 And in the eleventh year of Jo- 
ram the son of Ahab began Ahaziah 
to reign over Judah. 

30 IT And when Jehu was come to 
Jezreel, Jezebel heard of it ; and she 



painted her face, and tired her head, 
and looked out at a window. 

31 And as Jehu entered in at the 
gate, she said, Had Zimri peace, 
who slew his master ? 

32 And he lifted up his face to the 
window, and said, Who is on my 
side? who? And there looked out 
to him two or three eunuchs. 

33 And he said, Throw her down. 
So they threw her down : and some 
of her blood was sprinkled on the 
wall, and on the horses : and he 
trode her under foot. 

34 And when he was come in; he 
did eat and drink, and said, Go, see 
now this cursed woman, and bury 
her : for she is a king's daughter. 

35 And they went to bury her : but 
they found no more of her than the 
skull, and the feet, and the palms of 
her hands. 

36 Wherefore they came again, and 
told him. And he said, This is the 
word of the Lord, which he spake 
by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, 
saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall 
dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel : 

37 And the carcass of Jezebel shall 
be as dung upon the face of the field 
in the portion of Jezreel ; so that they 
shall not say, This is Jezebel. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 Jehu, by his letters, causeth seventy of Allah's children 
to be beheaded. 8 He excuseth the fact by the proph- 
ecy of Elijah. 12 At the shearing house he slayeth 
two and forty of Ahaziah 's brethren. 15 He taketh 
Jehonadab into his company. 18 By subtilty he de- 
stroyeth all the worshippers of Baal. 29 Jehu follow- 
eih Jeroboam's sins. 32 Hazael oppresseth Israel. 34 
Jehoahaz succeedeth Jehu, 

AND Ahab had seventy sons in 
Samaria. And Jehu wrote let- 
ters, and sent to Samaria, unto the 
rulers of Jezreel, to the elders, and 
to them that brought up Ahab's chil- 
dren, saying, 

2 Now as soon as this letter cometh 
to you, seeing your master's sons are 
with you, and there are with you 
chariots and horses, a fenced city 
also, and armour ; 

3 Look even out the best and meet- 
est of your master's sons, and set him 

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AhaVs seventy sons slain, II. KINGS. 



Jehu destroyeth all 



on his father's throne, and fight for 
your master's house. 

4 But they were exceedingly afraid, 
and said, Behold, two kings stood 
not hefore him: how then shall we 
stand ? 

5 And he that was over the house, 
and he that was over the city, the 
elders also, and the hringers up of 
the children, sent to Jehu, saying, 
We are thy servants, and will do all 
that thou shalt bid us ; we will not 
make any king : do thou that which 
is good in thine eyes. 

6 Then he wrote a letter the second 
time to them, saying, If ye be mine, 
and if ye will hearken unto my voice, 
take ye the heads of the men your 
master's sons, and come to me to 
Jezreel by to morrow this time. 
Now the king's sons, being seventy 
persons, were with the great men of 
the city, which brought them up. 

7 And it came to pass, when the 
letter came to them, that they took 
the king's sons, and slew seventy 
persons, and put their heads in bas- 
kets, and sent him them to Jezreel. 

8 If And there came a messenger, 
and told him, saying, They have 
brought the heads of the king's 
sons. And he said, Lay ye them in 
two heaps at the entering in of the 
gate until the morning. 

9 And it came to pass in the morn- 
ing, that he went out, and stood, and 
said to all the people, Ye be right- 
eous : behold, I conspired against my 
master, and slew him : but who slew 
all these ? 

10 Know now that there shall fall 
unto the earth nothing of the word 
of the Lord, which the Lord spake 
concerning the house of Ahab: for 
the Lord hath done that which he 
spake by his servant Elijah. 

11 So Jehu slew all that remained 
of the house of Ahab in Jezreel, and 
all his great men, and his kinsfolks, 
and his priests, until he left him none 
remaining. 

12 If And he arose and departed, 

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and came to Samaria. And as he was 
at the shearing house in the way, 

13 Jehu met with the brethren of 
Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, 
Who are ye? And they answered, 
We are the brethren of Ahaziah ; 
and we go down to salute the chil- 
dren of the king and the children of 
the queen. 

14 And he said, Take them alive. 
And they took them alive, and slew 
them at the pit of the shearing house, 
even two and forty men ; neither left 
he any of them. 

15 Tf And when he was departed 
thence, he lighted on Jehonadab the 
son of Rechab coming to meet him : 
and he saluted him, and said to him, 
Is thine heart right, as my heart is 
with thy heart? And Jehonadab 
answered, It is. If it be, give me 
thine hand. And he gave him his 
hand ; and he took him up to him 
into the chariot. 

16 And he said, Come with me, 
and see my zeal for the Lord. So 
they made him ride in his chariot. 

17 And when he came to Samaria, 
he slew all that remained unto Ahab 
in Samaria, till he had destroyed 
him, according to the saying of the 
Lord, which he spake to Elijah. 

18 H And Jehu gathered all the 
people together, and said unto them, 
Ahab served Baal a little ; but Jehu 
shall serve him much. 

19 Now therefore call unto me all 
the prophets of Baal, all his ser- 
vants, and all his priests; let none 
be wanting : for I have a great 
sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever 
shall be wanting, he shall not live. 
But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the 
intent that he might destroy the 
worshippers of Baal. 

20 And Jehu said, Proclaim a sol- 
emn assembly for Baal. And they 
proclaimed it. 

21 And Jehu sent through all Is- 
rael : and all the worshippers of 
Baal came, so that there was not a 
man left that came not. And they 



the ivorshippers of Baal. II. KINGS. 



Athaliah! s massacre. 



came into the house of Baal ; and 
the house of Baal was full from one 
end to another. 

22 And he said unto him that was 
over the vestry, Bring forth vest- 
ments for all the worshippers of 
Baal. And he Drought them forth 
vestments. 

23 And Jehu went, and Jehonadab 
the son of Rechab, into the house of 
Baal, and said unto the worshippers 
of Baal, Search, and look that there 
be here with you none of the servants 
of the Lord, but the worshippers of 
Baal only. 

24 And when they went in to offer 
sacrifices and burnt offerings, Jehu 
appointed fourscore men without, 
and said, If any of the men whom 
I have brought into your hands es- 
cape, he that letteth him go, his life 
shall be for the life of him. 

25 And it came to pass, as soon as 
he had made an end of offering the 
burnt offering, that Jehu said to the 
guard and to the captains, Go in, 
and slay them ; let none come forth. 
And they smote them with the edge 
of the sword ; and the guard and the 
captains cast them out, and went to 
the city of the house of Baal. 

26 And they brought forth the 
images out of the house of Baal, 
and burned them. 

27 And they brake down the image 
of Baal, and brake down the house of 
Baal, and made it a draught house 
unto this day. 

28 Thus Jehu destroyed Baal out 
of Israel. 

29 If Howbeit, from the sins of Jer- 
oboam the son of Nebat, who made 
Israel to sin, Jehu departed not from 
after them, to wit, the golden calves 
that were in Beth-el, and that were 
in Dan. 

30 And the Lord said unto Jehu, 
Because thou hast done well in ex- 
ecuting that which is right in mine 
eyes, and hast done unto the house 
of Ahab according to all that was 
in mine heart, thy children of the 



fourth generation shall sit on the 
throne of Israel. 

31 But Jehu took no heed to walk 
in the law of the Lord God of Israel 
with all his heart: for he departed 
not from the sins of Jeroboam, which 
made Israel to sin. 

32 If In those days the Lord be- 
gan to cut Israel short : and Hazael 
smote them in all the coasts of Israel ; 

33 From Jordan eastward, all the 
land of Gilead, the Gadites, and the 
Reubenites, and the Manassites, from 
Aroer, which is by the river Arnon, 
even Gilead and Bashan. 

34 Now the rest of the acts of Jehu, 
and all that he did, and all his might, 
are they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

35 And Jehu slept with his fathers : 
and they buried him in Samaria. And 
Jehoahaz his son reigned in his stead. 

36 And the time that Jehu reigned 
over Israel in Samaria was twenty 
and eight years. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 Jehoash, being saved by Jehosheba his aunt from 
AthaliaKs massacre of the seed royal, is hid six years 
in the house of God. 4 Jehoiada, giving order to the 
captains, in the seventh year anointeth him king. 13 
Athaliah is slain. 17 Jehoiada restoreth the worship 
of God. 

AND when Athaliah the mother of 
. Ahaziah saw that her son was 
dead, she arose and destroyed all the 
seed royal. 

2 But Jehosheba, the daughter of 
king Joram, sister of Ahaziah, took 
Joash the son of Ahaziah, and stole 
him from among the king's sons 
which were slain ; and they hid him, 
even him and his nurse, in the bed- 
chamber from Athaliah, so that he 
was not slain. 

3 And he was with her hid in the 
house of the Lord six years. And 
Athaliah did reign over the land. 

4 IT And the seventh year Jehoiada 
sent and fetched the rulers over hun- 
dreds, with the captains and the 
guard, and brought them to him into 
the house of the Lord, and made a 
covenant with them, and took an 
oath of them in the house of the 

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Joash is crowned king. 



II. KINGS. 



Athaliah is slain. 



Lord, and shewed them the king's 
son. 

5 And he commanded them, say- 
ing, This is the thing that ye shall 
do ; A third part of you that enter in 
on the sabbath shall even be keepers 
of the watch of the king's house ; 

6 And a third part shall be at the 
gate of Sur ; and a third part at the 
gate behind the guard : so shall ye 
keep the watch of the house, that it 
be not broken down. 

7 And two parts of all you that 
go forth on the sabbath, even they 
shall keep the watch of the house of 
the Lord about the king. 

8 And ye shall compass the king 
round about, every man with his 
weapons in his hand : and he that 
cometh within the ranges, let him 
be slain : and be ye with the king as 
he goeth out and as he cometh in. 

9 And the captains over the hun- 
dreds did according to all things that 
Jehoiada the priest commanded : 
and they took every man his men 
that were to come in on the sabbath, 
with them that should go out on the 
sabbath, and came to Jehoiada the 
priest. 

10 And to the captains over hun- 
dreds did the priest give king Da- 
vid's spears and shields, that were in 
the temple of the Lord. 

11 And the guard stood, every man 
with his weapons in his hand, round 
about the king, from the right cor- 
ner of the temple to the left corner 
of the temple, along by the altar and 
the temple. 

12 And he brought forth the king's 
son, and put the crown upon him, 
and gave him the testimony; and 
they made him king, and anointed 
him ; and they clapped their hands, 
and said, God save the king. 

13 If And when Athaliah heard the 
noise of the guard and of the people, 
she came to the people into the tem- 
ple of the Lord. 

14 And when she looked, behold, 
the king stood by a pillar, as the 

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manner was, and the princes and the 
trumpeters by the king, and all the 
people of the land rejoiced, and blew 
with trumpets : and Athaliah rent her 
clothes, and cried, Treason, treason. 

15 But Jehoiada the priest com- 
manded the captains of the hundreds, 
the officers of the host, and said un- 
to them, Have her forth without the 
ranges ; and him that followeth her 
kill with the sword. For the priest 
had said, Let her not be slain in the 
house of the Lord.. 

16 And they laid hands on her; 
and she went by the way by the 
which the horses came into the 
king's house : and there was she slain. 

17 If And Jehoiada made a cove- 
nant between the Lord and the king 
and the people, that they should be 
the Lord's people ; between the king 
also and the people. 

18 And all the people of the land 
went into the house of Baal, and 
brake it down; his altars and his 
images brake they in pieces thor- 
oughly, and slew Mattan the priest 
of Baal before the altars. And the 
priest appointed officers over the 
house of the Lord. 

19 And he took the rulers over 
hundreds, and the captains, and the 
guard, and all the people of the land ; 
and they brought down the king 
from the house of the Lord, and 
came by the way of the gate of the 
guard to the king's house. And he 
sat on the throne of the kings. 

20 And all the people of the land 
rejoiced, and the city was in quiet: 
and they slew Athaliah with the 
sword beside the king's house. 

21 Seven years old was Jehoash 
when he began to reign. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 Jehoash reigneth well all the days of Jehoiada. 4 Ha 
giveth order for the repair of the temple. 17 Hazael 
is diverted from Jerusalem by a present of the hallow- 
ed treasures. 19 Jehoash being slain by his servants, 
Amaziah succeedeth him. 

IN the seventh year of Jehu, Je- 
hoash began to reign ; and forty 
years reigned he in Jerusalem. And 



Jehoash giveth order for II. KINGS. 



the repair of the temple. 



his mother's name was Zibiah of 
Beer-sheba. 

2 And Jehoash did that which was 
right in the sight of the Lord all his 
days wherein Jehoiada the priest in- 
structed him. 

3 But the high places were not 
taken away : the people still sacrificed 
and burnt incense in the high places. 

4 IT And Jehoash said to the priests, 
All the money of the dedicated things 
that is brought into the house of the 
Lord, even the money of every one 
that passeth the account, the money 
that every man is set at, and all the 
money that cometh into any man's 
heart to bring into the house of the 
Lord, 

5 Let the priests take it to them, 
every man of his acquaintance : and 
let them repair the breaches of the 
house, wheresoever any breach shall 
be found. 

6 But it was so, that in the three 
and twentieth year of king Jehoash 
the priests had not repaired the 
breaches of the house. 

7 Then king Jehoash called for 
Jehoiada the priest, and the other 
priests, and said unto them, Why 
repair ye not the breaches of the 
house ? now therefore receive no more 
money of your acquaintance, but de- 
liver it for the breaches of the house. 

8 And the priests consented to re- 
ceive no more money of the people, 
neither to repair the breaches of the 
house. 

9 But Jehoiada the priest took a 
chest, and bored a hole in the lid of 
it, and set it beside the altar, on the 
right side as one cometh into the 
house of the Lord : and the priests 
that kept the door put therein all the 
money that was brought into the 
house of the Lord. 

10 And it was so, when they saw 
that there was much money in the 
chest, that the king's scribe and the 
high priest came up, and they put 
up in bags, and told the money that 
was found in the house of the Lord. 



11 And they gave the money, being 
told, into the hands of them that did 
the work, that had the oversight of 
the house of the Lord : and they laid 
it out to the carpenters and builders, 
that wrought upon the house of the 
Lord, 

12 And to masons, and hewers of 
stone, and to buy timber and hewed 
stone to repair the breaches of the 
house of the Lord, and for all that 
was laid out for the house to repair it. 

13 Howbeit there were not made 
for the house of the Lord bowls of 
silver, snuffers, basins, trumpets, any 
vessels of gold, or vessels of silver, of 
the money that was brought into the 
house of the Lord : 

14 But they gave that to the work- 
men, and repaired therewith the house 
of the Lord. 

15 Moreover they reckoned not 
with the men, into whose hand they 
delivered the money to be bestowed 
on workmen : for they dealt faith- 
fully. 

16 The trespass money and sin mo- 
ney was not brought into the house 
of the Lord : it was the priests'. 

17 % Then Hazael king of Syria 
went up, and fought against Gath, 
and took it : and Hazael set his face 
to go up to Jerusalem. 

18 And Jehoash king of Judah took 
all the hallowed things that Jehosha- 
phat, and Jehoram, and Ahaziah, his 
fathers, kings of Judah, had dedicated, 
and his own hallowed things, and all 
the gold that was found in the treas- 
ures of the house of the Lord, and in 
the king's house, and sent it to Ha- 
zael king of Syria: and he went 
away from Jerusalem. 

19 IT And the rest of the acts of 
Joash, and all that he did, are they 
not written in the book of the Chron- 
icles of the kings of Judah ? 

20 And his servants arose, and 
made a conspiracy, and slew Joash 
in the house of Millo, which goeth 
down to Silla. 

21 For Jozachar the son of Shim- 

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II. KINGS. 



JElisha's sickness. 



eath, and Jehozabad the son of Sho- 
mer, his servants, smote him, and 
he died ; and they buried him with 
his fathers in the city of David : 
and Amaziah his son reigned in his 
stead. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

1 Jehoahaz 1 wicked reign. 3 Jehoahaz, oppressed by 
Hazael, is relieved by prayer. 8 Joash succeedeth him. 
10 His wicked reign. 12 Jeroboam succeedeth him. 
14 Elisha dying prophesieth to Joash three victories 
over the Syrians. 20 The Moabites invading the land, 
Elishds bones raise up a dead man. 22 Hazael dy- 
ing, Joash getteth three victories over Ben-hadad. 

IN the three and twentieth year of 
Joash the son of Ahaziah king of 
Judah, Jehoahaz the son of Jehu be- 
gan to reign over Israel in Samaria, 
and reigned seventeen years. 

2 And he did that which was evil in 
the sight of the Lord, and followed 
the sins of Jeroboam the son of Ne- 
bat, which made Israel to sin ; he 
departed not therefrom. 

3 T| And the anger of the Lord 
was kindled against Israel, and he 
delivered them into the hand of Ha- 
zael king of Syria, and into the hand 
of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all 
their days. 

4 And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, 
and the Lord hearkened unto him: 
for he saw the oppression of Israel, 
because the king of Syria oppressed 
them. 

5 (And the Lord gave Israel a 
saviour, so that they went out from 
under the hand of the Syrians : and 
the children of Israel dwelt in their 
tents, as beforetime. 

6 Nevertheless they departed not 
from the sins of the house of Jero- 
boam, who made Israel sin, but walk- 
ed therein : and there remained the 
grove also in Samaria.) 

7 Neither did he leave of the people 
to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and 
ten chariots, and ten thousand foot- 
men ; for the king of Syria had de- 
stroyed thern, and had made them 
like the dust by threshing. 

8 If Now the rest of the acts of Je- 
hoahaz, and all that he did, and his 
might, are they not written in the 

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book of the Chronicles of the kings 
of Israel ? 

9 And Jehoahaz slept with his 
fathers ; and they buried him in Sa- 
maria : and Joash his son reigned in 
his stead. 

10 II In the thirty and seventh year 
of Joash king of Judah began Je- 
hoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign 
over Israel in Samaria, and reigned 
sixteen years. 

11 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord ; he departed 
not from all the sins of Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat, who made Israel sin : 
but he walked therein. 

12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, 
and all that he did, and his might 
wherewith he fought against Amazi- 
ah king of Judah, are they not written 
in the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Israel ? 

13 And Joash slept with his fathers ; 
and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: 
and Joash was buried in Samaria 
with the kings of Israel. 

14 IT Now Elisha was fallen sick 
of his sickness whereof he died. And 
Joash the king of Israel came down 
unto him, and wept over his face, 
and said, O my father, my father! 
the chariot of Israel, and the horse- 
men thereof. 

15 And Elisha said unto him, Take 
bow and arrows. And he took unto 
him bow and arrows. 

16 And he said to the king of Is- 
rael, Put thine hand upon the bow. 
And he put his hand upon it: and 
Elisha put his hands upon the king's 
hands. 

17 And he said, Open the window 
eastward. And he opened it. Then 
Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And 
he said, The arrow of the Lord's deliv- 
erance, and the arrow of deliverance 
from Syria : for thou shalt smite the 
Syrians in Aphek, till thou have con- 
sumed them. 

18 And he said, Take the arrows. 
And he took them. And he said unto 
the king of Israel, Smite upon the 



The death of Elisha. 



II. KINGS. 



Amaziah? s good reign. 



ground. And he smote thrice, and 
stayed. 

19 And the man of God was wroth 
with him, and said, Thou shouldest 
have smitten five or six times ; then 
hadst thou smitten Syria till thou 
hadst consumed it : whereas now 
thou shalt smite Syria but thrice. 

20 \ And Elisha died, and they 
buried him. And the hands of the 
Moabites invaded the land at the 
coming in of the year. 

21 And it came to pass, as they 
were burying a man, that, behold, 
they spied a band of men ; and they 
cast the man into the sepulchre of 
Elisha: and when the man was let 
down, and touched the bones of Eli- 
sha, he revived, and stood up on his 
feet. 

22 ^ But Hazael king of Syria 
oppressed Israel all the days of Je- 
hoahaz. 

23 And the Lord was gracious 
unto them, and had compassion on 
them, and had respect unto them, 
because of his covenant with Abra- 
ham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would 
not destroy them, neither cast he 
them from his presence as yet. 

2 4 So Hazael king of Syria died ; and 
Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead. 

25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoa- 
haz took again out of the hand of 
Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the 
cities, which he had taken out of 
the hand of Jehoahaz his father by 
war. Three times did Joash beat him, 
and recovered the cities of Israel. 

CHAPTEE XIY. 

1 Amaziah' s good reign. 5 His justice on the murderers 
of his father. 7 His victory over Edom. 8 Amaziah, 
provoking Jehoash, is overcome and spoiled. 1 5 Jero- 
boam succeedeth Jehoash. 17 Amaziah slain by a con- 
spiracy. 21 Azariah succeedeth him. 23 Jeroboam's 
wicked reign. 28 Zachariah succeedeth him. 

IN the second year of Joash son of 
Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned 
Amaziah the son of Joash king of 
Judah. 

2 He was twenty and five years old 
when he began to reign, and reigned 
twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. 



And his mother's name was Jehoad- 
dan of Jerusalem. 

3 And he did that ivhich was right 
in the sight of the Lord, yet not 
like David his father: he did ac- 
cording to all things as Joash his 
father did. 

4 Howbeit the high places were 
not taken away: as yet the people 
did sacrifice and burnt incense on 
the high places. 

5 IT And it came to pass, as soon 
as the kingdom was confirmed in 
his hand, that he slew his servants 
which had slain the king his father. 

6 But the children of the murder- 
ers he slew not : according unto that 
which is written in the book of the 
law of Moses, wherein the Lord 
commanded, saying, The fathers shall 
not be put to death for the children, 
nor the children be put to death for 
the fathers ; but every man shall be 
put to death for his own sin. 

7 He slew of Edom in the valley 
of salt ten thousand, and took Selah 
by war, and called the name of it 
Joktheel unto this day. 

8 If Then Amaziah sent messengers 
to Jehoash, the son of Jehoahaz son 
of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, 
let us look one another in the face. 

9 And Jehoash the king of Israel 
sent to Amaziah king of Judah, say- 
ing, The thistle that was in Lebanon 
sent to the cedar that was in Leba- 
non, saying, Give thy daughter to 
my son to wife: and there parsed 
by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, 
and trode down the thistle. 

10 Thou hast indeed smitten Edom, 
and thine heart hath lifted thee up : 
glory of this, and tarry at home : for 
why shouldest thou meddle to thy 
hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even 
thou, and Judah with thee ? 

11 But Amaziah would not hear. 
Therefore Jehoash king of Israel 
went up ; and he and Amaziah king 
of Judah looked one another in the 
face at Beth-shemesh, which belongeth 
to Judah. 

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Amaziah is slain. 



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Azariah! s good reign. 



12 And Judah was put to the worse 
before Israel; and they fled every 
man to their tents. 

13 And Jehoash king of Israel took 
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of 
Jehoash the son of Ahaziah, at Beth- 
shemesh, and came to Jerusalem, 
and brake down the wall of Jeru- 
salem from the gate of Ephraim unto 
the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 

14 And he took all the gold and 
silver, and all the vessels that were 
found in the house of the Lord, and 
in the treasures of the king's house, 
and hostages, and returned to Samaria. 

15 IT Now the rest of the acts of 
Jehoash which he did, and his 
might, and how he fought with 
Amaziah king of Judah, are they 
not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

16 And Jehoash slept with his fa- 
thers, and was buried in Samaria 
with the kings of Israel; and Jer- 
oboam his son reigned in his stead. 

17 IT And Amaziah the son of Jo- 
ash king of Judah lived after the 
death of Jehoash son of Jehoahaz 
king of Israel fifteen years. 

18 And the rest of the acts of 
Amaziah, are they not written in 
the book of the Chronicles of the 
kings of Judah ? 

19 Now they made a conspiracy 
against him in Jerusalem: and he 
fled to Lachish ; but they sent after 
him to Lachish, and slew him there. 

20 And they brought him on horses : 
and he was buried at Jerusalem with 
his fathers in the city of David. 

21 If And all the people of Judah 
took Azariah, which was sixteen 
years old, and made him king in- 
stead of his father Amaziah. 

22 He built Elath, and restored it 
to Judah, after that the king slept 
with his fathers. 

23 If In the fifteenth year of Ama- 
ziah the son of Joash king of Judah, 
Jeroboam the son of Joash king of 
Israel began to reign in Samaria, and 
reigned forty and one years. 

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24 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord : he de- 
parted not from all the sins of Jer- 
oboam the son of Nebat, who made 
Israel to sin. 

25 He restored the coast of Israel 
from the entering of Hamath unto 
the sea of the plain, according to the 
word of the Lord God of Israel, 
which he spake by the hand of his 
servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the 
prophet, which was of Gath-hepher. 

26 For the Lord saw the affliction 
of Israel, that it was very bitter : for 
there was not any shut up, nor any 
left, nor any helper for Israel. 

27 And the Lord said not that he 
would blot out the name of Israel 
from under heaven: but he saved 
them by the hand of Jeroboam the 
son of Joash. 

28 If Now the rest of the acts of 
Jeroboam, and all that he did, and 
his might, how he warred, and how 
he recovered Damascus, and Ha- 
math, which belonged to Judah, for Is- 
rael, are they not written in the book 
of the Chronicles of the kings of Is- 
rael? 

29 And Jeroboam slept with his 
fathers, even with the kings of Israel ; 
and Zachariah his son reigned in his 
stead. 

CHAPTER XY. 

1 Azariah's good reign. 5 He dying a leper, Jotham 
succeedeth. 8 Zachariah, the last of Jehu's generation, 
reigning ill, is slain by Shallum. 13 Shallum, reign- 
ing a month, is slain by Menahem. 16 Menahem 
strengthened himself by Pul. 21 Pekahiah succeed- 
eth him. 23 Pekahiah is slain by Pekah. 27 Pekah 
is oppressed by Tiglath-pileser, and slain by Hoshea, 
32 Jotham 's good reign. 36 Ahaz succeedeth him. 

IN the twenty and seventh year of 
Jeroboam king of Israel began 
Azariah son of Amaziah king of 
Judah to reign. 

2 Sixteen years old was he when 
he began to reign, and he reigned 
two and fifty years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Jecho- 
liah of Jerusalem. 

3 And he did that which was right 
in the sight of the Lord, according to 
all that his father Amaziah had done ; 



Reigns of Zachariah, 



II. KINGS. 



Menahem, and Pekahiah. 



4 Save that the high places were 
not removed : the people sacrificed and 
burnt incense still on the high places. 

5 IT And the Lord smote the king, 
so that he was a leper unto the day 
of his death, and dwelt in a several 
house. And Jotham the king's son 
was over the house, judging the peo- 
ple of the land. 

6 And the rest of the acts of Aza- 
riah, and all that he did, are they 
not written in the book of the Chron- 
icles of the kings of Judah ? 

7 So Azariah slept with his fathers ; 
and they buried him with his fathers 
in the city of David : and Jotham 
his son reigned in his stead. 

8 ^T In the thirty and eighth year 
of Azariah king of Judah did Zach- 
ariah the son of Jeroboam reign over 
Israel in Samaria six months. 

9 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, as his 
fathers had done : he departed not 
from the sins of Jeroboam the son 
of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 

10 And Shallum the son of Jabesh 
conspired against him, and smote 
him before the people, and slew him, 
and reigned in his stead. 

11 And the rest of the acts of Zach- 
ariah, behold, they are written in the 
book of the Chronicles of the kings of 
Israel. 

12 This was the word of the Lord 
which he spake unto Jehu, saying, 
Thy sons shall sit on the throne of 
Israel unto the fourth generation. 
And so it came to pass. 

13 H Shallum the son of Jabesh be- 
gan to reign in the nine and thirtieth 
year of Uzziah king of Judah; and 
he reigned a full month in Samaria. 

14 For Menahem the son of Gadi 
went up from Tirzah, and came to 
Samaria, and smote Shallum the son 
of Jabesh in Samaria, and slew him, 
and reigned in his stead. 

15 And the rest of the acts of Shal- 
lum, and his conspiracy which he made, 
behold, they are written in the book of 
the Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

30 



16 IT Then Menahem smote Tiph- 
sah, and all that were therein, and 
the coasts thereof from Tirzah: be- 
cause they opened not to him, there- 
fore he smote it ; and all the women 
therein that were with child he ripped 
up. 

17 In the nine and thirtieth year 
of Azariah king of Judah began 
Menahem the son of Gadi to reign 
over Israel, and reigned ten years in 
Samaria. 

18 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord : he de- 
parted not all his days from the sins 
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 
made Israel to sin. 

19 And Pul the king of Assyria 
came against the land : and Mena- 
hem gave Pul a thousand talents of 
silver, that his hand might be with 
him to confirm the kingdom in his 
hand. 

2 And Menahem exacted the money 
of Israel, even of all the mighty men 
of wealth, of each man fifty shekels 
of silver, to give to the king of As- 
syria. So the king of Assyria turned 
back, and stayed not there in the land. 

21 IT And the rest of the acts of 
Menahem, and all that he did, are 
they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel ? 

22 And Menahem slept with his 
fathers ; and Pekahiah his son reign- 
ed in his stead. 

23 If In the fiftieth year of Azariah 
king of Judah, Pekahiah the son of 
Menahem began to reign over Israel 
in Samaria, and reigned two years. 

24 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord : he depart- 
ed not from the sins of Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 

25 But Pekah the son of Remaliah, 
a captain of his, conspired against 
him, and smote him in Samaria, in 
the palace of the king's house, with 
Argob and Arieh, and with him fifty 
men of the Gileadites : and he killed 
him, and reigned in his room. 

26 And the rest of the acts of Pe- 

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II. KINGS. 



Ahaz! wicked reign. 



kahiah, and all that he did, behold, 
they are written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

27 IT In the two and fiftieth year 
of Azariah king of Judah, Pekah the 
son of Remaliah began to reign over 
Israel in Samaria, and reigned twenty 
years. 

28 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord : he depart- 
ed not from the sins of Jeroboam the 
son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin. 

29 In the days of Pekah king of 
Israel came Tiglath-pileser king of 
Assyria, and took Ijon, and Abel- 
beth-maachah, and Janoah, and Ke- 
desh, and Hazor, and Gilead, and 
Galilee, all the land of Naphtali, and 
carried them captive to Assyria. 

30 And Hoshea the son of Elah 
made a conspiracy against Pekah 
the son of Remaliah, and smote 
him, and slew him, and reigned in 
his stead, in the twentieth year of 
Jotham the son of Uzziah. 

31 And the rest of the acts of Pe- 
kah, and all that he did, behold, 
they are written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Israel. 

32 If In the second year of Pekah 
the son of Remaliah king of Israel 
began Jotham the son of Uzziah king 
of Judah to reign. 

33 Five and twenty years old was 
he when he began to reign, and he 
reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Jerusha, 
the daughter of Zadok. 

34 And he did that which was right 
in the sight of the Lord : he did ac- 
cording to all that his father Uzziah 
had done. 

35 If Howbeit the high places were 
not removed : the people sacrificed 
and burned incense still in the high 
places. He built the higher gate of 
the house of the Lord. 

36 If Now the rest of the acts of 
Jotham, and all that he did, are 
they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

37 In those days the Lord began 

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to send against Judah Rezin the 
king of Syria, and Pekah the son of 
Remaliah. 

38 And Jotham slept with his fa- 
thers, and was buried with his fa- 
thers in the city of David his father : 
and Ahaz his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XYI. 

1 Ahaz' wicked reign. 5 Ahaz, assailed by Rezin and 
Pekah, hireth Tiglath-pileser against them. 10 Ahaz, 
sending a pattern of an altar from Damascus to Uri- 
jah, diverteth the brazen altar to his own devotion. 17 
He spoileth the temple, 19 Hezekiah succeedeth him. 

IN the seventeenth year of Pekah the 
son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of 
Jotham king of Judah began to reign. 

2 Twenty years old was Ahaz when 
he began to reign, and reigned six- 
teen years in Jerusalem, and did not 
that which was right in the sight of 
the Lord his God, like David his 
father. 

3 But he walked in the way of the 
kings of Israel, yea, and made his 
son to pass through the fire, accord- 
ing to the abominations of the hea- 
then, whom the Lord cast out from 
before the children of Israel. 

4 And he sacrificed and burnt in- 
cense in the high places, and on the 
hills, and under every green tree. 

5 If Then Rezin king of Syria, and 
Pekah son of Remaliah king of Is- 
rael, came up to Jerusalem to war: 
and they besieged Ahaz, but could 
not overcome him. 

6 At that time Rezin king of Syria 
recovered Elath to Syria, and drave 
the Jews from Elath: and the Syr- 
ians came to Elath, and dwelt there 
unto this day. 

7 So Ahaz sent messengers to Tig- 
lath-pileser king of Assyria, saying, 
I am thy servant and thy son : come 
up, and save me out of the hand of 
the king of Syria, and out of the 
hand of the king of Israel, which 
rise up against me. 

8 And Ahaz took the silver and 
gold that was found in the house of 
the Lord, and in the treasures of 
the king's house, and sent it for a 
present to the king of Assyria. 



He makeih a new altar. 



II. KINGS. 



Hoshea! s wicked reign. 



9 And the king of Assyria heark- 
ened unto him : for the king of As- 
syria went up against Damascus, and 
took it, and carried the people of it 
captive to Kir, and slew Rezin. 

10 IT And king Ahaz went to Da- 
mascus to meet Tiglath-pileser king 
of Assyria, and saw an altar that 
was at Damascus: and king Ahaz 
sent to Urijah the priest the fashion 
of the altar, and the pattern of it, 
according to all the workmanship 
thereof. 

11 And Urijah the priest built an 
altar according to all that king Ahaz 
had sent from Damascus: so Urijah 
the priest made it against king Ahaz 
came from Damascus. 

12 And when the king was come 
from Damascus, the king saw the 
altar: and the king approached to 
the altar, and offered thereon. 

13 And he burnt his burnt offering 
and his meat offering, and poured 
his drink offering, and sprinkled the 
blood of his peace offerings, upon 
the altar. 

14 And he brought also the brazen 
altar, which was before the Lord, 
from the forefront of the house, from 
between the altar and the house of 
the Lord, and put it on the north 
side of the altar. 

15 And king Ahaz commanded 
Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the 
great altar burn the morning burnt 
offering, and the evening meat offer- 
ing, and the king's burnt sacrifice, 
and his meat offering, with the burnt 
offering of all the people of the land, 
and their meat offering, and their 
drink offerings ; and sprinkle upon it 
all the blood of the burnt offering, 
and all the blood of the sacrifice : 
and the brazen altar shall be for me 
to inquire by. 

16 Thus did Urijah the priest, ac- 
cording to all that king Ahaz com- 
manded. 

17 TT And king Ahaz cut off the 
borders of the bases, and removed 
the laver from off them ; and took 



down the sea from off the brazen 
oxen that were under it, and put 
it upon a pavement of stones. 

18 And the covert for the sabbath 
that they had built in the house, and 
the king's entry without, turned he 
from the house of the Lord for the 
king of Assyria. 

19 IT Now the rest of the acts of 
Ahaz which he did, are they not 
written in the book of the Chroni- 
cles of the kings of Judah ? 

20 And Ahaz slept with his fa- 
thers, and was buried with his fathers 
in the city of David : and Hezekiah 
his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XYII. 

1 Hoshed's wicked reign. 3 Being subdued by Shal- 
maneser, he conspireth against him with So king of 
■Egypt. 5 Samaria for their sins is captivated. 24 
The strange nations, which were transplanted in Sama- 
ria, being plagued with lions, make a mixture of re- 
ligions. 

IN the twelfth year of Ahaz king 
of Judah began Hoshea the son 
of Elah to reign in Samaria over Is- 
rael nine years. 

2 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, but not as 
the kings of Israel that were before 
him. 

3 IT Against him came up Shal- 
maneser king of Assyria; and Ho- 
shea became his servant, and gave 
him presents. 

4 And the king of Assyria found 
conspiracy in Hoshea : for he had 
sent messengers to So king of Egypt, 
and brought no present to the king 
of Assyria, as he had done year by 
year : therefore the king of Assyria 
shut him up, and bound him in 
prison. 

5 % Then the king of Assyria came 
up throughout all the land, and went 
up to Samaria, and besieged it three 
years. 

6 II In the ninth year of Hoshea the 
king of Assyria took Samaria, and 
carried Israel away into Assyria, and 
placed them in Halah and in Habor 
by the river of Gozan, and in the 
cities of the Medes. 

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II. KINGS. 



into captivity. 



7 For so it was, that the children of 
Israel had sinned against the Lord 
their God, which had brought them 
up out of the land of Egypt, from 
under the hand of Pharaoh king of 
Egypt, and had feared other gods, 

8 And walked in the statutes of the 
heathen, whom the Lord cast out 
from before the children of Israel, 
and of the kings of Israel, which 
they had made. 

9 And the children of Israel did 
secretly those things that ivere not 
right against the Lord their God, 
and they built them high places in 
all their cities, from the tower of the 
watchmen to the fenced city. 

10 And they set them up images 
and groves in every high hill, and 
under every green tree : 

11 And there they burnt incense 
in all the high places, as did the 
heathen whom the Lord carried away 
before them ; and wrought wicked 
things to provoke the Lord to anger : 

12 For they served idols, whereof 
the Lord had said unto them, Ye 
shall not do this thing. 

13 Yet the Lord testified against 
Israel, and against Judah, by all the 
prophets, and by all the seers, say- 
ing, Turn ye from your evil ways, 
and keep my commandments and 
my statutes, according to all the law 
which I commanded your fathers, 
and which I sent to you by my ser- 
vants the prophets. 

14 Notwithstanding, they would not 
hear, but hardened their necks, like 
to the neck of their fathers, that did 
not believe in the Lord their God. 

15 And they rejected his statutes, 
and his covenant that he made with 
their fathers, and his testimonies 
which he testified against them ; and 
they followed vanity, and became 
vain, and went after the heathen that 
were round about them, concerning 
whom the Lord had charged them, 
that they should not do like them. 

16 And they left all the command- 
ments of the Lord their God, and 

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made them molten images, even two 
calves, and made a grove, and wor- 
shipped all the host of heaven, and 
served Baal. 

17 And they caused their sons and 
their daughters to pass through the 
fire, and used divination and en- 
chantments, and sold themselves to 
do evil in the sight of the Lord, to 
provoke him to anger. 

18 Therefore the Lord was very 
angry with Israel, and removed them 
out of his sight : there was none left 
but the tribe of Judah only. 

19 Also Judah kept not the com- 
mandments of the Lord their God, 
but walked in the statutes of Israel 
which they made. 

20 And the Lord rejected all the 
seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and 
delivered them into the hand of spoil- 
ers, until he had cast them out of his 
sight. 

21 For he rent Israel from the 
house of David ; and they made Jer- 
oboam the son of Nebat king : and 
Jeroboam drave Israel from following 
the Lord, and made them sin a great 
sin. 

22 For the children of Israel walk- 
ed in all the sins of Jeroboam which 
he did ; they departed not from them ; 

23 Until the Lord removed Israel 
out of his sight, as he had said by all 
his servants the prophets. So was 
Israel carried away out of their own 
land to Assyria unto this day. 

24 'If And the king of Assyria 
brought men from Babylon, and from 
Cuthah, and from Ava, and from 
Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and 
placed them in the cities of Samaria 
instead of the children of Israel : and 
they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in 
the cities thereof. 

25 And so it was at the beginning 
of their dwelling there, that they fear- 
ed not the Lord : therefore the Lord 
sent lions among them, which slew 
some of them. 

26 Wherefore they spake to the 
king of Assyria, saying, The nations 



The mixed worship 



II. KINGS. 



of the Samaritans. 



which thou hast removed, and placed 
in the cities of Samaria, know not 
the manner of the God of the land : 
therefore he hath sent lions among 
them, and, behold, they slay them, 
because they know not the manner 
of the God of the land. 

27 Then the king of Assyria com- 
manded, saying, Carry thither one 
of the priests whom ye brought from 
thence ; and let them go and dwell 
there, and let him teach them the 
manner of the God of the land. 

28 Then one of the priests whom 
they had carried away from Samaria 
came and dwelt in Beth-el, and taught 
them how they should fear the Lord. 

29 Howbeit every nation made 
gods of their own, and put them in 
the houses of the high places which 
the Samaritans had made, every na- 
tion in their cities wherein they dwelt. 

30 And the men of Babylon made 
Succoth-benoth, and the men of Cuth 
made Nergal, and the men of Hamath 
made Ashima, 

31 And the Avites made Nibhaz 
and Tartak, and the Sepharvites 
burnt their children in fire to Adram- 
melech and Anammelech, the gods 
of Sepharvaim. 

32 So they feared the Lord, and 
made unto themselves of the lowest 
of them priests of the high places, 
which sacrificed for them in the 
houses of the high places. 

33 They feared the Lord, and serv- 
ed their own gods, after the manner 
of the nations whom they carried 
away from thence. 

34 Unto this day they do after the 
former manners: they fear not the 
Lord, neither do they after their 
statutes, or after their ordinances, or 
after the law and commandment 
which the Lord commanded the chil- 
dren of Jacob, whom he named Israel ; 

35 With whom the Lord had made 
a covenant, and charged them, say- 
ing, Ye shall not fear other gods, 
nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve 
them, nor sacrifice to them : 



36 But the Lord, who brought you 
up out of the land of Egypt with 
great power and a stretched out arm, 
him shall ye fear, and him shall ye 
worship, and to him shall ye do sac- 
rifice. 

37 And the statutes, and the ordi- 
nances, and the law, and the com- , 
mandment, which he wrote for you, 
ye shall observe to do for evermore ; 
and ye shall not fear other gods. 

38 And the covenant that I have 
made with you ye shall not forget ; 
neither shall ye fear other gods. 

39 But the Lord your God ye shall 
fear ; and he shall deliver you out of 
the hand of all your enemies. 

40 Howbeit they did not hearken, 
but they did after their former man- 
ner. 

41 So these nations feared the 
Lord, and served their graven ima- 
ges, both their children, and their 
children's children: as did their fa- 
thers, so do they unto this day. 

CHAPTEK XVIII. 

1 HezekiaKs good reign. 4 He destroyeth idolatry, and 
prospereth. 9 Samaria is carried captive for their 
sins. 13 Sennacherib invading Judah is pacified by a 
tribute. 17 Rab-shakeh, sent by Sennacherib again, 
revileth Hezekiah, and by blasphemous persuasions 
soliciteth the people to revolt. 

NOW it came to pass in the third 
year of Hoshea son of Elah king 
of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of 
Ahaz king of Judah began to reign. 

2 Twenty and five years old was he 
when he began to reign ; and he 
reigned twenty and nine years in 
Jerusalem. His mother's name also 
was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. 

3 And he did that which was right 
in the sight of the Lord, according 
to all that David his father did. 

4 ^ He removed the high places, 
and brake the images, and cut down 
the groves, and brake in pieces the 
brazen serpent that Moses had made : 
for unto those days the children of 
Israel did burn incense to it : and he 
called it Nehushtan. 

5 He trusted in the Lord God of 
Israel; so that after him was none 

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of Sennacherib, 



like him among all the kings of Ju- 
dah, nor any that were before him. 

6 For he clave to the Lord, and 
departed not from following him, but 
kept his commandments, which the 
Lord commanded Moses. 

7 And the Lord was with him; 
and he prospered whithersoever he 
went forth : and he rebelled against the 
king of Assyria, and served him not. 

8 He smote the Philistines, even 
unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, 
from the tower of the watchmen to 
the fenced city. 

9 If And it came to pass in the 
fourth year of king Hezekiah, which 
was the seventh year of Hoshea son 
of Elah king of Israel, that Shalma- 
neser king of Assyria came up against 
Samaria, and besieged it. 

10 And at the end of three years 
they took it: even in the sixth year 
of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year 
of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria 
was taken. 

11 And the king of Assyria did 
carry away Israel unto Assyria, and 
put them in Halah and in Habor by 
the river of Gozan, and in the cities 
of the Medes : 

12 Because they obeyed not the 
voice of the Lord their God, but 
transgressed his covenant, and all 
that Moses the servant of the Lord 
commanded, and would not hear 
them, nor do them. 

13 % Now in the fourteenth year of 
king Hezekiah did Sennacherib king 
of Assyria come up against all the 
fenced cities of Judah, and took them. 

14 And Hezekiah king of Judah 
sent to the king of Assyria to La- 
chish, saying, I have offended ; re- 
turn from me : that which thou put- 
test on me will I bear. And the king 
of Assyria appointed unto Hezekiah 
king of Judah three hundred talents 
of silver and thirty talents of gold. 

15 And Hezekiah gave him all the 
silver that was found in the house 
of the Lord, and in the treasures of 
the king's house. 

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16 At that time did Hezekiah cut 
off the gold from the doors of the 
temple of the Lord, and from the 
pillars which Hezekiah king of Ju- 
dah had overlaid, and gave it to the 
king of Assyria. 

17 Tf And the king of Assyria sent 
Tartan and Rabsaris and Hab-sha- 
keh from Lachish to king Hezekiah 
with a great host against Jerusalem : 
and they went up and came to Je- 
rusalem. And when they were come 
up, they came and stood by the con- 
duit of the upper pool, which is in 
the highway of the fuller's field. 

18 And when they had called to the 
king, there came out to them Eliakim 
the son of Hilkiah, which was over 
the household, and Shebna the scribe, 
and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder. 

19 And Rab-shakeh said unto them, 
Speak ye now to Hezekiah, Thus saith 
the great king, the king of Assyria, 
What confidence is this wherein thou 
trustest ? 

20 Thousayest, (but they are but vain 
words,) / have counsel and strength 
for the war. Now on whom dost thou 
trust, that thou rebellest against me ? 

21 Now, behold, thou trustest upon 
the staff of this bruised reed, even 
upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, 
it will go into his hand, and pierce 
it : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto 
all that trust on him. 

22 But if ye say unto me, We trust 
in the Lord our God: is not that 
he, whose high places and whose al- 
tars Hezekiah hath taken away, and 
hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, 
Ye shall worship before this altar in 
Jerusalem ? 

23 Now therefore, I pray thee, give 
pledges to my lord the king of As- 
syria, and I will deliver thee two 
thousand horses, if thou be able on 
thy part to set riders upon them. 

24 How then wilt thou turn away 
the face of one captain of the least 
of my master's servants, and put thy 
trust on Egypt for chariots and for 
horsemen ? 



Rab-shakeh 1 s blasphemy. 



II. KINGS. Hezekiah sendeth to Isaiah. 



25 Am I now come up without the 
Lord against this place to destroy it ? 
The Lord said to me, Go up against 
this land, and destroy it. 

26 Then said Eliakim the son of 
Hilkiah, and Shebna, and Joah, unto 
Rab-shakeh, Speak, I pray thee, to 
thy servants in the Syrian language ; 
for we understand it: and talk not 
with us in the Jews' language in 
the ears of the people that are on the 
wall. 

27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them, 
Hath my master sent me to thy mas- 
ter, and to thee, to speak these words ? 
hath he not sent me to the men which 
sit on the wall, that they may eat 
their own dung, and drink their own 
piss with you ? 

28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and 
cried with a loud voice in the Jews' 
language, and spake, saying, Hear 
the word of the great king, the king 
of Assyria : 

29 Thus saith the king, Let not 
Hezekiah deceive you : for he shall 
not be able to deliver you out of his 
hand: 

30 Neither let Hezekiah make you 
trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord 
will surely deliver us, and this city 
shall not be delivered into the hand 
of the king of Assyria. 

3 1 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for 
thus saith the king of Assyria, Make 
an agreement with me by a present, 
and come out to me, and then eat ye 
every man of his own vine, and every 
one of his fig tree, and drink ye every 
one the waters of his cistern : 

32 Until I come and take you away 
to a land like your own land, a land 
of corn and wine, a land of bread 
and vineyards, a land of oil olive and 
of honey, that ye may live, and not 
die : and hearken not unto Hezekiah, 
when he persuadeth you, saying, The 
Lord will deliver us. 

33 Hath any of the gods of the 
nations delivered at all his land out 
of the hand of the king of Assyria ? 

34 Where are the gods of Hamath, 



and of Arpad ? where are the gods of 
Sepharvaim, Hena, and Ivah ? have 
they delivered Samaria out of mine 
hand? 

35 Who are they among all the gods 
of the countries, that have delivered 
their country oat of mine hand, that 
the Lord should deliver Jerusalem 
out of mine hand ? 

36 But the people held their peace, 
and answered him not a word: for 
the king's commandment was, say- 
ing, Answer him not. 

37 Then came Eliakim the son of 
Hilkiah, which was over the house- 
hold, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah 
the son of Asaph the recorder, to Hez- 
ekiah with their clothes rent, and told 
him the words of Rab-shakeh. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 Hezekiah mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them. 
6 Isaiah comforteth them. 8 Sennacherib, going to en- 
counter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to Heze- 
kiah. 14 HezekialCs prayer. 20 Isaiah's prophecy 
of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and the 
good of Zion. 35 An angel slayeth the Assyrians. 36 
Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons. 

AND it came to pass, when king 
. Hezekiah heard it, that he rent 
his clothes, and covered himself with 
sackcloth, and went into the house 
of the Lord. 

2 And he sent Eliakim, which ivas 
over the household, and Shebna the 
scribe, and the elders of the priests, 
covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the 
prophet the son of Amoz. 

3 And they said unto him, Thus 
saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of 
trouble, and of rebuke, and blasphe- 
my : for the children are come to the 
birth, and there is not strength to 
bring forth. 

4 It may be the Lord thy God 
will hear all the words of Rab-sha- 
keh, whom the king of Assyria his 
master hath sent to reproach the liv- 
ing God ; and will reprove the words 
which the Lord thy God hath heard : 
wherefore lift up thy prayer for the 
remnant that are left. 

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah 
came to Isaiah. 

6 IT And Isaiah said unto them, 

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Isaiah } s prophecy. 



Thus shall ye say to your master, 
Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid 
of the words which thou hast heard, 
with which the servants of the king 
of Assyria have blasphemed me. 

7 Behold, I will send a blast upon 
him, and he shall hear a rumour, and 
shall return to his own land ; and I 
will cause him to fall by the sword 
in his own land. 

8 H So Rab-shakeh returned, and 
found the king of Assyria warring 
against Libnah: for he had heard 
that he was departed from Lachish. 

9 And when he heard say of Tir- 
hakah king of Ethiopia, Behold, he 
is come out to fight against thee ; he 
sent messengers again unto Hezekiah, 
saying, 

10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah 
king of Judah, saying, Let not thy 
God in whom thou trustest deceive 
thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be 
delivered into the hand of the king 
of Assyria. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard what 
the kings of Assyria have done to all 
lands, by destroying them utterly: 
and shalt thou be delivered ? 

12 Have the gods of the nations de- 
livered them which my fathers have 
destroyed ; as Gozan, and Haran, and 
Rezeph, and the children of Eden 
which were in Thelasar ? 

13 Where is the king of Hamath, 
and the king of Arpad, and the king 
of the city of Sepharvaim, of Hena, 
and Ivah ? 

14 If And Hezekiah received the 
letter of the hand of the messengers, 
and read it: and Hezekiah went up 
into the house of the Lord, and 
spread it before the Lord. 

15 And Hezekiah prayed before 
the Lord, and said, O Lord God of 
Israel, which dwellest between the 
cherubim, thou art the God > even 
thou alone, of all the kingdoms of 
the earth ; thou hast made heaven 
and earth. 

16 Lord, bow down thine ear, and 
hear : open, Lord, thine eyes, and see : 

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and hear the words of Sennacherib, 
which hath sent him to reproach the 
living God. 

17 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of 
Assyria have destroyed the nations 
and their lands, 

18 And have cast their gods into the 
fire : for they were no gods, but the 
work of men's hands, wood and stone : 
therefore they have destroyed them. 

19 Now therefore, O Lord our 
God, I beseech thee, save thou us 
out of his hand, that all the king- 
doms of the earth may know that thou 
art the Lord God, even thou only. 

20 If Then Isaiah the son of Amoz 
sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith 
the Lord God of Israel, That which 
thou hast prayed to me against Sen- 
nacherib king of Assyria I have heard. 

21 This is the word that the Lord 
hath spoken concerning him; The 
virgin the daughter of Zion hath 
despised thee, and laughed thee to 
scorn ; the daughter of Jerusalem 
hath shaken her head at thee. 

2 2 Whom hast thou reproached and 
blasphemed ? and against whom hast 
thou exalted thy voice, and lifted up 
thine eyes on high ? even against the 
Holy One of Israel. 

23 By thy messengers thou hast 
reproached the Lord, and hast said, 
With the multitude of my chariots 
I am come up to the height of the 
mountains, to the sides of Lebanon, 
and will cut down the tall cedar 
trees thereof, and the choice fir trees 
thereof: and I will enter into the 
lodgings of his borders, and into the 
forest of his Carmel. 

24 I have digged and drunk strange 
waters, and with the sole of my feet 
have I dried up all the rivers of be- 
sieged places. 

25 Hast thou not heard long ago 
how I have done it, and of ancient 
times that I have formed it? now 
have I brought it to pass, that thou 
shouldest be to lay waste fenced 
cities into ruinous heaps. 

26 Therefore their inhabitants were 



The Assyrians are slain. II. KINGS. HezekiaKs life lengthened. 



of small power, they were dismayed 
and confounded; they were as the 
grass of the field, and as the green 
herb, as the grass on the housetops, 
and as corn blasted before it be 
grown up. 

27 But I know thy abode, and thy 
going out, and thy coming in, and 
thy rage against me. 

28 Because thy rage against me 
and thy tumult is come up into mine 
ears, therefore I will put my hook in 
thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, 
and I will turn thee back by the way 
by which thou earnest. 

29 And this shall he a sign unto 
thee, Ye shall eat this year such 
things as grow of themselves, and in 
the second year that which springeth 
of the same ; and in the third year 
sow ye, and reap, and plant vine- 
yards, and eat the fruits thereof. 

30 And the remnant that is esca- 
ped of the house of Judah shall yet 
again take root downward, and bear 
fruit upward. 

31 For out of Jerusalem shall go 
forth a remnant, and they that escape 
out of mount Zion : the zeal of the 
Lord of hosts shall do this. 

32 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
concerning the king of Assyria, He 
shall not come into this city, nor shoot 
an arrow there, nor come before it with 
shield, nor cast a bank against it. 

33 By the way that he came, by 
the same shall he return, and shall not 
come into this city, saith the Lord. 

34 For I will defend this city, to 
save it, for mine own sake, and for 
my servant David's sake. 

35 % And it came to pass that 
night, that the angel of the Lord 
went out, and smote in the camp of 
the Assyrians a hundred fourscore 
and five thousand : and when they 
arose early in the morning, behold, 
they were all dead corpses. 

36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria 
departed, and went and returned, and 
dwelt at Nineveh. 

37 And it came to pass, as he was 



worshipping in the house of Nisroch 
his god, that Adrammelech and Sha- 
rezer his sons smote him with the 
sword: and they escaped into the 
land of Armenia. And Esar-haddon 
his son reigned in his stead. 
CHAPTEE XX. 

1 Hezekiah, having received a message of death, by prayer 
hath his life lengthened. 8 The sun goeth ten degrees 
backward for a sign of that promise. 1 2 Berodach-bal- 
adan sending to visit Hezehiah, because of the wonder, 
hath notice of his treasures. 14 Isaiah understanding 
thereof foretelleth the Babylonian captivity. 20 Ma- 
nasseh succeedeth Hezehiah. 

IN those days was Hezekiah sick 
unto death. And the prophet 
Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, 
and said unto him, Thus saith the 
Lord, Set thine house in order; for 
thou shalt die, and not live. 

2 Then he turned his face to the 
wall, and prayed unto the Lord, 
saying, 

3 I beseech thee, O Lord, remember 
now how I have walked before thee 
in truth and with a perfect heart, and 
have done that which is good in thy 
sight. And Hezekiah wept sore. 

4 And it came to pass, afore Isaiah 
was gone out into the middle court, 
that the word of the Lord came to 
him, saying, 

5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah 
the captain of my people, Thus saith 
the Lord, the God of David thy fa- 
ther, I have heard thy prayer, I have 
seen thy tears : behold, I will heal 
thee : on the third day thou shalt go 
up unto the house of the Lord. 

6 And I will add unto thy days 
fifteen years ; and I will deliver thee 
and this city out of the hand of the 
king of Assyria; and I will defend 
this city for mine own sake, and for 
my servant David's sake. 

7 And Isaiah said, Take a lump 
of figs. And they took and laid it 
on the boil, and he recovered. 

8 If And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, 
What shall be the sign that the Lord 
will heal me, and that I shall go up in- 
to the house of the Lord the third day? 

9 And Isaiah said, This sign shalt 
thou have of the Lord, that the Lord 

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II. KINGS. 



ManasseTis idolatry 



will do the thing that he hath spo- 
ken : shall the shadow go forward ten 
degrees, or go back ten degrees ? 

10 And Hezekiah answered, It is 
a light thing for the shadow to go 
down ten degrees : nay, but let the 
shadow return backward ten degrees. 

11 And Isaiah the prophet cried 
unto the Lord: and he brought the 
shadow ten degrees backward, by 
which it had gone down in the dial 
of Ahaz. 

12 TT At that time Berodach-bala- 
dan, the son of Baladan, king of Bab- 
ylon, sent letters and a present unto 
Hezekiah: for he had heard that 
Hezekiah had been sick. 

13 And Hezekiah hearkened unto 
them, and shewed them all the house 
of his precious things, the silver, and 
the gold, and the spices, and the pre- 
cious ointment, and all the house of 
his armour, and all that was found 
in his treasures : there was nothing 
in his house, nor in all his dominion, 
that Hezekiah shewed them not. 

14 If Then came Isaiah the prophet 
unto king Hezekiah, and said unto 
him, What said these men ? and from 
whence came they unto thee ? And 
Hezekiah said, They are come from 
a far country, even from Babylon. 

15 And he said, What have they 
seen in thine house ? And Hezekiah 
answered, All the things that are in 
mine house have they seen : there is 
nothing among my treasures that I 
have not shewed them. 

16 And Isaiah said unto Hezekiah, 
Hear the word of the Lord. 

17 Behold, the days come, that all 
that is in thine house, and that which 
thy fathers have laid up in store un- 
to this day, shall be carried unto Bab- 
ylon : nothing shall be left, saith the 
Lord. 

18 And of thy sons that shall issue 
from thee, which thou shalt beget, 
shall they take away ; and they shall 
be eunuchs in the palace of the king 
of Babylon. 

19 Then said Hezekiah unto Isaiah, 

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Good is the word of the Lord which 
thou hast spoken. And he said, Is 
it not good, if peace and truth be in 
my days ? 

20 IT And the rest of the acts of 
Hezekiah, and all his might, and 
how he made a pool, and a conduit, 
and brought water into the city, are 
they not written in the book of the 
Chronicles of the kings of Judah ? 

21 And Hezekiah slept with his 
fathers : and Manasseh his son reign- 
ed in his stead. 



CHAPTEK XXL 

1 Manasselis reign. 3 His great idolatry. 10 His wick- 
cdness causeth prophecies against Judah. 17 Amon 
succeedeth him. 19 Amoris wicked reign. 23 He be- 
ing slain by his servants, and those murderers slain by 
the people, Josiah is made king. 

MANASSEH was twelve years old 
when he began to reign, and 
reigned fifty and five years in Jeru- 
salem. And his mother's name was 
Hephzi-bah. 

2 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, after the 
abominations of the heathen, whom 
the Lord cast out before the children 
of Israel. 

3 For he built up again the high 
places which Hezekiah his father had 
destroyed ; and he reared up altars 
for Baal, and made a grove, as did 
Ahab king of Israel; and worship- 
ped all the host of heaven, and serv- 
ed them. 

4 And he built altars in the house 
of the Lord, of which the Lord said, 
In Jerusalem will I put my name. 

5 And he built altars for all the 
host of heaven in the two courts of 
the house of the Lord. 

6 And he made his son pass 
through the fire, and observed times-, 
and used enchantments, and dealt 
with familiar spirits and wizards : he 
wrought much wickedness in the sight 
of the Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

7 And he set a graven image of 
the grove that he had made in the 
house, of which the Lord said to 
David, and to Solomon his son, In 
this house, and in Jerusalem, which 



and wickedness. 



II. KINGS. 



Anion's wicked reign. 



I have chosen out of all the tribes of 
Israel, will I put my name for ever : 

8 Neither will I make the feet of 
Israel move any more out of the land 
which I gave their fathers ; only if 
they will observe to do according to 
all that I have commanded them, and 
according to all the law that my ser- 
vant Moses commanded them. 

9 But they hearkened not : and 
Manasseh seduced them to do more 
evil than did the nations whom the 
Lord destroyed before the children of 
Israel. 

10 IT And the Lord spake by his 
servants the prophets, saying, 

11 Because Manasseh king of Ju- 
dah hath done these abominations, 
and hath done wickedly above all 
that the Amorites did, which were 
before him, and hath made Judah 
also to sin with his idols : 

12 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel, Behold, I am bringing 
such evil upon Jerusalem and Judah, 
that whosoever heareth of it, both his 
ears shall tingle. 

13 And I will stretch over Jeru- 
salem the line of Samaria, and the 
plummet of the house of Ahab : and 
I will wipe Jerusalem as a man wi- 
peth a dish, wiping it, and turning it 
upside down. 

14 And I will forsake the remnant 
of mine inheritance, and deliver them 
into the hand of their enemies ; and 
they shall become a prey and a spoil 
to all their enemies ; 

15 Because they have done that 
which was evil in my sight, and have 
provoked me to anger, since the day 
their fathers came forth out of Egypt, 
even unto this day. 

16 Moreover Manasseh shed inno- 
cent blood very much, till he had fil- 
led Jerusalem from one end to anoth- 
er; besides his sin wherewith he made 
Judah to sin, in doing that which was 
evil in the sight of the Lord. 

17 IT Now the rest of the acts of 
Manasseh, and all that he did, and 
his sin that he sinned, are they not 



written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Judah ? 

18 And Manasseh slept with his 
fathers, and was buried in the garden 
of his own house, in the garden of 
Uzza : and Amon his son reigned in 
his stead. 

19 IT Amon was twenty and two 
years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned two years in Jerusa- 
lem. And his mother's name was 
Meshullemeth, the daughter of Ha- 
ruz of Jotbah. 

20 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, as his father 
Manasseh did. 

21 And he walked in all the way 
that his father walked in, and served 
the idols that his father served, and 
worshipped them : 

22 And he forsook the Lord God 
of his fathers, and walked not in the 
way of the Lord. 

23 IT And the servants of Amon 
conspired against him, and slew the 
king in his own house. 

24 And the people of the land slew 
all them that had conspired against 
king Amon ; and the people of the 
land made Josiah his son king in his 
stead. 

25 Now the rest of the acts of 
Amon which he did, are they not 
written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Judah ? 

26 And he was, buried in his sep- 
ulchre in the garden of Uzza: and 
Josiah his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTEE XXII. 

1 Josiah' s good reign. 3 He taketh care for the repair 
of the temple. 8 Hilkiah having found a book of the 
law, Josiah sendeth to Hiddah to inquire of the Lord. 
15 Huldah prophesieth the destruction of Jei'usalem, 
but respite thereof in JosiaKs time. 

JOSIAH was eight years old when 
he began to reign, and he reigned 
thirty and one years in Jerusalem. 
And his mother's name was Jedidah, 
the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. 
2 And he did that ivhich was right 
in the sight of the Lord, and walked 
in all the way of David his father, 
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HuldaKs prophecy. 



and turned not aside to the right 
hand or to the left. 

3 IT And it came to pass in the 
eighteenth year of king Josiah, that 
the king sent Shaphan the son of Aza- 
liah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, 
to the house of the Lord, saying, 

4 Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, 
that he may sum the silver which is 
brought into the house of the Lord, 
which the keepers of the door have 
gathered of the people : 

5 And let them deliver it into the 
hand of the doers of the work, that 
have the oversight of the house of 
the Lord: and let them give it to 
the doers of the work, which is in 
the house of the Lord, to repair the 
breaches of the house, 

6 Unto carpenters, and builders, 
and masons, and to buy timber and 
hewn stone to repair the house. 

7 Howbeit, there was no reckoning 
made with them of the money that 
was delivered into their hand, be- 
cause they dealt faithfully. 

8 If And Hilkiah the high priest 
said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have 
found the book of the law in the 
house of the Lord. And Hilkiah 
gave the book to Shaphan, and he 
read it. 

9 And Shaphan the scribe came to 
the king, and brought the king word 
again, and said, Thy servants have 
gathered the money that was found 
in the house, and have delivered it 
into the hand of them that do the 
work, that have the oversight of the 
house of the Lord. 

10 And Shaphan the scribe shewed 
the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest 
hath delivered me a book. And Sha- 
phan read it before the king. 

11 And it came to pass, when the 
king had heard the words of the book 
of the law, that he rent his clothes. 

12 And the king commanded Hil- 
kiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of 
Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Mi- 
chaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and 
Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, 

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13 Go ye, inquire of the Lord for 
me, and for the people, and for all 
Judah, concerning the words of this 
book that is found : for great is the 
wrath of the Lord that is kindled 
against us, because our fathers have 
not hearkened unto the words of this 
book, to do according unto all that 
which is written concerning us. 

14 So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahi- 
kam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and 
Asahiah, went unto Huldah the proph- 
etess, the wife of Shallum the son of 
Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper 
of the wardrobe ; (now she dwelt in 
Jerusalem in the college;) and they 
communed with her. 

15 If And she said unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell 
the man that sent you to me, 

16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I 
will bring evil upon this place, and 
upon the inhabitants thereof, even all 
the words of the book which the king 
of Judah hath read : 

17 Because they have forsaken me, 
and have burned incense unto other 
gods, that they might provoke me to 
anger with all the works of their 
hands ; therefore my wrath shall be 
kindled against this place, and shall 
not be quenched. 

18 But to the king of Judah which 
sent you to inquire of the Lord, thus 
shall ye say to him, Thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel, As touching the 
words which thou hast heard ; 

19 Because thine heart was ten- 
der, and thou hast humbled thyself 
before the Lord, when thou heardest 
what I spake against this place, and 
against the inhabitants thereof, that 
they should become a desolation and 
a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and 
wept before me ; I also have heard 
thee, saith the Lord. 

20 Behold therefore, I will gather 
thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt 
be gathered into thy grave in peace ; 
and thine eyes shall not see all the 
evil which I will bring upon this place. 
And they brought the king word again. 



Josiah destroyeth 



II. KINGS. 



idolatry in Judah. 



CHAPTEK XXIII. 

1 Josiah causeth the book to be read in a solemn assembly. 
8 He reneweth the covenant of the Lord. 4 He destroy- 
eth idolatry. 15 He burnt dead men's bones upon the 
altar of Beth-el, as was foreprophesied. 21 He kept a 
most solemn passover. 2-i He put away witches and all 
abomination. 26 God's final wrath against Judah/ 
29 Josiah, provoking Pharaoh-nechoh, is slain at Me- 
giddo. 3 1 Jehoahaz, succeeding him, is imprisoned by 
Pharaoh-nechoh, who made Jehoiakim king. 36 Je- 
hoiakim's wicked reign. 

AND the king* sent, and they gath- 
ered unto him all the elders of 
Judah and of Jerusalem. 

2 And fhe king went up into the 
house of the Lord, and all the men 
of Judah and all the inhahitants of 
Jerusalem with him, and the priests, 
and the prophets, and all the peo- 
ple, both small and great: and he 
read in their ears all the words of 
the book of the covenant which was 
found in the house of the Lord. 

3 IT And the king stood by a pillar, 
and made a covenant before the 
Lord, to walk after the Lord, and 
fco keep his commandments and his 
testimonies and his statutes with all 
their heart and all their soul, to per- 
form the words of this covenant that 
were written in this book. And all 
the people stood to the covenant. 

4 And the king commanded Hil- 
kiah the high priest, and the priests 
of the second order, and the keepers 
of the door, to bring forth out of the 
temple of the Lord all the vessels 
that were made for Baal, and for 
the grove, and for all the host of 
heaven : and he burned them with- 
out Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron, 
and carried the ashes of them unto 
Beth-el. 

5 And he put down the idolatrous 
priests, whom the kings of Judah 
had ordained to burn incense in the 
high places in the cities of Judah, 
and in the places round about Jeru- 
salem; them also that burned in- 
cense unto Baal, to the sun, and to 
the moon, and to the planets, and to 
all the host of heaven. 

6 And he brought out the grove 
from the house of the Lord, without 
Jerusalem, unto the brook Kidron, 



and burned it at the brook Kidron, 
and stamped it small to powder, and 
cast the powder thereof upon the 
graves of the children of the people. 

7 And he brake down the houses 
of the sodomites, that were by the 
house of the Lord, where the women 
wove hangings for the grove. 

8 And he brought all the priests 
out of the cities of Judah, and defiled 
the high places where the priests 
had burned incense, from Geba to 
Beer-sheba, and brake down the 
high places of the gates that were in 
the entering in of the gate of Joshua 
the governor of the city, which were 
on a man's left hand at the gate of 
the city. 

9 Nevertheless the priests of the 
high places came not up to the altar 
of the Lord in Jerusalem, but they 
did eat of the unleavened bread 
among their brethren. 

10 And he defiled Topheth, which 
is in the valley of the children of 
Hinnom, that no man might make 
his son or his daughter to pass 
through the fire to Molech. 

11 And he took away the horses 
that the kings of Judah had given 
to the sun, at the entering in of the 
house of the Lord, by the chamber 
of Nathan-melech the chamberlain, 
which was in the suburbs, and burn- 
ed the chariots of the sun with fire. 

12 And the altars that were on the 
top of the upper chamber of Ahaz, 
which the kings of Judah had made, 
and the altars which Manasseh had 
made in the two courts of the house 
of the Lord, did the king beat down, 
and brake them down from thence, 
and cast the dust of them into the 
brook Kidron. 

13 And the high places that were 
before Jerusalem, which were on the 
right hand of the mount of cor- 
ruption, which Solomon the king 
of Israel had builded for Ashtoreth 
the abomination of the Zidonians, 
and for Chemosh the abomination of 
the Moabites, and for Milcom the 

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II. KINGS. 



Josiah slain in battle. 



abomination of the children of Am- 
nion, did the king defile. 

14 And he brake in pieces the 
images, and cut down the groves, 
and filled their places with the bones 
of men. 

15 If Moreover the altar that was at 
Beth-el, and the high place which 
Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who 
made Israel to sin, had made, both 
that altar and the high place he 
brake down, and burned the high 
place, and stamped it small to pow- 
der, and burned the grove. 

16 And as Josiah turned himself, he 
spied the sepulchres that were there 
in the mount, and sent, and took the 
bones out of the sepulchres, and 
burned them upon the altar, and 
polluted it, according to the word 
of the Lord which the man of God 
proclaimed, who proclaimed these 
words. 

17 Then he said, What title is that 
that I see ? And the men of the city- 
told him, It is the sepulchre of the 
man of God, which came from Ju- 
dah, and proclaimed these things 
that thou hast done against the altar 
of Beth-el. 

18 And he said, Let him alone ; let 
no man move his bones. So they let 
his bones alone, with the bones of the 
prophet that came out of Samaria. 

19 And all the houses also of the 
high places that were in the cities of 
Samaria, which the kings of Israel 
had made to provoke the Lord to 
anger, Josiah took away, and did to 
them according to all the acts that 
he had done in Beth-el. 

20 And he slew all the priests of 
the high places that were there upon 
the altars, and burned men's bones up- 
on them, and returned to Jerusalem. 

21 TT And the king commanded all 
the people, saying, Keep the pass- 
over unto the Lord your God, as it is 
written in the book of this covenant. 

22 Surely there was not holden 
such a passover from the days of the 
judges that judged Israel, nor in all 

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the days of the kings of Israel, nor 
of the kings of Judah ; 

23 But in the eighteenth year of 
king Josiah, wherein this passover was 
holden to the Lord in Jerusalem. 

24 If Moreover the workers with 
familiar spirits, and the wizards, and 
the images, and the idols, and all 
the abominations that were spied in 
the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, 
did Josiah put away, that he might 
perform the words of the law, which 
were written in the book that Hil- 
kiah the priest found in the house of 
the Lord. 

25 And like unto him was there no 
king before him, that turned to the 
Lord with all his heart, and with 
all his soul, and with all his might, 
according to all the law of Moses; 
neither after him arose there any 
like him. 

26 If Notwithstanding, the Lord 
turned not from the fierceness of 
his great wrath, wherewith his anger 
was kindled against Judah, because 
of all the provocations that Manas- 
seh had provoked him withal. 

27 And the Lord said, I will re- 
move Judah also out of my sight, as 
I have removed Israel, and will cast 
off this city Jerusalem which I have 
chosen, and the house of which I 
said, My name shall be there. 

28 Now the rest of the acts of Jo- 
siah, and all that he did, are they not 
written in the book of the Chronicles 
of the kings of Judah ? 

29 If In his days Pharaoh-nechoh 
king of Egypt went up against the 
king of Assyria to the river Euphra- 
tes: and king Josiah went against 
him; and he slew him at Megiddo, 
when he had seen him. 

30 And his servants carried him in 
a chariot dead from Megiddo, and 
brought him to Jerusalem, and bur- 
ied him in his own sepulchre. And 
the people of the land took Jehoahaz 
the son of Josiah, and anointed him, 
and made him king in his father's 
stead. 



Jehoiakim! s wicked reign. II. KINGS. 



Jehoiachin 's reign. 



31 IT Jehoahaz was twenty and 
three years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned three months 
in Jerusalem. And his mother's 
name was Hamutal, the daughter of 
Jeremiah of Libnah. 

32 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, according to 
all that his fathers had done. 

33 And Pharaoh-nechoh put him 
in bands at Riblah in the land of 
Hamath, that he might not reign in 
Jerusalem ; and put the land to a trib- 
ute of a hundred talents of silver, and 
a talent of gold. 

34 And Pharaoh-nechoh made Eli- 
akim the son of Josiah king in the 
room of Josiah his father, and turn- 
ed his name to Jehoiakim, and took 
Jehoahaz away: and he came to 
Egypt, and died there. 

35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver 
and the gold to Pharaoh ; but he 
taxed the land to give the money 
according to the commandment of 
Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and 
the gold of the people of the land, of 
every one according to his taxation, 
to give it unto Pharaoh-nechoh. 

36 1[ Jehoiakim was twenty and 
five years old when he began to 
reign ; and he reigned eleven years in 
Jerusalem. And his mother's name 
ioas Zebudah, the daughter of Pedai- 
ah of Rumah. 

37 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, according 
to all that his fathers had done. 

CHAPTER XXIY. 

I Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebel- 
ling against him, procureth his own ruin. 5 Jehoia- 
chin succeedeth him. V The Tcing of Egypt is vanquish- 
ed by the king of Babylon. 8 Jehoiachin 's evil reign. 
10 Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon. 
1*7 Zedekiah is made king, and reigneth ill unto the 
utter destruction of Judah. 

IN his days Nebuchadnezzar king 
of Babylon came up, and Jehoia- 
kim became his servant three years : 
then he turned and rebelled against 
him. 

2 And the Lord sent against him 
bands of the Chaldees, and bands of 
the Syrians, and bands of the Moab- 



ites, and bands of the children of 
Ammon, and sent them against Ju- 
dah to destroy it, according to the 
word of the Lord, which he spake by 
his servants the prophets. 

3 Surely at the commandment of 
the Lord came this upon Judah, to 
remove them out of his sight, for the 
sins of Manasseh, according to all 
that he did ; 

4 And also for the innocent blood 
that he shed : for he filled Jerusalem 
with innocent blood ; which the Lord 
would not pardon. 

5 IF Now the rest of the acts of Je- 
hoiakim, and all that he did, are they 
not written in the book of the Chron- 
icles of the kings of Judah ? 

6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fa- 
thers : and Jehoiachin his son reign- 
ed in his stead. 

7 And the king of Egypt came not 
again any more out of his land : for 
the king of Babylon had taken from 
the river of Egypt unto the river 
Euphrates all that pertained to the 
king of Egypt. 

8 ^F Jehoiachin was eighteen years 
old when he began to reign, and he 
reigned in Jerusalem three months. 
And his mother's name was Nehush- 
ta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jeru- 
salem. 

9 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, according 
to all that his father had done. 

10 TF At that time the servants of 
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 
came up against Jerusalem, and the 
city was besieged. 

11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of 
Babylon came against the city, and 
his servants did besiege it. 

12 And Jehoiachin the king of Ju- 
dah went out to the king of Babylon, 
he, and his mother, and his servants, 
and his princes, and his officers : and 
the king of Babylon took him in the 
eighth year of his reign. 

13 And he carried out thence all 
the treasures of the house of the 
Lord, and the treasures of the king's 

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Jerusalem is twice 



II. KINGS. 



besieged and taken. 



house, and cut in pieces all the ves- 
sels of gold which Solomon king of 
Israel had made in the temple of the 
Lord, as the Lord had said. 

14 And he carried away all Jeru- 
salem, and all the princes, and all 
the mighty men of valour, even ten 
thousand captives, and all the crafts- 
men and smiths : none remained, 
save the poorest sort of the people of 
the land. 

15 And he carried away Jehoiachin 
to Bahylon, and the king's mother, 
and the king's wives, and his officers, 
and the mighty of the land, those car- 
ried he into captivity from Jerusalem 
to Bahylon. 

16 And all the men of might, even 
seven thousand, and craftsmen and 
smiths a thousand, all that were 
strong and apt for war, even them 
the king of Babylon brought captive 
to Babylon. 

17 IT And the king of Babylon 
made Mattaniah his father's brother 
king in his stead, and changed his 
name to Zedekiah. 

18 Zedekiah was twenty and one 
years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned eleven years in Jeru- 
salem. And his mother's name was 
Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah 
of Libnah. 

19 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, according 
to all that Jehoiakim had done. 

20 For through the anger of the 
Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem 
and Judah, until he had cast them 
out from his presence, that Zedekiah 
rebelled against the king of Baby- 
lon. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

1 Jerusalem is besieged. 4 Zedekiah taken, his sons slain, 
his eyes put out. 8 Nebuzar-adan defaceth the city, 
carrieth the remnant, except a few poor labourers, into 
captivity, 13 spoileth and carrieth away the treasures. 
18 The nobles are slain at Riblah. 22 Gedaliah, who 
was set -over them that remained, being slain, the rest 
flee into Egypt. 27 Evil-merodach a'dvanceth Jehoia- 
chin in Ids court. 

AND it came to pass in the ninth 
. year of his reign, in the tenth 
month, in the tenth day of the month, 
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that Nebuchadnezzar king of Baby- 
lon came, he, and all his host, against 
Jerusalem, and pitched against it; 
and they built forts against it round 
about. 

2 And the city was besieged unto 
the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 

3 And on the ninth day of the 
fourth month the famine prevailed 
in the city, and there was no bread 
for the people of the land. 

4 IT And the city was broken up, 
and all the men of war fled by night 
by the way of the gate between two 
walls, which is by the king's garden : 
(now the Chaldees were against the 
city round about :) and the king 
went the way toward the plain. 

5 And the army of the Chaldees 
pursued after the king, and overtook 
him in the plains of Jericho : and all 
his army were scattered from him. 

6 So they took the king, and 
brought him up to the king of Baby- 
lon to Riblah ; and they gave judg- 
ment upon him. 

7 And they slew the sons of Zede- 
kiah before his eyes, and put out the 
eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him 
with fetters of brass, and carried him 
to Babylon. 

8 If And in the fifth month, on the 
seventh day of the month, which is 
the nineteenth year of king Nebu- 
chadnezzar king of Babylon, came 
Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, 
a servant of the king of Babylon, unto 
Jerusalem : 

9 And he burnt the house of the 
Lord, and the king's house, and all 
the houses of Jerusalem, and every 
great maris house burnt he with fire. 

10 And all the army of the Chal- 
dees, that were with the captain of 
the guard, brake down the walls of 
Jerusalem round about. 

11 Now the rest of the people that 
were left in the city, and the fugitives 
that fell away to the king of Babylon, 
with the remnant of the multitude, 
did Nebuzar-adan the captain of the 
guard carry away. 



The nobles of Judah slain. II. KINGS. 



Ishmael killeth Gedaliah. 



12 But the captain of the guard 
left of the poor of the land to be 
vinedressers and husbandmen. 

13 And the pillars of brass that 
were in the house of the Lord, and 
the bases, and the brazen sea that 
was in the house of the Lord, did 
the Chaldees break in pieces, and 
carried the brass of them to Babylon. 

14 And the pots, and the shovels, 
and the snuffers, and the spoons, 
and all the vessels of brass where- 
with they ministered, took they away. 

15 And the firepans, and the bowls, 
and such things as were of gold, in 
gold, and of silver, in silver, the cap- 
tain of the guard took away. 

16 The two pillars, one sea, and 
the bases which Solomon had made 
for the house of the Lord; the 
brass of all these vessels was with- 
out weight. 

17 The height of the one pillar was 
eighteen cubits, and the chapiter up- 
on it was brass : and the height of 
the chapiter three cubits; and the 
wreathen work, and pomegranates 
upon the chapiter round about, all 
of brass : and like unto these had 
the second pillar with wreathen work. 

18 IT And the captain of the guard 
took Seraiah the chief priest, and 
Zephaniah the second priest, and 
the three keepers of the door : 

19 And out of the city he took an 
officer that was set over the men of 
war, and five men of them that were 
in the king's presence, which were 
found in the city, and the principal 
scribe of the host, which mustered 
the people of the land, and three- 
score men of the people of the land 
that were found in the city: 

20 And Nebuzar-adan captain of 
the guard took these, and brought 
them to the king of Babylon to Biblah: 

21 And the king of Babylon smote 
them, and slew them at Riblah in 
the land of Hamath. So Judah was 
carried away out of their land. 

22 .If And as for the people that 
remained in the land of Judah, whom 

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Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had 
left, even over them he made Geda- 
liah the son of Ahikam, the son of 
Shaphan, ruler. 

23 And when all the captains of 
the armies, they and their men, 
heard that the king of Babylon had 
made Gedaliah governor, there came 
to Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael 
the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan 
the son of Careah, and Seraiah the 
son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, 
and Jaazaniah the son of a Maacha- 
thite, they and their men. 

24 And Gedaliah sware to them, 
and to their men, and said unto 
them, Fear not to be the servants 
of the Chaldees : dwell in the land, 
and serve the king of Babylon ; 
and it shall be well with you. 

25 But it came to pass in the sev- 
enth month, that Ishmael the son 
of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, 
of the seed royal, came, and ten 
men with him, and smote Gedaliah, 
that he died, and the Jews and the 
Chaldees that were with him at Miz- 
pah. 

26 And all the people, both small 
and great, and the captains of the 
armies, arose, and came to Egypt: 
for they were afraid of the Chaldees. 

27 TT And it came to pass in the 
seven and thirtieth year of the cap- 
tivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, 
in the twelfth month, on the seven 
and twentieth day of the month, that 
Evil-merodach king of Babylon in 
the year that he began to reign did 
lift up the head of Jehoiachin king 
of Judah out of prison ; 

28 And he spake kindly to him, and 
set his throne above the throne of the 
kings that were with him in Babylon ; 

29 And changed his prison gar- 
ments: and he did eat bread con- 
tinually before him all the days of 
his life. 

30 And his allowance was a con- 
tinual allowance given him of the 
king, a daily rate for every day, all 
the days of his life. 

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THE CHRONICLES 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Adam's line to Noah. 5 The sons of Japheth. 8 The 
sons of Ham. 11 The sons of Shem. 24 S hem's line 
to Abraham. 29 IshmaeVs sons. 32 The sons of 
Keturah. 34 The posterity of Abraham by Esau. 
43 The kings of Edom. 51 The dukes of Edom. 

ADAM, Sheth, Enosh, 
„ 2 Kenan, Mahalaleel, Jered, 

3 Henoch, Methuselah, Lamech, 

4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. 

5 IT The sons of Japheth ; Gomer, 
and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, 
and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras. 

6 And the sons of Gomer ; Ashche- 
naz, and Biphath, and Togarmah. 

7 And the sons of Javan ; Elishah, 
and Tarshish, Kittim, and Dodanim. 

8 Tf The sons of Ham ; Cush, and 
Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. 

9 And the sons of Cush ; Seba, and 
Havilah, and Sabta, and Raamah, 
and Sabtecha. And the sons of 
Raamah ; Sheba, and Dedan. 

10 And Cush begat Nimrod : he 
began to be mighty upon the earth. 

1 1 And Mizraim begat Ludim, and 
Anamim, and Lehabim, and Naph- 
tuhim, 

12 And Pathrusim, and Casluhim, 
(of whom came the Philistines,) and 
Caphtorim. 

13 And Canaan begat Zidon his 
firstborn, and Heth, 

14 The Jebusite also, and the Amo- 
rite, and the Girgashite, 

15 And the Hivite, and the Arkite, 
and the Sinite, 

16 And the Arvadite, and the Ze- 
marite, and the Hamathite. 

17 ^f The sons of Shem ; Elam, and 
Asshur, and Arphaxad, and Lud, 
and Aram, and Uz, and Hul, and 
Gether, and Meshech. 

18 And Arphaxad begat Shelah, 
and Shelah begat Eber. 

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19 And unto Eber were born two 
sons : the name of the one was Pe- 
leg; because in his days the earth 
was divided : and his brother's name 
was Joktan. 

20 And Joktan begat Almodad, 
and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and 
Jerah, 

21 Hadoram also, and Uzal, and 
Diklah, 

22 And Ebal, and Abimael, and 
Sheba, 

23 And Ophir, and Havilah, and 
Jobab. x All these were the sons of 
Joktan. 

24 ^T Shem, Arphaxad, Shelah, 

25 Eber, Peleg, Reu, 

26 Serug, Nahor, Terah, 

27 Abram; the same is Abraham. 

28 The sons of Abraham; Isaac, 
and Ishmael. 

29 H" These are their generations; 
The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth ; 
then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam, 

30 Mishma, and Dumah, Massa, 
Hadad, and Tema, 

31 Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. 
These are the sons of Ishmael. 

32 If Now the sons of Keturah, 
Abraham's concubine : she bare Zim- 
ran, and Jokshan, and Medan, and 
Midian, and Ishbak, and Shuah. 
And the sons of Jokshan ; Sheba, 
and Dedan. 

33 And the sons of Midian; Ephah, 
and Epher, and Henoch, and Abida, 
and Eidaah. All these are the sons 
of Keturah. 

3 4 And Abraham begat Isaac. The 
sons of Isaac ; Esau and Israel. 

35 IT The sons of Esau ; Eliphaz, 
Reuel, and Jeush, and Jaalam, and 
Korah. 

36 The sons of Eliphaz; Teman, 



• 

The kings of Edom. I. CHRONICLES. The posterity of Esau. 



and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Ke- 
naz, and Timna, and Amalek. 

37 The sons of Reuel; Nahath, 
Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah. 

38 And the sons of Seir; Lotan, 
and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah, 
and Dishon, and Ezar, and Dish an. 

39 And the sons of Lotan ; Hori, 
and Homam: and Timna teas Lo- 
tan's sister. 

40 The sons of Shohal ; Alian, and 
Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and 
Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; 
Aiah, and Anah. 

41 The sons of Anah ; Dishon. 
And the sons of Dishon ; Amram, 
and Eshban, and Ithran, and Cheran. 

42 The sons of Ezer ; Bilhan, and 
Zavan, and Jakan. The sons of Di- 
shan ; Uz, and Aran. 

43 If Now these are the kings that 
reigned in the land of Edom before 
any king reigned over the children of 
Israel ; Bela the son of Beor : and 
the name of his city was Dinhabah. 

44 And when Bela was dead, Jo- 
bab the son of Zerah of Bozrah 
reigned in his stead. 

45 And when Jobab was dead, 
Husham of the land of the Teman- 
ites reigned in his stead. 

46 And when Husham was dead, 
Hadad the son of Bedad, which 
smote Midian in the field of Moab, 
reigned in his stead : and the name 
of his city was Avith. 

47 And when Hadad was dead, 
Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his 
stead. 

48 And when Samlah was dead, 
Shaul of Rehoboth by the river 
reigned in his stead. 

49 And when Shaul was dead, 
Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reign- 
ed in his stead. 

50 And when Baal-hanan was dead, 
Hadad reigned in his stead : and the 
name of his city was Pai ; and his 
wife's name was Mehetabel, the 
daughter of Matred, the daughter 
of Mezahab. 

51 IT Hadad died also. And the 



dukes of Edom were ; duke Timnah, 
duke Aliah, duke Jetheth, 

52 Duke Aholibamah, duke Elah, 
duke Pinon, 

53 Duke Kenaz, duke Teman, duke 
Mibzar, 

54 Duke Magdiel, duke Iram. 
These are the dukes of Edom. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 The sons of Israel. 3 The posterity of Judah by Ta- 
mar. 13 The children of Jesse. 18 The posterity of 
Caleb the son of Hezron. 21 Hezron' s posterity by 
the daughter of Machir. 25 JerahmeeVs posterity. 
34 Shesharis posterity. 42 Another branch of Caleb's 
posterity. 50 The posterity of Caleb the son of Hur. 

THESE are the sons of Israel; 
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Ju- 
dah, Issachar, and Zebulun, 

2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, 
Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 

3 IT The sons of Judah ; Er, and 
Onan, and Shelah : which three were 
born unto him of the daughter of 
Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the 
firstborn of Judah, was evil in the 
sight of the Lord ; and he slew him. 

4 And Tamar his daughter in law 
bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the 
sons of Judah were five. 

5 The sons of Pharez ; Hezron, and 
Hamul. 

6 And the sons of Zerah ; Zimri, 
and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, 
and Dara : five of them in all. 

7 And the sons of Carmi ; Achar, 
the troubler of Israel, who transgress- 
ed in the thing accursed. 

8 And the sons of Ethan ; Azariah. 

9 The sons also of Hezron, that 
were born unto him ; Jerahmeel, and 
Bam, and Chelubai. 

10 And Ram begat Amminadab ; 
and Amminadab begat Nahshon, 
prince of the children of Judah ; 

11 And Nahshon begat Salma, and 
Salma begat Boaz, 

12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed 
begat Jesse. 

13 If And Jesse begat his firstborn 
Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and 
Shimma the third, 

14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai 
the fifth, 

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Sheshan 1 s posterity. 



15 Ozem the sixth, David the 
seventh : 

16 Whose, sisters were Zeruiah, 
and Abigail. And the sons of Ze- 
ruiah ; Abishai, and Joab, and Asa- 
hel, three. 

17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and 
the father of Amasa was Jether the 
Ishmaelite. 

18 II And Caleb the son of Hezron 
begat children of Azubah his wife, 
and of Jerioth : her sons are these ; 
Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 

19 And when Azubah was dead, 
Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which 
bare him Hur. 

20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri 
begat Bezaleel. 

21 IT And afterward Hezron went 
in to the daughter of Machir the 
father of Gilead, whom he married 
when he was threescore years old; 
and she bare him Segub. 

22 And Segub begat Jair, who had 
three and twenty cities in the land 
of Gilead. 

23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, 
with the towns of Jair, from them, 
with Kenath, and the towns thereof, 
even threescore cities. All these be- 
longed to the sons of Machir the fa- 
ther of Gilead. 

24 And after that Hezron was dead 
in Caleb-ephratah, then Abiah Hez- 
ron's wife bare him Ashur the father 
of Tekoa. 

25 IT And the sons of Jerahmeel 
the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram 
the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, 
and Ozem, and Ahijah. 

26 Jerahmeel had also another 
wife, whose name was Atarah ; she 
was the mother of Onam. 

27 And the sons of Ram the first- 
born of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and 
Jamin, and Eker. 

28 And the sons of Onam were, 
Shammai, and Jada. And the sons 
of Shammai ; Nadab, and Abishur. 

29 And the name of the wife of 
Abishur was Abihail, and she bare 
him Ahban, and Molid. 

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30 And the sons of Nadab ; Seled, 
and Appaim: but Seled died with- 
out children. 

31 And the sons of Appaim ; Ishi. 
And the sons of Ishi ; Sheshan. And 
the children of Sheshan ; Ahlai. 

32 And the sons of Jada the broth- 
er of Shammai ; Jether, and Jona- 
than: and Jether died without chil- 
dren. 

33 And the sons of Jonathan ; Pe- 
leth, and Zaza. These were the sons 
of Jerahmeel. 

34 IT Now Sheshan had no sons, 
but daughters. And Sheshan had a 
servant, an Egyptian, whose name 
was Jarha. 

35 And Sheshan gave his daugh- 
ter to Jarha his servant to wife ; and 
she bare him Attai. 

36 And Attai begat Nathan, and 
Nathan begat Zabad, 

37 And Zabad begat Ephlal, and 
Ephlal begat Obed, 

38 And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu 
begat Azariah, 

39 And Azariah begat Helez, and 
Helez begat Eleasah, 

40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai, 
and Sisamai begat Shallum, 

41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, 
and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 

42 If Now the sons of Caleb the 
brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his 
firstborn, which was the father of 
Ziph ; and the sons of Mareshah the 
father of Hebron. 

43 And the sons of Hebron ; Ko- 
ran, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and 
Shema. 

44 And Shema begat Raham, the 
father of Jorkoam : and Rekem be- 
gat Shammai. 

45 And the son of Shammai was 
Maon : and Maon was the father of 
Beth-zur. 

46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, 
bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez : 
and Haran begat Gazez. 

47 And the sons of Jahdai ; Re- 
gem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and 
Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 



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48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, 
bare Sheber, and Tirhanah. 

49 She bare also Shaaph the father 
of Madmannah, Sheva the father of 
Machbenah, and the father of Gibea : 
and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa. 

50 IT These were the sons of Caleb 
the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephra- 
tah; Shobal the father of Kirjath- 
jearim, 

51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem, 
Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 

52 And Shobal the father of Kir- 
jath-jearim had sons ; Haroeh, and 
half of the Manahethites. 

53 And the families of Kirjath-jea- 
rim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, 
and the Shumathites, and the Mish- 
raites ; of them came the Zareathites, 
and the Eshtaulites. 

54 The sons of Salma ; Beth-lehem, 
and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the 
house of Joab, and half of the Mana- 
hethites, the Zorites. 

55 And the families of the scribes 
which dwelt at Jabez ; the Tirathites, 
the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. 
These are the Kenites that came of 
Hemath, the father of the house of 
Rechab. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 The sons of David. 10 His line to Zedehiah. 17 The 
successors of Jeconiah. 

NOW these were the sons of Da- 
vid, which were born unto him 
in Hebron ; the firstborn Amnon, of 
Ahinoam the Jezreelitess : the second, 
Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess : 

2 The third, Absalom the son of 
Maachah the daughter of Talmai 
king of Geshur: the fourth, Adoni- 
jah the son of Haggith : 

3 The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: 
the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife. 

4 These six were born unto him in 
Hebron ; and there he reigned seven 
years and six months : and in Jerusa- 
lem he reigned thirty and three years. 

5 And these were born unto him 
in Jerusalem; Shimea, and Shobab, 
and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of 
Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel : 



6 Ibhar also, and Elishama, and 
Eliphelet, 

7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and 
Japhia, 

8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and 
Eliphelet, nine. 

9 These were all the sons of David, 
besides the sons of the concubines, 
and Tamar their sister. 

10 TT And Solomon's son was Re- 
hoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, 
Jehoshaphat his son, 

11 Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, 
Joash his son, 

12 Amaziah his son, Azariah his 
son, Jotham his son, 

13 Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, 
Manasseh his son, 

14 Amon his son, Josiah his son. 

15 And the sons of Josiah were, 
the firstborn Johanan, the second 
Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the 
fourth Shallum. 

16 And the sons of Jehoiakim ; 
Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. 

17 IT And the sons of Jeconiah; 
Assir, Salathiel his son, 

18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, 
and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, 
and Nedabiah. 

19 And the sons of Pedaiah were, 
Zerubbabel, and Shimei : and the sons 
of Zerubbabel ; Meshullam, and Ha- 
naniah, and Shelomith their sister : 

20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and 
Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab- 
hesed, five. 

21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pe- 
latiah, and Jesaiah : the sons of Re- 
phaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons 
of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 

22 And the sons of Shechaniah; 
Shemaiah : and the sons of Shemaiah ; 
Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and 
Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 

23 And the sons of Neariah ; Eli- 
oenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, 
three. 

24 And the sons of Elioenai were, 
Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah. 
and Akkub, and Johanan, and Da- 
laiah, and Anani, seven. 

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Shelah! s posterity. 



CHAPTEK IY. 

1, 11 The posterity of Judah by Caleb the son of Hur. 
5 Of Ashur the posthumous son of Hezron. 9 Of Ja- 
bez, and his prayer. 21 The posterity of Shelah. 
24 The posterity and cities of Simeon. 39 Tfieir con- 
quest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir. 

THE sons of Judah ; Pharez, Hez- 
ron, and Carmi, and -Hur, and 
Shobal. 

2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal 
begat Jahath ; and Jahath begat 
Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the 
families of the Zorathites. 

3 And these were of the father of 
Etam ; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Id- 
bash : and the name of their sister 
was Hazelelponi : 

4 And Pennel the father of Ge- 
dor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. 
These are the sons of Hur, the first- 
born of Ephratah, the father of Beth- 
lehem. 

5 If And Ashur the father of Tekoa 
had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 

6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, 
and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haa- 
hashtari. These were the sons of 
Naarah. 

7 And the sons of Helah were, Ze- 
reth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 

8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobe- 
bah, and the families of Aharhel the 
son of Harurn. 

9 U And Jabez was more honour- 
able than his brethren : and his moth- 
er called his name Jabez, saying, 
Because I bare him with sorrow. 

10 And Jabez called on the God of 
Israel, saying, Oh that thou would- 
est bless me indeed, and enlarge my 
coast, and that thine hand might be 
with me, and that thou wouldest 
keep one from evil, that it may not 
grieve me ! And God granted him 
that which he requested. 

11 IT And Chelub the brother of 
Shu ah begat Mehir, which was the 
father of Eshton. 

12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, 
and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father 
of Ir-nahash. These are the men of 
Rechah. 

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13 And the sons of Kenaz; Oth- 
niel, and Seraiah: and the sons of 
Othniel; Hathath 

14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah : 
and Seraiah begat Joab, the father 
of the valley of Charashim ; for they 
were craftsmen. 

15 And the sons of Caleb the son 
of Jephunneh ; Iru, Elah, and Naam : 
and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. 

16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, 
and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. 

17 And the sons of Ezra were, 
Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and 
Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and 
Shammai, and Ishbah the father of 
Eshtemoa. 

18 And his wife Jehudijah bare 
Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber 
the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the 
father of Zanoah. And these are the 
sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pha-, 
raoh, which Mered took. 

19 And the sons of his wife Ho- 
diah the sister of Naham, the father 
of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa 
the Maachathite. 

20 And the sons of Shimon were, 
Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and 
Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, 
Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 

21 TT The sons of Shelah the son 
of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, 
and Laadah the father of Mareshah, 
and the families of the house of them 
that wrought fine linen, of the house 
of Ashbea, 

22 And Jokim, and the men of 
Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, 
who had the dominion in Moab, and 
Jashubi-lehem. And these are an- 
cient things. 

23 These were the potters, and 
those that dwelt among plants and 
hedges : there they dwelt with the 
king for his work. 

24 TT The sons of Simeon were, 
Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, 
and Shaul : 

25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his 
son, Mishma his son. 

26 And the sons of Mishma; Ha- 



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The line of Reuben. 



muel his son, Zacchur his son, Shim- 
ei his son. 

27 And Shimei had sixteen sons 
and six daughters ; hut his brethren 
had not many children, neither did 
all their family multiply, like to the 
children of Judah. 

28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, 

Pand Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, 
and at Tolad, 

30 And at Bethuel, and at Hor- 
mah, and at Ziklag, 

31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and 
Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and 
at Shaaraim. These were their cities 
unto the reign of David. 

32 And their villages were, Etam, 
and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and 
Ashan, five cities : 

33 And all their villages that were 
round about the same cities, unto 
Baal. These were their habitations, 
and their genealogy. 

34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, 
and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 

35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of 
Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son 
of Asiel, 

36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, 
and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and 
Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 

37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the 
son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the 
son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah ; 

38 These mentioned by their names 
were princes in their families: and 
the house of their fathers increased 
greatly. 

39 ^T And they went to the entrance 
of Gedor, even unto the east side of 
the valley, to seek pasture for their 
flocks. 

40 And they found fat pasture and 
good, and the land was wide, and 
quiet, and peaceable ; for they of 
Ham had dwelt there of old. 

41 And these written byname came 
in the days of Hezekiah king of Ju- 
dah, and smote their tents, and the 
habitations that were found there, 
and destroyed them utterly unto this 



day, and dwelt in their rooms: be- 
cause there ivas pasture there for 
their flocks. 

42 And some of them, even of the 
sons of Simeon, five hundred men, 
went to mount Seir, having for their 
captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and 
Rephaian, and Uzziel, the sons of 
Ishi. 

43 And they smote the rest of the 
Amalekites that were escaped, and 
dwelt there unto this day. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 The line of Reuben (who lost his birthright) unto the 
captivity. 9 Their habitation and conquest of the 
Hagarites. 11 The chief men and habitations of Gad. 
18 The number and conquest of Reuben, Gad, and the 
half of Manasseh. 23 The habitations and chief men 
of that half tribe. 25 Their captivity for their sin. 

NOW the sons of Reuben the 
firstborn of Israel, (for he was 
the firstborn ; but, forasmuch as he 
defiled his father's bed, his birth- 
right was given unto the sons of 
Joseph the son of Israel: and the 
genealogy is not to be reckoned after 
the birthright. 

2 For Judah prevailed above his 
brethren, and of him came the chief 
ruler ; but the birthright was Jo- 
seph's :) 

3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the 
firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and 
Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 

4 The sons of Joel ; Shemaiah his 
son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 

5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, 
Baal his son, 

6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath- 
pilneser king of Assyria carried away 
captive: he was prince of the Reu- 
benites. 

7 And his brethren by their fami- 
lies, when the genealogy of their 
generations was reckoned, ivere the 
chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 

8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the 
son of Shema, the son of Joel, who 
dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and 
Baal-meon : 

9 And eastward he inhabited unto 
the entering in of the wilderness 
from the river Euphrates : because 

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The sons of Levi. 



their cattle were multiplied in the 
land of Gilead. 

10 And in the days of Saul they 
made war with the Hagarites, who 
fell hy their hand : and they dwelt 
in their tents throughout all the east 
land of Gilead. 

11 IT And the children of Gad 
dwelt over against them, in the land 
of Bashan unto Salcah : 

12 Joel the chief, and Shapham 
the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat 
in Bashan. 

13 And their "brethren of the house 
of their fathers were, Michael, and 
Meshullam, and Sheha, and Jorai, and 
Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 

14 These are the children of Abi- 
hail the son of Huri, the son of Ja- 
roah, the son of Gilead, the son of 
Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the 
son of Jahdo, the son of Buz ; 

15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son 
of Guni, chief of the house of their 
fathers. 

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in 
Bashan, and in her towns, and in 
all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their 
borders. 

17 All these were reckoned by gen- 
ealogies in the days of Jotham king 
of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam 
king of Israel. 

18 IT The sons of Reuben, and the 
Gadites, and half the tribe of Manas- 
seh, of valiant men, men able to 
bear buckler and sword, and to shoot 
with bow, and skilful in war, were four 
and forty thousand seven hundred and 
threescore, that went out to the war. 

19 And they made war with the 
Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, 
and Nodab. 

20 And they were helped against 
them, and the Hagarites were deliver- 
ed into their hand, and all that were 
with them : for they cried to God in 
the battle, and he was entreated of 
them; because they put their trust 
in him. 

21 And they took away their cat- 
tle ; of their camels filly thousand, 

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and of sheep two hundred and fifty 
thousand, and of asses two thousand, 
and of men a hundred thousand. 

22 For there fell down many slain, 
because the war was of God. And 
they dwelt in their steads until the 
captivity. 

23 If And the children of the half 
tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land : 
they increased from Bashan unto 
Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto 
mount Hermon. 

24 And these were the heads of the 
house of their fathers, even Epher, 
and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and 
Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jah- 
diel, mighty men of valour, famous 
men, and heads of the house of their 
fathers. 

25 U And they transgressed against 
the God of their fathers, and went a 
whoring after the gods of the peo- 
ple of the land, whom God destroyed 
before them. 

26 And the God of Israel stirred 
up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, 
and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser 
king of Assyria, and he carried 
them away, even the Reubenites, 
and the Gadites, and the half tribe 
of Manasseh, and brought them unto 
Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and 
to the river Gozan, unto this day. 

CHAPTER YL 

1 The sons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests unto the 
captivity. 16 The families of Ger shorn, Merari, and 
Kohath. 49 The office of Aaron, and his line unto 
Ahimaaz. 54 The cities of the priests and Levites. , 

THE sons of Levi; Gershon, Ko- 
hath, and Merari. 

2 And the sons of Kohath; Amram, 
Izhar, and Hebron, and UzzieJ. 

3 And the children of Amram; 
Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. 
The sons also of Aaron; Nadab 
and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 

4 TT Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phin- 
ehas begat Abishua, 

5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and 
Bukki begat Uzzi, 

6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and 
Zerahiah begat Meraioth, 



The families of Gershom, I. CHRONICLES. Kohath, and Merari. 



7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and 
Amariah begat Ahitub, 

8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and 
Zadok begat Ahimaaz, 

9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, 
and Azariah begat Johanan, 

10 And Johanan begat Azariah; 
(he it is that executed the priest's 
office in the temple that Solomon 
built in Jerusalem :) 

11 And Azariah begat Amariah, 
and Amariah begat Ahitub, 

12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and 
Zadok begat Shallum, 

13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, 
and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 

14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, 
and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 

15 And Jehozadak went into cap- 
tivity, when the Lord carried away 
Judah and Jerusalem by the hand 
of Nebuchadnezzar. 

16 If The sons of Levi ; Gershom, 
Kohath, and Merari. 

17 And these be the names of the 
sons of Gershom ; Libni, and Shimei. 

18 And the sons of Kohath were, 
Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and 
Uzziel. 

19 The sons of Merari ; Mahli, and 
Mushi. And these are the families of 
the Levites according to their fathers. 

20 Of Gershom ; Libni his son, 
Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 

21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Ze- 
rah his son, Jeaterai his son. 

22 The sons of Kohath; Ammina- 
dab his son, Korah his son, Assir his 
son, 

23 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph 
his son, and Assir his son, 

24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, 
Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. 

25 And the sons of Elkanah ; 
Amasai, and Ahimoth. 

26 is for Elkanah: the sons of 
Elkanah ; Zophai his son, and Na- 
hath his son, 

27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, 
Elkanah his son. 

28 And the sons of Samuel ; the 
firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. 



29 The sons of Merari ; Mahli, 
Libni his son, Shimei his son, ITzza 
his son, 

30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his 
son, Asaiah his son. 

31 And these are they whom Da- 
vid set over the service of song in the 
house of the Lord, after that the ark 
had rest. 

32 And they ministered before the 
dwellingplace of the tabernacle of 
the congregation with singing, until 
Solomon had built the house of the 
Lord in Jerusalem: and then they 
waited on their office according to 
their order. 

33 And these are they that waited 
with their children. Of the sons of 
the Kohathites; Heman a singer, the 
son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 

34 The son of Elkanah, the son 
of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son 
of Toah, 

35 The son of Zuph, the son of 
Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son 
of Amasai, 

36 The son of Elkanah, the son 
of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son 
of Zephaniah, 

37 The son of Tahath, the son of 
Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son 
of Korah, 

38 The son of Izhar, the son of Ko- 
hath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 

39 And his brother Asaph, who 
stood on his right hand, even Asaph 
the son of Berachiah, the son of 
Shimea, 

40 The son of Michael, the son of 
Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 

41 The son of Ethni, the son of 
Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 

42 The son of Ethan, the son of 
Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 

43 The son of Jahath, the son of 
Gershom, the son of Levi. 

44 And their brethren the sons of 
Merari stood on the left hand : Ethan 
the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the 
son of Malluch, 

45 The son of Hashabiah, the son 
of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 

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I. CHRONICLES. 



priests and Levites. 



46 The son of Amzi, the son of 
Bani, the son of Shamer, 

47 The son of Mahli, the son of 
Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of 
Levi. 

48 Their brethren also the Levites 
were appointed unto all manner of 
service of the tabernacle of the house 
of God. 

49 If But Aaron and his sons offer- 
ed upon the altar of the burnt offer- 
ing, and on the altar of incense, and 
were appointed for all the work of 
the place most holy, and to make an 
atonement for Israel, according to all 
that Moses the servant of God had 
commanded. 

50 And these are the sons of Aa- 
ron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his 
son, Abishua his son, 

51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, 
Zerahiah his son, 

52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his 
son, Ahitub his son, 

53 Zadokhis son, Ahimaaz his son. 

54 Tf Now these are their dwell- 
ingplaces throughout their castles in 
their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of 
the families of the Kohathites : for 
theirs was the lot. 

55 And they gave them Hebron in 
the land of Judah, and the suburbs 
thereof round about it. 

56 But the fields of the city, and 
the villages thereof, they gave to Ca- 
leb the son of Jephunneh. 

57 And to the sons of Aaron they 
gave the cities of Judah, namely, He- 
bron, the city of refuge, and Libnah 
with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Esh- 
temoa, with their suburbs, 

58 And Hilen with her suburbs, 
Debir with her suburbs, 

59 And Ashan with her suburbs, 
and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs : 

60 And out of the tribe of Benja- 
min ; Geba with her suburbs, and 
Alemeth with her suburbs, and Ana- 
thoth with her suburbs. All their 
cities throughout their families were 
thirteen cities. 

61 And unto the sons of Kohath, 

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which were left of the family of that 
tribe, were cities given out of the half 
tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of 
Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 

62 And to the sons of Gershom 
throughout their families out of the 
tribe of Issachar, and out of the 
tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe 
of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of 
Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 

63 Unto the sons of Merari were 
given by lot, throughout their fami- 
lies, out of the tribe of Reuben, and 
out of the tribe of Gad, and out of 
the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 

64 And the children of Israel gave 
to the Levites these cities with their 
suburbs. 

65 And they gave by lot out of 
the tribe of the children of Judah, 
and out of the tribe of the children 
of Simeon, and out of the tribe of 
the children of Benjamin, these cities, 
which are called by their names. 

66 And the residue of the fami- 
lies of the sons of Kohath had cit- 
ies of their coasts out of the tribe of 
Ephraim. 

67 And they gave unto them, of the 
cities of refuge, Shechem in mount 
Ephraim with her suburbs ; they gave 
also Gezer with her suburbs, 

68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, 
and Beth-horon with her suburbs, 

69 And Ajalon with her suburbs, 
and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs : 

70 And out of the half tribe of 
Manasseh ; Aner with her suburbs, 
and Bileam with her suburbs, for 
the family of the remnant of the 
sons of Kohath. 

7 1 Unto the sons of Gershom were 
given, out of the family of the half , 
tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan 
with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with 
her suburbs : 

72 And out of the tribe of Issa- 
char ; Kedesh with her suburbs, Dab- 
erath with her suburbs, 

73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, 
and Anem with her suburbs : 

74 And out of the tribe of Asher ; 



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Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon 
with her suburbs, 

75 And Hukok with her suburbs, 
and Rehob with her suburbs : 

7 6 And out of the tribe of Naphtali ; 
Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, 
and Hammon with her suburbs, and 
Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 

77 Unto the rest of the children of 
Merari were given, out of the tribe of 
Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, 
Tabor with her suburbs : 

78 And on the other side Jordan 
by Jericho, on the east side of Jor- 
dan, were given them, out of the tribe 
of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness 
with her suburbs, and Jahzah with 
her suburbs, 

79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, 
and Mephaath with her suburbs : 

80 And out of the tribe of Gad ; 
Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, 
and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 

81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, 
and Jazer with her suburbs. 

CHAPTER VII 

1 The sons of Issachar, 6 of Benjamin, 13 of Naphtali, 14 
of Manasseh, 20, 24 and of Ephraim. 21 The calam- 
ity of Ephraim by the men ofGath. 23 Beriah is born. 
28 Ephraiin's habitations. 30 The sons of Asher. 

NOW the sons of Issachar were, 
Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and 
Shimrom, four. 

2 And the sons of Tola ; Uzzi, and 
Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, 
and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of 
their father's house, to wit, of Tola: 
they were valiant men of might in 
their generations; whose number 
was in the days of David two and 
twenty thousand and six hundred. 

3 And the sons of Uzzi ; Izrahiah : 
and the sons of Izrahiah ; Michael, 
and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five : 
all of them chief men. 

4 And with them, by their genera- 
tions, after the house of their fathers, 
were bands of soldiers for war, six 
and thirty thousand men: for they 
had many wives and sons. 

5 And their brethren among all the 
families of Issachar were valiant men 
of might, reckoned in all by their 



genealogies fourscore and seven thou- 
sand. 

6 U The sons of Benjamin ; Bel a, 
and Becher, and Jediael, three. 

7 And the sons of Bela ; Ezbon, 
and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, 
and Iri, five; heads of the house of 

Jheir fathers, mighty men of valour; 
and were reckoned by their geneal- 
ogies twenty and two thousand and 
thirty and four. 

8 And the sons of Becher ; Zemira, 
and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elio- 
enai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and 
Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. 
All these are the sons of Becher. 

9 And the number of them, after 
their genealogy by their generations, 
heads of the house of their fathers, 
mighty men of valour, was twenty 
thousand and two hundred. 

10 The sons also of Jediael ; Bil- 
han : and the sons of Bilhan ; Jeush, 
and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Che- 
naanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, 
and Ahishahar. 

11 All these the sons of Jediael, 
by the heads of their fathers, mighty 
men of valour, were seventeen thou- 
sand and two hundred soldiers, fit to 
go out for war and battle. 

12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, 
the children of Ir, and Hushim, the 
sons of Aher. 

13 TT The sons of Naphtali ; Jah- 
ziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shal- 
lum, the sons of Bilhah. 

14 TT The sons of Manasseh ; Ash- 
riel, whom she bare ; (but his concu- 
bine the Aramitess bare Machir the 
father of Gilead : 

15 And Machir took to wife the sis- 
ter of Huppim and Shuppim, whose 
sister's name ivas Maachah ;) and the 
name of the second was Zelophehad : 
and Zelophehad had daughters. 

16 And Maachah the wife of Ma- 
chir bare a son, and she called his 
name Peresh ; and the name of his 
brother was Sheresh ; and his sons 
were Ulam and Rakem. 

17 And the sons of Ulam; Be- 

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dan. These were the sons of Gilead, 
the son of Machir, the son of Manas- 
seh. 

1 8 And his sister Hammoleketh bare 
lshod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 

19 And the sons of Shemidah were, 
Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and 
Aniam. 

20 If And the sons of Ephraim; 
Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and 
Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, 
and Tahath his son, 

21 1[ And Zabad his son, and Shu- 
thelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, 
whom the men of Gath that were 
born in that land slew, because they 
came down to take away their cattle. 

22 And Ephraim their father 
mourned many days, and his breth- 
ren came to comfort him. 

23 % And when he went in to his 
wife, she conceived and bare a son, 
and he called his name Beriah, be- 
cause it went evil with his house. 

24 (And his daughter was Sherah, 
who built Beth-horon the nether, and 
the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) 

25 And Rephah was his son, also 
Resheph, and Telah his son, and 
Tahan his son, 

26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his 
son, Elishama his son, 

27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son. 

28 IT And their possessions and 
habitations were, Beth-el and the 
towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, 
and westward Gezer, with the towns 
thereof; Shechem also and the towns 
thereof, unto Gaza and the towns 
thereof: 

29 And by the borders of the chil- 
dren of Manasseh, Beth-shean and 
her towns, Taanach and her towns, 
Megiddo and her towns, Dor and 
her towns. In these dwelt the chil- 
dren of Joseph the son of Israel. 

30 1T The sons of Asher ; Imnah, 
and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, 
and Serah their sister. 

3 1 And the sons of Beriah ; Heber, 
and Malchiel, who is the father of 
Birzavith. 

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32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and 
Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their 
sister. 

33 And the sons of Japhlet ; Pasach, 
and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are 
the children of Japhlet. 

34 And the sons of SHamer ; Ahi, 
and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 

35 And the sons of his brother 
Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and 
Shelesh, and Amal. 

36 The sons of Zophah ; Suah, and 
Hamepher, and Shual, and Beri, and 
Imrah, 

37 Bezer, and Hod, and Sham- 
ma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and 
Beera. 

38 And the sons of Jether ; Jephun- 
neh, and Pispah, and Ara. 

39 And the sons of Ulla ; Arah, and 
Haniel, and Rezia. 

40 All these were the children of 
Asher, heads of their father's house, 
choice and mighty men of valour, 
chief of the princes. And the num- 
ber throughout the genealogy of 
them that were apt to the war and to 
battle was twenty and six thousand 
men. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1 The sons and chief men of Benjamin. 33 The stock 
of Saul and Jonathan. 

NOW Benjamin begat Bela his 
firstborn, Ashbel the second, 
and Aharah the third, 

2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the 
fifth. 

3 And the sons of Bela were, Ad- 
dar, and Gera, and Abihud, 

4 And Abishua, and Naarnan, and 
Ahoah, 

5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and 
Huram. 

6 And these are the sons of Ehud : 
these are the heads of the fathers of 
the inhabitants of Geba, and they 
removed them to Manahath : 

7 And Naarnan, and Ahiah, and 
Gera, he removed them, and begat 
Uzza, and Ahihud. 

8 And Shaharaim begat children 
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sent them away ; Hushim and Baara 
were his wives. 

9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, 
Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and 
Malcham, 

10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and 
Minna. These were his sons, heads 
of the fathers. 

11 And of Hushim he begat Abi- 
tub, and Elpaal. 

12 The sons of Elpaal ; Eber, and 
Misham, and Shamed, who built 
Ono, and Lod, with the towns there- 
of: 

13 Beriah also, and Shema, who 
were heads of the fathers of the in- 
habitants of Ajalon, who drove away 
the inhabitants of G-ath : 

14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jere- 
moth, 

15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and 
Ader, 

16 And Michael, and Ispah, and 
Joha, the sons of Beriah ; 

17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, 
and Hezeki, and Heber, 

18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and 
Jobab, the sons of Elpaal ; 

19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and 
Zabdi, 

20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and 
Eliel, 

21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and 
Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi ; 

22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and 
Eliel, 

23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and 
Hanan, 

24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and 
Antothijah, 

25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, 
the sons of Shashak ; 

26 And Shamsherai, and Sheha- 
riah, and Athaliah, 

27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and 
Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. 

28 These were heads of the fa- 
thers, by their generations, chief mm. 
These dwelt in Jerusalem. 

29 And at Gibeon dwelt the fa- 
ther of Gibeon; whose wife's name 
was Maachah : 



30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and 
Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 

31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Za- 
cher. 

32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. 
And these also dwelt with their breth- 
ren in Jerusalem, over against them. 

33 If And Ner begat Kish, and 
Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jon- 
athan, and Malchi-shua, and Abina- 
dab, and Esh-baal. 

34 And the son of Jonathan was 
Merib-baal ; and Merib-baal begat 
Micah. 

35 And the sons of Micah were, 
Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and 
Ahaz. 

36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah ; 
and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and 
Azmaveth, and Zimri ; and Zimri 
begat Moza ; 

37 And Moza begat Binea : Rapha 
was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel 
his son. 

38 And Azel had six sons, whose 
names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, 
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Oba- 
diah, and Hanan. All these were the 
sons of Azel. 

39 And the sons of Eshek his broth- 
er were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush 
the second, and Eiiphelet the third. 

40 And the sons of Ulam were 
mighty men of valour, archers, and 
had many sons, and sons' sons, a 
hundred and fifty. All these are of 
the sons of Benjamin. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 Tlie original of Israel's and JndaKs genealogies. 2 
The Israelites, 10 the priests, 14 and the Levites, with 
Nethinim, which dwelt in Jerusalem. 27 TJie charge 
of certain Levites. So The stock of Saul and Jonathan. 

SO all Israel were reckoned by gen- 
ealogies ; and, behold, they ivere 
written in the book of the king's of 
Israel and Judah, who were carried 
away to Babylon for their transgress- 
ion. 

2 If Now the first inhabitants that 
dwelt in their possessions in their 
cities were, the Israelites, the priests, 
Levites, and the Nethinim. 
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3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the 
children *of Judah, and of the chil- 
dren of Benjamin, and of the chil- 
dren of Ephraim, and Manasseh ; 

4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the 
son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son 
of Bani, of the children of Pharez the 
son of Judah. 

5 And of the Shilonites ; Asaiah 
the firstborn, and his sons. 

6 And of the sons of Zerah ; Jeuel, 
and their brethren, six hundred and 
ninety. 

7 And of the sons of Benjamin; 
Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son 
of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 

8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, 
and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of 
Michri, and Meshullam the son of 
Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the 
son of Ibnijah; 

9 And their brethren, according to 
their generations, nine hundred and 
fifty and six. All these men were 
chief of the fathers in the house of 
their fathers. 

10 ^T And of the priests ; Jedaiah, 
and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 

11 And Azariah the son of Hil- 
kiah, the son of Meshullam, the son 
of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the 
son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house 
of God ; 

12 And Adaiah the son of Jero- 
ham, the son of Pashur, the son of 
Malchijah, and Maasiai the son of 
Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of 
Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, 
the son of Immer ; 

13 And their brethren, heads of 
the house of their fathers, a thousand 
and seven hundred and threescore ; 
very able men for the work of the 
service of the house of God. 

14 And of the Levites ; Shemaiah 
the son of Hasshub, the son of Azri- 
kam, the son of Hashabiah, of the 
sons of Merari ; 

15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and 
Galal, and Mattaniah the son of 
Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of 
Asaph ; 

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16 And Obadiah the son of Shem 
aiah, the son of Galal, the son of 
Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of 
Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt 
in the villages of the Netophathites. 

17 And the porters were, Shallum, 
and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahi- 
man, and their brethren: Shallum 
ivas the chief; 

18 Who hitherto waited in the 
king's gate eastward : they were por- 
ters in the companies of the children 
of Levi. 

19 And Shallum the son of Kore, 
the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Ko- 
ran, and his brethren, of the house of 
his father, the Korahites, were over 
the work of the service, keepers of 
the gates of the tabernacle: and 
their fathers, being over the host of 
the Lord, were keepers of the entry. 

20 And Phinehas the son of Elea- 
zar was the ruler over them in time 
past, and the Lord was with him. 

21 And Zechariah the son of Mesh- 
elemiah was porter of the door of the 
tabernacle of the congregation. 

22 All these which were chosen to 
be porters in the gates were two hun- 
dred and twelve. These were reck- 
oned by their genealogy in their vil- 
lages, whom David and Samuel the 
seer did ordain in their set office. 

23 So they and their children had 
the oversight of the gates of the 
house of the Lord, namely, the 
house of the tabernacle, by wards. 

24 In four quarters were the por- 
ters, toward the east, west, north, 
and south. 

2 5 And their brethren, which were in 
their villages, were to come after seven 
days from time to time with them. 

26 For these Levites, the four chief 
porters, were in their set office, and 
were over the chambers and treasur- 
ies of the house of God. 

•27 IT And they lodged round about 
the house of God, because the charge 
was upon them, and the opening 
thereof every morning pertained to 
them. 



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28 And certain of them had the 
charge of the ministering vessels, 
that they should bring them in and 
out by tale. 

29 Some of them also were appoint- 
ed to oversee the vessels, and all the 
instruments of the sanctuary, and 
the fine flour, and the wine, and the 
oil, and the frankincense, and the 
spices. 

30 And some of the sons of the priests 
made the ointment of the spices. 

Pi 31 And Mattithiah, one of the Le- 
vites, who was the firstborn of Shal- 
lum the Korahite, had the set office 
over the things that were made in 
the pans. 

32 And other of their brethren, of 
the sons of the Kohathites, were over 
the shewbread, to prepare it every 
sabbath. 

33 And these are the singers, chief 
of the fathers of the Levites, who re- 
maining in the chambers were free : 
for they were employed in that work 
day and night. 

34 These chief fathers of the Levites 
ivere chief throughout their genera- 
tions ; these dwelt at Jerusalem. 

35 IT And in Gibeon dwelt the fa- 
ther of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's 
name was Maachah : 

36 And his firstborn son Abdon, 
then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and 
Ner, and Nadab, 

37 And Gedor, and Ahio, andZech- 
ariah, and Mikloth. 

38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. 
And they also dwelt with their breth- 
ren at Jerusalem, over against their 
brethren. 

39 And Ner begat Kish ; and Kish 
begat Saul ; and Saul begat Jona- 
than, and Malchi-shua, and Abina- 
dab, and Esh-baal. 

40 And the son of Jonathan was 
Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat 
Micah. 

41 And the sons of Micah were, 
Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, 
and Ahaz. 

42 And Ahaz begat Jarah; and 



Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azma- 
veth, and Zimri ; and Zimri begat 
Moza; 

43 And Moza begat Binea; and 
Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, 
Azel his son. 

44 And Azel had six sons, whose 
names are these, Azrikam, Bbcheru, 
and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and 
Obadiah, and Hanan. These were 
the sons of Azel. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 Saul's overthrov) and death. 8 The Philistines tri- 
umph over Saul. 11 The kindness of Jabesh-gilead 
toward Saul and his sons. 13 Saul's sin, for which 
the kingdom was translated from him to David. 

NOW the Philistines fought 
against Israel ; and the men of 
Israel fled from before the Philis- 
tines, and fell down slain in mount 
Gilboa. 

2 And the Philistines followed hard 
after Saul, and after his sons ; and 
the Philistines slew Jonathan, and 
Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons 
of Saul. 

3 And the battle went sore against 
Saul, and the archers hit him, and 
he was wounded of the archers. 

4 Then said Saul to his armour- 
bearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust 
me through therewith ; lest these 
uncircumcised come and abuse me. 
But his armourbearer would not ; for 
he was sore afraid. So Saul took a 
sword, and fell upon it. 

5 And when his armourbearer saw 
that Saul was dead, he fell likewise 
on the sword, and died. 

6 So Saul died, and his three sons, 
and all his house died together. 

7 And when all the men of Israel 
that were in the valley saw that they 
fled, and that Saul and his sons were 
dead, then they forsook their cities, 
and fled: and the Philistines came 
and dwelt in them. 

8 If And it came to pass on the 
morrow, when the Philistines came 
to strip the slain, that they found 
Saul and his sons fallen in mount 
Gilboa. 

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9 And when they had stripped him, 
they took his head, and his armour, 
and sent into tha land of the Philis- 
tines round ahout, to carry tidings 
unto their idols, and to the people. 

10 And they put his armour in the 
house of their gods, and fastened his 
head in the temple of Dagon. 

11 IT And when all Jahesh-gilead 
heard all that the Philistines had 
done to Saul, 

12 They arose, all the valiant men, 
and took away the body of Saul, and 
the bodies of his sons, and brought 
them to Jabesh, and buried their 
bones under the oak in Jabesh, and 
fasted seven days. 

13 H So Saul died for his trans- 
gression which he committed against 
the Lord, even against the word of 
the Lord, which he kept not, and 
also for asking counsel of one that had 
a familiar spirit, to inquire of it ; 

14 And inquired not of the Lord : 
therefore he slew him, and turned the 
kingdom unto David the son of Jesse. 

CHAPTEK XL 

1 David by a general consent is made king at Hebron. 4 
He winneth the castle of Zion from the Jebusites by 
Joab's valour. 10 A catalogue of David's mighty men. 

THEN all Israel gathered them- 
selves to David unto Hebron, 
saying, Behold, we are thy bone and 
thy flesh. 

2 And moreover in time past, even 
when Saul was king, thou wast he 
that leddest out and broughtest in 
Israel : and the Lord thy God said 
unto thee, Thou shalt feed my peo- 
ple Israel, and thou shalt be ruler 
over my people Israel. 

3 Therefore came all the elders of 
Israel to the king to Hebron ; and 
David made a covenant with them in 
Hebron before the Lord ; and they 
anointed David king over Israel, ac- 
cording to the word of the Lord by 
Samuel. 

4 H And David and all Israel went 
to Jerusalem, which is Jebus ; where 
the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of 
the land. 

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5 And the inhabitants of Jebus 
said to David, Thou shalt not come 
hither. Nevertheless David took the 
castle of Zion, which is the city of 
David. 

6 And David said, Whosoever smi- 
teth the Jebusites first shall be chief 
and captain. So Joab the son of 
Zeruiah went first up, and was 
chief. 

7 And David dwelt in the castle; 
therefore they called it the city of 
David. 

8 And he built the city round about, 
even from Millo round about: and 
Joab repaired the rest of the city. 

9 So David waxed greater and 
greater: for the Lord of hosts was 
with him. 

10 IT These also are the chief of 
the mighty men whom David had, 
who strengthened themselves with 
him in his kingdom, and with all 
Israel, to make him king, according 
to the word of the Lord concerning 
Israel. 

11 And this is the number of the 
mighty men whom David had ; Ja- 
shobeam, a Hachmonite, the chief 
of the captains : he lifted up his 
spear against three hundred slain 
by him at one time. 

12 And after him was Eleazar the 
son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was 
one of the three mighties. 

13 He was with David at Pas-dam- 
mim, and there the Philistines were 
gathered together to battle, where 
was a parcel of ground full of bar- 
ley ; and the people fled from before 
the Philistines. 

14 And they set themselves in the 
midst of that parcel, and delivered 
it, and slew the Philistines ; and the 
Lord saved them by a great deliver- 
ance. 

15 If Now three of the thirty cap- 
tains went down to the rock to Da- 
vid, into the cave of Adullam ; and 
the host of the Philistines encamped 
in the valley of Rephaim. 

16 And David was then in the 



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hold, and the Philistines' garrison 
was then at Beth-lehem. 

17 And David longed, and said, 
Oh that one would give me drink 
of the water of the well of Beth- 
lehem, that is at the gate ! 

18 And the three brake through 
the host of the Philistines, and drew 
water out of the well of Beth-lehem, 
that was by the gate, and took it, 
and brought it to David : but David 
would not drink of it, but poured it 
out to the Lord, 

19 And said, My God forbid it me, 
that I should do this thing : shall I 
drink the blood of these men that 
have put their lives in jeopardy? 
for with the jeopardy of their lives 
they brought it: therefore he would 
not drink it. These things did these 
three mightiest. 

20 IT And Abishai the brother of 
Joab, he was chief of the three: for 
lifting up his spear against three 
hundred, he slew them, and had a 
name among the three. 

21 Of the three, he was more hon- 
ourable than the two; for he was 
their captain: howbeit he attained 
not to tfre first three. 

J^Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, 
the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, 
who had done many acts ; he slew 
two lionlike men of Moab : also he 
went down and slew a lion in a pit 
in a snowy day. 

23 And he slew an Egyptian, a 
man of great stature, Rye cubits 
high ; and in the Egyptian's hand 
was a spear like a weaver's beam; 
and he went down to him with a 
staff, and plucked the spear out of 
the Egyptian's hand, and slew him 
with his own spear. 

24 These things did Benaiah the 
son of Jehoiada, and had a name 
among the three mighties. 

25 Behold, he was honourable 
among the thirty, but attained not 
to the first three: and David set 
him over his guard. 

26 ^ Also the valiant men of the 

32 



armies were, Asahel the brother of 
Joab, Elhanan the son of Dodo of 
Beth-lehem, 

27 Shammoth the Harorite, Helez 
the Pelonite, 

28 Ira the son of Ikkesh the Te- 
koite, Abi-ezer the Antothite, 

29 Sibbecai the Hushathite, Ilai 
the Ahohite, 

30 Maharai the Netophathite, He- 
led the son of Baanah the Netopha- 
thite, 

31 Ithai the son of Bibai of Gibe- 
ah, that pertained to the children of 
Benjamin, Benaiah the Pirathonite, 

32 Hurai of the brooks of Gaash, 
Abiel the Arbathite, 

33 Azmaveth the Baharumite, Eli- 
ahba the Shaalbonite, 

34 The sons of Hashem the Gi- 
zonite, Jonathan the son of Shage 
the Hararite, 

35 Ahiam the son of Sacar the 
Hararite, Eliphal the son of Ur, 

36 Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahi- 
jah the Pelonite, 

37 Hezro the Carmelite, Naarai 
the son of Ezbai, 

38 Joel the brother of Nathan, 
Mibhar the son of Haggeri, 

39 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai 
the Berothite, the armourbearer of 
Joab the son of Zeruiah, 

40 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ith- 
rite, 

41 Uriah the Hittite, Zabad the 
son of Ahlai, 

42 Adina the son of Shiza the Beu- 
benite, a captain of the Beubenites, 
and thirty with him, 

43 Hanan the son of Maachah, and 
Joshaphat the Mithnite, 

44 Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama 
and Jehiel the sons of Hothan the 
Aroerite, 

45 Jediael the son of Shimri, and 
Joha his brother, the Tizite, 

46 Eliel the Mahavite, and Jeribai 
and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam, 
and Ithmah the Moabite, 

47 Eliel, and Obed, and Jasiel the 
Mesobaite. 

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CHAPTER XII. 

1 The companies that came to David at Ziklag. 23 The 
armies that came to him at Hebron. 

NOW these are they that came to 
David to Ziklag, while he yet 
kept himself close because of Saul the 
son of Kish: and they were among 
the mighty men, helpers of the war. 

2 They were armed with hows, and 
could use both the right hand and 
the left in hurling stones and shooting 
arrows out of a bow, even of Saul's 
brethren of Benjamin. 

3 The chief was Ahiezer, then Jo- 
ash, the sons of Shemaah the Gib- 
eathite; and Jeziel, and Pelet, the 
sons of Azmaveth ; and Berachah, 
and Jehu the Antothite, 

4 And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a 
mighty man among the thirty, and 
over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and 
Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad 
the Gederathite, 

5 Eluzai, and Jerimoth, and Bea- 
liah, and Shemariah, and Shephatiah 
the Haruphite, 

6 Elkanah, and Jesiah, and Aza- 
reel, and Joezer, and Jashobeam, the 
Korhites, 

7 And Joelah, and Zebadiah, the 
sons of Jeroham of Gedor. 

8 And of the Gadites there sepa- 
rated themselves unto David into 
the hold to the wilderness men of 
might, and men of war Jit for the 
battle, that could handle shield and 
buckler, whose faces were like the 
faces of lions, and were as swift as 
the roes upon the mountains ; 

9 Ezer the first, Obadiah the sec- 
ond, Eliab the third, 

10 Mishmannah the fourth, Jere- 
miah the fifth, 

1 1 Attai the sixth, Eliel the seventh. • 

12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the 
ninth, 

13 Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai 
the eleventh. 

14 These were of the sons of Gad, 
captains of the host : one of the least 
was over a hundred, and the greatest 
over a thousand. 

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15 These are they that went over 
Jordan in the first month, when it 
had overflown all his banks ; and 
they put to flight all them of the 
valleys, both toward the east, and to- 
ward the west. 

16 And there came of the children 
of Benjamin and Judah to the hold 
unto David. 

17 And David went out to meet 
them, and answered and said unto 
them, If ye be come peaceably unto 
me to help me, mine heart shall be 
knit unto you : but if ye be come to 
betray me to mine enemies, seeing 
there is no wrong in mine hands, the 
God of our fathers look thereon, and 
rebuke it. 

18 Then the spirit came upon Ama- 
sai, who was chief of the captains, 
and he said, Thine are we, David, 
and on thy side, thou son of Jesse : 
peace, peace be unto thee, and peace 
be to thine helpers; for thy God 
helpeth thee. Then David received 
them, and made them captains of the 
band. 

19 And there fell some of Manasseh 
to David, when he came with the 
Philistines against Saul to battle ; 
but they helped them not: for the 
lords of the Philistines upon advise- 
ment sent him away, saying, He will 
fall to his master Saul to the jeopardy 
of our heads. 

20 As he went to Ziklag, there fell 
to him of Manasseh, Adnah, and 
Jozabad, and Jediael, and Michael, 
and Jozabad, and Elihu, and Zilthai, 
captains of the thousands that were 
of Manasseh. 

21 And they helped David against 
the band of the rovers : for they were 
all mighty men of valour, and were 
captains in the host. 

22 For at that time day by day 
there came to David to help him, 
until it was a great host, like the 
host of God. 

23 ^[ And these are the numbers of 
the bands that were ready armed to the 
war, and came to David to Hebron, 



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came to David. 



to turn the kingdom of Saul to him, 
according to the word of the Lord. 

24 The children of Judah that hare 
shield and spear were six thousand 
and eight hundred, ready armed to 
the war. 

25 Of the children of Simeon, 
mighty men of valour for the war, 
seven thousand and one hundred. 

26 Of the children of Levi four 
thousand and six hundred. 

27 And Jehoiada was the leader 
of the Aaronites, and with him were 
three thousand and seven hundred ; 

28 And Zadok, a young man mighty 
of valour, and of his father's house 
twenty and two captains. 

29 And of the children of Benja- 
min, the kindred of Saul, three thou- 
sand : for hitherto the greatest part of 
them had kept the ward of the house 
of Saul. 

30 And of the children of Ephraim 
twenty thousand and eight hundred, 
mighty men of valour, famous through- 
out the house of their fathers. 

31 And of the half tribe of Manas- 
seh eighteen thousand, which were 
expressed hy name, to come and 
make David king. 

32 And of the children of Issachar, 
which were men that had understand- 
ing of the times, to know what Israel 
ought to do ; the heads of them were 
two hundred ; and all their brethren 
were at their commandment. 

33 Of Zehulun, such as went forth 
to hattle, expert in war, with all instru- 
ments of war, fifty thousand, which 
could keep rank: they were not of 
double heart. 

34 And of Naphtali a thousand cap- 
tains, and with them with shield and 
spear thirty and seven thousand. 

35 And of the Danites expert in 
war twenty and eight thousand and 
six hundred. 

36 And of Asher, such as went 
forth to hattle, expert in war, forty 
thousand. 

37 And on the other side of Jordan, 
of the Reubenites, and the Gadites, 



and of the half tribe of Manasseh, 
with all manner of instruments of 
war for the battle, a hundred and 
twenty thousand. 

38 All these men of war, that could 
keep rank, came with a perfect heart 
to Hebron, to make David king over 
all Israel: and all the rest also of 
Israel were of one heart to make 
David king. 

39 And there they were with Da- 
vid three days, eating and drinking : 
for their brethren had prepared for 
them. 

40 Moreover they that were nigh 
them, even unto Issachar and Zebu- 
lun and Naphtali, brought bread on 
asses, and on camels, and on mules, 
and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of 
figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, 
and oil, and oxen, and sheep abun- 
dantly : for there was joy in Israel. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 David fetcheth the ark with great solemnity from Kir- 
jath-jearim. 9 TJzza being smitten, the ark is left at 
the house of Obed-edom. 

AND David consulted with the 
. captains of thousands and hun- 
dreds, and with every leader. 

2 And David said unto all the con- 
gregation of Israel, If it seem good 
unto you, and that it be of the Lord 
our God, let us send abroad unto our 
brethren every where, that are left 
in all the land of Israel, and with 
them also to the priests and Levites 
which are in their cities and suburbs, 
that they may gather themselves un- 
to us : 

3 And let us bring again the ark 
of our God to us : for we inquired not 
at it in the days of Saul. 

4 And all the congregation said 
that they would do so : for the thing 
was right in the eyes of all the peo- 
ple. 

5 So David gathered all Israel to- 
gether, from Shihor of Egypt even un- 
to the entering of Hemath, to bring 
the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. 

6 And David went up, and all Is- 
rael, to Baalah, that is, to Kirjath- 

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jearim, which belonged to Judah, to 
bring up thence the ark of God 
the Lord, that dwelleth between the 
cherubim, whose name is called on 
it. 

7 And they carried the ark of God 
in a new cart out of the house of 
Abinadab : and TJzza and Ahio drave 
the cart. 

8 And David and all Israel played 
before God with all their might, and 
with singing, and with harps, and 
with psalteries, and with timbrels, and 
with cymbals, and with trumpets. 

9 IT And when they came unto the 
threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put 
forth his hand to hold the ark; for 
the oxen stumbled. 

10 And the anger of the Lord was 
kindled against Uzza, and he smote 
him, because he put his hand to the 
ark : and there he died before God. 

11 And David was displeased, be- 
cause the Lord had made a breach 
upon TJzza: wherefore that place is 
called Perez-uzza to this day. 

12 And David was afraid of God 
that day, saying, How shall I bring 
the ark of God home to me ?. 

13 So David brought not the ark 
home to himself to the city of David, 
but carried it aside into the house of 
Obed-edom the Gittite. 

14 And the ark of God remained 
with the family of Obed-edom in his 
house three months. And the Lord 
blessed the house of Obed-edom, and 
all that he had. 

CHAPTER XIY. 

1 Hiram's kindness to David. 2 David's felicity in peo- 
ple, wives, and children. ' 8 His two victories against 
the Philistines. 

NOW Hiram king of Tyre sent 
messengers to David, and tim- 
ber of cedars, with masons and car- 
penters, to build him a house. 

2 And David perceived that the 
Lord had confirmed him king over 
Israel, for his kingdom was lifted up 
on high, because of his people Israel. 

3 Tf And David took more wives 
at Jerusalem : and David begat more 
sons and daughters. 

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4 Now these are the names of his 
children which he had in Jerusalem ; 
Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and 
Solomon, 

5 And Ibhar, and Elishua, and El- 
palet, 

6 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and 
Japhia, 

7 And Elishama, and Beeliada, and 
Eliphalet. 

8 If And when the Philistines heard 
that David was anointed king over 
all Israel, all the Philistines went 
up to seek David. And David heard 
of it, and went out against them. 

9 And the Philistines came and 
spread themselves in the valley of 
Rephaim. 

10 And David inquired of God, 
saying, Shall I go up against the 
Philistines? and wilt thou deliver 
them into mine hand? And the 
Lord said unto him, Go up ; for I 
will deliver them into thine hand. 

11 So they came up to Baal-pera- 
zim; and David smote them there. 
Then David said, God hath broken 
in upon mine enemies by mine hand 
like the breaking forth of waters : 
therefore they called the name of 
that place Baal-perazim. 

12 And when they had left their 
gods there, David gave a command- 
ment, and they were burned with fire. 

13 And the Philistines yet again 
spread themselves abroad in the 
valley. 

14 Therefore David inquired again ! 
of God ; and God said unto him, Go 
not up after them; turn away from i 
them, and come upon them over | 
against the mulberry trees. 

15 And it shall be, when thou shalt |l 
hear a sound of going in the tops of i 
the mulberry trees, that then thou ft 
shalt go out to battle: for God is 
gone forth before thee to smite the 
host of the Philistines. 

16 David therefore did as God 1 
commanded him : and they smote j 
the host of the Philistines from Gib 
eon even to Gazer. 



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17 And the fame of David went 
out into all lands; and the Lord 
brought the fear of him upon all 
nations. 

CHAPTER XT. 

1 David, having prepared a place for the ark, ordereth 
the priests and Levites to bring it from Obed-edom. 
25 He performeth the solemnity thereof with great joy. 
29 Michal despiseth him. 

ND David made him houses in 
the city of David, and prepared 
a place for the ark of God, and pitch- 

ted for it a tent. 
2 Then David said, None ought to 
cany the ark of God but the Levites : 
for them hath the Lord chosen to 
carry the ark of God, and to minister 
unto him for ever. 

3 And David gathered all Israel 
together to Jerusalem, to bring up 
the ark of the Lord unto his place, 
which he had prepared for it. 

4 And David assembled the chil- 
dren of Aaron, and the Levites : 

5 Of the sons of Kohath ; Uriel the 
chief, and his brethren a hundred and 
twenty : 

6 Of the sons of Merari ; Asaiah 
the chief, and his brethren two hun- 
dred and twenty : 

7 Of the sons of Gershom; Joel 
the chief, and his brethren a hun- 
dred and thirty : 

8 Of the sons of Elizaphan ; Shem- 
aiah the chief, and his brethren two 
hundred : 

9 Of the sons of Hebron ; Eliel the 
chief, and his brethren fourscore : 

10 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Ammin- 
adab the chief, and his brethren a 
hundred and twelve. 

11 And David called for Zadok 
and Abiathar the priests, and for 
the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and 
Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Am- 
minadab, 

, 12 And said unto them, Ye are the 
chief of the fathers of the Levites : 
sanctify yourselves, both ye and your 
brethren, that ye may bring up the 
ark of the Lord God of Israel unto 
the place that I have prepared for it. 



13 For because ye did it not at 
the first, the Lord our God made 
a breach upon us, for that we sought 
him not after the due order. 

14 So the priests and the Levites 
sanctified themselves to bring up the 
ark of the Lord God of Israel. 

15 And the children of the Levites 
bare the ark of God upon their 
shoulders with the staves thereon, 
as Moses commanded, according to 
the word of the Lord. 

16 And David spake to the chief 
of the Levites to appoint their breth- 
ren to be the singers with instruments 
of music, psalteries and harps and 
cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the 
voice with joy. 

17 So the Levites appointed He- 
man the son of Joel ; and of his breth- 
ren, Asaph the son of Berechiah ; and 
of the sons of Merari their brethren, 
Ethan the son of Kushaiah ; 

18 And with them their brethren 
of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, 
and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and 
Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, 
and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and 
Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed- 
edom, and Jeiel, the porters. 

19 So the singers, Heman, Asaph, 
and Ethan, were appointed to sound 
with cymbals of brass ; 

20 And Zechariah, and Aziel, and 
Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, 
and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Be- 
naiah, with psalteries on Alamoth ; 

21 And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, 
and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and 
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on 
the Sheminith to excel. 

22 And Chenaniah, chief of the 
Levites, ivas for song : he instructed 
about the song, because he ivas skil- 
ful. 

23 And Berechiah and Elkanah 
were doorkeepers for the ark. 

24 And Shebaniah, and Jehosha- 
phat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, 
and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and 
Eliezer, the priests, did blow with 
the trumpets before the ark of God : 

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and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door- 
keepers for the ark. 

25 IT So David, and the elders of 
Israel, and the captains over thou- 
sands, went to bring up the ark of 
the covenant of the Lord out of the 
house of Obed-edom with joy. 

26 And it came to pass, when God 
helped the Levites that bare the ark 
of the covenant of the Lord, that 
they offered seven bullocks and sev- 
en rams. 

27 And David was clothed with a 
robe of fine linen, and all the Levites 
that bare the ark, and the singers, 
and Chenaniah the master of the 
song with the singers : David also 
had upon him an ephod of linen. 

28 Thus all Israel brought up the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord with 
shouting, and with sound of the cor- 
net, and with trumpets, and with cym- 
bals, making a noise with psalteries 
and harps. 

29 If And it came to pass, as the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord came 
to the city of David, that Michal the 
daughter of Saul looking out at a win- 
dow saw king David dancing and 
playing : and she despised him in her 
heart. 

CHAPTER XYI. 

1 David's festival sacrifice. 4 He ordereth a choir to 
sing thanksgiving. 7 The psalm of thanksgiving. 37 
He appointeth ministers, porters, priests, and musi- 
cians, to attend continually on the ark. 

SO they brought the ark of God, 
and set it in the midst of the 
tent that David had pitched for it : 
and they offered burnt sacrifices and 
peace offerings before God. 

2 And when David had made an 
end of offering the burnt offerings 
and the peace offerings, he blessed 
the people in the name of the Lord. 

3 And he dealt to every one of Is- 
rael, both man and woman, to every 
one a loaf of bread, and a good piece 
of flesh, and a flagon of wine. 

4 If And he appointed certain of 
the Levites to minister before the 
ark of the Lord, and to record, and 

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to thank and praise the Lord God 
of Israel : 

5 Asaph the chief, and next to him 
Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, 
and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eli- 
ab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom: 
and Jeiel with psalteries and with 
harps ; but Asaph made a sound 
with cymbals ; 

6 Benaiah also and Jahaziel the 
priests with trumpets continually be- 
fore the ark of the covenant of God. 

7 If Then on that day David de- 
livered first this psalm to thank the 
Lord into the hand of Asaph and 
his brethren. 

8 Give thanks unto the Lord, call 
upon his name, make known his 
deeds among the people. 

9 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto 
him, talk ye of all his wondrous 
works. 

10 Glory ye in his holy name : let 
the heart of them rejoice that seek 
the Lord. 

11 Seek the Lord and his strength, 
seek his face continually. 

12 Remember his marvellous works 
that he hath done, his wonders, and 
the judgments of his mouth ; 

13 O ye seed of Israel his servant, 
ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones. 

14 He is the Lord our God ; his 
judgments are in all the earth. 

15 Be ye mindful always of his 
covenant; the word which he com- 
manded to a thousand generations ; 

16 Even of the covenant which he 
made with Abraham, and of his oath 
unto Isaac ; 

17 And hath confirmed the same 
to Jacob for a law, and to Israel for 
an everlasting covenant, 

18 Saying, Unto thee will I give 
the land of Canaan, the lot of your 
inheritance ; 

19 When ye were but few, even 
a few, and strangers in it. 

20 And when they went from na- 
tion to nation, and from one kingdom 
to another people ; 

21 He suffered no man to do them 



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Nathan' s^ message. 



wrong: yea, he reproved kings for 
their sakes, 

22 Saying, Touch not mine an- 
ointed, and do my prophets no harm. 

23 Sing unto the Lord, all the 
earth ; shew forth from day to day 
his salvation. 

24 Declare his glory among the hea- 
then; his marvellous works among 
all nations. 

25 For great is the Lord, and 
greatly to be praised : he also is to 
be feared above all gods. 

26 For all the gods of the people 
are idols : but the Lord made the 
heavens. 

27 Glory and honour are in his 
presence ; strength and gladness are 
in his place. 

28 Give unto the Lord, ye kin- 
dreds of the people, give unto the 
Lord glory and strength. 

29 Give unto the Lord the glory 
due unto his name: bring an offer- 
ing, and come before him : worship 
the Lord in the beauty of holiness. 

30 Fear before him, all the earth : 
the world also shall be stable, that 
it be not moved. 

31 Let the heavens be glad, and 
let the earth rejoice : and let men 
say among the nations, The Lord 
reigneth. 

32 Let the sea roar, and the ful- 
ness thereof: let the fields rejoice, 
and all that is therein. 

33 Then shall the trees of the 
wood sing out at the presence of 
the Lord, because he cometh to 
judge the earth. 

34 O give thanks unto the Lord; 
for he is good; for his mercy en- 
dureth for ever. 

35 And say ye, Save us, O God of 
our salvation, and gather us togeth- 
er, and deliver us from the heathen, 
that we may give thanks to thy holy 
name, and glory in thy praise. 

36 Blessed be the Lord God of 
Israel for ever and ever. And all 
the people said, Amen, and praised 
the Lord. 



37 IT So he left there before the 
ark of the covenant of t*he Lord 
Asaph and his brethren, to minister 
before the ark continually, as every 
day's work required : 

38 And Obed-edom with their 
brethren, threescore and eight ; Obed- 
edom also the son of Jeduthun and 
Hosah to be porters : 

39 And Zadok the priest, and his 
brethren the priests, before the taber- 
nacle of the Lord in the high place 
that was at Gibeon, 

40 To offer burnt offerings unto the 
Lord upon the altar of the burnt offer- 
ing continually morning and evening, 
and to do according to all that is writ- 
ten in the law of the Lord, which he 
commanded Israel ; 

41 And with them Heman and Jed- 
uthun, and the rest that were cho- 
sen, who were expressed by name, 
to give thanks to the Lord, because 
his mercy endureth for ever ; 

42 And with them Heman and Jed- 
uthun with trumpets and cymbals 
for those that should make a sound, 
and with musical instruments of God. 
And the sons of Jeduthun were porters. 

43 And all the people departed 
every man to his house : and David 
returned to bless his house. 

CHAPTER XYII. 

1 Nathan first ap^ovina the purpose of David, to build 
God a house, 3 after by the word of God forbiddeth 
him. 11 He promiseth him blessings and benefits in 
his seed. 16 David's prayer and thanksgiving. 

NOW it came to pass, as David 
sat in his house, that David said 
to Nathan the prophet, Lo, I dwell 
in a house of cedars, but the ark of 
the covenant of the Lord remaineth 
under curtains. 

2 Then Nathan said unto David, 
Do all that is in thine heart; for 
God is with thee. 

3 If And it came to pass the same 
night, that the word of God came to 
Nathan, saying, 

4 Go and tell David my servant, 
Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not 
build me a house to dwell in : 

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5 For I have not dwelt in a house 
since the day that I brought up Is- 
rael unto this day; but have gone 
from tent to tent, and from one tab- 
ernacle to another. 

6 Wheresoever I have walked with 
all Israel, spake I a word to any 
of the judges of Israel, whom I com- 
manded to feed my people, saying, 
Why have ye not built me a house 
of cedars ? 

7 Now therefore thus shalt thou say 
unto my servant David, Thus saith 
the Lord of hosts, I took thee from 
the sheepcote, even from following 
the sheep, that thou shouldest be 
ruler over my people Israel : 

8 And I have been with thee whith- 
ersoever thou hast walked, and have 
cut off all thine enemies from before 
thee, and have made thee a name 
like the name of the great men that 
are in the earth. 

9 Also I will ordain a place for my 
people Israel, and will plant them, 
and they shall dwell in their place, 
and shall be moved no more ; nei- 
ther shall the children of wickedness 
waste them any more, as at the be- 
ginning, 

10 And since the time that I com- 
manded judges to be over my people 
Israel. Moreover I will subdue all 
thine enemies. Furthermore I tell 
thee, that the Lord will build thee 
a house. 

11 IT And it shall come to pass, 
when thy days be expired that thou 
must go to be with thy fathers, that 
I will raise up thy seed after thee, 
which shall be of thy sons ; and I 
will establish his kingdom. 

12 He shall build me a house, and 
I will stablish his throne for ever. 

13 I will be his father, and he shall 
be my son : and I will not take my 
mercy away from him, as I took it 
from him that was before thee : 

14 But I will settle him in mine 
house and in my kingdom for ever: 
and his throne shall be established 
for evermore. 

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15 According to all these words, 
and according to all this vision, so 
did Nathan speak unto David. 

16 IT And David the king came 
and sat before the Lord, and said, 
Who am I, O Lord God, and what 
is mine house, that thou hast brought 
me hitherto ? 

17 And yet this was a small thing 
in thine eyes, O God ; for thou hast 
also spoken of thy servant's house 
for a great while to come, and hast 
regarded me according to the estate 
of a man of high degree, O Lord 
God. 

18 What can David speak more to 
thee for the honour of thy servant ? 
for thou knowest thy servant. 

19 O Lord, for thy servant's sake, 
and according to thine own heart, 
hast thou done all this greatness, in 
making known all these great things. 

20 O Lord, there is none like thee, 
neither is there any God besides thee, 
according to all that we have heard 
with our ears. 

2 1 And what one nation in the earth 
is like thy people Israel, whom God 
went to redeem to be his own people, 
to make thee a name of greatness and 
terribleness, by driving out nations 
from before thy people, whom thou 
hast redeemed out of Egypt ? 

22 For thy people Israel didst thou 
make thine own people for ever ; and 
thou, Lord, becamest their God. 

23 Therefore now, Lord, let the 
thing that thou hast spoken concern- 
ing thy servant and concerning his 
house be established for ever, and 
do as thou hast said. 

24 Let it even be established that 
thy name may be magnified for ever, 
saying, The Lord of hosts is the God 
of Israel, even a God to Israel : and 
let the house of David thy servant be 
established before thee. 

25 For thou, O my God, hast told 
thy servant that thou wilt build him 
a house : therefore thy servant hath 
found in his heart to pray before thee. 

26 And now, Lord, thou art God, 



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his enemies. 



and hast promised this goodness unto 
thy servant : 

27 Now therefore let it please thee 
to bless the house of thy servant, that 
it may he before thee for ever : for 
thou blessest, O Lord, and it shall be 
blessed for ever. 

CHAPTEE XYIII. 

1 David subdueth the Philistines and the Moabites. 3 
He smiteth Hadarezer and the Syrians. 9 Toit send- 
eth Hadoram with presents to bless David. 11 The 
presents and the spoil David dedicateth to God. 13 He 
putteth garrisons in Edorn. 14 David's officers. 

NOW after this it came to pass, 
that David smote the Philis- 
tines, and subdued them, and took 
Gath and her towns out of the hand 
of the Philistines. 

2 And he smote Moab ; and the 
Moabites became David's servants, 
and brought gifts. 

3 If And David smote Hadarezer 
king of Zobah unto Hamath, as he 
went to stablish his dominion by the 
river Euphrates. 

4 And David took from him a thou- 
sand chariots, and seven thousand 
horsemen, and twenty thousand foot- 
men : David also houghed all the 
chariot horses, but reserved of them 
a hundred chariots. 

5 And when the Syrians of Da- 
mascus came to help Hadarezer king 
of Zobah, David slew of the Syrians 
two and twenty thousand men. 

6 Then David put garrisons in 
Syria-damascus ; and the Syrians be- 
came David's servants, and brought 
gifts. Thus the Lord preserved Da- 
vid whithersoever he went. 

7 And David took the shields of 
gold that were on the servants of 
Hadarezer, and brought them to 
Jerusalem. 

8 Likewise from Tibhath, and from 
Chun, cities of Hadarezer, brought 
David very much brass, wherewith 
Solomon made the brazen sea, and 
ithe pillars, and the vessels of brass. 

9 IT Now when Tou king of Ha- 
math heard how David had smitten 
all the host of Hadarezer king of 
Zobah ; 



10 He sent Hadoram his son to 
king David, to inquire of his wel- 
fare, and to congratulate him, be- 
cause he had fought against Hada- 
rezer, and smitten him ; (for Hada- 
rezer had war with Tou;) and with 
him all manner of vessels of gold 
and silver and brass. 

11 If Them also king David dedi- 
cated unto the Lord, with the silver 
and the gold that he brought from 
all these nations ; from Edom, and 
from Moab, and from the children of 
Amnion, and from the Philistines, 
and from Amalek. 

12 Moreover, Abishai the son of 
Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the 
valley of salt eighteen thousand. 

13 IT And he put garrisons in 
Edom ; and all the Edomites became 
David's servants. Thus the Lord 
preserved David whithersoever he 
went. 

14 If So David reigned over all 
Israel, and executed judgment and 
justice among all his people. 

15 And Joab the son of Zeruiah 
was over the host ; and Jehoshaphat 
the son of Ahilud, recorder ; 

16 And Zadok the son of Ahitub, 
and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, 
were the priests ; and Shavsha was 
scribe ; 

17 And Benaiah the son of Jehoi- 
ada was over the Cherethites and the 
Pelethites ; and the sons of David 
were chief about the king. 

CHAPTEE XIX. 

1 David's messengers, sent to comfort Hanun the son of 
Nahash, are villanously entreated. 6 The Ammonites, 
strengthened by the Syrians, are overcome by Joab and 
Abishai. 16 Shophach, making a new supply of the 
Syrians, is slain by David. 

NOW it came to pass after this, 
that Nahash the king of the 
children of Ammon died, and his 
son reigned in his stead. 

2 And David said, I will shew kind- 
ness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, 
because his father shewed kindness 
to me. And David sent messengers 
to comfort him concerning his father. 
So the servants of David came into 
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the land of the children of Amnion 
to Hanun, to comfort him. 

3 But the princes of the children 
of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest 
thou that David doth honour thy 
father, that he hath sent comforters 
unto thee ? are not his servants come 
unto thee for to search, and to over- 
throw, and to spy out the land ? 

4 Wherefore Hanun took David's 
servants, and shaved them, and cut 
off their garments in the midst hard 
by their buttocks, and sent them 
away. 

5 Then there went certain, and told 
David how the men were served ; and 
he sent to meet them : for the men 
were greatly ashamed. And the king 
said, Tarry at Jericho until .your 
beards be grown, and then return. 

6 1[ And when the children of Am- 
mon saw that they had made them- 
selves odious to David, Hanun and 
the children of Ammon sent a thou- 
sand talents of silver to hire them 
chariots and horsemen out of Meso- 
potamia, and out of Syria-maachah, 
and out of Zobah. 

7 So they hired thirty and two 
thousand chariots, and the king of 
Maachah and his people ; who came 
and pitched before Medeba. And 
the children of Ammon gathered 
themselves together from their cities, 
and came to battle. 

8 And when David heard of it, he 
sent Joab, and all the host of the 
mighty men. 

9 And the children of Ammon 
came out, and put the battle in ar- 
ray before the gate of the city : and 
the kings that were come were by 
themselves in the field. 

10 Now when Joab saw that the 
battle was set against him before and 
behind, he chose out of all the choice 
of Israel, and put them in array 
against the Syrians. 

11 And the rest of the people he 
delivered unto the hand of Abishai his 
brother, and they set themselves in ar- 
ray against the children of Ammon. 

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12 And he said, If the Syrians be 
too strong for me, then thou shalt 
help me : but if the children of Am- 
mon be too strong for thee, then I 
will help thee. 

13 Be of good courage, and let us 
behave ourselves valiantly for our 
people, and for the cities of our God : 
and let the Lord do that which is 
good in his sight. 

14 So Joab and the people that 
were with him drew nigh before the 
Syrians unto the battle ; and they 
fled before him. 

15 And when the children of Am- 
mon saw that the Syrians were fled, 
they likewise fled before Abishai his 
brother, and entered into the city. 
Then Joab came to Jerusalem. 

16 IT And when the Syrians saw 
that they were put to the worse be- 
fore Israel, they sent messengers, and 
drew forth the Syrians that tvere be- 
yond the river: and Shophach the 
captain of the host of Hadarezer went 
before them. 

17 And it was told David ; and he 
gathered all Israel, and passed over 
Jordan, and came upon them, and 
set the battle in array against them. 
So when David had put the battle 
in array against the Syrians, they 
fought with him-. 

18 But the Syrians fled before Is- 
rael ; and David slew of the Syrians 
seven thousand men which fought in 
chariots, and forty thousand footmen, 
and killed Shophach the captain of 
the host. 

19 And when the servants of Ha- 
darezer saw that they were put to the 
worse before Israel, they made peace 
with David, and became his servants : 
neither would the Syrians help the 
children of Ammon any more. 

CHAPTEE XX. 

1 Rabbah is besieged by Joab, spoiled by David, and the 
people thereof tortured. 4 Three giants are slain in 
three several overthrows of the Philistines. 

AND it came to pass, that after 
. the year was expired, at the time 
that kings go out to battle, Joab led 



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forth the power of the army, and 
wasted the country of the children 
of Ammon, and came and besieged 
Rabbah. But David tarried at Je- 
rusalem. And Joab smote Rabbah, 
and destroyed it. 

2 And David took the crown of 
their king from off his head, and 
found it to weigh a talent of gold, 
and there ivere precious stones in it ; 
and it was set upon David's head : 
and he brought also exceeding much 
spoil out of the city. 

3 And he brought out the people 
that were in it, and cut them with 
saws, and with harrows of iron, and 
with axes. Even so dealt David 
with all the cities of the children of 
Ammon. And David and- all the 
people returned to Jerusalem. 

4 If And it came to pass after this, 
that there arose war at Gezer with 
the Philistines; at which time Sib- 
bechai the Hushathite slew Sippai, 
that was of the children of the giant : 
and they were subdued. 

5 And there was war again with 
the Philistines ; and Elhanan the son 
of Jair slew Lahmi the brother of 
Goliath the Gittite, whose spear staff 
was like a weaver's beam. 

6 And yet again there was war at 
Gath, where was a man of great 
stature, whose fingers and toes were 
four and twenty, six on each hand, 
and six on each foot: and he also 
was the son of the giant. 

7 But when he defied Israel, Jon- 
athan the son of Shimea David's 
brother slew him. 

8 These were born unto the giant 
in Gath; and they fell by the hand of 
David, and by the hand of his servants. 

CHAPTER XXI. 

1 David, tempted by Satan, forceth Joab to number the peo- 
ple. 5 The number of the people being brought, David 
repenteth of it. 9 David having three plagues pro- 
pounded by Gad chooseth the pestilence. 14 After the 
death of seventy thousand, David by repentance pre- 
venteth the destruction of Jerusalem. 18 David, by 
Gad's direction, purchaseth Oman's thr eshing floor : 
where having built an altar, God giveth a sign of his 
favour by fire, and stayeth the plague. 28 David sac- 
rificed there, being restrained from Gibeon by fear of 
the angel. 



AND Satan stood up against Is- 
- rael, and provoked David to 
number Israel. 

2 And David said to Joab and to 
the rulers of the people, Go, number 
Israel from Beer-sheba even to Dan ; 
and bring the number of them to me, 
that I may know it. 

3 And Joab answered, The Lord 
make his people a hundred times so 
many more as they be : but, my lord 
the king, are they not all my lord'.s 
servants? why then doth my lord 
require this thing? why will he be 
a cause of trespass to Israel ? 

4 Nevertheless the king's word pre- 
vailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab 
departed, and went throughout all 
Israel, and came to Jerusalem. 

5 ^T And Joab gave the sum of the 
number of the people unto David. 
And all they of Israel were a thou- 
sand thousand and a hundred thou- 
sand men that drew sword: and Ju- 
dah was four hundred threescore and 
ten thousand men that drew sword. 

6 But Levi and Benj amin counted 
he not among them: for the king's 
word was abominable to Joab. 

7 And God was displeased with this 
thing ; therefore he smote Israel. 

8 And David said unto God, I have 
sinned greatly, because I have done 
this thing : but now, I beseech thee, 
do away the iniquity of thy servant ; 
for I have done very foolishly. 

9 % And the Lord spake unto 
Gad, David's seer, saying, 

10 Go and tell David, saying, 
Thus saith the Lord, I offer thee 
three things: choose thee one of 
them, that I may do it unto thee. 

11 So Gad came to David, and 
said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, 
Choose thee 

12 Either three years' famine; or 
three months to be destroyed before 
thy foes, while that the sword of thine 
enemies overtaketh thee; or else three 
days the sword of the Lord, even the 
pestilence, in the land, and the angel 
of the Lord destroying throughout all 

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the coasts of Israel. Now therefore 
advise thyself what word I shall 
"bring again to him that sent me. 

13 And David said unto Gad, I 
am in a great strait : let me fall now 
into the hand of the Lord ; for very- 
great are his mercies: hut let me not 
fall into the hand of man. 

14 H So the Lord sent pestilence 
upon Israel : and there fell of Israel 
seventy thousand men. 

15 And God sent an angel unto Je- 
rusalem to destroy it : and as he was 
destroying, the Lord beheld, and he 
repented him of the evil, and said to 
the angel that destroyed, It is enough, 
stay now thine hand. And the angel 
of the Lord stood by the threshing- 
floor of Oman the Jebusite. 

1 6 And David lifted up his eyes, and 
saw the angel of the Lord stand be- 
tween the earth and the heaven, hav- 
ing a drawn sword in his hand stretch- 
ed out over Jerusalem. Then David 
and the elders of Israel, who were cloth- 
ed in sackcloth, fell upon their faces. 

17 And David said unto God, Is it 
not I that commanded the people to 
be numbered ? even I it is that have 
sinned and done evil indeed ; but as 
for these sheep, what have they done ? 
let thine hand, I pray thee, O Lord 
my God, be on me, and on my fa- 
ther's house ; but not on thy people, 
that they should be plagued. 

18 If Then the angel of the Lord 
commanded Gad to say to David, 
that David should go up, and set up 
an altar unto the Lord in the thresh- 
ingfloor of Oman the Jebusite. 

19 And David went up at the say- 
ing of Gad, which he spake in the 
name of the Lord. 

20 And Oman turned back, and 
saw the angel ; and his four sons 
with him hid themselves. Now Or- 
nan was threshing wheat. 

21 And as David came to Oman, 
Oman looked and saw David, and 
went out of the threshingfloor, and 
bowed himself to David with his face 
to the ground. 

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22 Then David said to Oman, 
Grant me the place of this thresh- 
ingfloor, that I may build an altar 
therein unto the Lord: thou shalt 
grant it me for the full price : that 
the plague may be stayed from the 
people. 

23 And Oman said unto David, 
Take it to thee, and let my lord the 
king do that which is good in his 
eyes: lo, I give thee the oxen also 
for burnt offerings, and the thresh- 
ing instruments for wood, and the 
wheat for the meat offering; I give 
it all. 

24 And king David said to Oman, 
Nay ; but I will verily buy it for the 
full price : for I will not take that 
which is thine for the Lord, nor of- 
fer burnt offerings without cost. 

25 So David gave to Oman for the 
place six hundred shekels of gold by 
weight. 

26 And David built there an altar 
unto the Lord, and offered burnt offer- 
ings and peace offerings, and called 
upon the Lord; and he answered 
him from heaven by fire upon the 
altar of burnt offering. 

27 And the Lord commanded the 
angel; and he put up his sword 
again into the sheath thereof. 

28 IT At that time when David saw 
that the Lord had answered him in 
the threshingfloor of Oman the Jeb- 
usite, then he sacrificed there. 

29 For the tabernacle of the Lord, 
which Moses made in the wilderness, 
and the altar of the burnt offering, 
were at that season in the high place 
at Gibeon. 

30 But David could not go before 
it to inquire of God: for he was 
afraid because of the sword of the 
angel of the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXIL 

1 David, foreknowing the place of the temple, prepareth 
abundance for the building of it. 6 He instructeth Sol- 
omon in God's promises, and Ms duty in building the 
temple. 17 He chargelh the princes to assist his son. 

THEN David said, This is the 
house of the Lord God, and 



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this is the altar of the burnt offering 
for Israel. 

2 And David commanded to gather 
together the strangers that were in 
the land of Israel ; and he set masons 
to hew wrought stones to build the 
house of God. 

3 And David prepared iron in abun- 
dance for the nails for the doors of 
the gates, and for the joinings ; and 
brass in abundance without weight ; 

4 Also cedar trees in abundance : 
for the Zidonians and they of Tyre 
brought much cedar wood to David. 

5 And David said, Solomon my 
son is young and tender, and the 
house that is to be builded for the 
Lord must be exceeding magnifical, 
of fame and of glory throughout all 
countries : I will therefore now make 
preparation for it. So David prepa- 
red abundantly before his death. 

6 If Then he called for Solomon 
his son, and charged him to build a 
house for the Lord God of Israel. 

7 And David said to Solomon, My 
son, as for me, it was in my mind 
to build a house unto the name of 
the Lord my God : 

8 But the word of the Lord came 
to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood 
abundantly, and hast made great 
wars : thou shalt not build a house 
unto my name, because thou hast 
shed much blood upon the earth in 
my sight. 

9 Behold, a son shall be born to 
thee, who shall be a man of rest ; and 
I will give him rest from all his ene- 
mies round about : for his name shall 
be Solomon, and I will give peace and 
quietness unto Israel in his days. 

10 He shall build a house for my 
name ; and he shall be my son, and 
I will be his father ; and I will estab- 
lish the throne of his kingdom over 
Israel for ever. 

11 Now, my son, the Lord be with 
thee ; and prosper thou, and build 
the house of the Lord thy God, as 
he hath said of thee. 

12 Only the Lord give thee wis- 



dom and understanding, and give 
thee charge concerning Israel, that 
thou may est keep the law of the 
Lord thy God. 

13 Then shalt thou prosper, if thou 
takest heed to fulfil the statutes and 
judgments which the Lord charged 
Moses with concerning Israel : be 
strong, and of good courage ; dread 
not, nor be dismayed. 

14 Now, behold, in my trouble I 
have prepared for the house of the 
Lord a hundred thousand talents of 
gold, and a thousand thousand talents 
of silver ; and of brass and iron with- 
out weight ; for it is in abundance : 
timber also and stone have I prepa- 
red ; and thou mayest add thereto. 

15 Moreover, there are workmen 
with thee in abundance, hewers and 
workers of stone and timber, and all 
manner of cunning men for every 
manner of work. 

16 Of the gold, the silver, and the 
brass, and the iron, there is no num- 
ber. Arise therefore, and be doing, 
and the Lord be with thee. 

17 If David also commanded all 
the princes of Israel to help Solomon 
his son, saying, 

18 Is not the Lord your God with 
you ? and hath he not given you rest 
on every side ? for he hath given the 
inhabitants of the land into mine 
hand ; and the land is subdued before 
the Lord, and before his people. 

19 Now set your heart and your 
soul to seek the Lord your God ; 
arise therefore, and build ye the sanc- 
tuary of the Lord God, to bring the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord, and 
the holy vessels of God, into the house 
that is to be built to the name of the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 David in his old age maketh Solomon king. 2 Tlie 
number and distribution of the Levites. *7 Tlie fam- 
ilies of the Gershonites. 12 Tlie sons of Kohath. 21 
The sons of Merari. 24 The office of the Levites. 

O when David was old and full 
of days, he made Solomon his 
son king over Israel. 
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2 IT And he gathered together all 
the princes of Israel, with the priests 
and the Levites. 

3 Now the Levites were numbered 
from the age of thirty years and 
upward : and their number by their 
polls, man by man, was thirty and 
eight thousand. 

4 Of which, twenty and four thou- 
sand were to set forward the work 
of the house of the Lord ; and six 
thousand were officers and judges : 

5 Moreover four thousand were por- 
ters ; and four thousand praised the 
Lord with the instruments which I 
made, said David, to praise therewith. 

6 And David divided them into 
courses among the sons of Levi, 
namely, Gershon, Kohath, and Me- 
rari. 

7 IT Of the Gershonites were Laa- 
dan, and Shimei. 

8 The sons of Laadan ; the chief 
was Jehiel, and Zetham, and Joel, 
three. 

9 The sons of Shimei ; Shelomith, 
and Haziel, and Haran, three. These 
were the chief of the fathers of Laa- 
dan. 

10 And the sons of Shimei were, 
Jahath, Zina, and Jeush, and Be- 
riah. These four were the sons of 
Shimei. 

11 And Jahath was the chief, and 
Zizah the second : but Jeush and 
Beriah had not many sons ; therefore 
they were in one reckoning, accor- 
ding to their father's house. 

12 If The sons of Kohath ; Amram, 
Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel, four. 

13 The sons of Amram ; Aaron, and 
Moses : and Aaron was separated, 
that he should sanctify the most holy 
things, he and his sons for ever, to 
burn incense before the Lord, to min- 
ister unto him, and to bless in his 
name for ever. 

14 Now concerning Moses the man 
of God, his sons were named of the 
tribe of Levi. 

15 The sons of Moses were, Ger- 
shoin, and Eliezer. 

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16 Of the sons of Gershom, Sheb- 
uel was the chief. 

17 And the sons of Eliezer were, 
Behabiah the chief. And Eliezer 
had none other sons ; but the sons 
of Behabiah were very many. 

18 Of the sons of Izhar ; Shelo- 
mith the chief. 

19 Of the sons of Hebron ; Jeriah 
the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel 
the third, and Jekameam the fourth. 

20 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Micah 
the first, and Jesiah the second. 

21 IT The sons of Merari; Mahli, 
and Mushi. The sons of Mahli ; 
Eleazar, and Kish. 

22 And Eleazar died, and had no 
sons, but daughters : and their breth- 
ren the sons of Kish took them. 

23 The sons of Mushi ; Mahli, and 
Eder, and Jeremoth, three. 

24 TT These were the sons of Levi 
after the house of their fathers ; even 
the chief of the fathers, as they were 
counted by number of names by their 
polls, that did the work for the service 
of the house of the Lord, from the 
age of twenty years and upward. 

25 For David said, The Lord God 
of Israel hath given rest unto his 
people, that they may dwell in Je- 
rusalem for ever : 

26 And also unto the Levites : they 
shall no more carry the tabernacle, 
nor any vessels of it for the service 
thereof. 

27 For by the last words of David 
the Levites ivere numbered from twen- 
ty years old and above : 

28 Because their office was to wait 
on the sons of Aaron for the service of 
the house of the Lord, in the courts, 
and in the chambers, and in the puri- 
fying of all holy things, and the work 
of the service of the house of God ; 

29 Both for the shewbread, and 
for the fine flour for meat offering, 
and for the unleavened cakes, and 
for that which is baked in the pan, 
and for that which is fried, and for 
all manner of measure and size ; 

30 And to stand every morning to 



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thank and praise the Lord, and like- 
wise at even ; 

31 And to offer all hurnt sacrifices 
unto the Lord in the sabbaths, in 
the new moons, and on the set feasts, 
by number, according to the order 
commanded unto them, continually 
before the Lord : 

32 And that they should keep the 
charge of the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation, and the charge of the holy p/ace, 
and the charge of the sons of Aaron their 
brethren, in the service of the house of 
the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 



1 The divisions of the sons of Aaron by lot into four 
and twenty orders. 20 The Kohathites, 27 and the 
Merarites divided by lot. 

NOW these are the divisions of 
the sons of Aaron. The sons 
of Aaron ; Nadab and Abihu, Elea- 
zar and Ithamar. 

2 But Nadab and Abihu died be- 
fore their father, and had no chil- 
dren: therefore Eleazar and Itha- 
mar executed the priest's office. 

3 And David distributed them, both 
Zadok of the sons of Eleazar, and 
Ahimelech of the sons of Ithamar, ac- 
cording to their offices in their service. 

4 And there were more chief men 
found of the sons of Eleazar than of 
the sons of Ithamar ; and thus were 
they divided. Among the sons of 
Eleazar there were sixteen chief men 
of the house of their fathers, and 
eight among the sons of Ithamar ac- 
cording to the house of their fathers. 

5 Thus were they divided by lot, 
one sort with another ; for the govern- 
ors of the sanctuary, and governors of 
the house of God, were of the sons of 
Eleazar, and of the sons of Ithamar. 

6 And Shemaiah the son of Netha- 
neel the scribe, one of the Levites, 
wrote them before the king, and the 
princes, and Zadok the priest, and 
Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, and 
before the chief of the fathers of the 
priests and Levites: one principal 
household being taken for Eleazar, 
and one taken for Ithamar. 



7 Now the first lot came forth to 
Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah, 

8 The third to Harim, the fourth 
to Seorim, 

9 The fifth to Malchijah, the sixth 
to Mijamin, 

10 The seventh to Hakkoz, the 
eighth to Abijah, 

11 The ninth to Jeshuah, the tenth 
to Shecaniah, 

12 The eleventh to Eliashib, the 
twelfth to Jakim, 

13 The thirteenth to Huppah, the 
fourteenth to Jeshebeab, 

14 The fifteenth to Bilgah, the six- 
teenth to Immer, 

15 The seventeenth to Hezir, the 
eighteenth to Aphses, 

16 The nineteenth to Pethahiah, 
the twentieth to Jehezekel, 

1 7 The one and twentieth to Jachin, 
the two and twentieth to Gamul, 

18 The three and twentieth to 
Delaiah, the four and twentieth to 
Maaziah. 

19 These were the orderings of 
them in their service to come into 
the house of the Lord, according to 
their manner, under Aaron their fa- 
ther, as the Lord God of Israel had 
commanded him. 

20 5T And the rest of the sons of 
Levi were these: Of the sons of 
Amram ; Shubael : of the sons of 
Shubael; Jehdeiah. 

21 Concerning Rehabiah: of the 
sons of Rehabiah, the first was Isshiah. 

22 Of the Izharites ; Shelomoth : 
of the sons of Shelomoth ; Jahath. 

23 And the sons of Hebron; Jeriah 
the first, Amariah the second, Jaha- 
ziel the third, Jekameam the fourth. 

24 Of the sons of Uzziel ; Michah : 
of the sons of Michah ; Shamir. 

25 The brother of Michah was 
Isshiah: of the sons of Isshiah; 
Zechariah. 

26 The sons of Merari were Mahli 
andMushi: thesonsofJaaziah; Beno. 

27 IT The sons of Merari by Jaa- 
ziah; Beno, and Shoham, and Zac- 
cur, and Ibri. 

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28 Of Mahli came Eleazar, who 
had no sons. 

29 Concerning Kish: the son of 
Kish ivas Jerahmeel. 

30 The sons also of Mushi ; Mahli, 
and Eder, and Jerimoth. These were 
the sons of the Levites after the house 
of their fathers. 

31 These likewise cast lots over 
against their brethren the sons of 
Aaron in the presence of David the 
king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, 
and the chief of the fathers of the 
priests and Levites, even the princi- 
pal fathers over against their younger 
brethren. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

1 The number and offices of the singers. 8 Their divi- 
sion by lot into four and twenty orders. 

MOREOVER David and the cap- 
tains of the host separated to 
the service of the sons of Asaph, and 
of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who 
should prophesy with harps, with 
psalteries, and with cymbals : and 
the number of the workmen accord- 
ing to their service was : 

2 Of the sons of Asaph ; Zaccur, and 
Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, 
the sons of Asaph under the hands 
of Asaph, which prophesied according 
to the order of the king. 

3 Of Jeduthun : the sons of Jedu- 
thun ; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jesh- 
aiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, 
six, under the hands of their father 
Jeduthun, who prophesied with a 
harp, to give thanks and to praise 
the Lord. 

4 Of Heman : the sons of Heman ; 
Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Sheb- 
uel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Ha- 
nani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Ro- 
mamti-ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, 
Hothir, and Mahazioth : 

5 All these were the sons of Heman 
the king's seer in the words of God, 
to lift up the horn. And God gave 
to Heman fourteen sons and three 
daughters. 

6 All these were under the hands of 
their father for song in the house of 

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the Lord, with cymbals, psalteries, 
and harps, for the service of the 
house of God, according to the 
king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, 
and Heman. 

7 So the number of them, with their 
brethren that were instructed in the 
songs of the Lord, even all that were 
cunning, was two hundred fourscore 
and eight. 

8 *[[ And they cast lots, ward against 
ward, as well the small as the great, 
the teacher as the scholar. 

9 Now the first lot came forth for 
Asaph to Joseph : the second to Ged- 
aliah, who with his brethren and 
sons were twelve : 

10 The third to Zaccur, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve : 

11 The fourth to Izri, he, his sons, 
and his brethren, were twelve : 

12 The fifth to Nethaniah, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

13 The sixth to Bukkiah, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

14 The seventh to Jesharelah, he, 
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

15 The eighth to Jeshaiah, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, tvere twelve : 

16 The ninth to Mattaniah, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

17 The tenth to Shimei, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

18 The eleventh to Azareel, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

19 The twelfth to Hashabiah, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, ivere twelve : 

20 The thirteenth to Shubael, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

21 The fourteenth to Mattithiah, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, were 
twelve : 

22 The fifteenth to Jeremoth, he, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

23 The sixteenth to Hananiah, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, were 
twelve : 

24 The seventeenth to Joshbeka- 
shah, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

25 The eighteenth to Hanani,/^, his 
sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 



Divisions of the porters. I. CHRONICLES. Keepers of the treasures. 



26 The nineteenth to Mallothi, 
he, his sons, and his brethren, were 
twelve : 

27 The twentieth to Eliathah, he, 
his sons, and his brethren, were twelve : 

28 The one and twentieth to Ho- 
thir, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

29 The two and twentieth to Gid- 
dalti, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

30 The three and twentieth to Ma- 
hazioth, he, his sons, and his brethren, 
were twelve : 

31 The four and twentieth to Ro- 
mamti-ezer, he, his sons, and his 
brethren, were twelve. 

CHAPTER XXYI. 

1 The divisions of the porters. 13 The gates assigned by 
lot. 20 The Levites that had charge of the treasures. 
29 Officers and judges. 

CONCERNING the divisions of 
the porters : Of the Korhites was 
Meshelemiah the son of Kore, of the 
sons of Asaph. 

2 And the sons of Meshelemiah 
were, Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael 
the second, Zebadiah the third, Jath- 
niel the fourth, 

3 Elam the fifth, Jehohanan the 
sixth, Elioenai the seventh. 

4 Moreover the sons of Obed-edom 
were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehoza- 
bad the second, Joah the third, and 
Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the 
fifth, 

5 Ammiel the sixth, Issachar the 
seventh, Peulthai the eighth : for God 
blessed him. 

6 Also unto Shemaiah his son were 
sons born, that ruled throughout the 
house of their father : for they were 
mighty men of valour. 

7 The sons of Shemaiah ; Othni, 
and Rephael, and Obed, Elzabad, 
whose brethren were strong men, 
Elihu, and Semachiah. 

8 All these of the sons of Obed- 
edom : they and their sons and their 
brethren, able men for strength for 
the service, were threescore and two 
of Obed-edom. 

33 



9 And Meshelemiah had sons and 
brethren, strong men, eighteen. 

10 Also Hosah, of the children of 
Merari, had sons ; Simri the chief, (for 
though he was not the firstborn, yet 
his father made him the chief;) 

11 Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah 
the third, Zechariah the fourth: all 
the sons and brethren of Hosah were 
thirteen. 

12 Among these were the divisions 
of the porters, even among the chief 
men, having wards one against an- 
other, to minister in the house of the 
Lord. 

13 IT And they cast lots, as well 
the small as the great, according to 
the house of their fathers, for every 
gate. 

14 And the lot eastward fell to 
Shelemiah. Then for Zechariah his 
son, a wise counsellor, they cast 
lots ; and his lot came out north- 
ward. 

15 To Obed-edom southward ; and 
to his sons the house of Asuppim. 

16 To Shuppim and Hosah the lot 
came forth westward, with the gate 
Shallecheth, by the causeway of the 
going up, ward against ward. 

17 Eastward were six Levites, 
northward four a day, southward 
four a day, and toward Asuppim 
two and two. 

18 At Parbar westward, four at 
the causeway, and two at Parbar. 

19 These are the divisions of the 
porters among the sons of Kore, and 
among the sons of Merari. 

20 If And of the Levites, Ahijah 
was over the treasures of the house 
of God, and over the treasures of 
the dedicated things. 

21 is concerning the sons of Laa- 
dan ; the sons of the Gershonite 
Laadan, chief fathers, even of Laa- 
dan the Gershonite, were JehielL 

22 The sons of Jehieli; Zetham, 
and Joel his brother, which were oyer 
the treasures of the house of the 
Lord. 

23 Of the: Amramitesy and the 

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The captains 



Izharites, the Hebronites, and the 
Uzzielites : 

24 And Shebuel the son of Ger- 
shom, the son of Moses, was ruler of 
the treasures. 

25 And his brethren by Eliezer ; 
ftehabiah his son, and Jeshaiah his 
son, and Joram his son, and Zichri 
his son, and Shelomith his son : 

26 Which Shelomith and his breth- 
ren ivere over all the treasures of the 
dedicated things, which David the 
king, and the chief fathers, the cap- 
tains over thousands and hundreds, 
and the captains of the host, had 
dedicated. 

27 Out of the spoils won in bat- 
tles did they dedicate to maintain 
the house of the Lord. 

28 And all that Samuel the seer, 
and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner 
the son of Ner, and Joab the son of 
Zeruiah, had dedicated ; and whoso- 
ever had dedicated any thing, it was 
under the hand of Shelomith, and of 
his brethren. 

29 If Of the Izharites, Chenaniah 
and his sons were for the outward 
business over Israel, for officers and 
judges. 

30 And of the Hebronites, Hasha- 
biah and his brethren, men of valour, 
a thousand and seven hundred, were 
officers among them of Israel on this 
side Jordan westward in all the busi- 
ness of the Lord, and in the service 
of the king. 

31 Among the Hebronites was Je- 
rijah the chief, even among the He- 
bronites, according to the generations 
of his fathers. In the fortieth year 
of the reign of David they were 
sought for, and there were found 
among them mighty men of valour 
at Jazer of Gilead. 

32 And his brethren, men of valour, 
were two thousand and seven hun- 
dred chief fathers, whom king David 
made rulers over the Reubenites, the 
Gadites, and the half tribe of Manas- 
seh, for every matter pertaining to 
God, and affairs of the king. 

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CHAPTER XXYII. 

1 The twelve captains for every several month. 16 Th e 
princes of the twelve tribes. 23 The numbering of the 
people is hindered. 25 David's several officers. 

NOW the children of Israel after 
their number, to wit, the chief 
fathers and captains of thousands 
and hundreds, and their officers that 
served the king in any matter of the 
courses, which came in and went out 
month by month throughout all the 
months of the year, of every course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

2 Over the first course for the first 
month was Jashobeam the son of 
Zabdiel : and in his course were 
twenty and four thousand. 

3 Of the children of Perez was the 
chief of all the captains of the host 
for the first month. 

4 And over the course of the sec- 
ond month was Dodai an Ahohite, 
and of his course was Mikloth also 
the ruler : in his course likewise were 
twenty and four thousand. 

5 The third captain of the host for 
the third month was Benaiah the son 
of Jehoiada, a chief priest : and in 
his course were twenty and four thou- 
sand. 

6 This is that Benaiah, who was 
mighty among the thirty, and above 
the thirty : and in his course was 
Ammizabad his son. 

7 The fourth captain for the fourth 
month was Asahel the brother of 
Joab, and Zebadiah his son after 
him : and in his course were twenty 
and four thousand. 

8 The fifth captain for the fifth 
month was Shamhuth the Izrahite : 
and in his course were twenty and 
four thousand. 

9 The sixth captain for the sixth 
month was Ira the son of Ikkesh the 
Tekoite : and in his course were twen- 
ty and four thousand. 

10 The seventh captain for the 
seventh month was Helez the Pelon- 
ite, of the children of Ephraim : and 
in his course were twenty and four 
thousand. 



for every month. 



I. CHRONICLES. David's several officers. 



11 The eighth capt aini m the eighth 
month ivas Sibbecai the Hushathite, 
of the Zarhites : and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

12 The ninth captain for the ninth 
month was Abiezer the Anetothite, 
of the Benjamites : and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

13 The tenth captain for the tenth 
month was Maharai the Netophathite, 
of the Zarhites: and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

14 The eleventh captain for the 
eleventh month was Benaiah the Pir- 
athonite, of the children of Ephraim : 
and in his course were twenty and 
four thousand. 

15 The twelfth captain for the 
twelfth month was Heldai the Netoph- 
athite, of Othniel : and in his course 
were twenty and four thousand. 

16 U Furthermore over the tribes 
of Israel : the ruler of the Reubenites 
was Eliezer the son of Zichri : of the 
Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of 
Maachah : 

17 Of the Levites, Hashabiah the 
son of Kemuel : of the Aaronites, 
Zadok : 

18 Of Judah, Elihu, one of the breth- 
ren of David : of Issachar, Omri the 
son of Michael : 

19 Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son 
of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth 
the son of Azriel : 

20 Of the children of Ephraim, 
Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the 
half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son 
of Pedaiah : 

21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in 
Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah : of 
Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner: 

22 Of Dan, Azareel the son of Je- 
roham. These were the princes of 
the tribes of Israel. 

23 TT But David took not the num- 
ber of them from twenty years old 
and under: because the Lord had 
said he would increase Israel like to 
the stars of the heavens. 

24 Joab the son of Zeruiah began 
to number, but he finished not, be- 



cause there fell wrath for it against 
Israel ; neither was the number put 
in the account of the Chronicles of 
king David. 

25 If And over the king's treasures 
was Azmaveth the son of Adiel : and 
over the storehouses in the fields, in 
the cities, and in the villages, and in 
the castles, was Jehonathan the son 
of Uzziah : 

26 And over them that did the work 
of the field for tillage of the ground 
was Ezri the son of Chelub : 

27 And over the vineyards was 
Shimei the Ramathite : over the in- 
crease of the vineyards for the wine 
cellars was Zabdi the Shiphmite : 

28 And over the olive trees and the 
sycamore trees that were in the low 
plains was Baal-hanan the Gederite: 
and over the cellars of oil was Joash : 

29 And over the herds that fed in 
Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite : 
and over the herds that were in the 
valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai : 

30 Over the camels also was Obil 
the Ishmaelite: and over the asses 
was Jehdeiah the Meronothite : 

31 And over the flocks was Jaziz 
the Hagerite. All these were the 
rulers of the substance which was 
king David's. 

32 Also Jonathan David's uncle 
was a counsellor, a wise man, and a 
scribe : and Jehiel the son of Hach- 
moni was with the king's sons : 

33 And Ahithophel was the king's 
counsellor: and Hushai the Archite 
was the king's companion : 

34 And after Ahithophel was Jehoi- 
ada the son of Benaiah, and Abia- 
thar : and the general of the king's 
army was Joab. 

CHAPTER XXYIII. 

1 David in a solemn assembly having declared God's fa- 
vour to him, and promise to his son Solomon, exhorteth 
them to fear God. 9, 20 He encourageth Solomon to 
build the temple. 11 He giveth lam patterns for the 
form, and gold and silver for the materials. 

AND David assembled all the 
_ princes of Israel, the princes 
of the tribes, and the captains of 
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I. CHRONICLES. 



to Solomon, 



the companies that ministered to the 
king by course, and the captains over 
the thousands, and captains over the 
hundreds, and the stewards over all 
the substance and possession of the 
king, and of his sons, with the of- 
ficers, and with the mighty men, 
and with all the valiant men, unto 
Jerusalem. 

2 Then David the king stood up 
upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my 
brethren, and my people : As for me, 
I had in mine heart to build a house 
of rest for the ark of the covenant of 
the Lord, and for the footstool of our 
God, and had made ready for the 
building : 

3 But God said unto me, Thou 
shalt not build a house for my name, 
because thou hast been a man of war, 
and hast shed blood. 

4 Howbeit the Lord God of Israel 
chose me before all the house of 
my father to be king pver Israel for 
ever: for he hath chosen Judah to 
be the ruler ; and of the house of 
Judah, the house of my father; 
and among the sons of my father he 
liked me to make me king over all 
Israel : 

5 And of all my sons, (for the Lord 
hath given me many sons,) he hath 
chosen Solomon my son to sit upon 
the throne of the kingdom of the 
Lord over Israel. 

6 And he said unto me, Solomon 
thy son, he shall build my house and 
my courts : for I have chosen him to 
be my son, and I will be his father. 

7 Moreover I will establish his 
kingdom for ever, if he be constant to 
do my commandments and my judg- 
ments, as at this day. 

8 Now therefore, in the sight of all 
Israel the congregation of the Lord, 
and in the audience of our God, keep 
and seek for all the commandments 
of the Lord your God : that ye may 
possess this good land, and leave it 
for an inheritance for your children 
after you for ever. 

9 if And thou, Solomon my son, 

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know thou the God of thy father, 
and serve him with a perfect heart 
and with a willing mind : for the Lord 
searcheth all hearts, and under- 
standeth all the imaginations of the 
thoughts : if thou seek him, he will 
be found of thee ; but if thou forsake 
him, he will cast thee off for ever. 

10 Take heed now ; for the Lord 
hath chosen thee to build a house for 
the sanctuary : be strong, and do it. 

11 IT Then David gave to Solomon 
his son the pattern of the porch, 
and of the houses thereof, and of the 
treasuries thereof, and of the upper 
chambers thereof, and of the inner 
parlours thereof, and of the place of 
the mercy seat, 

12 And the pattern of all that he 
had by the Spirit, of the courts of the 
house of the Lord, and of all the 
chambers round about, of the treas- 
uries of the house of God, and of the 
treasuries of the dedicated things : 

13 Also for the courses of the priests 
and the Levites, and for all the work 
of the service of the house of the 
Lord, and for all the vessels of ser- 
vice in the house of the Lord. 

14 He gave of gold by weight for 
things of gold, for all instruments of all 
manner of service ; silver also for all in- 
struments of silver by weight, for all 
instruments of every kind of service : 

15 Even the weight for the candle- 
sticks of gold, and for their lamps of 
gold, by weight for every candlestick, 
and for the lamps thereof: and for 
the candlesticks of silver by weight, 
both for the candlestick, and also for 
the lamps thereof, according to the 
use of every candlestick. 

16 And by weight he gave gold for 
the tables of shewbread, for every 
table ; and likewise silver for the ta- 
bles of silver : 

17 Also pure gold for the flesh- 
hooks, and the bowls, and the cups : 
and for the golden basins he gave 
gold by weight for every basin ; and 
likewise silver by weight for every 
basin of silver : 



Offerings for the temple. I. CHRONICLES. David's thanksgiving. 



18 And for the altar of incense re- 
fined gold by weight; and gold for 
the pattern of the chariot of the cher- 
ubim, that spread out their wings, 
and covered the ark of the covenant 
of the Lord. 

19 All this, said David, the Lord 
made me understand in writing by 
his hand upon me, even all the works 
of this pattern. 

20 And David said to Solomon his 
son, Be strong and of good courage, 
and do it: fear not, nor be dismay- 
ed, for the Lord God, even my God, 
will be with thee ; he will not fail 
thee, nor forsake thee, until thou hast 
finished all the work for the service 
of the house of the Lord. 

21 And, behold, the courses of the 
priests and the Levites, even they 
shall be with thee for all the service 
of the house of God : and there shall 
be with thee for all manner of work- 
manship every willing skilful man, 
for any manner of service : also the 
princes and all the people will be 
wholly at thy commandment. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

1 David, by his example and entreaty, 6 causeth the princes 
and people to offer willingly. 10 David's thanksgiving 
and prayer. 20 The people, having blessed God, and 
sacrificed, make Solomon king. 26 David's reign and 
death. 

FURTHERMORE David the 
king said unto all the congre- 
gation, Solomon my son, whom alone 
God hath chosen, is yet young and 
tender, and the work is great: for 
the palace is not for man, but for the 
Lord God. 

2 Now I have prepared with all my 
might for the house of my God the 
gold for things to be made of gold, 
and the silver for things of silver, 
and the brass for things of brass, 
the iron for things of iron, and wood 
for things of wood ; onyx stones, and 
stones to be set, glistering stones, 
and of divers colours, and all manner 
of precious stones, and marble stones 
in abundance. 

3 Moreover, because I have set my 



affection to the house of my God, I 
have of mine own proper good, of 
gold and silver, which I have given 
to the house of my God, over and 
above all that I have prepared for 
the holy house, 

4 Even three thousand talents of 
gold, of the gold of Ophir, and seven 
thousand talents of refined silver, to 
overlay the walls of the houses withal: 

5 The gold for things of gold, and 
the silver for things of silver, and for 
all manner of work to be made by the 
hands of artificers. And who then 
is willing to consecrate his service 
this day unto the Lord ? 

6 % Then the chief of the fathers 
and princes of the tribes of Israel, 
and the captains of thousands and 
of hundreds, with the rulers of the 
king's work, offered willingly, 

7 And gave, for the service of the 
house of God, of gold five thousand 
talents and ten thousand drams, and 
of silver ten thousand talents, and 
of brass eighteen thousand talents, 
and one hundred thousand talents 
of iron. 

8 And they with whom precious 
stones were found gave them to the 
treasure of the house of the Lord, by 
the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite. 

9 Then the people rejoiced, for that 
they offered willingly, because with 
perfect heart they offered willingly 
to the Lord: and David the king 
also rejoiced with great joy. 

10 IT Wherefore David blessed the 
Lord before all the congregation: 
and David said, Blessed be thou. 
Lord God of Israel our father, for 
ever and ever. 

11 Thine, O Lord, is the great- 
ness, and the power, and the glory, 
and the victory, and the majesty : 
for all that is in the heaven and in 
the earth is thine ; thine is the king- 
dom, O Lord, and thou art exalted 
as head above all. 

12 Both riches and honour come of 
thee, and thou reignest over all ; and 
in thine hand is power and might; 

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His reign and death. 



and in thine hand it is to make great, 
and to give strength unto all. 

13 Now therefore, our God, we 
thank thee, and praise thy glorious 
name. 

14 But who am I, and what is my 
people, that we should be able to 
offer so willingly after this sort ? for 
all things come of thee, and of thine 
own have we given thee. 

15 For we are strangers before 
thee, and sojourners, as were all our 
fathers : our days on the earth are as 
a shadow, and there is none abiding. 

16 O Lord our God, all this store 
that we have prepared to build thee 
a house for thine holy name cometh 
of thine hand, and is all thine own. 

17 I know also, my God, that thou 
triest the heart, and hast pleasure 
in uprightness. As for me, in the up- 
rightness of mine heart I have will- 
ingly offered all these things : and 
now have I seen with joy thy people, 
which are present here, to offer will- 
ingly unto thee. 

18 Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, 
and of Israel, our fathers, keep this 
for ever in the imagination of the 
thoughts of the heart of thy people, 
and prepare their heart unto thee : 

19 And give unto Solomon my son 
a perfect heart, to keep thy com- 
mandments, thy testimonies, and thy 
statutes, and to do all these things, 
and to build the pal ace, for the which 
I have made provision. 

20 If And David said to all the 
congregation, Now bless the Lord 
your God. And all the congregation 
blessed the Lord God of their fathers, 
and bowed down their heads, and wor- 
shipped the Lord, and the king. 

21 And they sacrificed sacrifices 
unto the Lord, and offered burnt 
offerings unto the Lord, on the mor- 

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row after that day, even a thousand 
bullocks, a thousand rams, and a 
thousand lambs, with their drink of- 
ferings, and sacrifices in abundance 
for all Israel : 

22 And did eat and drink before the 
Lord on that day with great glad- 
ness. And they made Solomon the 
son of David king the second time, 
and anointed him unto the Lord to 
be the chief governor, and Zadok to 
be priest. 

23 Then Solomon sat on the throne 
of the Lord as king instead of David 
his father, and prospered ; and all 
Israel obeyed him. 

24 And all the princes, and the 
mighty men, and all the sons like- 
wise of king David, submitted them- 
selves unto Solomon the king. 

25 And the Lord magnified Solo- 
mon exceedingly in the sight of all 
Israel, and bestowed upon him such 
royal majesty as had not been on any 
king before him in Israel. 

26 If Thus David the son of Jesse 
reigned over all Israel. 

27 And the time that he reigned 
over Israel was forty years ; seven 
years reigned he in Hebron, and 
thirty and three years reigned he in 
Jerusalem. 

28 And he died in a good old age, 
full of days, riches, and honour : 
and Solomon his son reigned in his 
stead. 

29 Now the acts of David the 
king, first and last, behold, they are 
written in the book of Samuel the 
seer, and in the book of Nathan the 
prophet, and in the book of Gad the 
seer, 

30 With all his reign and his might, 
and the times that went over him, 
and over Israel, and over all the king- 
doms of the countries. 






THE SECOND BOOK 



OF 



THE CHRONICLES 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon. 7 Solo- 
mon's choice of wisdom is blessed by God. 13 Solo- 
mon's strength and wealth. 

AND Solomon the son of David 
_ was strengthened in his king- 
dom, and the Lord his God was 
with him, and magnified him ex- 
ceedingly. 

2 Then Solomon spake unto all 
Israel, to the captains of thousands 
and of hundreds, and to the judges, 
and to every governor in all Israel, 
the chief of the fathers. 

3 So Solomon, and all the congrega- 
tion with him, went to the high place 
that was at Gibeon; for there was 
the tabernacle of the congregation of 
God, which Moses the servant of the 
Lord had made in the wilderness. 

4 But the ark of God had David 
brought up from Kirjath-jearim to 
the place which David had prepared 
for it : for he had pitched a tent for 
it at Jerusalem. 

5 Moreover the brazen altar, that 
Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of 
Hur, had made, he put before the 
tabernacle of the Lord : and Solo- 
mon and the congregation sought 
unto it. 

6 And Solomon went up thither to 
the brazen altar before the Lord, 
which was at the tabernacle of the 
congregation, and offered a thousand 
burnt offerings upon it. 

7 H In that night did God appear 
unto Solomon, and said unto him, 
Ask what I shall give thee. 

8 And Solomon said unto God, 
Thou hast shewed great mercy unto 
David my father, and hast made me 
to reign in his stead. 



9 Now, O Lord God, let thy prom- 
ise unto David my father be estab- 
lished : for thou hast made me king 
over a people like the dust of the 
earth in multitude. 

10 Give me now wisdom and 
knowledge, that I may go out and 
come in befoue this people: for who 
can judge this thy people, that is so 
great ? 

11 And God said to Solomon, Be- 
cause this was in thine heart, and 
thou hast not asked riches, wealth, 
or honour, nor the life of thine ene- 
mies, neither yet hast asked long 
life ; but hast asked wisdom and 
knowledge for thyself, that thou 
mayest judge my people, over whom 
I have made thee king : 

12 Wisdom and knowledge is grant- 
ed unto thee ; and I will give thee 
riches, and wealth, and honour, such 
as none of the kings have had that 
have been before thee, neither shall 
there any after thee have the like. 

13 ^T Then Solomon came from his 
journey to the high place that was at 
Gibeon to Jerusalem, from before the 
tabernacle of the congregation, and 
reigned over Israel. 

14 And Solomon gathered chariots 
and horsemen: and he had a thou- 
sand and four hundred chariots, and 
twelve thousand horsemen, which he 
placed in the chariot cities, and with 
the king at Jerusalem. 

15 And the king made silver and 
gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as 
stones, and cedar trees made he as 
the sycamore trees that are in the 
vale for abundance. 

16 And Solomon had horses brought 
out of Egypt, and linen yarn : the 

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to Huram. 



king's merchants received the linen 
yarn at a price. 

17 And they fetched up, and 
brought forth out of Egypt a chariot 
for six hundred shekels of silver, and 
a horse for a hundred and fifty : and 
so brought they out horses for all the 
kings of the Hittites, and for the 
kings of Syria, by 'their means. 

CHAPTER II. 

1, 17 Solomon's labourers for the building of the temple. 
3 His embassage to Huram for workmen and provision 
of stuff . 11 Huram sendeth him a kind answer. 

AND Solomon determined to build 
. a house for the name of the 
Lord, and a house for his kingdom. 

2 And Solomon told out three- 
score and ten thousand men to bear 
burdens, and fourscore thousand to 
hew in the mountain, and three 
thousand and six hundred to oversee 
them. 

3 IT And Solomon sent to Huram 
the king of Tyre, saying, As thou 
didst deal with David my father, 
and didst send him cedars to build 
him a house to dwell therein, even so 
deal with me, 

4 Behold, I build a house to the 
name of the Lord my God, to dedi- 
cate it to him, and to burn before 
him sweet incense, and for the con- 
tinual shewbread, and for the burnt 
offerings morning and evening, on 
the sabbaths, and on the new moons, 
and on the solemn feasts of the Lord 
our God. This is an ordinance for 
ever to Israel. 

5 And the house which I build is 
great : for great is our God above all 
gods. 

6 But who is able to build him a 
house, seeing the heaven and heaven 
of heavens cannot contain him ? who 
am I then, that I should build him a 
house, save only to burn sacrifice be- 
fore him ? 

7 Send me now therefore a man 
cunning to work in gold, and in sil- 
ver, and in brass, and in iron, and 
in purple, and crimson, and blue, 
and that can skill to grave with the 

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cunning men that are with me in 
Judah and in Jerusalem, whom Da- 
vid my father did provide. 

8 Send me also cedar trees, fir 
trees, and algum trees, out of Leba- 
non : for I know that thy servants 
can skill to cut timber in Lebanon ; 
and, behold, my servants shall be with 
thy servants, 

9 Even to prepare me timber in 
abundance: for the house which I 
am about to build shall be wonderful 
great. 

10 And, behold, I will give to thy 
servants, the hewers that cut timber, 
twenty thousand measures of beaten 
wheat, and twenty thousand meas- 
ures of barley, and twenty thousand 
baths of wine, and twenty thousand 
baths of oil. 

11 IT Then Huram the king of 
Tyre answered in writing, which he 
sent to Solomon, Because the Lord 
hath loved his people, he hath made 
thee king over them. 

12 Huram said moreover, Blessed 
be the Lord God of Israel, that 
made heaven and earth, who hath 
given to David the king a wise son, 
endued with prudence and under- 
standing, that might build a house 
for the Lord, and a house for his 
kingdom. 

13 And now I have sent a cunning 
man, endued with understanding, of 
Huram my father's, 

14 The son of a woman of the 
daughters of Dan, and his father 
was a man of Tyre, skilful to work 
in gold, and in silver, in brass, in 
iron, in stone, and in timber, in pur- 
ple, in blue, and in fine linen, and 
in crimson ; also to grave any man- 
ner of graving, and to find out every 
device which shall be put to him, 
with thy cunning men, and with the 
cunning men of my lord David thy 
father. 

15 Now therefore the wheat, and 
the barley, the oil, and the wine, 
which my lord hath spoken of, let 
him send unto his servants : 



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16 And we will cut wood out of 
Lebanon, as much as thou shalt 
need: and we will bring it to thee 
in floats by sea to Joppa; and thou 
shalt carry it up to Jerusalem. 

1 7 ■ IT And Solomon numbered all 
the strangers that were in the land 
of Israel, after the numbering where- 
with David his father had numbered 
them; and they were found a hun- 
dred and fifty thousand and three 
thousand and six hundred. 

18 And he set threescore and ten 
thousand of them to be bearers of 
burdens, and fourscore thousand to 
be hewers in the mountain, and three 
thousand and six hundred overseers 
to set the people awork. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 The place, and time of building the temple. 3 The 
measure and ornaments of the house. 11 The cheru- 
bim. 14 The vail and pillars. 

THEN Solomon began to build 
the house of the Lord at Jeru- 
salem in mount Moriah, where the 
Lord appeared unto David his fa- 
ther, in the place that David had 
prepared in the threshingfloor of Or- 
nan the Jebusite. 

2 And he began to build in the 
second day of the second month, in 
the fourth year of his reign. 

3 If Now these are the things where- 
in Solomon was instructed for the 
building of the house of God. The 
length by cubits after the first meas- 
ure was threescore cubits, and the 
breadth twenty cubits. 

4 And the porch that was in the 
front of the house, the length of it 
was according to the breadth of the 
house, twenty cubits, and the height 
was a hundred and twenty : and he 
overlaid it within with pure gold. 

5 And the greater house he ceiled 
with fir tree, which he overlaid with 
fine gold, and set thereon palm trees 
'and chains. 

6 And he garnished the house with 
precious stones for beauty: and the 
gold was gold of Parvaim. 

7 He overlaid also the house, the 



beams, the posts, and the walls 
thereof, and the doors thereof, with 
gold ; and graved cherubim on the 
walls. 

8 And he made the most holy 
house, the length whereof was ac- 
cording to the breadth of the house, 
twenty cubits, and the breadth there- 
of twenty cubits : and he overlaid it 
with fine gold, amounting to six hun- 
dred talents. 

9 And the weight of the nails was 
fifty shekels of gold. And he over- 
laid the upper chambers with gold. 

10 And in the most holy house he 
made two cherubim of image work, 
and overlaid them with gold. 

11 IT And the wings of the cheru- 
bim were twenty cubits long: one 
wing of the one cherub was five cubits, 
reaching to the wall of the house : 
and the other wing was likewise five 
cubits, reaching to the wing of the 
other cherub. 

12 And one wing of the other cher- 
ub was five cubits, reaching to the 
wall of the house : and the other 
wing was five cubits also, joining to 
the wing of the other cherub. 

13 The wings of these cherubim 
spread themselves forth twenty cu- 
bits : and they stood on their feet, 
and their faces were inward. 

14 TT And he made the vail of blue, 
and purple, and crimson, and fine lin- 
en, and wrought cherubim thereon. 

15 Also he made before the house 
two pillars of thirty and five cubits 
high, and the chapiter that was on 
the top of each of them was five cu- 
bits. 

16 And he made chains, as in the 
oracle, and put them on the heads of 
the pillars; and made a hundred 
pomegranates, and put them on the 
chains. 

17 And he reared up the pillars 
before the temple, one on the right 
hand, and the other on the left ; and 
called the name of that on the right 
hand Jachin, and the name of that 
on the left Boaz. 

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of the temple. 



CHAPTER IV. 

1 The altar of brass. 2 The molten sea upon twelve oxen. 
6 The ten lavers, candlesticks, and tables. 9 The courts, 
and the instruments of brass. 19 The instruments of gold. 

MOREOVER he made an altar 
of brass, twenty cubits the 
length thereof, and twenty cubits 
the breadth thereof, and ten cubits 
the height thereof. 

2 *[f Also he made a molten sea of 
ten cubits from brim to brim, round 
in compass, and five cubits the height 
thereof; and a line of thirty cubits 
did compass it round about. 

3 And under it was the similitude 
of oxen, which did compass it round 
about: ten in a cubit, compassing 
the sea round about. Two rows of 
oxen were cast, when it was cast. 

4 It stood upon twelve oxen, three 
looking toward the north, and three 
looking toward the west, and three 
looking toward the south, and three 
looking toward the east : and the sea 
was set above upon them, and all 
their hinder parts were inward. 

5 And the thickness of it was a 
handbreadth, and the brim of it like 
the work of the brim of a cup, with 
flowers of lilies ; and it received and 
held three thousand baths. 

6 If He made also ten lavers, and 
put five on the right hand, and five 
on the left, to wash in them : such 
things as they offered for the burnt 
offering they washed in them; but 
the sea was for the priests to wash 
in. 

7 And he made ten candlesticks of 
gold according to their form, and 
set them in the temple, five on the 
right hand, and five on the left. 

8 He made also ten tables, and 
placed them in the temple, five on 
the right side, and five on the left. 
And he made a hundred basins of 
gold. 

9 If Furthermore he made the court 
of the priests, and the great court, 
and doors for the court, and overlaid 
the doors of them with brass. 

10 And he set the sea on the right 

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side of the east end, over against the 
south. 

11 And Huram made the pots, and 
the shovels, and the basins. And 
Huram finished the work that he 
was to make for king Solomon for 
the house of God ; 

12 To wit, the two pillars, and the 
pommels, and the chapiters which 
were on the top of the two pillars, 
and the two wreaths to cover the 
two pommels of the chapiters which 
were on the top of the pillars ; 

13 And four hundred pomegran- 
ates on the two wreaths ; two rows 
of pomegranates on each wreath, to 
cover the two pommels of the chapi- 
ters which were upon the pillars. 

14 He made also bases, and lavers 
made he upon the bases ; 

15 One sea, and twelve oxen under 
it. 

16 The pots also, and the shovels, 
and the fleshhooks, and all their in- 
struments, did Huram his father make 
to king Solomon for the house of the 
Lord, of bright brass. 

17 In the plain of Jordan did the 
king cast them, in the clay ground 
between Succoth and Zeredathah. 

18 Thus Solomon made all these 
vessels in great abundance : for the 
weight of the brass could not be 
found out. 

19 If And Solomon made all the 
vessels that were for the house of 
God, the golden altar also, and the 
tables whereon the shewbread was 
set ; 

20 Moreover the candlesticks with 
their lamps, that they should burn 
after the manner before the oracle, 
of pure gold ; 

2 1 And the flowers, and the lamps, 
and the tongs, made he of gold, and 
that perfect gold ; 

22 And the snuffers, and the ba- 
sins, and the spoons, and the cen- 
sers, of pure gold : and the entry of 
the house, the inner doors thereof for 
the most holy place, and the doors of 
the house of the temple, were of gold. 



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into the oracle. 



CHAPTER Y. 

I The dedicated treasures. 2 TJie solemn induction of 
the ark into the oracle. 11 God being praised giveth 
a visible sign of his favour. 

THUS all the work that Solomon 
made for the house of the Lord 
was finished : and Solomon Drought 
in all the things that David his fa- 
ther had dedicated; and the silver, 
and the gold, and all the instruments, 
put he among the treasures of the 
house of God. 

2 If Then Solomon assembled the 
elders of Israel, and all the heads of 
the tribes, the chief of the fathers of 
the children of Israel, unto Jerusa- 
lem, to bring up the ark of the cov- 
enant of the Lord out of the city of 
David, which is Zion. 

3 Wherefore all the men of Israel 
assembled themselves unto the king 
in the feast which was in the seventh 
month. 

4 And all the elders of Israel came ; 
and the Levites took up the ark. 

5 And they brought up the ark, 
and the tabernacle of the congrega- 
tion, and all the holy vessels that 
were in the tabernacle, these did the 
priests and the Levites bring up. 

6 Also king Solomon, and all the 
congregation of Israel that were as- 
sembled unto him before the ark, sac- 
rificed sheep and oxen, which could 
not be told nor numbered for multi- 
tude. 

7 And the priests brought in the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord unto 
his place, to the oracle of the house, 
into the most holy place, even under 
the wings of the cherubim : 

8 For the cherubim spread forth 
their wings over the place of the ark, 
and the cherubim covered the ark and 
the staves thereof above. 

9 And they drew out the staves of 
the ark, that the ends of the staves 
were seen from the ark before the or- 
acle ; but they were not seen without. 
And there it is unto this day. 

10 There was nothing in the ark 
save the two tables which Moses put 



therein at Horeb, when the Lord made 
a covenant with the children of Israel, 
when they came out of Egypt. 

11 IT And it came to pass, when the 
priests were come out of the holy 
'place : (for all the priests that ivere 
present were sanctified, and did not 
then wait by course : 

12 Also the Levites which were the 
singers, all of them of Asaph, of He- 
man, of Jeduthun, with their sons 
and their brethren, being arrayed in 
white linen, having cymbals and 
psalteries and harps, stood at the east 
end of the altar, and with them a 
hundred and twenty priests sounding 
with trumpets :) 

13 It came even to pass, as the 
trumpeters and singers were as one, 
to make one sound to be heard in 
praising and thanking the Lord ; and 
when they lifted up their voice with 
the trumpets and cymbals and in- 
struments of music, and praised the 
Lord, saying, For he is good ; for his 
mercy endureth for ever : that then 
the house was filled with a cloud, even 
the house of the Lord ; 

14 So that the priests could not 
stand to minister by reason of the 
cloud : for the glory of the Lord had 
filled the house of God. 



CHAPTER YL 

1 Solomon, having blessed the people, blesseth God. 



12 



Solomon's prayer in the consecration of the temple, 
upon the brazen scaffold. 

THEN said Solomon, The Lord 
hath said that he would dwell 
in the thick darkness. 

2 But I have built a house of hab- 
itation for thee; and a place for thy 
dwelling for ever. 

3 And the king turned his face, 
and blessed the whole congregation 
of Israel: and all the congregation 
of Israel stood. 

4 And he said, Blessed be the Lord 
God of Israel, who hath with his hands 
fulfilled that which he spake with his 
mouth to my father David, saying, 

5 Since the day that I brought forth 
my people out of the land of Egypt I 

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chose no city among all the tribes of 
Israel to build a house in, that my 
name might be there; neither chose 
I any man to be a ruler over my peo- 
ple Israel: 

6 But I have chosen Jerusalem, 
that my name might be there ; and 
have chosen David to be over my peo- 
ple Israel. 

7 Now it was in the heart of David 
my father to build a house for the 
name of the Lord God of Israel. 

8 But the Lord said to David my 
father, Forasmuch as it was in thine 
heart to build a house for my name, 
thou didst well in that it was in 
thine heart: 

9 Notwithstanding thou shalt not 
build the house ; but thy son which 
shall come forth out of thy loins, he 
shall build the house for my name. 

10 The Lord therefore hath per- 
formed his word that he hath spoken : 
for I am risen up in the room of Da- 
vid my father, and am set on the 
throne of Israel, as the Lord prom- 
ised, and have built the house for the 
name of the Lord God of Israel. 

11 And in it have I put the ark, 
wherein is the covenant of the Lord, 
that he made with the children of 
Israel. 

12 IT And he stood before the altar 
of the Lord in the presence of all the 
congregation of Israel, and spread 
forth his hands : 

13 For Solomon had made a brazen 
scaffold, of live cubits long, and five 
cubits broad, and three cubits high, 
and had set it in the midst of the 
court: and upon it he stood, and 
kneeled down upon his knees before 
all the congregation of Israel, and 
spread forth his hands toward heaven, 

14 And said, O Lord God of Is- 
rael, there is no God like thee in the 
heaven, nor in the earth ; which keep- 
est covenant, and shewest mercy unto 
thy servants, that walk before thee 
with all their hearts : 

15 Thou which hast kept with thy 
servant David my father that which 

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thou hast promised him ; and spakest 
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled it 
with thine hand, as it is this day. 

16 Now therefore, O Lord God of 
Israel, keep with thy servant David 
my father that which thou hast prom- 
ised him, saying, There shall not fail 
thee a man in my sight to sit upon 
the throne of Israel ; yet so that thy 
children take heed to their way to 
walk in my law, as thou hast walked 
before me. 

17 Now then, O Lord God of Israel, 
let thy word be verified, which thou 
hast spoken unto thy servant David. 

18 But will God in very deed 
dwell with men on the earth ? Behold, 
heaven and the heaven of heavens 
cannot contain thee ; how much less 
this house which I have built ! 

19 Have respect therefore to the 
prayer of thy servant, and to his sup- 
plication, O Lord my God, to hearken 
unto the cry and the prayer which 
thy servant prayeth before thee : 

20 That thine eyes may be open 
upon this house day and night, upon 
the place whereof thou hast said that 
thou wouldest put thy name there ; to 
hearken unto the prayer which thy 
servant prayeth toward this place. 

21 Hearken therefore unto the sup- 
plications of thy servant, and of thy 
people Israel, which they shall make 
toward this place : hear thou from 
thy dwellingplace, even from heaven ; 
and when thou hearest, forgive. 

22 If If a man sin against his 
neighbour, and an oath be laid up- 
on him to make him swear, and the 
oath come before thine altar in this 
house ; 

23 Then hear thou from heaven, 
and do, and judge thy servants, by 
requiting the wicked, by recompens- 
ing his way upon his own head ; and 
by justifying the righteous, by giving 
him according to his righteousness. 

24 IT And if thy people Israel be 
put to the worse before the enemy, 
because they have sinned against 
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thy name, and pray and make suppli- 
cation before thee in this house ; 

25 Then hear thou from the heav- 
ens, and forgive the sin of thy people 
Lsrael, and bring them again unto the 
land which thou gavest to them and 
to their fathers. 

26 1T When the heaven is shut up, 
and there is no rain, because they 
have sinned against thee ; yet if they 
pray toward this place, and confess 
thy name, and turn from their sin, 
when thou dost afflict them ; 

27 Then hear thou from heaven, 
and forgive the sin of thy servants, 
and of thy people Israel, when thou 
hast taught them the good way, 
wherein they should walk ; and send 
rain upon thy land, which thou hast 
given unto thy people for an inherit- 
ance. 

28 Tf If there be dearth in the land, 
if there be pestilence, if there be blast- 
ing or mildew, locusts or caterpillars ; 
if their enemies besiege them in the 
cities of their land ; whatsoever sore, 
or whatsoever sickness there be : 

29 Then what prayer or what sup- 
plication soever shall be made of any 
man, or of all thy people Israel, when 
every one shall know his own sore 
and his own grief, and shall spread 
forth his hands in this house : 

30 Then hear thou from heaven 
thy dwellingplace, and forgive, and 
render unto every man according 
unto all his ways, whose heart thou 
knowest ; (for thou only knowest the 
hearts of the children of men ;) 

31 That they may fear thee, to 
walk in thy ways, so long as they 
live in the land which thou gavest 
unto our fathers. 

32 ^T Moreover concerning the 
stranger, which is not of thy people 
Israel, but is come from a far coun- 
try for thy great name's sake, and 
thy mighty hand, and thy stretched 
out arm ; if they come and pray in 
this house ; 

33 Then hear thou from the heav- 
ens, even from thy dwellingplace, 



and do according to all that the 
stranger calleth to thee for ; that all 
people of the earth may know thy 
name, and fear thee, as doth thy 
people Israel, and may know that 
this house which I have built is called 
by thy name. 

34 If thy people go out to war 
against their enemies by the way that 
thou shalt send them, and they pray 
unto thee toward this city which 
thou hast chosen, and the house 
which I have built for thy name ; 

35 Then hear thou from the heav- 
ens their prayer and their supplica- 
tion, and maintain their cause. 

36 If they sin against thee, (for 
there is no man which sinneth not,) 
and thou be angry with them, and 
deliver them over before their ene- 
mies, and they carry them away cap- 
tives unto a land far off or near ; 

37 Yet if they bethink them- 
selves in the land whither they are 
carried captive, and turn and pray un- 
to thee in the land of their captivity, 
saying, We have sinned, we have 
done amiss, and have dealt wickedly ; 

38 If they return to thee with all 
their heart and with all their soul 
in the land of their captivity, whither 
they have carried them captives, and 
pray toward their land, which thou 
gavest unto their fathers, and toivard 
the city which thou hast chosen, and 
toward the house which I have built 
for thy name: 

39 Then hear thou from the heavens, 
even from thy dwellingplace, their 
prayer and their supplications, and 
maintain their cause, and forgive thy 
people which have sinned against thee. 

40 Now, my God, let, I beseech 
thee, thine eyes be open, and let thine 
ears be attent unto the prayer that is 
made in this place. 

41 Now therefore arise, O Lord 
God, into thy resting place, thou, 
and the ark of thy strength: let thy 
priests, O Lord God, be clothed with 
salvation, and let thy saints rejoice 
in goodness. 

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42 Lord God, turn not away the 
face of thine anointed : remember the 
mercies of David thy servant. 

CHAPTEK YII. 

1 God having given testimony to Solomon's prayer by fire 
from heaven, and glory in the temple, the people wor- 
ship him. 4 Solomon's solemn sacrifice. 8 Solomon 
having kept the feast of tabernacles, and the feast of 
the dedication of the altar, dismisseth the people. 12 
God appearing to Solomon giveth him promises upon 
condition. 

NOW when Solomon had made 
an end of praying, the fire 
came down from heaven, and con- 
sumed the burnt offering and the 
sacrifices ; and the glory of the Lord 
filled the house. 

2 And the priests could not enter 
into the house of the Lord, because 
the glory of the Lord had filled the 
Lord's house. 

3 And when all the children of Is- 
rael saw how the fire came down, 
and the glory of the Lord upon the 
house, they bowed themselves with 
their faces to the ground upon the 
pavement, and worshipped, and prais- 
ed the Lord, saying, For he is good ; 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

4 IT Then the king and all the peo- 
ple offered sacrifices before the Lord. 

5 And king Solomon offered a sac- 
rifice of twenty and two thousand 
oxen, and a hundred and twenty 
thousand sheep. So the king and all 
the people dedicated the house of God. 

6 And the priests waited on their 
offices : the Levites also with instru- 
ments of music of the Lord, which 
David the king had made to praise 
the Lord, because his mercy endu- 
reth for ever, when David praised 
by their ministry ; and the priests 
sounded trumpets before them, and 
all Israel stood. 

7 Moreover Solomon hallowed the 
middle of the court that was before 
the house of the Lord : for there he 
offered burnt offerings, and the fat 
of the peace offerings, because the 
brazen altar which Solomon had 
made was not able to receive the 
burnt offerings, and the meat offer- 
ings, and the fat. 

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8 IT Also at the same time Solomon 
kept the feast seven days, and all 
Israel with him, a very great congre- 
gation, from the entering in of Ha- 
math unto the river of Egypt. 

9 And in the eighth day they made 
a solemn assembly: for they kept 
the dedication of the altar seven days, 
and the feast seven days. 

10 And on the three and twentieth 
day of the seventh month he sent the 
people away into their tents, glad 
and merry in heart for the goodness 
that the Lord had shewed unto 
David, and to Solomon, and to Israel 
his people. 

11 Thus Solomon finished the 
house of the Lord, and the king's 
house : and all that came into Solo- 
mon's heart to make in the house of 
the Lord, and in his own house, he 
prosperously effected. 

12 If And the Lord appeared to 
Solomon by night, and said unto 
him, I have heard thy prayer, and 
have chosen this place to myself for 
a house of sacrifice. 

13 If I shut up heaven that there 
be no rain, or if I command the lo- 
custs to devour the land, or if I send 
pestilence among my people ; 

14 If my people, which are called 
by my name, shall humble them- 
selves, and pray, and seek my face, 
and turn from their wicked ways ; 
then will I hear from heaven, and 
will forgive their sin, and will heal 
their land. 

15 Now mine eyes shall be open, 
and mine ears attent unto the prayer 
that is made in this place. 

16 For now have I chosen and sanc- 
tified this house, that my name may 
be there for ever : and mine eyes and 
mine heart shall be there perpetually. 

17 And as for thee, if thou wilt 
walk before me, as David thy father 
walked, and do according to all that 
I have commanded thee, and shalt 
observe my statutes and my judg- 
ments ; 

18 Then will I stablish the throne 



Solomon's buildings. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



His yearly sacrifices. 



of thy kingdom, according as I have 
covenanted with David thy father, 
saying, There shall not fail thee a 
man to be ruler in Israel. 

19 But if ye turn away, and forsake 
my statutes and my commandments, 
which I have set before you, and 
shall go and serve other gods, and 
worship them ; 

20 Then will I pluck them up by 
the roots out of my land which I have 
given them ; and this house, which I 
have sanctified for my name, will I 
cast out of my sight, and will make 
it to be a proverb and a byword among 
all nations. 

21 And this house, which is high, 
shall be an astonishment to every one 
that passeth by it ; so that he shall 
say, Why hath the Lord done thus 
unto this land, and unto this house ? 

22 And it shall be answered, Be- 
cause they forsook the Lord God of 
their fathers, which brought them 
forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid 
hold on other gods, and worshipped 
them, and served them: therefore 
hath he brought all this evil upon 
them. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1 Solomon's buildings. 1 The Gentiles which were left 
Solomon made tributaries ; but the Israelites nders. 
11 Pharaoh's daughter removeth to her house. 12 
Solomon's yearly solemn sacrifices. 14: He appointeth 
the priests and Levites to their places. 17 The navy 
fetcheth gold from Ophir. 

\ ND it came to pass at the end of 
Xjl twenty years, wherein Solomon 
had built the house of the Lord, and 
his own house, 

2 That the cities which Huram had 
restored to Solomon, Solomon built 
tJiem, and caused the children of Is- 
rael to dwell there. 

3 And Solomon went to Hamath- 
zobah, and prevailed against it. 

4 And he built Tadmor in the 
wilderness, and all the store cities, 
which he built in Hamath. 

5 Also he built Beth-horon the 
upper, and Beth-horon the nether, 
fenced cities, with walls, gates, and 
bars; 

6 And Baalath. and all the store 



cities that Solomon had, and all the 
chariot cities, and the cities of the 
horsemen, and all that Solomon 
desired to build in Jerusalem, and 
in Lebanon, and throughout all the 
land of his dominion. 

7 Tf As for all the people that ivere 
left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, 
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, 
and the Jebusites, which ivere not of 
Israel, 

8 But of their children, who were 
left after them in the land, whom the 
children of Israel consumed not, them 
did Solomon make to pay tribute 
until this day. 

9 But of the children of Israel did 
Solomon make no servants for his 
work; but they were men of war, 
and chief of his captains, and cap- 
tains of his chariots and horsemen. 

10 And these were the chief of 
king Solomon's officers, even two 
hundred and fifty, that bare rule 
over the people. 

11 If And Solomon brought up 
the daughter of Pharaoh out of the 
city of David unto the house that he 
had built for her: for he said, My 
wife shall not dwell in the house of 
David king of Israel, because the 
places are holy, whereunto the ark of 
the Lord hath come. 

12 IT Then Solomon offered burnt 
offerings unto the Lord on the altar 
of the Lord, which he had built 
before the porch, 

13 Even after a certain rate every 
day, offering according to the com- 
mandment of Moses, on the sabbaths, 
and on the new moons, and on the 
solemn feasts, three times in the year, 
even in the feast of unleavened bread, 
and in the feast of weeks, and in the 
feast of tabernacles. 

14 IT And he appointed, according 
to the order of David his father, the 
courses of the priests to their service, 
and the Levites to their charges, to 
praise and minister before the priests, 
as the duty of every day required : 
the porters also by their courses at 

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visit to Solomon. 



every gate : for so had David the man 
of God commanded. 

15 And they departed not from the 
commandment of the king unto the 
priests and Levites concerning any 
matter, or concerning the treasures. 

16 Now all the work of Solomon 
was prepared unto the day of the 
foundation of the house of the Lord, 
and until it was finished. So the 
house of the Lord was perfected. 

17 *[T Then went Solomon to Ezion- 
geher, and to Eloth, at the sea side in 
the land of Edom. 

18 And Huram sent him, by the 
hands of his servants, ships, and ser- 
vants that had knowledge of the sea ; 
and they went with the servants of 
Solomon to Ophir, and took thence 
four hundred and fifty talents of gold, 
and brought them to king Solomon. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 The queen of Sheba admireth the wisdom of Solomon. 
13 Solomon's (/old. 15 His targets. 17 The throne 
of ivory. 20 His vessels. 23 His presents. 25 His 
chariots and horse. 26 His tributes. 29 His reign 
and death. 

AND when the queen of Sheba 
. heard of the fame of Solomon, 
she came to prove Solomon with hard 
questions at Jerusalem, with a very 
great company, and camels that bare 
spices, and gold in abundance, and 
precious stones : and when she was 
come to Solomon, she communed 
with him of all that was in her heart. 

2 And Solomon told her all her 
questions : and there was nothing hid 
from Solomon which he told her not. 

3 And when the queen of Sheba 
had seen the wisdom of Solomon, 
and the house that he had built, 

4 And the meat of his table, and 
the sitting of his servants, and the 
attendance of his ministers, and 
their apparel ; his cupbearers also, 
and their apparel ; and his ascent by 
which he went up into the house of 
the Lord ; there was no more spirit 
in her. 

5 And she said to the king, It was 
a true report wh ich I heard in mine own 
land of thine acts, and of thy wisdom : 

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6 Howbeit I believed not their 
words, until I came, and mine eyes 
had seen it: and, behold, the one 
half of the greatness of thy wisdom 
was not told me : for thou exceedest 
the fame that I heard. 

7 Happy are thy men, and happy 
are these thy servants, which stand 
continually before thee, and hear thy 
wisdom. 

8 Blessed be the Lord thy God, 
which delighted in thee to set thee on 
his throne, to be king for the Lord 
thy God: because thy God loved 
Israel, to establish them for ever, 
therefore made he thee king over 
them, to do judgment and justice. 

9 And she gave the king a hun- 
dred and twenty talents of gold, and 
of spices great abundance, and pre- 
cious stones : neither was there any 
such spice as the queen of Sheba 
gave king Solomon. 

10 And the servants also of Huram, 
and the servants of Solomon, which 
brought gold from Ophir, brought 
algum trees and precious stones. 

11 And the king made of the al- 
gum trees terraces to the house of 
the Lord, and to the king's palace, 
and harps and psalteries for singers : 
and there were none such seen before 
in the land of Judah. 

12 And king Solomon gave to the 
queen of Sheba all her desire, what- 
soever she asked, besides that which 
she had brought unto the king. So 
she turned, and went away to her 
own land, she and her servants. 

13^" Now the weight of gold that 
came to Solomon in one year was 
six hundred and threescore and six 
talents of gold ; 

14 Besides that which chapmen and 
merchants brought. And all the 
kings of Arabia and governors of the 
country brought gold and silver to 
Solomon. 

15 If And king Solomon made two 
hundred targets of beaten gold: six 
hundred shekels of beaten gold went 
to one target. 



Solomon's magnificence. II. CHRONICLES. His reign and death. 



16 And three hundred shields made 
he of beaten gold: three hundred 
shekels of gold went to one shield. 
And the king put them in the house 
of the forest of Lebanon. 

17 Moreover the king made a 
great throne of ivory, and overlaid 
it with pure gold. 

18 And there were six steps to the 
throne, with a footstool of gold, which 
were fastened to the throne, and stays 
on each side of the sitting place, and 
two lions standing by the stays : 

19 And twelve lions stood there on 
the one side and on the other upon 
the six steps. There was not the 
like made in any kingdom. 

20 If And all the drinking vessels of 
king Solomon ivere of gold, and all 
the vessels of the house of the forest 
of Lebanon were of pure gold : none 
were of silver ; it was not any thing 
accounted of in the days of Solomon. 

21 For the king's ships went to Tar- 
shish with the servants of Huram: 
every three years once came the ships 
of Tarshish bringing gold, and silver, 
ivory, and apes, and peacocks. 

22 And king Solomon passed all the 
kings of the earth in riches and wisdom. 

23 H And all the kings of the earth 
sought the presence of Solomon, to 
hear his wisdom, that God had put 
in his heart. 

24 And they brought every man 
his present, vessels of silver, and ves- 
sels of gold, and raiment, harness, and 
spices, horses, and mules, a rate year 
by year. 

25 H And Solomon had four thou- 
sand stalls for horses and chariots, and 
twelve thousand horsemen ; whom he 
bestowed in the chariot cities, and 
with the king at Jerusalem. 

26 H And he reigned over all the 
kings from the river even unto the 
land of the Philistines, and to the 
border of Egypt. 

27 And the king made silver in 
Jerusalem as stones, and cedar trees 
made he as the sycamore trees that 
are in the low plains in abundance. 

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28 And they brought unto Solo- 
mon horses out of Egypt, and out of 
all lands. 

29 If Now the rest of the acts of 
Solomon, first and last, are they not 
written in the book of Nathan the 
prophet, and in the prophecy of Ahi- 
jah the Shilonite, and in the visions 
of Iddo the seer against Jeroboam 
the son of Nebat ? 

30 And Solomon reigned in Jerusa- 
lem over all Israel forty years. 

31 And Solomon slept with his fa- 
thers, and he was buried in the city 
of David his father : and Rehoboam 
his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 Tlxe Israelites, assembled at Shechem to crown Reho- 
boam, by Jeroboam make a suit of relaxation xmto him. 
6 Rehoboam, refusing the old men's counsel, by the ad- 
vice of young men answereth them roughly. 1 6 Ten tribes 
revolting kill Hadoram, and make Rehoboam to flee. 

A ND Rehoboam went to Shechem: 
jlX for to Shechem were all Israel 
come to make him king. 

2 And it came to pass, when Jero- 
boam the son of Nebat, who was in 
Egypt, whither he had fled from the 
presence of Solomon the king, heard it, 
that Jeroboam returned out of Egypt. 

3 And they sent and called him. 
So Jeroboam and all Israel came and 
spake to Rehoboam, saying, 

4 Thy father made our yoke griev- 
ous : now therefore ease thou some- 
what the grievous servitude of thy 
father, and his heavy yoke that he 
put upon us, and we will serve thee. 

5 And he said unto them, Come 
again unto me after three days. 
And the people departed. 

6 Tf And king Rehoboam took 
counsel with the old men that had 
stood before Solomon his father while 
he yet lived, saying, What counsel 
give ye me to return answer to this 
people ? 

7 And they spake unto him, saying, 
If thou be kind to this people, and 
please them, and speak good, words 
to them, they will be- thy servants for 
ever. 

8 But he forsook the counsel. which 

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II. CHRONICLES. 



from Rehoboam. 



the old men gave him, and took 
counsel with the young men that 
were Drought up with him, that 
stood hefore him. 

9 And he said unto them, What 
advice give ye that we may return 
answer to this people, which have 
spoken to me, saying, Ease some- 
what the yoke that thy father did put 
upon us ? 

10 And the young men that were 
Drought up with him spake unto him, 
saying, Thus shalt thou answer the 
people that spake unto thee, saying, 
Thy father made our yoke heavy, 
hut make thou it somewhat lighter 
for us ; thus shalt thou say unto them, 
My little finger shall he thicker than 
my father's loins. 

11 For whereas my father put a 
heavy yoke upon you, I will put more 
to your yoke: my father chastised 
you with whips, hut I will chastise 
you with scorpions. 

12 So Jerohoam and all the people 
came to Rehoboam on the third day, 
as the king bade, saying, Come again 
to me on the third day. 

13 And the king answered them 
roughly ; and king Rehoboam for- 
sook the counsel of the old men, 

14 And answered them after the 
advice of the young men, saying, 
My father made your yoke heavy, 
but I will add thereto: my father 
chastised you with whips, but I will 
chastise you with scorpions. 

15 So the king hearkened not unto 
the people: for the cause was of 
God, that the Lord might perform 
his word, which he spake by the 
hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jero- 
boam the son of Nebat. 

16 II And when all Israel saw that 
the king would not hearken unto 
them, the people answered the king, 
saying, What portion have we in 
David ? and we have none inheri- 
tance in the son of Jesse : every man 
to your tents, O Israel: and now, 
David, see to thine own house. So 
all Israel went to their tents. 

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17 But as for the children of Israel 
that dwelt in the cities of Judah, 
Rehoboam reigned over them. 

18 Then king Rehoboam sent Ha- 
doram that was over the tribute ; and 
the children of Israel stoned him with 
stones, that he died. But king Re- 
hoboam made speed to get him up 
to his chariot, to flee to Jerusalem. 

19 And Israel rebelled against the 
house of David unto this day. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 Rehoboam raising an army to subdue Israel, is for- 
bidden by Shemaiah. 5 He strengtheneth Ids king- 
dom with forts and provision. 13 The priests and 
Zevites, and such as feared God, forsaken by Jero- 
boam, strengthen the kingdom of Judah. 18 The wives 
and children of Rehoboam. 

A ND when Rehoboam was come 
J\. to Jerusalem, he gathered of the 
house of Judah and Benjamin a hund- 
red and fourscore thousand chosen 
men, which were warriors, to fight 
against Israel, that he might bring 
the kingdom again to Rehoboam. 

2 But the word of the Lord came 
to Shemaiah the man of God, saying, 

3 Speak unto Rehoboam the son 
of Solomon, king of Judah, and to all 
Israel in Judah and Benjamin, say- 
ing, 

4 Thus saith the Lord, Ye shall 
not go up, nor fight against your 
brethren: return every man to his 
house ; for this thing is done of 
me. And they obeyed the words of 
the Lord, and returned from going 
against Jeroboam. 

5 IT And Rehoboam dwelt in Jeru- 
salem, and built cities for defence in 
Judah. 

6 He built even Beth-lehem, and 
Etam, and Tekoa, 

7 And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and 
Adullam, 

8 And Gath, and Mareshah, and 
Ziph, 

9 And Adoraim, and Lachish, and 
Azekah, 

10 And Zorah, and Ajalon, and 
Hebron, which are in Judah and in 
Benjamin, fenced cities. 

1 1 And he fortified the strong holds, 



Rehoboam! s wives. 



II. CHRONICLES. Shishak invadeth Judah. 



and put captains in them, and store 
of victuals, and of oil and wine. 

12 And in every several city he put 
shields and spears, and made them 
exceeding strong, having Judah and 
Benjamin on his side. 

13 IT And the priests and the Le- 
vites that were in all Israel resorted 
to him out of all their coasts. 

14 For the Levites left their sub- 
urbs, and their possession, and came 
to Judah and Jerusalem: for Jero- 
boam and his sons had cast them 
off from executing the priest's office 
unto the Lord : 

15 And he ordained him priests for 
the high places, and for the devils, 
and for the calves which he had made. 

16 And after them, out of all the 
tribes of Israel, such as set their 
hearts to seek the Lord God of Israel 
came to Jerusalem, to sacrifice unto 
the Lord God of their fathers. 

17 So they strengthened the king- 
dom of Judah, and made Rehoboam 
the son of Solomon strong, three 
years: for three years they walked 
in the way of David and Solomon. 

18 ^T And Rehoboam took him Ma- 
halath the daughter of Jerimoth the 
son of David to wife, and Abihail the 
daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse ; 

19 Which bare him children; Je- 
ush, and Shamariah, and Zaham. 

20 And after her he took Maachah 
the * daughter of Absalom ; which 
bare him Abijah, and Attai, and 
Ziza, and Shelomith. 

21 And Rehoboam loved Maachah 
the daughter of Absalom above all 
his wives and his concubines: (for he 
took eighteen wives, and threescore 
concubines; and begat twenty and 
eight sons, and threescore daughters.) 

22 And Rehoboam made Abijah 
the son of Maachah the chief, to be 
ruler among his brethren: for he 
thought to make him king. 

23 And he dealt wisely, and dis- 
persed of all his children throughout 
all the countries of Judah and Benja- 
min, unto every fenced city : and he 



gave them victuals in abundance. 
And he desired many wives. 



CHAPTER XII. 



1 Rehoboam, forsaking the Lord, is punished by Sir, 
He and the pri 
ing of Shemaiah, are delivered from destruction, but not 



shak. 5 He and the princes, repenting at the preach- 



from spoil. 13 The reign and death of Rehoboam. 

AND it came to pass, when Reho- 
_ boam had established the king- 
dom, and had strengthened himself, 
he forsook the law of the Lord, and 
all Israel with him. 

2 And it came to pass, that in the 
fifth year of king Rehoboam, Shishak 
king of Egypt came up against Jeru- 
salem, because they had transgressed 
against the Lord, 

3 With twelve hundred chariots, 
and threescore thousand horsemen : 
and the people were without number 
that came with him out of Egypt ; 
the Lubim, the Sukkiirn, and the 
Ethiopians. 

4 And he took the fenced cities 
which pertained to Judah, and came 
to Jerusalem. 

5 IT Then came Shemaiah the pro- 
phet to Rehoboam, and to the princes 
of Judah, that were gathered togeth- 
er to Jerusalem because of Shishak, 
and said unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord, Ye have forsaken me, and 
therefore have I also left you in the 
hand of Shishak. 

6 Whereupon the princes of Israel 
and the king humbled themselves; 
and they said, The Lord is righteous. 

7 And when the Lord saw that 
they humbled themselves, the word 
of the Lord came to Shemaiah, say- 
ing, They have humbled themselves ; 
therefore I will not destroy them, but 
I will grant them some deliverance ; 
and my wrath shall not be poured 
out upon Jerusalem by the hand of 
Shishak. 

8 Nevertheless they shall be his 
servants; that they may know my 
service, and the service of the king- 
doms of the countries. 

9 So Shishak king of Egypt came 
up against Jerusalem, and took away 

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II. CHRONICLES. 



Abijah warreth 



the treasures of the house of the 
Lord, and the treasures of the king's 
house ; he took all : he carried away 
also the shields of gold which Solo- 
mon had made. 

10 Instead of which king Reho- 
boam made shields of brass, and com- 
mitted them to the hands of the chief 
of the guard, that kept the entrance 
of the king's house. 

11 And when the king entered in- 
to the house of the Lord, the guard 
came and fetched them, and brought 
them again into the guardchamber. 

12 And when he humbled himself, 
the wrath of the Lord turned from 
him, that he would not destroy him 
altogether : and also in Judah things 
went well. 

13 IT So king Rehoboam strength- 
ened himself in Jerusalem, and reign- 
ed : for Rehoboam was one and forty 
years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned seventeen years in 
Jerusalem, the city which the Lord 
had chosen out of all the tribes of 
Israel, to put his name there. And 
his mother's name was Naamah an 
Ammonitess. 

14 And he did evil, because he pre- 
pared not his heart to seek the Lord. 

15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, 
first and last, are they not written in 
the book of Shemaiah the prophet, 
and of Iddo the seer concerning 
genealogies ? And there were wars 
between Rehoboam and Jeroboam 
continually. 

16 And Rehoboam slept with his 
fathers, and was buried in the city of 
David : and Abijah his son reigned 
in his stead. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Abijah succeeding maketh war against Jeroboam. 4 
He declareth the right of his cause. 13 Trusting in 
God he overcometh Jeroboam. 21 The wives and chil- 
dren of Abijah. 

NOW in the eighteenth year of 
king Jeroboam began Abijah to 
reign over Judah. 

2 He reigned three years in Jeru- 
salem. His mother's name also was 
Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of 
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Gibeah. And there was war between 
Abijah and Jeroboam. 

3 And Abijah set the battle in 
array with an army of valiant men 
of war, even four hundred thousand 
chosen men: Jeroboam also set the 
battle in array against him with 
eight hundred thousand chosen men, 
being mighty men of valour. 

4 IT And Abijah stood up upon 
mount Zemaraim, which is in mount 
Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou 
Jeroboam, and all Israel ; 

5 Ought ye not to know that the 
Lord God of Israel gave the kingdom 
over Israel to David for ever, even to 
him and to his sons by a covenant of 
salt ? 

6 Yet Jeroboam the son of Nebat, 
the servant of Solomon the son of 
David, is risen up, and hath rebelled 
against his lord. 

7 And there are gathered unto him 
vain men, the children of Belial, and 
have strengthened themselves against 
Rehoboam the son of Solomon, when 
Rehoboam was young and tender- 
hearted, and could not withstand 
them. 

8 And now ye think to withstand 
the kingdom of the Lord in the hand 
of the sons of David ; and ye be a 
great multitude, and there are with 
you golden calves, which Jeroboam 
made you for gods. 

9 Have ye not cast out the priests 
of the Lord, the sons of Aaron, and 
the Levites, and have made you 
priests after the manner of the na- 
tions of other lands ? so that whoso- 
ever cometh to consecrate himself 
with a young bullock and seven 
rams, the same may be a priest of 
them that are no gods. 

10 But as for us, the Lord is our 
God, and we have not forsaken him ; 
and the priests, which minister unto 
the Lord, are the sons of Aaron, and 
the Levites wait upon their business : 

11 And they burn unto the Lord 
every morning and every evening 
burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: 



against Jeroboam. 



II. CHRONICLES. Asa destroyeth idolatry. 



the shewbread also set they in order 
upon the pure table; and the candle- 
stick of gold with the lamps thereof, 
to burn every evening: for we keep 
the charge of the Lord our God ; but 
ye have forsaken him. 

12 And, behold, God himself is 
with us for our captain, and his 
priests with sounding trumpets to 
cry alarm against you. O children 
of Israel, fight ye not against the 
Lord God of your fathers ; for ye 
shall not prosper. 

13 IT But Jeroboam caused an am- 
bushmentto come about behind them : 
so they were before Judah, and the 
ambushment was behind them. 

14 And when Judah looked back, 
behold, the battle was before and be- 
hind : and they cried unto the Lord, 
and the priests sounded with the trum- 
pets. 

15 Then the men of Judah gave 
a shout: and as the men of Judah 
shouted, it came to pass, that God 
smote Jeroboam and all Israel before 
Abijah and Judah. 

16 And the children of Israel fled 
before Judah: and God delivered 
them into their hand. 

17 And Abijah and his people slew 
them with a great slaughter : so there 
fell down slain of Israel five hundred 
thousand chosen men. 

18 Thus the children of Israel were 
brought under at that time, and the 
children of Judah prevailed, because 
they relied upon the Lord God of 
their fathers. 

19 And Abijah pursued after Jero- 
boam, and took cities from him, 
Beth-el with the towns thereof, and 
Jeshanah with the towns thereof, 
and Ephrain with the towns thereof. 

20 Neither did Jeroboam recover 
strength again in the days of Abijah : 
and the Lord struck him, and he died. 

21 If But Abijah waxed mighty, 
and married fourteen wives, and be- 
gat twenty and two sons, and sixteen 
daughters. 

22 And the rest of the acts of Abi- 



jah, and his ways, and his sayings, are 
written in the story of the prophet Iddo. 

CHAPTEE XIY. 

1 Asa succeeding destroyeth idolatry. 6 Having peace, he 
strengthened his kingdom with forts and armies. 9 
Calling on God, he overthroweth Zerah, and spoileth 
the Ethiopians. 

SO Abijah slept with his fathers, 
and they buried him in the city 
of David : and Asa his son reigned 
in his stead. In his days the land 
was quiet ten years. 

2 And Asa did that which was good 
and right in the eyes of the Lord his 
God: 

3 For he took away the altars of 
the strange gods, and the high places, 
and brake down the images, and cut 
down the groves : 

4 And commanded Judah to seek 
the Lord God of their fathers, and 
to do the law and the commandment. 

5 Also he took away out of all the 
cities of Judah the high places and 
the images : and the kingdom was 
quiet before him. 

6 IT And he built fenced cities in 
Judah : for the land had rest, and he 
had no war in those years; because 
the Lord had given him rest. 

7 Therefore he said unto Judah, 
Let us build these cities, and make 
about them walls and towers, gates 
and bars, while the land is yet before 
us ; because we have sought the Lord 
our God, we have sought him, and 
he hath given us rest on every side. 
So they built and prospered. 

8 And Asa had an army of men 
that bare targets and spears, out of 
Judah three hundred thousand ; and 
out of Benjamin, that bare shields 
and drew bows, two hundred and 
fourscore thousand: all these were 
mighty men of valour. 

9 IT And there came out against 
them Zerah the Ethiopian with a 
host of a thousand thousand, and 
three hundred chariots ; and came 
unto Mareshah. 

10 Then Asa went out against him, 
and they set the battle in array in the 
valley of Zephathah at Mareshah. 

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Asa's solemn 



II. CHRONICLES. 



covenant with God. 



11 And Asa cried unto the Lord 
his God, and said, Lord, it is noth- 
ing with thee to help, whether with 
many, or with them that have no 
power : help us, O Lord our God ; 
for we rest on thee, and in thy name 
we go against this multitude. O 
Lord, thou art our God ; let not man 
prevail against thee. 

12 So the Lord smote the Ethio- 
pians hefore Asa, and "before Judah ; 
and the Ethiopians fled. 

13 And Asa and the people that 
were with him pursued them unto 
Gerar: and the Ethiopians were 
overthrown, that they could not re- 
cover themselves ; for they were de- 
stroyed hefore the Lord, and hefore 
his host; and they carried away 
very much spoil. 

14 And they smote all the cities 
round ahout Gerar; for the fear of 
the Lord came upon them : and 
they spoiled all the cities ; for there 
was exceeding much spoil in them. 

15 They smote also the tents of 
cattle, and carried away sheep and 
camels in abundance, and returned to 
Jerusalem. 

CHAPTER XV. 

1 Asa with Judah and many of Israel, moved by the 
prophecy of Azariah the son of Oded, make a solemn 
covenant with God. 16 He putteth down Maachah his 
mother for her idolatry. IS He bringeth dedicate 
things into the house of God, and enjoy eth a long peace. 

AND the Spirit of God came upon 
Azariah the son of Oded : 

2 And he went out to meet Asa, 
and said unto him, Hear ye me, Asa, 
and all Judah and Benjamin; The 
Lord is with you, while ye be with 
him ; and if ye seek him, he will be 
found of you ; but if ye forsake him, 
he will forsake you. 

3 Now for a long season Israel 
hath been without the true God, and 
without a teaching priest, and with- 
out law. 

4 But when they in their trouble 
did turn unto the Lord God of Is- 
rael, and sought him, he was found 
of them. 

5 And in those times there was no 

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peace to him that went out, nor to 
him that came in, but great vexa- 
tions were upon all the inhabitants 
of the countries. 

6 And nation was destroyed of na- 
tion, and city of city: for God did 
vex them with all adversity. 

7 Be ye strong therefore, and let 
not your hands be weak: for your 
work shall be rewarded. 

8 And when Asa heard these 
words, and the prophecy of Oded 
the prophet, he took courage, and 
put away the abominable idols out 
of all the land of Judah and Benja- 
min, and out of the cities which he 
had taken from mount Ephraim, and 
renewed the altar of the Lord, that 
was before the porch of the Lord. 

9 And he gathered all Judah and 
Benjamin, and the strangers with 
them out of Ephraim and Manasseh, 
and out of Simeon : for they fell to 
him out of Israel in abundance, when 
they saw that the Lord his God was 
with him. 

10 So they gathered themselves 
together at Jerusalem in the third 
month, in the fifteenth year of the 
reign of Asa. 

11 And they offered unto the Lord 
the same time, of the spoil which 
they had brought, seven hundred 
oxen and seven thousand sheep. 

12 And they entered into a cov- 
enant to seek the Lord God of their 
fathers with all their heart and with 
all their soul ; 

13 That whosoever would not seek 
the Lord God of Israel should be 
put to death, whether small or great, 
whether man or woman. 

14 And they sware unto the Lord 
with a loud voice, and with shouting, 
and with trumpets, and with cornets. 

15 And all Judah rejoiced at the 
oath: for they had sworn with all 
their heart, and sought him with 
their whole desire ; and he was 
found of them : and the Lord gave 
them rest round about. 

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anani. 



the mother of Asa the king, he re- 
moved her from being queen, because 
she had made an idol in a grove : and 
Asa cut down her idol, and stamped 
it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron. 

17 But the high places were not ta- 
ken away out of Israel : nevertheless 
the heart of Asawas perfect all his days. 

18 % And he brought into the house 
of God the things that his father had 
dedicated, and that he himself had ded- 
icated, silver, and gold, and vessels. 

19 And there was no more war 
unto the five and thirtieth year of the 
reign of Asa. 

CHAPTER XYL 

1 Asa, by the aid of the Syrians, diverteth Baasha from 
building of Ramah. 7 Being reproved thereof by Han- 
ani, he putteth him in prison. 1 1 Among his other 
acts in his disease he seeketh not to God, but to the 
physicians. 13 His death and burial. 

IN the six and thirtieth year of the 
reign of Asa, Baasha king of Is- 
rael came up against Judah, and 
built Ramah, to the intent that he 
might let none go out or come in to 
Asa king of Judah. 

2 Then Asa brought out silver and 
gold out of the treasures of the house 
of the Lord and of the king's house, 
and sent to Ben-hadad king of Syria, 
that dwelt at Damascus, saying, 

3 There is a league between me 
and thee, as there was between my 
father and thy father : behold, I have 
sent thee silver and gold ; go, break 
thy league with Baasha king of Is- 
rael, that he may depart from me. 

4 And Ben-hadad hearkened unto 
king Asa, and sent the captains of 
his armies against the cities of Is- 
rael ; and they smote Ijon, and Dan, 
and Abel-maim, and all the store 
cities of Naphtali. 

5 And it came to pass, when Baa- 
sha heard it, that he left off building 
of Ramah, and let his work cease. 

6 Then Asa the king took all Ju- 
dah ; and they carried away the 
stones of Ramah, and the timber 
thereof, wherewith Baasha was build- 
ing; and he built therewith Geba 
and Mizpah. 



7 TT And at that time Hanani the 
seer came to Asa king of Judah, and 
said unto him, Because thou hast 
relied on the king of Syria, and not 
relied on the Lord thy God, there- 
fore is the host of the king of Syria 
escaped out of thine hand. 

8 Were not the Ethiopians and 
the Lubim a huge host, with very 
many chariots and horsemen ? yet, 
because thou didst rely on the Lord, 
he delivered them into thine hand. 

9 For the eyes of the Lord run to 
and fro throughout the whole earth, 
to shew himself strong in the behalf 
of them whose heart is perfect toward 
him. Herein thou hast done foolish- 
ly : therefore from henceforth thou 
shalt have wars. 

10 Then Asa was wroth with the 
seer, and put him in a prison house ; for 
he was in a rage with him because of 
this thing. And Asa oppressed some 
of the people the same time. 

11 1[ And, behold, the acts of Asa, 
first and last, lo, they are written in 
the book of the kings of Judah and 
Israel. 

12 And Asa in the thirty and ninth 
year of his reign was diseased in his 
feet, until his disease ivas exceeding 
great: yet in his disease he sought 
not to the Lord, but to the physicians. 

13 IT And Asa slept with his fa- 
thers, and died in the one and forti- 
eth year of his reign. 

14 And they buried him in his own 
sepulchres, which he had made for 
himself in the city of David, and 
laid him in the bed which was filled 
with sweet odours and divers kinds 
of spices prepared by the apotheca- 
ries' art : and they made a very great 
burning for him. 

CHAPTER XYII. 

1 Jehoshaphat, succeeding Asa, reigneth well, and pros- 
pereth. 1 He sendeth Levites with the princes to teach 
Judah. 10 His enemies being terrified by God, some 
of them bring him presents and tribute. 1 2 His great- 
ness, captains, and armies. 

ND Jehoshaphat his son reigned 
in his stead, and strengthened 
himself against Israel. 
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His greatness. 



2 And he placed forces in all the 
fenced cities of Judah, and set gar- 
risons in the land of Judah, and in 
the cities of Ephraim, which Asa his 
father had taken. 

3 And the Lord was with Jehosha- 
phat, because he walked in the first 
ways of his father David, and sought 
not unto Baalim ; 

4 But sought to the Lord God 
of his father, and walked in his com- 
mandments, and not after the doings 
of Israel. 

5 Therefore the Lord stablished 
the kingdom in his hand ; and all 
Judah brought to Jehoshaphat pres- 
ents ; and he had riches and honour 
in abundance. 

6 And his heart was lifted up in 
the ways of the Lord : moreover he 
took away the high places and groves 
out of Judah. 

7 If Also in the third year of his 
reign he sent to his princes, even to 
Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to 
Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to 
Michaiah, to teach in the cities of 
Judah. 

8 And with them he sent Levites, 
even Shemaiah, and Nethaniah, and 
Zebadiah, and Asahel, and Shemira- 
moth, and Jehonathan, and Adoni- 
jah, and Tobijah, and Tob-adonijah, 
Levites ; and with them Elishama 
and Jehoram, priests. 

9 And they taught in Judah, and 
had the book of the law of the Lord 
with them, and went about through- 
out all the cities of Judah, and 
taught the people. 

10 If And the fear of the Lord fell 
upon all the kingdoms of the lands 
that were round about Judah, so that 
they made no war against Jehosha- 
phat. 

11 Also some of the Philistines 
brought Jehoshaphat presents, and 
tribute silver; and the Arabians 
brought him flocks, seven thousand 
and seven hundred rams, and seven 
thousand and seven hundred he goats. 

12 IT And Jehoshaphat waxed great 

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exceedingly ; and he built in Judah 
castles, and cities of store. 

13 And he had much business in 
the cities of Judah : and the men of 
war, mighty men of valour, were in 
Jerusalem. 

14 And these are the numbers of 
them according to the house of their 
fathers : Of Judah, the captains of 
thousands; Adnah the chief, and 
with him mighty men of valour three 
hundred thousand. 

15 And next to him was Jehoha- 
nan the captain, and with him two 
hundred and fourscore thousand. 

16 And next him was Amasiah the 
son of Zichri, who willingly offered 
himself unto the Lord; and with 
him two hundred thousand mighty 
men of valour. 

17 And of Benjamin; Eliada a 
mighty man of valour, and with him 
armed men with bow and shield two 
hundred thousand. 

18 And next him was Jehozabad, 
and with him a hundred and fourscore 
thousand ready prepared for the 
war. 

19 These waited on the king, be- 
sides those whom the king put in the 
fenced cities throughout all Judah. 

CHAPTER XYIII. 

1 Jehoshaphat, joined in affinity with Ahab, is persuaded 
to go with him against Ramoth-gilead. 4 Ahab, se- 
duced by false prophets, according to the word of Mi- 
caiah, is slain there. 

NOW Jehoshaphat had riches and 
honour in abundance, and join- 
ed affinity with Ahab. 

2 And after certain years he went 
down to Ahab to Samaria. And 
Ahab killed sheep and oxen for him 
in abundance, and for the people 
that he had with him, and persuaded 
him to go up with him to Ramoth- 
gilead. 

3 And Ahab king of Israel said 
unto Jehoshaphat king of Judah, 
Wilt thou go with me to Ramoth- 
gilead ? And he answered him, I am 
as thou art, and my people as thy 
people ; and we will be with thee in 
the war. 



Ahab seduced 



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by false prophets. 



4 IT And Jehoshaphat said unto 
the king of Israel, Inquire, I pray 
thee, at the word of the Lord to day. 

5 Therefore the king of Israel gath- 
ered together of prophets four hun- 
dred men, and said unto them, Shall 
we go to Ramoth-gilead to hattle, or 
shall I forbear? And they said, Go 
up ; for God will deliver it into the 
king's hand. 

6 But Jehoshaphat said, Is there 
not here a prophet of the Lord be- 
sides, that we might inquire of him ? 

7 And the king of Israel said unto 
Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, 
by whom we may inquire of the 
Lord : but I hate him ; for he never 
prophesied good unto me, but al- 
ways evil : the same is Mieaiah the 
son of Imla. And Jehoshaphat said, 
Let not the king say so. 

8 And the king of Israel called for 
one of his officers, and said, Fetch 
quickly Mieaiah the son of Imla. 

9 And the king of Israel and Je- 
hoshaphat king of Judah sat either 
of them on his throne, clothed in 
their robes, and they sat in a void 
place at the entering in of the gate 
of Samaria; and all the prophets 
prophesied before them. 

10 And Zedekiah the son of Che- 
naanah had made him horns of iron, 
and said, Thus saith the Lord, With 
these thou shalt push Syria until 
they be consumed. 

11 And all the prophets prophesied 
so, saying, Go up to Ramoth-gilead, 
and prosper : for the Lord shall de- 
li ver it into the hand of the king. 

12 And the messenger that went 
to call Mieaiah spake to him, say- 
ing, Behold, the words of the proph- 
ets declare good to the king with one 
assent ; let thy word therefore, I pray 
thee, be like one of theirs, and speak 
thou good. 

13 And Mieaiah said, As the Lord 
liveth, even what my God saith, that 
will I speak. 

14 And when he was come to the 
king, the king said unto him, Mi- 



eaiah, shall we go to Ramoth-gilead 
to battle, or shall I forbear ? And he 
said, Go ye up, and prosper, and 
they shall be delivered into your hand. 

15 And the king said to him, How 
many times shall I adjure thee that 
thou say nothing but the truth to me 
in the name of the Lord ? 

16 Then he said, I did see all Is- 
rael scattered upon the mountains, 
as sheep that have no shepherd : and 
the Lord said, These have no master ; 
let them return therefore every man 
to his house in peace. 

17 And the king of Israel said to 
Jehoshaphat, Did I not tell thee that 
he would not prophesy good unto 
me, but evil ? 

18 Again he said, Therefore hear 
the word of the Lord; I saw the 
Lord sitting upon his throne, and 
all the host of heaven standing on 
his right hand and on his left. 

19 And the Lord said, Who shall 
entice Ahab king of Israel, that he 
may go up and fall at Ramoth-gil- 
ead? And one spake saying after 
this manner, and another saying af- 
ter that manner. 

20 Then there came out a spirit, 
and stood before the Lord, and said, 
I will entice him. And the Lord 
said unto him, Wherewith ? 

21 And he said, I will go out, and 
be a lying spirit in the mouth of all 
his prophets. And the Lord said, 
Thou shalt entice him, and thou shalt 
also prevail : go out, and do even so. 

22 Now therefore, behold, the Lord 
hath put a lying spirit in the mouth 
of these thy prophets, and the Lord 
hath spoken evil against thee. 

23 Then Zedekiah the son of Che- 
naanah came near, and smote Mi- 
eaiah upon the cheek, and said, Which 
way went the Spirit of the Lord from 
me to speak unto thee ? 

24 And Mieaiah said, Behold, thou 
shalt see on that day when thou 
shalt go into an inner chamber to 
hide thyself. 

25 Then the king of Israel said, 

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Take ye Micaiah, and carry him back 
to Amon the governor of the city, and 
to Joash the king's son ; 

26 And say, Thus saith the king, 
Put this fellow in the prison, and 
feed him with bread of affliction and 
with water of affliction, until I return 
in peace. 

27 And Micaiah said, If thou cer- 
tainly return in peace, then hath not 
the Lord spoken by me. And he 
said, Hearken, all ye people. 

28 So the king of Israel and Je- 
hoshaphat the king of Judah went 
up to Ramoth-gilead. 

29 And the king of Israel said unto 
Jehoshaphat, I will disguise myself, 
and will go to the battle ; but put 
thou on thy robes. So the king of 
Israel disguised himself; and they 
went to the battle. 

30 Now the king of Syria had 
commanded the captains of the char- 
iots that were with him, saying, 
Fight ye not with small or great, 
save only with the king of Israel. 

31 And it came to pass, when the 
captains of the chariots saw Jehosh- 
aphat, that they said, It is the king 
of Israel. Therefore they compassed 
about him to fight : but Jehoshaphat 
cried out, and the Lord helped him ; 
and God moved them to depart from 
him. 

32 For it came to pass, that, when 
the captains of the chariots perceived 
that it was not the king of Israel, 
they turned back again from pursu- 
ing him. 

33 And a certain man drew a bow 
at a venture, and smote the king of 
Israel between the joints of the har- 
ness: therefore he said to his chariot 
man, Turn thine hand, that thou 
mayest carry me out of the host; 
for I am wounded. 

34 And the battle increased that 
day : howbeit the king of Israel 
stayed himself up in his chariot 
against the Syrians until the even : 
and about the time of the sun going 
down he died. 

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CHAPTER XIX. 

1 Jehoshaphat, reproved by Jehu, visiteth his kingdom.. 
5 His instructions to the judges, 8 to the priests and 
Levites. 

AND Jehoshaphat the king of Ju- 
dah returned to his house in 
peace to Jerusalem. 

2 And Jehu the sen of Hanani the 
seer went out to meet him, and said 
to king Jehoshaphat, Shouldest thou 
help the ungodly, and love them tha/fc 
hate the Lord? therefore is wrath 
upon thee from before the Lord. 

3 Nevertheless, there are good 
things found in thee, in that thou 
hast taken away the groves out of 
the land, and hast prepared thine 
heart to seek God. 

4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jeru- 
salem: and he went out again 
through the people from Beer-sheba 
to mount Ephraim, and brought 
them back unto the Lord God of 
their fathers. 

5 IT And he set judges in the land 
throughout all the fenced cities of 
Judah, city by city, 

6 And said to the judges, Take 
heed what ye do: for ye judge not 
for man, but for the Lord, who is 
with you in the judgment. 

7 Wherefore now let the fear of 
the Lord be upon you ; take heed 
and do it: for there is no iniquity 
with the Lord our God, nor respect 
of persons, nor taking of gifts. 

8 IT Moreover in Jerusalem did 
Jehoshaphat set of the Levites, and 
of the priests, and of the chief of the 
fathers of Israel, for the judgment of 
the Lord, and for controversies, when 
they returned to Jerusalem. 

9 And he charged them, saying, 
Thus shall ye do in the fear of the 
Lord, faithfully, and with a perfect 
heart. 

10 And what cause soever shall 
come to you of your brethren that 
dwell in their cities, between blood 
and blood, between law and com- 
mandment, statutes and judgments, 
ye shall even warn them that they 
trespass not against the Lord, and 



He proclaimeth a fast. II. CHRONICLES. Jehoshaphat' s prayer. 



so wrath come upon you, and upon 
your brethren : this do, and ye shall 
not trespass. 

11 And, behold, Amariah the chief 
priest is over you in all matters of the 
Lord ; and Zebadiah the son of Ish- 
mael, the ruler of the house of Judah, 
for all the king's matters: also the 
Levites shall be officers before you. 
Deal courageously, and the Lord 
shall be with the good. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 Jehoshaphat in his fear proclaimeth a fast. 5 His 
prayer. 14 The prophecy of Jahaziel. 20 Jehosha- 
phat exhorteth the people, and setteth singers to praise 
the Lord. 22 The great overthrow of the etiemies. 26 
The people, having blessed God at Berachah, return in 
triumph. 31 Jehoshaphat' s reign. 35 His convoy of 
ships, which he made with Ahaziah, according to the 
prophecy of Eliezer, unhappily perished. 

IT came to pass after this also, 
that the children of Moab, and 
the children of Ammon, and with 
them other besides the Ammonites, 
came against Jehoshaphat to battle. 

2 Then there came some that told 
Jehoshaphat, saying, There cometh 
a great multitude against thee from 
beyond the sea on this side Syria; 
and, behold, they be in Hazazon-ta- 
mar, which is En-gedi. 

3 And Jehoshaphat feared, and set 
himself to seek the Lord, and pro- 
claimed a fast throughout all Judah. 

4 And Judah gathered themselves 
together, to ask help of the Lord: 
even out of all the cities of Judah 
they came to seek the Lord. 

5 H And Jehoshaphat stood in the 
congregation of Judah and Jerusa- 
lem, in the house of the Lord, before 
the new court, 

6 And said, O Lord God of our 
fathers, art not thou God in heaven ? 
and rulest not thou over all the king- 
doms of the heathen ? and in thine 
hand is there not power and might, so 
that none is able to withstand thee ? 

7 Art not thou our God, who didst 
drive out the inhabitants of this land 
before thy people Israel, and gavest 
it to the seed of Abraham thy friend 
for ever ? 

8 And they dwelt therein, and have 



built thee a sanctuary therein for 
thy name, saying, 

9 If, when evil cometh upon us, as 
the sword, judgment, 01 pestilence, 
or famine, we stand before this house, 
and in thy presence, (for thy name is in 
this house,) and cry unto thee in our 
affliction, then thou wilt hear and help. 

10 And now, behold, the children 
of Ammon and Moab and mount 
Seir, whom thou wouldest not let 
Israel invade, when they came out 
of the land of Egypt, but they turned 
from them, and destroyed them not ; 

11 Behold, I say, how they reward 
us, to come to cast us out of thy pos- 
session, which thou hast given us to 
inherit. 

12 our God, wilt thou not judge 
them ? for we have no might against 
this great company that cometh 
against us ; neither know we what 
to do : but our eyes are upon thee. 

13 And all Judah stood before the 
Lord, with their little ones, their 
wives, and their children. 

14 % Then upon Jahaziel the son 
of Zechariah, the son of Benaiah, the 
son of Jeiel, the son of Mattaniah, a 
Levite of the sons of Asaph, came 
the Spirit of the Lord in the midst of 
the congregation; 

15 And he said, Hearken ye, all 
Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem, and thou king Jehoshaphat, 
Thus saith the Lord unto you, Be 
not afraid nor dismayed by reason of 
this great multitude; for the battle 
is not yours, but God's. 

16 To morrow go ye down against 
them : behold, they come up by the 
cliff of Ziz ; and ye shall find them 
at the end of the brook, before the 
wilderness of Jeruel. 

17 Ye shall not need to fight in 
this battle: set yourselves, stand ye 
still, and see the salvation of the 
Lord with you, O Judah and Jeru- 
salem : fear not, nor be dismayed ; to 
morrow go out against them : for the 
Lord will be with you. 

18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his 

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Jehoshaphat s reign. 



head with his face to the ground: 
and all Judah and the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem fell before the Lord, 
worshipping the Lord. 

19 And the Levites, of the children 
of the Kohathites, and of the chil- 
dren of the Korhites, stood up to 
praise the Lord God of Israel with a 
loud voice on high. 

20 IT And they rose early in the 
morning, and went forth into the 
wilderness of Tekoa: and as they 
went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and 
said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye in- 
habitants of Jerusalem; Believe in 
the Lord your God, so shall ye be 
established ; believe his prophets, so 
shall ye prosper. 

21 And when he had consulted 
with the people, he appointed singers 
unto the Lord, and that should praise 
the beauty of holiness, as they went 
out before the army, and to say, 
Praise the Lord; for his mercy en- 
dureth for ever. 

22 H And when they began to sing 
and to praise, the Lord set ambush- 
ments against the children of Am- 
mon, Moab, and mount Seir, which 
were come against Judah ; and they 
were smitten. 

23 For the children of Ammon and 
Moab stood up against the inhabi- 
tants of mount Seir, utterly to slay 
and destroy them : and when they 
had made an end of the inhabitants 
of Seir, every one helped to destroy 
another. 

24 And when Judah came toward 
the watchtower in the wilderness, 
they looked unto the multitude, and, 
behold, they were dead bodies fallen 
to the earth, and none escaped. 

25 And when Jehoshaphat and his 
people came to take away the spoil 
of them, they found among them in 
abundance both riches with the dead 
bodies, and precious jewels, which 
they stripped off for themselves, 
more than they could carry away: 
and they were three days in gather- 
ing of the spoil, it was so much. 

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26 IT And on the fourth day they 
assembled themselves in the valley 
of Berachah ; t for there they blessed 
the Lord : therefore the name of the 
same place was called, The valley of 
Berachah, unto this day. 

27 Then they returned, every man 
of Judah and Jerusalem, and Jehosh- 
aphat in the forefront of them, to go 
again to Jerusalem with joy; for the 
Lord had made them to rejoice over 
their enemies. 

28 And they came to Jerusalem 
with psalteries and harps and trum- 
pets unto the house of the Lord. 

29 And the fear of God was on 
all the kingdoms of those countries, 
when they had heard that the Lord 
fought against the enemies of Israel. 

30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat 
was quiet: for his God gave him 
rest round about. 

31 IT And Jehoshaphat reigned over 
Judah : he was thirty and five years 
old when he began to reign, and he 
reigned twenty and five years in Je- 
rusalem. And his mother's name 
was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi. 

32 And he walked in the way of 
Asa his father, and departed not from 
it, doing that which was right in the 
sight of the Lord. 

33 Howbeit the high places were 
not taken away : for as yet the peo- 
ple had not prepared their hearts 
unto the God of their fathers. 

34 Now the rest of the acts of Je- 
hoshaphat, first and last, behold, they 
are written in the book of Jehu the 
son of Hanani, who is mentioned in 
the book of the kings of Israel. 

35 H" And after this did Jehosha- 
phat king of Judah join himself with 
Ahaziah king of Israel, who did very 
wickedly : 

36 And he joined himself with him 
to make ships to go to Tarshish : and 
they made the ships in Ezion-gaber. 

37 Then Eliezer the son of Doda- 
vah of Mareshah prophesied against 
Jehoshaphat, saying, Because thou 
hast joined thyself with Ahaziah, 



Jehoram! s reign. 



II. CHRONICLES. 



His loathsome death. 



the Lord hath broken thy works. 
And the ships were broken, that they 
were not able to go to Tarshish. 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 Jehoram, succeeding Jehoshaphat, slayeth his brethren. 
5 His wicked reign. 8 Edom and Libnah revolt. 12 
The prophecy of Elijah against him in writing. 16 
Philistines and Arabians oppress him. 18 His in- 
curably disease, infamous death, and burial. 

NOW Jehoshaphat slept with his 
fathers, and was buried with his 
fathers in the city of David. And 
Jehoram his son reigned in his stead. 

2 And he had brethren the sons of 
Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, 
and Zechariah, and Azariah, and 
Michael, and Shephatiah : all these 
were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of 
Israel. 

3 And their father gave them great 
gifts of silver, and of gold, and of 
precious things, with fenced cities in 
Judah : but the kingdom gave he to 
Jehoram; because he was the first- 
born. 

4 Now when Jehoram was risen 
up to the kingdom of his father, he 
strengthened himself, and slew all 
his brethren with the sword, and di- 
vers also of the princes of Israel. 

5 IT Jehoram was thirty and two 
years old when he began to reign, and 
he reigned eight years in Jerusalem. 

6 And he walked in the way of the 
kings of Israel, like as did the house 
of Ahab : for he had the daughter of 
Ahab to wife : and he wrought that 
which was evil in the eyes of the Lord. 

7 Howbeit the Lord would not 
destroy the house of David, because 
of the covenant that he had made 
with David, and as he promised to 
give a light to him and to his sons 
for ever. 

8 H" In his days the Edomites re- 
volted from under the dominion of 
Judah, and made themselves a king. 

9 Then Jehoram went forth with 
his princes, and all his chariots with 
him: and he rose up by night, and 
smote the Edomites which compassed 
him in, and the captains of the char- 
iots. 



10 So the Edomites revolted from 
under the hand of Judah unto this 
day. The same time also did Lib- 
nah revolt from under his hand ; be- 
cause he had forsaken the Lord God 
of his fathers. 

11 Moreover he made high places 
in the mountains of Judah, and 
caused the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
to commit fornication, and compelled 
Judah thereto. 

12 IT And there came a writing to 
him from Elijah the prophet, saying, 
ThuS saith the Lord God of David 
thy father, Because thou hast not 
walked in the ways of Jehoshaphat 
thy father, nor in the ways of Asa 
king of Judah, 

13 But hast walked in the way of 
the kings of Israel, and hast made 
Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem to go a whoring, like to the 
whoredoms of the house of Ahab, and 
also hast slain thy brethren of thy 
father's house, which were better than 
thyself: 

14 Behold, with a great plague will 
the Lord smite thy people, and thy 
children, and thy wives, and all thy 
goods : 

15 And thou shalt have great sick- 
ness by disease of thy bowels, until 
thy bowels fall out by reason of the 
sickness day by day. 

16 If Moreover the Lord stirred 
up against Jehoram the spirit of the 
Philistines, and of the Arabians, that 
were near the Ethiopians : 

17 And they came up into Judah, 
and brake into it, and carried away 
all the substance that was found in 
the king's house, and his sons also, 
and his wives ; so that there was 
never a son left him, save Jehoahaz, 
the youngest of his sons. 

18 IT And after all this the Lord 
smote him in his bowels with an in- 
curable disease. 

19 And it came to pass, that in 
process of time, after the end of two 
years, his bowels fell out by reason 
of his sickness: so he died of sore 

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diseases. And his people made no 
burning for him, like the burning of 
his fathers. 

20 Thirty and two years old was 
he when he began to reign, and he 
reigned in Jerusalem eight years, 
and departed without being desired. 
Howbeit they buried him in the city 
of David, but not in the sepulchres of 
the kings. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

1 Ahaziah succeeding reigneth wickedly. 5 In his con- 
federacy with Joram the son of Ahab, he is slain by 
Jehu. 10 Athaliah, destroying all the seed royal, save 
Joash, whom Jehoshabeath his aunt hid, usurpeth the 
kingdom. 

AND the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
. made Ahaziah his youngest son 
king in his stead: for the band of 
men that came with the Arabians to 
the camp had slain all the eldest. So 
Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of 
Judah reigned. 

2 Forty and two years old was 
Ahaziah when he began to reign, 
and he reigned one year in Jerusa- 
lem. His mother's name also was 
Athaliah the daughter of Omri. 

3 He also walked in the ways of 
the house of Ahab: for his mother 
was his counsellor to do wickedly. 

4 Wherefore he did evil in the 
sight of the Lord like the house of 
Ahab : for they were his counsellors, 
after the death of his father, to his 
destruction. 

5 1[ He walked also after their 
counsel, and went with Jehoram the 
son of Ahab king of Israel to war 
against Hazael king of Syria at Ra- 
moth-gilead: and the Syrians smote 
Joram. 

6 And he returned to be healed in 
Jezreel because of the wounds which 
were given him at Ramah, when he 
fought with Hazael king of Syria. 
And Azariah the son of Jehoram 
king of Judah went down to see Je- 
horam the son of Ahab at Jezreel, 
because he was sick. 

7 And the destruction of Ahaziah 
was of God by coming to Joram: 
for when he was come, he went out 

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with Jehoram against Jehu the son of 
Nimshi, whom the Lord had anoint- 
ed to cut off the house of Ahab. 

8 And it came to pass, that, when 
Jehu was executing judgment upon 
the house of Ahab, and found the 
princes of Judah, and the sons of the 
brethren of Ahaziah, that minjgtered 
to Ahaziah, he slew them* 

9 And he sought Ahaziab: and 
they caught him, (for he was hid in 
Samaria,) and brought him to Jehu : 
and when they had slain him, they 
buried him : Because, said they, he is 
the son of Jehoshaphat, who sought 
the Lord with all his heart. So the 
house of Ahaziah had no power to 
keep still the kingdom. 

10 IT But when Athaliah the moth- 
er of Ahaziah saw that her son was 
dead, she arose and destroyed all the 
seed royal of the house of Judah. 

11 But Jehoshabeath, the daugh- 
ter of the king, took Joash the son of 
Ahaziah, and stole him from among 
the king's sons that were slain, and 
put him and his nurse in a bedcham- 
ber. So Jehoshabeath, the daughter 
of king Jehoram, the wife of Jehoiada 
the priest, (for she was the sister of 
Ahaziah,) hid him from Athaliah, so 
that she slew him not. 

12 And he was with them hid in 
the house of God six years : and Ath- 
aliah reigned over the land. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 Jehoiada, having set things in order \ maketh Joash 
king. 12 Athaliah is slain. 16 Jehoiada restoreth 
the worship of God. 

AND in the seventh year Jehoiada 
strengthened himself, and took 
the captains of hundreds, Azariah the 
son of Jeroham, and Ishmael the son 
of Jehohanan, and Azariah the son 
of Obed, and Maaseiah the son of 
Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of 
Zichri, into covenant with him. 

2 And they went about in Judah, 
and gathered the Levites out of all 
the cities of Judah, and the chief of 
the fathers of Israel, and they came 
to Jerusalem. 



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Athaliah is slain. 



3 And all the congregation made a 
covenant with the king in the house 
of God. And he said unto them, Be- 
hold, the king's son shall reign, as the 
Lord hath said of the sons of David. 

4 This is the thing that ye shall 
do ; A third part of you entering on 
the sabbath, of the priests and of the 
Levites, shall be porters of the doors ; 

5 And a third part shall be at the 
king's house ; and a third part at the 
gate of the foundation : and all the 
people shall be in the courts of the 
house of the Lord. 

6 But let none come into the house 
of the Lord, save the priests, and 
they that minister of the Levites ; 
they shall go in, for they are holy: 
hut all the people shall keep the 
watch of the Lord. 

7 And the Levites shall compass the 
king round about, every man with 
his weapons in his hand ; and whoso- 
ever else cometh into the house, he 
shall be put to death : but be ye with 
the king when he cometh in, and 
when he goeth out. 

8 So the Levites and all Judah did 
according to all things that Jehoi- 
ada the priest had commanded, and 
took every man his men that were to 
come in on the sabbath, with them 
that were to go out on the sabbath : 
for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not 
the courses. 

9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest de- 
livered to the captains of hundreds 
spears, and bucklers, and shields, 
that had been king David's, which 
ivere in the house of God. 

10 And he set all the people, every 
man having his weapon in his hand, 
from the right side of the temple 
to the left side of the temple, along 
by the altar and the temple, by the 
king round about. 

11 Then they brought out the king's 
son, and put upon him the crown, and 
gave him the testimony, and made 
him king. And Jehoiada and his 
sons anointed him, and said, God 
save the king. 



12 IT Now when Athaliah heard 
the noise of the people running and 
praising the king, she came to the 
people into the house of the Lord : 

13 And she looked, and, behold, 
the king stood at his pillar at the 
entering in, and the princes and the 
trumpets by the king: and all the 
people of the land rejoiced, and 
sounded with trumpets, also the 
singers with instruments of music, 
and such as taught to sing praise. 
Then Athaliah rent her clothes, and 
said, Treason, treason. 

14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought 
out the captains of hundreds that 
were set over the host, and said 
unto them, Have her forth of the 
ranges : and whoso followeth her, 
let him be slain with the sword. 
For the priest said, Slay her not in 
the house of the Lord. 

15 So they laid hands on her ; and 
when she was come to the entering 
of the horse gate by the king's house, 
they slew her there. 

1 6 IT And Jehoiada made a covenant 
between him, and between all the 
people, and between the king, that 
they should be the Lord's people. 

17 Then all the people went to the 
house of Baal, and brake it down, 
and brake his altars and his images 
in pieces, and slew Mattan the priest 
of Baal before the altars. 

18 Also Jehoiada appointed the 
offices of the house of the Lord by 
the hand of the priests the Levites, 
whom David had distributed in the 
house of the Lord, to offer the burnt 
offerings of the Lord, as it is written 
in the law of Moses, with rejoicing 
and with singing, as it was ordained 
by David. 

19 And he set the porters at the 
gates of the house of the Lord, that 
none which was unclean in any thing 
should enter in. 

20 And he took the captains of 
hundreds, and the nobles, and the 
governors of the people, and all the 
people of the land, and brought down 

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the king from the house of the Lord: 
and they came through the high gate 
into the king's house, and set the king 
upon the throne of the kingdom. 

21 And all the people of the land 
rejoiced : and the city was quiet, 
after that they had slain Athaliah 
with the sword. 

CHAPTER XXIY. 

1 Joash reigneth well all the days of Jehoiada. 4 He 
giveth order for the repair of the temple. 15 Jehoi- 
ado's death and honourable burial. 17 Joash, falling 
to idolatry, slayeth Zechariah the son of Jehoiada. 23 
Joash is spoiled by the Syrians, and slain by Zabad 
and Jehozabad. 27 Amaziah succeedeth him. 

JOASH was seven years old when 
he hegan to reign, and he reigned 
forty years in Jerusalem. His mother's 
name also was Zihiah of Beer-sheha. 

2 And Joash did that which was 
right in the sight of the Lord all 
the days of Jehoiada the priest. 

3 And Jehoiada took for him two 
wives ; and he begat sons and daugh- 
ters. 

4 IT And it came to pass after this, 
that Joash was minded to repair the 
house of the Lord. 

5 And he gathered together the 
priests and the Levites, and said to 
them, Go out unto the cities of Ju- 
dah, and gather of all Israel money 
to repair the house of your God from 
year to year, and see that ye hasten 
the matter. Howbeit the Levites 
hastened it not. 

6 And the king called for Jehoiada 
the chief, and said unto him, Why 
hast thou not required of the Levites 
to bring in out of Judah and out of 
Jerusalem the collection, according 
to the commandment of Moses the ser- 
vant of the Lord, and of the congre- 
gation of Israel, for the tabernacle 
of witness ? 

7 For the sons of Athaliah, that 
wicked woman, had broken up the 
house of God; and also all the ded- 
icated things of the house of the 
Lord did they bestow upon Baalim. 

8 And at the king's commandment 
they made a chest, and set it without 
at the gate of the house of the Lord. 

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9 And they made a proclamation 
through Judah and Jerusalem, to 
bring in to the Lord the collection 
that Moses the servant of God laid 
upon Israel in the wilderness. 

10 And all the princes and all the 
people rejoiced, and brought in, and 
cast into the chest, until they had 
made an end. 

1 1 Now it came to pass, that at what 
time the chest was brought unto the 
king's office by the hand of the Le- 
vites, and when they saw that there 
was much money, the king's scribe 
and the high priest's officer came and 
emptied the chest, and took it, and 
carried it to his place again. Thus 
they did day by day, and gathered 
money in abundance. 

12 And the king and Jehoiada gave 
it to such as did the work of the ser- 
vice of the house of the Lord, and 
hired masons and carpenters to repair 
the house of the Lord, and also such 
as wrought iron and brass to mend 
the house of the Lord. 

13 So the workmen wrought, and 
the work was perfected by them, and 
they set the house of God in his state, 
and strengthened it. 

14 And when they had finished it, 
they brought the rest of the money 
before the king and Jehoiada, where- 
of were made vessels for the house of 
the Lord, even vessels to minister, 
and to offer withal, and spoons, and 
vessels of gold and silver. And they 
offered burnt offerings in the house 
of the Lord continually all the days 
of Jehoiada. 

15 If But Jehoiada waxed old, and 
was full of days when he died ; a 
hundred and thirty years old ivas he 
when he died. 

16 And they buried him in the city 
of David among the kings, because 
he had done good in Israel, both to- 
ward God, and toward his house. 

17 Now after the death of Jehoiada 
came the princes of Judah, and made 
obeisance to the king. Then the 
king hearkened unto them. 



Joasli is slain. 



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AmaziaKs 



reign. 



18 And they left the house of the 
Lord God of their fathers, and served 
groves and idols: and wrath came 
upon Judah and Jerusalem for this 
their trespass. 

19 Yet he sent prophets to them, 
to bring them again unto the Lord ; 
and they testified against them : but 
they would not give ear. 

20 And the Spirit of God came 
upon Zechariah the son of Jehoiada 
the priest, which stood above the 
people, and said unto them, Thus 
saith God, Why transgress ye the 
commandments of the Lord, that 
ye cannot prosper? because ye have 
forsaken the Lord, he hath also for- 
saken you. 

21 And they conspired against him, 
and stoned him with stones at the 
commandment of the king in the 
court of the house of the Lord. 

22 Thus Joash the king remember- 
ed not the kindness which Jehoiada 
his father had done to him, but slew 
his son. And when he died, he said, 
The Lord look upon it, and require it. 

23 % And it came to pass at the 
end of the year, that the host of 
Syria came up against him : and they 
came to Judah and Jerusalem, and 
destroyed all the princes of the peo- 
ple from among the people, and sent 
all the spoil of them unto the king 
of Damascus. 

24 For the army of the Syrians 
came with a small company of men, 
and the Lord delivered a very great 
host into their hand, because they 
had forsaken the Lord God of their 
fathers. So they executed judgment 
against Joash. 

25 And when they were departed 
from him, (for they left him in great 
diseases,) his own servants conspired 
against him for the blood of the sons 
of Jehoiada the priest, and slew him 
on his bed, and he died: and they 
buried him in the city of David, but 
they buried him not in the sepulchres 
of the kings. 

26 And these are they that con- 

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spired against him ; Zabad the son 
of Shimeath an Ammonitess, and 
Jehozabad the son of Shimrith a 
Moabitess. 

27 Tf Now concerning his sons, and 
the greatness of the burdens laid 
upon him, and the repairing of the 
house of God, behold, they are writ- 
ten in the story of the book of the 
kings. And Amaziah his son reign- 
ed in his stead. 

CHAPTEE XXY. 

I Amaziah beginneth to reign well. 3 He executeth 
justice on the traitors. 5 Having hired an army of 
Israelites against the Edomites, at the word of a proph- 
et he loseth the hundred talents, and dismisseth them. 
11 He overthroweth the Edomites. 10, 13 The Israel- 
ites, discontented with their dismission, spoil as they 
return home. 14 Amaziah, proud of his victory, serveth 
the gods of Edom, and despiseth the admonitions of the 
prophet. 11 He provoketh Joash to his overthrow. 25 
His reign. 27 He is slain by conspiracy. 

A MAZIAH was twenty and five 

II years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned twenty and nine years 
in Jerusalem. And his mother's name 
was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem. 

2 And he did that which was right 
in the sight of the Lord, but not 
with a perfect heart. 

3 Tf Now it came to pass, when the 
kingdom was established to him, that 
he slew his servants that had killed 
the king his father. 

4 But he slew not their children, but 
did as it is written in the law in the 
book of Moses, where the Lord com- 
manded, saying, The fathers shall not 
die for the children, neither shall 
the children die for the fathers, but 
every man shall die for his own sin. 

5 % Moreover Amaziah gathered 
Judah together, and made them cap- 
tains over thousands, and captains 
over hundreds, according to the 
houses of their fathers, throughout 
all Judah and Benjamin: and he 
numbered them from twenty years 
old and above, and found them three 
hundred thousand choice men, able 
to go forth to war, that could handle 
spear and shield. 

6 He hired also a hundred thou- 
sand mighty men of valour out of 

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the gods of Edom. 



Israel for a hundred talents of sil- 
ver. 

7 But there came a man of God to 
him, saying, O king, let not the army 
of Israel go with thee ; for the Lord 
is not with Israel, to wit, with all the 
children of Ephraim. 

8 But if thou wilt go, do it, be 
strong for the battle : God shall make 
thee fall before the enemy: for God 
hath power to help, and to cast down. 

9 And Amaziah said to the man of 
God, But what shall we do for the 
hundred talents which I have given 
to the army of Israel ? And the man 
of God answered, The Lord is able 
to give thee much more than this. 

10 Then Amaziah separated them, 
to wit, the army that was come to 
him out of Ephraim, to go home 
again : wherefore their anger was 
greatly kindled against Judah, and 
they returned home in great anger. 

11 IT And Amaziah strengthened 
himself, and led forth his people, 
and went to the valley of salt, and 
smote of the children of Seir ten 
thousand. 

12 And other ten thousand left alive 
did the children of Judah carry away 
captive, and brought them unto the 
top of the rock, and cast them down 
from the top of the rock, that they 
all were broken in pieces. 

13 IT But the soldiers of the army 
which Amaziah sent back, that they 
should not go with him to battle, 
fell upon the cities of Judah, from 
Samaria even unto Beth-horon, and 
smote three thousand of them, and 
took much spoil. 

14 IT Now it came to pass, after that 
Amaziah was come from the slaugh- 
ter of the Edomites, that he brought 
the gods of the children of Seir, and 
set them up to be his gods, and 
bowed down himself before them, 
and burned incense unto them. 

15 Wherefore the anger of the 
Lord was kindled against Amaziah, 
and he sent unto him a prophet, 
which said unto him, Why hast thou 

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sought after the gods of the people, 
which could not deliver their own 
people out of thine hand ? 

16 And it came to pass, as he talk- 
ed with him, that the king said unto 
him, Art thou made of the king's 
counsel ? forbear ; why should est 
thou be smitten? Then the prophet 
forbare, and said, I know that God 
hath determined to destroy thee, be- 
cause thou hast done this, and hast 
not hearkened unto my counsel. 

17 ^T Then Amaziah king of Ju- 
dah took advice, and sent to Joash, 
the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, 
king of Israel, saying, Come, let us 
see one another in the face. 

18 And Joash king of Israel sent 
to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, 
The thistle that was in Lebanon sent 
to the cedar that was in Lebanon, 
saying, Give thy daughter to my son 
to wife : and there passed by a wild 
beast that was in Lebanon, and trode 
down the thistle. 

19 Thou say est, Lo, thou hast smit- 
ten the Edomites ; and thine heart 
lifteth thee up to boast : abide now 
at home ; why shouldest thou meddle 
to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, 
even thou, and Judah with thee ? 

20 But Amaziah would not hear; 
for it came of God, that he might 
deliver them into the hand of their 
enemies, because they sought after 
the gods of Edom. 

21 So Joash the king of Israel went 
up ; and they saw one another in 
the face, both he and Amaziah king 
of Judah, at Beth-shemesh, which 
belongeth to Judah. 

22 And Judah was put to the worse 
before Israel, and they fled every 
man to his tent. 

2 3 And Joash the king of Israel took 
Amaziah king of Judah, the son of 
Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, at Beth- 
shemesh, and brought him to Jeru- 
salem, and brake down the wall of 
Jerusalem from the gate of Ephraim to 
the corner gate, four hundred cubits. 

24 And he took all the gold and the 



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his reign well. 



silver, and all the vessels that were 
found in the house of God with 
Obed-edom, and the treasures of the 
king's house, the hostages also, and 
-eturned to Samaria. 

25 H And Amaziah the son of Joash 
King of Judah lived after the death of 
Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel 
fifteen years. 

26 Now the rest of the acts of Ama- 
ziah, first and last, behold, are they 
not written in the book of the kings 
of Judah and Israel ? 

27 IT Now after the time that Ama- 
ziah did turn away from following 
the Lord they made a conspiracy 
against him in Jerusalem ; and he 
fled to Lachish : but they sent to La- 
chish after him, and slew him there. 

28 And they brought him upon 
horses, and buried him with his 
fathers in the city of Judah. 

CHAPTER XXVI. 

1 Uzziah succeeding, and reigning well in the days of 
Zechariah, prospereth. 16 Waxing proud, he invadeth 
the priest's office, and is smitten with leprosy. 22 He 
dieth, and Jotham succeedelh him. 

THEN all the people of Judah 
took Uzziah, who was sixteen 
years old, and made him king in the 
room of his father Amaziah. 

2 He built Eloth, and restored it 
to Judah, after that the king slept 
with his fathers. 

3 Sixteen years old was Uzziah 
when he began to reign, and he 
reigned fifty and two years in Jeru- 
salem. His mother's name also was 
Jecoliah of Jerusalem. 

4 And he did that which was right 
in the sight of the Lord, according 
to all that his father Amaziah did. 

5 And he sought God in the days 
of Zechariah, who had understanding 
in the visions of God : and as long 
as he sought the Lord, God made 
him to prosper. 

6 And he went forth and warred 
against the Philistines, and brake 
down the wall of Gath, and the wall 
of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, 
and built cities about Ashdod, and 
among the Philistines. 



7 And God helped him against 
the Philistines, and against the Ara- 
bians that dwelt in Gur-baal, and 
the Mehunim. 

8 And the Ammonites gave gifts to 
Uzziah : and his name spread abroad 
even to the entering in of Egypt ; for 
he strengthened himself exceedingly. 

9 Moreover Uzziah built towers in 
Jerusalem at the corner gate, and at 
the valley gate, and at the turning of 
the wall, and fortified them. 

10 Also he built towers in the des- 
ert, and digged many wells : for he 
had much cattle, both in the low 
country, and in the plains ; husband- 
men also, and vinedressers in the 
mountains, and in Carmel: for he 
loved husbandry. 

11 Moreover Uzziah had a host of 
fighting men, that went out to war 
by bands, according to the number 
of their account by the hand of Jeiel 
the scribe and Maaseiah the ruler, 
under the hand of Hananiah, one of 
the king's captains. 

12 The whole number of the chief 
of the fathers of the mighty men of 
valour were two thousand and six 
hundred. 

13 And under their hand was an 
army, three hundred thousand and 
seven thousand and five hundred, 
that made war with mighty power, 
to help the king against the enemy. 

14 And Uzziah prepared for them 
throughout all the host shields, and 
spears, and helmets, and habergeons, 
and bows, and slings to cast stones. 

15 And he made in Jerusalem en- 
gines, invented by cunning men, to 
be on the towers and upon the bul- 
warks, to shoot arrows and great 
stones withal. And his name spread 
far abroad ; for he was marvellously 
helped, till he was strong. 

16 IT But when he was strong, his 
heart was lifted up to his destruc- 
tion: for he transgressed against the 
Lord his God, and went into the 
temple of the Lord to burn incense 
upon the altar of incense. 

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He prospereth. 



17 And Azariah the priest went in 
after him, and with him fourscore 
priests of the Lord, that were valiant 
men : 

18 And they withstood Uzziah the 
king, and said unto him, It apper- 
tained not unto thee, Uzziah, to hum 
incense unto the Lord, hut to the 
priests the sons of Aaron, that are 
consecrated to burn incense : go out 
of the sanctuary ; for thou hast tres- 
passed; neither shall it be for thine 
honour from the Lord God. 

19 Then Uzziah was wroth, and 
had a censer in his hand to burn in- 
cense : and while he was wroth with 
the priests, the leprosy even rose up 
in his forehead before the priests in 
the house of the Lord, from beside 
the incense altar. 

20 And Azariah the chief priest, 
and all the priests, looked upon him, 
and, behold, he was leprous in his 
forehead, and they thrust him out 
from thence ; yea, himself hasted also 
to go out, because the Lord had 
smitten him. 

21 And Uzziah the king was a 
leper unto the day of his death, and 
dwelt in a several house, being a lep- 
er ; for he was cut off from the house 
of the Lord: and Jotham his son 
was over the king's house, judging 
the people of the land. 

22 H Now the rest of the acts of 
Uzziah, first and last, did Isaiah the 
prophet, the son of Amoz, write. 

23 So Uzziah slept with his fathers, 
and they buried him with his fathers 
in the field of the burial which be- 
longed to the kings ; for they said, He 
is a leper : and Jotham his son reign- 
ed in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

1 Jotham reigning well prospereth. 5 He subdueth the 
Ammonites. 7 His reign, 9 Ahaz succeedeth him: 

JOTHAM was twenty and five 
years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned sixteen years in Jeru- 
salem. His mother's name also was 
Jerushah, the daughter of Zadok. 
2 And he did that which was right 
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in the sight of the Lord, according 
to all that his father Uzziah did : 
howbeit he entered not into the tem- 
ple of the Lord. And the people did 
yet corruptly. 

3 He built the high gate of the 
house of the Lord, and on the wall 
of Ophel he built much. 

4 Moreover he built cities in the 
mountains of Judah, and in the for- 
ests he built castles and towers. 

5 1f He fought also with the 
king of the Ammonites, and prevailed 
against them. And the children of 
Ammon gave him the same year a 
hundred talents of silver, and ten 
thousand measures of wheat, and ten 
thousand of barley. So much did 
the children of Ammon pay unto him, 
both the second year, and the third. 

6 So Jotham became mighty, be- 
cause he prepared his ways before 
the Lord his God. 

7 IT Now the rest of the acts of Jo- 
tham, and all his wars, and his ways, 
lo, they are written in the book of 
the kings of Israel and Judah. 

8 He was ^.Ye and twenty years old 
when he began to reign, and reigned 
sixteen years in Jerusalem. 

9 If And Jotham slept with his 
fathers, and they buried him in the 
city of David: and Ahaz his son 
reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

1 Ahaz reigning very wickedly is greatly afflicted by the 
Syrians. 6 Judah being captivated by the Israelites is 
sent home by the counsel of Oded the prophet. 16 
Ahaz sending for aid to Assyria is not helped thereby. 
22 In his distress he groweth more idolatrous. 26 He 
dying, Hezekiah succeedeth him. 

\ HAZ was twenty years old when 
-jljL he began to reign, and he reigned 
sixteen years in Jerusalem: but he did 
not that which was right in the sight 
of the Lord, like David his father : 

2 For he walked in the ways of 
the kings of Israel, and made also 
molten images for Baalim. 

3 Moreover he burnt incense in 
the valley of the son of Hinnom, and 
burnt his children in the fire, after 
the abominations of the heathen 



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whom the Lord had cast out before 
the children of Israel. 

4 He sacrificed also and burnt in- 
cense in the high places, and on the 
hills, and under every green tree. 

5 Wherefore the Lord his God 
delivered him into the hand of the 
king of Syria ; and they smote him, 
and carried away a great multitude 
of them captives, and brought them 
to Damascus. And he was also de- 
livered into the hand of the king of 
Israel, who smote him with a great 
slaughter. 

6 % For Pekah the son of Remaliah 
slew in Judah a hundred and twenty 
thousand in one day, which were all 
valiant men; because they had for- 
saken the Lord God of their fathers. 

7 And Zichri, a mighty man of 
Ephraim, slew Maaseiah the king's 
son, and Azrikam the governor of 
the house, and Elkanah that was 
next to the king. 

8 And the children of Israel car- 
ried away captive of their brethren 
two hundred thousand, women, sons, 
and daughters, and took also away 
much spoil from them, and brought 
the spoil to Samaria. 

9 But a prophet of the Lord was 
there, whose name was Oded: and 
he went out before the host that came 
to Samaria, and said unto them, Be- 
hold, because the Lord God of your 
fathers was wroth with Judah, he 
hath delivered them into your hand, 
and ye have slain them in a rage 
fAaf.reacheth up unto heaven. 

10 And now ye purpose to keep 
under the children of Judah and 
Jerusalem for bondmen and bond- 
women unto you : but are there not 
with you, even with you, sins against 
the Lord your God ? 

11 Now hear me therefore, and 
deliver the captives again, which ye 
have taken captive of your brethren : 
for the fierce wrath of the Lord is 
upon you. 

12 Then certain of the heads of 
the children of Ephraim, Azariah 



the son of Johanan, Berechiah the 
son of Meshillemoth, and Jehizkiab 
the son of Shallum, and Amasa the 
son of Hadlai, stood up against them 
that came from the war, 

13 And said unto them, Ye shall 
not bring in the captives hither : for 
whereas we have offended against 
the Lord already, ye intend to add 
more to our sins and to our trespass : 
for our trespass is great, and there is 
fierce wrath against Israel. 

14 So the armed men left the cap- 
tives and the spoil before the princes 
and all the congregation. 

15 And the men which were ex- 
pressed by name rose up, and took 
the captives, and with the spoil 
clothed all that were naked among 
them, and arrayed them, and shod 
them, and gave them to eat and 
to drink, and anointed them, and 
carried all the feeble of them upon 
asses, and brought them to Jericho, 
the city of palm trees, to their breth- 
ren : then they returned to Samaria. 

16 IT At that time did king Ahaz 
send unto the kings of Assyria to help 
him. 

1 7 For again the Edomites had come 
and smitten Judah, and carried away 
captives. 

18 The Philistines also had in- 
vaded the cities of the low country, 
and of the south of Judah, and had 
taken Beth-shemesh, and Ajalon, and 
Gederoth, and Shocho with the 
villages thereof, and Timnah with 
the villages thereof, Gimzo also and 
the villages thereof: and they dwelt 
there. 

19 For the Lord brought Judah 
low because of Ahaz king of Israel ; 
for he made Judah naked, and trans- 
gressed sore against the Lord. 

20 And Tilgath-pilneser king of 
Assyria came unto him, and distress- 
ed him, but strengthened him not. 

21 For Ahaz took away a portion 
out of the house of the Lord, and 
out of the house of the king, and 
of the princes, and gave it unto 

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the king of Assyria : but he helped 
him not. 

22 IT And in the time of his distress 
did he trespass yet more against the 
Lord : this is that king Ahaz. 

23 For he sacrificed unto the gods 
of Damascus, which smote him : and 
he said, Because the gods of the 
kings of Syria help them, therefore 
will I sacrifice to them, that they 
may help me. But they were the 
ruin of him, and of all Israel. 

24 And Ahaz gathered together the 
vessels of the house of God, and cut 
in pieces the vessels of the house of 
God, and shut up the doors of the 
house of the Lord, and he made him 
altars in every corner of Jerusalem. 

25 And in every several city of 
Judah he made high places to burn 
incense unto other gods, and pro- 
voked to anger the Lord God of his 
fathers. 

26 % Now the rest of his acts and 
of all his ways, first and last, behold, 
they are written in the book of the 
kings of Judah and Israel. 

27 And Ahaz slept with his fathers, 
and they buried him in the city, even 
in Jerusalem : but they brought him 
not into the sepulchres of the kings 
of Israel : and Hezekiah his son 
reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

1 Hezckiah's good reign. 3 He restoreth religion. 5 He 
exhorteth the Levites. 12 They sanctify themselves, 
and cleanse the house of God. 20 Hezekiah offereth 
solemn sacrifices, wherein the Levites were more for- 
ward than the priests. 

HEZEKIAH began to reign when 
he was five and twenty years 
old, and he reigned nine and twenty 
years in Jerusalem. And his moth- 
er's name was Abijah, the daughter 
of Zechariah. 

2 And he did that which was right 
in the sight of the Lord, according to 
all that David his father had done. 

3 If He in the first year of his reign, 
in the first month, opened the doors 
of the house of the Lord, and re- 
paired them. 

4 And he brought in the priests 

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and the Levites, and gathered them 
together into the east street, 

5 And said unto them, Hear me, 
ye Levites; sanctify now yourselves, 
and sanctify the house of the Lord 
God of your fathers, and carry forth 
the filthiness out of the holy place. 

6 For our fathers have trespassed, 
and done that which was evil in the 
eyes of the Lord our God, and have 
forsaken him, and have turned away 
their faces from the habitation of the 
Lord, and turned their backs. 

7 Also they have shut up the doors 
of the porch, and put out the lamps, 
and have not burned incense nor 
offered burnt offerings in the holy 
place unto the God of Israel. 

8 Wherefore the wrath of the Lord 
was upon Judah and Jerusalem, and 
he hath delivered them to trouble, to 
astonishment, and to hissing, as ye 
see with your eyes. 

9 For, lo, our fathers have fallen 
by the sword, and our sons and our 
daughters and our wives are in cap- 
tivity for this. 

10 Now it is in mine heart to make 
a covenant with the Lord God of 
Israel, that his fierce wrath may 
turn away from us. 

11 My sons, be not now negligent : 
for the Lord hath chosen you to 
stand before him, to serve him, and 
that ye should minister unto him, 
and burn incense. 

■12 IT Then the Levites arose, Ma- 
hath the son of Amasai, and Joel 
the son of Azariah, of the sons of 
the Kohathites : and of the sons of 
Merari ; Kish the son of Abdi, and 
Azariah the son of Jehalelel : and 
of the Gershonites ; Joah the son of 
Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah : 

13 And of the sons of Elizaphan ; 
Shimri, and Jeiel : and of the sons of 
Asaph ; Zechariah, and Mattaniah : 

14 And of the sons of Heman ; Je- 
hiel, and Shimei : and of the sons of 
Jeduthun ; Shemaiah, and Uzziel. 

15 And they gathered their breth- 
ren, and sanctified themselves, and 



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solemn sacrifices. 



came, according to the commandment 
of the king, by the words of the Lord, 
to cleanse the house of the Lord. 

16 And the priests went into the 
inner part of the house of the Lord, 
to cleanse it, and brought out all the 
uncleanness that they found in the 
temple of the Lord into the court of 
the house of the Lord. And the Le- 
vites took it, to carry it out abroad 
into the brook Kidron. 

17 Now they began on the first day 
of the first month to sanctify, and on 
the eighth day of the month came 
they to the porch of the Lord: so 
they sanctified the house of the Lord 
in eight days ; and in the sixteenth day 
of the first month they made an end. 

18 Then they went in to Hezekiah 
the king, and said, We have cleansed 
all the house of the Lord, and the 
altar of burnt offering, with all the 
vessels thereof, and the shewbread 
table, with all the vessels thereof. 

19 Moreover all the vessels, which 
king Ahaz in his reign did cast away 
in his transgression, have we prepar- 
ed and sanctified, and, behold, they 
are before the altar of the Lord. 

20 1[ Then Hezekiah the king rose 
early, and gathered the rulers of the 
city, and went up to the house of the 
Lord. 

21 And they brought seven bul- 
locks, and seven rams, and seven 
lambs, and seven he goats, for a sin 
offering for the kingdom, and for the 
sanctuary, and for Judah. And he 
commanded the priests the sons of 
Aaron to offer them on the altar of 
the Lord. 

22 So they killed the bullocks, and 
the priests received the blood, and 
sprinkled it on the altar: likewise, 
when they had killed the rams, they 
sprinkled the blood upon the altar: 
they killed also the lambs, and they 
sprinkled the blood upon the altar. 

23 And they brought forth the he 
goats for the sin offering before the 
king and the congregation ; and they 
laid their hands upon them : 



24 And the priests killed them, and 
they made reconciliation with their 
blood upon the altar, to make an 
atonement for all Israel : for the king 
commanded that the burnt offering 
and the sin offering should be made 
for all Israel. 

25 And he set the Levites in the 
house of the Lord with cymbals, 
with psalteries, and with harps, ac- 
cording to the commandment of Da- 
vid, and of Gad the king's seer, and 
Nathan the prophet : for so was the 
commandment of the Lord by his 
prophets. 

26 And the Levites stood with the 
instruments of David, and the priests 
with the trumpets. 

27 And Hezekiah commanded to 
offer the burnt offering upon the al- 
tar. And when the burnt offering 
began, the song of the Lord began 
also with the trumpets, and with the 
instruments ordained by David king 
of Israel. 

28 And all the congregation wor- 
shipped, and the singers sang, and 
the trumpeters sounded : and all this 
continued until the burnt offering was 
finished. 

29 And when they had made an 
end of offering, the king and all that 
were present with him bowed them- 
selves, and worshipped. 

30 Moreover Hezekiah the king 
and the princes commanded the Le- 
vites to sing praise unto the Lord 
with the words of David, and of 
Asaph the seer. And they sang 
praises with gladness, and they bow- 
ed their heads and worshipped. 

31 Then Hezekiah answered and 
said, Now ye have consecrated your- 
selves unto the Lord, come near and 
bring sacrifices and thank offerings 
into the house of the Lord. And 
the congregation brought in sacrifices 
and thank offerings ; and as many as 
were of a free heart, burnt offerings. 

32 And the number of the burnt 
offerings, which the congregation 
brought, was threescore and ten bul- 

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locks, a hundred rams, and two hun- 
dred lambs : all these were for a burnt 
offering to the Lord. 

33 And the consecrated things were 
six hundred oxen and three thousand 
sheep. 

34 But the priests were too few, so 
that they could not flay all the burnt 
offerings: wherefore their brethren 
the Levites did help them, till the 
work was ended, and until the other 
priests had sanctified themselves : 
for the Levites were more upright 
in heart to sanctify themselves than 
the priests. 

35 And also the burnt offerings 
were in abundance, with the fat of 
the peace offerings, and the drink 
offerings for every burnt offering. So 
the service of the house of the Lord 
was set in order. 

36 And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all 
the people, that God had prepared 
the people: for the thing was done 
suddenly. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

1 Hezekiah proclaimeth a solemn passover on the second 
month for Judah and Israel. 13 The assembly, having 
destroyed the altars of idolatry, keep the feast fourteen 
days. 27 The priests and Levites bless the people, 

AND Hezekiah sent to all Israel 
and Judah, and wrote letters 
also to Ephraim and Manasseh, that 
they should come to the house of the 
Lord at Jerusalem, to keep the pass- 
over unto the Lord God of Israel. 

2 For the king had taken counsel, 
and his princes, and all the congrega- 
tion in Jerusalem, to keep the passo- 
ver in the second month. 

3 For they could not keep it at that 
time, because the priests had not sanc- 
tified themselves sufficiently, neither 
had the people gathered themselves 
together to Jerusalem. 

4 And the thing pleased the king 
and all the congregation. 

5 So they established a decree to 
make proclamation throughout all Is- 
rael, from Beer-sheba even to Dan, 
that they should come to keep the 
passover unto the Lord God of Israel 
at Jerusalem : for they had not done 

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it of a long time in such sort as it 
was written. 

6 So the posts went with the let- 
ters from the king and his princes 
throughout all Israel and Judah, and 
according to the commandment of 
the king, saying, Ye children of Is- 
rael, turn again unto the Lord God 
of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, and 
he will return to the remnant of 
you, that are escaped out of the hand 
of the kings of Assyria. 

7 And be not ye like your fathers, 
and like your brethren, which tres- 
passed against the Lord God of their 
fathers, who therefore gave them up 
to desolation, as ye see. 

8 Now be ye not stiffnecked, as 
your fathers were, but yield your- 
selves unto the Lord, and enter into 
his sanctuary, which he hath sanc- 
tified for ever: and serve the Lord 
your God, that the fierceness of his 
wrath may turn away from you. 

9 For if ye turn again unto the 
Lord, your brethren and your chil- 
dren shall find compassion before 
them that lead them captive, so that 
they shall come again into this land : 
for the Lord your God is gracious 
and merciful, and will not turn away 
his face from you, if ye return unto 
him. 

10 So the posts passed from city to 
city, through the country of Ephraim 
and Manasseh, even unto Zebulun : 
but they laughed them to scorn, and 
mocked them. 

11 Nevertheless, divers of Asher 
and Manasseh and of Zebulun hum- 
bled themselves, and came to Jeru- 
salem. 

12 Also in Judah the hand of God 
was to give them one heart to do the 
commandment of the king and of the 
princes, by the word of the Lord. 

13 IT And there assembled at Jeru- 
salem much people to keep the feast 
of unleavened bread in the second 
month, a very great congregation. 

14 And they arose and took away 
the altars that were in Jerusalem, 



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kept with gladness. 



and all the altars for incense took 
they away, and cast them into the 
brook Kidron. 

15 Then they killed the passover 
on the fourteenth day of the second 
month: and the priests and the Le- 
vites were ashamed, and sanctified 
themselves, and brought in the burnt 
offerings into the house of the Lord. 

16 And they stood in their place 
after their manner, according to the 
law of Moses the man of God: the 
priests sprinkled the blood, which 
they received of the hand of the Le- 
vites. 

17 For there were many in the con- 
gregation that were not sanctified: 
therefore the Levites had the charge 
of the killing of the passovers for 
every one that was not clean, to sanc- 
tify them unto the Lord. 

18 For a multitude of the people, 
even many of Ephraim and Manas- 
seh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not 
cleansed themselves, yet did they eat 
the passover otherwise than it was 
written. But Hezekiah prayed for 
them, saying, The good Lord pardon 
every one 

19 That prepare th his heart to 
seek God, the Lord God of his 
fathers, though he be not cleansed 
according to the purification of the 
sanctuary. 

20 And the Lord hearkened to 
Hezekiah, and healed the people. 

21 And the children of Israel that 
were present at Jerusalem kept the 
feast of unleavened bread seven days 
with great gladness : and the Levites 
and the priests praised the Lord day 
by day, singing with loud instru- 
ments unto the Lord. 

22 And Hezekiah spake comfort- 
ably unto all the Levites that taught 
the good knowledge of the Lord : and 
they did eat throughout the feast seven 
days, offering peace offerings, and ma- 
king coDfession to the Lord God of 
their fathers. 

23 And the whole assembly took 
counsel to keep other seven days: 



and they kept other seven days with 
gladness. 

24 For Hezekiah king of Judah 
did give to the congregation a thou- 
sand bullocks and seven thousand 
sheep ; and the princes gave to the 
congregation a thousand bullocks and 
ten thousand sheep : and a great 
number of priests sanctified them- 
selves. 

25 And all the congregation of Ju- 
dah, with the priests and the Levites, 
and all the congregation that came 
out of Israel, and the strangers that 
came out of the land of Israel, and 
that dwelt in Judah, rejoiced. 

26 So there was great joy in Jeru- 
salem : for since the time of Solomon 
the son of David king of Israel there 
was not the like in Jerusalem. 

27 If Then the priests the Levites 
arose and blessed the people : and 
their voice was heard, and their 
prayer came up to his holy dwelling- 
place, even unto heaven. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

1 The people is forward in destroying idolatry. 2 Hez- 
ekiah ordereth the courses of the priests and Levites, and 
providethfor their work and maintenance. 5 The peo- 
ple 1 s forwardness in offerings and tithes. 11 Hezekiah 
appointeth officers to dispose of the tithes. 20 The 
sincerity of Hezekiah. 

NOW when all this was finished, 
all Israel that were present 
went out to the cities of Judah, and 
brake the images in pieces, and cut 
down the groves, and threw down 
the high places and the altars out of 
all Judah and Benjamin, in Ephraim 
also and Manasseh, until they had 
utterly destroyed them all. Then all 
the children of Israel returned, every 
man to his possession, into their own 
cities. 

2 If And Hezekiah appointed the 
courses of the priests and the Levites 
after their courses, every man accord- 
ing to his service, the priests and 
Levites for burnt offerings and for 
peace offerings, to minister, and to 
give thanks, and to praise in the 
gates of the tents of the Lord. 

3 He appointed also the king's por- 

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tion of his substance for the burnt 
offerings, to wit, for the morning and 
evening burnt offerings, and the 
burnt offerings for the sabbaths, and 
for the new moons, and for the set 
feasts, as it is written in the law of 
the Lord. 

4 Moreover he commanded the 
people that dwelt in Jerusalem to 
give the portion of the priests and 
the Levites, that they might be en- 
couraged in the law of the Lord. 

5 IT And as soon as the command- 
ment came abroad, the children of 
Israel brought in abundance the first- 
fruits of corn, wine, and oil, and honey, 
and of all the increase of the field ; 
and the tithe of all things brought 
they in abundantly. 

6 And concerning the children of 
Israel and Judah, that dwelt in the 
cities of Judah, they also brought in 
the tithe of oxen and sheep, and the 
tithe of holy things which were con- 
secrated unto the Lord their God, 
and laid them by heaps. 

7 In the third month they began to 
lay the foundation of the heaps, and 
finished them in the seventh month. 

8 And when Hezekiah and the 
princes came and saw the heaps, 
they blessed the Lord, and his peo- 
ple Israel. 

9 Then Hezekiah questioned with 
the priests and the Levites concern- 
ing the heaps. 

10 And Azariah the chief priest of 
the house of Zadok answered him, 
and said, Since the people began to 
bring the offerings into the house of 
the Lord, we have had enough to eat, 
and have left plenty: for the Lord 
hath blessed his people ; and that 
which is left is this great store. 

11 IT Then Hezekiah commanded 
to prepare chambers in the house of 
the Lord ; and they prepared them, 

12 And brought in the offerings and 
the tithes and the dedicated things 
faithfully : over which Cononiah the 
Levite was ruler, and Shimei his 
brother was the next. 

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13 And Jehiel, and Azaziah, and 
Nahath, and Asahel, and Jerimoth, 
and Jozabad, and Eliel, and Isma- 
chiah, and Mahath, and Benaiah, 
were overseers under the hand of 
Cononiah and Shimei his brother, at 
the commandment of Hezekiah the 
king, and Azariah the ruler of the 
house of God. 

14 And Kore the son of Imnah the 
Levite, the porter toward the east, 
was over the freewill offerings of 
God, to distribute the oblations of 
the Lord, and the most holy things. 

15 And next him were Eden, and 
Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shem- 
aiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in 
the cities of the priests, in their set 
office, to give to their brethren by 
courses, as well to the great as to the 
small : 

16 Besides their genealogy of 
males, from three years old and up- 
ward, even unto every one that en- 
tereth into the house of the Lord, 
his daily portion for their service in 
their charges according to their cour- 
ses; 

17 Both to the genealogy of the 
priests by the house of their fathers, 
and the Levites from twenty years 
old and upward, in their charges by 
their courses ; 

18 And to the genealogy of all 
their little ones, their wives, and their 
sons, and their daughters, through all 
the congregation: for in their set 
office they sanctified themselves in 
holiness : 

19 Also of the sons of Aaron the 
priests, which were in the fields of 
the suburbs of their cities, in every 
several city, the men that were ex- 
pressed by name, to give portions to 
all the males among the priests, and 
to all that were reckoned by geneal- 
ogies among the Levites. 

20 If And thus did Hezekiah 
throughout all Judah, and wrought 
that which was good and right and 
truth before the Lord his God. 

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gan in the service of the house of God, 
and in the law, and in the command- 
ments, to seek his God, he did it 
with all his heart, and prospered. 

CHAPTER XXXII. 

1 Sennacherib invading Judah, HezeJciah fortifieih him- 
self, and encourageth his people. 9 Against the blas- 
phemies of Sennacherib, by message and letters, Heze- 
Jciah and Isaiah pray. 21 An angel destroyeth the 
host of the Assyrians, to the glory of HezeJciah. 24 
HezeJciah praying in his sickness, God giveth him a 
sign of recovery. 25 He waxing proud is Jmmbled by 
God. 27 His wealth and works. 31 His error in tJie 
a>nbassage of Babylon. 32 He dying, Manasseh suc- 
ceedeth Jtim. 

A FTER these things, and the es- 
-XJL tahlishment thereof, Sennache- 
rib king of Assyria came, and enter- 
ed into Judah, and encamped against 
the fenced cities, and thought to win 
them for himself. 

2 And when Hezekiah saw that 
Sennacherib was come, and that he 
was purposed to fight against Jeru- 
salem, 

3 He took counsel with his princes 
and his mighty men to stop the wa- 
ters of the fountains which were with- 
out the city: and they did help him. 

4 So there was gathered much peo- 
ple together, who stopped all the 
fountains, and the brook that ran 
through the midst of the land, say- 
ing, Why should the kings of Assyria 
come, and find much water ? 

5 Also he strengthened himself, 
and built up all the wall that was 
broken, and raised it up to the 
towers, and another wall without, 
and repaired Millo in the city of 
David, and made darts and shields 
in abundance. 

6 And he set captains of war over 
the people, and gathered them togeth- 
er to him in the street of the gate 
of the city, and spake comfortably to 
them, saying, 

7 Be strong and courageous, be 
not afraid nor dismayed for the king 
of Assyria, nor for all the multitude 
that is with him: for there be more 

I with us than with him. 

8 With him is an arm of flesh; 
but with us is the Lord our God to 
help us, and to fight our battles. And 



the people rested themselves upon the 
words of Hezekiah king of Judah. 

9 IT After this did Sennacherib 
king of Assyria send his servants to 
Jerusalem, (but he himself laid siege 
against Lachish, and all his power 
with him,) unto Hezekiah king of 
Judah, and unto all Judah that were 
at Jerusalem, saying, 

10 Thus saith Sennacherib king 
of Assyria, Whereon do ye trust, that 
ye abide in tie siege in Jerusalem ? 

11 Doth not Hezekiah persuade 
you to give over yourselves to die 
by famine and by thirst, saying, The 
Lord our God shall deliver us out of 
the hand of the king of Assyria ? 

12 Hath not the same Hezekiah 
taken away his high places and his 
altars, and commanded Judah and 
Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall worship 
before one altar, and burn incense 
upon it ? 

13 Know ye not what I and my 
fathers have done unto all the peo- 
ple of other lands ? were the gods of 
the nations of those lands any ways 
able to deliver their lands out of 
mine hand ? 

14 Who was there among all the 
gods of those nations that my fathers 
utterly destroyed, that could deliver 
his people out of mine hand, that 
your God should be able to deliver 
you out of mine hand ? 

15 Now therefore let not Hezekiah 
deceive you, nor persuade you on 
this manner, neither yet believe him : 
for no god of any nation or kingdom 
was able to deliver his people out of 
mine hand, and out of the hand of 
my fathers : how much less shall your 
God deliver you out of mine hand ? 

16 And his servants spake yet more 
against the Lord God, and against 
his servant Hezekiah. 

17 He wrote also letters to rail on 
the Lord God of Israel, and to 
speak against him, saying, As the 
gods of the nations of other lands 
have not delivered their people out 
of mine hand, so shall not the God 

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of Hezekiah deliver his people out of 
mine hand. 

18 Then they cried with a loud 
voice, in the Jews' speech, unto the 
people of Jerusalem that were on the 
wall, to affright them, and to trouble 
them ; that they might take the city. 

19 And they spake against the God 
of Jerusalem, as against the gods of 
the people of the earth, which were 
the work of the hands of man. 

20 And for this cause Jlezekiah the 
king, and the prophet Isaiah the son 
of Amoz, prayed and cried to heaven. 

2 1 IT And the Lord sent an angel, 
which cut off all the mighty men of 
valour, and the leaders and captains 
in the camp of the king of Assyria. 
So he returned with shame of face 
to his own land. And when he was 
come into the house of his god, they 
that came forth of his own bowels 
slew him there with the sword. 

22 Thus the Lord saved Hezekiah 
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
from the hand of Sennacherib the 
king of Assyria, and from the hand 
of all other, and guided them on 
every side. 

23 And many brought gifts unto 
the Lord to Jerusalem, and presents 
to Hezekiah king of Judah : so that 
he was magnified in the sight of all 
nations from thenceforth. 

24 If In those days Hezekiah was 
sick to the death, and prayed unto 
the Lord : and he spake unto him, 
and he gave him a sign. 

25 But Hezekiah rendered not 
again according to the benefit done 
unto him; for his heart was lifted 
up : therefore there was wrath upon 
him, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. 

2 6 Not withstanding,Hezekiah hum- 
bled himself for the pride of his heart, 
both he and the inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem, so that the wrath of the Lord 
came not upon them in the days of 
Hezekiah. 

27 If And Hezekiah had exceeding 
much riches and honour: and he 
made himself treasuries for silver, 
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and for gold, and for precious stones, 
and for spices, and for shields, and 
for all manner of pleasant jewels ; 

28 Storehouses also for the increase 
of corn, and wine, and oil ; and stalls 
for all manner of beasts, and cotes 
for flocks. 

29 Moreover he provided him cities, 
and possessions of flocks and herds 
in abundance: for God had given 
him substance very much. 

30 This same Hezekiah also stop- 
ped the upper watercourse of Gihon, 
and brought it straight down to the 
west side of the city of David. And 
Hezekiah prospered in all his works. 

31 If Howbeit, in the business of 
the ambassadors of the princes of 
Babylon, who sent unto him to in- 
quire of the wonder that was done in 
the land, God left him, to try him, 
that he might know all that was in 
his heart. 

32 If Now the rest of the acts of 
Hezekiah, and his goodness, behold, 
they are written in the vision of 
Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, 
and in the book of the kings of Ju- 
dah and Israel. 

33 And Hezekiah slept with his 
fathers, and they buried him in the 
chiefest of the sepulchres of the sons 
of David : and all Judah and the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem did him 
honour at his death. And Manasseh 
his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTEE XXXIII. 

1 Manasseh's wicked reign. 3 He setteth up idolatry, 
and would not be admonished. 11 He is carried into 
Babylon. 12 Upon Ms prayer to God he is released, 
andputteth down idolatry. 18 His acts. 20 He dying, 
Amon succeedeth him. 21 Amon reigning wickedly is 
slain by his servants. 25 The murderers being slain, 
Josiah succeedeth him. 

MANASSEH was twelve years 
old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned fifty and five years 
in Jerusalem : 

2 But did that which was evil in 
the sight of the Lord, like unto the 
abominations of the heathen, whom 
the Lord had cast out before the 
children of Israel. 

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places which Hezekiah his father 
had broken down, and he reared up 
altars for Baalim, and made groves, 
and worshipped all the host of heav- 
en, and served them. 

4 Also he built altars in the house 
of the Lord, whereof the Lord had 
said, In Jerusalem shall my name be 
for ever. 

5 And he built altars for all the 
host of heaven in the two courts of 
the house of the Lord. 

6 And he caused his children to 
pass through the fire in the valley 
of the son of Hinnom : also he ob- 
served times, and used enchant- 
ments, and used witchcraft, and dealt 
with a familiar spirit, and with 
wizards : he wrought much evil in 
the sight of the Lord, to provoke him 
to anger. 

7 And he set a carved image, the 
idol which he had made, in the 
house of God, of which God had 
said to David and to Solomon his 
son, In this house, and in Jerusalem, 
which I have chosen before all the 
tribes of Israel, will I put my name 
for ever : 

8 Neither will I any more remove 
the foot of Israel from out of the 
land which I have appointed for your 
fathers ; so that they will take heed 
to do all that I have commanded 
them, according to the whole law 
and the statutes and the ordinances 
by the hand of Moses. 

9 So Manasseh made Judah and 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem to en*, 
and to do worse than the heathen, 
whom the Lord had destroyed before 
the children of Israel. 

10 And the Lord spake to Manas- 
seh, and to his people: but they 
would not hearken. 

11 IT Wherefore the Lord brought 
upon them the captains of the host 
of the king of Assyria, which took 
Manasseh among the thorns, and 
bound him with fetters, and carried 
him to Babylon. 

12 And when he was in affliction, 



he besought the Lord his God, and 
humbled himself greatly before the 
God of his fathers, 

13 And prayed unto him : and he 
was entreated of him, and heard his 
supplication, and brought him again 
to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then 
Manasseh knew that the Lord he 
tvas God. 

14 Now after this he built a wall 
without the city of David, on the 
west side of Gihon, in the valley, 
even to the entering in at the fish 
gate, and compassed about Ophel, 
and raised it up a very great height, 
and put captains of war in all the 
fenced cities of Judah. 

15 And he took away the strange 
gods, and the idol out of the house of 
the Lord, and all the altars that he 
had built in the mount of the house 
of the Lord, and in Jerusalem, and 
cast them out of the city. 

16 And he repaired the altar of the 
Lord, and sacrificed thereon peace 
offerings and thank offerings, and 
commanded Judah to serve the Lord 
God of Israel. 

17 Nevertheless the people did sac- 
rifice still in the high places, yet 
unto the Lord their God only. 

18 TT Now the rest of the acts of 
Manasseh, and his prayer unto his 
God, and the words of the seers that 
spake to him in the name of the Lord 
God of Israel, behold, they are written 
in the book of the kings of Israel. 

19 His prayer also, and how God 
was entreated of him, and all his 
sins, and his trespass, and the places 
wherein he built high places, and 
set up groves and graven images, be- 
fore he was humbled : behold, they 
are written among the sayings of the 
seers. 

20 *H So Manasseh slept with his 
fathers, and they buried him in his 
own house : and Amon his son reigned 
in his stead. 

21 If Amon was two and twenty 
years old when he began to reign, 
and reigned two years in Jerusalem. 

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22 But he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord, as did Ma- 
nasseh his father : for Anion sacrificed 
unto all the carved images which 
Manasseh his father had made, and 
served them ; 

23 And humhled not himself be- 
fore the Lord, as Manasseh his father 
had humbled himself; but Amon 
trespassed more and more. 

24 And his servants conspired 
against him, and slew him in his 
own house. 

25 IT But the people of the land 
slew all them that had conspired 
against king Amon ; and the people 
of the land made Josiah his son king 
in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXXIV. 

1 JosiaKs good reign. 3 He destroyeth idolatry. 8 He 
taketh order for the repair of the temple. 14 Hilkiah 
having found a book of the law, Josiah sendeth to 
Huldah to inquire of the Lord. 23 Huldah proph- 
esieth the destruction of Jerusalem^ but respite thereof 
in Josiah's time. 29 Josiah, causing it to be read in 
a solemn assembly, reneweth the covenant with God. 

JOSIAH was eight years old when 
he began to reign, and he reign- 
ed in Jerusalem one and thirty 
years. 

2 And he did that which was right 
in the sight of the Lord, and walked 
in the ways of David his father, and 
declined neither to the right hand, 
nor to the left. 

3 If For in the eighth year of his 
reign, while he was yet young, he 
began to seek after the God of David 
his father: and in the twelfth year 
he began to purge Judah and Jerusa- 
lem from the high places, and the 
groves, and the carved images, and 
the molten images. 

4 And they brake down the altars 
of Baalim in his presence; and the 
images, that were on high above 
them, he cut down ; and the groves, 
and the carved images, and the mol- 
ten images, he brake in pieces, and 
made dust of them, and strewed it 
upon the graves of them that had 
sacrificed unto them. 

5 And he burnt the bones of the 

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priests upon their altars, and cleans- 
ed Judah and Jerusalem. 

6 And so did he in the cities of 
Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Sime- 
on, even unto Naphtali, with their 
mattocks round about. 

7 And when he had broken down 
the altars and the groves, and had 
beaten the graven images into pow- 
der, and cut down all the idols through- 
out all the land of Israel, he returned 
to Jerusalem. 

8 If Now in the eighteenth year of 
his reign, when he had purged the 
land, and the house, he sent Sha- 
phan the son of Azaliah, and Maa- 
seiah the governor of the city, and 
Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, 
to repair the house of the Lord his 
God. 

9 And when they came to Hilkiah 
the high priest, they delivered the 
money that was brought into the 
house of God, which the Levites that 
kept the doors had gathered of the 
hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and 
of all the remnant of Israel, and of 
all Judah and Benjamin; and they 
returned to Jerusalem. 

10 And they put it in the hand of 
the workmen that had the oversight 
of the house of the Lord, and they 
gave it to the workmen that wrought 
in the house of the Lord, to repair 
and amend the house : 

11 Even to the artificers and build- 
ers gave they it, to buy hewn stone, 
and timber for couplings, and to floor 
the houses which the kings of Judah 
had destroyed. 

12 And the men did the work faith- 
fully: and the overseers of them 
were Jahath and Obadiah, the Le- 
vites, of the sons of Merari; and 
Zechariah and Meshullam, of the 
sons of the Kohathites, to set it for- 
ward ; and other of the Levites, all 
that could skill of instruments of 
music. 

13 Also they were over the bearers 
of burdens, and were overseers of all 
that wrought the work in any man- 



The book of 



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the law read. 



ner of service : and of the Levites there 
were scribes, and officers, and porters. 

14 IT And when they brought out 
the money that was brought into the 
house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest 
found a book of the law of the Lord 
given by Moses. 

15 And Hilkiah answered and said 
to Shaphan the scribe, I haye found 
the book of the law in the house of 
the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the 
book to Shaphan. 

16 And Shaphan carried the book 
to the king, and brought the king 
word back again, saying, All that was 
committed to thy servants, they do it. 

17 And they have gathered together 
the money that was found in the house 
of the Lord, and have delivered it in- 
to the hand of the overseers, and to 
the hand of the workmen. 

18 Then Shaphan the scribe told 
the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest 
hath given me a book. And Sha- 
phan read it before the king. 

19 And it came to pass, when the 
king had heard the words of the law, 
that he rent his clothes. 

20 And the king commanded Hil- 
kiah, and Ahikam the son of Sha- 
phan, and Abdon the son of Micah, 
and Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah 
a servant of the king's, saying, 

21 Go, inquire of the Lord for me, 
and for them that are left in Israel 
and in Judah, concerning the words 
of the book that is found : for great 
is the wrath of the Lord that is pour- 
ed out upon us, because our fathers 
have not kept the word of the Lord, 
to do after all that is written in this 
book. 

22 And Hilkiah, and they that the 
king had appointed, went to Huldah 
the prophetess, the wife of Shallum 
the, son of Tikvath, the son of Has- 
rah, keeper of the wardrobe ; (now she 
dwelt in Jerusalem in the college ;) 
and they spake to her to that effect. 

23 IT And she answered them, Thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel, Tell ye 
the man that sent you to me, 



24 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, 
I will bring evil upon this place, and 
upon the inhabitants thereof, even all 
the curses that are written in the 
book which they have read before 
the king of Judah : 

25 Because they have forsaken me, 
and have burned incense unto other 
gods, that they might provoke me to 
anger with all the works of their 
hands ; therefore my wrath shall be 
poured out upon this place, and shall 
not be quenched. 

26 And as for the king of Judah, 
who sent you to inquire of the Lord, 
so shall ye say unto him, Thus saith 
the Lord God of Israel concerning 
the words which thou hast heard ; 

27 Because thine heart was ten- 
der, and thou didst humble thyself 
before God, when thou heardest his 
words against this place, and against 
the inhabitants thereof, and hum- 
bledst thyself before me, and didst 
rend thy clothes, and weep before me ; 
I have even heard thee also, saith the 
Lord. 

28 Behold, I will gather thee to 
thy fathers, and thou shalt be gath- 
ered to thy grave in peace, neither 
shall thine eyes see all the evil that I 
will bring upon this place, and upon 
the inhabitants of the same. So they 
brought the king word again. 

29 If Then the king sent and gath- 
ered together all the elders of Judah 
and Jerusalem. 

30 And the king went up into the 
house of the Lord, and all the men 
of Judah, and the inhabitants of Je- 
rusalem, and the priests, and the Le- 
vites, and all the people, great and 
small: and he read in their ears all 
the words of the book of the cove- 
nant that was found in the house of 
the Lord. 

31 And the king stood in his place, 
and made a covenant before the Lord, 
to walk after the Lord, and to keep 
his commandments, and his testimo- 
nies, and his statutes, with all his 
heart, and with all his soul, to per- 

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a solemn passover. 



form the words of the covenant which 
are written in this hook. 

32 And he caused all that were 
present in Jerusalem and Benjamin 
to stand to it. And the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem did according to the 
covenant of God, the God of their 
fathers. 

33 And Josiah took away all the 
abominations out of all the countries 
that pertained to the children of Is- 
rael, and made all that were present 
in Israel to serve, even to serve the 
Lord their God. And all his days 
they departed not from following the 
Lord, the God of their fathers. 

CHAPTER XXXY. 

1 Josiah keepeth a most solemn passover. 20 He, pro- 
voking Pharanh-nechoy is slain at Megiddo. 25 
Lamentations for Josiah. 

MOREOVER, Josiah kept a pass- 
over unto the Lord in Jerusa- 
lem : and they killed the passover 
on the fourteenth day of the first 
month. 

2 And he set the priests in their 
charges, and encouraged them to the 
service of the house of the Lord, 

3 And said unto the Levites that 
taught all Israel, which were holy 
unto the Lord, Put the holy ark in 
the house which Solomon the son of 
David king of Israel did build; it 
shall not be a burden upon your 
shoulders : serve now the Lord your 
God, and his people Israel, 

4 And prepare yourselves by the 
houses of your fathers, after your 
courses, according to the writing of 
David king of Israel, and according 
to the writing of Solomon his son : 

5 And stand in the holy place ac- 
cording to the divisions of the fami- 
lies of the fathers of your brethren 
the people, and after the division of 
the families of the Levites. 

6 So kill the passover, and sanc- 
tify yourselves, and prepare your 
brethren, that they may do according 
to the word of the Lord by the hand 
of Moses. 

7 And Josiah gave to the people, 

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of the flock, lambs and kids, all for 
the passover offerings, for all that 
were present, to the number of thirty 
thousand, and three thousand bul- 
locks : these were of the king's sub- 
stance. 

8 And his princes gave willingly 
unto the people, to the priests, and 
to the Levites : Hilkiah and Zecha- 
riah and Jehiel, rulers of the house 
of God, gave unto the priests for the 
passover offerings two thousand and 
six hundred small cattle, and three 
hundred oxen. 

9 Conaniah also, and Shemaiah 
and Nethaneel, his brethren, and 
Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, 
chief of the Levites, gave unto the 
Levites for passover offerings five 
thousand small cattle, and five hun- 
dred oxen. 

10 So the service was prepared, 
and the priests stood in their place, 
and the Levites in their courses, ac- 
cording to the king's commandment. 

11 And they killed the passover, 
and the priests sprinkled the blood 
from their hands, and the Levites 
flayed them. 

12 And they removed the burnt 
offerings, that they might give ac- 
cording to the divisions of the fami- 
lies of the people, to offer unto the 
Lord, as it is written in the book 
of Moses. And so did they with the 
oxen. 

13 And they roasted the passover 
with fire according to the ordinance : 
but the other holy offerings sod they 
in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, 
and divided them speedily among all 
the people. 

14 And afterward they made ready 
for themselves, and for the priests : 
because the priests the sons of Aaron 
were busied in offering of burnt offer- 
ings and the fat until night; there- 
fore the Levites prepared for them- 
selves, and for the priests the sons of 
Aaron. 

15 And the singers the sons of 
Asaph were in their place, according 






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at Megiddo. 



to the commandment of David, and 
Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun 
the king's seer; and the porters wait- 
ed at every gate ; they might not 
depart from their service; for their 
hrethren the Levites prepared for 
them. 

16 So all the service of the Lord 
was prepared the same day, to keep 
the passover, and to offer hurnt offer- 
ings upon the altar of the Lord, ac- 
cording to the commandment of king 
Josiah. 

1 7 And the children of Israel that 
were present kept the passover at that 
time, and the feast of unleavened 
bread seven days. 

18 And there was no passover like 
to that kept in Israel from the days 
of Samuel the prophet ; neither did 
all the kings of Israel keep such a 
passover as Josiah kept, and the 
priests, and the Levites, and all Ju- 
dah and Israel that were present, 
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

19 In the eighteenth year of the 
reign of Josiah was this passover kept. 

20 % After all this, when Josiah 
had prepared the temple, Necho king 
of Egypt came up to fight against 
Charchemish by Euphrates : and Jo- 
siah went out against him. 

21 But he sent ambassadors to 
him, saying, What have I to do with 
thee, thou king of Judah ? I come not 
against thee this day, but against the 
house wherewith I have war : for 
God commanded me to make haste : 
forbear thee from meddling with God, 
who is with me, that he destroy thee 
not. 

22 Nevertheless Josiah would not 
turn his face from him, but disguised 
himself, that he might fight with him, 
and hearkened not unto the words 
of Necho from the mouth of God, and 
came to fight in the valley of Me- 
giddo. 

23 And the archers shot at king 
Josiah ; and the king said to his ser- 
vants, Have me away ; for I am sore 
wounded. 

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24 His servants therefore took him 
out of that chariot, and put him in 
the second chariot that he had ; and 
they brought him to Jerusalem, and 
he died, and was buried in one of 
the sepulchres of his fathers. And 
all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for 
Josiah. 

25 % And Jeremiah lamented for 
Josiah : and all the singing men and 
the singing women spake of Josiah 
in their lamentations to this day, and 
made them an ordinance in Israel: 
and, behold, they are written in the 
lamentations. 

26 Now the rest of the acts of Jo- 
siah, and his goodness, according to 
that which was written in the law of 
the Lord, 

27 And his deeds, first and last, 
behold, they are written in the book 
of the kings of Israel and Judah. 

CHAPTER XXXYI. 

1 Jehoahaz succeeding is deposed by Pharaoh, and car- 
' ried into Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim reigning ill is carried 
bound into Babylon. 9 Jehoiachin succeeding reigneth 
ill, and is brought into Babylon. 11 Zedekiah suc- 
ceeding reigneth ill, and despiseth the prophets, and 
rebelleih against Nebuchadnezzar. 14 Jerusalem, for 
the sins of the priests and people, is wholly destroyed. 
22 The proclamation of Cyrus. 

THEN the people of the land took 
Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and 
made him king in his father's stead 
in Jerusalem. 

2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three 
years old when he began to reign, and 
he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 

3 And the king of Egypt put him 
down at Jerusalem, and condemned 
the land in a hundred talents of sil- 
ver and a talent of gold. 

4 And the king of Egypt made 
Eliakim his brother king over Judah 
and Jerusalem, and turned his name 
to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Je- 
hoahaz his brother, and carried him 
to Egypt. 

5 1[ Jehoiakim was twenty and five 
years old when he began to reign, 
and he reigned eleven years in Jeru- 
salem : and he did that which was 
evil in the* sight of the Lord his God. 

6 Against him came up Nebuchad- 

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nezzar king of Babylon, and bound 
him in fetters, to carry him to Baby- 
lon. 

7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of 
the vessels of the house of the Lord 
to Babylon, and put them in his tem- 
ple at Babylon. 

8 Now the rest of the acts of Je- 
hoiakim, and his abominations which 
he did, and that which was found in 
him, behold, they are written in the 
book of the kings of Israel and Ju- 
dah : and Jehoiachin his son reigned 
in his stead. 

9 ^f Jehoiachin was eight years old 
when he began to reign, and he reign- 
ed three months and ten days in Je- 
rusalem : and he did that which was 
evil in the sight of the Lord. 

10 And when the year was ex- 
pired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, 
and brought him to Babylon, with 
the goodly vessels of the house of 
the Lord, and made Zedekiah his 
brother king over Judah and Jeru- 
salem. 

11 If Zedekiah was one and twenty 
years old when he began to reign, 
and reigned eleven years in Jerusa- 
lem. 

12 And he did that which was evil 
in the sight of the Lord his God, 
and humbled not himself before Jer- 
emiah the prophet speaking from the 
mouth of the Lord. 

13 And he also rebelled against 
king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made 
him swear by God : but he stiffened 
his neck, and hardened his heart from 
turning unto the Lord God of Israel. 

14 TT Moreover all the chief of the 
priests, and the people, transgressed 
very much after all the abominations 
of the heathen ; and polluted the 
house of the Lord which he had hal- 
lowed in Jerusalem. 

15 And the Lord God of their fa- 
thers sent to them by his messengers, 
rising up betimes, and sending; be- 
cause he had compassion on his peo- 
ple, and on his dwellingplace : 

16 But they mocked the messen- 

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gers of God, and despised his words, 
and misused his prophets, until the 
wrath of the Lord arose against his 
people, till there was no remedy. 

17 Therefore he brought upon them 
the king of the Chaldees, who slew 
their young men with the sword in 
the house of their sanctuary, and had 
no compassion upon young man or 
maiden, old man, or him that stoop- 
ed for age : he gave them all into his 
hand. 

18 And all the vessels of the house 
of God, great and small, and the treas- 
ures of the house of the Lord, and 
the treasures of the king, and of his 
princes ; all these he brought to Baby- 
lon. 

19 And they burnt the house of 
God, and brake down the wall of Je- 
rusalem, and burnt all the palaces 
thereof with fire, and destroyed all 
the goodly vessels thereof. 

20 And them that had escaped 
from the sword carried he away to 
Babylon ; where they were servants 
to him and his sons until the reign 
of the kingdom of Persia : 

21 To fulfil the word of the Lord 
by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the 
land had enjoyed her sabbaths : for 
as long as she lay desolate she kept 
sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten 
years. 

22 IT Now in the first year of Cy- 
rus king of Persia, that the word of 
the Lord spoken by the mouth of 
Jeremiah might be accomplished, 
the Lord stirred up the spirit of 
Cyrus king of Persia, that he made 
a proclamation throughout all his 
kingdom, and put it also in writing, 
saying, 

23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Per- 
sia, All the kingdoms of the earth 
hath the Lord God of heaven given 
me ; and he hath charged me to build 
him a house in Jerusalem, which is 
in Judah. Who is there among you 
of all his people ? The Lord his 
God be with him, and let him go 
up. 



EZRA. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 TJte proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the 
temple. 5 The people provide for the return. 7 Cyrus 
restoreth the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar. 

NOW in the first year of Cyrus 
king of Persia, that the word of 
the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah 
might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred 
up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, 
that he made a proclamation through- 
out all his kingdom, and put it also 
in writing, saying, 

2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, 
The Lord God of heaven hath given 
ine all the kingdoms of the earth ; and 
he hath charged me to build him a 
house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. 

3 Who is there among you of all 
his people ? his God be with him, and 
let him go up to Jerusalem, which is 
in Judah, and build the house of the 
Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) 
which is in Jerusalem. 

4 And whosoever remaineth in any 
place where he sojoumeth, let the 
men of his place help him with sil- 
ver, and with gold, and with goods, 
and with beasts, besides the freewill 
offering for the house of God that is 
in Jerusalem. 

5 If Then rose up the chief of the 
fathers of Judah and Benjamin, and 
the priests, and the Levites, with all 
them whose spirit God had raised, 
to go up to build the house of the 
Lord which is in Jerusalem. 

6 And all they that were about them 
strengthened their hands with vessels 
of silver, with gold, with goods, and 
with beasts, and with precious things, 
besides all that was willingly offered. 

7 ^[ Also Cyrus the king brought 
forth the vessels of the house of the 
Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had 
brought forth out of Jerusalem, and 
had put them in the house of his 
gods; 



8 Even those did Cyrus king of 
Persia bring forth by the hand of 
Mithredath the treasurer, and num- 
bered them unto Sheshbazzar, the 
prince of Judah. 

9 And this is the number of them : 
thirty chargers of gold, a thousand 
chargers of silver, nine and twenty 
knives, 

10 Thirty basins of gold, silver ba- 
sins of a second sort four hundred and 
ten, and other vessels a thousand. 

11 All the vessels of gold and of 
silver were five thousand and four 
hundred. All these did Sheshbazzar 
bring up with them of the captivity 
that were brought up from Babylon 
unto Jerusalem. 

CHAPTEK II. 

1 The number that return, of the people, 36 of the priests, 
40 of the Levites, 43 of the Nethinim, 55 of Solomon's 
servants, 62 of the priests which could not shew their 
pedigree. 64* Tlie whole number of them, with their 
substance. 68 Their oblations. 

NOW these are the children of 
the province that went up out 
of the captivity, of those which had 
been carried away, whom Nebuchad- 
nezzar the king of Babylon had car- 
ried away unto Babylon, and came 
again unto Jerusalem and Judah, 
every one unto his city ; 

2 Which came with Zerubbabel: 
Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reela- 
iah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mizpar, Big- 
vai, Rehum, Baanah. The number 
of the men of the people of Israel : 

3 The children of Parosh, two thou- 
sand a hundred seventy and two. 

4 The children of Shephatiah, three 
hundred seventy and two. 

5 The children of Arah, seven hun- 
dred seventy and five. 

6 The children of Pahath-moab, of 
the children of Jeshua and Joab, two 
thousand eight hundred and twelve. 

7 The children of E lam, a thousand 
two hundred fifty and four. 

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8 The children of Zattu, nine hun- 
dred forty and five. 

9 The children of Zaccai, seven 
hundred and threescore. 

10 The children of Bani, six hun- 
dred forty and two. 

11 The children of Bebai, six hun- 
dred twenty and three. 

12 The children of Azgad, a thou- 
sand two hundred twenty and two. 

13 The children of Adonikam, six 
hundred sixty and six. 

14 The children of Bigvai, two 
thousand fifty and six. 

15 The children of Adin, four hun- 
dred fifty and four. 

16 The children of Ater of Heze- 
kiah, ninety and eight. 

17 The children of Bezai, three 
hundred twenty and three. 

18 The children of Jorah, a hun- 
dred and twelve. 

19 The children of Hashum, two 
hundred twenty and three. 

20 The children of Gibbar, ninety 
and five. 

21 The children of Beth-lehem, a 
hundred twenty and three. 

22 The men of Netophah, fifty and 
six. 

23 The men of Anathoth, a hun- 
dred twenty and eight. 

24 The children of Azmaveth, forty 
and two. 

25 The children of Kirjath-arim, 
Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hun- 
dred and forty and three. 

26 The children of Ramah and Ga- 
ba, six hundred twenty and one. 

27 The men of Michmas, a hun- 
dred twenty and two. 

28 The men of Beth-el and Ai, two 
hundred twenty and three. 

29 The children of Nebo, fifty and 
two. 

30 The children of Magbish, a 
hundred fifty and six. 

31 The children of the other Elam, 
a thousand two hundred fifty and 
four. 

32 The children of Harim, three 
hundred and twenty. 

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33 The children of Lod, Hadid, 
and Ono, seven hundred twenty and 
five. 

34 The children of Jericho, three 
hundred forty and five. 

35 The children of Senaah, three 
thousand and six hundred and thirty. 

36 If The priests: the children of 
Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, 
nine hundred seventy and three. 

37 The children of Immer, a thou- 
sand fifty and two. 

38 The children of Pashur, a thou- 
sand two hundred forty and seven. 

39 The children of Harim, a thou- 
sand and seventeen. 

40 1T The Levites : the children of 
Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children 
of Hodaviah, seventy and four. 

41 IT The singers: the children of 
Asaph, a hundred twenty and eight. 

42 TT The children of the porters : 
the children of Shallum, the children 
of Ater, the children of Talmon, the 
children of Akkub, the children of 
Hatita, the children of Shobai, in 
all a hundred thirty and nine. 

43 IT The Nethinim : the children 
of Ziha, the children of Hasupha, 
the children of Tabbaoth, 

44 The children of Keros, the 
children of Siaha, the children of 
Padon, 

45 The children of Lebanah, the 
children of Hagabah, the children 
of Akkub, 

46 The children of Hagab, the 
children of Shalmai, the children of 
Hanan, 

47 The children of Giddel, the chil- 
dren of Gahar, the children of Rea- 
iah, 

48 The children of Rezin, the chil- 
dren of Nekoda, the children of Gaz- 
zam, 

49 The children of Uzza, the 
children of Paseah, the children of 
Besai, 

50 The children of Asnah, the chil- 
dren of Mehunim, the children of 
Nephusim, 

51 The children of Bakbuk, the 



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The altar set up. 



children of Hakupha, the children of 
Harhur, 

52 The children of Bazluth, the 
children of Mehida, the children of 
Harsha, 

53 The children of Barkos, the 
children of Sisera, the children of 
Thamah, 

54 The children of Neziah, the chil- 
dren of Hatipha. 

55 If The children of Solomon's 
servants: the children of Sotai, the 
children of Sophereth, the children 
of Peruda, 

56 The children of Jaalah, the 
children of Darkon, the children of 
Giddel, 

57 The children of Shephatiah, the 
children of Hattil, the children of 
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of 
Ami. 

58 All the Nethinim, and the chil- 
dren of Solomon's servants, were three 
hundred ninety and two. 

59 And these were they which went 
up from Tel-melah, Tel-harsa, Che- 
rub, Addan, and Immer: but they 
could not shew their father's house, 
and their seed, whether they were of 
Israel : 

60 The children of Delaiah, the 
children of Tobiah, the children of 
Nekoda, six hundred fifty and two. 

61 IT And of the children of the 
priests : the children of Habaiah, the 
children of Koz, the children of Bar- 
zillai ; which took a wife of the daugh- 
ters of Barzillai the G-ileadite, and 
was called after their name : 

62 These sought their register 
among those that were reckoned by 
genealogy, but they were not found : 
therefore were they, as polluted, put 
from the priesthood. 

63 And the Tirshatha said unto 
them, that they should not eat of the 
most holy things, till there stood up 
a priest with Urim and with Thum- 
mim. 

64 IT The whole congregation to- 
gether was forty and two thousand 
three hundred and threescore, 



65 Besides their servants and their 
maids, of whom there were seven 
thousand three hundred thirty and 
seven: and there were among them 
two hundred singing men and sing- 
ing women. 

66 Their horses were seven hundred 
thirty and six ; their mules, two hun- 
dred forty and five ; 

67 Their camels, four hundred thir- 
ty and five ; their asses, six thousand 
seven hundred and twenty. 

68 If And some of the chief of the 
fathers, when they came to the house 
of the Lord which is at Jerusalem, 
offered freely for the house of God 
to set it up in his place : 

69 They gave after their ability 
unto the treasure of the work three- 
score and one thousand drams of gold, 
and five thousand pounds of silver, and 
one hundred priests' garments. 

70 So the priests, and the Levites, 
and some of the people, and the sing- 
ers, and the porters, and the Nethi- 
nim, dwelt in their cities, and all 
Israel in their cities. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 The altar is set up. 4 Offerings frequented. *7 Work- 
men prepared, 8 The foundations of the temple are 
laid in great joy and mourning. 

AND when the seventh month 
_ was come, and the children of 
Israel were in the cities, the people 
gathered themselves together as one 
man to Jerusalem. 

2 Then stood up Jeshua the son 
of Jozadak, and his brethren the 
priests, and Zerubbabel the son of 
Shealtiel, and his brethren, and build- 
ed the altar of the God of Israel, to 
offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is 
written in the law of Moses the man 
of God. 

3 And they set the altar upon his 
bases; for fear was upon them be- 
cause of the people of those coun- 
tries : and they offered burnt offerings 
thereon unto the Lord, even burnt 
offerings morning and evening. 

4 They kept also the feast of tab- 
ernacles, as it is written, and offered 

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the daily burnt offerings by number, 
according to the custom, as the duty 
of every day required ; 

5 And afterward offered the con- 
tinual burnt offering, both of the new 
moons, and of all the set feasts of the 
Lord that were consecrated, and of 
every one that willingly offered a 
freewill offering unto the Lord. 

6 From the first day of the seventh 
month began they to offer burnt of- 
ferings unto the Lord. But the foun- 
dation of the temple of the Lord was 
not yet laid. 

7 They gave money also unto the 
masons, and to the carpenters ; and 
meat, and drink, and oil, unto them 
of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to 
bring cedar trees from Lebanon to 
the sea of Joppa, according to the 
grant that they had of Cyrus king of 
Persia. 

8 % Now in the second year of their 
coming unto the house of God at Je- 
rusalem, in the second month, began 
Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and 
Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the 
remnant of their brethren the priests 
and the Levites, and all they that 
were come out of the captivity unto 
Jerusalem; and appointed the Le- 
vites, from twenty years old and up- 
ward, to set forward the work of the 
house of the Lord. 

9 Then stood Jeshua with his sons 
and his brethren, Kadmiel and his 
sons, the sons of Judah, together, to 
set forward the workmen in the 
house of God : the sons of Henadad, 
with their sons and their brethren the 
Levites. 

10 And when the builders laid the 
foundation of the temple of the Lord, 
they set the priests in their apparel 
with trumpets, and the Levites the 
sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise 
the Lord, after the ordinance of Da- 
vid king of Israel. 

11 And they sang together by 
course in praising and giving thanks 
unto the Lord; because he is good, 
for his mercy endureth for ever to- 

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ward Israel. And all the people 
shouted with a great shout, when 
they praised the Lord, because the 
foundation of the house of the Lord 
was laid. 

12 But many of the priests and 
Levites and chief of the fathers, who 
were ancient men, that had seen the 
first house, when the foundation of 
this house was laid before their eyes, 
wept with a loud voice; and many 
shouted aloud for joy : 

13 So that the people could not 
discern the noise of the shout of joy 
from the noise of the weeping of the 
people : for the people shouted with a 
loud shout, and the noise was heard 
afar off. 

CHAPTEK IY. 

1 The adversaries, being not accepted in the building of 
the temple with the Jews, endeavour to hinder it. 7 Their 
letter to Artaxerxes. 17 The decree of Artaxerxes. 
23 The building is hindered. 

NOW when the adversaries of 
Judah and Benjamin heard 
that the children of the captivity 
builded the temple unto the Lord 
God of Israel ; 

2 Then they came to Zerubbabel, 
and to the chief of the fathers, and said 
unto them, Let us build with you: 
for we seek your God, as ye do ; and 
we do sacrifice unto him since the 
days of Esar-haddon king of Assur, 
which brought us up hither. 

3 But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua, and 
the rest of the chief of the fathers 
of Israel, said unto them, Ye have 
nothing to do with us to build a 
house unto our God ; but we our- 
selves together will build unto the 
Lord God of Israel, as king Cyrus 
the king of Persia hath commanded 
us. 

4 Then the people of the land 
weakened the hands of the people 
of Judah, and troubled them in 
building, 

5 And hired counsellors against 
them, to frustrate their purpose, all 
the days of Cyrus king of Persia, 
even until the reign of Darius king 
of Persia. 



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to hinder the work. 



6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, 
in the beginning of his reign, wrote 
they unto him an accusation against 
the inhabitants of Judah and Jeru- 
salem. 

7 If And in the days of Artaxerxes 
wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, 
and the rest of their companions, 
unto Artaxerxes king of Persia ; and 
the writing of the letter was written 
in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted 
in the Syrian tongue. 

8 Rehum the chancellor and Shim- 
shai the scribe wrote a letter against 
Jerusalem to Artaxerxes the king in 
this sort : 

9 Then wrote Rehum the chancel- 
lor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the 
rest of their companions ; the Dina- 
ites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpel- 
ites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, 
the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the 
Dehavites, and the Elamites, 

10 And the rest of the nations 
whom the great and noble Asnapper 
brought over, and set in the cities of 
Samaria, and the rest that are on 
this side the river, and at such a 
time. 

11 H This is the copy of the letter 
that they sent unto him, even unto 
Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants 
the men on this side the river, and 
at such a time. 

12 Be it known unto the king, that 
the Jews which came up from thee to 
us are come unto Jerusalem, building 
the rebellious and the bad city, and 
have set up the walls thereof, and 
joined the foundations. 

13 Be it known now unto the king, 
that, if this city be builded, and the 
walls set up again, then will they not 
pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so 
thou shalt endamage the revenue of 
the kings. 

14 Now because we have mainte- 
nance from the king's palace, and it 
was not meet for us to see the king's 
dishonour, therefore have we sent and 
certified the king ; ■ 

15 That search may be made in the 



book of the records of thy fathers : 
so shalt thou find in the book of the 
records, and know that this city is 
a rebellious city, and hurtful unto 
kings and provinces, and that they 
have moved sedition within the same 
of old time : for which cause was this 
city destroyed. 

16 We certify the king that, if this 
city be builded again, and the walls 
thereof set up, by this means thou 
shalt have no portion on this side the 
river. 

17 IT Then sent the king an answer 
unto Rehum the chancellor, and to 
Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest 
of their companions that dwell in 
Samaria, and unto the rest beyond 
the river, Peace, and at such a time. 

18 The letter which ye sent un- 
to us hath been plainly read before 
me. 

19 And I commanded, and search 
hath been made, and it is found that 
this city of old time hath made in- 
surrection against kings, and that re- 
bellion and sedition have been made 
therein. 

20 There have been mighty kings 
also over Jerusalem, which have 
ruled over all countries beyond the 
river; and toll, tribute, and custom, 
was paid unto them. 

21 Give ye now commandment to 
cause these men to cease, and that 
this city be not builded, until an- 
other commandment shall be given 
from me. 

22 Take heed now that ye fail not 
to do this : why should damage grow 
to the hurt of the kings ? 

23 IT Now when the copy of king 
Artaxerxes' letter was read before 
Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, 
and their companions, they went up 
in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, 
and made them to cease by force and 
power. 

24 Then ceased the work of the 
house of God which is at Jerusalem. 
So it ceased unto the second year of 
the reign of Darius king of Persia. 

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Letter to Darius. 



CHAPTER V. 

1 Zerubbabel and Jeshua, incited by Haggai and Zccha- 
riah, set forward the building of the temple. 3 Tatnai 
and Shethar-boznai could not hinder the Jews. 6 Their 
letter to Darius against the Jews. 

THEN the prophets, Haggai the 
prophet, and Zechariah the son 
of Iddo, prophesied unto the Jews 
that were in Judah and Jerusalem in 
the name of the God of Israel, even 
unto them. 

2 Then rose up Zerubbabel the 
son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son 
of Jozadak, and began to build the 
house of God which is at Jerusalem : 
and with them were the prophets of 
God helping them. 

3 H At the same time came to them 
Tatnai, governor on this side the riv- 
er, and Shethar-boznai, and their com- 
panions, and said thus unto them, 
Who hath commanded you to build 
this house, and to make up this 
wall ? 

4 Then said we unto them after 
this manner, "What are the names of 
the men that make this building ? 

5 But the eye of their God was 
upon the elders of the Jews, that 
they could not cause them to cease, 
till the matter came to Darius : arid 
then they returned answer by letter 
concerning this matter. 

6 IT The copy of the letter that Tat- 
nai, governor on this side the river, 
and Shethar-boznai, and his com- 
panions the Apharsachites, which 
were on this side the river, sent unto 
Darius the king : 

7 They sent a letter unto him, 
wherein was written thus ; Unto 
Darius the king, all peace. 

8 Be it known unto the king, that 
we went into the province of Judea, 
to the house of the great God, which 
is builded with great stones, and 
timber is laid in the walls, and this 
work goeth fast on, and prospereth 
in their hands. 

9 Then asked we those elders, and 
said unto them thus, Who command- 
ed you to build this house, and to 
make up these walls ? 

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10 We asked their names also, to 
certify thee, that we might write the 
names of the men that were the chief 
of them. 

11 And thus they returned us an- 
swer, saying, We are the servants of 
the God of heaven and earth, and 
build the house that was builded 
these many years ago, which a 
great king of Israel builded and set 
up. 

12 But after that our fathers had 
provoked the God of heaven unto 
wrath, he gave them into the hand 
of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Baby- 
lon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this 
house, and carried the people away 
into Babylon. 

13 But in the first year of Cyrus 
the king of Babylon, the same king 
Cyrus made a decree to build this 
house of God. 

14 And the vessels also of gold and 
silver of the house of God, which Neb- 
uchadnezzar took out of the temple 
that was in Jerusalem, and brought 
them into the temple of Babylon, 
those did Cyrus the king take out 
of the temple of Babylon, and they 
were delivered unto one, whose name 
was Sheshbazzar, whom he had made 
governor ; 

15 And said unto him, Take these 
vessels, go, carry them into the 
temple that is in Jerusalem, and let 
the house of God be builded in his 
place. 

16 Then came the same Sheshbaz- 
zar, and laid the foundation of the 
house of God which is in Jerusalem : 
and since that time even until now 
hath it been in building, and yet it 
is not finished. 

17 Now therefore, Kit seem good to 
the king, let there be search made 
in the king's treasure house, which 
is there at Babylon, whether it be so, 
that a decree was made of Cyrus the 
king to build this house of God at 
Jerusalem, and let the king send his 
pleasure to us concerning this mat- 
ter. 



His decree in the Jews 1 favour. EZRA. 



The temple finished. 



CHAPTER YL 

1 Darius, finding the decree of Cyrus, maketh a new de- 
cree for the advancement of the building. 13 By the 
help of the enemies, and the directions of the prophets, 
the temple is finished. 16 The feast of the dedication 
is kept, 19 and the passover. 

THEN Darius the king made a 
decree, and search was made 
in the house of the rolls, where the 
treasures were laid up in Bahylon. 

2 And there was found at Ach- 
metha, in the palace that is in the 
province of the Medes, a roll, and 
therein was a record thus written : 

3 In the first year of Cyrus the king, 
the same Cyrus the king made a de- 
cree concerning the house of God at 
Jerusalem, Let the house be builded, 
the place where they offered sacri- 
fices, and let the foundations thereof 
be strongly laid ; the height thereof 
threescore cubits, and the breadth 
thereof threescore cubits ; 

4 With three rows of great stones, 
and a row of new timber : and let 
the expenses be given out of the 
king's house : 

5 And also let the golden and silver 
vessels of the house of God, which 
Nebuchadnezzar took forth out of the 
temple which is at Jerusalem, and 
brought unto Babylon, be restored, 
and brought again unto the temple 
which is at Jerusalem, every one to 
his place, and place them in the house 
of God. 

6 Now therefore, Tatnai, governor 
beyond the river, Shethar-boznai, and 
your companions the Apharsachites, 
which are beyond the river, be ye far 
from thence : 

7 Let the work of this house of God 
alone ; let the governor of the Jews 
and the elders of the Jews build this 
house of God in his place. 

8 Moreover I make a decree what 
ye shall do to the elders of these 
Jews for the building of this house 
of God: that of the king's goods, 
even of the tribute beyond the river, 
forthwith expenses be given unto 
these men, that they be not hin- 
dered. 



9 And that which they have need 
of, both young bullocks, and rams, 
and lambs, for the burnt offerings of 
the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, 
and oil, according to the appointment 
of the priests which are at Jerusalem, 
let it be given them day by day with- 
out fail : 

10 That they may offer sacrifices 
of sweet savours unto the God of 
heaven, and pray for the life of the 
king, and of his sons. 

11 Also I have made a decree, that 
whosoever shall alter this word, let 
timber be pulled down from his house, 
and being set up, let him be hanged 
thereon ; and let his house be made a 
dunghill for this. 

12 And the God that hath caused 
his name to dwell there destroy all 
kings and people, that shall put to 
their hand to alter and to destroy this 
house of God which is a,t Jerusalem. 
I Darius have made a decree ; let it 
be done with speed. 

13 % Then Tatnai, governor on this 
side the river, Shethar-boznai, and 
their companions, according to that 
which Darius the king had sent, so 
they did speedily. 

14 And the elders of the Jews 
builded, and they prospered through 
the prophesying of Haggai the proph- 
et and Zechariah the son of Iddo. 
And they builded, and finished it, 
according to the commandment of 
the God of Israel, and according 
to the commandment of Cyrus, and 
Darius, and Artaxerxes king of 
Persia. 

15 And this house was finished on 
the third day of the month Adar, 
which was in the sixth year of the 
reign of Darius the king. 

16 ^T And the children of Israel, 
the priests, and the Levites, and the 
rest of the children of the captivity, 
kept the dedication of this house of 
God with joy, 

17 And offered at the dedication of 
this house of God a hundred bullocks, 
two hundred rams, four hundred 

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lambs ; and for a sin offering for all 
Israel, twelve he goats, according to 
the number of the tribes of Israel. 

18 And they set the priests in their 
divisions, and the Levites in their 
courses, for the service of God, which 
is at Jerusalem; as it is written in 
the book of Moses. 

19 And the children of the cap- 
tivity kept the passover upon the 
fourteenth day of the first month. 

20 For the priests and the Levites 
were purified together, all of them 
were pure, and killed the passover 
for all the children of the captivity, 
and for their brethren the priests, 
and for themselves. 

21 And the children of Israel, which 
were come again out of captivity, and 
all such as had separated themselves 
unto them from the filthiness of the 
heathen of the land, to seek the Lord 
God of Israel, did eat, 

22 And kept the feast of unleaven- 
ed bread seven days with joy: for 
the Lord had made them joyful, and 
turned the heart of the king of As- 
syria unto them, to strengthen their 
hands in the work of the house of 
God, the God of Israel. 

CHAPTEK VII. 

1 Ezra goeth up to Jerusalem. 1 1 The gracious com- 
mission of Artaxerxes to Ezra. 2*7 Ezra blesseth God 
for his favour. 

NOW after these things, in the 
reign of Artaxerxes king of 
Persia, Ezra the son of Seraiah, the 
son of Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, 

2 The son of Shallum, the son of 
Zadok, the son of Ahitub, 

3 The son of Amariah, the son of 
Azariah, the son of Meraioth, 

4 The son of Zerahiah, the son of 
Uzzi, the son of Bukki, 

5 The son of Abishua, the son of 
Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son 
of Aaron the chief priest : 

6 This Ezra went up from Baby- 
lon ; and he was a ready scribe in 
the law of Moses, which the Lord 
God of Israel had given: and the 
king granted him all his request, ac- 

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cording to the hand of the Lord his 
God upon him. 

7 And there went up some of the 
children of Israel, and of the priests, 
and the Levites, and the singers, and 
the porters, and the Nethinim, unto 
Jerusalem, in the seventh year of 
Artaxerxes the king. 

8 And he came to Jerusalem in the 
fifth month, which was in the seventh 
year of the king. 

9 For upon the first day of the first 
month began he to go up from Baby- 
lon, and on the first day of the fifth 
month came he to Jerusalem, accord- 
ing to the good hand of his God upon 
him. 

10 For Ezra had prepared his heart 
to seek the law of the Lord, and to 
do it, and to teach in Israel statutes 
and judgments. 

11 H Now this is the copy of the 
letter that the king Artaxerxes gave 
unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even 
a scribe of the words of the com- 
mandments of the Lord, and of his 
statutes to Israel. 

12 Artaxerxes, king of kings, unto 
Ezra the priest, a scribe of the law 
of the God of heaven, perfect peace, 
and at such a time. 

13 I make a decree, that all they of 
the people of Israel, and of his priests 
and Levites, in my realm, which are 
minded of their own freewill to go up 
to Jerusalem, go with thee. 

14 Forasmuch as thou art sent of 
the king, and of his seven counsel- 
lors, to inquire concerning Judah and 
Jerusalem, according to the law of 
thy God which is in thine hand ; 

15 And to carry the silver and gold, 
which the king and his counsellors 
have freely offered unto the God of Is- 
rael, whose habitation is in Jerusalem, 

16 And all the silver and gold that 
thou canst find in all the province of 
Babylon, with the freewill offering of 
the people, and of the priests, offering 
willingly for the house of their God 
which is in Jerusalem : 

17 That thou mayest buy speedily 



of Artaxerxes to him. 



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Companions of Ezra. 



with this money bullocks, rams, lambs, 
with their meat offerings and their 
drink offerings, and offer them upon 
the altar of the house of your God 
which is in Jerusalem. 

18 And whatsoever shall seem good 
to thee, and to thy brethren, to do with 
the rest of the silver and the gold, 
that do after the will of your God. 

19 The vessels also that are given 
thee for the service of the house of 
thy God, those deliver thou before 
the God of Jerusalem. 

20 And whatsoever more shall be 
needful for the house of thy God, 
which thou shalt have occasion to 
bestow, bestow it out of the king's 
treasure house. 

21 And I, even I Artaxerxes the 
king, do make a decree to all the 
treasurers which are beyond the riv- 
er, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, 
the scribe of the law of the God of 
heaven, shall require of you, it be 
done speedily, 

22 Unto a hundred talents of silver, 
and to a hundred measures of wheat, 
and to a hundred baths of wine, and 
to a hundred baths of oil, and salt 
without prescribing how much. 

23 Whatsoever is commanded by 
the God of heaven, let it be diligently 
done for the house of the God of 
heaven : for why should there be 
wrath against the realm of the king 
and his sons? 

24 Also we certify you, that, touch- 
ing any of the priests and Levites, 
singers, porters, Nethinim, or min- 
isters of this house of God, it shall 
not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, 
or custom, upon them. 

25 And thou, Ezra, after the wis- 
dom of thy God, that is in thine 
hand, set magistrates and judges, 
which may judge all the people that 
are beyond the river, all such as 
know the laws of thy God; and 
teach ye them that know them not. 

26 And whosoever will not do the 
law of thy God, and the law of the 
king, let judgment be executed speed- 



ily upon him, whether it be unto 
death, or to banishment, or to confis- 
cation of goods, or to imprisonment. 

27 IT Blessed be the Lord God of 
our fathers, which hath put such a 
thing as this in the king's heart, to 
beautify the house of the Lord which 
is in Jerusalem : 

28 And hath extended mercy unto 
me before the king, and his counsel- 
lors, and before all the king's mighty 
princes. And I was strengthened as 
the hand of the Lord my God ivas 
upon me, and I gathered together out 
of Israel chief men to go up with me. 

CHAPTER YIII. 

1 The companions of JEzra, who returned from Babylon. 
15 He sendeth to Iddofor ministers for the temple. 21 
He keepeth a fast. 24 He committeth the treasures to 
the custody of the priests. 31 From Ahava they come 
to Jerusalem. 33 The treasure is weighed in the tem- 
ple. 36 The commission is delivered. 

THESE are now the chief of their 
fathers, and this is the genealogy 
of them that went up with me from 
Babylon, in the reign of Artaxerxes 
the king. 

2 Of the sons of Phinehas ; Ger- 
shom : of the sons of Ithamar ; Dan- 
iel : of the sons of David ; Hattush. 

3 Of the sons of Shechaniah, of the 
sons of Pharosh ; Zechariah : and with 
him were reckoned by genealogy of 
the males a hundred and fifty. 

4 Of the sons of Pahath-moab; 
Elihoenai the son of Zerahiah, and 
with him two hundred males. 

5 Of the sons of Shechaniah ; the 
son of Jahaziel, and with him three 
hundred males. 

6 Of the sons also of Adin ; Ebed 
the son of Jonathan, and with him 
fifty males. 

7 And of the sons of Elam ; Jesh- 
aiah the son of Athaliah, and with 
him seventy males. 

8 And of the sons of Shephatiah ; 
Zebadiah the son of Michael, and 
with him fourscore males. 

9 Of the sons of Joab ; Obadiah 
the son of Jehiel, and with him two 
hundred and eighteen males. 

10 And of the sons of Shelomith; 

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EZRA. 



Ezra keepeth a fast. 



the son of Josiphiah, and with him a 
hundred and threescore males. 

1 1 And of the sons of Bebai ; Zech- 
ariah the son of Bebai, and with him 
twenty and eight males. 

12 And of the sons of Azgad ; Jo- 
hanan the son of Hakkatan, and with 
him a hundred and ten males. 

13 And of the last sons of Adoni- 
kam, whose names are these, Eliphe- 
let, Jeiel, and Shemaiah, and with 
them threescore males. 

14 Of the sons also of Bigvai; 
Uthai, and Zabbud, and with them 
seventy males. 

15 IT And I gathered them together 
to the river that runneth to Ahava ; 
and there abode we in tents three 
days : and I viewed the people, and 
the priests, and found there none of 
the sons of Levi. 

16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for 
Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elna- 
than, and for Jarib, and for Elna- 
than, and for Nathan, and for Zech- 
ariah, and for Meshullam, chief men ; 
also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, 
men of understanding. 

17 And I sent them with com- 
mandment unto Iddo the chief at 
the place Casiphia, and I told them 
what they should say unto Iddo, and 
to his brethren the Nethinim, at the 
place Casiphia, that they should 
bring unto us ministers for the house 
of our God. 

18 And by the good hand of our 
God upon us they brought us a 
man of understanding, of the sons of 
Mahli, the son of Levi, the son of 
Israel ; and Sherebiah, with his sons 
and his brethren, eighteen ; 

19 And Hashabiah, and with him 
Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his 
brethren and their sons, twenty; 

20 Also of the Nethinim, whom 
David and the princes had appointed 
for the service of the Levites, two 
hundred and twenty Nethinim: all 
of them were expressed by name. 

21 If Then I proclaimed a fast 
there, at the river of Ahava, that 

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we might afflict ourselves before our 
God, to seek of him a right way for 
us, and for our little ones, and for all 
our substance. 

22 For I was ashamed to require 
of the king a band of soldiers and 
horsemen to help us against the 
enemy in the way : because we had 
spoken unto the king, saying, The 
hand of our God is upon all them 
for good that seek him ; but his 
power and his wrath is against all 
them that forsake him. 

23 So we fasted and besought our 
God for this : and he was entreated 
of us. 

24 If Then I separated twelve of 
the chief of the priests, Sherebiah, 
Hashabiah, and ten of their breth- 
ren with them, 

25 And weighed unto them the 
silver, and the gold, and the vessels, 
even the offering of the house of our 
God, which the king, and his coun- 
sellors, and his lords, and all Israel 
there present, had offered : 

26 I even weighed unto their hand 
six hundred and fifty talents of silver, 
and silver vessels a hundred talents, 
and of gold a hundred talents ; 

27 Also twenty basins of gold, of a 
thousand drams ; and two vessels of 
fine copper, precious as gold. 

28 And I said unto them, Ye are 
holy unto the Lord; the vessels are 
holy also; and the silver and the 
gold are a freewill offering unto the 
Lord God of your fathers. 

29 Watch ye, and keep them, un- 
til ye weigh them before the chief of 
the priests and the Levites, and chief 
of the fathers of Israel, at Jerusalem, 
in the chambers of the house of the 
Lord. 

30 So took the priests and the Le- 
vites the weight of the silver, and the 
gold, and the vessels, to bring them 
to Jerusalem unto the house of our 
God. 

31 If Then we departed from the 
river of Ahava on the twelfth day of 
the first month, to go unto Jerusa- 



Ezra's grief for 



EZRA. 



the strange marriages. 



lem : and the hand of our God was 
upon us, and he delivered us from 
the hand of the enemy, and of such 
as lay in wait hy the way. 

32 And we came to Jerusalem, and 
abode there three days. 

33 % Now on the fourth day was 
the silver and the gold and the ves- 
sels weighed in the house of our God 
by the hand of Meremoth the son of 
Uriah the priest ; and with him was 
Eleazar the son of Phinehas ; and 
with them was Jozabad the son of 
Jeshua, and Noadiah the son of Bin- 
nui, Levites ; 

34 By number and by weight of 
every one: and all the weight was 
written at that time. 

35 Also the children of those that 
had been carried away, which were 
come out of the captivity, offered 
burnt offerings unto the God of Israel, 
twelve bullocks for all Israel, ninety 
and six rams, seventy and seven 
lambs, twelve he goats for a sin of- 
fering : all this was a burnt offering 
unto the Lord. 

36 If And they delivered the king's 
commissions unto the king's lieuten- 
ants, and to the governors on this 
side the river: and they furthered 
the people, and the house of God. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 Ezra mourneth for the affinity of the people with 
strangers. 5 He prayeth unto God with confession 
of sins. 

NOW when these things were 
done, the princes came to me, 
saying, The people of Israel, and the 
priests, and the Levites, have not 
separated themselves from the peo- 
ple of the lands, doing according to 
their abominations, even of the Ca- 
naanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, 
the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the 
Moabites, the Egyptians, and the 
Amorites. 

2 For they have taken of their 
daughters for themselves, and for 
their sons: so that the holy seed 
have mingled themselves with the 
people of those lands : yea, the hand 



of the princes and rulers hath been 
chief in this trespass. 

3 And when I heard this thing, I 
rent my garment and my mantle, and 
plucked off the hair of my head and 
of my beard, and sat down astonied. 

4 Then were assembled unto me 
every one that trembled at the words 
of the God of Israel, because of the 
transgression of those that had been 
carried away ; and I sat astonied 
until the evening sacrifice. 

5 IT And at the evening sacrifice 1 
arose up from my heaviness ; and 
having rent my garment and my 
mantle, I fell upon my knees, and 
spread out my hands unto the Lord 
my God, 

6 And said, O my God, I am 
ashamed and blush to lift up my face 
to thee, my God : for our iniquities 
are increased over our head, and our 
trespass is grown up unto the heav- 
ens. 

7 Since the days of our fathers have 
we been in a great trespass unto this 
day ; and for our iniquities have we, 
our kings, and our priests, been de- 
livered into the hand of the kings of 
the lands, to the sword, to captivity, 
and to a spoil, and to confusion of 
face, as it is this day. 

8 And now for a little space grace 
hath been shewed from the Lord our 
God, to leave us a remnant to escape, 
and to give us a nail in his holy 
place, that our God may lighten our 
eyes, and give us a little reviving in 
our bondage. 

9 For we were bondmen ; yet our 
God hath not forsaken us in our 
bondage, but hath extended mercy 
unto us in the sight of the kings of 
Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up 
the house of our God, and to repair 
the desolations thereof, and to give us 
a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem. 

10 And now, O our God, what 
shall we say after this ? for we have 
forsaken thy commandments, 

11 Which thou hast commanded 
by thy servants the prophets, saying, 



Ezra reformeth the 



EZRA. 



strange marriages. 



The land, unto which ye go to pos- 
sess it, is an unclean land with the 
filthiness of the people of the lands, 
with their ahominations, which have 
filled it from one end to another with 
their uncleanness. 

12 Now therefore give not your 
daughters unto their sons, neither 
take their daughters unto your sons, 
nor seek their peace or their wealth 
for ever : that ye may be strong, and 
eat the good of the land, and leave it 
for an inheritance to your children 
for ever. 

13 And after all that is come upon 
us for our evil deeds, and for our 
great trespass, seeing that thou our 
God hast punished us less than our 
iniquities deserve, and hast given us 
such deliverance as this ; 

14 Should we again break thy 
commandments, and join in affinity 
with the people of these abomina- 
tions ? wouldest not thou be angry 
with us till thou hadst consumed us, 
so that there should be no remnant 
nor escaping ? 

15 O Lord God of Israel, thou art 
righteous ; for we remain yet escaped, 
as it is this day : behold, we are be- 
fore thee in our trespasses ; for we can- 
not stand before thee because of this. 

CHAPTEK X. 

1 Shechaniah encourageth Ezra to reform the strange 
marriages. 6 Ezra mourning assembleth the people. 
9 The people, at the exhortation of Ezra, repent, and 
promise amendment. 15 The care to perform it. 18 
The names of them which had married strange wives. 

NOW when Ezra had prayed, 
and when he had confessed, 
weeping and casting himself down 
before the house of God, there as- 
sembled unto him out of Israel a 
very great congregation of men and 
women and children : for the people 
wept very sore. 

2 And Shechaniah the son of Jehiel, 
one of the sons of Elam, answered 
and said unto Ezra, We have tres- 
passed against our God, and have 
taken strange wives of the people of 
the land : yet now there is hope in 
Israel concerning this thing. 
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3 Now therefore let us make a cov- 
enant with our God to put away all 
the wives, and such as are born of 
them, according to the counsel of my 
lord, and of those that tremble at the 
commandment of our God ; and let 
it be done according to the law. 

4 Arise; for this matter belongeth 
unto thee : we also will be with thee : 
be of good courage, and do it. 

5 Then arose Ezra, and made the 
chief priests, the Levites, and all Is- 
rael, to swear that they should do ac- 
cording to this word. And they sware. 

6 If Then Ezra rose up from before 
the house of God, and went into the 
chamber of Johanan the son of Elia- 
shib : and when he came thither, he 
did eat no bread, nor drink water: 
for he mourned because of the trans- 
gression of them that had been car- 
ried away. 

7 And they made proclamation 
throughout Judah and Jerusalem 
unto all the children of the captivity, 
that they should gather themselves 
together unto Jerusalem ; 

8 And that whosoever would not 
come within three days, according to 
the counsel of the princes and the 
elders, all his substance should be 
forfeited, and himself separated from 
the congregation of those that had 
been carried away. 

9 If Then all the men of Judah and 
Benjamin gathered themselves to- 
gether unto Jerusalem within three 
days. It was the ninth month, on 
the twentieth day of the month ; and 
all the people sat in the street of the 
house of God, trembling because of 
this matter, and for the great rain. 

10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and 
said unto them, Ye have transgressed, 
and have taken strange wives, to in- 
crease the trespass of Israel. 

11 Now therefore make confession 
unto the Lord God of your fathers, 
and do his pleasure : and separate 
yourselves from the people of the 
land, and from the strange wives. 

12 Then all the congregation an- 



The names of those who 



EZRA. 



had married strange wives. 



swered and said with a loud voice, 
As thou hast said, so must we do. 

13 But the people are many, and it 
is a time of much rain, and we are 
not able to stand without, neither is 
this a work of one day or two : for 
we are many that have transgressed 
in this thing. 

14 Let now our rulers of all the 
congregation stand, and let all them 
which have taken strange wives in 
our cities corne at appointed times, 
and with them the elders of every 
city, and the judges thereof, until 
the fierce wrath of our God for this 
matter he turned from us. 

15 5T Only Jonathan the son of 
Asahel and Jahaziah the son of 
Tikvah were employed about this 
matter: and Meshullam and Shab- 
bethai the Levite helped them. 

16 And the children of the cap- 
tivity did so. And Ezra the priest, 
with certain chief of the fathers, after 
the house of their fathers, and all of 
them by their names, were separated, 
and sat down in the first day of the 
tenth month to examine the matter. 

17 And they made an end with 
all the men that had taken strange 
wives by the first day of the first 
month. 

18 IT And among the sons of the 
priests there were found that had 
taken strange wives : namely, of the 
sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak, 
and his brethren; Maaseiah, and 
Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah. 

19 And they gave their hands that 
they would put away their wives; 
and being guilty, they offered a ram 
of the flock for their trespass. 

20 And of the sons of Immer ; 
Hanani, and Zebadiah. 

21 And of the sons of Harim; 
Maaseiah, and Elijah, and Shem- 
aiah, and Jehiel, and Uzziah. 

22 And of the sons of Pashur; 
Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Ne- 
thaneel, Jozabad, and Elasah. 

23 Also of the Levites ; Jozabad, 
and Shimei, and Kelaiah, (the same 



is Kelita,) Pethahiah, Judah, and 
Eliezer. 

24 Of the singers also ; Eliashib : 
and of the porters ; Shallum, and 
Telem, and Uri. 

25 Moreover of Israel : of the sons 
of Parosh ; Ramiah, and Jeziah, and 
Malchiah, and Miamin, and Eleazar, 
and Malchijah, and Benaiah. 

26 And of the sons of Elam ; Mat- 
taniah, Zechariah, and Je'hiel, and 
Abdi, and Jeremoth, and Eliah. 

27 And of the sons of Zattu ; Elio- 
enai, Eliashib, Mattaniah, and Jere- 
moth, and Zabad, and Aziza. 

28 Of the sons also of Bebai; 
Jehohanan, Hananiah, Zabbai, and 
Athlai. 

29 And of the sons of Bani; Me- 
shullam, Malluch, and Adaiah, Jash- 
ub, and Sheal, and Ramoth. 

30 And of the sons of Pahath- 
moab ; Adna, and Chelal, Benaiah, 
Maaseiah, Mattaniah, Bezaleel, and 
Binnui, and Manasseh. 

31 And of the sons of Harim; 
Eliezer, Ishij ah, Malchiah, Shemaiah, 
Shimeon, 

32 Benjamin, Malluch, and Shem- 
ariah. 

33 Of the sons of Hashum ; Mat- 
tenai, Mattathah, Zabad, Eliphelet, 
Jeremai, Manasseh, and Shimei. 

34 Of the sons of Bani ; Maadai, 
Amram, and Uel, 

35 Benaiah, Bedeiah, Chelluh, 

36 Yaniah, Meremoth, Eliashib, 

37 Mattaniah, Mattenai, and Jaa- 



sau 



38 And Bani, and Binnui, Shimei, 

39 And Shelemiah, and Nathan, 
and Adaiah, 

40 Machnadebai, Shashai, Sharai, 

41 Azareel, and Shelemiah, Shem- 
ariah, 

42 Shallum, Amariah, and Joseph. 

43 Of the sons of Nebo ; Jeiel, 
Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jadau, 
and Joel, Benaiah. 

44 All these had taken strange 
wives : and some of them had wives 
by whom they had children. 

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THE 



BOOK OF NEHEMIAH. 



CHAPTEK I. 

1 Nehemiah, understanding by Hanani the misery of 
Jerusalem, mourneth, fasteth, and prayeth. 5 His 
prayer. 

THE words of Nehemiah the son 
of Hachaliah. And it came to 
pass in the month Chisleu, in the 
twentieth year, as I was in Shushan 
the palace, 

2 That Hanani, one of my brethren, 
came, he and certain men of Judah ; 
and I asked them concerning the 
Jews that had escaped, which were 
left of the captivity, and concerning 
Jerusalem. 

3 And they said unto me, The rem- 
nant that are left of the captivity 
there in the province are in great 
affliction and reproach : the wall of 
Jerusalem also es broken down, and 
the gates thereof are burned with fire. 

4 U" And it came to pass, when I 
heard these words, that I sat down 
and wept, and mourned certain days, 
and fasted, and prayed before the 
God of heaven, 

5 And said, I beseech thee, O 
Lord God of heaven, the great and 
terrible God, that keepeth covenant 
and mercy for them that love him 
and observe his commandments : 

6 Let thine ear now be attentive, 
and thine eyes open, that thou may- 
est hear the prayer of thy servant, 
which I pray before thee now, day 
and night, for the children of Israel 
thy servants, and confess the sins 
of the children of Israel, which we 
have sinned against thee : both I 
and my father's house have sinned. 

7 We have dealt very corruptly 
against thee, and have not kept the 
commandments, nor the statutes, 

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nor the judgments, which thou com- 
mandedst thy servant Moses. 

8 Remember, I beseech thee, the 
word that thou commandedst thy 
servant Moses, saying, If ye trans- 
gress, I will scatter you abroad 
among the nations: 

9 But if ye turn unto me, and keep 
my commandments, and do them; 
though there were of you cast out 
unto the uttermost part of the heav- 
en, yet will I gather them from 
thence, and will bring them unto 
the place that I have chosen to set 
my name there. 

10 Now these are thy servants and 
thy people, whom thou hast redeem- 
ed by thy great power, and by thy 
strong hand. 

11 O Lord, I beseech thee, let 
now thine ear be attentive to the 
prayer of thy servant, and to the 
prayer of thy servants, who desire to 
fear thy name : and prosper, I pray 
thee, thy servant this day, and grant 
him mercy in the sight of this man. 
For I was the king's cupbearer. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Artaxerxes understanding the cause of JVehemiah's 
sadness sendeth him with letters and commission to Je- 
rusalem. 9 Nehemiah, to the grief of the enemies, 
cometh to Jerusalem. 12 He vieweth secretly the ruins 
of the walls. 1 7 He incileth the Jews to build in de- 
spite of the enemies. 

A ND it came to pass in the month 
JIX Nisan, in the twentieth year of 
Artaxerxes the king, that wine was be- 
fore him : and I took up the wine, and 
gave it unto the king. Now I had not 
been beforetime sad in his presence. 
2 Wherefore the king said unto 
me, Why is thy countenance sad, 
seeing thou art not sick ? this is 



Nehemiah cometh 



NEHEMIAH. 



to Jerusalem. 



nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then 
I was very sore afraid, 

3 And said unto the king, Let the 
king live for ever: why should not 
my countenance be sad, when the 
city, the place of my fathers' sepul- 
chres, lieth waste, and the gates there- 
of are consumed with fire ? 

4 Then the king said unto me, For 
what dost thou make request ? So I 
prayed to the God of heaven. 

5 And I said unto the king, If it 
please the king, and if thy servant 
have found favour in thy sight, that 
thou wouldest send me unto Judah, 
unto the city of my fathers' sepul- 
chres, that I may build it. 

6 And the king said unto me, (the 
queen also sitting by him,) For how 
long shall thy journey be ? and when 
wilt thou return ? So it pleased the 
king to send me; and I set him a 
time. 

7 Moreover I said unto the king, 
If it please the king, let letters be 
given me to the governors beyond 
the river, that they may convey me 
over till I come into Judah ; 

8 And a letter unto Asaph the 
keeper of the king's forest, that he 
may give me timber to make beams 
for the gates of the palace which 
appertained to the house, and for the 
wall .of the city, and for the house 
that I shall enter into. And the king 
granted me, according to the good 
hand of my God upon me. 

9 Tf Then I came to the governors 
beyond the river, and gave them the 
king's letters. Now the king had 
sent captains of the army and horse- 
men with me. 

10 When Sanballat the Horonite, 
and Tobiah the servant, the Ammon- 
ite, heard of it, it grieved them ex- 
ceedingly that there was come a man 
to seek the welfare of the children of 
Israel. 

11 So I came to Jerusalem, and 
was there three days. 

12 U And I arose in the night, I 
and some few men with me ; neither 

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told I any man what my God had put 
in my heart to do at Jerusalem : nei- 
ther was there any beast with me, 
save the beast that I rode upon. 

13 And I went out by night by the 
gate of the valley, even before the 
dragon well, and to the dung port, 
and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, 
which were broken down, and the 
gates thereof were consumed with 
fire. 

14 Then I went on to the gate of 
the fountain, and to the king's pool : 
but there was no place for the beast 
that was under me to pass. 

15 Then went I up in the night 
by the brook, and viewed the wall, 
and turned back, and entered by the 
gate of the valley, and so returned. 

16 And the rulers knew not whith- 
er I went, or what I did ; neither 
had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor 
to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor 
to the rulers, nor to the rest that did 
the work. 

17 U Then said I unto them, Ye 
see the distress that we are in, how 
Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates 
thereof are burned with fire: come, 
and let us build up the wall of Je- 
rusalem, that we be no more a re- 
proach. 

18 Then I told them of the hand 
of my God which was good upon 
me ; as also the king's words that he 
had spoken unto me. And they said, 
Let us rise up and build. So they 
strengthened their hands for this good 
work. 

19 But when Sanballat the Horon- 
ite, and Tobiah the servant, the Am- 
monite, and Geshem the Arabian, 
heard it, they laughed us to scorn, 
and despised us, and said, What is 
this thing that ye do ? will ye rebel 
against the king ? 

20 Then answered I them, and said 
unto them, The God of heaven, he 
will prosper us; therefore we his 
servants will arise and build : but 
ye have no portion, nor right, nor 
memorial, in Jerusalem. 

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The names and 



NEHEMIAH. 



order of them 



CHAPTEK III. 

TJie names and order of them that builded the wall. 

THEN Eliashib the high priest 
rose up with his brethren the 
priests, and they builded the sheep 
gate ; they sanctified it, and set up 
the doors of it ; even unto the tower 
of Meah they sanctified it, unto the 
tower of Hananeel. 

2 And next unto him builded 
the men of Jericho. And next to 
them builded Zaccur the son of 
Imri. 

3 But the fish gate did the sons of 
Hassenaah build, who also laid the 
beams thereof, and set up the doors 
thereof, the locks thereof, and the 
bars thereof. 

4 And next unto them repaired 
Mere moth the son of Urijah, the son 
of Koz. And next unto them repair- 
ed Meshullam the son of Berechiah, 
the son of Meshezabeel. And next 
unto them repaired Zadok the son of 
Baana. 

5 And next unto them the Tekoites 
repaired; but their nobles put not 
their necks to the work of their 
Lord. 

6 Moreover the old gate repaired 
Jehoiada the son of Paseah, and Me- 
shullam the son of Besodeiah ; they 
laid the beams thereof, and set up 
the doors thereof, and the locks there- 
of, and the bars thereof. 

7 And next unto them repaired 
Melatiah the Gibeonite, and Jadon 
the Meronothite, the men of Gibeon, 
and of Mizpah, unto the throne of 
the governor on this side the river. 

8 Next unto him repaired Uzziel 
the son of Harhaiah, of the gold- 
smiths. Next unto him also repaired 
Hananiah the son of one o/the apoth- 
ecaries, and they fortified Jerusalem 
unto the broad wall. 

9 And next unto them repaired 
Rephaiah the son of Hur, the ruler 
of the half part of Jerusalem. 

10 And next unto them repaired 
Jedaiah the son of Harumaph, even 
over against his house. And next 

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unto him repaired Hattush the son 
of Hashabniah. 

11 Malchijah the son of Harim, 
and Hashub the son of Pahath-moab, 
repaired the other piece, and the 
tower of the furnaces. 

12 And next unto him repaired 
Shallum the son of Halohesh, the 
ruler of the half part of Jerusalem, 
he and his daughters. 

13 The valley gate repaired Ha- 
nun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah ; 
they built it, and set up the doors 
thereof, the locks thereof, and the 
bars thereof, and a thousand cubits 
on the wall unto the dung gate. 

14 But the dung gate repaired 
Malchiah the son of Rechab, the 
ruler of part of Beth-haccerem ; he 
built it, and set up the doors there- 
of, the locks thereof, and the bars 
thereof. 

15 But the gate of the fountain re- 
paired Shallun the son of Col-hozeh, 
the ruler of part of Mizpah ; he built 
it, and covered it, and set up the 
doors thereof, the locks thereof, and 
the bars thereof, and the wall of the 
pool of Siloah by the king's garden, 
and unto the stairs that go down 
from the city of David. 

16 After him repaired Nehemiah 
the son of Azbuk, the ruler of the 
half part of Beth-zur, unto the .place 
over against the sepulchres of David, 
and to the pool that was made, and 
unto the house of the mighty. 

17 After him repaired the Levites, 
Rehum the son of Bani. Next unto 
him repaired Hashabiah, the ruler 
of the half part of Keilah, in his 
part. 

18 After him repaired their breth- 
ren, Bavai the son of Henadad, the 
ruler of the half part of Keilah. 

19 And next to him repaired Ezer 
the son of Jeshua, the ruler of Miz- 
pah, another piece over against the 
going up to the armoury at the turn- 
ing of the wall. 

20 After him Baruch the son of 
Zabbai earnestly repaired the other 



that builded the wall. 



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The enemies scoff. 



piece, from the turning of the wall 
unto the door of the house of Elia- 
shib the high priest. 

21 After him repaired Meremoth 
the son of Urijah the son of Koz 
another piece, from the door of the 
house of Eliashib even to the end of 
the house of Eliashib. 

22 And after him repaired the 
priests, the men of the plain. 

23 After him repaired Benjamin 
and Hashub over against their house. 
After him repaired Azariah the son 
of Maaseiah the son of Ananiah by 
his house. 

24 After him repaired Binnui the 
son of Henadad another piece, from 
the house of Azariah unto the turning 
of the wall, even unto the corner. 

25 Palal the son of Uzai, over 
against the turning of the wall, and 
the tower which lieth out from the 
king's high house, that was by the 
court of the prison. After him Pe- 
daiah the son of Parosh. 

26 Moreover the Nethinim dwelt 
in Ophel, unto the place over against 
the water gate toward the east, and 
the tower that lieth out. 

27 After them the Tekoites re- 
paired another piece, over against the 
great tower that lieth out, even unto 
the wall of Ophel. 

28 From above the horse gate re- 
paired the priests, every one over 
against his house. 

29 After them repaired Zadok the 
son of Immer over against his house. 
After him repaired also Shemaiah the 
son of Shechaniah, the keeper of the 
east gate. 

3 After him repaired Hananiah the 
son of Shelemiah, and Hanun the sixth 
son of Zalaph, another piece. After 
him repaired Meshullam the son of 
Berechiah over against his chamber. 

3 1 After him repaired Malchiah the 
goldsmith's son unto the place of the 
Nethinim, and of the merchants, over 
against the gate Miphkad, and to the 
going up of the corner. 

32 And between the going up of the 



corner unto the sheep gate repaired 
the goldsmiths and the merchants. 

CHAPTEK It. 

1 While the enemies scoff, Nehemiah prayeth and con- 
tinueth the work. 7 Understanding the wrath and 
secrets of the enemy, he setteth a watch. IS He armeth 
the labourers, 19 and giveth military precepts. 

BUT it came to pass, that when 
Sanballat heard that we builded 
the wall, he was wroth, and took great 
indignation, and mocked the Jews. 

2 And he spake before his brethren 
and the army of Samaria, and said, 
What do these feeble Jews? will 
they fortify themselves ? will they 
sacrifice ? will they make an end in 
a day ? will they revive the stones 
out of the heaps of the rubbish which 
are burned ? 

3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was 
by him, and he said, Even that which 
they build, if a fox go up, he shall 
even break down their stone wall. 

4 Hear, O our God ; for we are de- 
spised: and turn their reproach upon 
their own head, and give them for a 
prey in the land of captivity : 

5 And cover not their iniquity, and 
let not their sin be blotted out from 
before thee : for they have provoked 
thee to anger before the builders. 

6 So built we the wall ; and all the 
wall was joined together unto the half 
thereof: for the people had a mind to 
work. 

7 TT But it came to pass, that when 
Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Ara- 
bians, and the Ammonites, and the 
Ashdodites, heard that the walls of 
Jerusalem were made up, and that 
the breaches began to be stopped, 
then they were very wroth, 

8 And conspired all of them to- 
gether to come and to fight against 
Jerusalem, and to hinder it. 

9 Nevertheless we made our prayer 
unto our God, and set a watch against 
them day and night, because of 
them. 

10 And Judah said, The strength 
of the bearers of burdens is decayed, 
and there is much rubbish ; so that we 
are not able to build the wall. 

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against the enemies. 



11 And our adversaries said, They 
shall not know, neither see, till we 
come in the midst among them, and 
slay them, and cause the work to cease. 

12 And it came to pass, that when 
the Jews which dwelt hy them came, 
they said unto us ten times, From all 
places whence ye shall return unto 
us they will be upon you. 

13 If Therefore set I in the lower 
places behind the wall, and on the 
higher places, I even set the people 
after their families with their swords, 
their spears, and their hows. 

14 And I looked, and rose up, and 
said unto the nobles, and to the 
rulers, and to the rest of the people, 
Be not ye afraid of them : remember 
the Lord, which is great and terrible, 
and fight for your brethren, your sons, 
and your daughters, your wives, and 
your houses. 

15 And it came to pass, when our 
enemies heard that it was known 
unto us, and God had brought their 
counsel to nought, that we returned 
all of us to the wall, every one unto 
his work. 

16 And it came to pass from that 
time forth, that the half of my ser- 
vants wrought in the work, and the 
other half of them held both the 
spears, the shields, and the bows, and 
the habergeons ; and the rulers were 
behind all the house of Judah. 

17 Theywhichbuildedonthe wall, 
and they that bare burdens, with 
those that laded, every one with one 
of his hands wrought in the work, 
and with the other hand held a 
weapon. 

18 For the builders, every one had 
his sword girded by his side, and so 
builded. And he that sounded the 
trumpet was by me. 

19 IT And 1 said unto the nobles, 
and to the rulers, and to the rest of 
the people, The work is great and 
large, and we are separated upon 
the wall, one far from another. 

20 In what place therefore ye hear 
the sound of the trumpet, resort ye 

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thither unto us : our God shall fight 
for us. 

21 So we laboured in the work : 
and half of them held the spears 
from the rising of the morning till 
the stars appeared. 

22 Likewise at the same time said 
I unto the people, Let every one with 
his servant lodge within Jerusalem, 
that in the night they may be a guard 
to us, and labour on the day. 

23 So neither I, nor my brethren, 
nor my servants, nor the men of the 
guard which followed me, none of us 
put off our clothes, saving that every 
one put them off for washing. 

CHAPTEK Y. 

1 TJie Jews complain of their debt, mortgage, and bond- 
age. 6 Nehemiah rebuketh the usurers, and causeth 
them to make a covenant of restitution. 14 He forbear- 
eth his own allowance, and keepeth hospitality. 

AND there was a great cry of the 
people and of their wives against 
their brethren the Jews. 

2 For there were that said, "We, 
our sons, and our daughters, are 
many: therefore we take up corn 
for them, that we may eat, and live. 

3 Some also there were that said, 
We have mortgaged our lands, vine- 
yards, and houses, that we might buy 
corn, because of the dearth. 

4 There were also that said, We 
have borrowed money for the king's 
tribute, and that upon our lands and 
vineyards. 

5 Yet now our flesh is as the flesh 
of our brethren, our children as their 
children : and, lo, we brhig into 
bondage our sons and our daughters 
to be servants, and some of our daugh- 
ters are brought into bondage already: 
neither is it in our power to redeem 
them ; for other men have our lands 
and vineyards. 

6 % And I was very angry when I 
heard their cry and these words. 

7 Then I consulted with myself, 
and I rebuked the nobles, and the 
rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact 
usury, every one of his brother. And 
I set a great assembly against them. 

8 And I said unto them, We, after 



The usurers rebuked. 



NEHEMIAH. 



Nehemialis generosity. 



our ability, have redeemed our breth- 
ren the Jews, which were sold unto 
the heathen; and will ye even sell 
your brethren ? or shall they be sold 
unto us ? Then held they their peace, 
and found nothing to answer. 

9 Also I said, It is not good that 
ye do: ought ye not to walk in the 
fear of our God because of the re- 
proach of the heathen our enemies ? 

10 I likewise, and my brethren, and 
my servants, might exact of them 
money and corn : I pray you, let us 
leave off this usury. 

11 Restore, I pray you, to them, 
even this day, their lands, their vine- 
yards, their oliveyards, and their 
nouses, also the hundredth part of 
the money, and of the corn, the 
wine, and the oil, that ye exact of 
them. 

12 Then said they, We will restore 
them, and will require nothing of 
them ; so will we do as thou sayest. 
Then I called the priests, and took 
an oath of them, that they should do 
according to this promise. 

13 Also I shook my lap, and said, 
So God shake out every man from 
his house, and from his labour, that 
performeth not this promise, even 
thus be he shaken out, and emptied. 
And all the congregation said, Amen, 
and praised the Lord. And the peo- 
ple did according to this promise. 

14 IT Moreover from the time that 
I was appointed to be their governor 
in the land of Judah, from the twen- 
tieth year even unto the two and 
thirtieth year of Artaxerxes the king, 
that is, twelve years, I and my breth- 
ren have not eaten the bread of the 
governor. 

15 But the former governors that 
had been before me were chargeable 
unto the people, and had taken of 
them bread and wine, besides forty 
shekels of silver; yea, even their 
servants bare rule over the people : 
but so did not I, because of the fear 
of God. 

16 Yea, also I continued in the work 



of this wall, neither bought we any 
land : and all my servants were gath- 
ered thither unto the work. 

17 Moreover there were at my ta- 
ble a hundred and fifty of the Jews 
and rulers, besides those that came 
unto us from among the heathen that 
are about us. 

18 Now that which was prepared 
for me daily was one ox and six choice 
sheep ; also fowls were prepared for 
me, and once in ten days store of all 
sorts of wine : yet for all this required 
not I the bread of the governor, be- 
cause the bondage was heavy upon 
this people. 

19 Think upon me, my God, for 
good, according to all that I have 
done for this people. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 Sanballat practiseth by craft, by rumours, by hired 
prophecies, to terrify Nehemiah, 15 The work is fin- 
ished to the terror of the enemies. 1*7 Secret intelli- 
gence passeth between the enemies and the nobles of 
Judah. 

NOW it came to pass, when San- 
ballat, and Tobiah, and Ge- 
shem the Arabian, and the rest of 
our enemies, heard that I had build- 
ed the wall, and that there was no 
breach left therein; (though at that 
time I had not set up the doors upon 
the gates ;) 

2 That Sanballat and Geshem sent 
unto me, saying, Come, let us meet 
together in some one of the villages 
in the plain of Ono. But they 
thought to do me mischief. 

3 And I sent messengers unto them, 
saying, I am doing a great work, so 
that I cannot come down : why should 
the work cease, whilst I leave it, and 
come down to you ? 

4 Yet they sent unto me four times 
after this sort ; and I answered them 
after the same manner. 

5 Then sent Sanballat his servant 
unto me in like manner the fifth time 
with an open letter in his hand ; 

6 Wherein was written, It is report- 
ed among the heathen, and Gashmu 
saith it, that thou and the Jews think 
to rebel : for which cause thou build- 

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NEHEMIAH. 



A register of them 



est the wall, that thou mayest be their 
king, according to these words. 

7 And thou hast also appointed 
prophets to preach of thee at Jeru- 
salem, saying, There is a king in 
Judah : and now shall it he reported 
to the king according to these words. 
Come now therefore, and let us take 
counsel together. 

8 Then I sent unto him, saying, 
There are no such things done as 
thou sayest, but thou feignest them 
out of thine own heart. 

9 For they all made us afraid, say- 
ing, Their hands shall be weakened 
from the work, that it be not done. 
Now therefore, God, strengthen my 
hands. 

10 Afterward I came unto the 
house of Shemaiah the son of Del- 
aiah the son of Mehetabeel, who 
was shut up; and he said, Let us 
meet together in the house of God, 
within the temple, and let us shut 
the doors of the temple : for they 
will come to slay thee ; yea, in the 
night will they come to slay thee. 

11 And I said, Should such a man 
as I flee ? and who is there, that, be- 
ing as I am, would go into the tem- 
ple to save his life ? I will not go in. 

12 And, lo, 1 perceived that God 
had not sent him; but that he pro- 
nounced this prophecy against me : 
for Tobiah and Sanballat had hired 
him. 

13 Therefore was he hired, that I 
should be afraid, and do so, and sin, 
and that they might have matter for 
an evil report, that they might re- 
proach me. 

14 My God, think thou upon To- 
biah and Sanballat according to these 
their works, and on the prophetess 
Noadiah, and the rest of the proph- 
ets, that would have put me in fear. 

15 If So the wall was finished in 
the twenty and fifth day of the month 
Elul, in fifty and two days. 

16 And it came to pass, that when 
all our enemies heard thereof and all 
the heathen that were about us saw 



these things, they were much cast 
down in their own eyes: for they 
perceived that this work was wrought 
of our God. 

17 If Moreover in those days the 
nobles of Judah sent many letters 
unto Tobiah, and the letters of Tobiah 
came unto them. 

18 For there were many in Judah 
sworn unto him, because he was the 
son in law of Shechaniah the son of 
Arah; and his son Johanan had ta- 
ken the daughter of Meshullam the 
son of Berechiah. 

19 Also they reported his good 
deeds before me, and uttered my 
words to him. And Tobiah sent 
letters to put me in fear. 

CHAPTER YII. 

1 Nehemiah committeth the charge of Jerusalem to Han- 
ani and Hananiah. 5 A register of the genealogy of 
them which came at the first out of Babylon, 9 of the 
people, 39 of the priests, 43 of the Levites, 46 of the 
Nethinim, 57 of Solomon, s servants, 63 and of the priests 
which cotdd not find their pedigree. 66 The whole 
number of them, with their substance. 70 Their ob- 
lations. 

NOW it came to pass, when the 
wall was built, and I had set up 
the doors, and the porters and the sing- 
ers and the Levites were appointed, 

2 That I gave my brother Hanani, 
and Hananiah the ruler of the palace, 
charge over Jerusalem : for he was a 
faithful man, and feared God above 
many. 

3 And I said unto them, Let not the 
gates of Jerusalem be opened until 
the sun be hot ; and while they stand 
by, let them shut the doors, and bar 
them : and appoint watches of the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem, every one 
in his watch, and every one to be 
over against his house. 

4 Now the city was large and great : 
but the people were few therein, and 
the houses were not builded. 

5 IT And my God put into mine 
heart to gather together the nobles, 
and the rulers, and the people, that 
they might be reckoned by genealo- 
gy. And I found a register of the 
genealogy of them which came up at 
the first, and found written therein, 



which came first 



NEHEMIAH. 



from Babylon, 



6 These are the children of the 
province, that went up out of the 
captivity, of those that had heen car- 
ried away, whom Nebuchadnezzar the 
king of Babylon had carried away, 
and came again to Jerusalem and to 
Judah, every one unto his city ; 

7 Who came with Zerubbabel, Je- 
shua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, 
Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mis- 
pereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The 
number, / say, of the men of the peo- 
ple of Israel was this ; 

8 The children of Parosh, two thou- 
sand a hundred seventy and two. 

9 The children of Shephatiah, three 
hundred seventy and two. 

10 The children of Arah, six hun- 
dred fifty and two. 

11 The children of Pahath-moab, 
of the children of Jeshua and Joab, 
two thousand and eight hundred and 
eighteen. 

12 The children of Elam, a thou- 
sand two hundred fifty and four. 

13 The children of Zattu, eight 
hundred forty and Hve. 

14 The children of Zaccai, seven 
hundred and threescore. 

15 The children of Binnui, six 
hundred forty and eight. 

16 The children of Bebai, six hun- 
dred twenty and eight. 

17 The children of Azgad, two thou- 
sand three hundred twenty and two. 

18 The children of Adonikam, six 
hundred threescore and seven. 

19 The children of Bigvai, two 
thousand threescore and seven. 

20 The children of Adin, six hun- 
dred fifty and five. 

21 The children of Ater of Heze- 
kiah, ninety and eight. 

22 The children of Hashum, three 
hundred twenty and eight. 

23 The children of Bezai, three 
hundred twenty and four. 

24 The children of Hariph, a hun^ 
dred and twelve. 

25 The children of Gibeon, ninety 
and five. 

26 The men of Beth-lehem and 



Netophah, a hundred fourscore and 
eight. 

27 The men of Anathoth, a hun- 
dred twenty and eight. 

28 The men of Beth-azmaveth, 
forty and two. 

29 The men of Kirjath-jearim, 
Chephirah, and Beeroth, seven hun- 
dred forty and three. 

30 The men of Raman and Gaba, 
six hundred twenty and one. 

31 The men of Michmas, a hundred 
and twenty and two. 

32 The men of Beth-el and Ai, a 
hundred twenty and three. 

33 The men of the other Nebo, 
fifty and two. 

34 The children of the other Elam, 
a thousand two hundred fifty and four. 

35 The children of Harim, three 
hundred and twenty. 

36 The children of Jericho, three 
hundred forty and Rye. 

37 The children of Lod, Hadid, and 
Ono, seven hundred twenty and one. 

38 The children of Senaah, three 
thousand nine hundred and thirty. 

39 If The priests: the children of 
Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine 
hundred seventy and three. 

40 The children of Immer, a thou- 
sand fifty and two. 

41 The children of Pashur, a thou- 
sand two hundred forty and seven. 

42 The children of Harim, a thou- 
sand and seventeen. 

43 If The Levites : the children of 
Jeshua, of Kadmiel, and of the chil- 
dren of Hodevah, seventy and four. 

44 TT The singers : the children of 
Asaph, a hundred forty and eight. 

45 II The porters: the children of 
Shallum, the children of Ater, the 
children of Talmon, the children of 
Akkub, the children of Hatita, the 
children of Shobai, a hundred thirty 
and eight. 

46 f The Nethinim : the children 
of Ziha, the children of Hashupha, the 
children of Tabbaoth, 

47 The children of Keros, the chil- 
dren of Sia, the children of Padon, 

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NEHEMIAH. 



of the people. 



48 The children of Lebana, the 
children of Hagaba, the children of 
Shalmai, 

49 The children of Hanan, the chil- 
dren of Giddel, the children of Gahar, 

50 The children of Reaiah, the chil- 
dren of Rezin, the children of Nekoda, 

51 The children of Gazzam, the 
children of Uzza, the children of 
Phaseah, 

52 The children of Besai, the 
children of Meunim, the children of 
Nephishesim, 

53 The children of Bakbuk, the 
children of Hakupha, the children of 
Harhur, 

54 The children of Bazlith, the 
children of Mehida, the children of 
Harsha, 

55 The children of Barkos,the chil- 
dren of Sisera, the children of Tamah, 

56 The children of Neziah, the 
children of Hatipha. 

57 IT The children of Solomon's 
servants : the children of Sotai, the 
children of Sophereth, the children 
of Perida, 

58 The children of Jaala, the chil- 
dren of Darkon, the children of Gid- 
del, 

59 The children of Shephatiah, the 
children of Hattil, the children of 
Pochereth of Zebaim, the children of 
Anion. 

60 All the Nethinim, and the chil- 
dren of Solomon's servants, were three 
hundred ninety and two. 

61 And these were they which went 
up also from Tel-melah, Tel-haresha, 
Cherub, Addon, and Iinmer: but they 
could not shew their father's house, 
nor their seed, whether they were of 
Israel. 

62 The children of Delaiah, the 
children of Tobiah, the children of 
Nekoda, six hundred forty and two. 

63 TT And of the priests : the chil- 
dren of Habaiah, the children of Koz, 
the children of Barzillai, which took 
one of the daughters of Barzillai the 
Gileadite to wife, and was called after 
their name. 

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6 4 These sought their register among 
those that were reckoned by geneal- 
ogy, but it was not found : therefore 
were they, as polluted, put from the 
priesthood. 

65 And the Tirshatha said unto 
them, that they should not eat of the 
most holy things, till there stood up a 
priest with Urim and Thummim. 

66 IT The whole congregation to- 
gether was forty and two thousand 
three hundred and threescore, 

67 Besides their manservants and 
their maidservants, of whom there 
were seven thousand three hundred 
thirty and seven : and they had two 
hundred forty and five singing men 
and singing women. 

68 Their horses, seven hundred 
thirty and six : their mules, two hun- 
dred forty and five : 

6 9 Their camels, four hundred thirty 
and five : six thousand seven hundred 
and twenty asses. 

70 IF And some of the chief of the 
fathers gave unto the work. The 
Tirshatha gave to the treasure a thou- 
sand drams of gold, fifty basins, five 
hundred and thirty priests' garments. 

71 And some of the chief of the 
fathers gave to the treasure of the 
work twenty thousand drams of gold, 
and two thousand and two hundred 
pounds of silver. 

72 And that which the rest of the 
people gave was twenty thousand 
drams of gold, and two thousand 
pounds of silver, and threescore and 
seven priests' garments. 

73 So the priests, and the Levites, 
and the porters, and the singers, and 
some of the people, and the Nethi- 
nim, and all Israel, dwelt in their 
cities ; and when the seventh month 
came, the children of Israel ivere in 
their cities. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1 The religious manner of reading and hearing the law. 
9 They comfort the people. 13 The forwardness of 
them to hear and be instructed. 16 They keep the 
feast of tabernacles. 

X NT) all the people gathered them- 
J-jL selves together as one man into 



The law is read. 



NEHEMIAH. 



Feast of tabernacles. 



the street that was before the water 
gate ; and they spake unto Ezra the 
scribe to bring the book of the law of 
Moses, which the Lord had com- 
manded to Israel. 

2 And Ezra the priest brought the 
law before the congregation both of 
men and women, and all that could 
hear with understanding, upon the 
first day of the seventh month. 

3 And he read therein before the 
street that was before the water gate 
from the morning until midday, be- 
fore the men and the women, and 
those that could understand ; and the 
ears of all the people were attentive 
unto the book of the law. 

4 And Ezra the scribe stood upon 
a pulpit of wood, which they had 
made for the purpose ; and beside him 
stood Mattithiah, and Shema, and 
Anaiah, and Urijah, and Hilkiah, and 
Maaseiah, on his right hand ; and on 
his left hand, Pedaiah, and Mishael, 
and Malchiah, and Hashum, and 
Hashbadana, Zechariah, and Me- 
shullam. 

5 And Ezra opened the book in 
the sight of all the people ; (for he 
was above all the people;) and when 
he opened it, all the people stood 
up: 

6 And Ezra blessed the Lord, the 
great God. And all the people an- 
swered, Amen, Amen, with lifting 
up their hands : and they bowed their 
heads, and worshipped the Lord with 
their faces to the ground. 

7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sher- 
ebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, 
Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, 
Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the 
Levites, caused the people to under- 
stand the law : and the people stood 
in their place. 

8 So they read in the book in the 
law of God distinctly, and gave the 
sense, and caused them to understand 
the reading. 

9 IT And Nehemiah, which is the 
Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the 
scribe, and the Levites that taught 



the people, said unto all the people, 
This day is holy unto the Lord your 
God ; mourn not, nor weep. For all 
the people wept, when they heard the 
words of the law. 

10 Then he said unto them, Go 
your way, eat the fat, and drink the 
sweet, and send portions unto them 
for whom nothing is prepared : for 
this day is holy unto our Lord : 
neither be ye sorry ; for the joy of the 
Lord is your strength. 

11 So the Levites stilled all the peo- 
ple, saying, Hold your peace, for the 
day is holy ; neither be ye grieved. 

12 And all the people went their 
way to eat, and to drink, and to send 
portions, and to make great mirth, 
because they had understood the 
words that were declared unto them. 

13 IT And on the second day were 
gathered together the chief of the 
fathers of all the people, the priests, 
and the Levites, unto Ezra the scribe, 
even to understand the words of the 
law. 

14 And they found written in the 
law which the Lord had commanded 
by Moses, that the children of Israel 
should dwell in booths in the feast 
of the' seventh month : 

15 And that they should publish 
and proclaim in all their cities, and 
in Jerusalem, saying, Go forth unto 
the mount, and fetch olive branch- 
es, and pine branches, and myrtle 
branches, and palm branches, and 
branches of thick trees, to make 
booths, as it is written. 

16 IT So the people went forth, and 
brought them, and made themselves 
booths, every one upon the roof of 
his house, and in their courts, and in 
the courts of the house of God, and 
in the street of the water gate, and 
in the street of the gate of Ephraim. 

17 And all the congregation of 
them that were come again out of 
the captivity made booths, and sat 
under the booths : for since the days 
of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that 
day had not the children of Israel 

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The Levites make 



NE HE MI AH. a religious confession of 



done so. And there was very great 
gladness. 

18 Also day by day, from the first 
day unto the last day, he read in the 
book of the law of God. And they 
kept the feast seven days; and on 
the eighth day was a solemn assem- 
bly, according unto the manner. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 A solemn fast, and repentance of the people. 4 The 
Levites make a religious confession of God's goodness, 
and their wickedness. 

"l^TOW in the twenty and fourth 
JL i day of this month the children 
of Israel were assembled with fasting, 
and with sackclothes, and earth upon 
them. 

2 And the seed of Israel separated 
themselves from all strangers, and 
stood and confessed their sins, and 
the iniquities of their fathers. 

3 And they stood up in their place, 
and read in the book of the law of 
the Lord their God one fourth part 
of the day ; and another fourth part 
they confessed, and worshipped the 
Lord their God. 

4 H Then stood up upon the stairs, 
of the Levites, Jeshua, and Bani, 
Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Shere- 
biah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried 
with a loud voice unto the Lord their 
God. 

5 Then the Levites, Jeshua, and 
Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Shere- 
biah, Hodijah, Shebajniah, and Peth- 
ahiah, said, Stand up and bless the 
Lord your God for ever and ever: 
and blessed be thy glorious name, 
which is exalted above all blessing 
and praise. 

6 Thou, even thou, art Lord alone ; 
thou hast made heaven, the heaven 
of heavens, with all their host, the 
earth, and all things that are therein, 
the seas, and all that is therein, and 
thou preservest them all ; and the 
host of heaven worshippeth thee. 

7 Thou art the Lord the God, who 
didst choose Abram, and broughtest 
himforthoutofUroftheChaldees,and 
gavest him the name of Abraham ; 

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8 And foundest his heart faithful 
before thee, and madest a covenant 
with him to give the land of the Ca- 
naanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, 
and the Perizzites, and the Jebusites, 
and the Girgashites, to give it, I say, 
to his seed, and hast performed thy 
words ; for thou art righteous : 

9 And didst see the affliction of 
our fathers in Egypt, and heardest 
their cry by the Bed sea ; 

10 And shewedst signs and won- 
ders upon Pharaoh, and on all his 
servants, and on all the people of 
his land : for thou knewest that they 
dealt proudly against them. So didst 
thou get thee a name, as it is this day. 

11 And thou didst divide the sea 
before them, so that they went through 
the midst of the sea on the dry land ; 
and their persecutors thou threwest 
into the deeps, as a stone into the 
mighty waters. 

12 Moreover thou leddest them in 
the day by a cloudy pillar; and in 
the night by a pillar of fire, to give 
them light in the way wherein they 
should go. 

13 Thou earnest down also upon 
mount Sinai, and spakest with them 
from heaven, and gavest them right 
judgments, and true laws, good stat- 
utes and commandments : 

14 And madest known unto them 
thy holy sabbath, and commandedst 
them precepts, statutes, and laws, by 
the hand of Moses thy servant : 

15 And gavest them bread from 
heaven for their hunger, and brought- 
est forth water for them out of the 
rock for their thirst, and promisedst 
them that they should go in to pos- 
sess the land which thou hadst sworn 
to give them. 

16 But they and our fathers dealt 
proudly, and hardened their necks, 
and hearkened not to thy command- 
ments, 

17 And refused to obey, neither 
were mindful of thy wonders that 
thou didst among them ; but hard- 
ened their necks, and in their rebel- 



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God's goodness, and 



NEHEMIAH. 



of the national sins. 



lion appointed a captain to return to 
their bondage : but thou art a God 
ready to pardon, gracious and merci- 
ful, slow to anger, and of great kind- 
ness, and forsookest them not. 

18 Yea, when they had made them 
a molten calf, and said, This is thy 
God that brought thee up out of 
Egypt, and had wrought great prov- 
ocations ; 

19 Yet thou in thy manifold mer- 
cies forsookest them not in the wil- 
derness : the pillar of the cloud de- 
parted not from them by day, to lead 
them in the way ; neither the pillar 
of fire by night, to shew them light, 
and the way wherein they should go. 

20 Thou gavest also thy good Spirit 
to instruct them, and withheldest not 
thy manna from their mouth, and ga- 
vest them water for their thirst. 

21 Yea, forty years didst thou sus- 
tain them in the wilderness, so that 
they lacked nothing ; their clothes wax- 
ed not old, and their feet swelled not. 

22 Moreover thou gavest them 
kingdoms and nations, and didst 
divide them into corners : so they 
possessed the land of Sihon, and the 
land of the king of Heshbon, and 
the land of Og king of Bashan. 

23 Their children also multipli- 
edst thou as the stars of heaven, and 
broughtest them into the land, con- 
cerning which thou hadst promised 
to their fathers, that they should go 
in to possess it. 

24 So the children went in and 
possessed the land, and thou subdu- 
edst before them the inhabitants of 
the land, the Canaanites, and gavest 
them into their hands, with their kings, 
and the people of the land, that they 
might do with them as they would. 

25 And they took strong cities, and 
a fat land, and possessed houses full 
of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, 
and oliveyards, and fruit trees in 
abundance : so they did eat, and were 
filled, and became fat, and delighted 
themselves in thy great goodness. 

26 Nevertheless they were disobe- 



dient, and rebelled against thee, and 
cast thy law behind their backs, and 
slew thy prophets which testified 
against them to turn them to thee, 
and they wrought great provocations. 

27 Therefore thou deliveredst them 
into the hand of their enemies, who 
vexed them : and in the time of their 
trouble, when they cried unto thee, 
thou heardest them from heaven ; 
and according to thy manifold mer- 
cies thou gavest them saviours, who 
saved them out of the hand of their 
enemies. 

28 But after they had rest, they 
did evil again before thee : therefore 
leftest thou them in the hand of their 
enemies, so that they had the do- 
minion over them : yet when they 
returned, and cried unto thee, thou 
heardest them from heaven ; and 
many times didst thou deliver them 
according to thy mercies ; 

29 And testifiedst against them, 
that thou mightest bring them again 
unto thy law : yet they dealt proudly, 
and hearkened not unto thy com- 
mandments, but sinned against thy 
judgments, (which if a man do, he 
shall live in them;) and withdrew the 
shoulder, and hardened their neck, 
and would not hear. 

30 Yet many years didst thou 
forbear them, and testifiedst against 
them by thy Spirit in thy prophets : 
yet would they not give ear : there- 
fore gavest thou them into the hand 
of the people of the lands. 

31 Nevertheless for thy great mer- 
cies' sake thou didst not utterly con- 
sume them, nor forsake them; for 
thou art a gracious and merciful God. 

32 Now therefore, our God, the 
great, the mighty, and the terrible 
God, who keepest covenant and mer- 
cy, let not all the trouble seem little 
before thee, that hath come upon us, 
on our kings, on our princes, and on 
our priests, and on our prophets, and 
on our fathers, and on all thy people, 
since the time of the kings of As- 
syria unto this day. 

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The names of those 



NEHEMIAH. 



that sealed the covenant. 



33 Howbeit thou adjust in all that 
is brought upon us ; for thou hast done 
right, but we have done wickedly: 

34 Neither have our kings, our 
princes, our priests, nor our fathers, 
kept thy law, nor hearkened unto 
thy commandments and thy testi- 
monies, wherewith thou didst testify 
against them. 

35 For they have not served thee 
in their kingdom, and in thy great 
goodness that thou gavest them, and 
in the large and fat land which thou 
gavest before them, neither turned 
they from their wicked works. 

36 Behold, we are servants this 
day, and for the land that thou ga- 
vest unto our fathers to eat the fruit 
thereof and the good thereof, behold, 
we are servants in it : 

37 And it yieldeth much increase 
unto the kings whom thou hast set 
over us because of our sins : also they 
have dominion over our bodies, and 
over our cattle, at their pleasure, and 
we are in great distress. 

38 And because of all this we make 
a sure covenant, and write it; and 
our princes, Levites, and priests, seal 
unto it. 

.CHAPTEK X. 

1 The names of them that sealed the covenant. 29 The 
points of tlie covenant. 

NOW those that sealed were, Ne- 
hemiah, the Tirshatha, the son 
of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah, 

2 Seraiah, Azariah, Jeremiah, 

3 Pashur, Amariah, Malchijah, 

4 Hattush, Shebaniah, Malluch, 

5 Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, 

6 Daniel, Ginnethon, Baruch, 

7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin, 

8 Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah : these 
were the priests. 

9 And the Levites: both Jeshua 
the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the 
sons of Henadad, Kadmiel ; 

10 And their brethren, Shebaniah, 
Hodijah, Kelita, Pelaiah, Hanan, 

11 Micha, Rehob, Hashabiah, 

12 Zaccur, Sherebiah, Shebaniah, 

13 Hodijah, Bani, Beninu. 

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14 The chief of the people; Parosh, 
Pahath-moab, Elam, Zatthu, Bani, 

15 Bunni, Azgad, Bebai, 

16 Adonijah, Bigvai, Adin, 

17 Ater, Hizkijah, Azzur, 

18 Hodijah, Hashum, Bezai, 

19 Hariph, Anathoth, Nebai, 

20 Magpiash, Meshullam, Hezir, 

21 Meshezabeel, Zadok, Jaddua, 

22 Pelatiah, Hanan, Anaiah, 

23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub, 

24 Hallohesh, Pileha, Shobek, 

25 Rehum, Hashabnah, Maaseiah, 

26 And Ahijah, Hanan, Anan, 

27 Malluch, Harim, Baanah. 

28 1[ And the rest of the people, the 
priests, the Levites, the porters, the 
singers, the Nethinim, and all they 
that had separated themselves from 
the people of the lands unto the law of 
God, their wives, their sons, and their 
daughters, every one having knowl- 
edge, and having understanding ; 

29 They clave to their brethren, 
their nobles, and entered into a curse, 
and into an oath, to walk in God's law, 
which was given by Moses the servant 
of God, and to observe and do all the 
commandments of the Lord our Lord, 
and his judgments and his statutes ; 

30 And that we would not give our 
daughters unto the people of the land, 
nor take their daughters for our sons : 

31 And if the people of the land 
bring ware or any victuals on the 
sabbath day to sell, that we would 
not buy it of them on the sabbath, or 
on the holy day : and that we would 
leave the seventh year, and the exac- 
tion of every debt. 

32 Also we made ordinances for us, 
to charge ourselves yearly with the 
third part of a shekel for the service 
of the house of our God ; 

33 For the shewbread, and for the 
continual meat offering, and for the 
continual burnt offering, of the sab- 
baths, of the new moons, for the set 
feasts, and for the holy things, and for 
the sin offerings to make an atone- 
ment for Israel, and for all the work 
of the house of our God. 



The inhabitants 



NEHEMIAH. 



of Jerusalem, 



34 And we cast the lots among the 
priests, the Levites, and the people, 
for the wood offering, to bring it into 
the honse of our God, after the houses 
of our fathers, at times appointed 
year by year, to burn upon the altar 
of the Lord our God, as it is written 
in the law : 

35 And to bring the firstfruits of 
our ground, and the firstfruits of all 
fruit of all trees, year by year, unto 
the house of the Lord : 

36 Also the firstborn of our sons, 
and of our cattle, as it is written in 
the law, and the firstlings of our herds 
and of our flocks, to bring to the house 
of our God, unto the priests that 
minister in the house of our God : 

37 And that we should bring the 
firstfruits of our dough, and our of- 
ferings, and the fruit of all manner 
of trees, of wine and of oil, unto the 
priests, to the chambers of the house 
of our God ; and the tithes of our 
ground unto the Levites, that the 
same Levites might have the tithes 
in all the cities of our tillage. 

38 And the priest the son of Aaron 
shall be with the Levites, when the 
Levites take tithes : and the Levites 
shall bring up the tithe of the tithes 
unto the house of our God, to the 
chambers, into the treasure house. 

39 For the children of Israel and 
the children of Levi shall bring the 
offering of the corn, of the new wine, 
and the oil, unto the chambers, where 
are the vessels of the sanctuary, and 
the priests that minister, and the 
porters, and the singers : and we 
will not forsake the house of our 
God. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 The rulers, voluntary men, and the tenth man chosen 
by lot, dwell at Jerusalem. 3 A catalogue of their 
names. 20 The residue dwell in other cities. 

AND the rulers of the people 
_ dwelt at Jerusalem: the rest 
of the people also cast lots, to bring 
one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the 
holy city, and nine parts to dwell in 
other cities. 



2 And the people blessed all the 
men, that willingly offered them- 
selves to dwell at Jerusalem. 

3 If Now these are the chief of the 
province that dwelt in Jerusalem : but 
in the cities of Judah dwelt every one 
in his possession in their cities, to wit, 
Israel, the priests, and the Levites, 
and the Nethinim, and the children 
of Solomon's servants. 

4 And at Jerusalem dwelt certain 
of the children of Judah, and of the 
children of Benjamin. Of the chil- 
dren of Judah ; Athaiah the son of 
Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son 
of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, 
the son of Mahalaleel, of the children 
of Perez ; 

5 And Maaseiah the son of Baruch, 
the son of Col-hozeh, the son of Ha- 
zaiah, the son of Adaiah, the son of 
Joiarib, the son of Zechariah, the son 
of Shiloni. 

6 All the sons of Perez that dwelt 
at Jerusalem were four hundred three- 
score and eight valiant men. 

7 And these are the sons of Benja- 
min; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the 
son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the 
son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, 
the son of Ithiel, the son of Jesaiah. 

8 And after him Gabbai, Sallai, 
nine hundred twenty and eight. 

9 And Joel the son of Zichri teas 
their overseer : and Judah the son of 
Senuah was second over the city. 

10 Of the priests : Jedaiah the son 
of Joiarib, Jachin. 

11 Seraiah the son of Hilkiah, the 
son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, 
the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, 
was the ruler of the house of God. 

12 And their brethren that did the 
work of the house ivere eight hun- 
dred twenty and two : and Adaiah 
the son of Jeroham, the son of Pela- 
liah, the son of Amzi, the son of 
Zechariah, the son of Pashur, the son 
of Malchiah, 

13 And his brethren, chief of the 
fathers, two hundred forty and two: 
and Amashai the son of Azareel, the 

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The inhabitants 



NEHEMIAH. 



of the other cities. 



son of Ahasai, the son of Meshille- 
moth, the son of Immer, 

14 And their brethren, mighty men 
of valour, a hundred twenty and eight: 
and their overseer was Zabdiel, the 
son of one of the great men. 

15 Also of the Levites : Shemaiah the 
son of Hashub, the son of Azrikam,the 
son of Hashabiah, the son of Bunni ; 

16 And Shabbethai and Jozabad, 
of the chief of the Levites, had the 
oversight of the outward business of 
the house of God. 

17 And Mattaniah the son of Mi- 
cha, the son of Zabdi, the son of 
Asaph, was the principal to begin the 
thanksgiving in prayer : and Bakbu- 
kiah the second among his brethren, 
and Abda the son of Shammua, the 
son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun. 

18 All the Levites in the holy city 
were two hundred fourscore and four. 

19 Moreover the porters, Akkub,Tal- 
mon, and their brethren that kept the 
gates, were a hundred seventy and two. 

20 *[f And the residue of Israel, of 
the priests, and the Levites, were in 
all the cities of Judah, every one in 
his inheritance. 

21 But the Nethinim dwelt in 
Ophel: and Ziha and Gispa were 
over the Nethinim. 

22 The overseer also of the Levites 
at Jerusalem was Uzzi the son of 
Bani, the son of Hashabiah, the son 
of Mattaniah, the son of Micha. Of the 
sons of Asaph, the singers were over 
the business of the house of God. 

23 For it was the king's command- 
ment concerning them, that a certain 
portion should be for the singers, due 
for every day. 

24 And Pethahiah the son of Me- 
shezabeel, of the children of Zerah the 
son of Judah, was at the king's hand 
in all matters concerning the people. 

25 And for the villages, with their 
fields, some of the children of Judah 
dwelt at Kirjath-arba, and in the 
villages thereof, and at Dibon, and 
in the villages thereof, and at Jekab- 
zeel, and in the villages thereof, 

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26 And at Jeshua, and at Moladah, 
and at Beth-phelet, 

27 And at Hazar-shual, and at Beer- 
sheba, and in the villages thereof, 

28 And at Ziklag, and at Mekonah, 
and in the villages thereof, 

29 And at En-rimmon, and at Za- 
reah, and at Jarmuth, 

30 Zanoah, Adullam, and in their 
villages, at Lachish, and the fields 
thereof, at Azekah, and in the vil- 
lages thereof. And they dwelt from 
Beer-sheba unto the valley of Hinnom. 

31 The children also of Benjamin 
from Geba dwelt at Michmash, and 
Aija, and Beth-el, and in their villages, 

32 And at Anathoth, Nob, Ananiah, 

33 Hazor, It amah, Gittaim, 

34 Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat, 

35 Lod, and Ono, the valley of 
craftsmen. 

36 And of the Levites were divis- 
ions in Judah, and in Benjamin. 

CHAPTEE XII. 

1 The priests, 8 and the Levites, which came up with 
Zerubbabel. 10 The succession of high priests. 22 
Certain chief Levites. 27 The solemnity of the dedi- 
cation of the walls. 44 The offices of priests and 
Levites appointed in the temple, 

NOW these are the priests and the 
Levites that went up with Ze- 
rubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and 
Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra, 

2 Amariah, Malluch, Hattush, 

3 Shechaniah, Behum, Meremoth, 

4 Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah, 

5 Miamin, Maadiah, Bilgah, 

6 Shemaiah, and Joiarib, Jedaiah, 

7 Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. 
These were the chief of the priests and 
of their brethren in the days of Jeshua. 

8 Moreover the Levites : Jeshua, 
Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, 
and Mattaniah, ivhich was over the 
thanksgiving, he and his brethren. 

9 Also Bakbukiah and Unni, their 
brethren, were over against them in 
the watches. 

10 IT And Jeshua begat Joiakim, 
Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and 
Eliashib begat Joiada, 

1 1 And Joiada begat Jonathan, and 
Jonathan begat Jaddua. 



Succession of high priests. NE HE MI AH. 



Dedication of the wall 



12 And in the days of Joiakim were 
priests, the chief of the fathers : of Sera- 
iah, Meraiah ; of Jeremiah, Hananiah ; 

13 Of Ezra, Meshullam ; of Ama- 
riah, Jehohanan ; 

14 Of Melicu, Jonathan ; of Sheb- 
aniah, Joseph; 

15 Of Harim, Adna; of Meraioth, 
Helkai ; 

16 Of Iddo, Zechariah ; of Ginne- 
thon, Meshullam; 

17 Of Abijah, Zichri; of Minia- 
min, of Moadiah, Piltai ; 

18 Of Bilgah, Shammua ; of Shem- 
aiah, Jehonathan ; 

19 And of Joiarib, Mattenai; of 
Jedaiah, Uzzi ; 

20 Of Sallai,Kallai; of Amok,Eber; 

21 Of Hilkiah, Hashabiah ; of Je- 
daiah, Nethaneel. 

22 IT The Levites in the days of 
Eliashib, Joiada, and Johanan, and 
Jaddua, were recorded chief of the 
fathers : also the priests, to the reign 
of Darius the Persian. 

23 The sons of Levi, the chief of 
the fathers, were written in the book 
of the Chronicles, even until the days 
of Johanan the son of Eliashib. 

24 And the chief of the Levites : 
Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the 
son of Kadmiel, with their brethren 
over against them, to praise and to 
give thanks, according to the com- 
mandment of David the man of God, 
ward over against ward. 

25 Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, 
Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Ak- 
kub, were porters keeping the ward 
at the thresholds of the gates. 

26 These were in the days of Joia- 
kim the son of Jeshua, the son of 
Jozadak, and in the days of Nehe- 
miah the governor, and of Ezra the 
priest, the scribe. 

27 % And at the dedication of the 
wall of Jerusalem they sought the 
Levites out of all their places, to 
bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the 
dedication with gladness, both with 
thanksgivings, and with singing, with 
cymbals, psalteries, and with harps. 



28 And the sons of the singers 
gathered themselves together, both 
out of the plain country round about 
Jerusalem, and from the villages of 
Netophathi ; 

29 Also from the house of Gilgal, 
and out of the fields of Geba and 
Azmaveth : for the singers had builded 
them villages round about Jerusalem. 

30 And the priests and the Levites 
purified themselves, and purified the 
people, and the gates, and the walk 

31 Then I brought up the princes 
of Judah upon the wall, and ap- 
pointed two great companies of them 
that gave thanks, whereof one went 
on the right hand upon the wall to- 
ward the dung gate : 

32 And after them went Hoshaiah, 
and half of the princes of Judah, 

33 And Azariah, Ezra, and Me- 
shullam, 

34 Judah, and Benjamin, and 
Shemaiah, and Jeremiah, 

35 And certain of the priests' sons 
with trumpets ; namely, Zechariah 
the son of Jonathan, the son of Shem- 
aiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son 
of Michaiah, the son of Zaccur, the 
son of Asaph : 

36 And his brethren, Shemaiah, 
and Azarael, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, 
Nethaneel, and Judah, Hanani, with 
the musical instruments of David the 
man of God, and Ezra the scribe be- 
fore them. 

37 And at the fountain gate, which 
was over against them, they went up 
by the stairs of the city of David, at 
the going up of the wall, above the 
house of David, even unto the water 
gate eastward. 

38 And the other company of them 
that gave thanks went over against 
them, and I after them, and the half 
of the people upon the wall, from be- 
yond the tower of the furnaces even 
unto the broad wall ; 

39 And from above the gate of 
Ephraim, and above the old gate, and 
above the fish gate, and the tower of 
Hananeel, and the tower of Meah, 

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NEHEMIAH. 



The chambers cleansed. 



even unto the sheep gate : and they 
stood still in the prison gate. 

40 So stood the two companies of 
them that gave thanks in the house 
of God* and I, and the half of the 
rulers with me : 

41 And the priests; Eliakim, Maase- 
iah, Miniamin, Michaiah,Elioenai, Ze- 
chariah,amZ Hananiah,with trumpets ; 

42 And Maaseiah, and Shemaiah, 
and Eleazar, and Uzzi, and Jehoha- 
nan, and Malchijah, and Elam, and 
Ezer. And the singers sang loud, 
with Jezrahiah their overseer. 

43 Also that day they offered great 
sacrifices, and rejoiced : for God had 
made them rejoice with great joy : the 
wives also and the children rejoiced : 
so that the joy of Jerusalem was heard 
even afar off. 

44 If And at that time were some 
appointed over the chambers for the 
treasures, for the offerings, for the first- 
fruits, and for the tithes, to gather into 
them out of the fields of the cities the 
portions of the law for the priests and 
Levites : for Judah rejoiced for the 
priests and for the Levites that waited. 

45 And both the singers and the 
porters kept the ward of their God, 
and the ward of the purification, ac- 
cording to the commandment of Da- 
vid, and of Solomon his son. 

46 For in the days of David and 
Asaph of old there were chief of the 
singers, and songs of praise and 
thanksgiving unto God. 

47 And all Israel in the days of Ze- 
rubbabel, and in the days of Nehe- 
miah, gave the portions of the singers 
and the porters, every day his portion : 
and they sanctified holy things unto 
the Levites ; and the Levites sanctified 
them unto the children of Aaron. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Upon the reading of the law separation is made from 
the mixed multitude. 4 Nehemiah at his return causeth 
the chambers to be cleansed. 10 He reformeth the 
offices in the house of God. 15 The violation of the 
sabbath, 23 and the marriages with strange wives. 

N that day they read in the 
book of Moses in the audience 
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of the people ; and therein was found 
written, that the Ammonite and the 
Moabite should not come into the 
congregation of God for ever ; 

2 Because they met not the children 
of Israel with bread and with water, 
but hired Balaam against them, that 
he should curse them: howbeit our 
God turned the curse into a blessing. 

3 Now it came to pass, when they 
had heard the law, that they separated 
from Israel all the mixed multitude. 

4 IT And before this, Eliashib the 
priest, having the oversight of the 
chamber of the house of our God, 
was allied unto Tobiah: 

5 And he had prepared for him a 
great chamber, where aforetime they 
laid the meat offerings, the frankin- 
cense, and the vessels, and the tithes 
of the corn, the new wine, and the 
oil, which was commanded to be given 
to the Levites, and the singers, and 
the porters ; and the offerings of the 
priests. 

6 But in all this time was not I at 
Jerusalem: for in the two and thir- 
tieth year of Artaxerxes king of Baby- 
lon came I unto the king, and after 
certain days obtained I leave of the 
king: 

7 And I came to Jerusalem, and 
understood of the evil that Eliashib did 
for Tobiah, in preparing him a cham- 
ber in the courts of the house of God. 

8 And it grieved me sore : therefore 
I cast forth all the household stuff of 
Tobiah out of the chamber. 

9 Then I commanded, and they 
cleansed the chambers: and thither 
brought I again the vessels of the 
house of God, with the meat offering 
and the frankincense. 

10 ^T And I perceived that the por- 
tions of the Levites had not been 
given them : for the Levites and the 
singers, that did the work, were fled 
every one to his field. 

11 Then contended I with the 
rulers, and said, Why is the house of 
God forsaken ? And I gathered them 
together, and set them in their place. 



Nehemiah reformeth 



NEHEMIAH. 



certain abuses. 



12 Then brought all Judah the 
tithe of the corn and the new wine 
and the oil unto the treasuries. 

13 And I made treasurers over the 
treasuries, Shelemiah the priest, and 
Zadok the scribe, and of the Levites, 
Pedaiah : and next to them was 
Hanan the son of Zaccur, the son of 
Mattaniah : for they were counted 
faithful, and their office ivas to dis- 
tribute unto their brethren. 

14 Remember me, O my God, con- 
cerning this, and wipe not out my good 
deeds that I have done for the house of 
my God, and for the offices thereof. 

15 1T In those days saw I in Judah 
some treading winepresses on the 
sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, 
and lading asses; as also wine, 
grapes, and figs, and all manner of 
burdens, which they brought into 
Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and 
I testified against them in the day 
wherein they sold victuals. 

16 There dwelt men of Tyre also 
therein, which brought fish, and all 
manner of ware, and sold on the sab- 
bath unto the children of Judah, and 
in Jerusalem. 

17 Then I contended with the no- 
bles of Judah, and said unto them, 
What evil thing is this that ye do, 
and profane the sabbath day? 

18 Did not your fathers thus, and 
did not our God bring all this evil 
upon us, and upon this city ? yet ye 
bring more wrath upon Israel by 
profaning the sabbath. 

19 And it came to pass, that when 
the gates of Jerusalem began to be 
dark before the sabbath, I commanded 
that the gates should be shut, and 
charged that they should not be 
opened till after the sabbath: and 
some of my servants set I at the gates, 
that there should no burden be brought 
in on the sabbath day. 

20 So the merchants and sellers 
of all kind of ware lodged without 
Jerusalem once or twice. 

21 Then I testified against them, 
and said unto them, Why lodge ye 

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about the wall ? if ye do so again, I 
will lay hands on you. From that 
time forth came they no more on the 
sabbath. 

22 And I commanded the Levites, 
that they should cleanse themselves, 
and that they should come and keep 
the gates, to sanctify the sabbath day. 
Remember me, O my God, concern- 
ing this also, and spare me according 
to the greatness of thy mercy. 

23 ^1 In those days also saw I Jews 
that had married wives of Ashdod, of 
Ammon, and of Moab : 

24 And their children spake half in 
the speech of Ashdod, and could not 
speak in the Jews' language, but ac- 
cording to the language of each people. 

25 And I contended with them, and 
cursed them, and smote certain of 
them, and plucked off their hair, and 
made them swear by God, saying, Ye 
shall not give your daughters unto 
their sons, nor take their daughters 
unto your sons, or for yourselves. 

26 Did not Solomon king of Israel 
sin by these things ? yet among many 
nations was there no king like him, 
who was beloved of his God, and God 
made him king over all Israel : never- 
theless even him did outlandish wo- 
men cause to sin. 

27 Shall we then hearken unto 
you to do all this great evil, to trans- 
gress against our God in marrying 
strange wives ? 

28 And one of the sons of Joiada, 
the son of Eliashib the high priest, 
was son in law to Sanballat the Ho- 
ronite : therefore I chased him from 
me. 

29 Remember them, O my God, 
because they have defiled the priest- 
hood, and the covenant of the priest- 
hood, and of the Levites. 

30 Thus cleansed I them from all 
strangers, and appointed the wards 
of the priests and the Levites, every 
one in his business ; 

31 And for the wood offering, at 
times appointed, and for the firstfruits. 
Remember me, O my God, for good. 

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BOOK OF ESTHER 



CHAPTEK I..- 

1 Ahasuerus maketk royal feasts. 10 Vashti, sent for, 
refuseth to come. 13 Ahasuerus, by the counsel of 
Memucan, maketh the decree of men's sovereignty. 

NOW it came to pass in the days 
of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasue- 
rus which reigned from India even 
unto Ethiopia, over a hundred and 
seven and twenty provinces,) 

2 That in those days, when the 
king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of 
his kingdom, which was in Shushan 
the palace, 

3 In the third year of his reign, he 
made a feast unto all his princes and 
his servants ; the power of Persia and 
Media, the nohles and princes of the 
provinces, being before him : 

4 When he shewed the riches of his 
glorious kingdom and the honour of 
his excellent majesty many days, even 
a hundred and fourscore days. 

5 And when these days were ex- 
pired, the king made a feast unto 
all the people that were present in 
Shushan the palace, both unto great 
and small, seven days, in the court 
of the garden of the king's palace ; 

6 Where were white, green, and 
blue hangings, fastened with cords 
of fine linen and purple to silver rings 
and pillars of marble : the beds were 
of gold and silver, upon a pavement 
of red, and blue, and white, and black 
marble. 

7 And they gave them drink in 
vessels of gold, (the vessels being 
diverse one from another,) and royal 
wine in abundance, according to the 
state of the king. 

8 And the drinking was according 
to the law ; none did compel : for so 
the king had appointed to all the 

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officers of his house, that they should 
do according to every man's pleas- 
ure. 

9 Also Vashti the queen made a 
feast for the women in the royal 
house which belonged to king Ahas- 
uerus. 

10 IT On the seventh day, when 
the heart of the king was merry with 
wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biz- 
tha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, 
Zethar, and C areas, the seven cham- 
berlains that served in the presence 
of Ahasuerus the king, 

11 To bring Vashti the queen be- 
fore the king with the crown royal, to 
shew the people and the princes her 
beauty : for she was fair to look on. 

^ 12 But the queen Vashti refused to 
come at the king's commandment 
by his chamberlains : therefore was 
the king very wroth, and his anger 
burned in him. 

13 ^T Then the king said to the 
wise men, which knew the times, (for 
so was the king's manner toward all 
that knew law and judgment : 

14 And the next unto him was 
Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tar- 
shish, Meres, Marsena, and Memu- 
can, the seven princes of Persia and 
Media, which saw the king's face, 
and which sat the first ir\ the king- 
dom,) 

15 What shall we do unto the 
queen Vashti according to law, be- 
cause she hath not performed the 
commandment of the king Ahas- 
uerus by the chamberlains ? 

16 And Memucan answered before 
the king and the princes, Vashti the 
queen hath not done wrong to the 
king only, but also to all the princes, 



Esther is chosen 



ESTHER. 



to b 



e queen, 



and to all the people that are in all 
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus. 

1 7 For this deed of the queen shall 
come abroad unto all women, so that 
they shall despise their husbands in 
their eyes, when it shall be reported, 
The king Ahasuerus commanded 
Vashti the queen to be brought in 
before him, but she came not. 

18 Likewise shall the ladies of Per- 
sia and Media say this day unto all 
the king's princes, which have heard 
of the deed of the queen. Thus shall 
there arise too much contempt and 
wrath. 

19 If it please the king, let there 
go a royal commandment from him, 
and let it be written among the laws 
of the Persians and the Medes, that 
it be not altered, That Vashti come no 
more before king Ahasuerus ; and let 
the king give her royal estate unto 
another that is better than she. 

20 And when the king's decree, 
which he shall make, shall be pub- 
lished throughout all his empire, (for 
it is great,) all the wives shall give to 
their husbands honour, both to great 
and small. 

21 And the saying pleased the king 
and the princes ; and the king did ac- 
cording to the word of Memucan : 

22 For he sent letters into all the 
king's provinces, into every province 
according to the writing thereof, and 
to every people after their language, 
that every man should bear rule in 
his own house, and that it should be 
published according to the language 
of every people. 

CHAPTER II. 

t Out of the choice of virgins a queen is to be chosen. 
5 Mordecai the nursing father of Esther. 8 Esther is 
preferred by Hegai before the rest. 12 The manner 
of purification, and going in to the king. 15 Esther 
best pleasing the king is made queen. 21 Mordecai 
discovering a treason is recorded in the chronicles. 

AFTER these things, when the 
. wrath of king Ahasuerus was 
appeased, he remembered Vashti, and 
what she had done, and what was 
decreed against her. 

2 Then said the king's servants 



that ministered unto him, Let there be 
fair young virgins sought for the king : 

3 And let the king appoint officers 
in all the provinces of his kingdom, 
that they may gather together all the 
fair young virgins unto Shushan the 
palace, to the house of the women, 
unto the custody of Hege the king's 
chamberlain, keeper of the women ; 
and let their things for purification 
be given them: 

4 And let the maiden which pleas- 
eth the king be queen instead of 
Vashti. And the thing pleased the 
king ; and he did so. 

5 ^T Now in Shushan the palace 
there was a certain Jew, whose name 
was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the 
son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a 
Benjamite; 

6 Who had been carried away from 
Jerusalem with the captivity which 
had been carried away with Jeco- 
niah king of Judah, whom Nebu- 
chadnezzar the king of Babylon had 
carried away. 

7 And he brought up Hadassah, 
that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter : 
for she had neither father nor mother, 
and the maid was fair and beautiful ; 
whom Mordecai, when her father and 
mother were dead, took for his own 
daughter. 

8 ^T So it came to pass, when the 
king's commandment and his decree 
was heard, and when many maidens 
were gathered together unto Shushan 
the palace, to the custody of Hegai, 
that Esther was brought also unto 
the king's house, to the custody of 
Hegai, keeper of the women. 

9 And the maiden pleased him, 
and she obtained kindness of him ; 
and he speedily gave her her things 
for purification, with such things as 
belonged to her, and seven maidens, 
ivhich were meet to be given her, out 
of the king's house: and he preferred 
her and her maids unto the best place 
of the house of the women. 

10 Esther had not shewed her peo- 
ple nor her kindred: for Mordecai 

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Esther pkaseth Ahasuerus, ESTHER. 



and is made queen. 



had charged her that she should not 
shew it. 

11 And Mordecai walked every day 
before the court of the women's house, 
to know how Esther did, and what 
should become of her. 

12 IT Now when every maid's turn 
was come to go in to king Ahasue- 
rus, after that she had been twelve 
months, according to the manner of 
the women, (for so were the days of 
their purifications accomplished, to 
wit, six months with oil of myrrh, 
and six months with sweet odours, 
and with other things for the purify- 
ing of the women,) 

13 Then thus came every maiden 
unto the king; whatsoever she de- 
sired was given her to go with her 
out of the house of the women unto 
the king's house. 

14 In the evening she went, and 
on the morrow she returned into the 
second house of the women, to the 
custody of Shaashgaz, the king's 
chamberlain, which kept the concu- 
bines : she came in unto the king 
no more, except the king delighted 
in her, and that she were called by 
name. 

15 1[ Now when the turn of Esther, 
the daughter of Abihail the uncle of 
Mordecai, who had taken her for his 
daughter, was come to go in unto 
the king, she required nothing but 
what Hegai the king's chamberlain, 
the keeper of the women, appoint- 
ed. And Esther obtained favour in 
the sight of all them that looked 
upon her. 

16 So Esther was taken unto king 
Ahasuerus into his house royal in 
the tenth month, which is the month 
Tebeth, in the seventh year of his 
reign. 

17 And the king loved Esther above 
all the women, and she obtained 
grace and favour in his sight , more 
than all the virgins ; so that he 
set the royal crown upon her head, 
and made her queen instead of 
Vashti. 

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18 Then the king made a great 
feast unto all his princes and his 
servants, even Esther's feast ; and 
he made a release to the provinces, 
and gave gifts, according to the state 
of the king. 

19 And when the virgins were 
gathered together the second time, 
then Mordecai sat in the king's 
gate. 

20 Esther had not yet shewed her 
kindred nor her people, as Mor- 
decai had charged her: for Esther 
did the commandment of Mordecai, 
like as when she was brought up 
with him. 

21 IT In those days, while Morde- 
cai sat in the king's gate, two of the 
king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Te- 
resh, of those which kept the door, 
were wroth, and sought to lay hand 
on the king Ahasuerus. 

22 And the thing was known to 
Mordecai, who told it unto Esther 
the queen ; and Esther certified the 
king thereof in Mordecai's name. 

23 And when inquisition was made 
of the matter, it was found out; 
therefore they were both hanged 
on a tree : and it was written in 
the book of the chronicles before the 
king. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 ITaman, advanced by the king, and despised by Mor- 
decai, seeketh revenge upon alt the Jews. 7 He casteth 
lots. 8 He obtaineth by calumniation a decree of the 
king to put the Jews to death. 

AFTER these things did king 
Ahasuerus promote Haman the 
son of Hammedatha the Agagite, 
and advanced him, and set his seat 
above all the princes that were with 
him. 

2 And all the king's servants, that 
were in the king's gate, bowed, and 
reverenced Haman : for the king had 
so commanded concerning him. But 
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him 
reverence. 

3 Then the king's servants, which 
were in the king's gate, said unto 
Mordecai, Why transgressest thou 
the king's commandment? 



Haman seeketh 



ESTHER. 



to destroy the Jews. 



4 Now it came to pass, when they 
spake daily unto him, and he heark- 
ened not unto them, that they told 
Haman, to see whether Mordecai's 
matters would stand : for he had told 
them that he was a Jew. 

5 And when Hainan saw that 
Mordecai bowed not, nor did him 
reverence, then was Haman full of 
wrath. 

6 And he thought scorn to lay 
hands on Mordecai alone; for they 
had shewed him the people of Mor- 
decai: wherefore Haman sought to 
destroy all the Jews that were 
throughout the whole kingdom of 
Ahasuerus, even the people of Mor- 
decai. 

7 If In the first month, that is, the 
month Nisan, in the twelfth year of 
king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that 
is, the lot, before Haman from day to 
day, and from month to month, to 
the twelfth month, that is, the month 
Adar. 

8 ^T And Haman said unto king 
Ahasuerus, There is a certain peo- 
ple scattered abroad and dispersed 
among the people in all the prov- 
inces of thy kingdom ; and their 
laws are diverse from all people ; 
neither keep they the king's laws : 
therefore it is not for the king's profit 
to suffer them. 

9 If it please the king, let it be 
written that they may be destroyed : 
and I will pay ten thousand talents 
of silver to the hands of those that 
have the charge of the business, to 
bring it into the king's treasuries. 

10 And the king took his ring from 
his hand, and gave it unto Haman 
the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, 
the Jews' enemy. 

1 1 And the king said unto Haman, 
The silver is given to thee, the people 
also, to do with them as it seemeth 
good to thee. 

12 Then were the king's scribes 
called on the thirteenth day of the 
first month, and there was written 
according to all that Haman had 



commanded unto the king's lieu- 
tenants, and to the governors that 
were over every province, and to the 
rulers of every people of every prov- 
ince according to the writing there- 
of, and to every people after their 
language ; in the name of king Ahas- 
uerus was it written, and sealed with 
the king's ring. 

13 And the letters were sent by 
posts into all the king's provinces, 
to destroy, to kill, and to cause to 
perish, all Jews, both young and 
old, little children and women, in 
one day, even upon the thirteenth 
day of the twelfth month, which is 
the month Adar, and to take the spoil 
of them for a prey. 

14 The copy of the writing for a 
commandment to be given in every 
province was published unto all peo- 
ple, that they should be ready against 
that day. 

15 The posts went out, being hast- 
ened by the king's commandment, 
and the decree was given in Shushan 
the palace. And the king and Ha- 
man sat down to drink ; but the city 
Shushan was perplexed. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 The great mourning of Mordecai and the Jews. 4 
Esther, understanding it, sendeth to Mordecai, who 
sheweth the cause, and adviseth her to undertake the 
suit. 10 She excusing herself is threatened by Mordecai. 
15 She appointing a fast undertaketh the suit. 

WHEN Mordecai perceived all 
that was done, Mordecai rent 
his clothes, and put on sackcloth with 
ashes, and went out into the midst 
of the city, and cried with a loud and 
a bitter cry ; 

2 And came even before the king's 
gate : for none might enter into the 
king's gate clothed with sackcloth. 

3 And in every province, whither- 
soever the king's commandment and 
his decree came, there was great 
mourning among the Jews, and fast- 
ing, and weeping, and wailing ; and 
many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 

4 IT So Esther's maids and her 
chamberlains came and told? it her. 
Then was the queen exceedingly 

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I 



Mordecai s charge 



ESTHER. 



to Esther. 



grieved ; and she sent raiment to 
clothe Mordecai, and to take away 
his sackcloth from him: hut he re- 
ceived it not. 

5 Then called Esther for Hatach, 
one of the king's chamberlains, whom 
he had appointed to attend upon her, 
and gave him a commandment to 
Mordecai, to know what it was, and 
why it ivas. 

6 So Hatach went forth to Morde- 
cai unto the street of the city, which 
ivas before the king's gate. 

7 And Mordecai told him of all 
that had happened unto him, and of 
the sum of the money that Haman 
had promised to pay to the king's 
treasuries for the Jews, to destroy 
them. 

8 Also he gave him the copy of the 
writing of the decree that was given 
at Shushan to destroy them, to shew 
it unto Esther, and to declare it 
unto her, and to charge her that 
she should go in unto the king, to 
make supplication unto him, and to 
make request before him for her 
people. 

9 And Hatach came and told Es- 
ther the words of Mordecai. 

10 IT Again Esther spake unto Ha- 
tach, and gave him commandment 
unto Mordecai ; 

1 1 All the king's servants, and the 
people of the king's provinces, do 
know, that whosoever, whether man 
or woman, shall come unto the king 
into the inner court, who is not called, 
there is one law of his to put him 
to death, except such to whom the 
king shall hold out the golden sceptre, 
that he may live : but I have not 
been called to come in unto the king 
these thirty days. 

12 And they told to Mordecai Es- 
ther's words. 

13 Then Mordecai commanded to 
answer Esther, Think not with thy- 
self that thou shalt escape in the 
king's house, more than all the 
Jews. » 

14 For if thou altogether holdest 

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thy peace at this time, then shall 
there enlargement and deliverance 
arise to the Jews from another place ; 
but thou and thy father's house shall 
be destroyed : and who knoweth whe- 
ther thou art come to the kingdom for 
such a time as this ? 

15 If Then Esther bade them re- 
turn Mordecai this answer, 

16 Go, gather together all the Jews 
that are present in Shushan, and fast 
ye for me, and neither eat nor drink 
three days, night or day : I also and 
my maidens will fast likewise ; and 
so will I go in unto the king, which 
is not according to the law : and if I 
perish, I perish. 

17 So Mordecai went his way, and 
did according to all that Esther had 
commanded him. 

CHAPTEK Y. 

1 Esther, adventuring on the king's favour, obtaineth the 
grace of the golden sceptre, and inviteth the king and 
Haman to a banquet. 6 She, being encouraged by the 
king in her suit, inviteth them to another banquet the 
next day. 9 Haman, proud of his advancement, re- 
pineth at the contempt of Mordecai. 14 By the coun- 
sel of Zeresh he buildethfor him a pair of gallows. 

NOW it came to pass on the 
third day, that Esther put on 
her royal apparel, and stood in the 
inner court of the king's house, over 
against the king's house : and the 
king sat upon his royal throne in the 
royal house, over against the gate of 
the house. 

2 And it was so, when the king 
saw Esther the queen standing in 
the court, that she obtained favour 
in his sight : and the king held out 
to Esther the gofden sceptre that 
was in his hand. So Esther drew 
near, and touched the top of the 
sceptre. 

3 Then said the king unto her, 
What wilt thou, queen Esther ? and 
what is thy request ? it shall be even 
given thee to the half of the king- 
dom. 

4 And Esther answered, If it seem 
good unto the king, let the king 
and Haman come this day unto the 
banquet that I have prepared for 
him. 



Esther's banquet. 



ESTHER. 



Mordecai s service. 



5 Then the king said, Cause Ha- 
inan to make haste, that he may do 
as Esther hath said.. So the king 
and Haman came to the banquet 
that Esther had prepared. 

6 IT And the king said unto Esther 
at the banquet of wine, What is thy 
petition? and it shall be granted 
thee : and what is thy request ? even 
to the half of the kingdom it shall be 
performed. 

7 Then answered Esther, and said, 
My petition and my request is ; 

8 If I have found favour in the 
sight of the king, and if it please the 
king to grant my petition, and to per- 
form my request, let the king and Ha- 
man come to the banquet that I shall 
prepare for them, and I will do to 
morrow as the king hath said. 

9 1[ Then went Haman forth that 
day joyful and with a glad heart: 
but when Haman saw Mordecai in 
the king's gate, that he stoodnot up, 
nor moved for him, he was full of 
indignation against Mordecai. 

10 Nevertheless Haman refrained 
himself: and when he came home, 
he sent and called for his friends, and 
Zeresh his wife. 

11 And Haman told them of the 
glory of his riches, and the multitude 
of his children, and all the things 
wherein the king had promoted him, 
and how he had advanced him 
above the princes and servants of 
the king. 

12 Haman said moreover, Yea, 
Esther the queen did let no man 
come in with the king unto the ban- 
quet that she had prepared but my- 
self ; and to morrow am I invited 
unto her also with the king. 

13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, 
so long as I see Mordecai the Jew 
sitting at the king's gate. 

14 IT Then said Zeresh his wife and 
all his friends unto him, Let a gal- 
lows be made of fifty cubits high, 
and to morrow speak thou unto the 
king that Mordecai may be hanged 
thereon: then go thou in merrily 



with the king unto the banquet. 
And the thing pleased Haman ; and 
he caused the gallows to be made. 

CHAPTEK YL 

1 Ahasuerus, reading in the chronicles of the good service 
done by Mordecai, taketh care for his reward. 4 Ha- 
man, coming to sue that Mordecai might be hanged, 
unawares giveth counsel that he might do him honour. 
12 Complaining of his misfortune, his friends tell 
him of his final destiny. 

ON that night could not the king 
sleep, and he commanded to 
bring the book of records of the 
chronicles ; and they were read be- 
fore the king. 

2 And it was found written, that 
Mordecai had told of Bigthana and 
Teresh, two of the king's chamber- 
lains, the keepers of the door, who 
sought to lay hand on the king Ahas- 
uerus. 

3 And the king said, What honour 
and dignity hath been done to Mor- 
decai for this ? Then said the king's 
servants that ministered unto him, 
There is nothing done for him. 

4 IT And the king said, Who is in 
the court ? Now Haman was come 
into the outward court of the king's 
house, to speak unto the king to hang 
Mordecai on the gallows that he had 
prepared for him. 

5 And the king's servants said unto 
him, Behold, Haman standeth in the 
court. And the king said, Let him 
come in. 

6 So Haman came in. And the 
king said unto him, What shall be 
done unto the man whom the king 
delighteth to honour ? Now Haman 
thought in his heart, To whom would 
the king delight to do honour more 
than to myself? 

7 And Haman answered the king, 
For the man whom the king delight- 
eth to honour, 

8 Let the royal apparel be brought 
which the king useth to wear, and 
the horse that the king rideth upon, 
and the crown royal which is set 
upon his head: 

9 And let this apparel and horse 
be delivered to the hand of one of 

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Mordecai is honoured. 



ESTHER. 



Haman is hanged. 



the king's most noble princes, that 
they may array the man ivithal whom 
the king delighteth to honour, and 
bring him on horseback through the 
street of the city, and proclaim before 
him, Thus shall it be done to the 
man whom the king delighteth to 
honour. 

10 Then the king said to Haman, 
Make haste, and take the apparel 
and the horse, as thou hast said, 
and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, 
that sitteth at the king's gate : let 
nothing fail of all that thou hast 
spoken. 

11 Then took Haman the apparel 
and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, 
and brought him on horseback through 
the street of the city, and proclaimed 
before him, Thus shall it be done 
unto the man whom the king delight- 
eth to honour. 

12 IT And Mordecai came again to 
the king's gate. But Haman hasted 
to his house mourning, and having 
his head covered. 

13 And Haman told Zeresh his 
wife and all his friends every thing 
that had befallen him. Then said 
his wise men and Zeresh his wife 
unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed 
of the Jews, before whom thou hast 
begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail 
against him, but shalt surely fall 
before him. 

14 And while they were yet talk- 
ing with him, came the king's cham- 
berlains, and hasted to bring Haman 
unto the banquet that Esther had 
prepared. 

CHAPTEE Til 

1 Esther, entertaining the king and Haman, maketh suit 
for her own life and, her people's. 6 She accuseth Ha- 
man. 7 The king in his anger, understanding of the 
gallows which Haman had made for Mordecai, causeth 
him to be hanged tliereon. 

SO the king and Haman came to 
banquet with Esther the queen. 
2 And the king said again unto 
Esther on the second day at the ban- 
quet of wine, What is thy petition, 
queen Esther ? and it shall be grant- 
ed thee: and what is thy request? 
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and it shall be performed, even to the 
half of the kingdom. 

3 Then Esther the queen answered 
and said, If I have found favour in 
thy sight, O king, and if it please 
the king, let my life be given me at 
my petition, and my people at my 
request : 

4 For we are sold, I and my peo- 
ple, to be destroyed, to be slain, and 
to perish. But if we had been sold 
for bondmen and bondwomen, I had 
held my tongue, although the enemy 
could not countervail the king's dam- 
age. 

5 If Then the king Ahasuerus an- 
swered and said unto Esther the 
queen, Who is he, and where is he, 
that durst presume in his heart to do 
so? 

6 And Esther said, The adversary 
and enemy is this wicked Haman. 
Then Haman was afraid before the 
king and the queen. 

7 H And the king arising from the 
banquet of wine in his wrath tvent 
into the palace garden : and Haman 
stood up to make request for his life 
to Esther the queen ; for he saw that 
there was evil determined against 
him by the king. 

8 Then the king returned out of 
the palace garden into the place of 
the banquet of wine; and Haman 
was fallen upon the bed whereon 
Esther was. Then said the king, 
Will he force the queen also before 
me in the house ? As the word went 
out of the king's mouth, they cov- 
ered Haman's face. 

9 And Harbonah, one of the cham- 
berlains, said before the king, Behold 
also the gallows fifty cubits high, 
which Haman had made for Mor- 
decai, who had spoken good for the 
king, standeth in the house of Haman. 
Then the king said, Hang him there- 
on. 

10 So they hanged Hainan on the 
gallows that he had prepared for 
Mordecai. Then was the king's 
wrath pacified. 



Mordecai is advanced. 



ESTHER, 



Former letters reversed. 



CHAPTEK YIIL 

1 Mordecai is advanced. 3 Esther maketh suit to re- 
verse Hamaris letters. 7 Ahasuerus granteth to the 
Jews to defend themselves. 15 Mordecai' $ honour, and 
the Jews' joy. 

ON that day did the king Ahasue- 
rus give the house of Haman the 
Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. 
And Mordecai came hefore the king; 
for Esther had told what he was unto 
her. 

2 And the king took oif his ring, 
which he had taken from Haman, 
and gave it unto Mordecai. And 
Esther set Mordecai over the house 
of Haman. 

3 IT And Esther spake yet again 
hefore the king, and fell down at his 
feet, and besought him with tears to 
put away the mischief of Haman the 
Agagite, and his device that he had 
devised against the Jews. 

4 Then the king held out the golden 
sceptre toward Esther. So Esther 
arose, and stood before the king, 

5 And said, If it please the king, 
and if I have found favour in his 
sight, and the thing seem right before 
the king, and I be pleasing in his 
eyes, let it be written to reverse the 
letters devised by Haman the son of 
Hammedatha the Agagite, which he 
wrote to destroy the Jews which are 
in all the king's provinces : 

6 For how can I endure to see the 
evil that shall come unto my people ? 
or how can I endure to see the de- 
struction of my kindred ? 

7 % Then the king Ahasuerus said 
unto Esther the queen and to Mor- 
decai the Jew, Behold, I have given 
Esther the house of Haman, and him 
they have hanged upon the gallows, 
because he laid his hand upon the 
Jews. 

8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it 
liketh you, in the king's name, and 
seal it with the king's ring : for the 
writing which is written in the king's 
name, and sealed with the king's ring, 
may no man reverse. 

9 Then were the king's scribes 
called at that time in the third month, 



that is, the month Sivan, on the three 
and twentieth day thereof; and it was 
written according to all that Morde- 
cai commanded unto the Jews, and to 
the lieutenants, and the deputies and 
rulers of the provinces which are 
from India unto Ethiopia, a hundred 
twenty and seven provinces, unto 
every province according to the wri- 
ting thereof, and unto every people 
after their language, and to the Jews 
according to their writing, and accord- 
ing to their language. 

10 And he wrote in the king Ahas- 
uerus' name, and sealed it with the 
king's ring, and sent letters by posts 
on horseback, and riders on mules, 
camels, and young dromedaries : 

11 Wherein the king granted the 
Jews which were in every city to 
gather themselves together, and to 
stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, 
and to cause to perish, all the power 
of the people and province that would 
assault them, both little ones and wo- 
men, and to take the spoil of them for 
a prey, 

12 Upon one day in all the prov- 
inces of king Ahasuerus, namely, 
upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth 
month, which is the month Adar. 

13 The copy of the writing for a 
commandment to be given in every 
province was published unto all peo- 
ple, and that the Jews should be ready 
against that day to avenge themselves 
on their enemies. 

14 So the posts that rode upon mules 
and camels went out, being hastened 
and pressed on by the king's com- 
mandment. And the decree was given 
at Shushan the palace. 

15 IT And Mordecai went out from 
the presence of the king in royal ap- 
parel of blue and white, and with a 
great crown of gold, and with a gar- 
ment of fine linen and purple : and 
the city of Shushan rejoiced and was 
glad. 

16 The Jews had light, and glad- 
ness, and joy, and honour. 

17 And in every province, and in 

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The Jews 1 enemies slain. 



ESTHER. Hamaris ten sons hanged. 



every city, whithersoever the king's 
commandment and his decree came, 
the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast 
and a good day. And many of the 
people of the land hecame Jews ; for 
the fear of the Jews fell upon them. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 The Jews (the rulers, for fear of Mordeeai, helping 
them) slay their enemies, with the ten sons of Haman. 
12 Ahamerus, at the request of Esther, granteth an- 
other day of slaughter, and Hamaris sons to be hang- 
ed. 20 The two days of Purim are made festival. 

1VTOW in the twelfth month, that 
-L i is, the month Adar, on the thir- 
teenth day of the same, when the 
king's commandment and his decree 
drew near to he put in execution, in 
the day that the enemies of the Jews 
hoped to have power over them ; 
(though it was turned to the con- 
trary, that the Jews had rule over 
them that hated them,) 

2 The Jews gathered themselves 
together in their cities throughout all 
the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, 
to lay hand on such as sought their 
hurt: and no man could withstand 
them ; for the fear of them fell upon 
all people. 

3 And all the rulers of the prov- 
inces, and the lieutenants, and the 
deputies, and officers of the king, 
helped the Jews ; because the fear of 
Mordeeai fell upon them. 

4 For Mordeeai was great in the 
king's house, and his fame went out 
throughout all the provinces : for this 
man Mordeeai waxed greater and 
greater. 

5 Thus the Jews smote all their 
enemies with the stroke of the sword, 
and slaughter, and destruction, and 
did what they would unto those that 
hated them. 

6 And in Shushan the palace the 
Jews slew and destroyed five hundred 
men. 

7 And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, 
and Aspatha, 

8 And Poratha, and Adalia, and 
Aridatha, 

9 And Parmashta, and Arisai, and 
Aridai, and Vajezatha, 

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10 The ten sons of Haman the son 
of Hammedatha, the enemy of the 
Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid 
they not their hand. 

11 On that day the number of those 
that were slain in Shushan the palace 
was brought before the king. 

12 If And the king said unto Es- 
ther the queen, The Jews have slain 
and destroyed five hundred men in 
Shushan the palace, and the ten sons 
of Haman ; what have they done in 
the rest of the king's provinces ? now 
what is thy petition ? and it shall be 
granted thee : or what is thy request 
further ? and it shall be done. 

13 Then said Esther, If it please 
the king, let it be granted to the Jews 
which are in Shushan to do to mor- 
row also according unto this day's 
decree, and let Haman's ten sons be 
hanged upon the gallows. 

14 And the king commanded it so 
to be done : and the decree was given 
at Shushan; and they hanged Ha- 
man's ten sons. 

15 For the Jews that were in Shu- 
shan gathered themselves together on 
the fourteenth day also of the month 
Adar, and slew three hundred men at 
Shushan ; but on the prey they laid 
not their hand. 

16 But the other Jews that were in 
the king's provmces gathered them- 
selves together, and stood for their 
lives, and had rest from their ene- 
mies, and slew of their foes seventy 
and five thousand, but they laid not 
their hands on the prey, 

17 On the thirteenth day of the 
month Adar ; and on the fourteenth 
day of the same rested they, and 
made it a day of feasting and glad- 
ness. 

18 But the Jews that were at Shu- 
shan assembled together on the thir- 
teenth day thereof, and on the four- 
teenth thereof; and on the fifteenth 
day of the same they rested, and made 
it a day of feasting and gladness. 

19 Therefore the Jews of the vil- 
lages, that dwelt in the unwalled 



The two days of Purim 



ESTHER. 



are made festival. 



towns, made the fourteenth day of 
the month Adar a day of gladness 
and feasting", and a good day, and of 
sending portions one to another. 

20 Tf And Mordecai wrote these 
things, and sent letters unto all the 
Jews that were in all the provinces 
of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and 
far, 

21 To establish this among them, 
that they should keep the fourteenth 
day of the month Adar, and the fif- 
teenth day of the same, yearly, 

22 As the days wherein the Jews 
rested from their enemies, and the 
month which was turned unto them 
from sorrow to joy, and from mourn- 
ing into a good day : that they should 
make them days of feasting and joy, 
and of sending portions one to an- 
other, and gifts to the poor. 

23 And the Jews undertook to do 
as they had begun, and as Mordecai 
had written unto them ; 

24 BecauseHamanthesonof Ham- 
medatha, the Agagite, the enemy of 
all the Jews, had devised against the 
Jews to destroy them, and had cast 
Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, 
and to destroy them ; 

25 But when Esther came before 
the king, he commanded by letters 
that his wicked device, which he de- 
vised against the Jews, should re- 
turn upon his own head, and that he 
and his sons should be hanged on the 
gallows. 

26 Wherefore they called these 
days Purim after the name of Pur. 
Therefore for all the words of this 
letter, and of that which they had 
seen concerning this matter, and 
which had come unto them, 

27 The Jews ordained, and took 
upon them, and upon their seed, and 
upon all such as joined themselves 
unto them, so as it should not fail, 
that they would keep these two days 



according to their writing, and ac- 
cording to their appointed time every 
year ; 

28 And that these days should be 
remembered and kept throughout 
every generation, every family, every 
province, and every city; and that 
these days of Purim should not fail 
from among the Jews, nor the memo- 
rial of them perish from their seed. 

29 Then Esther the queen, the 
daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai 
the Jew, wrote with all authority, to 
confirm this second letter of Purim. 

30 And he sent the letters unto all 
the Jews, to the hundred twenty and 
seven provinces of the kingdom of 
Ahasuerus, with words of peace and 
truth, 

31 To confirm these days of Purim 
in their times appointed, according 
as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the 
queen had enjoined them, and as they 
had decreed for themselves and for 
their seed, the matters of the fastings 
and their cry. 

32 And the decree of Esther con- 
firmed these matters of Purim ; and 
it was written in the book. 

CHAPTEE X. 

1 Ahasuerus' greatness. 3 Mordecai's advancement. 

AND the king Ahasuerus laid a 
tribute upon the land, and upon 
the isles of the sea. 

2 And all the acts of his power and 
of his might, and the declaration of 
the greatness of Mordecai, whereun- 
to the king advanced him, are thej 
not written in the book of the chron- 
icles of the kings of Media and 
Persia ? 

3 For Mordecai the Jew was next un- 
to king Ahasuerus, and great among 
the Jews, and accepted of the multi- 
tude of his brethren, seeking the 
wealth of his people, and speaking 
peace to all his seed. 

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THE 



BOOK OF JOB 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The holiness, riches, and religious care of Job for his 
children. 6 Satan, appearing before God, by calum- 
niation obtaineth leave to tempt job. 13 Understand- 
ing of the loss of his goods and children, in his mourn- 
ing fie blesseth God. 

THERE was a man in the land 
of Uz, whose name was Job ; 
and that man was perfect and up- 
right, and one that feared God, and 
eschewed evil. 

2 And there were born unto him 
seven sons and three daughters. 

3 His substance also was seven 
thousand sheep, and three thousand 
camels, and five hundred yoke of 
oxen, and five hundred she asses, 
and a very great household ; so that 
this man was the greatest of all the 
men of the east. 

4 And his sons went and feasted in 
their houses, every one his day ; and 
sent and called for their three sisters 
to eat and to drink with them. 

5 And it was so, when the days of 
their feasting were gone about, that 
Job sent and sanctified them, and 
rose up early in the morning, and 
offered burnt offerings according to 
the number of them all : for Job said, 
It may be that my sons have sinned, 
and cursed God in their hearts. 
Thus did Job continually. 

6 IT Now there was a day when 
the sons of God came to present 
themselves before the Lord, and 
Satan came also among them. 

*7 And the Lord said unto Satan, 
Whence comest thou ? Then Satan 
answered the Lord, and said, From 
going to and fro in the earth, and 
from walking up and down in it. 

8 And the Lord said unto Satan, 

Hast thou considered my servant 

Job, that there is none like him in 

the earth, a perfect and an upright 

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man, one that feareth God, and es- 
cheweth evil ? 

9 Then Satan answered the Lord, 
and said, Doth Job fear God for 
nought ? 

10 Hast not thou made a hedge 
about him, and about his house, and 
about all that he hath on every side ? 
thou hast blessed the work of his 
hands, and his substance is increased 
in the land. 

11 But put forth thine hand now, 
and touch all that he hath, and he 
will curse thee to thy face. 

12 And the Lord said unto Satan, 
Behold, all that he hath is in thy 
power; only upon himself put not 
forth thine hand. So Satan went 
forth from the presence of the Lord. 

13 ^T And there was a day when 
his sons and his daughters were eat- 
ing and drinking wine in their eldest 
brother's house : 

14 And there came a messenger unto 
Job, and said, The oxen were plough- 
ing, and the asses feeding beside them : 

15 And the Sabeans fell upon them, 
and took them away ; yea, they have 
slain the servants with the edge of 
the sword ; and I only am escaped 
alone to tell thee. 

16 While he was yet speaking, there 
came also another, and said, The 
fire of God is fallen from heaven, and 
hath burned up the sheep, and the 
servants, and consumed them ; and I 
only am escaped alone to tell thee. 

1 7 While he was yet speaking, there 
came also another, and said, The 
Chaldeans made out three bands, and 
fell upon the camels, and have car- 
ried them away, yea, and slain the 
servants with the edge of the sword ; 
and I only am escaped alone to tell 
thee. 



JoVs affliction 

18 While he was yet speaking, there 
came also another, and said, Thy 
sons and thy daughters were eating 
and drinking wine in their eldest 
brother's house : 

19 And, behold, there came a great 
wind from the wilderness, and smote 
the four corners of the house, and it 
fell upon the young men, and they 
are dead; and I only am escaped 
alone to tell thee. 

20 Then Job arose, and rent his 
mantle, and shaved his head, and 
fell down upon the ground, and 
worshipped, 

21 And said, Naked came I out of 
my mother's womb, and naked shall 
I return thither : the Lord gave, and 
the Lord hath taken away; blessed 
be the name of the Lord. 

22 In all this Job sinned not, nor 
charged God foolishly. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Satan appearing again before God obtaineth further 
leave to tempt Job. 7 He smiteth him with sore boils. 
9 Job reproveth his wife, moving him to curse God. 
11 His three friends condole with him in silence. 

AGAIN there was a day when the 
. sons of God came to present 
themselves before the Lord, and Sa- 
tan came also among them to present 
himself before the Lord. 

2 And the Lord said unto Satan, 
From whence comest thou ? And 
Satan answered the Lord, and said, 
From going to and fro in the earth, 
and from walking up and down in it. 

3 And the Lord said unto Satan, 
Hast thou considered my servant 
Job, that there is none like him in 
the earth, a perfect and an upright 
man, one that feareth God, and es- 
cheweth evil? and still he holdeth 
fast his integrity, although thou 
movedst me against him, to destroy 
him without cause. 

4 And Satan answered the Lord, 
and said, Skin for skin, yea, all that 
a man hath will he give for his life. 

5 But put forth thine hand now, 
and touch his bone and his flesh, 
and he will curse thee to thy face. 

6 And the Lord said unto Satan, 



JOB. and patience. 

Behold, he is in thine hand ; but save 
his life. 

7 If So went Satan forth from the 
presence of the Lord, and smote Job 
with sore boils from the sole of his 
foot unto his crown. 

8 And he took him a potsherd to 
scrape himself withal; and he sat 
down among the ashes. 

9 TT Then said his wife unto him, 
Dost thou still retain thine integrity ? 
curse God, and die. 

10 But he said unto her, Thou 
speakest as one of the foolish women 
speaketh. What? shall we receive 
good at the hand of God, and shall 
we not receive evil ? In all this did 
not Job sin with his lips. 

11 IT Now when Job's three friends 
heard of all this evil that was come 
upon him, they came every one from 
his own place ; Eliphaz the Teman- 
ite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zo- 
phar the Naamathite: for they had 
made an appointment together to 
come to mourn with him, and to com- 
fort him. 

12 And when they lifted up their 
eyes afar off, and knew him not, they 
lifted up their voice, and wept ; and 
they rent every one his mantle, and 
sprinkled dust upon their heads to- 
ward heaven. 

13 So they sat down with him upon 
the ground seven days and seven 
nights, and none spake a word unto 
him : for they saw that his grief was 
very great. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 Job curses the dag and services of his birth. 13 Tlie 
case of death. 20 He complaineth of life, because of 
his anguish. 

AFTER this opened Job his mouth, 
„ and cursed his day. 

2 And Job spake, and said, 

3 Let the day perish wherein I was 
born, and the night in which it was 
said, There is a man child conceived. 

4 Let that day be darkness; let 
not God regard it from above, neither 
let the light shine upon it. 

5 Let darkness and the shadow of 
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JOB. 



Eliphaz reproveth him. 



death stain it ; let a cloud dwell 
upon it ; let the blackness of the day 
terrify it. 

6 As for that night, let darkness 
seize upon it; let it not be joined 
unto the days of the year ; let it not 
come into the number of the months. 

7 Lo, let that night be solitary ; let 
no joyful voice come therein. 

8 Let them curse it that curse the 
day, who are ready to raise up their 
mourning. 

9 Let the stars of the twilight 
thereof be dark ; let it look for light, 
but have none ; neither let it see the 
dawning of the day : 

10 Because it shut not up the doors 
of my mother's womb, nor hid sorrow 
from mine eyes. 

11 Why died I not from the womb ? 
why did I not give up the ghost when 
I came out of the belly ? 

12 Why did the knees prevent me ? 
or why the breasts that I should suck ? 

13 For now should I have lain still 
and been quiet, I should have slept: 
then had I been at rest, 

14 With kings and counsellors of 
the earth, which built desolate places 
for themselves ; 

15 Or with princes that had gold, 
who filled their houses with silver : 

16 Or as a hidden untimely birth 
I had not been ; as infants which 
never saw light. 

17 There the wicked cease from 
troubling; and there the weary be 
at rest. 

18 There the prisoners rest togeth- 
er ; they hear not the voice of the op- 
pressor. 

19 The small and great are there ; 
and the servant is free from his 
master. 

20 Wherefore is light given to him 
that is in misery, and life unto the 
bitter in soul ; 

21 Which long for death, but it 
cometh not ; and dig for it more than 
for hid treasures ; 

22 Which rejoice exceedingly, and 
are glad, when they can find the grave ? 

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23 Why is light given to a man 
whose way is hid, and whom God 
hath hedged in ? 

24 For my sighing cometh before 
I eat, and my roarings are poured out 
like the waters. 

25 For the thing which I greatly 
feared is come upon me, and that 
which I was afraid of is come unto me. 

26 I was not in safety, neither had 
I rest, neither was I quiet ; yet trou- 
ble came. 

CHAPTEE IV. 

1 Eliphaz reproveth Job for want of religion. 7 He 
teacheth God's judgments to be not for the righteous, 
but for the wicked. 12 His fearful vision, to humble 
the excellency of creatures before God. 

THEN Eliphaz the Temanite an- 
swered and said, 

2 If we assay to commune with 
thee, wilt thou be grieved ? but who 
can withhold himself from speaking ? 

3 Behold, thou hast instructed 
many, and thou hast strengthened the 
weak hands. 

4 Thy words have upholden him 
that was falling, and thou hast 
strengthened the feeble knees. 

5 But now it is come upon thee, 
and thou faintest; it toucheth thee, 
and thou art troubled. 

6 Is not this thy fear, thy confi- 
dence, thy hope, and the uprightness 
of thy ways ? 

7 Remember, I pray thee, who ever 
perished, being innocent? or where 
were the righteous cut off? 

8 Even as I have seen, they that 
plough iniquity, and sow wickedness, 
reap the same. 

9 By the blast of God they perish, 
and by the breath of his nostrils are 
they consumed. 

10 The roaring of the lion, and 
the voice of the fierce lion, and 
the teeth of the young lions, are 
broken. 

11 The old lion perisheth for lack 
of prey, and the stout lion's whelps 
are scattered abroad. 

1 2 Now a thing was secretly brought 
to me, and mine ear received a little 
thereof. 



The happy end 



JOB. 



of God's correction. 



13 In thoughts from the visions of 
the night, when deep sleep falleth 
on men, 

14 Fear came upon me, and trem- 
bling, which made all my bones to 
shake. 

15 Then a spirit passed before my 
face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : 

16 It stood still, but I could not 
discern the form thereof: an image 
was before mine eyes, there was 
silence, and I heard a voice, saying, 

17 Shall mortal man be more just 
than God ? shall a man be more pure 
than his Maker ? 

18 Behold, he put no trust in his 
servants ; and his angels he charged 
with folly : 

19 How much less in them that 
dwell in houses of clay, whose foun- 
dation is in the dust, which are crush- 
ed before the moth? 

20 They are destroyed from morn- 
ing to evening: they perish for ever 
without any regarding it. 

21 Doth not their excellency which 
is in them go away ? they die, even 
without wisdom. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 The harm of inconsideration. 3 The end of the wick- 
ed is misery. 6 God is to be regarded in affliction. 17 
The happy end of God's correction. 

CALL now, if there be any that 
will answer thee ; and to which 
of the saints wilt thou turn ? 

2 For wrath killeth the foolish man, 
and envy slayeth the silly one. 

3 I have seen the foolish taking 
root : but suddenly I cursed his hab- 
itation. 

4 His children are far from safety, 
and they are crushed in the gate, 
neither is there any to deliver them. 

5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth 
up, and taketh it even out of the 
thorns, and the robber swalloweth 
up their substance. 

6 Although affliction cometh not 
forth of the dust, neither doth trou- 
ble spring out of the ground ; 

7 Yet man is born unto trouble, as 
the sparks fly upward. 



8 I would seek unto God, and unto 
God would I commit my cause : 

9 Which doeth great things and un- 
searchable ; marvellous things without 
number : 

10 Who giveth rain upon the earth, 
and sendeth waters upon the fields : 

11 To set up on high those that 
be low ; that those which mourn may 
be exalted to safety. 

12 He disappointeth the devices of 
the crafty, so that their hands can- 
not perform their enterprise. 

13 He taketh the wise in their own 
craftiness : and the counsel of the 
fro ward is carried headlong. 

14 They meet with darkness in the 
daytime, and grope in the noonday 
as in the night. 

15 But he saveth the poor from 
the sword, from their mouth, and 
from the hand of the mighty. 

16 So the poor hath hope, and ini- 
quity stoppeth her mouth. 

17 Behold, happy is the man whom 
God correcteth : therefore despise not 
thou the chastening of the Almighty : 

18 For he maketh sore, and bind- 
eth up : he woundeth, and his hands 
make whole. 

19 He shall deliver thee in six 
troubles: yea, in seven there shall 
no evil touch thee. 

20 In famine he shall redeem thee 
from death: and in war from the 
power of the sword. 

21 Thou shalt be hid from the 
scourge of the tongue : neither shalt 
thou be afraid of destruction when it 
cometh. 

22 At destruction and famine thou 
shalt laugh: neither shalt thou be 
afraid of the beasts of the earth. 

23 For thou shalt be in league 
with the stones of the field : and the 
beasts of the field shall be at peace 
with thee. 

24 And thou shalt know that thy 
tabernacle shall be in peace ; and 
thou shalt visit thy habitation, and 
shalt not sin. 

25 Thou shalt know also that thy 

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Job wishetk for death. 



JOB. 



He reproveth his friends. 



seed shall be great, and thine offspring 
as the grass of the earth. 

26 Thou shalt come to thy grave 
in a full age, like as a shock of corn 
cometh in in his season. 

27 Lo this, we have searched it, so 
it is; hear it, and know thou it for 
thy good. 

CHAPTER YL 

1 Job sheioeth that his complaints are not causeless. 8 
He loisheth for death, wherein he is assured of comfort. 
14 He reproveth his friends of unkindness. 

BUT Joh answered and said, 
2 Oh that my grief were tho- 
roughly weighed, and my calamity 
laid in the balances together ! 

3 For now it would he heavier than 
the sand of the sea: therefore my 
words are swallowed up. 

4 For the arrows of the Almighty 
are within me, the poison whereof 
drinketh up my spirit: the terrors 
of God do set themselves in array 
against me. 

5 Doth the wild ass bray when he 
hath grass ? or loweth the ox over 
his fodder ? 

6 Can that which is unsavoury he 
eaten without salt? or is there any 
taste in the white of an egg ? 

7 The things that my soul refused 
to touch are as my sorrowful meat. 

8 Oh that I might have my re- 
quest ; and that God would grant me 
the thing that I long for ! 

9 Even that it would please God 
to destroy me ; that he would let 
loose his hand, and cut me off ! 

10 Then should I yet have com- 
fort ; yea, I would harden myself in 
sorrow : let him not spare ; for I have 
not concealed the words of the Holy 
One. 

11 What is my strength, that I 
should hope ? and what is mine end, 
that I should prolong my life ? 

12 Is my strength the strength of 
stones ? or is my flesh of brass ? 

13 Is not my help in me ? and is 
wisdom driven quite from me ? 

14 To him that is afflicted pity 
should be shewed from his friend; 

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but he forsaketh the fear of the Al- 
mighty. 

15 My brethren have dealt deceit- 
fully as a brook, and as the stream 
of brooks they pass away ; 

16 Which are blackish by reason 
of the ice, and wherein the snow is 
hid: 

17 What time they wax warm, they 
vanish : when it is hot, they are con- 
sumed out of their place. 

18 The paths of their way are turned 
aside ; they go to nothing, and perish. 

19 The troops of Tema looked, the 
companies of Sheba waited for them. 

20 They were confounded because 
they had hoped; they came thither, 
and were ashamed. 

21 For now ye are nothing; ye 
see my casting down, and are afraid. 

22 Did I say, Bring unto me? or, 
Give a reward for me of your sub- 
stance ? 

23 Or, Deliver me from the ene- 
my's hand ? or, Redeem me from the 
hand of the mighty ? 

24 Teach me, and I will hold my 
tongue : and cause me to understand 
wherein I have erred. 

25 How forcible are right words ! 
but what doth your arguing reprove ? 

26 Do ye imagine to reprove words, 
and the speeches of one that is des- 
perate, which are as wind ? 

27 Yea, ye overwhelm the father- 
less, and ye dig a pit for your friend. 

28 Now therefore be content, look 
upon me ; for it is evident unto you 
if I lie. 

29 Return, I pray you, let it not 
be iniquity; yea, return again, my 
righteousness is in it. 

30 Is there iniquity in my tongue ? 
cannot my taste discern perverse 
things ? 

CHAPTER YII. 

1 Job exmseth his desire of death. 12 He complaineih 
of his own restlessness, 17 and God's watchfulness. 

/S there not an appointed time to 
man upon earth ? are not his days 
also like the days of a hireling ? 
2 As a servant earnestly desireth 



Job excuseth his 



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desire of death. 



the shadow, and as a hireling looketh 
for the reward of his work ; 

3 So am I made to possess months 
of vanity, and wearisome nights are 
appointed to me. 

4 When I lie down, I say, When 
shall I arise, and the night be gone ? 
and I am full of tossings to and fro 
unto the dawning of the day. 

5 My flesh is clothed with worms 
and clods of dust ; my skin is broken, 
and become loathsome. 

6 My days are swifter than a wea- 
ver's shuttle, and are spent without 
hope. 

7 O remember that my life is wind : 
mine eye shall no more see good. 

8 The eye of him that hath seen me 
shall see me no more : thine eyes are 
upon me, and I am not. 

9 As the cloud is consumed and van- 
isheth away ; so he that goeth down 
to the grave shall come up no more. 

10 He shall return no more to his 
house, neither shall his place know 
him any more. 

11 Therefore I will not refrain my 
mouth ; I will speak in the anguish 
of my spirit ; I will complain in the 
bitterness of my soul. 

12 Am I a sea, or a whale, that 
thou settest a watch over me ? 

13 When I say, My bed shall com- 
fort me, my couch shall ease my 
complaint ; 

14 Then thou scarest me with 
dreams, and terrifiest me through 
visions : 

15 So that my soul chooseth stran- 
gling, and death rather than my life. 

16 I loathe it; I would not live 
alway : let me alone ; for my days 
are vanity. 

17 What is man, that thou should- 
est magnify him? and that thou 
shouldest set thine heart upon him ? 

18 And that \hoVi shouldest visit 
him every morning, and try him 
every moment ? 

19 How long wilt thou not depart 
from me, nor let me alone till I swal- 
low down my spittle ? 

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20 I have sinned ; what shall I do 
unto thee, O thou preserver of men ? 
why hast thou set me as a mark 
against thee, so that I am a burden 
to myself? 

21 And why dost thou not pardon 
my transgression, and take away 
mine iniquity ? for now shall I sleep 
in the dust ; and thou shalt seek me 
in the morning, but I shall not be. 

CHAPTEK YIH. 

1 Bildad sheweth God's justice in dealing with men ac- 
cording to their works. 8 He allegeth antiquity to 
prove the certain destruction of the hypocrite. 20 He 
applieth God's just dealing to Job. 

THEN answered Bildad the Shu- 
hite, and said, 

2 How long wilt thou speak these 
things ? and how long shall the words 
of thy mouth be like & strong wind ? 

3 Doth God pervert judgment ? or 
doth the Almighty pervert justice ? 

4 If thy children have sinned 
against him, and he have cast them 
away for their transgression ; 

5 If thou wouldest seek unto God 
betimes, and make thy supplication 
to the Almighty ; 

6 If thou wert pure and upright ; 
surely now he would awake for thee, 
and make the habitation of thy right- 
eousness prosperous. 

7 Though thy beginning was small, 
yet thy latter end should greatly in- 
crease. 

8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the 
former age, and prepare thyself to the 
search of their fathers : 

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and 
know nothing, because our days upon 
earth are a shadow :) 

10 Shall not they teach thee, and 
tell thee, and utter words out of their 
heart ? 

11 Can the rush grow up without 
mire ? can the flag grow without 
water ? 

12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, 
and not cut down, it withereth before 
any other herb. 

13 So are the paths of all that for- 
get God ; and the hypocrite's hope 
shall perish : 

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God's perfections. 



14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and 
whose trust shall be a spider's web. 

15 He shall lean upon his house, 
but it shall not stand : he shall hold 
it fast, but it shall not endure. 

16 He is green before the sun, and 
his branch shooteth forth in his gar- 
den. 

17 His roots are wrapped about the 
heap, and seeth the place of stones. 

18 If he destroy him from his place, 
then it shall deny him, saying, I have 
not seen thee. 

19 Behold, this is the joy of his 
way, and out of the earth shall others 
grow. 

20 Behold, God will not cast away 
a perfect man, neither will he help 
the evil doers : 

21 Till he fill thy mouth with 
laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. 

22 They that hate thee shall be 
clothed with shame ; and the dwell- 
ingplace of the wicked shall come to 
nought. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 Job, acknowledging God's justice, sheweth there is no 
contending with him. 22 Man's innocency is not to 
be condemned by afflictions. 

THEN Job answered and said, 
2 I know it is so of a truth: 
but how should man be just with 
God? 

3 If he will contend with him, he 
cannot answer him one of a thou- 
sand. 

4 He is wise in heart, and mighty 
in strength: who hath hardened 
himself against him, and hath pros- 
pered ? 

5 Which removeth the mountains, 
and they know not ; which overturn- 
eth them in his anger ; 

6 Which shaketh the earth out 
of her place, and the pillars thereof 
tremble ; 

7 Which commandeth the sun, and 
it riseth not; and sealeth up the 
stars ; 

8 Which alone spreadeth out the 
heavens, and treadeth upon the 
waves of the sea ; 

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9 Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, 
and Pleiades, and the chambers of 
the south ; 

10 Which doeth great things past 
finding out ; yea, and wonders with- 
out number. 

11 Lo, he goeth by me, and I see 
him not: he passeth on also, but I 
perceive him not. 

12 Behold, he taketh away, who 
can hinder him ? who will say unto 
him, What doest thou ? 

IS If God will not withdraw his 
anger, the proud helpers do stoop 
under him. 

14 How much less shall I answer 
him, and choose out my words to 
reason with him ? 

15 Whom, though I were righteous, 
yet would I not answer, but I would 
make supplication to my judge. 

16 If I had called, and he had 
answered me; yet would I not be- 
lieve that he had hearkened unto my 
voice. 

17 For he breaketh me with a 
tempest, and multiplieth my wounds 
without cause. 

18 He will not suffer me to take 
my breath, but filleth me with bitter- 
ness. 

19 If I speak of strength, lo, he is 
strong : and if of judgment, who shall 
set me a time to plead ? 

20 If I justify myself, mine own 
mouth shall condemn me : if I say, 
I am perfect, it shall also prove me 
perverse. 

21 Though I were perfect, «/e£ would 
I not know my soul : I would despise 
my life. 

22 This is one thing, therefore I 
said it, He destroyeth the perfect and 
the wicked. 

23 If the scourge slay suddenly, 
he will laugh at the trial of the in- 
nocent. ^ 

24 The earth is given into the hand 
of the wicked : he covereth the faces 
of the judges thereof; if not, where, 
and who is he ? 

25 Now my days are swifter than a 



Job expostulateth 



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with God freely. 



post: they flee away, they see no 
good. 

26 They are passed away as the 
swift ships : as the eagle that hasteth 
to the prey. 

27 If I say, I will forget my com- 
plaint, I will leave off my heaviness, 
and comfort myself; 

28 I am afraid of all my sorrows, 
I know that thou wilt not hold me 
innocent. 

29 If I be wicked, why then labour 
I in vain ? 

30 If I wash myself with snow 
water, and make my hands never so 
clean ; 

3 1 Yet shalt thou plunge me in the 
ditch, and mine own clothes shall ab- 
hor me. 

32 For he is not a man, as I am, 
that I should answer him, and we 
should come together in judgment. 

33 Neither is there any daysman 
betwixt us, that might lay his hand 
upon us both. 

34 Let him take his rod away from 
me, and let not his fear terrify me : 

35 Then would I speak, and not 
fear him ; but it is not so with me. 

CHAPTEK X. 

I Job, taking liberty of complaint, expostulateth with 
God about his afflictions. 18 He complaineth of life, 
and craveth a little ease before death. 

MY soul is weary of my life ; I 
will leave my complaint upon 
myself; I will speak in the bitterness 
of my soul. 

2 I will say unto God, Do not con- 
demn me ; shew me wherefore thou 
contendest with me. 

3 Is it good unto thee that thou 
shouldest oppress, that thou should- 
est despise the work of thine hands, 
and shine upon the counsel of the 
wicked ? 

4 Hast thou eyes of flesh ? or seest 
thou as man seeth ? 

5 Are thy days as the days of man ? 
are thy years as man's days, 

6 That thou inquirest after mine 
iniquity, and searchest after my sin ? 

7 Thou knowest that I am not 



wicked ; and there is none that can 
deliver out of thine hand. 

8 Thine hands have made me and 
fashioned me together round about ; 
yet thou dost destroy me. 

9 Remember, I beseech thee, that 
thou hast made me as the clay ; and 
wilt thou bring me into dust again ? 

10 Hast thou not poured me out as 
milk, and curdled me like cheese ? 

1 1 Thou hast clothed me with skin 
and flesh, and hast fenced me with 
bones and sinews. 

12 Thou hast granted me life and 
favour, and thy visitation hath pre- 
served my spirit. 

13 And these things hast thou hid 
in thine heart: I know that this is 
with thee. 

14 If I sin, then thou markest me, 
and thou wilt not acquit me from 
mine iniquity. 

15 If I be wicked, woe unto me ; 
and if I be righteous, yet will I not 
lift up my head. I am full of con- 
fusion ; therefore see thou mine afflic- 
tion ; 

16 For it increaseth. Thou hunt- 
est me as a fierce lion: and again 
thou shewest thyself marvellous upon 
me. 

17 Thou renewest thy witnesses 
against me, and increasest thine in- 
dignation upon me ; changes and war 
are against me. 

1 8 Wherefore then hast thou brought 
me forth out of the womb ? Oh that I 
had given up the ghost, and no eye 
had seen me ! 

19 I should have been as though I 
had not been ; I should have been 
carried from the womb to the grave. 

20 Are not my days few ? cease 
then, and let me alone, that I may 
take comfort a little, 

21 Before I go whence I shall not 
return, even to the land of darkness 
and the shadow of death ; 

22 A land of darkness, as darkness 
itself ; and of the shadow of death, 
without any order, and where the 
light is as darkness. 

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Zophar reproveth Job. 



JOB. 



Job achnowledgeth 



CHAPTEK XL 

1 Zophar reproveth Job for justifying himself. 5 God's 
teisdom is unsearchable. 13 The assured blessing of 
repentance. 

THEN answered Zophar the Naa- 
mathite, and said, 

2 Should not the multitude of 
words be answered ? and should a 
man full of talk be justified? 

3 Should thy lies make men hold 
their peace ? and when thou mockest, 
shall no man make thee ashamed ? 

4 For thou hast said, My doctrine 
is pure, and I am clean in thine 
eyes. 

5 But oh that God would speak, 
and open his lips against thee ; 

6 And that he would shew thee 
the secrets of wisdom, that they are 
double to that which is ! Know there- 
fore that God exacteth of thee less 
than thine iniquity deserveth. 

7 Canst thou by searching find out 
God ? canst thou find out the Al- 
mighty unto perfection? 

8 It is as high as heaven; what 
canst thou do ? deeper than hell ; 
what canst thou know ? 

9 The measure thereof is longer 
than the earth, and broader than the 
sea. 

10 If he cut off, and shut up, or 
gather together, then who can hinder 
him? 

1 1 For he knoweth vain men : he 
seeth wickedness also; will he not 
then consider it ? 

12 For vain man would be wise, 
though man be born like a wild ass's 
colt. 

13 If thou prepare thine heart, 
and stretch out thine hands toward 
him; 

14 If iniquity be in thine hand, put 
it far away, and let not wickedness 
dwell in thy tabernacles. 

15 For then shalt thou lift up thy 
face without spot ; yea, thou shalt be 
steadfast, and shalt not fear : 

16 Because thou shalt forget thy 
misery, and remember it as waters 
that pass away: 

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17 And thine age shall be clearer 
than the noonday; thou shalt shine 
forth, thou shalt be as the morning. 

18 And thou shalt be secure, be- 
cause there is hope ; yea, thou shalt 
dig about thee, and thou shalt take 
thy rest in safety. 

19 Also thou shalt lie down, and 
none shall make thee afraid ; yea, 
many shall make suit unto thee. 

20 But the eyes of the wicked shall 
fail, and they shall not escape, and 
their hope shall be as the giving up of 
the ghost. 

CHAPTEK XII. 

1 Job maintaineth himself against his friends that re- 
prove him. 1 He achnowledgeth the general doctrine 
of God's omnipotency. 

AND Job answered and said, 
2 No doubt but ye are the 
people, and wisdom shall die with 
you. 

3 But I have understanding as well 
as you; I am not inferior to you: 
yea, who knoweth not such things 
as these ? 

4 I am as one mocked of his neigh- 
bour, who calleth upon God, and he 
answereth him : the just upright man 
is laughed to scorn. 

5 He that is ready to slip with his 
feet is as a lamp despised in the 
thought of him that is at ease. 

6 The tabernacles of robbers pros- 
per, and they that provoke God are 
secure ; into whose hand God bring- 
eth abundantly. 

7 But ask now the beasts, and they 
shall teach thee ; and the fowls of the 
air, and they shall tell thee : 

8 Or speak to the earth, and it shall 
teach thee ; and the fishes of the sea 
shall declare unto thee. 

9 Who knoweth not in all these 
that the hand of the Lord hath 
wrought this ? 

10 In whose hand is the soul of 
every living thing, and the breath of 
all mankind. 

11 Doth not the ear try words ? and 
the mouth taste his meat ? 

12 With the ancient is wisdom; 



God's omnipotency. 



JOB. 



Job reproveth his friends. 



and in length of days understand- 
ing. 

13 With him is wisdom and strength, 
he hath counsel and understanding. 

14 Behold, he breaketh down, and 
it cannot be built again : he shutteth 
up a man, and there can be no open- 
ing. 

15 Behold, he withholdeth the wa- 
ters, and they dry up : also he send- 
eth them out, and they overturn the 
earth. 

16 With him is strength and wis- 
dom: the deceived and the deceiver 
are his. 

17 He leadeth counsellors away 
spoiled, and maketh the judges 
fools. 

18 He looseth the bond of kings, 
and girdeth their loins with a girdle. 

19 He leadeth princes away spoil- 
ed, and overthroweth the mighty. 

20 He remove th away the speech 
of the trusty, and taketh away the 
understanding of the aged. 

21 He poureth contempt upon 
princes, and weakeneth the strength 
of the mighty. 

22 He discovereth deep things out 
•of darkness, and bringeth out to light 
the shadow of death. 

23 He increaseth the nations, and 
destroyeth them: he enlargeth the 
nations, and straiteneth them again. 

24 He taketh away the heart of the 
chief of the people of the earth, and 
causeth them to wander in a wilder- 
ness where there is no way. 

25 They grope in the dark without 
light, and he maketh them to stagger 
like a drunken man. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Job reproveth Ids friends of partiality. 14 He pro- 
fesseth his confidence in God : 20 and entreateth to 
know his own sins, and God's purpose in afflicting 
him. 

LO, mine eye hath seen all this, 
mine ear hath heard and under- 
stood it. 

2 What ye know, the same do I 
know also: I am not inferior unto 
you. 



3 Surely I would speak to the Al- 
mighty, and I desire to reason with 
God. 

4 But ye are forgers of lies, ye are 
all physicians of no value. 

5 Oh that ye would altogether hold 
your peace! and it should be your 
wisdom. 

6 Hear now my reasoning, and 
hearken to the pleadings of my lips. 

7 Will ye speak wickedly for God ? 
and talk deceitfully for him ? 

8 Will ye accept his person ? will 
ye contend for God ? 

9 Is it good that he should search 
you out? or as one man mocketh 
another, do ye so mock him ? 

10 He will surely reprove you, if 
ye do secretly accept persons. 

11 Shall not his excellency make 
you afraid ? and his dread fall upon 
you? 

12 Your remembrances are like 
unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of 
clay. 

13 Hold your peace, let me alone, 
that I may speak, and let come on 
me what will. 

14 Wherefore do I take my flesh in 
my teeth, and put my life in mine 
hand ? 

15 Though he slay me, yet will I 
trust in him: but I will maintain 
mine own ways before him. 

16 He also shall be my salvation: 
for a hypocrite shall not come before 
him. 

17 Hear diligently my speech, and 
my declaration with your ears. 

18 Behold now, I have ordered my 
cause ; I know that I shall be j usti- 
fied. 

19 Who is he that will plead with 
me ? for now, if I hold my tongue, I 
shall give up the ghost. 

20 Only do not two things unto 
me ; then will I not hide myself from 
thee. 

21 Withdraw thine hand far from 
me : and let not thy dread make me 
afraid. 

22 Then call thou, and I will an- 

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The shortness and 



JOB. 



trouble of life. 



swer: or let me speak, and answer 
thou me. 

23 How many are mine iniquities 
and sins? make me to know my 
transgression and my sin. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, 
and holdest me for thine enemy ? 

25 Wilt thou break a leaf driven 
to and fro ? and wilt thou pursue the 
dry stubble ? 

26 For thou writest bitter things 
against me, and makest me to possess 
the iniquities of my youth. 

27 Thou puttest my feet also in 
the stocks, and lookest narrowly un- 
to all my paths ; thou settest a print 
upon the heels of my feet. 

28 And he, as a rotten thing, con- 
sumeth, as a garment that is moth- 
eaten. 

CHAPTEE XIY. 

1 Job entreateth God for favour, by the shortness of 
life, and certainty of death. 7 Though life once lost 
be irrecoverable, yet he waiteth for his change. 16 By 
sin the creature is subject to corruption* 

MAN that is born of a woman 
is of few days, and full of 
trouble. 

2 He cometh forth like a flower, 
and is cut down : he fleeth also as a 
shadow, and continueth not. 

3 And dost thou open thine eyes 
upon such a one, and bringest me 
into judgment with thee ? 

4 Who can bring a clean thing out 
of an unclean ? not one. 

5 Seeing his days are determined, 
the number of his months are with 
thee, thou hast appointed his bounds 
that he cannot pass ; 

6 Turn from him, that he may rest, 
till he shall accomplish, as a hire- 
ling, his day. 

7 For there is hope of a tree, if it 
be cut down, that it will sprout again, 
and that the tender branch thereof 
will not cease. 

8 Though the root thereof wax old 
in the earth, and the stock thereof 
die in the ground ; 

9 Yet through the scent of water 
it will bud, and bring forth boughs 
like a plant. 

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10 But man dieth, and wasteth 
away : yea, man giveth up the ghost, 
and where is he ? 

11 As the waters fail from the sea, 
and the flood decayeth and drieth 
up; 

12 So man lieth down, and riseth 
not: till the heavens be no more, 
they shall not awake, nor be raised 
out of their sleep. 

13 Oh that thou wouldest hide me 
in the grave, that thou wouldest keep 
me secret, until thy wrath be past, 
that thou wouldest appoint me a set 
time, and remember me ! 

14 If a man die, shall he live again ? 
all the days of my appointed time 
will I wait, till my change come. 

15 Thou shalt call, and I will an- 
swer thee : thou wilt have a desire to 
the work of thine hands. 

16 For now thou numberest my 
steps : dost thou not- watch over my 
sin? 

17 My transgression is sealed up 
in a bag, and thou sewest up mine 
iniquity. 

18 And surely the mountain falling 
cometh to nought, and the rock is 
removed out of his place. 

19 The waters wear the stones: 
thou washest away the things which 
grow out of the dust of the earth ; 
and thou destroyest the hope of 
man. 

20 Thou prevailest for ever against 
him, and he passeth : thou changest 
his countenance, and sendest him 
away. 

21 His sons come to honour, and 
he knoweth it not; and they are 
brought low, but he perceiveth it 
not of them. 

22 But his flesh upon him shall 
have pain, and his soul within him 
shall mourn. 

CHAPTER XT. 

1 Eliphaz reproveth Job of impiety in justifying him-> 
self 17 He proveth by tradition the unquietness of 
wicked men. 

HEN answered Eliphaz the Te- 
manite, and said, 



T 



Eliphaz reproveth Job. 



JOB. The disquietude of wicked men. 



2 Should a wise man utter vain 
knowledge, and fill his helly with the 
east wind ? 

3 Should he reason with unprofit- 
able talk ? or with speeches where- 
with he can do no good ? 

4 Yea, thou castest off fear, and 
restrainest prayer before God. 

5 For thy mouth uttereth thine in- 
iquity, and thou choosest the tongue 
of the crafty. 

6 Thine own mouth condemneth 
thee, and not T : yea, thine own lips 
testify against thee. 

7 Art thou the first man that was 
born ? or wast thou made before the 
hills ? 

8 Hast thou heard the secret of 
God ? and dost thou restrain wisdom 
to thyself? 

9 What knowest thou, that we 
know not ? what understandest thou, 
which is not in us ? 

10 With us are both the gray- 
headed and very aged men, much 
elder than thy father. 

11 Are the consolations of God 
small with thee ? is there any secret 
thing with thee ? 

12 Why doth thine heart carry 
thee away? and what do thy eyes 
wink at, 

13 That thou turnest thy spirit 
against God, and lettest such words 
go out of thy mouth ? 

14 What is man, that he should be 
clean ? and he which is born of a wo- 
man, that he should be righteous ? 

15 Behold, he putteth no trust in 
his saints ; yea, the heavens are not 
clean in his sight. 

16 How much more abominable 
and filthy is man, which drinketh 
iniquity like water ? 

17 I will shew thee, hear me ; and 
that which I have seen I will declare ; 

18 Which wise men have told from 
their fathers, and have not hid it : 

19 Unto whom alone the earth was 
given, and no stranger passed among 
them. 

20 The wicked man travaileth with 



pain all his days, and the number of 
years is hidden to the oppressor. 

21 A dreadful sound is in his ears : 
in prosperity the destroyer shall come 
upon him. 

22 He believeth not that he shall 
return out of darkness, and he is 
waited for of the sword. 

23 He wandereth abroad for bread, 
saying, Where is it ? he knoweth that 
the day of darkness is ready at his 
hand. 

24 Trouble and anguish shall make 
him afraid ; they shall prevail against 
him, as a king ready to the battle. 

25 For he stretcheth out his hand 
against God, and strengtheneth him- 
self against the Almighty. 

26 He runneth upon him, even on 
his neck, upon the thick bosses of his 
bucklers : 

27 Because he covereth his face 
with his fatness, and maketh collops 
of fat on his flanks. 

28 And he dwelleth in desolate 
cities, and in houses which no man 
inhabiteth, which are ready to be- 
come heaps. 

29 He shall not be rich, neither 
shall his substance continue, neither 
shall he prolong the perfection thereof 
upon the earth. 

30 He shall not depart out of dark- 
ness; the flame shall dry up his 
branches, and by the breath of his 
mouth shall he go away. 

31 Let not him that is deceived 
trust in vanity: for vanity shall be 
his recompense. 

32 It shall be accomplished before 
his time, and his branch shall not be 
green. 

33 He shall shake off his unripe 
grape as the vine, and shall cast off 
his flower as the olive. 

34 For the congregation of hypo- 
crites shall be desolate, and fire 
shall consume the tabernacles of 
bribery. 

35 They conceive mischief, and 
bring forth vanity, and their belly 
prepareth deceit. 

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his unhappy case. 



CHAPTER XYL 

1 Job reproveth his friends of unmercifulness. 7 He 
sheweth the pitifulness of his case. 17 He maintain- 
eth his innocency. 

THEN Job answered and said, 
2 I have heard many such 
things : miserable comforters are ye 
all. 

3 Shall vain words have an end ? 
or what emboldeneth thee that thou 
answerest ? 

4 I also could speak as ye do : if 
your soul were in my soul's stead, I 
could heap up words against you, 
and shake mine head at you. 

5 But 1 would strengthen you 
with my mouth, and the moving of 
my lips should assuage your grief. 

6 Though I speak, my grief is not 
assuaged : and though I forbear, what 
am I eased ? 

7 But now he hath made me 
weary: thou hast made desolate all 
my company. 

8 And thou hast filled me with 
wrinkles, which is a witness against 
me : and my leanness rising up in 
me beareth witness to my face. 

9 He teareth me in his wrath, who 
hateth me : he gnasheth upon me 
with his teeth ; mine enemy sharp- 
eneth his eyes upon me. 

10 They have gaped upon me with 
their mouth; they have smitten me 
upon the cheek reproachfully; they 
have gathered themselves together 
against me. 

11 God hath delivered me to the 
ungodly, and turned me over into 
the hands of the wicked. 

12 I was at ease, but he hath 
broken me asunder: he hath also 
taken me by my neck, and shaken 
me to pieces, and set me up for his 
mark. 

13 His archers compass me round 
about, he cleaveth my reins asunder, 
and doth not spare ; he poureth out 
my gall upon the ground. 

14 He breaketh me with breach 
upon breach ; he runneth upon me 
like a giant. 

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15 I have sewed sackcloth upon 
my skin, and defiled my horn in the 
dust. 

16 My face is foul with weeping, 
and on my eyelids is the shadow of 
death ; 

17 Not for any injustice in mine 
hands : also my prayer is pure. 

18 O earth, cover not thou my 
blood, and let my cry have no place. 

19 Also now, behold, my witness 
is in heaven, and my record is on 
high. 

20 My friends scorn me : but mine 
eye poureth out tears unto God. 

21 Oh that one might plead for a 
man with God, as a man pleadeth for 
his neighbour ! 

22 When a few years are come, 
then I shall go the way ivhence I 
shall not return. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

1 Job appealeth from men to God. 6 The unmerciful 
dealing of men with the afflicted may astonish, but not 
discourage the righteous. 1 1 His hope is not in life, 
but in death. 

MY breath is corrupt, my days 
are extinct, the graves are 
ready for me. 

2 Are there not mockers with me ? 
and doth not mine eye continue in 
their provocation ? 

3 Lay down now, put me in a sure- 
ty with thee ; who is he that will 
strike hands with me ? 

4 For thou hast hid their heart from 
understanding: therefore shalt thou 
not exalt them. 

5 He that speaketh flattery to his 
friends, even the eyes of his children 
shall fail. 

6 He hath made me also a byword 
of the people ; and aforetime I was 
as a tabret. 

7 Mine eye also is dim by reason 
of sorrow, and all my members are as 
a shadow. 

8 Upright men shall be astonied 
at this, and the innocent shall stir up 
himself against the hypocrite. 

9 The righteous also shall hold on 
his way, and he that hath clean hands 
shall be stronger and stronger. 



The calamities 



JOB. 



of the wicked. 



10 Bat as for you all, do ye return, 
and come now : for I cannot find one 
wise man among you. 

11 My days are past, my purposes 
are broken off, even the thoughts of 
my heart. 

12 They change the night into 
day: the light is short because of 
darkness. 

13 If I wait, the grave is mine 
house : I have made my bed in the 
darkness. 

14 I have said to corruption, Thou 
art my father : to the worm, Thou art 
my mother, and my sister. 

15 And where is now my hope"? as 
for my hope, who shall see it ? 

16 They shall go down to the bars 
of the pit, when our rest together is 
in the dust. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

1 Bildad reproveth Job of presumption and impatience. 
5 The calamities of the wicked. 

THEN answered Bildad the Shu- 
hite, and said, 

2 How long will it be ere ye make 
an end of words ? mark, and after- 
wards we will speak. 

3 Wherefore are we counted as 
beasts, and reputed vile in your 
sight ? 

4 He teareth himself in his anger : 
shall the earth be forsaken for thee ? 
and shall the rock be removed out of 
his place ? % 

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall 
be put out, and the spark of his fire 
shall not shine. 

6 The light shall be dark in his 
tabernacle, and his candle shall be 
put out with him. 

7 The steps of his strength shall be 
straitened, and his own counsel shall 
cast him down. 

8 For he is cast into a net by his 
own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 

9 The gin shall take him by the 
heel, and the robber shall prevail 
against him. 

10 The snare is laid for him in the 
ground, and a trap for him in the way. 



11 Terrors shall make him afraid 
on every side, and shall drive him to 
his feet. 

12 His strength shall be hunger- 
bitten, and destruction shall be ready 
at his side. 

13 It shall devour the strength of 
his skin : even the firstborn of death 
shall devour his strength. 

14 His confidence shall be rooted 
out of his tabernacle, and it shall 
bring him to the king of terrors. 

15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, 
because it is none of his : brimstone 
shall be scattered upon his habitation. 

16 His roots shall be dried up be- 
neath, and above shall his branch be 
cut off. 

17 His remembrance shall perish 
from the earth, and he shall have no 
name in the street. 

18 He shall be driven from light 
into darkness, and chased out of the 
world. 

19 He shall neither have son nor 
nephew among his people, nor any 
remaining in his dwellings. 

20 They that come after him shall 
be astonied at his day, as they that 
went before were affrighted. 

21 Surely such are the dwellings of 
the wicked, and this is the place of 
him that knoweth not God. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 Job, complaining of his friends' cruelty, sheweth there 
is misery enough in him to feed their cruelty. 21, 28 
He craveth pity. 23 He believeth the resurrection. 

THEN Job answered and said, 
2 How long will ye vex my 
soul, and break me in pieces with 
words ? 

3 These ten times have ye re- 
proached me: ye are not ashamed 
that ye make yourselves strange to 
me. 

4 And be it indeed that I have 
erred, mine error remaineth with 
myself. 

5 If indeed ye will magnify your- 
selves against me, and plead against 
me my reproach ; 

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Job sheweth his great misery. JOB. 



Zophar sheweth the state 



6 Know now that God hath over- 
thrown me, and hath compassed me 
with his net. 

7 Behold, I cry out of wrong-, but 
I am not heard: I cry aloud, but there 
is no judgment. 

8 He hath fenced up my way that 
I cannot pass, and he hath set dark- 
ness in my paths. 

9 He hath stripped me of my glory, 
and taken the crown from my head. 

10 He hath destroyed me on every 
side, and I am gone : and mine hope 
hath he removed like a tree. 

1 1 He hath also kindled his wrath 
against me, and he counteth me unto 
him as one of his enemies. 

12 His troops come together, and 
raise up their way against me, and 
encamp round about my tabernacle. 

13 He hath put my brethren far 
from me, and mine acquaintance are 
verily estranged from me. 

14 My kinsfolk have failed, and my 
familiar friends have forgotten me. 

15 They that dwell in mine house, 
and my maids, count me for a stran- 
ger : I am an alien in their sight. 

16 I called my servant, and he gave 
me no answer ; I entreated him with 
my mouth. 

17 My breath is strange to my wife, 
though I entreated for the children's 
sake of mine own body. 

18 Yea, young children despised 
me ; I arose, and they spake against 
me. 

19 All my inward friends abhorred 
me: and they whom I loved are 
turned against me. 

20 My bone cleaveth to my skin 
and to my flesh, and I am escaped 
with the skin of my teeth. 

21 Have pity upon me, have pity 
upon me, O ye my friends ; for the 
hand of God hath touched me. 

22 Why do ye persecute me as 
God, and are not satisfied with my 
flesh? 

23 Oh that my words were now 
written ! oh that they were printed 
in a book ! 

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24 That they were graven with an 
iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ! 

25 For I know that my Redeemer 
liveth, and that he shall stand at the 
latter day upon the earth : 

26 And though after my skin worms 
destroy this body, yet in my flesh 
shall I see God : 

27 Whom I shall see for myself, 
and mine eyes shall behold, and not 
another; though my reins be con- 
sumed within me. 

28 But ye should say, Why perse- 
cute we him, seeing the root of the 
matter is found in me ? 

29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for 
wrath bringeth the punishments of 
the sword, that ye may know there is 
a judgment. 

CHAPTER XX. 

Zophar sheweth the state and portion of the wicked. 

THEN answered Zophar the Naa- 
mathite, and said, 

2 Therefore do my thoughts cause 
me to answer, and for this I make 
haste. 

3 I have heard the check of my 
reproach, and the spirit of my 
understanding causeth me to an- 
swer. 

4 Knowest thou not this of old, 
since man was placed upon earth, 

5 That the triumphing of the wick- 
ed is short, and the joy of the hypo- 
crite but for a moment ? 

6 Though his excellency mount up 
to the heavens, and his head reach 
unto the clouds ; 

7 Yet he shall perish for ever like 
his own dung : they which have seen 
him shall say, Where is he ? 

8 He shall fly away as a dream, 
and shall not be found : yea, he shall 
be chased away as a vision of the 
night. 

9 The eye also which saw him shall 
see him no more; neither shall his 
place any more behold him. 

10 His children shall seek to please 
the poor, and his hands shall restore 
their goods. 



and portion of the wicked. 



JOB. Wicked men sometimes prosper. 



11 His bones are full of the sin of 
his youth, which shall lie down with 
him in the dust. 

12 Though wickedness be sweet in 
his mouth, though he hide it under 
his tongue; 

13 Though he spare it, and forsake 
it not, but keep it still within his 
mouth ; 

14 Yet his meat in his bowels is 
turned, it is the gall of asps within 
him. 

15 He hath swallowed down riches, 
and he shall vomit them up again: 
God shall cast them out of his belly. 

16 He shall suck the poison of asps : 
the viper's tongue shall slay him. 

17 He shall not see the rivers, the 
floods, the brooks of honey and butter. 

18 That which he laboured for shall 
he restore, and shall not swallow it 
down : according to his substance 
shall the restitution be, and he shall 
not rejoice therein. 

19 Because he hath oppressed and 
hath forsaken the poor; because he 
hath violently taken away a house 
which he builded not ; 

20 Surely he shall not feel quiet- 
ness in his belly, he shall not save of 
that which he desired. 

21 There shall none of his meat 
be left ; therefore shall no man look 
for his goods. 

22 In the fulness of his sufficiency 
he shall be in straits : every hand of 
the wicked shall come upon him. 

23 When he is about to fill his belly, 
God shall cast the fury of his wrath 
upon him, and shall rain it upon him 
while he is eating. 

24 He shall flee from the iron 
weapon, and the bow of steel shall 
strike him through. 

25 It is drawn, and cometh out of 
the body ; yea, the glittering sword 
cometh out of his gall : terrors are 
upon him. 

26 All darkness shall be hid in his 
secret places : a fire not blown shall 
consume him ; it shall go ill with 
him that is left in his tabernacle. 



27 The heaven shall reveal his ini- 
quity; and the earth shall rise up 
against him. 

28 The increase of his house shall 
depart, and his goods shall flow away 
in the day of his wrath. 

29 This is the portion of a wicked 
man from God, and the heritage ap- 
pointed unto him by God. 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 Job sheweth that even in the judgment of man he hath 
reason to be grieved. 7 Sometimes the wicked do .to 
prosper, as they despise God. 16 Sometimes their de- 
struction is manifest. 22 Tfie happy and unhappy 
are alike in death. 27 The judgment of the wicked is 
in another world. 

BUT Job answered and said, 
2 Hear diligently my speech, 
and let this be your consolations. 

3 Suffer me that I may speak ; and 
after that I have spoken, mock on. 

4 As for me, is my complaint to 
man ? and if it were so, why should 
not my spirit be troubled ? 

5 Mark me, and be astonished, and 
lay your hand upon your mouth. 

6 Even when I remember I am 
afraid, and trembling taketh hold on 
my flesh. 

7 Wherefore do the wicked live, 
become old, yea, are mighty in power ? 

8 Their seed is established in their 
sight with them, and their offspring 
before their eyes. 

9 Their houses are safe from fear, 
neither is the rod of God upon them. 

10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth 
not; their cow calveth, and casteth 
not her calf. 

11 They send forth their little ones 
like a flock, and their children dance. 

12 They take the timbrel and harp, 
and rejoice at the sound of the organ. 

13 They spend their days in wealth, 
and in a moment go down to the grave. 

14 Therefore they say unto God, 
Depart from us ; for we desire not 
the knowledge of thy ways. 

15 What is the Almighty, that we 
should serve him? and what profit 
should we have, if we pray unto him? 

16 Lo, their good is not in their 
hand : the counsel of the wicked is 
far from me. 

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All alike in death. 



JOB. 



Eliphaz accuseth Job 



17 How oft is the candle of the 
wicked put out ! and how oft cometh 
their destruction upon them ! God 
distributeth sorrows in his anger. 

18 They are as stubble before the 
wind, and as chaff that the storm 
carrieth away. 

19 God layeth up his iniquity for 
his children : he rewardeth him, and 
he shall know it. 

20 His eyes shall see his destruc- 
tion, and he shall drink of the wrath 
of the Almighty. 

2 1 For what pleasure hath he in his 
house after him, when the number of 
his months is cut off in the midst ? 

22 Shall any teach God knowl- 
edge? seeing he judge th those that 
are high. 

23 One dieth in his full strength, 
being wholly at ease and quiet. 

24 His breasts are full of milk, 
and his bones are moistened with 
marrow. 

25 And another dieth in the bit- 
terness of his soul, and never eateth 
with pleasure. 

26 They shall lie down alike in 
the dust, and the worms shall cover 
them. 

27 Behold, I know your thoughts, 
and the devices which ye wrongfully 
imagine against me. 

28 For ye say, Where is the house 
of the prince ? and where are the 
dwellingplaces of the wicked ? 

29 Have ye not asked, them that 
go by the way ? and do ye not know 
their tokens, 

30 That the wicked is reserved to 
the day of destruction ? they shall be 
brought forth to the day of wrath. 

31 Who shall declare his way to 
his face? and who shall repay him 
what he hath done? 

32 Yet shall he be brought to the 
grave, and shall remain in the tomb. 

33 The clods of the valley shall be 
sweet unto him, and every man shall 
draw after him, as there are innu- 
merable before him. 

34 How then comfort ye me in 

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vain, seeing in your answers there 
remaineth falsehood ? 

CHAPTEE XXII. 

1 Eliphaz sheweth that man's goodness profit eth not God. 
5 He accuseth Job of divers sins. 21 He exhorteth 
him to repentance, with promises of mercy. 

THEN Eliphaz the Temanite an- 
swered and said, 

2 Can a man be profitable unto 
God, as he that is wise may be prof- 
itable unto himself ? 

3 Is it any pleasure to the Al- 
mighty, that thou art righteous ? or 
is it gain to him, that thou makest 
thy ways perfect ? 

4 Will he reprove thee for fear of 
thee? will he enter with thee into 
judgment ? 

5 Is not thy wickedness great? and 
thine iniquities infinite ? 

6 For thou hast taken a pledge 
from thy brother for nought, and 
stripped the naked of their cloth- 
ing. 

7 Thou hast not given water to the 
weary to drink, and thou hast with- 
holden bread from the hungry. 

8 But as for the mighty man, he 
had the earth; and the honourable 
man dwelt in it. 

9 Thou hast sent widows away 
empty, and the arms of the fatherless 
have been broken. 

10 Therefore snares are round about 
thee, and sudden fear troubleth thee ; 

11 Or darkness, that thou canst not 
see ; and abundance of waters cover 
thee. 

12 Is not God in the height of heav- 
en? and behold the height of the 
stars, how high they are ! 

13 And thou sayest, How doth 
God know? can he judge through 
the dark cloud ? 

14 Thick clouds are a covering to 
him, that he seeth not ; and he walk- 
eth in the circuit of heaven. 

15 Hast thou marked the old way 
which wicked men have trodden ? 

16 Which were cut down out of 
time, whose foundation was over- 
flown with a flood : 



of divers sins. 



JOB. 



God's decree immutable. 



17 Which said unto God, Depart 
from us : and what can the Almighty 
do for them ? 

18 Yet he filled their houses with 
good things : hut the counsel of the 
wicked is far from me. 

19 The righteous see it, and are 
glad : and the innocent laugh them 
to scorn. 

20 Whereas our substance is not 
cut down, hut the remnant of them 
the fire consumeth. 

21 Acquaint now thyself with him, 
and be at peace : thereby good shall 
come unto thee. 

22 Receive, I pray thee, the law 
from his mouth, and lay up his words 
in thine heart. 

23 If thou return to the Almighty, 
thou shalt be built up, thou shalt 
put away iniquity far from thy taber- 
nacles. 

24 Then shalt thou lay up gold as 
dust, and the gold of Ophir as the 
stones of the brooks. 

25 Yea, the Almighty shall be thy 
defence, and thou shalt have plenty 
of silver. 

26 For then shalt thou have thy 
delight in the Almighty, and shalt 
lift up thy face unto God. 

27 Thou shalt make thy prayer 
unto him, and he shall hear thee, 
and thou shalt pay thy vows. 

28 Thou shalt also decree a thing, 
and it shall be established unto thee : 
and the light shall shine upon thy 
ways. 

29 When men are cast down, then 
thou shalt say, There is lifting up ; 
and he shall save the humble person. 

30 He shall deliver the island of 
the innocent : and it is delivered by 
the pureness of thine hands. 

CHAPTEE XXIII. 

1 Job longeth to appear before God, 6 in confidence of 
his mercy. 8 God, who is invisible, observeth our 
ways. 11 JoVs innocency. 13 God's decree is im- 
mutable. 

THEN Job answered and said, 
2 Even to day is my complaint 
bitter : my stroke is heavier than my 
groaning. 



3 Oh that I knew where I might 
find him ! that I might come even to 
his seat ! 

4 1 would order my cause before him, 
and fill my mouth with arguments. 

5 I would know the words which he 
would answer me, and understand 
what he would say unto me. 

6 Will he plead against me with 
his great power ? No ; but he would 
put strength in me. 

7 There the righteous might dis- 
pute with him ; so should I be deliv- 
ered for ever from my judge. 

8 Behold, I go forward, but he is 
not there ; and backward, but I can- 
not perceive him : 

9 On the left hand, where he doth 
work, but I cannot behold him : he 
hideth himself on the right hand, 
that I cannot see him: 

10 But he knoweth the way that I 
take : ivhen he hath tried me, I shall 
come forth as gold. 

11 My foot hath held his steps, his 
way have I kept, and not declined. 

12 Neither have I gone back from 
the commandment of his lips ; I have 
esteemed the words of his mouth 
more than my necessary food. 

13 But he is in one mind, and who 
can turn him ? and what his soul de- 
sireth, even that he doeth. 

14 For he performeth the thing that 
is appointed for me : and many such 
things are with him. 

15 Therefore am I troubled at his 
presence: when I consider, I am 
afraid of him. 

16 For God maketh my heart soft, 
and the Almighty troubleth me : 

17 Because I was not cut off before 
the darkness, neither hath he covered 
the darkness from my face. 

CHAPTER XXIY. 

1 Wickedness goeth often unpunished. 17 There is a 
secret judgment for the wicked. 

WHY, seeing times are not hid- 
den from the Almighty, do 
they that know him not see his 
days ? 

2 Some remove the landmarks ; 
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A secret judgment 



JOB. 



for the wicked. 



they violently take away flocks, and 
feed thereof. 

3 They drive away the ass of the 
fatherless, they take the widow's ox 
for a pledge. 

4 They turn the needy out of the 
way: the poor of the earth hide 
themselves together. 

5 Behold, as wild asses in the des- 
ert, go they forth to their work ; rising 
betimes for a prey: the wilderness 
yieldeth food for them and for their 
children. 

6 They reap every one his corn in 
the field: and they gather the vin- 
tage of the wicked. 

7 They cause the naked to lodge 
without clothing, that they have no 
covering in the cold. 

8 They are wet with the showers 
of the mountains, and embrace the 
rock for want of a shelter. 

9 They pluck the fatherless from the 
breast, and take a pledge of the poor. 

10 They cause him to go naked 
without clothing, and they take away 
the sheaf from the hungry; 

11 Which make oil within their 
walls, and tread their winepresses, 
and suffer thirst. 

12 Men groan from out of the city, 
and the soul of the wounded crieth 
out : yet God layeth not folly to them. 

13 They are of those that rebel 
against the light ; they know not the 
ways thereof, nor abide in the paths 
thereof. 

14 The murderer rising with the 
light killeth the poor and needy, and 
in the night is as a thief. 

15 The eye also of the adulterer 
waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye 
shall see me : and disguiseth his face. 

16 In the dark they dig through 
houses, which they had marked for 
themselves in the daytime: they know 
not the light. 

17 For the morning is to them even 
as the shadow of death : if one know 
them, they are in the terrors of the 
shadow of death. 

18 He is swift as the waters ; their 

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portion is cursed in the earth : he be- 
holdeth not the way of the vineyards. 

19 Drought and heat consume the 
snow waters : so doth the grave those 
which have sinned. 

20 The womb shall forget him; the 
worm shall feed sweetly on him ; he 
shall be no more remembered; and 
wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 

21 He evil entreateth the barren 
that beareth not : and doeth not good 
to the widow. 

22 He draweth also the mighty 
with his power : he riseth up, and no 
man is sure of life. 

23 Though it be given him to be in 
safety, whereon he resteth ; yet his 
eyes are upon their ways. 

24 They are exalted for a little 
while, but are gone and brought low ; 
they are taken out of the way as all 
other, and cut off as the tops of the 
ears of corn. 

25 And if it be not so now, who will 
make me a liar, and make my speech 
nothing worth ? 

CHAPTEE XXV. 

Bildad sheweth that man cannot be justified before 
God. 

THEN answered Bildad the Shu- 
hite, and said, 

2 Dominion and fear are with him ; 
he maketh peace in his high places. 

3 Is there any number of his armies? 
and upon whom doth not his light 
arise ? 

4 How then can man be justified 
with God ? or how can he be clean 
that is born of a woman ? 

5 Behold even to the moon, and it 
shineth not; yea, the stars are not 
pure in his sight. 

6 How much less man, that is a 
worm ? and the son of man, which is 
a worm ? 

CHAPTER XXYI. 

1 Job, reproving the uncharitable spirit of Bildad, 5 ac- 
knowledged the power of God to be infinite and un- 
searchable. 

BUT Job answered and said, 
2 How hast thou helped him 
that is without power? how savest 
thou the arm that hath no strength? 



God's power infinite. 



JOB. 



Hope of the hypocrite. 



3 How hast thou counselled him that 
hath no wisdom ? and how hast thou 
plentifully declared the thing as it is? 

4 To whom hast thou uttered words ? 
and whose spirit came from thee ? 

5 Dead things are formed from un- 
der the waters, and the inhabitants 
thereof. 

6 Hell is naked before him, and 
destruction hath no covering. 

7 He stretcheth out the north over 
the empty place, and hangeth the 
earth upon nothing. 

8 He bindeth up the waters in his 
thick clouds; and the cloud is not 
rent under them. 

9 He holdeth back the face of his 
throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon 
it. 

10 He hath compassed the waters 
with bounds, until the day and night 
come to an end. 

11 The pillars of heaven tremble, 
and are astonished at his reproof. 

12 He divideth the sea with his 
power, and by his understanding he 
smiteth through the proud. 

13 By his Spirit he hath garnished 
the heavens ; his hand hath formed 
the crooked serpent. 

14 Lo, these are parts of his ways ; 
but how little a portion is heard of 
him ? but the thunder of his power 
who can understand ? 

CHAPTER XXYII. 

1 Job protesteth his sincerity. 8 The hypocrite is with- 
out hope. 11 The blessings which the wicked have are 
turned into curses. 

IITOREOVER Job continued his 
JLVX parable, and said, 

2 As God liveth, who hath taken 
away my judgment; and the Al- 
mighty, who hath vexed my soul ; 

3 All the while my breath is in 
me, and the spirit of God is in my 
nostrils ; 

4 My lips shall not speak wicked- 
ness, nor my tongue utter deceit. 

5 God forbid that I should justify 
you: till I die I will not remove 
mine integrity from me. 

6 My righteousness I hold fast, and 



will not let it go : my heart shall not 
reproach me so long as I live. 

7 Let mine enemy be as the wicked, 
and he that riseth up against me as 
the unrighteous. 

8 For what is the hope of the hyp- 
ocrite, though he hath gained, when 
God taketh away his soul ? 

9 Will God hear his cry when trou- 
ble cometh upon him ? 

10 Will he delight himself in the 
Almighty ? will he always call upon 
God? 

11 I will teach you by the hand of 
God : that which is with the Almighty 
will I not conceal. 

12 Behold, all ye yourselves have 
seen it; why then are ye thus alto- 
gether vain ? 

13 This is the portion of a wicked 
man with God, and the heritage of 
oppressors, which they shall receive 
of the Almighty. 

14 If his children be multiplied, it 
is for the sword: and his offspring 
shall not be satisfied with bread. 

15 Those that remain of him shall 
be buried in death : and his widows 
shall not weep. 

16 Though he heap up silver as 
the dust, and prepare raiment as the 
clay; 

17 He may prepare it, but the just 
shall put it on, and the innocent 
shall divide the silver. 

18 He buildeth his house as a moth, 
and as a booth that the keeper maketh. 

19 The rich man shall lie down, 
but he shall not be gathered : he 
openeth his eyes, and he is not. 

20 Terrors take hold on him as 
waters, a tempest stealeth him away 
in the night. 

21 The east wind carrieth him 
away, and he departeth : and as a 
storm hurleth him out of his place. 

22 For God shall cast upon him, 
and not spare : he would fain flee out 
of his hand. 

23 Men shall clap their hands at 
him, and shall hiss him out of his 
place. 

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Wisdom is the 



JOB. 



gift of God. 



CHAPTEE XXYIII. 

1 There is a knowledge of natural things. 12 But wis- 
dom is an excellent gift of God. 

SURELY there is a vein for the 
silver, and a place for gold where 
they fine it. 

2 Iron is taken out of the earth, 
and brass is molten out of the 
stone. 

3 He setteth an end to darkness, 
and searcheth out all perfection : the 
stones of darkness, and the shadow 
of death. 

4 The flood breaketh out from the 
inhabitant ; even the waters forgotten 
of the foot : they are dried up, they 
are gone away from men. 

5 As for the earth, out of it cometh 
bread : and under it is turned up as 
it were fire. 

6 The stones of it are the place of 
sapphires : and it hath dust of gold. 

7 There is a path which no fowl 
knoweth, and which the vulture's eye 
hath not seen : 

8 The lion's whelps have not trodden 
it, nor the fierce lion passed by it. 

9 He putteth forth his hand upon 
the rock ; he overturneth the moun- 
tains by the roots. 

10 He cutteth out rivers among the 
rocks ; and his eye seeth every pre- 
cious thing. 

11 He bindeth the floods from over- 
flowing; and the thing that is hid 
bringeth he forth to light. 

12 But where shall wisdom be 
found? and where is the place of 
understanding? 

13 Man knoweth not the price 
thereof; neither is it found in the 
land of the living. 

14 The depth saith, It is not in 
me : and the sea saith, It is not with 
me. 

15 It cannot be gotten for gold, 
neither shall silver be weighed for 
the price thereof. 

16 It cannot be valued with the 
gold of Ophir, with the precious onyx, 
or the sapphire. 

17 The gold and the crystal can- 

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not equal it: and the exchange of 
it shall not be for jewels of fine gold. 

18 No mention shall be made of 
coral, or of pearls : for the price of 
wisdom is above rubies. 

19 The topaz of Ethiopia shall not 
equal it, neither shall it be valued 
with pure gold. 

20 Whence then cometh wisdom? 
and where is the place of understand- 
ing? 

21 Seeing it is hid from the eyes 
of all living, and kept close from the 
fowls of the air. 

22 Destruction and death say, We 
have heard the fame thereof with our 
ears. 

23 Godunderstandeth the way there- 
of, and he knoweth the place thereof. 

24 For he looketh to the ends of 
the earth, and seeth under the whole 
heaven ; 

25 To make the weight for the 
winds ; and he weigheth the waters 
by measure. 

26 When he made a decree for 
the rain, and a way for the lightning 
of the thunder ; 

27 Then did he see it, and declare 
it ; he prepared it, yea, and searched 
it out. 

28 And unto man he said, Behold, 
the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom ; 
and to depart from evil is under- 
standing. 

CHAPTEE XXIX. 

Job bemoaneth himself of his former prosperity and 
honour. 

MOREOVER Job continued his 
parable, and said, 

2 Oh that I were as in months 
past, as in the days when God pre- 
served me; 

3 When his candle shined upon 
my head, and when by his light I 
walked through darkness ; 

4 As I was in the days of my 
youth, when the secret of God was 
upon my tabernacle ; 

5 When the Almighty was yet 
with me, when my children were 
about me ; 



Job's honour turned 



JOB, 



into extreme contempt. 



6. When I washed my steps with 
butter, and the rock poured me out 
rivers of oil ; 

7 When I went out to the gate 
through the city, when I prepared my 
seat in the street ! 

8 The young men saw me, and hid 
themselves : and the aged arose, and 
stood up. 

9 The princes refrained talking, and 
laid their hand on their mouth. 

10 The nobles held their peace, and 
their tongue cleaved to the roof of 
their mouth. 

11 When the ear heard me, then it 
blessed me ; and when the eye saw 
me, it gave witness to me : 

12 Because I delivered the poor 
that cried, and the fatherless, and him 
that had none to help him. 

13 The blessing of him that was 
ready to perish came upon me : and 
I caused the widow's heart to sing 
for joy. 

14 I put on righteousness, and it 
clothed me : my judgment was as a 
robe and a diadem. 

15 I was eyes to the blind, and 
feet was I to the lame. 

16 I was a father to the poor: and 
the cause which I knew not I search- 
ed out. 

17 And I brake the jaws of the 
wicked, and plucked the spoil out of 
his teeth. 

18 Then I said, I shall die in my 
nest, and I shall multiply my days as 
the sand. 

19 My root was spread out by the 
waters, and the dew lay all night 
upon my branch. 

20 My glory was fresh in me, and 
my bow was renewed in my hand. 

21 Unto me men gave ear, and wait- 
ed, and kept silence at my counsel. 

22 After my words they spake not 
again ; and my speech dropped upon 
them. 

23 And they waited for me as for 
the rain ; and they opened their 
mouth wide as for the latter rain. 

24 If I laughed on them, they 

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believed it not ; and the light of my 
countenance they cast not down. 

25 I chose out their way, and sat 
chief, and dwelt as a king in the army, 
as one that comforteth the mourners. 

CHAPTEE XXX. - 

1 JoUs honour is turned into extreme contempt. 15 His 
prosperity into calamity. 

BUT now they that are younger 
than I have me in derision, 
whose fathers I would have disdained 
to have set with the dogs of my flock. 

2 Yea, whereto might the strength 
of their hands profit me, in whom old 
age was perished ? 

3 For want and famine they were 
solitary; fleeing into the wilderness 
in former time desolate and waste : 

4 Who cut up mallows by the bush- 
es, and juniper roots for their meat. 

5 They were driven forth from 
among men, (they cried after them 
as after a thief,) 

6 To dwell in the cliffs of the val- 
leys, in caves of the earth, and in the 
rocks. 

7 Among the bushes they brayed ; 
under the nettles they were gathered 
together. 

8 They were children of fools, yea, 
children of base men : they were viler 
than the earth. 

9 And now am I their song, yea, I 
am their byword. 

10 They abhor me, they flee far from 
me, and spare not to spit in my face. 

11 Because he hath loosed my cord, 
and afflicted me, they have also let 
loose the bridle before me. 

12 Upon my right hand rise the 
youth ; they push away my feet, and 
they raise up against me the ways of 
their destruction. 

13 They mar my path, they set for- 
ward my calamity,they have no helper. 

14 They came upon me as a wide 
breaking in of waters : in the desola- 
tion they rolled themselves upon me. 

15 Terrors are turned upon me : 
they pursue my soul as the wind : and 
my welfare passeth away as a cloud. 

16 And now my soul is poured out 

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Job maheth a 



JOB. 



solemn protestation 



upon me ; the days of affliction have 
taken hold upon me. 

17 My hones are pierced in me in 
the night season: and my sinews take 
no rest. 

18 By the great force of my disease 
is my garment changed : it bindeth 
me about as the collar of my coat. 

19 He hath cast me into the mire, 
and I am become like dust and ashes. 

20 I cry unto thee, and thou dost 
not hear me : I stand up, and thou 
regardest me not. 

21 Thou art become cruel to me: 
with thy strong hand thou opposest 
thyself against me. 

22 Thou liftest me up to the wind ; 
thou causest me to ride upon it, and 
dissolvest my substance. 

23 For I know that thou wilt bring 
me to death, and to the house ap- 
pointed for all living. 

24 Howbeit he will not stretch out 
his hand to the grave, though they 
cry in his destruction. 

25 Did not I weep for him that 
was in trouble ? was not my soul 
grieved for the poor ? 

26 When I looked for good, then 
evil came unto me : and when I wait- 
ed for light, there came darkness. 

2 7 My bowels boiled, and rested not : 
the days of affliction prevented me. 

28 I went mourning without the 
sun: I stood up, and I cried in the 
congregation. 

29 I am a brother to dragons, and 
a companion to owls. 

30 My skin is black upon me, and 
my bones are burned with heat. 

31 My harp also is turned to mourn- 
ing, and my organ into the voice of 
them that weep. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

Job maheth -a solemn protestation of his integrity in 
several duties. 

I MADE a covenant with mine 
eyes ; why then should I think 
upon a maid ? 

2 For what portion of God is there 
from above ? and what inheritance of 
the Almighty from on high ? 
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3 Is not destruction to the wicked ? 
and a strange punishment to the 
workers of iniquity? 

4 Doth not he see my ways, and 
count all my steps ? 

5 If I have walked with vanity, or 
if my foot hath hasted to deceit ; 

6 Let me be weighed in an even 
balance, that God may know mine 
integrity. 

7 If my step hath turned out of the 
way, and mine heart walked after 
mine eyes, and if any blot hath 
cleaved to mine hands ; 

8 Then let me sow, and let another 
eat; yea, let my offspring be rooted 
out. 

9 If mine heart have been deceived 
by a woman, or if I have laid wait at 
my neighbour's door ; 

10 Then let my wife grind unto 
another, and let others bow down 
upon her. 

11 For this is a heinous crime; 
yea, it is an iniquity to be punished 
by the judges. 

12 For it is a fire that consumeth 
to destruction, and would root out all 
mine increase. 

13 If I did despise the cause of my 
manservant or of my maidservant, 
when they contended with me ; 

14 What then shall I do when God 
riseth up ? and when he visiteth, 
what shall I answer him? 

15 Did not he that made me in 
the womb make him? and did not 
one fashion us in the womb ? 

16 If I have withheld the poor from 
their desire, or have caused the eyes 
of the widow to fail ; 

17 Or have eaten my morsel myself 
alone, and the fatherless hath not 
eaten thereof; 

18 (For from my youth he was 
brought up with me, as with a father, 
and I have guided her from my 
mother's womb ;) 

19 If I have seen any perish for 
want of clothing, or any poor without 
covering ; 

20 If his loins have not blessed me, 



of his integrity. 



JOB. 



Elihu is angry with Job. 



and if he were not warmed with the 
fleece of my sheep ; 

21 If I have lifted up my hand 
against the fatherless, when I saw 
my help in the gate : 

22 Then let mine arm fall from my 
shoulder Made, and mine arm be 
broken from the bone. 

23 For destruction from God was 
a terror to me, and by reason of his 
highness I could not endure. 

24 If I have made gold my hope, 
or have said to the fine gold, Thou 
art my confidence ; 

25 If I rejoiced because my wealth 
was great, and because mine hand 
had gotten much; 

26 If I beheld the sun when it 
shined, or the moon walking in 
brightness ; 

27 And my heart hath been se- 
cretly enticed, or my mouth hath 
kissed my hand : 

28 This also were an iniquity to be 
punished by the judge : for I should 
have denied the God that is above. 

29 If I rejoiced at the destruction 
of him that hated me, or lifted up 
myself when evil found him ; 

30 (Neither have I suffered my 
mouth to sin by wishing a curse to 
his soul.) 

31 If the men of my tabernacle 
said not, Oh that we had of his flesh ! 
we cannot be satisfied. 

32 The stranger did not lodge in 
the street: but I opened my doors to 
the traveller. 

33 If I covered my transgressions 
as Adam, by hiding mine iniquity in 
my bosom : 

34 Did I fear a great multitude, or 
did the contempt of families terrify 
me, that I kept silence, and went not 
out of the door ? 

35 Oh that one would hear me ! 
behold, my desire is, that the Al- 
mighty would answer me, and that 
mine adversary had written a book. 

36 Surely I would take it upon my 
shoulder, and bind it as a crown to me. 

37 I would declare unto him the 



number of my steps; as a prince 
would I go near unto him. 

38 If my land cry against me, or 
that the furrows likewise thereof 
complain ; 

39 If I have eaten the fruits there- 
of without money, or have caused the 
owners thereof to lose their life : 

40 Let thistles grow instead of 
wheat, and cockle instead of barley. 
The words of Job are ended. 

CHAPTEK XXXII. 

1 Elihu is angry with Job and his three friends. 6 Be- 
cause wisdom cometh not from age, he excuseth the 
boldness of his youth. 1 1 He reproveth them for not 
satisfying of Job. 16 His zeal to speak. 

SO these three men ceased to an- 
swer Job, because he was right- 
eous in his own eyes. 

2 Then was kindled the wrath of 
Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite, 
of the kindred of Ram : against Job 
was his wrath kindled, because he 
justified himself rather than God. 

3 Also against his three friends was 
his wrath kindled, because they had 
found no answer, and yet had con- 
demned Job. 

4 Now Elihu had waited till Job 
had spoken, because they were elder 
than he. 

5 When Elihu saw that there was 
no answer in the mouth of these three 
men, then his wrath was kindled. 

6 And Elihu the son of Barachel 
the Buzite answered and said, I am 
young, and ye are very old ; where- 
fore I was afraid, and durst not shew 
you mine opinion. 

7 I said, Days should speak, and 
multitude of years should teach wis- 
dom. 

8 But there is a spirit in man : and 
the inspiration of the Almighty giveth 
them understanding. 

9 Great men are not always wise : 
neither do the aged understand judg- 
ment. 

10 Therefore I said, Hearken to 
me ; I also will shew mine opinion. 

11 Behold, I waited for your words ; 
I gave ear to your reasons, whilst ye 
searched out what to say. 

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Ulihu's zeal to speak. 



JOB. 



God calleth man 



12 Yea, I attended unto you, and, 
behold, there was none of you that 
convinced Job, or that answered his 
words : 

13 Lest ye should say, "We have 
found out wisdom : God thrusteth 
him down, not man. 

14 Now he hath not directed his 
words against me: neither will I 
answer him with your speeches. 

15 They were amazed, they an- 
swered no more : they left off speak- 
ing. 

16 When I had waited, (for they 
spake not, but stood still, and an- 
swered no more,) 

17 J said, I will answer also my 
part ; I also will shew mine opinion. 

18 For I am full of matter; the 
spirit within me constraineth me. 

19 Behold, my belly is as wine 
ivhich hath no vent; it is ready to 
burst like new bottles. 

20 I will speak, that I may be 
refreshed : I will open my lips and 
answer. 

21 Let me not, I pray you, accept 
any man's person ; neither let me give 
flattering titles unto man. 

22 For I know not to give flatter- 
ing titles ; in so doing my Maker 
would soon take me away. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

1 Elihu offereth himself instead of God, with sincerity 
and meekness, to reason with Job. 8 He excuseth 
God from giving man an account of his ways, by his 
greatness. 14 God calleth 'man to repentance by vi- 
sions, 19 by afflictions, 23 and by his ministry. 31 
He inciteth Job to attention. 

WHEREFORE, Job, I pray thee, 
hear my speeches, and hearken 
to all my words. 

2 Behold, now I have opened my 
mouth, my tongue hath spoken in 
my mouth. 

3 My words shall be q/*the uprightr 
ness of my heart; and my lips shall 
utter knowledge clearly. 

4 The Spirit of God hath made 
me, and the breath of the Almighty 
hath given me life. 

5 If thou canst answer me, set thy 
words in order before me, stand up. 

6 Behold, I am according to thy 

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wish in God's stead : I also am 
formed out of the clay. 

7 Behold, my terror shall not make 
thee afraid, neither shall my hand be 
heavy upon thee. 

8 Surely thou hast spoken in mine 
hearing, and I have heard the voice 
of thy words, saying, 

9 I am clean without transgres- 
sion, I am innocent ; neither is there 
iniquity in me. 

10 Behold, he findeth occasions 
against me, he counteth me for his 
enemy ; 

1 1 He putteth my feet in the stocks, 
he marketh all my paths. 

12 Behold, in this thou art not just : 
I will answer thee, that God is greater 
than man. 

13 Why dost thou strive against 
him ? for he giveth not account of 
any of his matters. 

14 For God speaketh once, yea 
twice, yet man perceiveth it not. 

15 In a dream, in a vision of the 
night, when deep sleep falleth upon 
men, in slumberings upon the bed ; 

16 Then he openeth the ears of 
men, and sealeth their instruction, 

17 That he may withdraw man 
from his purpose, and hide pride 
from man. 

18 He keepeth back his soul from 
the pit, and his life from perishing by 
the sword. 

19 He is chastened also with pain 
upon his bed, and the multitude of 
his bones with strong pain : 

20 So that his life abhorreth bread, 
and his soul dainty meat. 

21 His flesh is consumed away, 
that it cannot be seen ; and his bones 
that were not seen stick out. 

22 Yea, his soul draweth near 
unto the grave, and his life to the 
destroyers. 

23 If there be a messenger with 
him, an interpreter, one among a 
thousand, to shew unto man his up- 
rightness ; 

24 Then he is gracious unto him, 
and saith, Deliver him from going 



to repentance. 



JOB. 



God cannot be unjust. 



down to the pit: I have found a 
ransom. 

25 His flesh shall be fresher than 
a child's : he shall return to the days 
of his youth : 

26 He shall pray unto God, and he 
will be favourable unto him : and he 
shall see his face with joy ; for he will 
render unto man his righteousness. 

27 He looketh upon men, and if 
any say, I have sinned, and perverted 
that which was right, and it profited 
me not ; 

28 He will deliver his soul from 
going into the pit, and his life shall 
see the light. 

29 Lo, all these things worketh 
God oftentimes with man, 

30 To bring back his soul from 
the pit, to be enlightened with the 
light of the living. 

31 Mark well, O Job, hearken unto 
me : hold thy peace, and I will speak. 

32 If thou hast any thing to say, 
answer me : speak, for I desire to 
justify thee. 

33 If not, hearken unto me : hold 
thy peace, and I shall teach thee 
wisdom. 

CHAPTEK XXXIY. 

1 Elihu accuseth Job for charging God with injustice. 
10 God omnipotent cannot be unjust. 31 Man must 
humble himself unto God. 34 Elihu reproveth Job. 

FURTHERMORE Elihu answer- 
ed and said, 

2 Hear my words, O ye wise men ; 
and give ear unto me, ye that have 
knowledge. 

3 For the ear trieth words, as the 
mouth tasteth meat. 

4 Let us choose to us judgment : 
let us know among ourselves what is 
good. 

5 For Job hath said, I am right- 
eous : and God hath taken away my 
judgment. 

6 Should I lie against my right ? 
my wound is incurable without trans- 
gression. 

7 What man is like Job, who drink- 
eth up scorning like water ? 

8 Which goeth in company with 



the workers of iniquity, and walketh 
with wicked men. 

9 For he hath said, It profiteth a 
man nothing that he should delight 
himself with God. 

10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye 
men of understanding : far be it from 
God, that he should do wickedness ; 
and from the Almighty, that he should 
commit iniquity. 

11 For the work of a man shall he 
render unto him, and cause every 
man to find according to his ways. 

12 Yea, surely God will not do 
wickedly, neither will the Almighty 
pervert judgment. 

13 Who hath given him a charge 
over the earth ? or who hath disposed 
the whole world ? 

14 If he set his heart upon man, 
if he gather unto himself his spirit 
and his breath ; 

15 All flesh shall perish together, 
and man shall turn again unto dust. 

16 If now thou hast understanding, 
hear this : hearken to the voice of 
my words. 

17 Shall even he that hateth right 
govern ? and wilt thou condemn him 
that is most just? 

18 Is it Jit to say to a king, Thou 
art wicked ? and to princes, Ye are 
ungodly ? 

19 How much less to him that ac- 
cepteth not the persons of princes, 
nor regardeth the rich more than the 
poor ? for they all are the work of his 
hands. 

20 In a moment shall they die, 
and the people shall be troubled at 
midnight, and pass away: and the 
mighty shall be taken away without 
hand. 

21 For his eyes are upon the ways 
of man, and he seeth all his goings. 

22 There is no darkness, nor shadow 
of death, where the workers of ini- 
quity may hide themselves. 

23 For he will not lay upon man 
more than right; that he should 
enter into j udgment with God. 

24 He shall break in pieces mighty 

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Elihu reproveth Job. 



JOB. 



No comparison with God. 



men without number, and set others 
in their stead. 

25 ' Therefore he knoweth their 
works, and he overturneth them in 
the night, so that they are destroyed. 

26 He striketh them as wicked 
men in the open sight of others ; 

27 Because they turned hack from 
him, and would not consider any of 
his ways : 

28 So that they cause the cry of 
the poor to come unto him, and he 
heareth the cry of the afflicted. 

29 When he giveth quietness, who 
then can make trouble ? and when 
he hideth his face, who then can be- 
hold him ? whether it be done against 
a nation, or against a man only : 

30 That the hypocrite reign not, 
lest the people be ensnared. 

31 Surely it is meet to be said unto 
God, I have borne chastisement, I will 
not offend any more : 

32 That which I see not teach thou 
me : if I have done iniquity, I will 
do no more. 

33 Should it be according to thy 
mind ? he will recompense it, wheth- 
er thou refuse, or whether thou 
choose; and not I: therefore speak 
what thou knowest. 

34 Let men of understanding tell 
me, and let a wise man hearken unto 
me. 

35 Job hath spoken without knowl- 
edge, and his words were without 
wisdom. 

36 My desire is that Job may be 
tried unto the end, because of his 
answers for wicked men. 

37 For he addeth rebellion unto 
his sin, he clappeth his hands among 
us, and multiplieth his words against 
God. 

CHAPTEE XXXV. 

1 Comparison is not to be made with God, because our 
(food or evil cannot extend unto him. 9 Many cry in 
their afflictions, but are not heard for want of faith. 

ELIHU spake moreover, and said, 
2 Thinkest thou this to be right, 
that thou saidst, My righteousness is 
more than God's ? 

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3 For thou saidst, What advan- 
tage will it be unto thee ? and, What 
profit shall I have, if I be cleansed 
from my sin ? 

4 I will answer thee, and thy com- 
panions with thee. 

5 Look unto the heavens, and see; 
and behold the clouds which are 
higher than thou. 

6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou 
against him ? or if thy transgressions 
be multiplied, what doest thou unto 
him? 

7 If thou be righteous, what givest 
thou him? or what receiveth he of 
thine hand ? 

8 Thy wickedness may hurt a man 
as thou art; and thy righteousness 
may profit the son of man. 

9 By reason of the multitude of 
oppressions they make the oppressed 
to cry : they cry out by reason of the 
arm of the mighty. 

10 But none saith, Where is God 
my maker, who giveth songs in the 
night ; 

11 Who teacheth us more than the 
beasts of the earth, and maketh us 
wiser than the fowls of heaven ? 

12 There they cry, but none giveth 
answer, because of the pride of evil 
men. 

13 Surely God will not hear vanity, 
neither will the Almighty regard it. 

14 Although thou sayest thou shalt 
not see him, yet judgment is before 
him ; therefore trust thou in him. 

15 But now, because it is not 
so, he hath visited in his anger ; 
yet he knoweth it not in great ex- 
tremity : 

16 Therefore doth Job open his 
mouth in vain ; he multiplieth words 
without knowledge. 

CHAPTEE XXXVI. 

1 Elihu sheweth how God is just in his ways. 16 How 
Job's sins hinder God's blessings. 24 God's works are 
to be magnified. 

ELIHU also proceeded, and said, 
2 Suffer me a little, and I will 
shew thee that I have yet to speak 
on God's behalf. 



God just in his ivays. JOB. His works to be magnified. 



3 I will fetch my knowledge from 
afar, and will ascribe righteousness to 
my Maker. 

4 For truly my words shall not be 
false : he that is perfect in knowledge 
is with thee. 

5 Behold, God is mighty, and de- 
spiseth not any: he is mighty in 
strength and wisdom. 

6 He preserveth not the life of the 
wicked : but giveth right to the poor. 

7 He withdraweth not his eyes 
from the righteous: but with kings 
are they on the throne ; yea, he doth 
establish them for ever, and they are 
exalted. 

8 And if they be bound in fetters, 
and be holden in cords of affliction ; 

9 Then he sheweth them their 
work, and their transgressions that 
they have exceeded. 

10 He openeth also their ear to 
discipline, and commandeth that 
they return from iniquity. 

11 If they obey and serve him, they 
shall spend their days in prosperity, 
and their years in pleasures. 

12 But if they obey not, they shall 
perish by the sword, and they shall 
die without knowledge. 

13 But the hypocrites in heart heap 
up wrath: they cry not when he bind- 
eth them. 

14 They die in youth, and their life 
is among the unclean. 

15 He deliver eth the poor in his 
affliction, and openeth their ears in 
oppression. 

16 Even so would he have removed 
thee out of the strait into a broad 
place, where there is no straitness ; 
and that which should be set on thy 
table should be full of fatness. 

17 But thou hast fulfilled the judg- 
ment of the wicked : judgment and 
justice take hold on thee. 

18 Because there is wrath, beware 
lest he take thee away with his 
stroke : then a great ransom cannot 
deliver thee. 

19 Will he esteem thy riches ? no, 
not gold, nor all the forces of strength. 



20 Desire not the night, when peo- 
ple are cut off in their place. 

21 Take heed, regard not iniquity: 
for this hast thou chosen rather than 
affliction. 

22 Behold, God exalteth by his 
power : who teacheth like him ? 

23 Who hath enjoined him his 
way? or who can say, Thou hast 
wrought iniquity? 

24 Remember that thou magnify 
his work, which men behold. 

25 Every man may see it; man 
may behold it afar off. 

26 Behold, God is great, and we 
know him not, neither can the num- 
ber of his years be searched out. 

27 For he maketh small the drops 
of water: they pour down rain ac- 
cording to the vapour thereof; 

28 Which the clouds do drop and 
distil upon man abundantly. 

29 Also can any understand the 
spreadings of the clouds, or the noise 
of his tabernacle ? 

30 Behold, he spreadeth his light 
upon it, and covereth the bottom of 
the sea. 

31 For by them judgeth he the peo- 
ple ; he giveth meat in abundance. 

32 With clouds he covereth the 
light; and commandeth it not to 
shine by the cloud that cometh be- 
twixt. 

33 The noise thereof sheweth con- 
cerning it, the cattle also concerning 
the vapour. 

CHAPTEB XXXVII. 

1 God is to be feared because of his great works. 15 His 
wisdom is unsearchable in them. 

AT this also my heart trembleth, 
. and is moved out of his place. 

2 Hear attentively the noise of his 
voice, and the sound that goeth out 
of his mouth. 

3 He directeth it under the whole 
heaven, and his lightning unto the 
ends of the earth. 

4 After it a voice roareth : he 
thundereth with the voice of his ex- 
cellency ; and he will not stay them 
when his voice is heard. 

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5 God thundereth marvellously 
with his voice; great things doeth 
he, which we cannot comprehend. 

6 For he saith to the snow, Be 
thou on the earth; likewise to the 
small rain, and to the great rain of 
his strength. 

7 He sealeth up the hand of every 
man ; that all men may know his 
work. 

8 Then the beasts go into dens, 
and remain in their places. 

9 Out of the south cometh the 
whirlwind : and cold out of the north. 

10 By the breath of God frost is 
given : and the breadth of the waters 
is straitened. 

11 Also by watering he wearieth 
the thick cloud : he scattereth his 
bright cloud : 

12 And it is turned round about 
by his counsels : that they may do 
whatsoever he commandeth them 
upon the face of the world in the 
earth. 

13 He causeth it to come, whether 
for correction, or for his land, or for 
mercy. 

14 Hearken unto this, O Job: stand 
still, and consider the wondrous works 
of God. 

15 Dost thou know when God dis- 
posed them, and caused the light of 
his cloud to shine ? 

16 Dost thou know the balancings 
of the clouds, the wondrous works of 
him which is perfect in knowledge ? 

17 How thy garments are warm, 
when he quieteth the earth by the 
south wind? 

18 Hast thou with him spread out 
the sky, which is strong, and as a 
molten lookingglass ? 

19 Teach us what we shall say unto 
him ; for we cannot order our speech 
by reason of darkness. 

20 Shall it be told him that I 
speak? if a man speak, surely he 
shall be swallowed up. 

21 And now men see not the bright 
light which is in the clouds : but the 
wind passeth, and cleanseth them. 

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22 Fair weather cometh out of the 
north : with God is terrible majesty. 

23 Touching the Almighty, we 
cannot find him out : he is excellent 
in power, and in judgment, and in 
plenty of justice: he will not af- 
flict. 

24 Men do therefore fear him : he 
respecteth not any that are wise of 
heart. 

CHAPTEE XXXY1IL 

1 God challengeth Job to answer. 4 God, by his mighty 
works, convinceth Job of ignorance, 31 and of imbe- 
cility. 

THEN the Lord answered Job out 
of the whirlwind, and said, 

2 Who is this that darkeneth coun- 
sel by words without knowledge ? 

3 Gird up now thy loins like a 
man ; for I will demand of thee, and 
answer thou me. 

4 Where wast thou when I laid the 
foundations of the earth ? declare, if 
thou hast understanding. 

5 Who hath laid the measures 
thereof, if thou knowest? or who 
hath stretched the line upon it? 

6 Whereupon are the foundations 
thereof fastened ? or who laid the 
corner stone thereof; 

7 When the morning stars sang 
together, and all the sons of God 
shouted for joy ? 

8 Or who shut up the sea with 
doors, when it brake forth, as if it 
had issued out of the womb ? 

9 When I made the cloud the gar- 
ment thereof, and thick darkness a 
swaddling band for it, 

10 And brake up for it my decreed 
place, and set bars and doors, 

11 And said, Hitherto shalt thou 
come, but no further : and here shall 
thy proud waves be stayed ? 

12 Hast thou commanded the morn- 
ing since thy days ; and caused the 
dayspring to know his place ; 

13 That it might take hold of the 
ends of the earth, that the wicked 
might be shaken out of it ? 

14 It is turned as clay to the seal ; 
and they stand as a garment. 

15 And from the wicked their light 



of ignorance 



JOB, 



and imbecility. 



is withholden, and the high arm shall 
be broken. 

16 Hast thou entered into the 
springs of the sea ? or hast thou 
walked in the search of the depth? 

17 Have the gates of death been 
opened unto thee ? or hast thou seen 
the doors of the shadow of death ? 

18 Hast thou perceived the breadth 
of the earth ? declare if thou knowest 
it all. 

19 Where is the way where light 
dwelleth? and as for darkness, where 
is the place thereof, 

20 That thou shouldest take it to 
the bound thereof, and that thou 
shouldest know the paths to the 
house thereof? 

21 Knowest thou it, because thou 
wast then born ? or because the num- 
ber of thy days is great ? 

22 Hast thou entered into the treas- 
ures of the snow ? or hast thou seen 
the treasures of the hail, 

23 Which I have reserved against 
the time of trouble, against the day 
of battle and war ? 

24 By what way is the light parted, 
which scattereth the east wind upon 
the earth? 

25 Who hath divided a water- 
course for the overflowing of waters, 
or a way for the lightning of thun- 
der; 

26 To cause it to rain on the earth, 
where no man is ; on the wilderness, 
wherein there is no man ; 

27 To satisfy the desolate and waste 
ground ; and to cause the bud of the 
tender herb to spring forth ? 

28 Hath the rain a father ? or who 
hath begotten the drops of dew ? 

29 Out of whose womb came the 
ice ? and the hoary frost of heaven, 
who hath gendered it ? 

30 The waters are hid as with a, 
stone, and the face of the deep is 
frozen. 

31 Canst thou bind the sweet in- 
fluences of Pleiades, or loose the bands 
of Orion? 

32 Canst thou bring forth Mazza- 



roth in his season? or canst thou guide 
Arcturus with his sons ? 

33 Knowest thou the ordinances of 
heaven ? canst thou set the dominion 
thereof in the earth ? 

34 Canst thou lift up thy voice to 
the clouds, that abundance of waters 
may cover thee ? 

35 Canst thou send lightnings, that 
they may go, and say unto thee, Here 
we are ? 

36 Who hath put wisdom in the 
inward parts ? or who hath given 
understanding to the heart ? 

37 Who can number the clouds in 
wisdom ? or who can stay the bottles 
of heaven, 

38 When the dust groweth into 
hardness, and the clods cleave fast 
together ? 

39 Wilt thou hunt the prey for the 
lion ? or fill the appetite of the young 
lions, 

40 When they couch in their dens, 
and abide in the covert to lie in wait ? 

41 Who provideth for the raven his 
food ? when his young ones cry unto 
God, they wander for lack of meat. 

CHAPTEE XXXIX. 

1 Of the wild goats and hinds. 5 Of the wild ass. 9 
The unicorn. 13 77ie peacock, stork, and ostrich. 19 
The horse. 26 The hawk. 27 The eagle. 

KNOWEST thou the time when 
the wild goats of the rock bring 
forth ? or canst thou mark when the 
hinds do calve ? 

2 Canst thou number the months 
that they fulfil ? or knowest thou the 
time when they bring forth ? 

3 They bow themselves, they bring 
forth their young ones, they cast out 
their sorrows. 

4 Their young ones are in good 
liking, they grow up with corn ; they 
go forth, and return not unto them. 

5 Who hath sent out the wild ass 
free ? or who hath loosed the bands 
of the wild ass ? 

6 Whose house I have made the 
wilderness, and the barren land his 
dwellings. 

7 He scometh the multitude of the 

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Job humbleth himself. 



city, neither regardeth he the crying 
of the driver. 

8 The range of the mountains is 
his pasture, and he searcheth after 
every green thing. 

9 Will the unicorn be willing to 
serve thee, or abide by thy crib ? 

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn 
with his band in the furrow ? or will 
he harrow the valleys after thee ? 

11 Wilt thou trust him, because 
his strength is great ? or wilt thou 
leave thy labour to him ? 

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he 
will bring home thy seed, and gather 
it into thy barn ? 

13 Gavest thou the goodly wings 
unto the peacocks ? or wings and 
feathers unto the ostrich? 

14 Which leaveth her eggs in the 
earth, and warmeth them in the dust, 

15 And forge tteth that the foot may 
crush them, or that the wild beast 
may break them. 

16 She is hardened against her 
young ones, as though they were not 
hers : her labour is in vain without 
fear ; 

17 Because God hath deprived her 
of wisdom, neither hath he imparted 
to her understanding. 

18 What time she lifteth up herself 
on high, she scorneth the horse and 
his rider. 

19 Hast thou given the horse 
strength ? hast thou clothed his neck 
with thunder ? 

20 Canst thou make him afraid as 
a grasshopper ? the glory of his nos- 
trils is terrible. 

21 He paweth in the valley, and 
rejoiceth in his strength : he goeth on 
to meet the armed men. 

22 He mocketh at fear, and is not 
affrighted ; neither turneth he back 
from the sword. 

23 The quiver rattleth against him, 
the glittering spear and the shield. 

24 He swalloweth the ground with 
fierceness and rage : neither believeth 
he that it is the sound of the trumpet. 

25 He saith among the trumpets, 

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Ha, ha ! and he smelleth the battle 
afar off, the thunder of the captains, 
and the shouting. 

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy wis- 
dom, and stretch her wings toward 
the south ? 

27 Doth the eagle mount up at 
thy command, and make her nest on 
high? 

28 She dwelleth and abideth on the 
rock, upon the crag of the rock, and 
the strong place. 

29 From thence she seeketh the 
prey, and her eyes behold afar 
off. 

30 Her young ones also suck up 
blood : and where the slain are, there 
is she. 

CHAPTER XL. 

1 Job humbleth himself to God. 6 God stirreth him vp 
to shew his righteousness, power, and wisdom. 15 Of 
the behemoth. 

MOREOVER the Lord answered 
Job, and said, 

2 Shall he that contendeth with 
the Almighty instruct him ? he that 
reprove th God, let him answer it. 

3 If Then Job answered the Lord, 
and said, 

4 Behold, I am vile; what shall I 
answer thee ? I will lay mine hand 
upon my mouth. 

5 Once have I spoken ; but I will 
not answer: yea, twice; but I will 
proceed no farther. 

6 If Then answered the Lord unto 
Job out of the whirlwind, and said, 

7 Gird up thy loins now like a 
man: I will demand of thee, and 
declare thou unto me. 

8 Wilt thou also disannul my judg- 
ment ? wilt thou condemn me, that 
thou mayest be righteous ? 

9 Hast thou an arm like God ? or 
canst thou thunder with a voice like 
him? 

10 Deck thyself now with majesty 
and excellency; and array thyself 
with glory and beauty. 

11 Cast abroad the rage of thy 
wrath : and behold every one that is 
proud, and abase him. 

12 Look on every one that is proud, 



God's great power 



JOB. 



in the leviathan. 



and bring him low ; and tread down 
the wicked in their place. 

13 Hide them in the dust together ; 
and hind their faces in secret. 

14 Then will I also confess unto 
thee that thine own right hand can 
save thee. 

15 H Behold now behemoth, which 
I made with thee; he eateth grass 
as an ox. 

16 Lo now, his strength is in his 
loins, and his force is in the navel of 
his belly. 

17 He moveth his tail like a cedar: 
the sinews of his stones are wrapped 
together. 

18 His bones are as strong pieces of 
brass ; his bones are like bars of iron. 

19 He is the chief of the ways of 
God : he that made him can make 
his sword to approach unto him. 

20 Surely the mountains bring him 
forth food, where all the beasts of the 
field play. 

21 He lieth under the shady trees, 
in the covert of the reed, and fens. 

22 The shady trees cover him with 
their shadow ; the willows of the 
brook compass him about. 

23 Behold, he drinketh up a river, 
and hasteth not : he trusteth that he 
can draw up Jordan into his mouth. 

24 He taketh it with his eyes : his 
nose pierceth through snares. 

CHAPTER XLI. 

Of God's great power in the leviathan. 

CANST thou draw out leviathan 
with a hook ? or his tongue 
with a cord which thou lettest down ? 

2 Canst thou put a hook into his 
nose? or bore his jaw through with 
a thorn ? 

3 Will he make many supplica- 
tions unto thee ? will he speak soft 
words unto thee ? 

4 Will he make a covenant with 
thee ? wilt thou take him for a ser- 
vant for ever ? 

5 Wilt thou play with him as with 
a bird ? or wilt thou bind him for thy 
maidens ? 



6 Shall the companions make a 
banquet of him ? shall they part him 
among the merchants ? 

7 Canst thou fill his skin with 
barbed irons? or his head with fish 
spears ? 

8 Lay thine hand upon him, re- 
member the battle, do no more. 

9 Behold, the hope of him is in 
vain : shall not one be cast down 
even at the sight of him ? 

10 None is so fierce that dare 
stir him up : who then is able to 
stand before me ? 

11 Who hath prevented me, that I 
should repay him ? whatsoever is un- 
der the whole heaven is mine. 

12 I will not conceal his parts, nor 
his power, nor his comely proportion. 

13 Who can discover the face of his 
garment ? or who can come to him 
with his double bridle ? 

14 Who can open the doors of his 
face? his teeth are terrible round 
about. 

15 His scales are his pride, shut 
up together as with a close seal. 

16 One is so near to another, that 
no air can come between them. 

17 They are joined one to another, 
they stick together, that they cannot 
be sundered. 

18 By his neesings a light doth 
shine, and his eyes are like the eye- 
lids of the morning., 

19 Out of his mouth go burning 
lamps, and sparks of fire leap out. 

20 Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, 
as out of a seething pot or caldron. 

21 His breath kindleth coals, and 
a flame goeth out of his mouth. 

22 In his neck remaineth strength, 
and sorrowis turned into joy before him. 

23 The flakes of his flesh are joined 
together : they are firm in themselves ; 
they cannot be moved. 

24 His heart is as firm as a stone ; 
yea, as hard as a piece of the nether 
millstone. 

25 When he raiseth up himself, the 
mighty are afraid: by reason of break- 
ings they purify themselves. 

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God accepteth 



JOB. 



and blesseth Job. 



26 The sword of him that layeth at 
him cannot hold : the spear, the dart, 
nor the habergeon. 

27 He esteemeth iron as straw, and 
brass as rotten wood. 

28 The arrow cannot make him 
flee: sling stones are turned with 
him into stubble. 

29 Darts are counted as stubble: he 
laugheth at the shaking of a spear. 

30 Sharp stones are under him: 
he spreadeth sharp pointed things 
upon the mire. 

3 1 He maketh the deep to boil like 
a pot : he maketh the sea like a pot 
of ointment. 

32 He maketh a path to shine after 
him ; one would think the deep to be 
hoary. 

33 Upon earth there is not his like, 
who is made without fear. 

34 He beholdeth all high things: 
he is a king over all the children of 
pride. 

CHAPTEK XLIL 

1 Job submitteth himself unto God. 7 God, preferring 
Job's cause, maketh his friends submit themselves, and 
accepteth him. 10 He magnifeth and blesseth Job. 
16 Job's age and death. 

THEN Job answered the Lord, 
and said, 

2 I know that thou canst do every 
thing, and that no thought can be 
withholden from thee. 

3 Who is he that hideth counsel 
without knowledge ? therefore have 
I uttered that I understood not ; 
things too wonderful for me, which I 
knew not. 

4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I will 
speak : I will demand of thee, and 
declare thou unto me. 

5 I have heard of thee by the hear- 
ing of the ear ; but now mine eye 
seeth thee : 

6 Wherefore I abhor myself, and 
repent in dust and ashes. 

7 IT And it was so, that after the 
Lord had spoken these words unto 
Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz the 
Temanite, My wrath is kindled 
against thee, and against thy two 
friends: for ye have not spoken of 

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me the thing that is right, as my 
servant Job hath. 

8 Therefore take unto you now 
seven bullocks and seven rams, and 
go to my servant Job, and offer up 
for yourselves a burnt offering; and 
my servant Job shall pray for you : 
for him will I accept : lest I deal 
with you after your folly, in that ye 
have not spoken of me the thing 
which is right, like my servant Job. 

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite and 
Bildad the Shuhite and Zophar the 
Naamathite went, and did according 
as the Lord commanded them : the 
Lord also accepted Job. 

10 And the Lord turned the cap- 
tivity of Job, when he prayed for his 
friends : also the Lord gave Job 
twice as much as he had before. 

11 Then came there unto him all 
his brethren, and all his sisters, and 
all they that had been of his acquaint- 
ance before, and did eat bread with 
him in his house : and they bemoan- 
ed him, and comforted him over all 
the evil that the Lord had brought 
upon him : every man also gave him 
a piece of money, and every one an 
earring of gold. 

12 So the Lord blessed the latter 
end of Job more than his beginning : 
for he had fourteen thousand sheep, 
and six thousand camels, and a thou- 
sand yoke of oxen, and a thousand 
she asses. 

13 He had also seven sons and 
three daughters. 

14 And he called the name of the 
first, Jemima ; and the name of the 
second, Kezia ; and the name of the 
third, Keren-happuch. 

15 And in all the land were no wo- 
men found so fair as the daughters 
of Job : and their father gave them 
inheritance among their brethren. 

16 After this lived Job a hundred 
and forty years, and saw his sons, 
and his sons' sons, even four genera- 
tions. 

17 So Job died, being old and full 
of days. 



THE 



BOOK OF PSALMS. 



PSALM I. 

I The happiness of the godly. 4 The unhappiness of the 
ungodly. 

BLESSED is the man that walk- 
eth not in the counsel of the 
ungodly, nor standeth in the way of 
sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the 
scornful. 

2 But his delight is in the law of 
the Lord; and in his law doth he 
meditate day and night. 

3 And he shall he like a tree planted 
by the rivers of water, that bringeth 
forth his fruit in his season ; his leaf 
also shall not wither; and whatsoever 
he doeth shall prosper. 

4 The ungodly are not so : but are 
like the chaff which the wind driveth 
away. 

5 Therefore the ungodly shall not 
stand in the judgment, nor sinners in 
the congregation of the righteous. 

6 For the Lord knoweth the way 
of the righteous : but the way of the 
ungodly shall perish. 

PSALM II. 

1 The kingdom of Christ. 10 Kings are exhorted to 
accept it. 

WHY do the heathen rage, and 
the people imagine a vain 
thing? 

2 The kings of the earth set them- 
selves, and the rulers take counsel 
together, against the Lord, and 



saym 



5> 



against his Anointed, 

3 Let us break their bands asun- 
der, and cast away their cords from 
us. 

4 He that sitteth in the heavens 
shall laugh: the Lord shall have them 
in derision. 

5 Then shall he speak unto them 
in his wrath, and vex them in his 
sore displeasure. 



6 Yet have I set my King upon my 
holy hill of Zion. 

7 I will declare the decree: the 
Lord hath said unto me, Thou art my 
Son ; this day have I begotten thee. 

8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee 
the heathen for thine inheritance, 
and the uttermost parts of the earth 
for thy possession. 

9 Thou shalt break them with a 
rod of iron ; thou shalt dash them in 
pieces like a potter's vessel. 

10 Be wise now therefore, O ye 
kings: be instructed, ye judges of 
the earth. 

11 Serve the Lord with fear, and 
rejoice with trembling. 

12 Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, 
and ye perish from the way, when his 
wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed 
are all they that put their trust in 
him. 

PSALM III. 

The security of God's protection. 

A Psalm of David, when he fled from 
Absalom his son. 

LORD, how are they increased 
that trouble me ! many are they 
that rise up against me. 

2 Many there be which say of my 
soul, There is no help for him in 
God. Selah. 

3 But thou, O Lord, art a shield 
for me; my glory, and the lifter up 
of mine head. 

4 I cried unto the Lord with my 
voice, and he heard me out of his 
holy hill. Selah. 

5 I laid me down and slept; I 
awaked ; for the Lord sustained me. 

6 I will not be afraid of ten thou- 
sands of people, that have set them- 
selves against me round about. 

7 Arise, O Lord ; save me, O my 

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David prayeth to God. 



PSALMS. God favour eth not the wicked. 



God : for thou hast smitten all mine 
enemies upon the cheek hone ; thou 
hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 
8 Salvation belongeth unto the 
Lord: thy blessing is upon thy 
people. Selah. 

PSALM IV. 

1 David prayeth for audience. 2 He reproveth and ex- 
horteth his enemies. 6 Maris happiness is in God's 
favour. 

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A 
Psalm of David. 

HEAR me when I call, O God 
of my righteousness : thou hast 
enlarged me when I was in distress ; 
have mercy upon me, and hear my 
prayer. 

2 O ye sons of men, how long will 
ye turn my glory into shame ? how 
long will ye love vanity, and seek 
after leasing ? Selah. 

3 But know that the Lord hath 
set apart him that is godly for him- 
self: the Lord will hear when I call 
unto him. 

4 Stand in awe, and sin not : com- 
mune with your own heart upon your 
bed, and be still. Selah. 

5 Offer the sacrifices of righteous- 
ness, and put your trust in the Lord. 

6 There be many that say, Who 
will shew us any good ? Lord, lift 
thou up the light of thy countenance 
upon us. 

7 Thou hast put gladness in my 
heart, more than in the time that 
their corn and their wine increased. 

8 I will both lay me down in peace, 
and sleep : for thou, Lord, only mak- 
est me dwell in safety. 

PSALM Y. 

1 David prayeth, and professeth his study in prayer. 4 
God favoureth not the wicked. 7 David, professing his 
faith, prayeth unto God to guide him, 10 to destroy 
his enemies, 11 and to preserve the godly. 

To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, 
A Psalm of David. 

GIVE ear to my words, O Lord ; 
consider my meditation. 

2 Hearken unto the voice of my 
cry, my King, and my God : for unto 
thee will I pray. 

3 My voice shalt thou hear in the 

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morning, O Lord; in the morning 
will I direct my prayer unto thee, and 
will look up. 

4 For thou art not a God that hath 
.pleasure in wickedness : neither shall 
evil dwell with thee. 

5 The foolish shall not stand in thy 
sight: thou hatest all workers of ini- 
quity. 

6 Thou shalt destroy them that 
speak leasing: the Lord will abhor 
the bloody and deceitful man. 

7 But as for me, I will come into 
thy house in the multitude of thy mer- 
cy: and in thy fear will I worship 
toward thy holy temple. 

8 Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteous- 
ness because of mine enemies ; make 
thy way straight before my face. 

9 For there is no faithfulness in their 
mouth; their inward part is very 
wickedness ; their throat is an open 
sepulchre; they natter with their 
tongue. 

10 Destroy thou them, O God ; let 
them fall by their own counsels ; cast 
them out in the multitude of their 
transgressions ; for they have rebelled 
against thee. 

11 But let all those that put their 
trust in thee rejoice: let them ever 
shout for joy, because thou defendest 
them: let them also that love thy 
name be joyful in thee. 

12 For thou, Lord, wilt bless the 
righteous ; with favour wilt thou com- 
pass him as with a shield. 

PSALM VI. 

1 David's complaint in his sickness. 8 By faith he 
triumpheth over his enemies. 

To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon 
Sheminith, A Psalm of David. 

OLORD, rebuke me not in thine 
anger, neither chasten me in 
thy hot displeasure. 

2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; 
for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; 
for my bones are vexed. 

3 My soul is also sore vexed : but 
thou, O Lord, how long ? 

4 Return, O Lord, deliver my soul : 
oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 



David prayeth 



PSALMS. 



against his enemies. 



5 For in death there is no remem- 
brance of thee: in the grave who 
shall give thee thanks ? 

6 I am weary with my groaning ; 
all the night make I my bed to swim ; 
I water my couch with my tears. 

7 Mine eye is consumed because 
of grief ; it waxeth old because of all 
inine enemies. 

8 Depart from me, all ye workers 
of iniquity ; for the Lord hath heard 
the voice of my weeping. 

9 The Lord hath heard my suppli- 
cation; the Lord will receive my 
prayer. 

1 Let all mine enemies be ashamed 
and sore vexed : let them return and 
be ashamed suddenly. 

PSALM VII. 

1 David prayeth against the malice of his enemies, pro- 
fessing Ids innocency. 10 By faith he seeth his de- 
fence, and the destriiction of his enemies. 

Shiggaion of David, which he sang unto 
the Lord, concerning the words of Cush 
the Benjamite. 

OLORD my God, in thee do I 
put my trust : save me from all 
them that persecute me, and deliver 
me: 

2 Lest he tear my soul like a lion, 
rending it in pieces, while there is 
none to deliver. 

3 O Lord my God, if I have done 
this; if there be iniquity in my hands; 

4 If I have rewarded evil unto him 
that was at peace with me; (yea, I 
have delivered him that without cause 
is mine enemy;) 

5 Let the enemy persecute my soul, 
and take it ; yea, let him tread down 
my life upon the earth, and lay mine 
honour in the dust. Selah. 

6 Arise, O Lord, in thine anger, 
lift up thyself because of the rage 
of mine enemies : and awake for me 
to the judgment that thou hast com- 
manded. 

7 So shall the congregation of the 
people compass thee about : for their 
sakes therefore return thou on high. 

8 The Lord shall judge the people: 
judge me, O Lord, according to my 



righteousness, and according to mine 
integrity that is in me. 

9 Oh let the wickedness of the 
wicked come to an end ; but establish 
the just : for the righteous God trieth 
the hearts and reins. 

10 My defence is of God, which 
saveth the upright in heart. 

11 God judgeth the righteous, and 
God is angry with the wicked every 
day. 

12 If he turn not, he will whet his 
sword ; he hath bent his bow, and 
made it ready. 

13 He hath also prepared for him 
the instruments of death ; he ordain- 
eth his arrows against the persecutors. 

14 Behold, he travaileth with ini- 
quity, and hath conceived mischief, 
and brought forth falsehood. 

15 He made a pit, and digged it, and 
is fallen into the ditch which he made. 

16 His mischief shall return upon 
his own head, and his violent dealing 
shall come down upon his own pate. 

17 1 will praise the Lord according 
to his righteousness : and will sing 
praise to the name of the Lord most 
high. 

PSALM VIII. 

God's glory is magnified by his works, and by his love 
to man. 

To the chief Musician upon Grittith, 
A Psalm of David. 

OLORD our Lord, how excellent 
is thy name in all the earth ! who 
hast set thy glory above the heavens. 

2 Out of the mouth of babes and 
sucklings hast thou ordained strength 
because of thine enemies, that thou 
mightest still the enemy and the 
avenger. 

3 When I consider thy heavens, the 
work of thy fingers, the moon and 
the stars, which thou hast ordained ; 

4 What is man, that thou art 
mindful of him ? and the son of man, 
that thou visitest him ? 

5 For thou hast made him a little 
lower than the angels, and hast 
crowned him with glory and honour. 

6 Thou madest hirn to have domi- 

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PSALMS. David complaineth to God 



nion over the works of thy hands ; 
thou hast put all things under his feet: 

7 All sheep and oxen, yea, and the 
beasts of the field ; 

8 The fowl of the air, and the fish 
of the sea, and whatsoever passeth 
through the paths of the seas. 

9 O Lord our Lord, how excellent 
is thy name in all the earth ! 

PSALM IX. 

1 David praiseth God for executing of judgment 11 
He inciteth others to praise him. 13 He prayeth that 
he may have cause to praise Jam. 

To the chief Musician upon Muth-labben, 
A Psalm of David. 

I WILL praise thee, O Lord, with 
my whole heart ; I will shew forth 
all thy marvellous works. 

2 I will he glad and rejoice in 
thee : I will sing praise to thy name, 
O thou Most High. 

3 When mine enemies are turned 
back, they shall fall and perish at 
thy presence. 

4 For thou hast maintained my 
right and my cause; thou satest in 
the throne judging right. 

5 Thou hast rebuked the heathen, 
thou hast destroyed the wicked, thou 
hast put out their name for ever and 
ever. 

6 O thou enemy, destructions are 
come to a perpetual end: and thou 
hast destroyed cities ; their memorial 
is perished with them. 

7 But the Lord shall endure for 
ever : he hath prepared his throne for 
judgment. 

8 And he shall judge the world in 
righteousness, he shall minister judg- 
ment to the people in uprightness. 

9 The Lord also will he a refuge 
for the oppressed, a refuge in times of 
trouble. 

10 And they that know thy name 
will put their trust in thee : for thou, 
Lord, hast not forsaken them that 
seek thee. 

1 1 Sing praises to the Lord, which 
dwelleth in Zion : declare among the 
people his doings. 

12 When he maketh inquisition for 

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blood, he remembereth them : he for- 
getteth not the cry of the humble. 

13 Have mercy upon me, O Lord ; 
consider my trouble which I suffer of 
them that hate me, thou that liftest 
me up from the gates of death : 

14 That I may shew forth all thy 
praise in the gates of the daughter of 
Zion : I will rejoice in thy salvation. 

15 The heathen are sunk down in 
the pit that they made: in the net 
which they hid is their own foot taken. 

16 The Lord is known by the 
judgment which he executeth: the 
wicked is snared in the work of his 
own hands. Higgaion. Selah. 

17 The wicked shall be turned into 
hell, and all the nations that forget 
God. 

18 For the needy shall not always 
be forgotten : the expectation of the 
poor shall not perish for ever. 

19 Arise, O Lord; let not man 
prevail: let the heathen be judged in 
thy sight. 

20 Put them in fear, O Lord : that 
the nations may know themselves to 
be but men. Selah. 

PSALM X. 

1 David complaineth to God of the outrage of the wick- 
ed, 12 He prayeth for remedy. 16 He professeth his 
confidence. 

WHY standest thou afar off, O 
Lord? why hidest thou thy- 
self in times of trouble ? 

2 The wicked in his pride doth per- 
secute the poor : let them be taken in 
the devices that they have imagined. 

3 For the wicked boasteth of his 
heart's desire, and blesseth the covet- 
ous, whom the Lord abhorreth. 

4 The wicked, through the pride ol 
his countenance, will not seek after 
God : God is not in all his thoughts. 

5 His ways are always grievous; 
thy judgments are far above out of 
his sight : as for all his enemies, he 
puffeth at them. 

6 He hath said in his heart, I shall 
not be moved : for I shall never be in 
adversity. 

7 His mouth is full of cursing and 



of the outrage of the wicked. PSALMS. 



He craveth help of God. 



deceit and fraud: under his tongue 
is mischief and vanity. 

8 He sitteth in the lurking places 
of the villages : in the secret places 
doth he murder the innocent: his 
eyes are privily set against the poor. 

9 He lieth in wait secretly as a lion 
in his den : he lieth in wait to catch 
the poor: he doth catch the poor, 
when he draweth him into his net. 

10 He croucheth, and humbleth 
himself, that the poor may fall by 
his strong ones. 

11 He hath said in his heart, God 
hath forgotten: he hideth his face; 
he will never see it. 

12 Arise, O Lord; O God, lift up 
thine hand : forget not the humble. 

13 Wherefore doth the wicked con- 
temn God ? he hath said in his heart, 
Thou wilt not require it. 

14 Thou hast seen it; for thou be- 
holdest mischief and spite, to requite 
it with thy hand : the poor commit- 
teth himself unto thee ; thou art the 
helper of the fatherless. 

15 Break thou the arm of the wick- 
ed and the evil man : seek out his 
wickedness till thou find none. 

16 The Lord is King for ever and 
ever: the heathen are perished out 
of his land. 

17 Lord, thou hast heard the de- 
sire of the humble: thou wilt pre- 
pare their heart, thou wilt cause 
thine ear to hear : 

18 To judge the fatherless and the 
oppressed, that the man of the earth 
may no more oppress. 

PSALM XI. 

1 David encourageth himself in God against his enemies. 
4 The providence and justice of God. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

IN the Lord put I my trust: how 
say ye to my soul, Flee as a bird 
to your mountain ? 

2 For, lo, the wicked bend their 
bow, they make ready their arrow 
upon the string, that they may privily 
shoot at the upright in heart. 

3 If the foundations be destroyed, 
what can the righteous do ? 

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4 The Lord is in his holy temple, 
the Lord's throne is in heaven: his 
eyes behold, his eyelids try, the 
children of men. 

5 The Lord trieth the righteous : 
but the wicked and him that loveth 
violence his soul hateth. 

6 Upon the wicked he shall rain 
snares, fire and brimstone, and a 
horrible tempest: this shall be the 
portion of their cup. 

7 For the righteous Lord loveth 
righteousness; his countenance doth 
behold the upright. 

PSALM XII. 

1 David, destitute of human comfort, craveth help of 
God. 3 He comforteth himself with God's judgments 
on the wicked, and confidence in God's tried promises. 

To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, 
A Psalm of David. 

HELP, Lord; for the godly man 
ceaseth; for the faithful fail 
from among the children of men. 

2 They speak vanity every one with 
his neighbour: with flattering lips and 
with a double heart do they speak. 

3 The Lord shall cut off all flatter- 
ing lips, and the tongue that speaketh 
proud things : 

4 Who have said, With our tongue 
will we prevail ; our lips are our 
own : who is lord over us ? 

5 For the oppression of the poor, 
for the sighing of the needy, now will 
I arise, saith the Lord ; I will set him 
in safety from him that puffeth at him. 

6 The words of the Lord are pure 
words : as silver tried in a furnace of 
earth, purified seven times. 

7 Thou shalt keep them, O Lord, 
thou shalt preserve them from this 
generation for ever. 

8 The wicked walk on every side, 
when the vilest men are exalted. 

PSALM XIII. 

1 David complaineth of delay in help. 3 He prayeth 
for preventing grace. 5 He boasteth of divine mercy. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

HOW long wilt thou forget me, 
O Lord ? for ever ? how long 
wilt thou hide thy face from me ? 
2 How long shall I takfr counsel 
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Corruption of mankind. 



PSALMS. 



Hope in the resurrection. 



in my soul, having sorrow in my 
heart daily? how long shall mine 
enemy be exalted over me ? 

3 Consider and hear me, O Lord 
my God: lighten mine eyes, lest I 
sleep the sleep of death ; 

4 Lest mine enemy say, I have 
prevailed against him ; and those that 
trouble me rejoice when I am moved. 

5 But I have trusted in thy mercy; 
my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. 

6 I will sing unto the Lord, because 
he hath dealt bountifully with me. 

PSALM XIV. 

1 David describeth the corruption of a natural man. 4 
He convinceth the wicked by the light of their con- 
science. 7 He glorieth in the salvation of God. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

THE fool hath said in his heart, 
There is no God. They are 
corrupt, they have done abominable 
works, there is none that doeth good. 

2 The Lord looked down from 
heaven upon the children of men, to 
see if there were any that did under- 
stand, and seek God. 

3 They are all gone aside, they 
are all together become filthy : there 
is none that doeth good, no. not one. 

4 Have all the workers of iniquity 
no knowledge ? who eat up my peo- 
ple as they eat bread, and call not 
upon the Lord. 

5 There were they in great fear : 
for God is in the generation of the 
righteous. 

6 Ye have shamed the counsel of the 
poor, because the Lord is his refuge. 

7 Oh that the salvation of Israel 
were come out of Zion! when the 
Lord bringeth back the captivity of 
his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and 
Israel shall be glad. 

PSALM XV. 

David describeth a citizen of Zion. 

A Psalm of David. 

LOUD, who shall abide in thy 
tabernacle ? who shall dwell in 
thy holy hill ? 

2 He that walketh uprightly, and 
worketh righteousness, and speaketh 
the truth in his heart. 
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3 He that backbiteth not with his 
tongue, nor doeth evil to his neigh- 
bour, nor taketh up a reproach 
against his neighbour. 

4 In whose eyes a vile person is 
contemned; but he honoureth them 
that fear the Lord. He that swear- 
eth to his own hurt, and changeth not 

5 He that putteth not out his money 
to usury, nor taketh reward against 
the innocent. He that doeth these 
things shall never be moved. 

PSALM XYI. 

1 David, in distrust of merits, and hatred of idolatry, 
fleeth to God for preservation. 5 He sheweth the hope 
of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting. 

Michtam of David. 

PRESERVE me, O God: for hi 
thee do I put my trust. 

2 my soul, thou hast said unto 
the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my 
goodness extendeth not to thee ; 

3 But to the saints that are in the 
earth, and to the excellent, in whom 
is all my delight. 

4 Their sorrows shall be multi- 
plied that hasten after another god: 
their drink offerings of blood will I 
not offer, nor take up their names 
into my lips. 

5 The Lord is the portion of mine 
inheritance and of my cup : thou 
maintainest my lot. 

6 The lines are fallen unto me in 
pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly 
heritage. 

7 I will bless the Lord, who hath 
given me counsel : my reins also in- 
struct me in the night seasons. 

8 I have set the Lord always be- 
fore me : because he is at my right 
hand, I shall not be moved. 

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and 
my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also 
shall rest in hope. 

10 For thou wilt not leave my 
soul in hell ; neither wilt thou suffer 
thine Holy One to see corruption. 

11 Thou wilt shew me the path of 
life : in thy presence is fulness of joy ; 
at thy right hand there are pleasures 

I for evermore. 



David prayeth for help. 



PSALMS. His psalm of thanksgiving. 



PSALM XVII. 

1 David, in confidence of his integrity, craveth defence of 
God against his enemies. 10 He sheweth their pride, 
eraft, and eagerness. 13 He prayeth against them in 
confidence of his hope. 

A Prayer of David. 

HEAR the right, O Lord, attend 
unto my cry; give ear unto my 
prayer, that goeth not out of feigned 
lips. 

2 Let my sentence come forth from 
thy presence ; let thine eyes behold 
the things that are equal. 

3 Thou hast proved mine heart; 
thou hast visited me in the night; 
thou hast tried me, and shalt find 
nothing: I am purposed that my 
moutK shall not transgress. 

4 Concerning the works of men, by 
the word of thy lips I have kept me 
from the paths of the destroyer. 

5" Hold up my goings in thy paths, 
that my footsteps slip not. 

6 I have called upon thee, for thou 
wilt hear me, O God: incline thine 
ear unto me, and hear my speech. 

7 Shew thy marvellous loving- 
kindness, O thou that savest by thy 
right hand them which put their trust 
in thee from those that rise up against 
them. 

8 Keep me as the apple of the eye ; 
hide me under the shadow of thy 
wings, 

9 From the wicked that oppress me, 
from my deadly enemies, who com- 
pass me about. 

10 They are inclosed in their own 
fat: with their mouth they speak 
proudly. 

11 They have now compassed us in 
our steps: they have set their eyes 
bowing down to the earth ; 

12 Like as a lion that is greedy of 
his prey, and as it were a young lion 
linking in secret places. 

•13 Arise, O Lord, disappoint him, 
cast him down : deliver my soul from 
the wicked, which is thy sword: 

14 From men which are thy hand, 
O Lord, from men of the world, 
which have their portion in this life, 
and whose belly thou fillest with thy 



hid treasure : they are full of children, 
and leave the rest of their substance 
to their babes. 

15 As for me, I will behold thy face 
in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, 
when I awake, with thy likeness. 
PSALM XVIII. 

David praiseth God for his manifold and marvellous 
blessings. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, 
the servant of the Lord, who spake unto 
the Lord the words of this song in the 
" day that the Lord delivered him from 
the hand of all his enemies, and from 
the hand of Saul : And he said, 

I WILL love thee, O Lord, my 
strength. 

2 The Lord is my rock, and my 
fortress, and my deliverer; my G-od, 
my strength, in whom I will trust; 
my buckler, and the horn of my sal- 
vation, and my high tower. 

3 I will call upon the Lord, who is 
worthy to be praised: so shall I be 
saved from mine enemies. 

4 The sorrows of death compassed 
me, and the floods of ungodly merj 
made me afraid. 

5 The sorrows of hell compassed 
me about: the snares of death pre- 
vented me. 

6 In my distress I called upon the 
Lord, and cried unto my God: he 
heard my voice out of his temple, 
and my cry came before him, even 
into his ears. 

7 Then the earth shook and trem- 
bled ; the foundations also of the hills 
moved and were shaken, because he 
was wroth. 

8 There went up a smoke out of 
his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth 
devoured: coals were kindled by it. 

9 He bowed the heavens also, and 
came down: and darkness was under 
his feet. 

10 And he rode upon a cherub, 
and did fly : yea, he did fly upon the 
wings of the wind. 

11 He made darkness his secret 
place ; his pavilion round about him 
were dark waters and thick clouds of 
the skies. 

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PSALMS. 



for manifold blessings. 



12 At the brightness that was be- 
fore him his thick clouds passed, hail 
stones and coals of fire. 

13 The Lord also thundered in the 
heavens, and the Highest gave his 
voice ; hail stones and coals of fire. 

14 Yea, he sent out his arrows, 
and scattered them; and he shot oat 
lightnings, and discomfited them. 

15 Then the channels of waters 
were seen, and the foundations of the 
world were discovered at thy rebuke, 
O Lord, at the blast of the breath of 
thy nostrils. 

16 He sent from above, he took me, 
he drew me out of many waters. 

17 He delivered me from my strong 
enemy, and from them which hated 
me: for they were too strong for me. 

18 They prevented me in the day 
of my calamity: but the Lord was 
my stay. 

19 He brought me forth also into 
a large place; he delivered me, be- 
cause he delighted in me. 

20 The Lord rewarded me accord- 
ing to my righteousness; according 
to the cleanness of my hands hath he 
recompensed me. 

21 For I have kept the ways of the 
Lord, and have not wickedly depart- 
ed from my God. 

22 For all his judgments were be- 
fore me, and I did not put away his 
statutes from me. 

23 I was also upright before him, 
and I kept myself from mine iniquity. 

24 Therefore hath the Lord re- 
compensed me according to my right- 
eousness, according to the cleanness 
of my hands in his eyesight. 

25 With the merciful thou wilt shew 
thyself merciful ; with an upright man 
thou wilt shew thyself upright ; 

26 With the pure thou wilt shew 
thyself pure ; and with the froward 
thou wilt shew thyself froward. 

27 For thou wilt save the afflicted 
people; but wilt bring down high looks. 

28 For thou wilt light my candle: 
the Lord rny God will enlighten my 
darkness. 

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29 For by thee I have run through 
a troop ; and by my God have I leap- 
ed over a wall. 

30 As for God, his way is perfect: 
the word of the Lord is tried: he is a 
buckler to all those that trust in him. 

31 For who is God save the Lord? 
or who is a rock save our God? 

32 It is God that girdeth me with 
strength, and maketh my way perfect. 

33 He maketh my feet like hinds' 
feet, and setteth me upon my high 
places. 

34 He teacheth my hands to war, 
so that a bow of steel is broken by 
mine arms. 

35 Thou hast also given me the 
shield of thy salvation : and thy right 
hand hath holden me up, and thy 
gentleness hath made me great. 

36 Thou hast enlarged my steps 
under me, that my feet did not slip, 

37 I have pursued mine enemies, 
and overtaken them: neither did I 
turn again till they were consumed. 

38 1 have wounded them that they 
were not able to rise: they are fallen 
under my feet. 

39 For thou hast girded me with 
strength unto the battle: thou hast 
subdued under me those that rose up 
against me. 

40 Thou hast also given me the 
necks of mine enemies ; that I might 
destroy them that hate me. 

41 They cried, but there was none 
to save them: even unto the Lord, 
but he answered them not. 

42 Then did I beat them small as 
the dust before the wind : I did cast 
them out as the dirt in the streets. 

43 Thou hast delivered me from 
the strivings of the people; and thou 
hast made me the head of the hea- 
then: a people whom I have not 
known shall serve me. 

44 As soon as they hear of me, 
they shall obey me: the strangers 
shall submit themselves unto me. 

45 The strangers shall fade away, 
and be afraid out of their close places. 

46 The Lord liveth; and blessed 



THE HORRORS OF THE SECOND 
DEATH. 



O where shall rest be found — 

Rest for the weary soul? 
'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound, 

Or pierce to either pole. 

The world can never give 
The bliss for which we sigh; 

'Tis not the whole of life to live, 
Nor all of death to die. 

Beyond this vale of tears 

There is a life above, 
Unmeasured by the flight of years; 

And all that life is love. 

There is a death, whose pang 
Outlasts the fleeting breath: 

O what eternal horrors hang 
Around the second death ! 

Thou God of truth and grace ! 

Teach us that death to shun; 
Lest we be banish'd from thy face, 

For evermore undone. 



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SHOULD I BE HAPPY IN HEAVEN? 



The end of sin's way is death. Hell is sin's birth- 
place ; it is the sinner's home. u JZis own place " 
must be in that spot of the wide universe which is 
most removed from God, and that is hell ; yea, hell 
is hell, because it is at the furthest remove from 
God. Heaven is heaven, because God is there, be- 
cause there they "see his face." What should a 
sinner do in heaven — an impenitent, unpardoned, 
unchanged sinner? Suppose it possible that, with 
the love of sin in your heart, you could wing your 
flight to the mansions of Deity ; suppose that, clad 
" as an angel of light," you could knock at heaven's 
portals — you would loathe the inscription on each 
of these " twelve gates :" " Holiness to the Lord." 
Yea, ere you reached heaven's outposts, the eternal 
chorus would burst upon your ear : " Holy, holy, 
holy, Lord God Almighty !" and you would cry with 
loathing and disgust, "This is no place for me!" 
No, you may bid "the wolf dwell with the lamb, 
and the leopard lie down with the kid ;" you may 
bid " the sucking child play on the hole of the asp," 
but as you cannot carry an unchanged sinner to 
heaven, neither can you make your unchanged 
heart find happiness in that holiness which is its 
atmosphere, or in that God whose full presence 
makes it what it is. — Rev. John C. Miller. 

" ISTot by works of righteousness which we have 
done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by 
the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the 
Holy Ghost; which he shed on us abundantly 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour; that being justi- 
fied by his grace, we should be made heirs accord- 
ing to the hope of eternal life." Titus iii, 5-7. 

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God's glory in his works. PSALMS. David pray eth for GoaVs grace. 



be my Rock ; and let the God of my 
salvation be exalted. 

47 It is God that avengeth me, 
and subdueth the people under me. 

48 He delivereth me from mine ene- 
mies : yea, thou liftest me up above 
those that rise up against me: thou hast 
delivered me from the violent man. 

49 Therefore will I give thanks 
unto thee, O Lord, among the hea- 
then, and sing praises unto thy name. 

50 Great deliverance giveth he to 
his king ; and sheweth mercy to his 
anointed, to David, and to his seed 
for evermore. 

PSALM XIX. 

1 The creatures shew God's glory. 7 T/ie word his grace. 
12 David prayeth for grace. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

THE heavens declare the glory of 
God ; and the firmament shew- 
eth his handywork. 

2 Day unto day uttereth speech, and 
night unto night sheweth knowledge. 

3 There is no speech nor language, 
where their voice is not heard. 

4 Their line is gone out through 
all the earth, and their words to the 
end of the world. In them hath he 
set a tabernacle for the sun, 

5 Which is as a bridegroom coming 
out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as 
a strong man to run a race. 

6 His going forth is from the end 
of the heaven, and his circuit unto 
the ends of it : and there is nothing 
hid from the heat thereof. 

7 The law of the Lord is perfect, con- 
verting the soul : the testimony of the 
Lord is sure, making wise the simple. 

8 The statutes of the Lord are 
right, rejoicing the heart: the com- 
mandment of the Lord is pure, en- 
lightening the eyes. 

9 The fear of the Lord is clean, 
enduring for ever : the judgments of 
the Lord are true and righteous 
altogether. 

10 More to be desired are they 
than gold, yea, than much fine gold : 
sweeter also than honey and the 
honeycomb. 



11 Moreover by them is thy serv- 
ant warned: and in keeping of them 
there is great reward. 

12 Who can understand his errors ? 
cleanse thou me from secret faults. 

13 Keep back thy servant also from 
presumptuous sins ; let them not have 
dominion over me: then shall I be 
upright, and I shall be innocent from 
the great transgression. 

14 Let the words of my mouth, 
and the meditation of my heart, be 
acceptable in thy sight, O Lord, my 
strength, and my redeemer. 

PSALM XX. 

1 The church blesseth the king in his exploits. *l Her 
confidence in God's succour. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

THE Lord hear thee in the day 
of trouble ; the name of the God 
of Jacob defend thee ; 

2 Send thee help from the sanctu- 
ary, and strengthen thee out of Zion ; 

3 Remember all thy offerings, and 
accept thy burnt sacrifice ; Selah. 

4 Grant thee according to thine 
own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 

5 We will rejoice in thy salvation, 
and in the name of our God we will 
set up our banners: the Lord fulfil 
all thy petitions. 

6 Now know I that the Lord sav- 
eth his anointed; he will hear him 
from his holy heaven with the saving 
strength of his right haud. 

7 Some trust in chariots, and some 
in horses : but we will remember the 
name of the Lord our God. 

8 They are brought down and fallen : 
but we are risen, and stand upright. 

9 Save, Lord: let the king hear 
us when we call. 

PSALM XXI. 

1 A thanksgiving for victory. 1 Confidence of further 
success. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

THE king shall joy in thy strength, 
O Lord ; and in thy salvation 
how greatly shall he rejoice ! 

2 Thou hast given him his heart's 
desire, and hast not withholden the 
request of his lips. Selah. 
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A thanksgiving for victory. PSALMS. David complaineth in distress. 



3 For thou preventest him with the 
blessings of goodness : thou settest a 
crown of pure gold on his head. 

4 He asked life of thee, and thou 
gavest it him, even length of days 
for ever and ever. 

o His glory is great in thy salva- 
tion : honour and majesty hast thou 
laid upon him. 

6 For thou hast made him most 
blessed for ever : thou hast made him 
exceeding glad with thy countenance. 

7 For the king trusteth in the 
Lord, and through the mercy of the 
Most High he shall not be moved. 

8 Thine hand shall find out all 
thine enemies : thy right hand shall 
find out those that hate thee. 

9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery 
oven in the time of thine anger : the 
Lord shall swallow them up in his 
wrath, and the fire shall devour them. 

10 Their fruit shalt thou destroy 
from the earth, and their seed from 
among the children of men. 

11 For they intended evil against 
thee : they imagined a mischievous 
device, which they are not able to 
perform. 

12 Therefore shalt thou make them 
turn their back, when thou shalt 
make ready thine arrows upon thy 
strings against the face of them. 

13 Be thou exalted, Lord, in thine 
own strength: so will we sing and 
praise thy power. 

PSALM XXII. 

1 David complaineth in great discouragement. 9 He 
prayeth in great distress. 23 He praiseth God. 

To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth 
Shahar, A Psalm of David. 

MY God, my God, why hast thou 
forsaken me ? why art thou so 
far from helping me, and from the 
words of my roaring ? 

2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, 
but thou nearest not ; and in the night 
season, and am not silent. 

3 But thou art holy, thou that 
inhabitest the praises of Israel. 

4 Our fathers trusted in thee : they 
trusted, and thou didst deliver them. 

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5 They cried unto thee, and were 
delivered : they trusted in thee, and 
were not confounded. 

6 But I am a worm, and no man ; 
a reproach of men, and despised of 
the people. 

7 All they that see me laugh me 
to scorn : they shoot out the lip, they 
shake the head, saying, 

8 He trusted on the Lord that he 
would deliver him: let him deliver 
him, seeing he delighted in him. 

9 But thou art he that took me 
out of the womb : thou didst make 
me hope when I was upon my mo- 
ther's breasts. 

10 I was cast upon thee from the 
womb: thou art my God from my 
mother's belly. 

11 Be not far from me ; for trouble 
is near ; for there is none to help. 

12 Many bulls have compassed me : 
strong bulls of Bashan have beset me 
round. 

13 They gaped upon me with their 
mouths, as a ravening and a roaring 
lion. 

14 I am poured out like water, and 
all my bones are out of joint: my 
heart is like wax ; it is melted in the 
midst of my bowels. 

15 My strength is dried up like a 
potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth 
to my jaws; and thou hast brought 
me into the dust of death. 

16 For dogs have compassed me: 
the assembly of the wicked have in- 
closed me: they pierced my hands 
and my feet. 

17 I may tell all my bones: they 
look and stare upon me. 

18 They part my garments among 
them, and cast lots upon my vesture. 

19 But be not thou far from me, O 
Lord : O my strength, haste thee to 
help me. 

20 Deliver my soul from the sword; 
my darling from the power of the dog. 

2 1 Save me from the lion's mouth : 
for thou hast heard me from the horns 
of the unicorns. 

22 I will declare thy name unto 



Davids confidence in 



PSALMS. 



God's providence. 



my brethren: in the midst of the 
congregation will I praise thee. 

23 Ye that fear the Lord, praise 
him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glo- 
rify him; and fear him, all ye the 
seed of Israel. 

24 For he hath not despised nor ab- 
horred the affliction of the afflicted ; 
neither hath he hid his face from him ; 
but when he cried unto him, he heard. 

25 My praise shall be of thee in 
the great congregation: I will pay 
my vows before them that fear him. 

26 The meek shall eat and be sa- 
tisfied: they shall praise the Lord 
that seek him : your heart shall live 
for ever. 

27 All the ends of the world shall 
remember and turn unto the Lord : 
and all the kindreds of the nations 
shall worship before thee. 

28 For the kingdom is the Lord's : 
and he is the governor among the 
nations. 

29 All they that be fat upon earth 
shall eat and worship : all they that 
go down to the dust shall bow be- 
fore him: and none can keep alive 
his own soul. 

30 A seed shall serve him ; it shall 
be accounted to the Lord for a gen- 
eration. 

31 They shall come, and shall de- 
clare his righteousness unto a people 
that shall be born, that he hath done 
this. 

PSALM XXIII. 

David? s confidence in God's grace. 

A Psalm of David. 

THE Lord is my shepherd ; I shall 
not want. 

2 He maketh me to lie down in 
green pastures: he leadeth me be- 
side the still waters. 

3 He restoreth my soul : he lead- 
eth me in the paths of righteousness 
for his name's sake. 

4 Yea, though I walk through the 
valley of the shadow of death, I will 
fear no evil : for thou art with me ; 
thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. 

5 Thou preparest a table before 



me in the presence of mine enemies : 
thou anointest my head with oil ; my 
cup runneth over. 

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall 
follow me all the days of my life : 
and I will dwell in the house of the 
Lord for ever. 

PSALM XXIV. 

1 God's lordship in the world. 3 The citizens of his 
spiritual kingdom. 1 An exhortation to receive him. 

A Psalm of David. 

THE earth is the Lord's, and the 
fulness thereof; the world, and 
they that dwell therein. 

2 For he hath founded it upon the 
seas, and established it upon the floods. 

3 Who shall ascend into the hill of 
the Lord ? or who shall stand in his 
holy place ? 

4 He that hath clean hands, and a 
pure heart; who hath not lifted up his 
soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully. 

5 He shall receive the blessing 
from the Lord, and righteousness 
from the God of his salvation. 

6 This is the generation of them 
that seek him, that seek thy face, 

Jacob. Selah. 

7 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; and 
be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors ; 
and the King of glory shall come in. 

8 Who is this King of glory ? The 
Lord strong and mighty, the Lord 
mighty in battle. 

9 Lift up your heads, O ye gates ; 
even lift them up, ye everlasting doors ; 
and the King of glory shall come in. 

10 Who is this King of glory? 
The Lord of hosts, he is the King 
of glory. Selah. 

PSALM XXV. 

1 David's confidence in prayer. 1 He prayeth for re- 
mission of sins, 16 and for help in affliction. 

A Psalm of David. 

UNTO thee, O Lord, do I lift up 
my soul. 

2 O my God, I trust in thee : let 
me not be ashamed, let not mine 
enemies triumph over me. 

3 Yea, let none that wait on thee 
be ashamed: let them be ashamed 
which transgress without cause. 

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He resort eth unto God. 



4 Shew me thy ways, O Lord; 
teach me thy paths. 

5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach 
me : for thou art the God of my sal- 
vation ; on thee do I wait all the day. 

6 Remember, O Lord, thy tender 
mercies and thy lovingkindnesses ; 
for they have been ever of old. 

7 Remember not the sins of my 
youth, nor my transgressions : ac- 
cording to thy mercy remember thou 
me for thy goodness' sake, O Lord. 

8 Good and upright is the Lord : 
therefore will he teach sinners in the 
way. 

9 The meek will he guide in judg- 
ment: and the meek will he teach 
his way. 

10 All the paths of the Lord are 
mercy and truth unto such as keep 
his covenant and his testimonies. 

11 For thy name's sake, O Lord, 
pardon mine iniquity ; for it is great. 

12 What man is he that feareth 
the Lord ? him shall he teach in the 
way that he shall choose. 

13 His soul shall dwell at ease; 
and his seed shall inherit the earth. 

14 The secret of the Lord is with 
them that fear him; and he will 
shew them his covenant. 

15 Mine eyes are ever toward the 
Lord; for he shall pluck my feet 
out of the net. 

16 Turn thee unto me, and have 
mercy upon me; for I am desolate 
and afflicted. 

17 The troubles of my heart are 
enlarged: bring thou me out of 
my distresses. 

18 Look upon mine affliction and 
my pain ; and forgive all my sins. 

19 Consider mine enemies; for 
they are many; and they hate me 
with cruel hatred. 

20 O keep my soul, and deliver 
me : let me not be ashamed ; for I 
put my trust in thee. 

21 Let integrity and uprightness 
preserve me ; for I wait on thee. 

22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of 
all his troubles. 

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PSALM XXVI. 

David resorteth unto God in confidence of his integrity. 

A Psalm of David. 

JUDGE me, O Lord; for I have 
walked in mine integrity : I have 
trusted also in the Lord ; therefore I 
shall not slide. 

2 Examine me, O Lord, and prove 
me ; try my reins and my heart. 

3 For thy lovingkindness is before 
mine eyes: and I have walked in 
thy truth. 

4 I have not sat with vain persons, 
neither will I go in with dissemblers. 

5 I have hated the congregation of 
evil doers ; and will not sit with the 
wicked. 

6 I will wash mine hands in inno- 
cency : so will I compass thine altar, 
O Lord : 

7 That I may publish with the 
voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all 
thy wondrous works. 

8 Lord, I have loved the habita- 
tion of thy house, and the place 
where thine honour dwelleth. 

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, 
nor my life with bloody men : 

10 In whose hands is mischief, and 
their right hand is full of bribes. 

11 But as for me, I will walk in 
mine integrity: redeem me, and be 
merciful unto me. 

12 My foot standeth in an even 
place: in the congregations will I 
bless the Lord. 

PSALM XXVII. 

1 David sustaineth his faith by the power of God, 4 by 
his love to the service of God, 9 by prayer. 

A Psalm of David. 

THE Lord is my light and my 
salvation; whom shall I fear? 
the Lord is the strength of my life ; 
of whom shall I be afraid ? 

2 When the wicked, even mine ene- 
mies and my foes, came upon me to 
eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell 

3 Though a host should encamp 
against me, my heart shall not fear • 
though war should rise against me, 
in this will I be confident. 

4 One thing have I desired of the 



David prayeth 



PSALMS. 



for future grace. 



Lord, that will I seek after ; that I 
may dwell in the house of the Lord 
all the days of my life, to hehold the 
beauty of the Lord, and to inquire 
in his temple. 

5 For in the time of trouble he 
shall hide me in his pavilion : in the 
secret of his tabernacle shall he hide 
me ; he shall set me up upon a rock. 

6 And now shall mine head be lifted 
up above mine enemies round about 
me: therefore will I offer in his ta- 
bernacle sacrifices of joy ; I will sing, 
yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord. 

7 Hear, O Lord, when I cry with 
my voice: have mercy also upon 
me, and answer me. 

8 When thou saidst, Seek ye my 
face; my heart said unto thee, Thy 
face, Lord, will I seek. 

9 Hide not thy face far from me ; 
put not thy servant away in anger: 
thou hast been my help ; leave me 
not, neither forsake me, O God of 
my salvation. 

10 When my father and my mo- 
ther forsake me, then the Lord will 
take me up. 

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord, 
and lead me in a plain path, because 
of mine enemies. 

12 Deliver me not over unto the 
will of mine enemies: for false wit- 
nesses are risen up against me, and 
such as breathe out cruelty. 

13 I had fainted, unless I had be- 
lieved to see the goodness of the 
Lord in the land of the living. 

14 Wait on the Lord : be of good 
courage, and he shall strengthen 
thine heart : wait, I say, on the Lord. 

PSALM XXVIII. 

1 David prayeth earnestly against his enemies. 6 He 
blesseth God. 9 He prayeth for the people. 

A Psalm of David. 

UNTO thee will I cry, O Lord my 
rock ; be not silent to me : lest, 
if thou be silent to me, I become like 
them that go down into the pit. 

2 Hear the voice of my supplica- 
tions, when I cry unto thee, when I lift 
up my hands toward thy holy oracle. 



3 Draw me not away with the 
wicked, and with the workers of ini- 
quity, which speak peace to their 
neighbours, but mischief is in their 
hearts. 

4 Give them according to their 
deeds, and according to the wicked- 
ness of their endeavours : give them 
after the work of their hands ; render 
to them their desert. 

5 Because they regard not the 
works of the Lord, nor the operation 
of his hands, he shall destroy them, 
and not build them up. 

6 Blessed be the Lord, because he 
hath heard the voice of my supplica- 
tions. 

7 The Lord is my strength and my 
shield ; my heart trusted in him, and 
I am helped : therefore my heart 
greatly rejoiceth ; and with my song 
will I praise him. 

8 The Lord is their strength, and he 
is the saving strength of his anointed. 

9 Save thy people, and bless thine 
inheritance : feed them also, and lift 
them up for ever. 

PSALM XXIX. 

1 David exhorteth princes to give glory to God, 3 by rea- 
son of his power, 11 and protection of his people. 

A Psalm of David. 

GIVE unto the Lord, O ye 
mighty, give unto the Lord 
glory and strength. 

2 Give unto the Lord the glory due 
unto his name ; worship the Lord in 
the beauty of holiness. 

3 The voice of the Lord is upon the 
waters : the God of glory thundereth: 
the Lord is upon many waters. 

4 The voice of the Lord is power- 
ful ; the voice of the Lord is full of 
majesty. 

5 The voice of the Lord breaketh 
the cedars ; yea, the Lord breaketh 
the cedars of Lebanon. 

6 He maketh them also to skip 
like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like 
a young unicorn. 

7 The voice of the Lord divideth 
the flames of fire. 

8 The voice of the Lord shaketh 

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Exhortation to praise God, PSALMS. David craveth God's help, 



the wilderness ; the Lord shaketh 
the wilderness of Kadesh. 

9 The voice of the Lord maketh 
the hinds to calve, and discovereth 
the forests : and in his temple doth 
every one speak of his glory. 

1 The Lord sitteth upon the flood ; 
yea, the Lord sitteth King for ever. 

11 The Lord will give strength 
unto his people ; the Lord will hless 
his people with peace. 

PSALM XXX. 

1 David praiseth God for his deliverance. 4 He ex- 
horteth others to praise him by example of God's deal- 
ing with him. 

A Psalm and Song at the dedication of 
the house of David. 

I WILL extol thee, O Lord; for 
thou hast lifted me up, and hast 
not made my foes to rejoice over me. 

2 O Lord my God, I cried unto 
thee, and thou hast healed me. 

3 O Lord, thou hast brought up 
my soul from the grave : thou hast 
kept me alive, that I should not go 
down to the pit. 

4 Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints 
of his, and give thanks at the remem- 
brance of his holiness. 

5 For his anger endureth but a mo- 
ment ; in his favour is life : weeping 
may endure for a night, but joy cometh 
in the morning. 

6 And in my prosperity I said, I 
shall never be moved. 

7 Lord, by thy favour thou hast 
made my mountain to stand strong : 
thou didst hide thy face, and I was 
troubled. 

8 I cried to thee, O Lord ; and 
unto the Lord I made supplication. 

9 What profit is there in my blood, 
when I go down to the pit 2 Shall 
the dust praise thee ? shall it declare 
thy truth ? 

10 Hear, O Lord, and have mercy 
upon me : Lord, be thou my helper. 

11 Thou hast turned for me my 
mourning into dancing: thou hast 
put off my sackcloth, and girded me 
with gladness ; 

12 To the end that my glory may 

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sing praise to thee, and not be silent 

Lord my God, I will give thanks 
unto thee for ever. 

PSALM XXXI. 

1 David shewing his confidence in God craveth his help. 
7 He rejoiceth in his mercy. 9 He prayeth in his 
calamity. 19 He praiseth God for his goodness. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

IN thee, O Lord, do I put my 
trust ; let me never be ashamed : 
deliver me in thy righteousness. 

2 Bow down thine ear to me ; de- 
liver me speedily : be thou my strong 
rock, for a house of defence to save 
me. 

3 For thou art my rock and my 
fortress ; therefore for thy name's 
sake lead me, and guide me. 

4 Pull me out of the net that they 
have laid privily for me : for thou art 
my strength. 

5 Into thine hand I commit iriy 
spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O 
Lord God of truth. 

6 I have hated them that regard 
lying vanities : but I trust in the Lord. 

7 I will be glad and rejoice in thy 
mercy: for thou hast considered my 
trouble; thou hast known my soul 
in adversities ; 

8 And hast not shut me up into 
the hand of the enemy : thou hast 
set my feet in a large room. 

9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord, 
for I am in trouble : mine eye is 
consumed with grief, yea, my soul 
and my belly. 

10 For my life is spent with grief, 
and my years with sighing: my 
strength faileth because of mine ini- 
quity, and my bones are consumed. 

11 I was a reproach among all 
mine enemies, but especially among 
my neighbours, and a fear to mine 
acquaintance : they that did see me 
without fled from me. 

12 I am forgotten as a dead man out 
of mind : I am like a broken vessel. 

13 For I have heard the slander of 
many : fear ivas on every side : while 
they took counsel together against me, 
they devised to take away my life- 



Remission of sins 



PSALMS. 



a great blessing. 



14 But I trusted in thee, O Lord: 
I said, Thou art my God. 

15 My times are in thy hand : de- 
liver me from the hand of mine ene- 
mies, and from them that persecute 
me. 

16 Make thy face to shine upon thy 
servant: save me for thy mercies' sake. 

17 Let me not be ashamed, O 
Lord ; for I have called upon thee : 
let the wicked be ashamed, and let 
them be silent in the grave. 

18 Let the lying lips be put to si- 
lence; which speak grievous things 
proudly and contemptuously against 
the righteous. 

19 Oh how great is thy goodness, 
which thou hast laid up for them that 
fear thee; which thou hast wrought 
for them that trust in thee before the 
sons of men ! 

20 Thou shalt hide them in the 
secret of thy presence from the pride 
of man: thou shalt keep them se- 
cretly in a pavilion from the strife of 
tongues. 

21 Blessed be the Lord: for he hath 
shewed me his marvellous kindness 
in a strong city. 

22 For I said in my haste, I am 
cut off from before thine eyes : never- 
theless thou heardest the voice of my 
supplications when I cried unto thee. 

23 O love the Lord, all ye his 
saints: for the Lord preserveth the 
faithful, and plentifully reward eth 
the proud doer. 

24 Be of good courage, and he 
shall strengthen your heart, all ye 
that hope in the Lord. 

PSALM XXXII. 

1 Blessedness consisteth in remission of mis. 3 Con- 
fession of sms giveth ease to the conscience. 8 God's 
promises bring joy. 

A Psalm of David, Maschil. 

BLESSED is he whose transgress- 
ion is forgiven, whose sin is co- 
vered. 

2 Blessed is the man unto whom 
the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and 
in whose spirit there is no guile. 

3 When I kept silence, my bones 



waxed old through my roaring all 
the day long. 

4 For day and night thy hand was 
heavy upon me : my moisture is turned 
into the drought of summer. Selah. 

5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, 
and mine iniquity have I not hid. I 
said, I will confess my transgressions 
unto the Lord; and thou forgavest 
the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 

6 For this shall every one that is 
godly pray unto thee in a time when 
thou mayest be found : surely in the 
floods of great waters they shall not 
come nigh unto him. 

7 Thou art my hiding place ; thou 
shalt preserve me from trouble ; thou 
shalt compass me about with songs 
of deliverance. Selah. 

8 I will instruct thee and teach 
thee in the way which thou shalt go : 
I will guide thee with mine eye. 

9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the 
mule, ivhich have no understanding: 
whose mouth must be held in with 
bit and bridle, lest they come near 
unto thee. 

10 Many sorrows shall be to the 
wicked: but he that trusteth in the 
Lord, mercy shall compass him about. 

11 Be glad in the Lord, and re- 
joice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, 
all ye that are upright in heart. 

PSALM XXXIII. 

1 God is to be praised for his goodness, 6 for his power, 
12 and for his providence. 20 Confidence is to be 
placed in God. 

REJOICE in the Lord, O ye right- 
eous : for praise is comely for the 
upright. 

2 Praise the Lord with harp: sing 
unto him with the psaltery and an 
instrument of ten strings. 

3 Sing unto him a new song ; play 
skilfully with a loud noise. 

4 For the word of the Lord is 
right; and all his works are done in 
truth. 

5 He loveth righteousness and 
judgment: the earth is full of the 
goodness of the Lord. 

6 By the word of the Lord were 

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God is to be praised. 



PSALMS. 



Exhortation to fear him. 



the heavens made; and all the host 
of them by the breath of his mouth. 

7 He gathereth the waters of the 
sea together as a heap : he layeth up 
the depth in storehouses. 

8 Let all the earth fear the Lord: 
let all the inhabitants of the world 
stand in awe of him. 

9 For he spake, and it was done ; 
he commanded, and it stood fast. 

10 The Lord bringeth the counsel 
of the heathen to nought: he maketh 
the devices of the people of none ef- 
fect. 

11 The counsel of the Lord stand- 
eth for ever, the thoughts of his heart 
to all generations. 

12 Blessed is the nation whose God 
is the Lord ; and the people whom he 
hath chosen for his own inheritance. 

13 The Lord looketh from heaven; 
he beholdeth all the sons of men. 

14 From the place of his habitation 
he looketh upon all the inhabitants 
of the earth. 

15 He fashioneth their hearts alike ; 
he considereth all their works. 

16 There is no king saved by the 
multitude of a host: a mighty man 
is not delivered by much strength. 

17 A horse is a vain thing for safe- 
ty: neither shall he deliver any by 
his great strength. 

18 Behold, the eye of the Lord is 
upon them that fear him, upon them 
that hope in his mercy ; 

19 To deliver their soul from death, 
and to keep them alive in famine. 

20 Our soul waiteth for the Lord: 
he is our help and our shield. 

21 For our heart shall rejoice in 
him, because we have trusted in his 
holy name. 

22 Let thy mercy, O Lord, be upon 
us, according as we hope in thee. 

PSALM XXXIV. 

1 David praiseth God, and exhorteth others thereto by 
hi* experience. 8 They are blessed that trust in God. 
11 lie exhorteth to the fear of God. 15 The privileges 
of the righteous. 

A Psalm of David, when he changed his 
behaviour before Abimelech; who drove 
him away, and he departed. 
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I WILL bless the Lord at all times : 
his praise shall continually be in 
my mouth. 

2 My soul shall make her boast in 
the Lord: the humble shall hear 
thereof and be glad. 

3 O magnify the Lord with me, 
and let us exalt his name together. 

4 I sought the Lord, and he heard 
me, and delivered me from all my fears. 

5 They looked unto him, and were 
lightened: and their faces were not 
ashamed. 

6 This poor man cried, and the 
Lord heard him, and saved him out 
of all his troubles. 

7 The angel of the Lord encamp- 
eth round about them that fear him, 
and delivereth them. 

8 O taste and see that the Lord is 
good: blessed is the man that trust- 
eth in him. 

9 O fear the Lord, ye his saints : for 
there is no want to them that fear him. 

10 The young lions do lack, and 
suffer hunger : but they that seek the 
Lord shall not want any good thing. 

11 Come, ye children, hearken un- 
to me: I will teach you the fear of 
the Lord. 

12 What man is he that desireth 
life, and loveth many days, that he 
may see good? 

13 Keep thy tongue from evil, and 
thy lips from speaking guile. 

14 Depart from evil, and do good ; 
seek peace, and pursue it. 

15 The eyes of the Lord are upon 
the righteous, and his ears are open 
unto their cry. 

16 The face of the Lord is against 
them that do evil, to cut off the re- 
membrance of them from the earth. 

17 The righteous cry, and the Lord 
heareth, and delivereth them out of 
all their troubles. 

18 The Lord is nigh unto them 
that are of a broken heart ; and sav- 
eth such as be of a contrite spirit. 

19 Many are the afflictions of the 
righteous: but the Lord delivereth 
him out of them all. 



David prayeth for safety, 



PSALMS. and his enemies' confusion. 



20 He keepeth all his bones : not 
one of them is broken. 

21 Evil shall slay the wicked: 
and they that hate the righteous 
shall be desolate. 

22 The Lord redeemeth the soul 
of his servants : and none of them 
that trust in him shall be desolate. 

PSALM XXXY. 

1 David prayeth for his own safety, and his enemies' 
confusion. 11 He complaineth of their wrongful 
dealing. 22 Thereby he inciteth God against them. 

A Psalm of David. 

PLEAD my cause, O Lord, with 
them that strive with me : fight 
against them that fight against me. 

2 Take hold of shield and buckler, 
and stand up for mine help. 

3 Draw out also the spear, and stop 
the way against them that persecute 
me : say unto my soul, I am thy sal- 
vation. 

4 Let them be confounded and put 
to shame that seek after my soul : let 
them be turned back and brought to 
confusion that devise my hurt. 

5 Let them be as chaff before the 
wind : and let the angel of the Lord 
chase them. 

6 Let their way be dark and slip- 
pery : and let the angel of the Lord 
persecute them. 

7 For without cause have they hid 
for me their net in a pit, which without 
cause they have digged for my soul. 

8 Let destruction come upon him 
at unawares; and let his net that 
he hath hid catch himself: into that 
very destruction let him fall. 

9 And my soul shall be joyful in the 
Lord: it shall rejoice in his salvation. 

10 All my bones shall say, Lord, 
who is like unto thee, which deliver- 
est the poor from him that is too strong 
for him, yea, the poor and the needy 
from him that spoileth him ? 

11 False witnesses did rise up ; they 
laid to my charge t Am^sthatl knewnot. 

12 They rewarded me evil for good 
to the spoiling of my soul. 

13 But as for me, when they were 
sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I 



humbled my soul with fasting ; and my 
prayer returned into mine own bosom. 

14 I behaved myself as though 
he had been my friend or brother : I 
bowed down heavily, as one that 
mourneth/or his mother. 

15 But in mine adversity they re- 
joiced, and gathered themselves to- 
gether: yea, the abjects gathered 
themselves together against me, and 
I knew it not ; they did tear me, and 
ceased not : 

16 "With hypocritical mockers in 
feasts, they gnashed upon me with 
their teeth. 

17 Lord, how long wilt thou look 
on? rescue my soul from their de- 
structions, my darling from the lions. 

18 I will give thee thanks in the 
great congregation : I will praise thee 
among much people. 

19 Let not them that are mine ene- 
mies wrongfully rejoice over me: 
neither let them wink with the eye 
that hate me without a cause. 

20 For they speak not peace : but 
they devise deceitful matters against 
them that are quiet in the land. 

21 Yea, they opened their mouth 
wide against me, and said, Aha, aha, 
our eye hath seen it. 

22 This thou hast seen, O Lord : 
keep not silence : O Lord, be not far 
from me. 

23 Stir up thyself, and awake to 
my judgment, even unto my cause, 
my God and my Lord. 

24 Judge me, O Lord my God, 
according to thy righteousness ; and 
let them not rejoice over me. 

25 Let them not say in their hearts, 
Ah, so would we have it: let them 
not say, We have swallowed him up. 

26 Let them be ashamed and 
brought to confusion together that 
rejoice at mine hurt: let them be 
clothed with shame and dishonour 
that magnify themselves against me. 

27 Let them shout for joy, and 
be glad, that favour my righteous 
cause : yea, let them say continually, 
Let the Lord be magnified, which 

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The excellency of GocVs mercy. PSALMS, 



The different end 



hath pleasure in the prosperity of his 
servant. 

28 And my tongue shall speak of 
thy righteousness and of thy praise 
all the day long. 

PSALM XXXYI. 

1 The grievous estate of the wicked. 5 The excellency of 
God's mercy. 10 David prayeth for favour to God's 
children. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David 
the servant of the Lord. 

THE transgression of the wicked 
saith within my heart, that there 
is no fear of God "before his eyes. 

2 For he nattereth himself in his 
own eyes, until his iniquity he found 
to he hateful. 

3 The words of his mouth are ini- 
quity and deceit : he hath left off to 
he wise, and to do good. 

4 He deviseth mischief upon his 
hed ; he setteth himself in a way that 
is not good ; he ahhorreth not evil. 

5 Thy mercy, O Lord, is in the 
heavens ; and thy faithfulness reach- 
eth unto the clouds. 

6 Thy righteousness is like the 
great mountains ; thy judgments are 
a great deep : O Lord, thou preserv- 
est man and heast. 

7 How excellent is thy lovingkind- 
ness, O God! therefore the children 
of men put their trust under the 
shadow of thy wings. 

8 They shall be abundantly satis- 
fied with the fatness of thy house ; 
and thou shalt make them drink of 
the river of thy pleasures. 

9 For with thee is the fountain of 
life : in thy light shall we see light. 

10 O continue thy lovingkindness 
unto them that know thee ; and thy 
righteousness to the upright in heart. 

11 Let not the foot of pride come 
against me, and let not the hand of 
the wicked remove me. 

12 There are the workers of ini- 
quity fallen : they are cast down, and 
shall not be able to rise. 

PSALM XXXVII. 

David permadcth to patience and confidence in God, by 
the different estate of the godly and the wicked. 

A Psalm of David. 
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FRET not thyself because of evil 
doers, neither be thou envious 
against the workers of iniquity. 

2 For they shall soon be cut down 
like the grass, and wither as the 
green herb. 

3 Trust in the Lord, and do good ; 
so shalt thou dwell in the land, and 
verily thou shalt be fed. 

4 Delight thyself also in the Lord ; 
and he shall give thee the desires of 
thine heart. 

5 Commit thy way unto the Lord ; 
trust also in him ; and he shall bring 
it to pass. 

6 And he shall bring forth thy 
righteousness as the light, and thy 
judgment as the noonday. 

7 Rest in the Lord, and wait pa- 
tiently for him : fret not thyself be- 
cause of him who prospereth in his 
way, because of the man who bring- 
eth wicked devices to pass. 

8 Cease from anger, and forsake 
wrath : fret not thyself in any wise 
to do evil. 

9 For evil doers shall be cut off: 
but those that wait upon the Lord, 
they shall inherit the earth. 

10 For yet a little while, and the 
wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt 
diligently consider his place, and it 
shall not be. 

11 But the meek shall inherit the 
earth; and shall delight themselves 
in the abundance of peace. 

12 The wicked plotteth against the 
just, and gnasheth upon him with 
his teeth. 

13 The Lord shall laugh at him : 
for he seeth that his day is coming. 

14 The wicked have drawn out the 
sword, and have bent their bow, to cast 
down the poor and needy, and to slay 
such as be of upright conversation. 

15 Their sword shall enter into 
their own heart, and their bows shall 
be broken. 

16 A little that a righteous man 
hath is better than the riches of 
many wicked. 

17 For the arms of the wicked shall 



of good and bad men. 



PSALMS. David imploreth God's mercy. 



be broken : but the Lord upholdeth 
the righteous. 

18 The Lord knoweth the days 
of the upright : and their inherit- 
ance shall be for ever. 
. 19 They shall not be ashamed in 
the evil time: and in the days of 
famine they shall be satisfied. 

20 But the wicked shall perish, and 
the enemies of the Lord shall be as 
the fat of lambs : they shall consume; 
into smoke shall they consume away. 

21 The wicked borroweth, and 
payeth not again : but the righteous 
sheweth mercy, and giveth. 

22 For such as be blessed of him 
shall inherit the earth ; and they that 
be cursed of him shall be cut off. 

23 The steps of a good man are 
ordered by the Lord: and he de- 
lighteth in his way. 

24 Though he fall, he shall not be 
utterly cast down : for the Lord up- 
holdeth him with his hand. 

25 I have been young, and now am 
old ; yet have I not seen the righteous 
forsaken, nor his seed begging bread. 

26 He is ever merciful, and lend- 
eth; and his seed is blessed. 

27 Depart from evil, and do good ; 
and dwell for evermore. 

28 For the Lord loveth judgment, 
and forsaketh not his saints ; they 
are preserved for ever: but the seed 
of the wicked shall be cut off. 

29 The righteous shall inherit the 
land, and dwell therein for ever. 

30 The mouth of the righteous 
speaketh wisdom, and his tongue 
talketh of judgment. 

31 The law of his God is in his 
heart ; none of his steps shall slide. 

32 The wicked watcheth the right- 
eous, and seeketh to slay him. 

33 The Lord will not leave him 
in his hand, nor condemn him when 
he is judged. 

34 Wait on the Lord, and keep 
his way, and he shall exalt thee to 
inherit the land : when the wicked 
are cut off, thou shalt see it. 

35 I have seen the wicked in great 



power, and spreading himself like a 
green bay tree. 

36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, 
he was not : yea, I sought him, but 
he could not be found. 

37 Mark the perfect man, and be- 
hold the upright : for the end of that 
man is peace. 

38 But the transgressors shall be 
destroyed together: the end of the 
wicked shall be cut off. 

39 But the salvation of the right- 
eous is of the Lord : he is their strength 
in the time of trouble. 

40 And the Lord shall help them, 
and deliver them: he shall deliver 
them from the wicked, and save 
them, because they trust in him. 

PSALM XXXVIII. 

David moveth God to take compassion of his pitifid case. 

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 

OLORD, rebuke me not in thy 
wrath: neither chasten me in 
thy hot displeasure. 

2 For thine arrows stick fast in 
me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 

3 There is no soundness in my flesh 
because of thine anger; neither is 
there any rest in my bones because 
of my sin. 

4 For mine iniquities are gone over 
mine head : as a heavy burden they 
are too heavy for me. 

5 My wounds stink and are cor- 
rupt because of my foolishness. 

6 I am troubled ; I am bowed down 
greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 

7 For my loins are filled with a 
loathsome disease: and there is no 
soundness in my flesh. 

8 I am feeble and sore broken : I 
have roared by reason of the disquiet- 
ness of my heart. 

9 Lord, all my desire is before thee ; 
and my groaning is not hid from thee. 

10 My heart panteth, my strength 
faileth me : as for the light of mine 
eyes, it also is gone from me. 

11 My lovers and my friends stand 
aloof from my sore ; and my kinsmen 
stand afar off. 

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PSALMS. 



vanity of life. 



12 They also that seek after my life 
lay snares for me; and they that seek 
my hurt speak mischievous things, and 
imagine deceits all the day long. 

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not ; 
and i" was as a dumb man that open- 
eth not his mouth. 

14 Thus I was as a man that hear- 
eth not, and in whose mouth are no 
reproofs. 

15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope : 
thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 

16 For I said, Hear me, lest other- 
wise they should rejoice over me: 
when my foot slippeth, they mag- 
nify themselves against me. 

17 For I am ready to halt, and my 
sorrow is continually before me. 

18 For I will declare mine iniquity; 
I will be sorry for my sin. 

19 But mine enemies are lively, 
and they are strong : and they that 
hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 

20 They also that render evil for 
good are mine adversaries ; because 
I follow the thing that good is. 

21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O 
my God, be not far from me. 

22 Make haste to help me, O 
Lord my salvation. 

PSALM XXXIX. 

1 David's care of his thoughts. 4 The consideration of 
the brevity arid vanity of life, 7 the reverence of God's 
judgments, \0 and prayer, are his bridles of impatiency. 

To the chief Musician, even to Jeduthun, 
A Psalm of David. 

I SAID, I will take heed to my 
ways, that I sin not with my 
tongue : I will keep my mouth with a 
bridle, while the wicked is before me. 

2 I was dumb with silence, I held 
my peace, even from good; and my 
sorrow was stirred. 

3 My heart was hot within me; 
while I was musing the fire burned : 
then spake I with my tongue, 

4 Lord, make me to know mine 
end, and the measure of my days, what 
it is ; that I may know how frail I am. 

5 Behold, thou hast made my days 
as a handbreadth; and mine age is 
as nothing before thee : verily every 

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man at his best state is altogether 
vanity. Selah. 

6 Surely every man walketh in a 
vain shew : surely they are disquiet- 
ed in vain : he heapeth up riches, and 
knoweth not who shall gather them, 

7 And now, Lord, what wait I for.' 
my hope is in thee. 

8 Deliver me from all my trans- 
gressions : make me not the reproach 
of the foolish. 

9 I was dumb, I opened not my 
mouth ; because thou didst it. 

10 Remove thy stroke away from 
me : I am consumed by the blow of 
thine hand. 

11 When thou with rebukes dost 
correct man for iniquity, thou mak- 
est his beauty to consume away like 
a moth : surely every man is vanity. 
Selah. 

12 Hear my prayer, O Lord, and 
give ear unto my cry ; hold not thy 
peace at my tears : for I am a stran- 
ger with thee, and a sojourner, as all 
my fathers were. 

13 spare me, that I may recover 
strength, before I go hence, and be 
no more. 

PSALM XL. 

1 The benefit of confidence in God. 6 Obedience is the 
best sacrifice. 11 The sense of David's evils infiameth 
his prayer. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

I WAITED patiently for the Lord; 
and he inclined unto me, and 
heard my cry. 

2 He brought me up also out of 
a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, 
and set my feet upon a rock, and 
established my goings. 

3 And he hath put a new song in 
my mouth, even praise unto our God : 
many shall see it, and fear, and shall 
trust in the Lord. 

4 Blessed is that man that maketh 
the Lord his trust, and respecteth not 
the proud, nor such as turn aside to 
lies. 

5 Many, O Lord my God, are thy 
wonderful works which thou hast 
done, and thy thoughts which are to 



Obedience the best sacrifice. PSALMS. 



God's care of the poor. 



us- ward: they cannot be reckoned 
up in order unto thee : if I would 
declare and speak of them, they are 
more than can he numbered. 

6 Sacrifice and offering thou didst 
not desire ; mine ears hast thou open- 
ed: burnt offering and sin offering 
hast thou not required. 

7 Then said I, Lo, I come : in the 
volume of the book it is written of me, 

8 I delight to do thy will, O my 
God: yea, thy law is within my 
heart. 

9 I have preached righteousness 
in the great congregation : lo, I have 
not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou 
knowest. 

10 I have not hid thy righteous- 
ness within my heart; I have de- 
clared thy faithfulness and thy sal- 
vation : I have not concealed thy 
lovingkindness and thy truth from 
the great congregation. 

11 Withhold not thou thy tender 
mercies from me, O Lord: let thy 
lovingkindness and thy truth con- 
tinually preserve me. 

12 For innumerable evils have com- 
passed me about: mine iniquities 
have taken hold upon me, so that I 
am not able to look up; they are 
more than the hairs of mine head: 
therefore my heart faileth me. 

13 Be pleased, O Lord, to deliver 
me : O Lord, make haste to help 
me. 

14 Let them be ashamed and con- 
founded together that seek after my 
soul to destroy it ; let them be driven 
backward and put to shame that 
wish me evil. 

15 Let them be desolate for a re- 
ward of their shame that say unto 
me, Aha, aha. 

16 Let all those that seek thee 
rejoice and be glad in thee : let such 
as love thy salvation say continually, 
The Lord be magnified. 

17 But I am poor and needy; yet 
the Lord thinketh upon me: thou 
art my help and my deliverer ; make 
no tarrying, O my God. 

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PSALM XLI. 

1 God's care of the poor. 4 David complaineth of his 
enemies' treachery. 10 Hejteeth to God for succour. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

BLESSED is he that considereth 
the poor : the Lord will deliver 
him in time of trouble. 

2 The Lord will preserve him, 
and keep him alive; and he shall 
be blessed upon the earth : and thou 
wilt not deliver him unto the will of 
his enemies. 

3 The Lord will strengthen him 
upon the bed of languishing: thou 
wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 

4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto 
me : heal my soul ; for I have sinned 
against thee. 

5 Mine enemies speak evil of me, 
When shall he die, and his name 
perish ? 

6 And if he come to see me, he 
speaketh vanity: his heart gather- 
eth iniquity to itself ; when he goeth 
abroad, he telleth it. 

7 All that hate me whisper toge- 
ther against me : against me do they 
devise my hurt. 

8 An evil disease, say they, cleav- 
eth fast unto him : and now that he 
lieth he shall rise up no more. 

9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, 
in whom I trusted, which did eat of 
my bread, hath lifted up his heel 
against me. 

10 But thou, O Lord, be merciful 
unto me, and raise me up, that I 
may requite them. 

1 1 By this I know that thou favour- 
est me, because mine enemy doth not 
triumph over me. 

12 And as for me, thou upholdest 
me in mine integrity, and settest me 
before thy face for ever. 

13 Blessed be the Lord God of 
Israel from everlasting, and to ever- 
lasting. Amen, and Amen. 

PSALM XLII. 

1 David's zeal to serve God in the temple. 5 He encour- 
ageth his soul to trust in Godl 

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the 

sons of Korah. 

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David's zeal to serve God. 



PSALMS. 



The church! s complaint. 



AS the hart panteth after the wa- 
. ter brooks, so panteth my soul 
after thee, O God. 

2 My soul thirsteth for God, for the 
living God : when shall I come and 
appear before God ? 

3 My tears have been my meat day 
and night, while they continually say 
unto me, Where is thy God ? 

4 When I remember these things, 
I pour out my soul in me : for I had 
gone with the multitude, I went with 
them to the house of God, with the 
voice of joy and praise, with a multi- 
tude that kept holyday. 

5 Why art thou cast down, O my 
soul? and why art thou disquieted 
in me? hope thou in God: for I 
shall yet praise him for the help of 
his countenance. 

6 O my God, my soul is cast down 
within me : therefore will I remem- 
ber thee from the land of Jordan, 
and of the Hermonites, from the hill 
Mizar. 

7 Deep calleth unto deep at the 
noise of thy waterspouts : all thy waves 
and thy billows are gone over me. 

8 Yet the Lord will command his 
lovingkindness in the daytime, and in 
the night his song shall be with me, and 
my prayer unto the God of my life. 

9 I will say unto God my rock, 
Why hast thou forgotten me? why 
go I mourning because of the oppress- 
ion of the enemy ? 

10 is with a sword in my bones, 
mine enemies reproach me ; while they 
say daily unto me, Where is thy God ? 

11 Why art thou cast down, O my 
soul? and why art thou disquieted 
within me ? hope thou in God : for I 
shall yet praise him, who is the health 
of my countenance, and my God. 

PSALM XLIII. 

1 David, praying to be restored to the temple, promiseth 
to serve God joyfully. 5 He encourageth his soul to 
trust in God. 

JUDGE me, O God, and plead my 
cause against an ungodly nation : 
O deliver me from the deceitful and 
unjust man. 

2 For thou art the God of my 
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strength : why dost thou cast me off? 
why go I mourning because of the 
oppression of the enemy? 

3 O send out thy light and thy 
truth : let them lead me ; let them 
bring me unto thy holy hill, and to 
thy tabernacles. 

4 Then will I go unto the altar of 
God, unto God my exceeding joy : 
yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, 
O God my God. 

5 Why art thou cast down, O my 
soul? and why art thou disquieted 
within me ? hope in God : for I shall 
yet praise him, who is the health of 
my countenance, and my God. 

PSALM XLIY. 

1 The church, in memory of former favours, 7 complain- 
eth of their present evils. 17 Professing her integrity , 
23 she fervently prayeth for succour. 

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, 
Maschil. 

WE have heard with our ears, 
O God, our fathers have told 
us, what work thou didst in their 
days, in the times of old. 

2 How thou didst drive out the 
heathen with thy hand, and plantedst 
them; how thou didst afflict the peo- 
ple, and cast them out. 

3 For they got not the land in pos- 
session by their own sword, neither 
did their own arm save them: but 
thy right hand, and thine arm, and 
the light of thy countenance, because 
thou hadst a favour unto them. 

4 Thou art my King, O God : com- 
mand deliverances for Jacob. 

5 Through thee will we push down 
our enemies : through thy name will 
we tread them under that rise up 
against us. 

6 For I will not trust in my bow, 
neither shall my sword save me. 

7 But thou hast saved us from our 
enemies, and hast put them to shame 
that hated us. 

8 In God we boast all the day long, 
and praise thy name for ever. Selah. 

9 But thou hast cast off, and put us 
to shame ; and goest not forth with 
our armies. 

10 Thou makest us to turn back 



She prayeth for succour. 



PSALMS. Majesty of Christ } s kingdom. 



from the enemy: and they which 
hate us spoil for themselves. 

11 Thou hast given us like sheep 
appointed for meat ; and hast scatter- 
ed us among the heathen. 

12 Thou sellest thy people for 
nought, and dost not increase thy 
wealth by their price. 

13 Thou makest us a reproach to 
our neighbours, a scorn and a derision 
to them that are round about us. 

14 Thou makest us a byword 
among the heathen, a shaking of the 
head among the people. 

15 My confusion is continually be- 
fore me, and the shame of my face 
hath covered me, 

16 For the voice of him that re- 
proacheth and blasphemeth; by rea- 
son of the enemy and avenger. 

17 All this is come upon us; yet 
have we not forgotten thee, neither 
have we dealt falsely in thy covenant. 

18 Our heart is not turned back, 
neither have our steps declined from 
thy way; 

19 Though thou hast sore broken 
us in the place of dragons, and co- 
vered us with the shadow of death. 

20 If we have forgotten the name 
of our God, or stretched out our hands 
to a strange god; 

21 Shall not God search this out? 
for heknoweth the secrets of the heart. 

22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed 
all the day long; we are counted as 
sheep for the slaughter. 

23 Awake, why sleepest thou, O 
Lord ? arise, cast us not off for ever. 

24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, 
and forgettest our affliction and our 
oppression? 

25 For our soul is bowed down to 
the dust : our belly cleaveth unto the 
earth. 

26 Arise for our help, and redeem 
us for thy mercies' sake. 

PSALM XLV. 

1 The majesty and grace of Christ's kingdom. 10 The 
duty of the church, and the benefits thereof. 

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, 
for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song 
of loves. 



MY heart is inditing a good mat- 
ter: I speak of the things which 
I have made touching the King: my 
tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 

2 Thou art fairer than the children 
of men : grace is poured into thy lips : 
therefore God hath blessed thee for 
ever. 

3 Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, 
O most Mighty, with thy glory and 
thy majesty. 

4 And in thy majesty ride prosper- 
ously, because of truth and meekness 
and righteousness ; and thy right hand 
shall teach thee terrible things. 

5 Thine arrows are sharp in the 
heart of the King's enemies ; whereby 
the people fall under thee. 

6 Thy throne, O God, is for ever 
and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom 
is a right sceptre. 

7 Thou lovest righteousness, and 
hatest wickedness: therefore God, 
thy God, hath anointed thee with 
the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

8 All thy garments smell of myrrh, 
and aloes, and cassia, out of the ivory 
palaces, whereby they have made 
thee glad. 

9 Kings' daughters were among 
thy honourable women: upon thy 
right hand did stand the queen in 
gold of Ophir. 

10 Hearken, O daughter, and con- 
sider, and incline thine ear; forget 
also thine own people, and thy fa- 
ther's house ; 

11 So shall the King greatly desire 
thy beauty : for he is thy Lord ; and 
worship thou him. 

12 And the daughter of Tyre shall 
be there with a gift ; even the rich 
among the people shall entreat thy 
favour. 

13 The King's daughter is all 
glorious within: her clothing is of 
wrought gold. 

14 She shall be brought unto the 
King in raiment of needlework : the 
virgins her companions that follow 
her shall be brought unto thee. 

15 "With gladness and rejoicing 

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PSALMS. 



Privileges of the church. 



shall they' be brought: they shall 
enter into the King's palace. 

16 Instead of thy fathers shall be 
thy children, whom thou mayest 
make princes in all the earth. 

17 I will make thy name to be re- 
membered in all generations: there- 
fore shall the people praise thee for 
ever and ever. 

PSALM XLYL 

1 The confidence which the church hath in God. 8 An 
exhortation to behold it. 

To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, 
A Song upon Alamoth. 

GOD is our refuge and strength, 
a very present help in trouble. 

2 Therefore will not we fear, though 
the earth be removed, and though 
the mountains be carried into the 
midst of the sea ; 

3 Though the waters thereof roar 
and be troubled, though the mount- 
ains shake with the swelling thereof. 
Selah. 

4 There is a river, the streams 
whereof shall make glad the city of 
God, the holy place of the tabernacles 
of the Most High. 

5 God is in the midst of her ; she 
shall not be moved : God shall help 
her, and that right early. 

6 The heathen raged, the king- 
doms were moved : he uttered his 
voice, the earth melted. 

7 The Lord of hosts is with us ; the 
God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 

8 Come, behold the works of the 
Lord, what desolations he hath made 
in the earth. 

9 He maketh wars to cease unto 
the end of the earth ; he breaketh the 
bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder ; 
he burnetii the chariot in the fire. 

10 Be still, and know that I am God : 
1 will be exalted among the heathen, 
I will be exalted in the earth. 

1 1 The Lord of hosts is with us ; the 
God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. 

PSALM XLVII. 

The nations are exhorted cheerfully to entertain the king- 
dom of Christ. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the 

sons of Korah. 

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OCLAP your hands, all ye peo- 
ple; shout unto God with the 
voice of triumph. 

2 For the Lord most high is terrible ; 
he is a great King over all the earth. 

3 He shall subdue the people under 
us, and the nations under our feet. 

4 He shall choose our inheritance 
for us, the excellency of Jacob whom 
he loved. Selah. 

5 God is gone up with a shout, the 
Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises : 
sing praises unto our King, sing 
praises. 

7 For God is the King of all the 
earth: sing ye praises with under- 
standing. 

8 God reigneth over the heathen : 
God sitteth upon the throne of his 
holiness. 

9 The princes of the people are 
gathered together, even the people 
of the God of Abraham : for the 
shields of the earth belong unto God : 
he is greatly exalted. 

PSALM XLVIII. 

The ornaments and privileges of the church. 

A Song and Psalm for the sons of Korah. 

GREAT is the Lord, and greatly 
to be praised in the city of our 
God, in the mountain of his holiness. 

2 Beautiful for situation, the joy of 
the whole earth, is mount Zion, on 
the sides of the north, the city of the 
great King. 

3 God is known in her palaces for 
a refuge. 

4 For, lo, the kings were assem- 
bled, they passed by together. 

5 They saw it, and so they mar- 
velled ; they were troubled, and hast- 
ed away. 

6 Fear took hold upon them there, 
and pain, as of a woman in travail. 

7 Thou breakest the ships of Tar- 
shish with an east wind. 

8 As we have heard, so have we 
seen in the city of the Lord of hosts, 
in the city of our God : God will 
establish it for ever. Selah. 

9 We have thought of thy loving- 



The vanity of 



PSALMS. 



trusting in riches. 



kindness, O God, in the midst of 
thy temple. 

10 According to thy name, O God, 
so is thy praise unto the ends of the 
earth : thy right hand is full of 
righteousness. 

11 Let mount Zion rejoice, let the 
daughters of Judah he glad, because 
of thy judgments. 

12 Walk about Zion, and go round 
about her : tell the towers thereof. 

13 Mark ye well her bulwarks, 
consider her palaces ; that ye may 
tell it to the generation following. 

14 For this God is our God for 
ever and ever : he will be our guide 
even unto death. 

PSALM XLIX. 

1 An earnest persuasion to build the faith of resurrec- 
tion, not on worldly power, but on God. 16 Worldly 
prosperity is not to be admired. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the 
sons of Korah. 

HEAR, this, all ye people ; give ear, 
all ye inhabitants of the world : 

2 Both low and high, rich and poor, 
together. 

3 My mouth shall speak of wisdom; 
and the meditation of my heart shall 
be of understanding. 

4 I will incline mine ear to a pa- 
rable: I will open my dark saying 
upon the harp. 

5 "Wherefore should I fear in the 
days of evil, when the iniquity of my 
heels shall compass me about ? 

6 They that trust in their wealth, 
and boast themselves in the multi- 
tude of their riches ; 

7 None of them can by any means 
redeem his brother, nor give to God 
a ransom for him : 

8 (For the redemption of their soul 
is precious, and it ceaseth for ever:) 

9 That he should still live for ever, 
and not see corruption. 

10 For he seeth that wise men die, 
likewise the fool and the brutish per- 
son perish, and leave their wealth to 
others. 

11 Their inward thought is, that 
their houses shall continue for ever, 



and their dwellingplaces to all gene- 
rations; they call their lands after 
their own names. 

12 Nevertheless man being in ho- 
nour abideth not: he is like the 
beasts that perish. 

13 This their way is their folly: yet 
their posterity approve their sayings. 
Selah. 

14 Like sheep they are laid in the 
grave ; death shall feed on them ; and 
the upright shall have dominion over 
them in the morning ; and their beau- 
ty shall consume in the grave from 
their dwelling. 

15 But God will redeem my soul 
from the power of the grave : for he 
shall receive me. Selah. 

16 Be not thou afraid when one is 
made rich, when the glory of his 
house is increased ; 

17 For when he dieth he shall car- 
ry nothing away : his glory shall not 
descend after him. 

18 Though while he lived he bless- 
ed his soul, (and men will praise thee, 
when thou doest well to thyself,) 

19 He shall go to the generation of 
his fathers ; they shall never see light. 

20 Man that is in honour, and un- 
derstandeth not, is like the' beasts 
that perish. 

PSALM L. 

1 The majesty of God in the church. 5 His order to 
gather saints. 7 The pleasure of God is not in cere- 
monies, 14 but in sincerity of obedience. 

A Psalm of Asaph. 

THE mighty God, even the Lord, 
hath spoken, and called the earth 
from the rising of the sun unto the 
going down thereof. 

2 Out of Zion, the perfection of 
beauty, God hath shined. 

3 Our God shall come, and shall 
not keep silence : a fire shall devour 
before him, and it shall be very tem- 
pestuous round about him. 

4 He shall call to the heavens from 
above, and to the earth, that, he may 
judge his people. 

5 Gather my saints together unto 
me ; those that have made a cove- 
nant with me by sacrifice. 

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The majesty of God. 



PSALMS. 



David confesseth his sins. 



6 And the heavens shall declare 
his righteousness : for God is judge 
himself. Selah. 

7 Hear, O my people, and I will 
speak; O Israel, and I will testify 
against thee: I am God, even thy 
God. 

8 I will not reprove thee for thy 
sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to 
have been continually before me. 

9 I will take no bullock out of thy 
house, nor he goats out of thy folds : 

10 For every beast of the forest is 
mine, and the cattle upon a thou- 
sand hills. 

11 I know all the fowls of the 
mountains : and the wild beasts of 
the field are mine. 

12 If I were hungry, I would not 
tell thee : for the world is mine, and 
the fulness thereof. 

13 Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or 
drink the blood of goats ? 

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving; 
and pay thy vows unto the Most High: 

15 And call upon me in the day 
of trouble : I will deliver thee, and 
thou shalt glorify me. 

16 But unto the wicked God saith, 
What hast thou to do to declare my 
statutes, or that thou shouldest take 
my covenant in thy mouth ? 

17 Seeing thou hatest instruction, 
and castest my words behind thee. 

18 When thou sawest a thief, then 
thou consentedst with him, and hast 
been partaker with adulterers. 

19 Thou givest thy mouth to evil, 
and thy tongue frameth deceit. 

2 Thou sittest and speakest against 
thy brother; thou slanderest thine 
own mother's son. 

21 These things hast thou done, 
and I kept silence ; thou thoughtest 
that I was altogether such a one as 
thyself: but I will reprove thee, and 
set them in order before thine eyes. 

22 Now consider this, ye that for- 
get God, lest I tear you in pieces, 
and there be none to deliver. 

23 Whoso offereth praise glorifieth 
me: and to him that ordereth his 

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conversation aright will I shew the 
salvation of God. 

PSALM LI. 

1 David prayeth for remission of sins, whereof he maketh 
a deep confession. 6 He prayeth for sanctification. 
16 God delighteth not in sacrifice, but in sincerity. 
18 He prayeth for the church. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, 
when Nathan the prophet came unto him, 
after he had gone in to Bath-sheha. 

HAVE mercy upon me, O God, 
according to thy lovingkind- 
ness: according unto the multitude 
of thy tender mercies blot out my 
transgressions. 

2 Wash me thoroughly from mine 
iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. 

3 For I acknowledge my transgress- 
ions : and my sin is ever before me. 

4 Against thee, thee only, have I 
sinned, and done this evil in thy 
sight: that thou mightest be jus- 
tified when thou speakest, and be 
clear when thou judgest. 

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity ; 
and in sin did my mother conceive me. 

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the 
inward parts : and in the hidden part 
thou shalt make me to know wisdom . 

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I 
shall be clean: wash me, and I shall 
be whiter than snow. 

8 Make me to hear joy and glad- 
ness ; that the bones which thou hast 
broken may rejoice. 

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and 
blot out all mine iniquities. 

10 Create in me a clean heart, O 
God ; and renew a right spirit within 
me. 

11 Cast me not away from thy 
presence ; and take not thy Holy 
Spirit from me. 

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy 
salvation; and uphold me with thy 
free Spirit. 

13 Then will I teach transgressors 
thy ways ; and sinners shall be con- 
verted unto thee. 

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, 
O God, thou God of my salvation: 
and my tongue shall sing aloud of 
thy righteousness. 



God delight eth in sincerity. PSALMS. 



Corruption of mankind. 



15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and 
my month shall shew forth thy praise. 

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; 
else would I give it: thou delightest 
not in hurnt offering. 

17 The sacrifices of God are a bro- 
ken spirit: a broken and a contrite 
heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. 

18 Do good in thy good pleasure 
unto Zion: build thou the walls of 
Jerusalem. 

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with 
the sacrifices of righteousness, with 
burnt offering and whole burnt offer- 
ing : then shall they offer bullocks 
upon thine altar. 

PSALM LII. 

1 David, condemning the spitefulness of Doeg, prophesi- 
eth his destruction. 6 The righteous shall rejoice at it. 
8 David', upon his confidence in God's mercy, giveth 
thanks. 

To the chief Musician, Maschil, A Psalm 
of David, when Doeg the Edomite came 
and told Saul, and said unto him, David 
is come to the house of Ahimelech. 

WHY boastest thou thyself in 
mischief, O mighty man ? the 
goodness of God endureth continually. 

2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs ; 
like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 

3 Thou lovest evil more than good ; 
and lying rather than to speak right- 
eousness. Selah. 

4 Thou lovest all devouring words, 
O thou deceitful tongue. 

5 God shall likewise destroy thee 
for ever, he shall take thee away, and 
pluck thee out of thy dwellingplace, 
and root thee out of the land of the 
living. Selah. 

6 The righteous also shall see, and 
fear, and shall laugh at him : 

7 Lo, this is the man that made not 
God his strength ; but trusted in the 
abundance of his riches, and strength- 
ened himself in his wickedness. 

8 But I am like a green olive tree 
in the house of God : I trust in the 
mercy of God for ever and ever. 

9 I will praise thee for ever, because 
thou hast done it : and I will wait on 
thy name; for it is good before thy 
saints. 



PSALM LIU. 

1 David describeth the corruption of a natural man. 4 
He convinceth the wicked by the light of their own con- 
science. 6 He glorieth in the salvation of God. 

To the chief Musician upon Mahalath, 
Maschil, A Psalm of David. 

THE fool hath said in his heart, 
There is no God. Corrupt are 
they, and have done abominable ini- 
quity : there is none that doeth good. 

2 God looked down from heaven 
upon the children of men, to see if 
there were any that did understand, 
that did seek God. 

3 Every one of them is gone back : 
they are altogether become filthy; 
there is none that doeth good, no, 
not one. 

4 Have the workers of iniquity no 
knowledge ? who eat up my people 
as they eat bread: they have not 
called upon God. 

5 There were they in great fear, 
where no fear was : for God hath 
scattered the bones of him that en- 
campeth against thee : thou hast put 
them to shame, because God hath 
despised them. 

6 Oh that the salvation of Israel 
were come out of Zion! When God 
bringeth back the captivity of his 
people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel 
shall be glad. 

PSALM LIV. 

1 David, complaining of the Ziphim, prayeth for salva- 
tion. 4 Upon his confidence in God's help he promiseth 
sacrifice. 

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Mas- 
chil, A Psalm of David, when the Ziphim 
came and said to Saul, Doth not David 
hide himself with us ? 

SAVE me, O God, by thy name, 
and judge me by thy strength. 

2 Hear my prayer, O God; give 
ear to the words of my mouth. 

3 For strangers are risen up against 
me, and oppressors seek after my soul : 
they have not set God before them. 
Selah. 

4 Behold, God is mine helper : the 
Lord is with them that uphold my 
soul. 

5 He shall reward evil unto mine 
enemies : cut them off in thy truth. 

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David complaineth 



PSALMS. 



of his enemies. 



6 I will freely sacrifice unto thee : 
I will praise thy name, O Lord ; for 
it is good. 

7 For he hath delivered me out of 
all trouble : and mine eye hath seen 
his desire upon mine enemies. 

PSALM LV. 

1 David in his prayer complaineth of his fearful case. 
9 He prayeth against his enemies, of whose wickedness 
and treachery he complaineth. 16 He comforteth him- 
self in God's preservation of him, and confusion of 
his enemies. 

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, Maschil, 
A Psalm of David. 

GIVE ear to my prayer, O God; 
and hide not thyself from my 
supplication. 

2 Attend unto me, and hear me : I 
mourn in my complaint, and make a 
noise ; 

3 Because of the voice of the ene- 
my, because of the oppression of the 
wicked : for they cast iniquity upon 
me, and in wrath they hate me. 

4 My heart is sore pained within 
me : and the terrors of death are fall- 
en upon me. 

5 Fearfulness and trembling are 
come upon me, and horror hath over- 
whelmed me. 

6 And I said, Oh that I had wings 
like a dove ! for then would I fly 
away, and be at rest. 

7 Lo, then would I wander far off, 
and remain in the wilderness. Selah. 

8 I would hasten my escape from 
the windy storm and tempest. 

9 Destroy, O Lord, and divide 
their tongues : for I have seen vio- 
lence and strife in the city. 

10 Day and night they go about 
it upon the walls thereof: mischief 
also and sorrow are in the midst of it. 

11 Wickedness is in the midst 
thereof: deceit and guile depart not 
from her streets. 

12 For it was not an enemy that 
reproached me; then I could have 
borne it : neither was it he that hated 
me that did magnify himself against 
me ; then I would have hid myself 
from him : 

13 But it was thou, a man mine 

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equal, my guide, and mine acquaint- 
ance. 

14 We took sweet counsel together, 
and walked unto the house of God in 
company. 

15 Let death seize upon them, and 
let them go down quick into hell : 
for wickedness is in their dwellings, 
and among them. 

16 As for me, I will call upon God ; 
and the Lord shall save me. 

17 Evening, and morning, and at 
noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: 
and he shall hear my voice. 

18 He hath delivered my soul in 
peace from the battle that was against 
me : for there were many with me. 

19 God shall hear, and afflict them, 
even he that abideth of old. Selah. 
Because they have no changes, there- 
fore they fear not God. 

20 He hath put forth his hands 
against such as be at peace with 
him : he hath broken his covenant. 

21 The words of his mouth were 
smoother than butter, but war was in 
his heart : his words were softer than 
oil, yet were they drawn swords. 

22 Cast thy burden upon the 
Lord, and he shall sustain thee : he 
shall never suffer the righteous to be 
moved. 

23 But thou, O God, shalt bring 
them down into the pit of destruc- 
tion : bloody and deceitful men shall 
not live out half their days ; but I 
will trust in thee. 

PSALM LVI. 

1 David, praying to God in confidence of his word, com- 
plaineth of his enemies. 9 He professeth his confi- 
dence in God's word, and promiseth to praise him. 

To the chief Musician upon Jonath-elem- 
rechokim, Michtam of David, when the 
Philistines took him in Grath. 

BE merciful unto me, O God : for 
man would swallow me up ; he 
fighting daily oppresseth me. 

2 Mine enemies would daily swal- 
low me up: for they be many that 
fight against me, O thou Most High. 

3 What time I am afraid, I will 
trust in thee. 



Confidence in God's word. PSALMS. 



Wicked judges reproved. 



4 In God I will praise his word, in 
God I have put my trust ; I will not 
fear what flesh can do unto me. 

5 Every day they wrest my words : 
all their thoughts are against me for 
evil. 

6 They gather themselves together, 
they hide themselves, they mark my 
steps, when they wait for my soul. 

7 Shall they escape by iniquity ? 
in thine anger cast down the people, 

God. 

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: 
put thou my tears into thy bottle: 
are they not in thy book ? . 

9 When I cry unto thee, then shall 
mine enemies turn back: this. I 
know ; for God is for me. 

10 In God will I praise his word : 
in the Lord will I praise his word. 

1 1 In God have I put my trust : I will 
not be afraid what man can do unto me. 

12 Thy vows are upon me, O God: 

1 will render praises unto thee. 

13 For thou hast delivered my soul 
from death : wilt not thou deliver my 
feet from falling, that I may walk be- 
fore God in the light of the living ? 

PSALM LYII. 

1 David in prayer fleeing unto God complaineth of his 
dangerous case. 7 He encourageth himself to praise 
God. 

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Mich- 
tam of David, when he fled from Saul 
in the cave. 

BE merciful unto me, O God, be 
merciful unto me, for my soul 
trusteth in thee : yea, in the shadow 
of thy wings will I make my refuge, 
until these calamities be overpast. 

2 I will cry unto God most high ; 
unto God that performeth all things 
for me. 

3 He shall send from heaven, and 
save me from the reproach of him 
that would swallow me up. Selah. 
God shall send forth his mercy and 
his truth. 

4 My soul is among lions : and I 
lie even among them that are set on 
fire, even the sons of men, whose 
teeth are spears and arrows, and 
their tongue a sharp sword. 



5 Be thou exalted, O God, above 
the heavens ; let thy glory be above 
all the earth. 

6 They have prepared a net for my 
steps ; my soul is bowed down : they 
have digged a pit before me, into the 
midst whereof they are fallen them- 
selves. Selah. 

7 My heart is fixed, O God, my heart 
is fixed : I will sing and give praise. 

8 Awake up, my glory; awake, 
psaltery and harp: I myself will 
awake early. 

9 I will praise thee, O Lord, among 
the people: I will sing unto thee 
among the nations. 

10 For thy mercy is great unto the 
heavens, and thy truth unto the clouds. 

11 Be thou exalted, O God, above 
the heavens: let thy glory be above 
all the earth. 

PSALM LVIII. 

1 David reproveth wicked judges, 3 descriheth the nature 
of the wicked, 6 devoteth them to God 's judgments, 10 
whereat the righteous shall rejoice. 

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Mich- 
tam of David. 

DO ye indeed speak righteous- 
ness, O congregation? do ye 
judge uprightly, O ye sons of men ? 

2 Yea, in heart ye work wicked- 
ness ; ye weigh the violence of your 
hands in the earth. 

3 The wicked are estranged from 
the womb : they go astray as soon 
as they be born, speaking lies. 

4 Their poison is like the poison 
of a serpent: they are like the deaf 
adder that stoppeth her ear ; 

5 Which will not hearken to the 
voice of charmers, charming never so 
wisely. 

6 Break their teeth, O God, in 
their mouth: break out the great 
teeth of the young lions, O Lord. 

7 Let them melt away as waters 
which run continually: when he 
bendeth his bow to shoot his arrows, 
let them be as cut in pieces. 

8 As a snail which melteth, let 
every one of them pass away: like 
the untimely birth of a woman, that 
they may not see the sun. 

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David prayeth 



PSALMS. 



for deliverance. 



9 Before your pots can feel the 
thorns, he shall take them away as 
with a whirlwind, both living, and 
in his wrath. 

10 The righteous shall rejoice when 
he seeth the vengeance : he shall wash 
his feet in the blood of the wicked. 

11 So that a man shall say, Yerily 
there is a reward for the righteous : 
verily he is a God that judgeth in 
the earth. 

PSALM LIX. 

1 David prayeth to be delivered from, his enemies. 6 He 
complaineth of their cruelty. 8 He trusteth in God. 
11 He prayeth against them. 16 He praiseth God. 

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, Mich- 
tam of David ; when Saul sent, and they 
watched the house to kill him. 

DELIVER me from mine ene- 
mies, O my God: defend me 
from them that rise up against me. 

2 Deliver me from the workers of ini- 
quity, and save me from bloody men. 

3 For, lo, they lie in wait for 
my soul : the mighty are gathered 
against me ; not for my transgress- 
ion, nor for my sin, O Lord. 

4 They run and prepare themselves 
without my fault : awake to help me, 
and behold. 

5 Thou therefore, O Lord God of 
hosts, the God of Israel, awake to 
visit all the heathen : be not merciful 
to any wicked transgressors. Selah. 

6 They return at evening: they 
make a noise like a dog, and go 
round about the city. 

7 Behold, they belch out with their 
mouth : swords are in their lips : for 
who, say they, doth hear ? 

8 But thou, O Lord, shalt laugh 
at them; thou shalt have all the 
heathen in derision. 

9 Because of 'his strength will I wait 
upon thee : for God is my defence. 

10 The God of my mercy shall 
prevent me : God shall let me see 
my desire upon mine enemies. 

11 Slay them not, lest my people 
forget: scatter them by thy power; 
and bring them down, O Lord our 
shield. 

12 For the sin of their mouth and 

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the words of their lips let them even 
be taken in their pride : and for 
cursing and lying which they speak. 

13 Consume them in wrath, consume 
them, that they may not be : and let 
them know that God ruleth in Jacob 
unto the ends of the earth. Selah. 

14 And at evening let them re- 
turn ; and let them make a noise lik^ 
a dog, and go round about the city. 

15 Let them wander up and down 
for meat, and grudge if they be not 
satisfied. 

16 But I will sing of thy power; 
yea, I will sing aloud of thy mercy 
in the morning: for thou hast been 
my defence and refuge in the day of 
my trouble. 

17 Unto thee, O my strength, will 
I sing : for God is my defence, and 
the God of my mercy. 

PSALM LX. 

1 David, complaining to God of former judgment, 4 
now, upon better hope, prayeth for deliverance. 6 
Comforting himself in God's promises, he craveth that 
help whereon he trusteth. 

To the chief Musician upon Shushan- 
eduth, Michtam of David, to teach ; when 
he strove with Aram-naharaim and with 
Aram-zobah, when Joab returned, and 
smote of Edom in the valley of salt twelve 
thousand. 

OGOD, thou hast cast us off, thou 
hast scattered us, thou hast been 
displeased ; O turn thyself to us again . 

2 Thou hast made the earth to 
tremble; thou hast broken it: heal 
the breaches thereof; for it shaketh. 

3 Thou hast shewed thy people 
hard things : thou hast made us to 
drink the wine of astonishment. 

4 Thou hast given a banner to them 
that fear thee, that it may be dis- 
played because of the truth. Selah. 

5 That thy beloved may be deli- 
vered ; save with thy right hand, 
and hear me. 

6 God hath spoken in his holiness ; 
I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, 
and mete out the valley of Succoth. 

7 Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is 
mine; Ephraim also is the strength 
of mine head ; Judah is my lawgiver; 



His trust in God's promises. PSALMS. 



David thirsteth for God. 



8 Moab is my washpot ; over Edom 
will I cast out my shoe: Philistia, 
triumph thou because of me. 

9 Who will bring me into the strong 
city? who will lead me into Edom? 

10 Wilt not thou, O God, which 
hadst cast us off? and thou, O God, 
which didst not go out with our ar- 
mies? 

11 Give us help from trouble: for 
vain is the help of man. 

12 Through God we shall do va- 
liantly: for he it is that shall tread 
down our enemies. 

PSALM LXI. 

1 David fleeih to God upon his former experience. 4 
He voweth perpetual service unto him, because of 7iis 
promises. 

To the chief Musician upon Neginah, A 
Psalm of David. 

HEAR my cry, O God; attend 
unto my prayer. 

2 From the end of the earth will I 
cry unto thee, when my heart is over- 
whelmed : lead me to the rock that 
is higher than I. 

3 For thou hast been a shelter for 
me, and a strong tower from the ene- 
my. 

4 I will abide in thy tabernacle for 
ever : I will trust in the covert of thy 
wings. Selah. 

5 For thou, O God, hast heard my 
vows : thou hast given me the heri- 
tage of those that fear thy name. 

6 Thou wilt prolong the king's life : 
and his years as many generations. 

7 He shall abide before God for 
ever: O prepare mercy and truth, 
which may preserve him. 

8 So will I sing praise unto thy 
name for ever, that I may daily per- 
form my vows. 

PSALM LXH. 

1 David professing his confidence in God discourageth 
his enemies. 5 In the same confidence he encourageth 
the godly. 9 No trust is to be put in worldly things. 
11 Power and mercy belong to God. 

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A 
Psalm of David. 

TRULY my soul waiteth upon 
God : from him cometh my sal- 
vation. 



2 He only is my rock and my sal- 
vation; he is my defence; I shall 
not be greatly moved. 

3 How long will ye imagine mis- 
chief against a man? ye shall be 
slain all of you: as a bowing wall 
shall ye he, and as a tottering fence. 

4 They only consult to cast him 
down from his excellency : they de- 
light in lies: they bless with their 
mouth, but they curse inwardly. Selah . 

5 My soul, wait thou only upon 
God; for my expectation is from him. 

6 He only is my rock and my sal- 
vation : he is my defence ; I shall 
not be moved. 

7 In God is my salvation and my 
glory : the rock of my strength, and 
my refuge, is in God. 

8 Trust in him at all times; ye 
people, pour out your heart before 
him : God is a refuge for us. Selah. 

9 Surely men of low degree are 
vanity, and men of high degree are 
a lie : to be laid in the balance, they 
are altogether lighter than vanity. 

10 Trust not in oppression, and be- 
come not vain in robbery : if riches 
increase, set not your heart upon them. 

11 God hath spoken once; twice 
have I heard this; that power be- 
longeth unto God. 

12 Also unto thee, O Lord, be- 
longeth mercy : for thou renderest to 
every man according to his work. 

PSALM LXIII. 

1 David's thirst for God. 4 His manner of blessing God. 
9 His confidence of his enemies' destruction, and hit 
own safety. 

A Psalm of David, when he was in the 
wilderness of Judah. 

OGOD, thou art my God; early 
will I seek thee : my soul thirst- 
eth for thee, my flesh longeth for 
thee in a dry and thirsty land, where 
no water is ; 

2 To see thy power and thy glory, so 
as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. 

3 Because thy lovingkindness is 
better than life, my lips shall praise 
thee. 

4 Thus will I bless thee while I live : 
I will lift up my hands in thy name. 

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David prayeth for deliverance. PSALMS. Blessedness of God's chosen. 



5 My soul shall be satisfied as with 
marrow and fatness ; and my mouth 
shall praise thee with joyful lips: 

6 When I remember thee upon 
my bed, and meditate on thee in the 
night watches. 

7 Because thou hast been my help, 
therefore in the shadow of thy wings 
will I rejoice. 

8 My soul followeth hard after thee: 
thy right hand upholdeth me. 

9 But those that seek my soul, to 
destroy it, shall go into the lower 
parts of the earth. 

10 They shall fall by the sword: 
they shall be a portion for foxes. 

11 But the king shall rejoice in 
God; every one that sweareth by 
him shall glory: but the mouth of 
them that speak lies shall be stopped. 

PSALM LXIY. 

1 David prayeth for deliverance, complaining of his en- 
emies. 1 He promiseth himself to see such an evident 
destruction of his enemies, as the righteous shall re- 
joice at it. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

HEAR my voice, O God, in my 
prayer: preserve my life from 
fear of the enemy. 

2 Hide me from the secret counsel 
of the wicked ; from the insurrection 
of the workers of iniquity : 

3 Who whet their tongue like a 
sword, and bend their bows to shoot 
their arrows, even bitter words : 

4 That they may shoot in secret at 
the perfect: suddenly do they shoot 
at him, and fear not. 

5 They encourage themselves in an 
evil matter: they commune of laying 
snares privily; they say, Who shall 
see them? 

6 They search out iniquities ; they 
accomplish a diligent search: both 
the inward thought of every one of 
them, and the heart, is deep. 

7 But God shall shoot at them 
with an arrow ; suddenly shall they 
be wounded. 

8 So they shall make their own 
tongue to fall upon themselves: all 
that see them shall flee away. 

9 And all men shall fear, and 

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shall declare the work of God; for 
they shall wisely consider of his doing. 
10 The righteous shall be glad 
in the Lord, and shall trust in him ; 
and all the upright in heart shall 
glory. 

PSALM LXV. 

I David praiseth God for his grace. 4 The blessedness 
of God's chosen by reason of benefits. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm and Song 
of David. 

PRAISE waiteth for thee, O God, 
in Zion: and unto thee shall the 
vow be performed. 

2 O thou that nearest prayer, unto 
thee shall all flesh come. 

3 Iniquities prevail against me: 
as for our transgressions, thou shalt 
purge them away. 

4 Blessed is the man whom thou 
choosest, and causest to approach 
unto thee, that he may dwell in thy 
courts: we shall be satisfied with 
the goodness of thy house, even of 
thy holy temple. 

5 By terrible things in righteous- 
ness wilt thou answer us, O God of 
our salvation ; wiho art the confidence 
of all the ends of the earth, and of 
them that are afar off upon the sea : 

6 Which by his strength setteth 
fast the mountains ; being girded with 
power : 

7 Which stilleth the noise of the 
seas, the noise of their waves, and the 
tumult of the people. 

8 They also that dwell in the utter- 
most parts are afraid at thy tokens: 
thou makest the outgoings of the 
morning and evening to rejoice. 

9 Thpu visitest the earth, and wa- 
terest it: thou greatly enrichest it 
with the river of God, which is full 
of water : thou preparest them corn, 
when thou hast so provided for it. 

10 Thou waterest the ridges thereof 
abundantly: thou settlest the furrows 
thereof: thou makest it soffc with 
showers: thou blessest the springing 
thereof. 

1 1 Thou crownest the year with thy 
goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. 

12 They drop upon the pastures of 



David exhorteth to praise God. PSALMS. Prayer for God's kingdom. 



the wilderness: and the little hills 
rejoice on every side. 

13 The pastures are clothed with 
flocks; the valleys also are covered 
over with corn; they shout for joy, 
they also sing. 

PSALM LXVI. 

1 David exhorteth to praise God, 5 to observe his great 
works, 8 to bless him for his gracious benefits. 12 He 
voweth fw himself religious service to God. 16 He 
declareth God's special goodness to himself. 

To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. 

MAKE a joyful noise unto God, 
all ye lands : 

2 Sing forth the honour of his 
name : make his praise glorious. 

3 Say unto God, How terrible art 
thou in thy works ! through the great- 
ness of thy power shall thine enemies 
submit themselves unto thee. 

4 All the earth shall worship thee, 
and shall sing unto thee ; they shall 
sing to thy name. Selah. 

5 Come and see the works of God: 
he is terrible in his doing toward the 
children of men. 

6 He turned the sea into dry land: 
they went through the flood on foot : 
there did we rejoice in him. 

7 He ruleth by his power for ever ; 
his eyes behold the nations : let not 
the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah. 

8 O bless our God, ye people, and 
make the voice of his praise to be heard : 

9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and 
suffereth not our feet to be moved. 

10 For thou, O God, hast proved us : 
thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 

11 Thou broughtest us into the net; 
thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 

12 Thou hast caused men to ride 
over our heads ; we went through fire 
and through water : but thou brought- 
est us out into a wealthy place. 

131 will go into thy house with burnt 
offerings : I will pay thee my vows, 

14 Which my lips have uttered, 
and my mouth hath spoken, when I 
was in trouble. 

15 I will offer unto thee burnt sa- 
crifices of fatlings, with the incense 
of rams : I will offer bullocks with 
goats. Selah. 



16 Come and hear, all ye that 
fear God, and I will declare what he 
hath done for my soul. 

1 7 I cried unto him with my mouth, 
and he was extolled with my tongue. 

18 If I regard iniquity in my heart, 
the Lord will not hear me : 

19 But verily God hath heard me ; 
he hath attended to the voice of my 
prayer. 

20 Blessed be God, which hath 
not turned away my prayer, nor his 
mercy from me. 

PSALM LXYII. 

1 A prayer for the enlargement of God's kingdom, 3 
to the joy of the people, 6 and the increase of God's 
blessings. 

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A 
Psalm or Song. 

GOD be merciful unto us, and 
bless us ; and cause his face to 
shine upon us ; Selah: 

2 That thy way may be known 
upon earth, thy saving health among 
all nations. 

3 Let the people praise thee, O 
God ; let all the people praise thee. 

4 O let the nations be glad and 
sing for joy : for thou shalt judge the 
people righteously, and govern the 
nations upon earth. Selah. 

5 Let the people praise thee, O 
God ; let all the people praise thee. 

6 Then shall the earth yield her 
increase ; and God, even our own 
God, shall bless us. 

7 God shall bless us ; and all the 
ends of the earth shall fear him. 

PSALM LXVIII. 

1 A prayer at the removing of the ark. 4 An exhorta- 
tion to praise God for his mercies, 7 for his care of 
the church, 19 for his great works. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song 
of David. 

LET God arise, let his enemies 
be scattered : let them also that 
hate him flee before him. 

2 As smoke is driven away, so drive 
them away: as wax melteth before 
the fire, so let the wicked perish at 
the presence of God. 

3 But let the righteous be glad ; 
let them rejoice before God : yea, 
let them exceedingly rejoice. 

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Exhortation to praise 



PSALMS. 



God for his mercies. 



4 Sing unto God, sing praises to 
his name: extol him that rideth 
upon the heavens by his name JAH, 
and rejoice before him. 

5 A father of the fatherless, and a 
judge of the widows, is God in his 
holy habitation. 

6 God setteth the solitary in fa- 
milies : he bringeth out those which 
are bound with chains : but the re- 
bellious dwell in a dry land. 

7 O God, when thou wentest 
forth before thy people, when thou 
didst march through the wilder- 
ness ; Selah : 

8 The earth shook, the heavens also 
dropped at the presence of God: 
even Sinai itself was moved at the 
presence of God, the God of Israel. 

9 Thou, O God, didst send a plen- 
tiful rain, whereby thou didst confirm 
thine inheritance, when it was weary. 

10 Thy congregation hath dwelt 
therein : thou, O God, hast prepared 
of thy goodness for the poor. 

11 The Lord gave the word : great 
was the company of those that pub- 
lished it. 

12 Kings of armies did flee apace: 
and she that tarried at home divided 
the spoil. 

13 Though ye have lain among the 
pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a 
dove covered with silver, and her fea- 
thers with yellow gold. 

14 When the Almighty scattered 
kings in it, it was white as snow in 
Salmon. 

15 The hill of God is as the hill 
of Bashan ; a high hill as the hill of 
Bashan. 

16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? 
this is the hill which God desireth to 
dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell 
in it for ever. 

17 The chariots of God are twenty 
thousand, even thousands of angels: 
the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, 
in the holy place. 

18 Thou hast ascended on high, 
thou hast led captivity captive : thou 
hast received gifts for men ; yea, for J 

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the rebellious also, that the Lord God 
might dwell among them. 

19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily 
loadeth us with benefits, even the God 
of our salvation. Selah. 

20 He that is our God is the God 
of salvation ; and unto God the Lord 
belong the issues from death. 

21 But God shall wound the head 
of his enemies, and the hairy scalp 
of such a one as goeth on still in 
his trespasses. 

22 The Lord said, I will bring again 
from Bashan, I will bring my people 
again from the depths of the sea : 

23 That thy foot may be dipped in 
the blood of thine enemies, and the 
tongue of thy dogs in the same. 

24 They have seen thy goings, O 
God ; even the goings of my God, my 
King, in the sanctuary. 

25 The singers went before, the 
players on instruments followed after; 
among them were the damsels play- 
ing with timbrels. 

26 Bless ye God in the congrega- 
tions, even the Lord, from the fount- 
ain of Israel. 

27 There is little Benjamin with 
their ruler, the princes of Judah and 
their council, the princes of Zebulun, 
and the princes of Naphtali. 

28 Thy God hath commanded thy 
strength: strengthen, O God, that 
which thou hast wrought for us. 

29 Because of thy temple at Jeru- 
salem shall kings bring presents unto 
thee. 

30 Rebuke the company of spear- 
men, the multitude of the bulls, with 
the calves of the people, till every one 
submit himself with pieces of silver : 
scatter thou the people that delight 
in war. 

31 Princes shall come out of Egypt ; 
Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her 
hands unto God. 

32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of 
the earth; O sing praises unto the 
Lord ; Selah : 

33 To him that rideth upon the 
heavens of heavens, which were of 



David prayeth 



PSALMS. 



for deliverance. 



old ; lo, he doth send out his voice, 
and that a mighty voice. 

34 Ascribe ye strength unto God : 
his excellency is over Israel, and his 
strength is in the clouds. 

35 O God, thou art terrible out of 
thy holy places : the God of Israel is 
he that giveth strength and power 
unto his people. Blessed be God. 

1 PSALM LXIX. 

1 David complaineth of his affliction. 13 He prayeth 
for deliverance. 22 He devoteth his enemies to de- 
struction. 30 He praiseth God with thanksgiving. 

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, 
A Psalm of David. 

SAVE me, O God ; for the waters 
are come in unto my soul. 

2 I sink in deep mire, where there 
is no standing : I am come into deep 
waters, where the floods overflow me. 

3 I am weary of my crying: my 
throat is dried : mine eyes fail while 
I wait for my God. 

4 They that hate me without a 
cause are more than the hairs of 
mine head : they that would destroy 
me, being mine enemies wrongfully, 
are mighty: then I restored that 
which I took not away. 

5 O God, thou knowest my foolish- 
ness; and my sins are not hid from 
thee. 

6 Let not them that wait on thee, 
O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for 
my sake : let not those that seek thee 
be confounded for my sake, O God of 
Israel. 

7 Because for thy sake I have 
borne reproach; shame hath covered 
my face. 

8 I am become a stranger unto my 
brethren, and an alien unto my mo- 
ther's children. 

9 For the zeal of thine house hath 
eaten me up ; and the reproaches of 
them that reproached thee are fallen 
upon me. 

10 When I wept, and chastened 
my soul with fasting, that was to my 
reproach. 

11 I made sackcloth also my gar- 
ment: and I became a proverb to 
them. 



12 They that sit in the gate speak 
against me; and I was the song of 
the drunkards. 

13 But as for me, my prayer is 
unto thee, O Lord, in an acceptable 
time: O God, in the multitude of 
thy mercy hear me, in the truth of 
thy salvation. 

14 Deliver me out of the mire, and 
let me not sink : let me be delivered 
from them that hate me, and out of 
the deep waters. 

15 Let not the waterflood overflow 
me, neither let the deep swallow me 
up, and let not the pit shut her mouth 
upon me. 

16 Hear me, O Lord; for thy 
lovingkindness is good: turn unto 
me according to the multitude of 
thy tender mercies. 

17 And hide not thy face from thy 
servant; for I am in trouble: hear 
me speedily. 

18 Draw nigh unto my soul, and 
redeem it: deliver me because of 
mine enemies. 

19 Thou hast known my reproach, 
and my shame, and my dishonour: 
mine adversaries are all before thee. 

20 Reproach hath broken my heart ; 
and I am full of heaviness: and I 
looked for some to take pity, but 
there was none ; and for comforters, 
but I found none. 

21 They gave me also gall for my 
meat; and in my thirst they gave 
me vinegar to drink. 

22 Let their table become a snare 
before them : and that which should 
have been for their welfare, let it be- 
come a trap. 

23 Let their eyes be darkened, that 
they see not; and make their loins 
continually to shake. 

24 Pour out thine indignation upon 
them, and let thy wrathful anger 
take hold of them. 

25 Let their habitation be desolate ; 
and let none dwell in their tents. 

26 For they persecute him whom 
thou hast smitten ; and they talk to the 
grief of those whom thou hast wounded . 

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Complaint in affliction. 



PSALMS. David pray eth for deliverance. 



2 7 Add iniquity unto their iniquity : 
and let them not come into thy right- 
eousness. 

28 Let them be blotted out of the 
book of the living, and not be writ- 
ten with the righteous. 

29 But I am poor and sorrowful : 
let thy salvation, O God, set me up 
on high. 

30 I will praise the name of God 
with a song, and will magnify him 
with thanksgiving. 

31 This also shall please the Lord 
better than an ox or bullock that hath 
horns and hoofs. 

32 The humble shall see this, and 
be glad: and your heart shall live 
that seek God. 

33 For the Lord heareth the poor, 
and despiseth not his prisoners. 

34 Let the heaven and earth praise 
him, the seas, and every thing that 
moveth therein. 

35 For God will save Zion, and 
will build the cities of Judah: that 
they may dwell there, and have it in 
possession. 

36 The seed also of his servants 
shall inherit it: and they that love 
his name shall dwell therein. 

PSALM LXX. 

David soliciteth God to the speedy destruction of the 
wicked, and preservation of the godly. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, 
to bring to remembrance. 
ly/TAKE haste, O God, to deliver 
*JfJL me; make haste to help me, 
O Lord. 

2 Let them be ashamed and con- 
founded that seek after my soul: let 
them be turned backward, and put 
to confusion, that desire my hurt. 

3 Let them be turned back for a re- 
ward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. 

4 Let all those that seek thee re- 
joice and be glad in thee: and let 
such as love thy salvation say con- 
tinually, Let God be magnified. 

5 But I am poor and needy ; make 
haste unto me, O God: thou art my 
help and my deliverer; O Lord, 
make no tarrying. 

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PSALM LXXL 

1 David, in confidence of faith, and experience of God's 
favour, prayeth both for himself and against the en- 
emies of his soul. 14 He promiseth constancy. 17 
He prayeth for perseverance. 19 He praiseth God, 
and promiseth to do it cheerfully. 

IN thee, O Lord, do I put my trust : 
let me never be put to confusion. 

2 Deliver me in thy righteousness, 
and cause me to escape : incline thine 
ear unto me, and save me. 

3 Be thou my strong habitation, 
whereunto I may continually resort : 
thou hast given commandment to 
save me ; for thou art my rock and 
my fortress. 

4 Deliver me, O my God, out of the 
hand of the wicked, out of the hand 
of the unrighteous and cruel man. 

5 For thou art my hope, O Lord 
God: thou art my trust from my 
youth. 

6 By thee have I been holden up 
from the womb : thou art he that took 
me out of my mother's bowels : my 
praise shall be continually of thee. 

7 I am as a wonder unto many ; 
but thou art my strong refuge. 

8 Let my mouth be rilled with thy 
praise and with thy honour all the day. 

9 Cast me not off in the time of 
old age ; forsake me not when my 
strength faileth. 

10 For mine enemies speak against 
me ; and they that lay wait for my 
soul take counsel together, 

11 Saying, God hath forsaken him : 
persecute and take him ; for there u 
none to deliver him. 

12 God, be not far from me : O 
my God, make haste for my help. 

13 Let them be confounded and 
consumed that are adversaries to my 
soul ; let them be covered with re- 
proach and dishonour that seek my 
hurt. 

14 But I will hope continually, and 
will yet praise thee more and more. 

15 My mouth shall shew forth thy 
righteousness and thy salvation all 
the day ; for I know not the numbers 
thereof. 

16 I will go in the strength of the 



David praiseth God. 



PSALMS. 



His prayer for Solomon. 



Lord God : I will make mention of 
thy righteousness, even of thine only. 

17 O God, thou hast taught me 
from my youth : and hitherto have I 
declared thy wondrous works. 

18 Now also when I am old and 
grayheaded, O God, forsake me not ; 
until I have shewed thy strength 
unto this generation, and thy power 
to every one that is to come. 

19 Thy righteousness also, O God, is 
very high, who hast done great things : 
O God, who is like unto thee ! 

20 Thou, which hast shewed me 
great and sore troubles, shalt quicken 
me again, and shalt bring me up again 
from the depths of the earth. 

21 Thou shalt increase my great- 
ness, and comfort me on every side. 

22 I will also praise thee with the 
psaltery, even thy truth, O my God: 
unto thee will I sing with the harp, 
O thou Holy One of Israel. 

23 My lips shall greatly rejoice 
when I sing unto thee ; and my soul, 
which thou hast redeemed. 

24 My tongue also shall talk of thy 
righteousness all the day long: for 
they are confounded, for they are 
brought unto shame, that seek my 
hurt. 

PSALM LXXIL 

1 David, praying for Solomon, sheioeth the goodness and 
glory of his, in type, and in truth, of Christ's king- 
dom. 18 He blesseth God. 

A Psalm for Solomon. 

GIVE the king thy judgments, O 
God, and thy righteousness unto 
the king's son. 

2 He shall judge thy people with 
righteousness, and thy poor with 
judgment. 

3 The mountains shall bring peace 
to the people, and the little hills, by 
righteousness. 

4 He shall judge the poor of the 
people, he shall save the children of 
the needy, and shall break in pieces 
the oppressor. 

5 They shall fear thee as long as 
the sun and moon endure, throughout 
all generations. 

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6 He shall come down like rain 
upon the mown grass: as showers 
that water the earth. 

7 In his days shall the righteous 
flourish ; and abundance of peace so 
long as the moon endureth. 

8 He shall have dominion also from 
sea to sea, and from the river unto 
the ends of the earth. 

9 They that dwell in the wilder- 
ness shall bow before him; and his 
enemies shall lick the dust. 

10 The kings of Tarshish and ol 
the isles shall bring presents : the 
kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer 
gifts. 

11 Yea, all kings shall fall down be- 
fore him : all nations shall serve him. 

12 For he shall deliver the needy 
when he crieth; the poor also, and 
him that hath no helper. 

13 He shall spare the poor and 
needy, and shall save the souls of the 
needy. 

14 He shall redeem their soul from 
deceit and violence: and precious 
shall their blood be in his sight. 

15 And he shall live, and to him 
shall be given of the gold of Sheba : 
prayer also shall be made for him 
continually; and daily shall he be 
praised. 

16 There shall be a handful of 
corn in the earth upon the top of the 
mountains; the fruit thereof shall 
shake like Lebanon : and they; of the 
city shall nourish like grass of the 
earth. 

17 His name shall endure for ever : 
his name shall be continued as long 
as the sun : and men shall be blessed 
in him: all nations shall call him 
blessed. 

18 Blessed be the Lord God, the 
God of Israel, who only doeth won- 
drous things. 

19 And blessed be his glorious 
name for ever : and let the whole 
earth be filled with his glory.. Amen, 
and Amen. 

20 The prayers of David the son of 
Jesse are ended. 

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The prosperity of the wicked. PSALMS. 



The righteous sustained. 



PSALM LXXIII. 

1 The prophet, prevailing in a temptation, 2 sheweth the 
occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked. 13 The 
wound given thereby, diffidence. 15 The victory over 
it, knowledge of God's purpose, in destroying of the 
wicked, and, sustaining the righteous. 

A Psalm of Asaph. 

TRULY God is good to Israel, even 
to such as are of a clean heart. 

2 But as for me, my feet were al- 
most gone ; my steps had well nigh 
slipped. 

3 For I was envious at the foolish, 
when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 

4 For there are no bands in their 
death : but their strength is firm. 

5 They are not in trouble as other 
men ; neither are they plagued like 
other men. 

6 Therefore pride compasseth them 
about as a chain; violence covereth 
them as a garment. 

7 Their eyes standout with fatness : 
they have more than heart could wish. 

8 They are corrupt, and speak 
wickedly concerning oppression : they 
speak loftily. 

9 They set their mouth against the 
heavens, and their tongue walketh 
through the earth. 

10 Therefore his people return hi- 
ther: and waters of a full cup are 
wrung out to them. 

11 And they say, How doth God 
know? and is there knowledge in 
the Most High ? 

12 Behold, these are the ungodly, 
who prosper in the world; they in- 
crease in riches. 

13 Verily I have cleansed my heart 
in vain, and washed my hands in in- 
nocency. 

14 For all the day long have I been 
plagued, and chastened every morn- 
ing. 

15 If I say, I will speak thus; be- 
hold, I should offend against the ge- 
neration of thy children. 

1 6 When I thought to know this, 
it was too painful for me ; 

17 Until I went into the sanctuary 
of God ; then understood I their end. 

18 Surely thou didst set them in 

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slippery places: thou castedst them 
down into destruction. 

19 How are they brought into de- 
solation, as in a moment! they are 
utterly consumed with terrors. 

20 As a dream when one awak- 
eth; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, 
thou shalt despise their image. 

21 Thus my heart was grieved, 
and I was pricked in my reins. 

22 So foolish was I, and ignorant: 
I was as a beast before thee. 

23 Nevertheless I am continually 
with thee : thou hast holden me by 
my right hand. 

24 Thou shalt guide me with thy 
counsel, and afterward receive me to 
glory. 

25 Whom have I in heaven but 
thee? and there is none upon earth 
that I desire besides thee. 

26 My flesh and my heart faileth: 
but God is the strength of my heart, 
and my portion for ever. 

27 For, lo, they that are far from 
thee shall perish : thou hast destroyed 
all them that go a whoring from thee 

28 But it is good for me to draw 
near to God : I have put my trust in 
the Lord God, that I may declare all 
thy works. 

PSALM LXXIY. 

1 The prophet complaineth of the desolation of the sanc- 
tuary. 10 He moveth God to help in consideration of 
his power, IS of Jiis reproachful enemies, of his chil- 
dren and of his covenant. 

Maschil of Asaph. 

OGOD, why hast thou cast us off 
for ever? why doth thine an- 
ger smoke against the sheep of thy 
pasture ? 

2 Remember thy congregation, 
which thou hast purchased of old ; 
the rod of thine inheritance, which 
thou hast redeemed ; this mount Zion, 
wherein thou hast dwelt. 

3 Lift up thy feet unto the perpe- 
tual desolations; even all that the 
enemy hath done wickedly in the 
sanctuary. 

4 Thine enemies roar in the midst 
of thy congregations; they set up 
their ensigns for signs. 



Desolation of the sanctuary. PSALMS. David rebuketh the proud. 



5 A man was famous according as 
he had lifted up axes upon the thick 
trees. 

6 But now they hreak down the 
carved work thereof at once with 
axes and hammers. 

7 They have cast fire into thy 
sanctuary, they have defiled by cast- 
ing down the dwellingplace of thy 
name to the ground. 

8 They said in their hearts, Let us 
destroy them together: they have 
burned up all the synagogues of God 
in the land. 

9 We see not our signs : there is no 
more any prophet : neither is there 
among us any that knoweth how long. 

10 O God, how long shall the ad- 
versary reproach? shall the enemy 
blaspheme thy name for ever ? 

11 "Why withdrawest thou thy 
hand, even thy right hand ? pluck it 
out of thy bosom. 

12 For God is my King of old, work- 
ing salvation in the midst of the earth. 

13 Thou didst divide the sea by 
thy strength : thou brakest the heads 
of the dragons in the waters. 

14 Thou brakest the heads of le- 
viathan in pieces, and gavest him to 
be meat to the people inhabiting the 
wilderness. 

15 Thou didst cleave the fountain 
and the flood : thou driedst up mighty 
rivers. 

16 The day is thine, the night also 
is thine: thou hast prepared the 
light and the sun. 

17 Thou hast set all the borders of 
the earth: thou hast made summer 
and winter. 

18 Remember this, that the enemy 
hath reproached, O Lord, and that 
the foolish people have blasphemed 
thy name. 

19 O deliver not the soul of thy 
turtledove unto the multitude of the 
wicked: forget not the congregation 
of thy poor for ever. 

20 Have respect unto the cove- 
nant: for the dark places of the earth 
are full of the habitations of cruelty. 



21 O let not the oppressed return 
ashamed: let the poor and needy 
praise thy name. 

22 Arise, O God, plead thine own 
cause : remember how the foolish 
man reproacheth thee daily. 

23 Forget not the voice of thine 
enemies: the tumult of those that 
rise up against thee increaseth con- 
tinually. 

PSALM LXXV. 

1 The prophet praiseth God. 2 He promiseth to judge 
uprightly. 4 He rebuketh the proud by consideration 
of Gods providence. 9 He praiseth God, and prom- 
iseth to execute justice. 

To the chief Musician, Al-taschith, A 
Psalm or Song of Asaph. 

UNTO thee, O God, do we give 
thanks, unto thee do we give 
thanks: for that thy name is near 
thy wondrous works declare. 

2 When I shall receive the con- 
gregation I will judge uprightly. 

3 The earth and all the inhabitants 
thereof are dissolved : I bear up the 
pillars of it. Selah. 

4 I said unto the fools, Deal not 
foolishly: and to the wicked, Lift 
not up the horn : 

5 Lift not up your horn on high: 
speak not with a stiff neck. 

6 For promotion cometh neither 
from the east, nor from the west, 
nor from the south. 

7 But God is the judge : he putteth 
down one, and setteth up another. 

8 For in the hand of the Lord 
there is a cup, and the wine is red ; 
it is full of mixture ; and he poureth 
out of the same : but the dregs there- 
of, all the wicked of the earth shall 
wring them out, and drink than. 

9 But I will declare for ever ; I will 
sing praises to the God of Jacob. 

10 All the horns of the wicked also 
will I cut off; but the horns of the 
righteous shall be exalted. 

PSALM LXXVL 

1 A declaration of God's majesty in the churclu 11 A n 
exhortation to serve him reverently. 

To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A 
Psalm or Song of Asaph. 

IN Judah is God known : his name 
is great in Israel. 
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God's majesty in the church, PSALMS. 



Gods great works. 



2 In Salem also is his tabernacle, 
and his dwellingplace in Zion. 

3 There brake he the arrows of 
the bow, the shield, and the sword, 
and the battle. Selah. 

4 Thou art more glorious and ex- 
cellent than the. mountains of prey. 

5 The stouthearted are spoiled, they 
have slept their sleep : and none of 
the men of might have found their 
hands. 

6 At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob, 
both the chariot and horse are cast 
into a dead sleep. 

7 Thou, even thou, art to be feared : 
and who may stand in thy sight 
when once thou art angry ? 

8 Thou didst cause judgment to 
be heard from heaven; the earth 
feared, and was still, 

9 When God arose to judgment, to 
save all the meek of the earth. Selah. 

10 Surely the wrath of man shall 
praise thee : the remainder of wrath 
shalt thou restrain. 

11 Vow, and pay unto the Lord 
your God: let all that be round 
about him bring presents unto him 
that ought to be feared. 

12 He shall cut off the spirit of 
princes: he is terrible to the kings 
of the earth. 

PSALM LXXYII. 

1 Tlxe psalmist sheweth what fierce combat he had with 
diffidence. 10 The victory which he had by considera- 
tion of God's great and gracious works. 

To the chief Musician, to Jeduthun, A 
Psalm of Asaph. 

I CRIED unto God with my voice, 
even unto God with my voice; 
and he gave ear unto me. 

2 In the day of my trouble I sought 
the Lord : my sore ran in the night, 
and ceased not: my soul refused to 
be comforted. 

3 I remembered God, and was 
troubled : I complained, and my 
spirit was overwhelmed. Selah. 

4 Thou holdest mine eyes waking : 
I am so troubled that I cannot speak. 

5 I have considered the days of 
old, the years of ancient times. 

G I call to remembrance my song 
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in the night : I commune with mine 
own heart : and my spirit made dili- 
gent search. 

7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? 
and will he be favourable no more ? 

8 Is his mercy clean gone for ever? 
doth his promise fail for evermore? 

9 Hath God forgotten to be gra- 
cious ? hath he in anger shut up his 
tender mercies ? Selah. 

10 And I said, This is my infirm- 
ity: but I will remember the years 
of the right hand of the Most High. 

11 I will remember the works of 
the Lord: surely I will remember 
thy wonders of old. 

12 I will meditate also of all thy 
work, and talk of thy doings. 

13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanc- 
tuary : who is so great a God as our 
God? 

14 Thou art the God that doest 
wonders : thou hast declared thy 
strength among the people. 

15 Thou hast with thine arm re- 
deemed thy people, the sons of Ja- 
cob and Joseph. Selah. 

16 The waters saw thee, O God, 
the waters saw thee ; they were afraid : 
the depths also were troubled. 

17 The clouds poured out water: 
the skies sent out a sound: thine 
arrows also went abroad. 

18 The voice of thy thunder was 
in the heaven: the lightnings light- 
ened the world : the earth trembled 
and shook. 

19 Thy way is in the sea, and thy 
path in the great waters, and thy 
footsteps are not known. 

20 Thou leddest thy people like a 
flock by the hand of Moses and Aaron. 

PSALM LXXVIII. 

1 An exhortation both to learn and to preach the law of 
God. 9 The story of God's wrath against the incredu- 
lous and disobedient. 67 The Israelites being rejected, 
God chose Judah, Zion, and David. 

Maschil of Asaph. 

GIVE ear, O my people, to my 
law : incline your ears to the 
words of my mouth. 

2 I will open my mouth in a para- 
ble: I will utter dark sayings of old : 



God's wrath against the 



PSALMS. 



incredulous and disobedient. 



3 Which we have heard and known, 
and our fathers have told us. 

4 We will not hide them from their 
children, shewing to the generation 
to come the praises of the Lord, 
and his strength, and his wonderful 
works that he hath done. 

5 For he established a testimony 
in Jacob, and appointed a law in 
Israel, which he commanded our fa- 
thers, that they should make them 
known to their children : 

6 That the generation to come 
might know them, even the children 
ivhich should be born; who should 
arise and declare them to their chil- 
dren : 

7 That they might set their hope 
in God, and not forget the works of 
God, but keep his commandments : 

8 And might not be as their fa- 
thers, a stubborn and rebellious ge- 
neration; a generation that set not 
their heart aright, and whose spirit 
was not steadfast with God. 

9 The children of Ephraim, being 
armed, and carrying bows, turned 
back in the day of battle. 

10 They kept not the covenant of 
God, and refused to walk in his law ; 

11 And forgat his works, and his 
wonders that he had shewed them. 

12 Marvellous things did he in the 
sight of their fathers, in the land of 
Egypt, in the field of Zoan. 

13 He divided the sea, and caused 
them to pass through ; and he made 
the waters to stand as a heap. 

14 Li the daytime also he led them 
with a cloud, and all the night with 
a light of fire. 

15 He clave the rocks in the wil- 
derness, and gave them drink as out 
of the great depths. 

16 He brought streams also out of 
the rock, and caused waters to run 
down like rivers. 

1 7 And they sinned yet more against 
him by provoking the Most High in 
the wilderness. 

18 And they tempted God in their 
heart by asking meat for their lust. 



19 Yea, they spake against God; 
they said, Can God furnish a table 
in the wilderness? 

20 Behold, he smote the rock, that 
the waters gushed out, and the 
streams overflowed; can he give 
bread also ? can he provide flesh 
for his people ? 

21 Therefore the Lord heard this, 
and was wroth : so a fire was kindled 
against Jacob, and anger also came 
up against Israel ; 

22 Because they believed not in 
God, and trusted not in his salvation : 

23 Though he had commanded the 
clouds from above, and opened the 
doors of heaven, 

24 And had rained down manna 
upon them to eat, and had given 
them of the corn of heaven. 

25 Man did eat angels' food: he 
sent them meat to the full. 

26 He caused an east wind to blow 
in the heaven: and by his power he 
brought in the south wind. 

27 He rained flesh also upon them 
as dust, and feathered fowls like as 
the sand of the sea : 

28 And he let it fall in the midst 
of their camp, round about their ha- 
bitations. 

29 So they did eat, and were well 
filled : for he gave them their own 
desire ; 

30 They were not estranged from 
their lust : but while their meat was 
yet in their mouths, 

31 The wrath of God came upon 
them, and slew the fattest of them, and 
smote down the chosen men of Israel. 

32 For all this they sinned still, and 
believed not for his wondrous works. 

33 Therefore their days did he 
consume in vanity, and their years 
in trouble. 

34 When he slew them, then they 
sought him: and they returned and 
inquired early after God. 

35 And they remembered that God 
was their Bock, and the high God 
their Redeemer. 

36 Nevertheless they did flatter 

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God's wrath against the 



PSALMS. 



incredulous and disobedient. 



him with their mouth, and they lied 
unto him with their tongues. 

37 For their heart was not right 
with him, neither were they steadfast 
in his covenant. 

38 But he, being full of compas- 
sion, forgave their iniquity, and de- 
stroyed them not : yea, many a time 
turned he his anger away, and did 
not stir up all his wrath. 

39 For he remembered that they 
tvere but flesh; a wind that passeth 
away, and cometh not again. 

40 How oft did they provoke him 
in the wilderness, and grieve him in 
the desert ! 

41 Yea, they turned back and 
tempted God, and limited the Holy 
One of Israel. 

42 They remembered not his hand, 
nor the day when he delivered them 
from the enemy: 

43 How he had wrought his signs 
in Egypt, and his wonders in the 
field of Zoan : 

44 And had turned their rivers in- 
to blood ; and their floods, that they 
could not drink. 

45 He sent divers sorts of flies 
among them, which devoured them; 
and frogs, which destroyed them. 

46 He gave also their increase un- 
to the caterpillar, and their labour 
unto the locust. 

4 7 He destroyed their vines with hail, 
and their sycamore trees with frost. 

48- He gave up their cattle also to 
the hail, and their flocks to hot 
thunderbolts. 

49 He cast upon them the fierce- 
ness of his anger, wrath, and indig- 
nation, and trouble, by sending evil 
angels among them. 

50 He made a way to his anger; he 
spared not their soul from death, but 
gave their life over to the pestilence ; 

51 And smote all the firstborn in 
Egypt ; the chief of their strength in 
the tabernacles of Ham : 

52 But made his own people to go 
forth like sheep, and guided them 
in the wilderness like a flock. 

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53 And he led them on safely, so 
that they feared not: but the sea 
overwhelmed their enemies. 

54 And he brought them to the 
border of his sanctuary, even to this 
mountain, ivhich his right hand had 
purchased. 

55 He cast out the heathen also 
before them, and divided them an 
inheritance by line, and made the 
tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents. 

56 Yet they tempted and provoked 
the most high God, and kept not his 
testimonies : 

57 But turned back, and dealt un- 
faithfully like their fathers: they 
were turned aside like a deceitful bow. 

58 For they provoked him to anger 
with their high places, and moved 
him to jealousy with their graven 
images. 

59 When God heard this, he was 
wroth, and greatly abhorred Israel: 

60 So that he forsook the taber- 
nacle of Shiloh, the tent which he 
placed among men ; 

61 And delivered his strength into 
captivity, and his glory into the 
enemy's hand. 

62 He gave his people over also 
unto the sword ; and was wroth with 
his inheritance. 

63 The fire consumed their young 
men; and their maidens were not 
given to marriage. 

64 Their priests fell by the sword ; 
and their widows made no lamenta- 
tion. 

65 Then the Lord awaked as one 
out of sleep, and like a mighty man 
that shouteth by reason of wine. 

66 And he smote his enemies in 
the hinder parts: he put them to a 
perpetual reproach. 

67 Moreover he refused the taber- 
nacle of Joseph, and chose not the 
tribe of Ephraim : 

68 But chose the tribe of Judah, 
the mount Zion which he loved. 

69 And he built his sanctuary like 
high palaces, like the earth which 
he hath established for ever. 



The desolation of Jerusalem. PSALMS. The miseries of the church. 



70 He chose David also his servant, 
and took him from the sheepfolds : 

71 From following the ewes great 
with young he brought him to feed 
Jacob his people, and Israel his in- 
heritance. 

72 So he fed them according to the 
integrity of his heart; and guided 
them by the skilfulness of his hands. 

PSALM LXXIX. 

1 The psalmist complaineth of tlce desolation of Jerusa- 
lem. 8 He pray eth for deliverance, 13 and promiseth 
thankfulness. 

A Psalm of Asaph. 

OGOD, the heathen are come 
into thine inheritance ; thy holy 
temple have they defiled; they have 
laid Jerusalem on heaps. 

2 The dead bodies of thy servants 
have they given to be meat unto the 
fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy 
saints unto the beasts of the earth. 

3 Their blood have they shed like 
water round about Jerusalem; and 
there was none to bury them. 

4 We are become a reproach to 
our neighbours, a scorn and derision 
to them that are round about us. 

5 How long, Lord? wilt thou be 
angry for ever? shall thy jealousy 
burn like fire ? 

6 Pour out thy wrath upon the 
heathen that have not known thee, 
and upon the kingdoms that have 
not called upon thy name. 

7 For they have devoured Jacob, 
and laid waste his dwellingplace. 

8 O remember not against us for- 
mer iniquities: let thy tender mer- 
cies speedily prevent us; for we are 
brought very low. 

9 Help us, O God of our salva- 
tion, for the glory of thy name : and 
deliver us, and purge away our sins, 
for thy name's sake. 

10 Wherefore should the heathen 
say, Where is their God ? let him be 
known among the heathen in our 
sight by the revenging of the blood 
of thy servants which is shed. 

11 Let the sighing of the prisoner 
come before thee ; according to the 



greatness of thy power preserve thou 
those that are appointed to die ; 

12 And render unto our neigh- 
bours sevenfold into their bosom their 
reproach, wherewith they have re 
proached thee, O Lord. 

13 So we thy people and sheep of 
thy pasture will give thee thanks for 
ever : we will shew forth thy praise 
to all generations. 

PSALM LXXX. 

1 The psalmist in his prayer complaineth of the miseries 
of the church. 8 God's former favours are turned 
into judgments. 14 He prayeth for deliverance. 

To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim- 
Eduth, A Psalm of Asaph. 

GIVE ear, O Shepherd of Israel, 
thou that leadest Joseph like a 
flock; thou that dwellest between the 
cherubim, shine forth. 

2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin 
and Manasseh stir up thy strength, 
and come and save us. 

3 Turn us again, O God, and cause 
thy face to shine ; and we shall be 
saved. 

4 O Lord God of hosts, how long 
wilt thou be angry against the prayer 
of thy people ? 

5 Thou feedest them with the bread 
of tears ; and givest them tears to 
drink in great measure. 

6 Thou makest us a strife unto our 
neighbours : and our enemies laugh 
among themselves. 

7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, 
and cause thy face to shine; and 
we shall be saved. 

8 Thou hast brought a vine out of 
Egypt: thou hast cast out the hea- 
then, and planted it. 

9 Thou preparedst room before it, 
and didst cause it to take deep root, 
and it filled the land. 

10 The hills were covered with the 
shadow of it, and the boughs thereof 
were like the goodly cedars. 

11 She sent out her boughs unto the 
sea, and her branches unto the river. 

12 Why hast thou then broken down 
her hedges, so that all they which 
pass by the way do pluck her? 

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Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS. 



The judges reproved. 



13 The boar out of the wood doth 
waste it, and the wild beast of the 
field doth devour it. 

14 Return, we beseech thee, O God 
of hosts : look down from heaven, and 
behold, and visit this vine; 

15 And the vineyard which thy 
right hand hath planted, and the 
branch that thou madest strong for 
thyself. 

16 It is burned with fire, it is cut 
down: they perish at the rebuke of 
thy countenance. 

1 7 Let thy hand be upon the man of 
thy right hand, upon the son of man 
whom thou madest strong for thyself. 

18 So will not we go back from 
thee: quicken us, and we will call 
upon thy name. 

19 Turn us again, O Lord God of 
hosts, cause thy face to shine; and 
we shall be saved. 

PSALM LXXXI. 

1 An exhortation to a solemn praising of God. 4 God 
challengeth that duty by reason of his benefits. 8 
God, exhorting to obedience, complaineth of their dis- 
obedience, which proveth their own hurt. 

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A 
Psalm of Asaph. 

SING aloud unto God our strength: 
make a joyful noise unto the God 
of Jacob. 

2 Take a psalm, and bring hither 
the timbrel, the pleasant harp with 
the psaltery. 

3 Blow up the trumpet in the new 
moon, in the time appointed, on our 
solemn feast day. 

4 For this was a statute for Israel, 
and a law of the God of Jacob. 

5 This he ordained in Joseph for a 
testimony, when he went out through 
the land of Egypt : where I heard a 
language that I understood not. 

6 I removed his shoulder from the 
burden: his hands were delivered 
from the pots. 

7 Thou calledst in trouble, and I 
delivered thee ; I answered thee in 
the secret place of thunder : I proved 
thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 

8 Hear, O my people, and I will 

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testify unto thee : O Israel, if thou 
wilt hearken unto me; 

9 There shall no strange god be 
in thee; neither shalt thou worship 
any strange god. 

10 I am the Lord thy God, which 
brought thee out of the land of Egypt: 
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill 
it. 

11 But my people would not heark- 
en to my voice; and Israel would 
none of me. 

12 So I gave them up unto their 
own hearts' lust : and they walked in 
their own counsels. 

13 Oh that my people had heark- 
ened unto me, and Israel had walked 
in my ways! 

14 I should soon have subdued 
their enemies, and turned my hand 
against their adversaries. 

15 The haters of the Lord should 
have submitted themselves unto him: 
but their time should have endured 
for ever. 

16 He should have fed them also 
with the finest of the wheat: and 
with honey out of the rock should 
I have satisfied thee. , 

PSALM LXXXII. 

1 The psalmist, having exhotrted the judges, 5 and re- 
proved their negligence, 8 prayeth God to judge. 

A Psalm of Asaph. 

GOD standeth in the congrega- 
tion of the mighty; he judgeth 
among the gods. 

2 How long will ye judge unjustly, 
and accept the persons of the wicked ? 
Selah. 

3 Defend the poor and fatherless: 
do justice to the afflicted and needy. 

4 Deliver the poor and needy: rid 
them out of the hand of the wicked. 

5 They know not, neither will they 
understand; they walk on in dark- 
ness: all the foundations of the earth 
are out of course. 

6 I have said, Ye are gods; and 
all of you are children of the Most 
High. 

7 But ye shall die like men, and 
fall like one of the princes. 



A complaint to God. 



PSALMS. Blessedness of God's service. 



8 Arise, O God, judge the earth 
for thou shaft inherit all nations. 



PSALM LXXXIIL 

1 A complaint to God of the enemies 9 conspiracies. 9 A 
prayer against them that oppress the church. 

A Song or Psalm of Asaph. 

KEEP not thou silence, O God: 
hold v not thy peace, and be not 
still, O God. 

2 For, lo, thine enemies make a 
tumult: and they that hate thee have 
lifted up the head. 

: 3 They have taken crafty counsel 
against thy people, and consulted 
against thy hidden ones. 

4 They have said, Come, and let 
us cut them off from being a nation; 
that the name of Israel may be no 
more in remembrance. 

5 For they have consulted together 
with one consent: they are confede- 
rate against thee : 

6 The tabernacles of Edom, and 
the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the 
Hagarenes ; 

7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; 
the Philistines with the inhabitants of 
Tyre; 

8 Assur also is joined with them: 
they have holpen the children of Lot. 
Selah. 

9 Do unto them as unto the Mi- 
dianites; as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at 
the brook of Kison : 

10 Which perished at En-dor: they 
became as dung for the earth. 

11 Make their nobles like Oreb, 
and like Zeeb : yea, all their princes 
as Zebah, and as Zalmunna: 

12 Who said, Let us take to our- 
selves the houses of God in possession. 

13 O my God, make them like a 
wheel ; as the stubble before the wind. 

14 As the fire burneth a wood, and 
as the flame setteth the mountains on 
fire; 

15 So persecute them with thy 
tempest, and make them afraid with 
thy storm. 

16 Fill their faces with shame ; that 
they may seek thy name, O Lord. 



17 Let them be confounded and 
troubled for ever; yea, let them be 
put to shame, and perish : 

18 That men may know that thou, 
whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art 
the Most High over all the earth. 

PSALM LXXXIY. 

1 The prophet, longing for the communion of the sanc- 
tuary, 4 sheiceth how blessed they are that dwell there- 
in. 8 He prayeth to be restored unto it. 

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A 
Psalm for the sons of Korah. 

HOW amiable are thy taberna- 
cles, O Lord of hosts ! 

2 My soul longeth, yea, even faint- 
eth for the courts of the Lord: my 
heart and my flesh crieth out for the 
living God. 

3 Yea, the sparrow hath found a 
house, and the swallow a nest for her- 
self, where she may lay her young, 
even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, 
my King, and my God. 

4 Blessed are they that dwell in 
thy house : they will be still praising 
thee. Selah. 

5 Blessed is the man whose strength 
is in thee ; in whose heart are the 
ways of them. 

6 Who passing through the valley 
of Baca make it a well ; the rain also 
filleth the pools. 

7 They go from strength to strength, 
every one of them in Zion appeareth 
before God. 

8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my 
prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. 
Selah. 

9 Behold, O God our shield, and 
look upon the face of thine anointed. 

10 For a day in thy courts is better 
than a thousand. I had rather be a 
doorkeeper in the house of my God, 
than to dwell in the tents of wicked- 
ness. 

11 For the Lord God is a sun and 
shield : the Lord will give grace 
and glory: no good thing will he 
withhold from them that walk up- 
rightly. 

12 O Lord of hosts, blessed is the 
man that trusteth in thee. 

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David's confidence in God. PSALMS. 



David prayeth for grace. 



PSALM LXXXY. 

1 Tlte psalmist, out of the experience of former mercies, 
prayethfor the continuance thereof. 8 He promiseth 
to wait thereon, out of confidence of God's goodness. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the 
sons of Korah. 

LORD, thou hast been favourable 
unto thy land: thou hast brought 
back the captivity of Jacob. 

2 Thou hast forgiven the iniquity 
of thy people ; thou hast covered all 
their sin. Selah. 

3 Thou hast taken away all thy 
wrath : thou hast turned thyself from 
the fierceness of thine anger. 

4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, 
and cause thine anger toward us to 
cease. 

5 Wilt thou be angry with us for 
ever ? wilt thou draw out thine anger 
to all generations? 

6 "Wilt thou not revive us again: 
that thy people may rejoice in thee? 

7 Shew us thy mercy, O Lord, and 
grant us thy salvation. 

8 I will hear what God the Lord 
will speak: for he will speak peace 
unto his people, and to his saints: 
but let them not turn again to folly. 

9 Surely his salvation is nigh them 
that fear him; that glory may dwell 
in our land. 

10 Mercy and truth are met toge- 
ther; righteousness and peace have 
kissed each other. 

11 Truth shall spring out of the 
earth; and righteousness shall look 
down from heaven. 

12 Yea, the Lord shall give that 
which is good; and our land shall 
yield her increase. 

13 Righteousness shall go before 
him ; and shall set us in the way of 
his steps. 

PSALM LXXXYI. 

1 David strengthcneth his prayer by the conscience of 
his religion, 5 by the goodness and power of God. 11 
He desireth the continuance of former grace. 14 
Complaining of the proud, he cravcth some token of 
God's goodness. 

A Prayer of David. 

BOW down thine ear, O Lord, 
hear me : for I am poor and 



needy. 



2 Preserve my soul ; for I am holy : 
O thou my God, save thy servant 
that trusteth in thee. 

3 Be merciful unto me, O Lord* 
for I cry unto thee daily. 

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant: 
for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift up 
my soul. 

5 For thou, Lord, art good, and 
ready to forgive; and plenteous in 
mercy unto all them that call upon 
thee. 

6 Give ear, O Lord, unto my 
prayer; and attend to the voice of 
my supplications. 

7 In the day of my trouble I will call 
upon thee : for thou wilt answer me. 

8 Among the gods there is none 
like unto thee, O Lord; neither are 
there any works like unto thy works. 

9 All nations whom thou hast made 
shall come and worship before thee, 
O Lord ; and shall glorify thy name. 

10 For thou art great, and doest 
wondrous things: thou art God 
alone. 

11 Teach me thy way, O Lord ; I 
will walk in thy truth : unite my 
heart to fear thy name. 

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my 
God, with all my heart : and I will 
glorify thy name for evermore. 

13 For great is thy mercy toward 
me : and thou hast delivered my soul 
from the lowest hell. 

14 .0 God, the proud are risen 
against me, and the assemblies of 
violent men have sought after my 
soul; and have not set thee before 
them. 

15 But thou, O Lord, art a God 
full of compassion, and gracious, long- 
suffering, and plenteous in mercy and 
truth. 

16 O turn unto me, and have 
mercy upon me; give thy strength 
unto thy servant, and save the son 
of thine handmaid. 

17 Shew me a token for good ; that 
they which hate me may see it, and 
be ashamed : because thou, Lord, 
hast holpen me, and comforted me. 



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The glory of the church. 



PSALMS. 



Prayer in distress. 



CHAPTER LXXXYII. 

1 The nature and glory of the church. 4 Tlie increase, 
honour, and comfort of the members thereof 

A Psalm or Song for the sons of Korah. 

HIS foundation is in the holy 
mountains. 

2 The Lord loveth the gates of Zion 
more than all the dwellings of Jacoh. 

3 Glorious things are spoken of 
thee, O city of God. Selah. 

4 I will make mention of Rahab 
and Bahylon to them that know me : 
behold Philistia, and Tyre, with Ethi- 
opia ; this man was born there. 

5 And of Zion it shall be said, This 
and that man was born in her : and 
the Highest himself shall establish 
her. 

6 The Lord shall count, when he 
writeth up the people, that this man 
was born there. Selah. 

7 , As well the singers as the play- 
ers on instruments shall he there : all 
my springs are in thee. 

PSALM LXXXVIII. 

A prayer containing a grievous complaint 

A Song or Psalm for the sons of Korah, to 
the chief Musician upon Mahalath Lean- 
noth, Maschil of Heman the Ezrahite. 

OLORD God of my salvation, I 
have cried day and night before 
thee : 

2 Let my prayer come before thee : 
incline thine ear unto my cry; 

3 For my soul is full of troubles : 
and my life draweth nigh unto the 
grave. 

4 I am counted with them that go 
down into the pit: I am as a man 
that hath no strength: 

5 Free among the dead, like the 
slain that lie in the grave, whom 
thou rememberest no more : and they 
are cut off from thy hand. 

6 Thou hast laid me in the lowest 
pit, in darkness, in the deeps. 

7 Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, 
and thou hast afflicted me with all 
thy waves. Selah. 

8 Thou hast put away mine ac- 
quaintance far from me; thou hast 
made me an abomination unto them: 



shut 



up, 



and I cannot come 



I am 

forth. 

9 Mine eye mourneth by reason of 
affliction : Lord, I have called daily 
upon thee, I have stretched out my 
hands unto thee. 

10 Wilt thou shew wonders to the 
dead? shall the dead arise and praise 
thee? Selah. 

11 Shall thy lovingkindness be 
declared in the grave ? or thy faith- 
fulness in destruction? 

12 Shall thy wonders be known 
in the dark ? and thy righteousness 
in the land of forgetfulness ? 

13 But unto thee have I cried, O 
Lord ; and in the morning shall my 
prayer prevent thee. 

14 Lord, why castest thou off my 
soul ? why hidest thou thy face from 
me? 

15 I am afflicted and ready to die 
from my youth up : while I suffer thy 
terrors I am distracted. 

16 Thy fierce wrath goeth over 
me ; thy terrors have cut me off. 

17 They came round about me 
daily like water; they compassed 
me about together. 

18 Lover and friend hast thou put 
far from me, and mine acquaintance 
into darkness, 

PSALM LXXXIX 

1 The psalmist praiseth God for his covenant, 5 for his 
wonderful power, 15 for the care of his church, 19 for 
his favour to the kingdom of David. 38 Then com- 
plaining of contrary events, 46 he expostulateth, pray- 
eth, and blesseth God. 

Maschil of Ethan the Ezrahite. 

I "WILL sing of the mercies of the 
Lord for ever: with my mouth 
will I make known thy faithfulness 
to all generations. 

2 For I have said, Mercy shall be 
built up for ever: thy faithfulness shalt 
thou establish in the very heavens. 

3 I have made a covenant with 
my chosen, I have sworn unto David 
my servant, 

4 Thy seed will I establish for 
ever, and build up thy throne to all 
generations. Selah. 

5 And the heavens shall praise thy 

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God's wonderful power. 



PSALMS. 



His favour to David. 



wonders, O Lord: thy faithfulness 
also in the congregation of the saints. 

6 For who in the heaven can he 
compared unto the Lord? who among 
the sons of the mighty can he likened 
unto the Lord? 

7 God is greatly to he feared in 
the assembly of the saints, and to he 
had in reverence of all them that are 
about him. 

8 O Lord God of hosts, who is a 
strong Lord like unto thee? or to 
thy faithfulness round about thee ? 

9 Thou rulest the raging of the 
sea: when the waves thereof arise, 
thou stillest them. 

10 Thou hast broken Rahab in 
pieces, as one that is slain; thou 
hast scattered thine enemies with 
thy strong arm. 

11 The heavens are thine, the earth 
also is thine : as for the world and 
the fulness thereof, thou hast found- 
ed them. 

12 The north and the south thou 
hast created them: Tabor and Her- 
mon shall rejoice in thy name. 

13 Thou hast a mighty arm: 
strong is thy hand, and high is thy 
right hand. 

14 Justice and judgment are the 
habitation of thy throne : mercy and 
truth shall go before thy face. 

15 Blessed is the people that know 
the joyful sound : they shall walk, 
O Lord, in the light of thy counte- 
nance. 

16 In thy name shall they rejoice 
all the day : and in thy righteousness 
shall they be exalted. 

17 For thou art the glory of their 
strength : and in thy favour our horn 
shall be exalted. 

18 For the Lord is our defence ; and 
the Holy One of Israel is our King. 

19 Then thou spakest in vision to 
thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid 
help upon one that is mighty; I have 
exalted one chosen out of the people. 

20 I have found David my servant; 
with my holy oil have I anointed him : 

21 With whom my hand shall be 

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established: mine arm also shall 
strengthen him. 

22 The enemy shall not exact up- 
on him; nor the son of wickedness 
afflict him. 

23 And I will beat down his foes 
before his face,»and plague them that 
hate him. 

24 But my faithfulness and my 
mercy shall be with him : and in my 
name shall his horn be exalted. 

25 I will set his hand also in the 
sea, and his right hand in the rivers. 

26 He shall cry unto me, Thou art 
my Father, my God, and the Bock 
of my salvation. 

27 Also I will make him my first- 
born, higher than the kings of the 
earth. 

28 My mercy will I keep for him 
for evermore, and my covenant shall 
stand fast with him. 

29 His seed also will I make to 
endure for ever, and his throne as 
the days of heaven. 

30 If his children forsake my law, 
and walk not in my judgments; 

31 If they break my statutes, and 
keep not my commandments ; 

32 Then will I visit their transgres- 
sion with the rod, and their iniquity 
with stripes. 

33 Nevertheless my lovingkindness 
will I not utterly take from him, nor 
suffer my faithfulness to fail. 

34 My covenant will I not break, 
nor alter the thing that is gone out 
of my lips. 

35 Once have I sworn by my holi- 
ness that I will not lie unto David. 

36 His seed shall endure for ever, 
and his throne as the sun before me. 

37 It shall be established for ever 
as the moon, and as a faithful wit- 
ness in heaven. Selah. 

38 But thou hast cast off and ab- 
horred, thou hast been wroth with 
thine anointed. 

39 Thou hast made void the cove- 
nant of thy servant: thou hast pro- 
faned his crown by casting it to the 
ground. 



The psalmist's complaint. PSALMS. The frailty of human life. 



40 Thou hast broken down all his 
hedges; thou hast brought his strong 
holds to ruin. 

41 All that pass by the way spoil 
him : he is a reproach to his neigh- 
bours. 

42 Thou hast set up the right hand 
of his adversaries; thou hast made 
all his enemies to rejoice. 

43 Thou hast also turned the edge 
of his sword, and hast not made him 
to stand in the battle. 

44 Thou hast made his glory to 
cease, and cast his throne down to 
the ground. 

45 The days of his youth hast thou 
shortened: thou hast covered him 
with shame. Selah. 

46 How long, Lord? wilt thou 
hide thyself for ever? shall thy 
wrath burn like fire ? 

47 Remember how short my time 
is: wherefore hast thou made all 
men in vain? 

48 What man is he that liveth, and 
shall not see death ? shall he deliver 
his soul from the hand of the grave ? 
Selah. 

49 Lord, where are thy former lov- 
ingkindnesses, which thou swarest 
unto David in thy truth ? 

50 Remember, Lord, the reproach 
of thy servants ; how I do bear in my 
bosom the reproach of all the mighty 
people ; 

51 Wherewith thine enemies have 
reproached, O Lord ; wherewith they 
have reproached the footsteps of thine 
anointed. 

52 Blessed be the Lord for ever- 
more. Amen, and Amen. 



PSALM XC. 

1 Moses, setting forth God's providence, 3 complaineth of 
human fragility, 7 divine chastisements, 10 and brevity 
of life. 12 He prayeth for the knowledge and sensible 
experience of God's good providence. 

A Prayer of Moses the man of God. 

LORD, thou hast been our dwell- 
ingplace in all generations. 
2 Before the mountains were 
brought forth, or ever thou hadst 
formed the earth and the world, 



even from everlasting to everlasting, 
thou art God. 

3 Thou turnest man to destruction; 
and sayest, Return, ye children of 
men. 

4 For a thousand years in thy sight 
are but as yesterday when it is past, 
and as a watch in the night. 

5 Thou carriest them away as with 
a flood ; they are as a sleep : in the 
morning they are like grass ivhich 
groweth up. 

6 In the morning it flourisheth, and 
groweth up ; in the evening it is cut 
down, and withereth. 

7 For we are consumed by thine an- 
ger, and by thy wrath are we troubled. 

8 Thou hast set our iniquities be- 
fore thee, our secret sins in the light 
of thy countenance. 

- 9 For all our days are passed away 
in thy wrath : we spend our years as 
a tale that is told. 

1 The days of our years are three- 
score years and ten ; and if by reason 
of strength they be fourscore years, 
yet is their strength labour and sor- 
row; for it is soon cut off, and we 
fly away. 

11 Who knoweth the power of thine 
anger? even according to thy fear, so 
is thy wrath. 

12 So teach us to number our days, 
that we may apply our hearts unto 
wisdom. 

13 Return, O Lord, how long? 
and let it repent thee concerning 
thy servants. 

14 O satisfy us early with thy 
mercy ; that we may rejoice and be 
glad all our days. 

15 Make us glad according to the 
days whereinthou hast afflicted us, and 
the years wherein we have seen evil. 

16 Let thy work appear unto thy 
servants, and thy glory unto their 
children. 

17 And let the beauty of the Lord 
our God be upon us : and establish 
thou the work of our hands upon us ; 
yea, the work of our hands establish 
thou it. 

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The security of the godly. PSALMS. Exhortation to praise God. 

16 With long life will I satisfy him, 
and shew him my salvation. 



PSALM XCL 

1 The state of the godly. 3 Their safety. 9 TJieir hab- 
itation. 11 Their servants. 14 Their friend; with 
the effects of them all. 

HE that dwelleth in the secret 
place of the Most High shall 
ahide under the shadow of the 
Almighty. 

2 I will say of the Lord, He is my 
refuge and my fortress : my God ; in 
him will I trust. 

3 Surely he shall deliver thee from 
the snare of the fowler, and from the 
noisome pestilence. 

4 He shall cover thee with his fea- 
thers, and under his wings shalt thou 
trust: his truth shall be thy shield and 
buckler. 

5 Thou shalt not be afraid for the 
terror by night; nor for the arrow 
that flieth by day ; 

6 Nor for the pestilence that walk- 
eth in darkness ; nor for the destruc- 
tion that wasteth at noonday. 

7 A thousand shall fall at thy side, 
and ten thousand at thy right hand ; 
but it shall not come nigh thee. 

8 Only with thine eyes shalt thou 
behold and see the reward of the 
wicked. 

9 Because thou hast made the Lord, 
which is my refuge, even the Most 
High, thy habitation ; 

10 There shall no evil befall thee, 
neither shall any plague come nigh 
thy dwelling. 

11 For he shall give his angels 
charge over thee, to keep thee in all 
thy ways. 

12 They shall bear thee up in their 
hands, lest thou dash thy foot against 
a stone. 

13 Thou shalt tread upon the lion 
and adder: the young lion and the 
dragon shalt thou trample under feet. 

14 Because he hath set his love 
upon me, therefore will I deliver 
him : I will set him on high, because 
he hath known my name. 

15 He shall call upon me, and I 
will answer him : I will be with him 
in trouble ; I will deliver him, and 
honour him. 

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PSALM XCIL 

1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God, 4 for his great 
works, 6 for his judgments on the wicked, 10 and for 
Jus goodness to the godly. 

A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. 

/T is a good thing to give thanks 
unto the Lord, and to sing praises 
unto thy name, O Most High: 

2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness 
in the morning, and thy faithfulnesss 
every night, 

3 Upon an instrument often strings, 
and upon the psaltery; upon the 
harp with a solemn sound. 

4 For thou, Lord, hast made me 
glad through thy work: I will tri- 
umph in the works of thy hands. 

5 O Lord, how great are thy 
works ! and thy thoughts are very deep. 

6 A brutish man knoweth not ; nei- 
ther doth a fool understand this. 

7 When the wicked spring as the 
grass, and when all the workers of 
iniquity do flourish; it is that they 
shall be destroyed for ever : 

8 But thou, Lord, art most high 
for evermore. 

9 For, lo, thine enemies, O Lord, 
for, lo, thine enemies shall perish; 
all the workers of iniquity shall be 
scattered. 

10 But my horn shalt thou exalt 
like the horn of a, unicorn: I shall be 
anointed with fresh oil. 

11 Mine eye also shall see my de- 
sire on mine enemies, and mine ears 
shall hear my desire of the wicked 
that rise up against me. 

12 The righteous shall flourish like 
the palm tree : he shall grow like a 
cedar in Lebanon. 

13 Those that be planted in the 
house of the Lord shall flourish in 
the courts of our God. 

14 They shall still bring forth fruit 
in old age ; they shall be fat and 
flourishing ; 

15 To shew that the Lord is up- 
right : he is my rock, and there is no 
unrighteousness in him. 



Majesty of Christ's kingdom. PSALMS. The blessedness of affliction. 



PSALM XCIII. 

The majesty, power, and holiness of Christ's kingdom. 

THE Lord reigneth, he is clothed 
with majesty ; the Lord is cloth- 
ed with strength, wherewith he hath 
girded himself: the world also is 
stablished, that it cannot be moved. 

2 Thy throne is established of old : 
thou art from everlasting. 

3 The floods have lifted up, O Lord, 
the floods have lifted up their voice ; 
the floods lift up their waves. 

4 The Lord on high is mightier 
than the noise of many waters, yea, 
than the mighty waves of the sea. 

5 Thy testimonies are very sure: 
holiness becometh thine house, O 
Lord, for ever. 

PSALM XCIY. 

1 The prophet, calling for justice, complaineth of tyran- 
ny and impiety. 8 He teacheth Gods providence. 1 2 
He sheweth the blessedness of affliction. 16 God is the 
defender of the afflicted. 

OLORD God, to whom vengeance 
belongeth; O God, to whom 
vengeance belongeth, shew thyself. 

2 Lift up thyself, thou Judge of 
the earth: render a reward to the 
proud. 

3 Lord, how long shall the wicked, 
how long shall the wicked triumph ? 

4 How long shall they utter and 
speak hard things ? and all the work- 
ers of iniquity boast themselves? 

5 They break in pieces thy people, 
O Lord, and afflict thine heritage. 

6 They slay the widow and the 
stranger, and murder the fatherless. 

7 Yet they say, The Lord shall not 
see, neither shall the God of Jacob 
regard it. 

8 Understand, ye brutish among 
the people : and ye fools, when will 
ye be wise ? 

9 He that planted the ear, shall he 
not hear? he that formed the eye, 
shall he not see ? 

10 He that chastiseth the heathen, 
shall not he correct ? he that teacheth 
man knowledge, shall not he know ? 

11 The Lord knoweth the thoughts 
of man, that they are vanity. 

12 Blessed is the man whom thou 



chastenest, O Lord, and teachest 
him out of thy law ; 

13 That thou mayest give him rest 
from the days of adversity, until the 
pit be digged for the wicked. 

14 For the Lord will not cast off 
his people, neither will he forsake 
his inheritance. 

15 But judgment shall return unto 
righteousness: and all the upright 
in heart shall follow it. 

16 Who will rise up for me against 
the evil doers ? or who will stand up for 
me against the workers of iniquity ? 

17 Unless the Lord had been my 
help, my soul had almost dwelt in 
silence. 

18 When I said, My foot slippeth ; 
thy mercy, O Lord, held me up. 

1 9 In the multitude of my thoughts 
within me thy comforts delight my 
soul. 

20 Shall the throne of iniquity 
have fellowship with thee, which 
frameth mischief by a law ? 

21 They gather themselves together 
against the soul of the righteous, and 
condemn the innocent blood. 

22 But the Lord is my defence; 
and my God is the rock of my refuge. 

23 And he shall bring upon them 
their own iniquity, and shall cut 
them off in their own wickedness; 
yea, the Lord our God shall cut 
them off. 

PSALM XCY. 

I An exhortation to praise God, 3 for his greatness, 6 
and for his goodness, 8 and not to tempt him. 

COME, let us sing unto the 
Lord: let us make a joyful 
noise to the Rock of our salvation. 

2 Let us come before his presence 
with thanksgiving, and make a joy- 
ful noise unto him with psalms. 

3 For the Lord is a great God, and 
a great King above all gods. 

4 In his hand are the deep places 
of the earth : the strength of the hills 
is his also. 

5 The sea is his, and he made it : 
and his hands formed the dry land. 

6 O come, let us worship and bow 

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o 



Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS. The majesty of God's kingdom. 



down : let us kneel before the Lord 
our maker. 

7 For he is our God ; and we are 
the people of his pasture, and the 
sheep of his hand. To day if ye will 
hear his voice, 

8 Harden not your heart, as in the 
provocation, and as in the day of 
temptation in the wilderness : 

9 When your fathers tempted me, 
proved me, and saw my work. 

10 Forty years long was I grieved 
with this generation, and said, It is a 
people that do err in their heart, and 
they have not known my ways : 

1 1 Unto whom I sware in my wrath 
that they should not enter into my 
rest. 

PSALM XCYI. 

1 An exhortation to praise God, 4 for his greatness, 8 
for his kingdom, 11 for his general judgment. 

OSING unto the Lord a new 
song: sing unto the Lord, all 
the earth. 

2 Sing unto the Lord, bless his 
name; shew forth his salvation from 
day to day. 

3 Declare his glory among the hea- 
then, his wonders among all people. 

4 For the Lord is great, and great- 
ly to be praised : he is to be feared 
above all gods. 

5 For all the gods of the nations are 
idols : but the Lord made the heavens. 

6 Honour and majesty are before 
him: strength and beauty are in his 
sanctuary. 

7 Give unto the Lord, O ye kin- 
dreds of the people, give unto the 
Lord glory and strength. 

8 Give unto the Lord the glory 
due unto his name : bring an offering, 
and come into his courts. 

9 O worship the Lord in the 
beauty of holiness : fear before him, 
all the earth. 

10 Say among the heathen that 
the Lord reigneth : the world also 
shall be established that it shall not 
be moved : he shall judge the people 
righteously. 

11 Let the heavens rejoice, and let 

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the earth be glad; let the sea roar, 
and the fulness thereof. 

12 Let the field be joyful, and all 1 
that is therein : then shall all the 
trees of the wood rejoice 

13 Before the Lord : for he cometh, 
for he cometh to judge the earth : he 
shall judge the world with righteous- 
ness, and the people with his truth. 

PSALM XCVII. 

1 The majesty of God's kingdom. 7 The church rejoiceth 
at God's judgments upon idolaters. 10 An exhortation 
to godliness and gladness. 

THE Lord reigneth ; let the earth 
rejoice ; let the multitude of isles 
be glad thereof. 

2 Clouds and darkness are round 
about him: righteousness and judg- 
ment are the habitation of his throne. 

3 A fire goeth before him, and burn- 
etii up his enemies round about. 

4 His lightnings enlightened the 
world : the earth saw, and trembled. 

5 The hills melted like wax at the 
presence of the Lord, at the presence 
of the Lord of the whole earth. 

6 The heavens declare his right- 
eousness, and all the people see his 
glory. 

7 Confounded be all they that serve 
graven images, that boast themselves 
of idols : worship him, all ye gods. 

8 Zion heard, and was glad ; and 
the daughters of Judah rejoiced be- 
cause of thy judgments, O Lord. 

9 For thou, Lord, art high above 
all the earth: thou art exalted far 
above all gods. 

10 Ye that love the Lord, hate 
evil : he preserveth the souls of his 
saints; he delivereth them out of 
the hand of the wicked. 

11 Light is sown for the righteous, 
and gladness for the upright in heart. 

12 Rejoice in the Lord, ye right- 
eous ; and give thanks at the remem- 
brance of his holiness. 

PSALM XCYIII. 

1 The psalmist exhorteth the Jews, 4 the Gentiles, *1 and 
all the creatures to praise God. 

A Psalm. 
SING unto the Lord a new 
song ; for he hath done marvel- 



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Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS. 



Profession of godliness. 



lous things: his right hand, and his 
holy arm, hath gotten him the victory. 

2 The Lord hath made known his 
salvation: his righteousness hath he 
openly shewed in the sight of the 
heathen. 

3 He hath remembered his mercy 
and his truth toward the house of 
Israel: all the ends of the earth have 
seen the salvation of our G-od. 

4 Make a joyful noise unto the 
Lord, all the earth : make a loud 
noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 

5 Sing unto the Lord with the 
harp ; with the harp, and the voice 
of a psalm. 

6 With trumpets and sound of 
cornet make a joyful noise before 
the Lord, the King. 

7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness 
thereof; the world, and they that 
dwell therein. 

8 Let the floods clap their hands: 
let the hills be joyful together 

9 Before the Lord; for he cometh 
to judge the earth: with righteous- 
ness shall he judge the world, and 
the people with equity. 

PSALM XCIX. 

1 The prophet, setting forth the kingdom of God in 
Zioji, 5 exhorteth all, by the example of forefathers, to 
-Lcoi'ship God at his holy hill. 

THE Lord reigneth ; let the people 
tremble: he sitteth between the 
cherubim ; let the earth be moved. 

2 The Lord is great in Zion ; and 
he is high above all the people. 

3 Let them praise thy great and 
terrible name ; for it is holy. 

4 The king's strength also loveth 
judgment; thou dost establish equi- 
ty, thou executest judgment and 
righteousness in Jacob. 

o Exalt ye the Lord our God, and 
worship at his footstool ; for he is holy. 

6 Moses and Aaron among his 
I priests, and Samuel among them that 

call upon his name ; they called upon 
the Lord, and he answered them. 

7 He spake unto them in the cloudy 
pillar : they kept his testimonies, and 
the ordinance that he gave them. 

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8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord 
our God : thou wast a God that for- 
gavest them, though thou tookest 
vengeance of their inventions. 

9 Exalt the Lord our God, and 
worship at his holy hill; for the 
Lord our God is holy. 

PSALM C. 

1 An exhortation to praise God cheerfully, 3 for Ins 
greatness, 4 and for his power. 

A Psalm of praise. 

MAKE a joyful noise unto the 
Lord, all ye lands. 

2 Serve the Lord with gladness . 
come before his presence with singing. 

3 Know ye that the Lord he is 
God : it is he that hath made us, and 
not we ourselves ; we are his people, 
and the sheep of his pasture. 

4 Enter into his gates with thanks- 
giving, and into his courts with 
praise: be thankful unto him, and 
bless his name. 

5 For the Lord is good; his mercy 
is everlasting ; and his truth endureth 
to all generations. 

PSALM CI. 

David maheth a vow and profession of godliness. 

A Psalm of David. 

I WILL sing of mercy and judg- 
ment: unto thee, O Lord, will 
I sing. 

2 I will behave myself wisely in 
a perfect way. O when wilt thou 
come unto me ? I will walk within 
my house with a perfect heart. 

3 I will set no wicked thing before 
mine eyes : I hate the work of them 
that turn aside; it shall not cleave 
to me. 

4 A froward heart shall depart from 
me : I will not know a wicked person. 

5 Whoso privily slandereth his 
neighbour, him will I cut off: him 
that hath a high look and a proud 
heart will not I suffer. 

6 Mine eyes shall be upon the faith- 
ful of the land, that they may dwell 
with me : he that walketh in a per- 
fect way, he shall serve me. 

7 He that worketh deceit shall not 

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Prayer of the afflicted. 



PSALMS. 



God's unchangeableness. 



dwell within my house : he that tell- 
eth lies shall not tarry in my sight. 

8 I will early destroy all the wick- 
ed of the land ; that I may cut off 
all wicked doers from the city of the 
Lord. 

PSALM OIL 

1 The prophet in his prayer maketh a grievous com- 
plaint. 12 He taketh comfort in the eternity and 
mercy of God. 18 The mercies of God are to be re- 
corded. 23 He sustaineth his weakness by the un- 
changeableness of God. 

A Prayer of the afflicted, when he is over- 
whelmed, and poureth out his complaint 
before the Lord. 

HEAR my prayer, O Lord, and 
let my cry come unto thee. 

2 Hide not thy face from me in 
the day when I am in trouble ; in- 
cline thine ear unto me : in the day 
when I call answer me speedily. 

3 For my days are consumed like 
smoke, and my bones are burned as 
a hearth. 

4 My heart is smitten, and wither- 
ed like grass ; so that I forget to eat 
my bread. 

5 By reason of the voice of my 
groaning my bones cleave to my skin. 

6 I am like a pelican of the wil- 
derness : I am like an owl of the de- 
sert. 

7 I watch, and am as a sparrow 
alone upon the housetop. 

8 Mine enemies reproach me all the 
day ; and they that are mad against 
me are sworn against me. 

9 For I have eaten ashes like bread, 
and mingled my drink with weeping, 

10 Because of thine indignation 
and thy wrath : for thou hast lifted 
me up, and cast me down. 

1 1 My days are like a shadow that 
declineth; and I am withered like 
grass. 

12 But thou, O Lord, shalt endure 
for ever; and thy remembrance unto 
all generations. 

13 Thou shalt arise, and have mer- 
cy upon Zion : for the time to favour 
her, yea, the set time, is come. 

14 For thy servants take pleasure 
in her stones, and favour the dust 
thereof. 

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15 So the heathen shall fear the 
name of the Lord, and all the kings 
of the earth thy glory. 

16 When the Lord shall build up 
Zion, he shall appear in his glory. 

17 He will regard the prayer of the 
destitute, and not despise their prayer. 

18 This shall be written for the 
generation to come: and the people 
which shall be created shall praise 
the Lord. 

19 For he hath looked down from 
the height of his sanctuary; from 
heaven did the Lord behold the earth ; 

20 To hear the groaning of the 
prisoner; to loose those that are ap- 
pointed to death; 

21 To declare the name of the 
Lord in Zion, and his praise in Je- 
rusalem ; 

22 When the people are gathered 
together, and the kingdoms, to serve 
the Lord. 

23 He weakened my strength in 
the way ; he shortened my days. 

24 I said, O my God, take me not 
away in the midst of my days : thy 
years are throughout all generations. 

25 Of old hast thou laid the foun- 
dation of the earth : and the heavens 
are the work of thy hands. 

26 They shall perish, but thou 
shalt endure : yea, all of them snail 
wax old like a garment; as a vesture 
shalt thou change them, and they 
shall be changed: 

27 But thou art the same, and thy 
years shall have no end. 

28 The children of thy servants 
shall continue, and their seed shall 
be established before thee. 

PSALM cm. 

1 An exhortation to bless God for fas mercy, 15 andfot 
the constancy thereof. 

A Psalm of David. 

BLESS the Lord, O my soul: and 
all that is within me, bless his 
holy name. 

2 Bless the Lord, O my soul, and 
forget not all his benefits: 

3 Who forgiveth all thine iniqui- 
ties; who healeth all thy diseases; 



Exhortation to bless God. PSALMS. His power and providence. 



4 Who redeemeth thy life from 
destruction ; who erowneth thee with 
lovingkindness and tender mercies ; 

5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with 
good things; so that thy youth is re- 
newed like the eagle's. 

6 The Lord executeth righteous- 
ness and judgment for all that are 
oppressed. 

7 He made known his ways unto 
Moses, his acts unto the children of 
Israel. 

8 The Lord is merciful and gra- 
cious, slow to anger, and plenteous in 
mercy. 

9 He will not always chide : neither 
will he keep his anger for ever. 

10 He hath not dealt with us after 
our sins ; nor rewarded us according 
to our iniquities. 

11 For as the heaven is high above 
the earth, so great is his mercy toward 
them that fear him. 

12 As far as the east is from the 
west, so far hath he removed our 
transgressions from us. 

13 Like as a father pitieth his chil- 
dren, so the Lord pitieth them that 
fear him. 

14 For he knoweth our frame ; he 
remembereth that we are dust. 

15 As for man, his days are as 
grass : as a flower of the field, so he 
fiourisheth. 

16 For the wind passeth over it, 
and it is gone ; and the place thereof 
shall know it no more. 

17 But the mercy of the Lord is 
from everlasting to everlasting upon 
them that fear him, and his righteous- 
ness unto children's children ; 

18 To such as keep his covenant, 
and to those that remember his com- 
mandments to do them. 

19 The Lord hath prepared his 

F throne in the heavens ; and his king- 
dom ruleth over all. 

20 Bless the Lord, ye his angels, 
that excel in strength, that do his 
commandments, hearkening unto the 
voice of his word. 

21 Bless ye the Lord, all ye his 



hosts ; ye ministers of his, that do his 
pleasure. 

22 Bless the Lord, all his works in 
all places of his dominion: bless the 
Lord, O my soul. 

PSALM CIV. 

1 A meditation upon the mighty power, 7 and wonderful 
providence of God. 31 God's glory is eternal. 33 The 
prophet voweth perpetually to praise God. 

BLESS the Lord, O my soul. 
O Lord my God, thou art very 
great ; thou art clothed with honour 
and majesty: 

2 Who coverest thyself with light 
as with a garment: who stretchest out 
the heavens like a curtain : 

3 Who layeth the beams of his 
chambers in the waters : who maketh 
the clouds his chariot : who walketh 
upon the wings of the wind : 

4 Who maketh his angels spirits ; 
his ministers a flaming fire : 

5 Who laid the foundations of the 
earth, that it should not be removed 
for ever. 

6 Thou coveredst it with the deep 
as with a garment : the waters stood 
above the mountains. 

7 At thy rebuke they fled ; at the 
voice of thy thunder they hasted away. 

8 They go up by the mountains ; 
they go down by the valleys unto 
the place which thou hast founded 
for them. 

9 Thou hast set a bound that they 
may not pass over; that they turn 
not again to cover the earth. 

10 He sendeth the springs into the 
valleys, which run among the hills. 

11 They give drink to every beast 
of the field: the wild asses quench 
their thirst. 

12 By them shall the fowls of the 
heaven have their habitation, which 
sing among the branches. 

13 He watereth the hills from his 
chambers : the earth is satisfied with 
the fruit of thy works. 

14 He causeth the grass to grow 
for the cattle, and herb for the service 
of man : that he may bring forth food 
out of the earth ; 

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PSALMS. Exhortation to praise God. 



15 And wine that maketh glad 
the heart of man, and oil to make 
his face to shine, and bread which 
strengthened man's heart. 

16 The trees of the Lord are full 
of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which 
he hath planted ; 

17 Where the birds make their 
nests : as for the stork, the fir trees 
are her house. 

18 The high hills are a refuge for 
the wild goats ; and the rocks for the 
conies. 

19 He appointed the moon for sea- 
sons : the sun knoweth his going down. 

20 Thou makest darkness, and it 
is night: wherein all the beasts of 
the forest do creep forth. 

2 1 The young lions roar after their 
prey, and seek their meat from God. 

22 The sun ariseth, they gather 
themselves together, and lay them 
down in their dens. 

23 Man goeth forth unto his work 
and to his labour until the evening. 

24 O Lord, how manifold are thy 
works ! in wisdom hast thou made 
them all: the earth is full of thy 
riches. 

25 So is this great and wide sea, 
wherein are things creeping innume- 
rable, both small and great beasts. 

26 There go the ships: there is that 
leviathan, whom thou hast made to 
play therein. 

27 These wait all upon thee ; that 
thou mayest give them their meat in 
due season. 

28 That thou givest them they 
gather : thou openest thine hand, they 
are filled with good. 

29 Thou hidest thy face, they are 
troubled : thou takest away their 
breath, they die, and return to their 
dust. 

30 Thou sendest forth thy spirit, 
they are created : and thou renewest 
the face of the earth. 

31 The glory of the Lord shall 
endure for ever: the Lord shall re- 
joice in his works. 

32 He looketh on the earth, and it 

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trembleth : he toucheth the hills, 
they smoke. 

33 I will sing unto the Lord as 
long as I live : I will sing praise to 
my God while I have my being. 

34 My meditation of him shall be 
sweet : I will be glad in the Lord. 

35 Let the sinners be consumed 
out of the earth, and let the wicked 
be no more. Bless thou the Lord, O 
my soul. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CY. 

1 An exhortation to praise God, and to seek out his 
works. 7 The story of Gods providence over Abra- 
ham, 16 over Joseph, '23 over Jacob in Egypt, 26 over 
Moses delivering the Israelites, 3*7 over the Israelites 
brought out of Egypt, fed in the wilderness, and plant- 
ed in Canaan. 

GIVE thanks unto the Lord; 
call upon his name : make 
known his deeds among the people. 

2 Sing unto him, sing psalms unto 
him: talk ye of all his wondrous works. 

3 Glory ye in his holy name : let 
the heart of them rejoice that seek 
the Lord. * ; 

4 Seek the Lord, and his strength: 
seek his face evermore. 

5 Remember his marvellous works 
that he hath done ; his wonders, and 
the judgments of his mouth ; 

6 O ye seed of Abraham his serv- 
ant, ye children of Jacob his chosen. 

7 He is the Lord our God: his 
judgments are in all the earth. 

8 He hath remembered his cove- 
nant for ever, the word which he com- 
manded to a thousand generations. 

9 Which covenant he made with 
Abraham, and his oath unto Isaac ; 

10 And confirmed the same unto 
Jacob for a law, and to Israel for an 
everlasting covenant : 

11 Saying, Unto thee will I give 
the land of Canaan, the lot of your 
inheritance : 

12 When they were but a few 
men in number; yea, very few, and 
strangers in it. 

13 When they went from one na- 
tion to another, from one kingdom to 
another people ; 

14 He suffered no man to do them 



God's providence 



PSALMS. 



over his servants. 



wrong: yea, he reproved kings for 
their sakes ; 

15 Saying, Touch not mine anoint- 
ed, and do my prophets no harm. 

16 Moreover he called for a famine 
upon the land: he brake the whole 
staff of bread. 

17 He sent a man before them, even 
Joseph, who was sold for a servant: 

18 Whose feet they hurt with fet- 
ters : he was laid in iron : 

1 9 Until the time th at his word came : 
the word of the Lord tried him. 

20 The king sent and loosed him ; 
even the ruler of the people, and let 
him go free. 

21 He made him lord of his house, 
and ruler of all his substance : 

22 To bind his princes at his plea- 
sure ; and teach his senators wisdom. 

23 Israel also came into Egypt ; and 
Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham. 

24 And he increased his people 
greatly; and made them stronger 
than their enemies. 

25 He turned their heart to hate 
his people, to deal subtilely with his 
servants. 

26 He sent Moses his servant ; and 
Aaron whom he had chosen. 

27 They shewed his signs among 
them, and wonders in the land of 
Ham. 

28 He sent darkness, and made it 
dark; and they rebelled not against 
his word. 

29 He turned their waters into 
blood, and slew their fish. 

30 Their land brought forth frogs 
in abundance, in the chambers of 
their kings. 

31 He spake, and there came di- 
vers sorts of flies, and lice in all 
their coasts. 

32 He gave them hail for rain, and 
flaming fire in their land. 

33 He smote their vines also and 
their fig trees ; and brake the trees 
of their coasts. 

34 He spake, and the locusts came, 
and caterpillars, and that without 
number, 



35 And did eat up all the herbs in 
their land, and devoured the fruit of 
their ground. 

36 He smote also all the firstborn 
in their land, the chief of all their 
strength. 

37 He brought them forth also with 
silver and gold: and there was not 
one feeble person among their tribes. 

38 Egypt was glad when they de- 
parted : for the fear of them fell upon 
them. 

39 He spread a cloud for a cover- 
ing ; and fire to give light in the night. 

40 The people asked, and he brought 
quails, and satisfied them with the 
bread of heaven. 

41 He opened the rock, and the 
waters gushed out ; they ran in the 
dry places like a river. 

42 For he remembered his holy 
promise, and Abraham his servant. 

43 And he brought forth his people 
with joy, and his chosen with glad- 
ness: 

44 And gave them the lands of 
the heathen : and they inherited the 
labour of the people ; 

45 That they might observe his 
statutes, and keep his laws. Praise 
ye the Lord. 

PSALM CYI. - 

1 The psalmist exhorteth to praise God. 4 He prayeth 
for pardon, of sin, as God did with the fathers. 1 
The story of the people's rebellion, and God's mercy. 
47 He concludeth with prayer and praise. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. O give 
thanks unto the Lord ; for he is 
good : for his mercy endureth for ever. 

2 Who can utter the mighty acts 
of the Lord ? who can shew forth all 
his praise ? 

3 Blessed are they that keep judg- 
ment, and he that doeth righteous- 
ness at all times. 

4 Remember me, O Lord, with 
the favour that thou bearest unto thy 
people : O visit me with thy salva- 
tion; 

5 That I may see the good of thy 
chosen, that I may rejoice in the 
gladness of thy nation, that I may 
glory with thine inheritance. 

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IsraeVs rebellions. 



PSALMS. 



and God's mercies. 



6 We have sinned with our fathers, 
we have committed iniquity, we have 
done wickedly. 

7 Our fathers understood not thy 
wonders in Egypt; they remember- 
ed not the multitude of thy mercies ; 
but provoked him at the sea, even at 
the Red sea. 

8 Nevertheless he saved them for 
his name's sake, that he might make 
his mighty power to he known. 

9 He rebuked the Red sea also, 
and it was dried up : so he led them 
through the depths, as through the 
wilderness. 

10 And he saved them from the 
hand of him that hated them, and 
redeemed them from the hand of the 
enemy. 

1 1 And the waters covered their ene- 
mies : there was not one of them left. 

12 Then believed they his words; 
they sang his praise. 

13 They soon forgat his works; 
they waited not for his counsel : 

14 But lusted exceedingly in the 
wilderness, and tempted God in the 
desert. 

15 And he gave them their request; 
but sent leanness into their soul. 

16 They envied Moses also in the 
camp, and Aaron the saint of the 
Lord. 

17 The earth opened and swal- 
lowed up Dathan, and covered the 
company of Abiram. 

18 And a fire was kindled in their 
company; the flame burned up the 
wicked. 

19 They made a calf in Horeb, 
and worshipped the molten image. 

20 Thus they changed their glory 
into the similitude of an ox that 
eateth grass. 

21 They forgat God their saviour, 
which had done great things in Egypt ; 

22 Wondrous works in the land of 
Ham, and terrible things by the Red 
sea. 

23 Therefore he said that he would 
destroy them, had not Moses his cho- 
sen stood before him in the breach, 

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to turn away his wrath, lest he should 
destroy them. 

24 Yea, they despised the pleasant 
land, they believed not his word : 

25 But murmured in their tents, 
and hearkened not unto the voice of 
the Lord. 

26 Therefore he lifted up his hand 
against them, to overthrow them in 
the wilderness : 

27 To overthrow their seed also 
among the nations, and to scatter 
them in the lands. 

28 They joined themselves also 
unto Baal-peor, and ate the sacrifices 
of the dead. 

29 Thus they provoked him to 
anger with their inventions : and the 
plague brake in upon them. 

30 Then stood up Phinehas, and ex- 
ecuted judgment : and so the plague 
was stayed. 

31 And that was counted unto him 
for righteousness unto all genera- 
tions for evermore. 

32 They angered him also at the 
waters of strife, so that it went ill 
with Moses for their sakes : 

33 Because they provoked his spi- 
rit, so that he spake unadvisedly with 
his lips. 

34 They did not destroy the na- 
tions, concerning whom the Lord 
commanded them : 

35 But were mingled among the 
heathen, and learned their works. 

36 And they served their idols : 
which were a snare unto them. 

37 Yea, they sacrificed their sons 
and their daughters unto devils, 

38 And shed innocent blood, even 
the blood of their sons and of their 
daughters, whom they sacrificed unto 
the idols of Canaan : and the land 
was polluted with blood. 

39 Thus were they defiled with 
their own works, and went a whor- 
ing with their own inventions. 

40 Therefore was the wrath of the 
Lord kindled against his people, in- 
somuch that he abhorred his own 
inheritance. 



God's providence over men PSALMS. 



in divers varieties of life. 



41 And he gave them into the hand 
of the heathen ; and they that hated 
them ruled over them. 

42 Their enemies also oppressed 
them, and they were Drought into 
subjection under their hand. 

43 Many times did he deliver 
them; hut they provoked him with 
their counsel, and were Drought low 
for their iniquity. 

44 Nevertheless he regarded their 
affliction, when he heard their cry: 

45 And he remembered for them 
his covenant, and repented according 
to the multitude of his mercies. 

46 He made them also to he pitied 
of all those that carried them captives. 

47 Save us, O Lord our God, and 
gather us from among the heathen, 
to give thanks unto thy holy name, 
and to triumph in thy praise. 

48 Blessed be the Lord God of 
Israel from everlasting to everlasting: 
and let all the people say, Amen. 
Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CVII, 

1 The psalmist exhortetk the redeemed, in praising God, 
to observe his manifold providence, 4 over travellers, 
10 over captives, 17 over sick men, 23 over seamen, 33 
and in divers varieties of life. 

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord, 
for he is good : for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

2 Let the redeemed of the Lord 
say so, whom he hath redeemed 
from the hand of the enemy; 

3 And gathered them out of the 
lands, from the east, and from the west, 
from the north, and from the south. 

4 They wandered in the wilderness 
in a solitary way ; they found no city 
to dwell in. 

5 Hungry and thirsty, their soul 
fainted in them. 

6 Then they criecf unto the Lord 
in their trouble, and he delivered 
them out of their distresses. 

7 And he led them forth by the 
right way, that they might go to a 
city of habitation. 

8 Oh that men would praise the Lord 
for his goodness, and for his wonder- 
ful works to the children of men ! 



9 For he satisfieth the longing 
soul, and filleth the hungry soul 
with goodness. 

10 Such as sit in darkness and in 
the shadow of death, being bound in 
affliction and iron; 

11 Because they rebelled against 
the words of God, and contemned 
the counsel of the Most High : 

12 Therefore he brought down their 
heart with labour; they fell down, 
and there tvas none to help. 

13 Then they cried unto the Lord 
in their trouble, and he saved them 
out of their distresses. 

14 He brought them out of dark- 
ness and the shadow of death, and 
brake their bands in sunder. 

15 Oh that men would praise the 
Lord for his goodness, and for his 
wonderful works to the children of 
men! 

16 For he hath broken the gates of 
brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. 

17 Fools, because of their trans- 
gression, and because of their iniqui- 
ties, are afflicted. 

18 Their soul abhorreth all man- 
ner of meat; and they draw near 
unto the gates of death. 

19 Then they cry unto the Lord 
in their trouble, and he saveth them 
out of their distresses. 

20 He sent his word, and healed 
them, and delivered them from their 
destructions. 

21 Oh that men would praise the 
Lord for his goodness, and for his 
wonderful works to the children of 
men! 

22 And let them sacrifice the sa- 
crifices of thanksgiving, and declare 
his works with rejoicing. 

23 They that go down to the sea in 
ships, that do business in great waters ; 

24 These see the works of the 
Lord, and his wonders in the deep. 

25 For he commandeth, and raiseth 
the stormy wind, which lifteth up the 
waves thereof. 

26 They mount up to the heaven, 
they go down again to the depths : 

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God's providence over all. PSALMS. David's zeal in praising him. 



their soul is melted because of trou- 
ble. 

27 They reel to and fro, and stag- 
ger like a drunken man, and are at 
their wit's end. 

28 Then they cry unto the Lord 
in their trouble, and he bringeth 
them out of their distresses. 

29 He maketh the storm a calm, 
so that the waves thereof are still. 

30 Then are they glad because they 
be quiet ; so he bringeth them unto 
their desired haven. 

31 Oh that men would praise the 
Lord for his goodness, and for his won- 
derful works to the children of men ! 

32 Let them exalt him also in the 
congregation of the people, and praise 
him in the assembly of the elders. 

33 He turneth rivers into a wilder- 
ness, and the watersprings into dry 
ground ; 

34 A fruitful land into barrenness, 
for the wickedness of them that dwell 
therein. 

35 He turneth the wilderness into 
a standing water, and dry ground 
into watersprings. 

36 And there he maketh the hun- 
gry to dwell, that they may prepare 
a city for habitation; 

37 And sow the fields, and plant 
vineyards, which may yield fruits of 
increase. 

38 He blesseth them also, so that 
they are multiplied greatly; and suf- 
fereth not their cattle to decrease. 

39 Again, they are minished and 
brought low through oppression, afflic- 
tion, and sorrow. 

40 He poureth contempt upon prin- 
ces, and causeth them to wander in 
the wilderness, where there is no way. 

41 Yet setteth he the poor on high 
from affliction, and maketh him fa- 
milies like a flock. 

42 The righteous shall see it, and 
rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop 
her mouth. 

43 Whoso is wise, and will observe 
these things, even they shall under- 
stand the lovingkindness of the Lord. 

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PSALM CYIII. 

1 David encourageth himself to praise God. 5 He pray- 
eth for God's assistance according to his promise. 11 
His confidence in God's help. 

A Song or Psalm of David. 

OGOD, my heart is fixed; I will 
sing and give praise, even with 
my glory. 

2 Awake, psaltery and harp : I my- 
self will awake early. 

3 I will praise thee, O Lord, among 
the people: and I will sing praises 
unto thee among the nations. 

4 For thy mercy is great above the 
heavens : and thy truth reacheth unto 
the clouds. 

5 Be thou exalted, O God, above 
the heavens : and thy glory above all 
the earth; 

6 That thy beloved may be deli- 
vered : save with thy right hand, and 
answer me. 

7 God hath spoken in his holiness ; 
I will rejoice, I will divide Shechem, 
and mete out the valley of Succoth. 

8 Gilead is mine; Manasseh is 
mine ; Ephraim also is the strength of 
mine head ; Judah is my lawgiver ; 

9 Moab is my washpot ; over Edom 
will I cast out my shoe ; over Philis- 
tia will I triumph. 

10 Who will bring me into the 
strong city? who will lead me into 
Edom? 

11 Wilt not thou, O God, who hast 
cast us off? and wilt not thou, O 
God, go forth with our hosts ? 

12 Give us help from trouble: for 
vain is the help of man. 

13 Through God we shall do va- 
liantly : for he it is that shall tread 
down our enemies. 

PSALM CIX. 

1 David, complaining of his slanderous enemies, under 
the person of Judas devoteth them. 16 He sheweth 
their sin. 21 Complaining of his own misery, he 
prayeth for help. 29 He promiselh thankfulness. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

HOLD not thy peace, O God of 
my praise; 
2 For the mouth of the wicked and 
the mouth of the deceitful are open- 
ed against me : they have spoken 
against me with a lying tongue. 



David devoteth his enemies. PSALMS. 



Of Christ's kingdom. 






) 



3 They compassed me about also 
with words of hatred; and fought 
against me without a cause. 

4 For my love they are my adver- 
saries : but I give myself unto prayer. 

5 And they have rewarded me evil 
for good, and hatred for my love. 

6 Set thou a wicked man over him : 
and let Satan stand at his right hand. 

7 When he shall be judged, let him 
be condemned : and let his prayer be- 
come sin. 

8 Let his days be few ; and let an- 
other take his office. 

9 Let his children be fatherless, 
and his wife a widow. 

10 Let his children be continually 
vagabonds, and beg: let them seek 
their bread also out of their desolate 
places. 

11 Let the extortioner catch all 
that he hath ; and let the strangers 
spoil his labour. 

12 Let there be none to extend 
mercy unto him : neither let there be 
any to favour his fatherless children. 

13 Let his posterity be cut off; and 
in the generation following let their 
name be blotted out. 

14 Let the iniquity of his fathers 
be remembered with the Lord ; and 
let not the sin of his mother be 
blotted out. 

15 Let them be before the Lord 
continually, that he may cut off the 
memory of them from the earth. 

16 Because that he remembered 
not to shew mercy, but persecuted 
the poor and needy man, that he 
might even slay the broken in heart. 

17 As he loved cursing, so let it 
come unto him : as he delighted not 
in blessing, so let it be far from him. 

18 As he clothed himself with curs- 
ing like as with his garment, so let 
it come into his bowels like water, 
and like oil into his bones. 

19 Let it be unto him as the gar- 
ment which covereth him, and for a 
girdle wherewith he is girded conti- 
nually. 

20 Let this be the reward of mine 



adversaries from the Lord, and of 
them that speak evil against my soul. 

21 But do thou for me, O God the 
Lord, for thy name's sake : because 
thy mercy is good, deliver thou me. 

22 For I am poor and needy, and 
my heart is wounded within me. 

23 1 am gone like the shadow when 
it declineth: I am tossed up and down 
as the locust. 

24 My knees are weak through fast- 
ing ; and my flesh faileth of fatness. 

25 I became also a reproach unto 
them: when they looked upon me 
they shaked their heads. 

26 Help me, O Lord my God : O 
save me according to thy mercy : 

27 That they may know that this 
is thy hand ; that thou, Lord, hast 
done it. 

28 Let them curse, but bless thou : 
when they arise, let them be asham- 
ed ; but let thy servant rejoice. 

29 Let mine adversaries be clothed 
with shame; and let them cover 
themselves with their own confusion, 
as with a mantle. 

30 I will greatly praise the Lord 
with my mouth; yea, I will praise 
him among the multitude. 

31 For he shall stand at the right 
hand of the poor, to save him from 
those that condemn his soul. 

PSALM CX. 

1 The kingdom, 4 the priesthood, 5 the conquest, 1 and 
the passion of Christ. 

A Psalm of David. 

THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit 
thou at my right hand, until I 
make thine enemies thy footstool. 

2 The Lord shall send the rod of 
thy strength out of Zion: rule thou 
in the midst of thine enemies. 

3 Thy people shall be willing in 
the day of thy power, in the beau- 
ties of holiness from the womb of 
the morning: thou hast the dew of 
thy youth. 

4 The Lord hath sworn, and will 
not repent, Thou art a priest for ever 
after the order of Melchizedek. 

5 The Lord at thy right hand shall 

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Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS. 



The gain of godliness. 



strike through kings in the day of his 
wrath. 

6 He shall judge among the hea- 
then, he shall fill the places with the 
dead hodies; he shall wound the 
heads over many countries. 

7 He shall drink of the hrook in the 
way: therefore shall he lift up the 
head. 

PSALM CXI. 

1 The psalmist by his example inciteth others to praise 
God for his glorious, 5 and gracious works. 10 The 
fear of God breedeth true wisdom. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. I will 
praise the Lord with my whole 
heart, in the assembly of the upright, 
and in the congregation. 

2 The works of the Lord are great, 
sought out of all them that have 
pleasure therein. 

3 His work is honourable and glo- 
rious : and his righteousness endureth 
for ever. 

4 He hath made his wonderful 
works to be remembered : the Lord 
is gracious and full of compassion. 

5 He hath given meat unto them 
that fear him: he will ever be mind- 
ful of his covenant. 

6 He hath shewed his people the 
power of his works, that he may give 
them the heritage of the heathen. 

7 The works of his hands are ve- 
rity and judgment ; all his command- 
ments are sure. 

8 They stand fast for ever and 
ever, and are done in truth and up- 
rightness. 

9 He sent redemption unto his 
people: he hath commanded his co- 
venant for ever: holy and reverend 
is his name. 

10 The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of wisdom : a good under- 
standing have all they that do his 
commandments : his praise endureth 
for ever. 

PSALM CXII. 

1 Godliness hath the promises of this life, 4 and of the 
life to come. 10 The prosperity of the godly shall be 
an eyesore to the wicked.- 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Blessed is 
the man that feareth the Lord, 
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that delighteth greatly in his com- 
mandments. 

2 His seed shall be mighty upon 
earth : the generation of the upright 
shall be blessed. 

3 Wealth and riches shall be in his 
house: and his righteousness endur- 
eth for ever. 

4 Unto the upright there ariseth 
light in the darkness : he is gracious, 
and full of compassion, and righteous. 

5 A good man sheweth favour, and 
lendeth: he will guide his affairs 
with discretion. 

6 Surely he shall not be moved 
for ever: the righteous shall be in 
everlasting remembrance. 

7 He shall not be afraid of evil 
tidings : his heart is fixed, trusting in 
the Lord. 

8 His heart is established, he shall 
not be afraid, until he see his desire 
upon his enemies. 

9 He hath dispersed, he hath given 
to the poor; his righteousness en- 
dureth for ever; his horn shall be 
exalted with honour. 

10 The wicked shall see it, and be 
grieved; he shall gnash with his 
teeth, and melt away: the desire of 
the wicked shall perish. 

PSALM CXIII. 

1 An exhortation to praise God for his excellency, 6 for 
his mercy. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise, O 
ye servants of the Lord, praise 
the name of the Lord. 

2 Blessed be the name of the Lord 
from this time forth and for ever- 
more. 

3 From the rising of the sun unto 
the going down of the same the 
Lord's name is to be praised. 

4 The Lord is high above all na- 
tions, and his glory above the hea- 
vens. 

5 Who is like unto the Lord our 
God, who dwelleth on high, 

6 Who humbleth himself to behold 
the things that are in heaven, and in 
the earth ! 

7 He raiseth up the poor out of 



Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS. Profession of love to him. 



the dust, and lifteth the needy out of 
the dunghill; 

8 That he may set him with princes, 
even with the princes of his people. 

9 He maketh the barren woman to 
keep house, and to be a joyful mother 
of children. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXIY. 

An exhortation, by the example of the dumb creatures, 
to fear God in his church. 

WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, 
the house of Jacob from a 
people of strange language ; 

2 Judah was his sanctuary, and Is- 
rael his dominion. 

3 The sea saw it, and fled : Jordan 
was driven back. 

4 The mountains skipped like rams, 
and the little hills like lambs. 

5 What ailed thee, O thou sea, that 
thou fleddest ? thou Jordan, that thou 
wast driven back ? 

6 Ye mountains, that ye skipped 
like rams ; and ye little hills, like 
lambs ? 

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the pre- 
sence of the Lord, at the presence of 
the God of Jacob ; 

8 Which turned the rock into a 
standing water, the flint into a fount- 
ain of waters. 

PSALM CXY. 

I Because God is truly glorious, 4 and idols are vanity, 
9 he exhorteth to confidence in God. 12 God is to be 
blessed for his blessings. 

OT unto us, O Lord, not unto 
us, but unto thy name give 
glory, for thy mercy, and for thy 
truth's sake. 

2 Wherefore should the heathen 
say, Where is now their God ? 

3 But our God is in the heavens : he 
hath done whatsoever he hath pleased. 

4 Their idols are silver and gold, 
the work of men's hands. 

y 5 They have mouths, but they 
speak not : eyes have they, but they 
see not: 

\ 6 They have ears, but they hear not : 

noses have they, but they smell not: 

7 They have hands, but they han- 



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die not: feet have they, but they 
walk not : neither speak they through 
their throat. 

8 They that make them are like 
unto them ; so is every one that trust- 
eth in them. 

9 O Israel, trust thou in the Lord: 
he is their help and their shield. 

10 O house of Aaron, trust in 
the Lord : he is their help and their 
shield. 

11 Ye that fear the Lord, trust in 
the Lord : he is their help and their 
shield. 

12 The Lord hath been mindful 
of us: he will bless us; he will bless 
the house of Israel ; he will bless the 
house of Aaron. 

13 He will bless them that fear the 
Lord, both small and great. 

14 The Lord shall increase you 
more and more, you and your chil- 
dren. 

15 Ye are blessed of the Lord 
which made heaven and earth. 

16 The heaven, even the heavens, 
are the Lord's: but the earth hath 
he given to the children of men. 

17 The dead praise not the Lord, 
neither any that go down into silence. 

18 But we will bless the Lord 
from this time forth and for ever- 
more. Praise the Lord. 

PSALM CXVI. 

1 The psalmist professeth his love and duty to God for 
his deliverance. 12 He studieth to be thankful. 

I LOVE the Lord, because he 
hath heard my voice and my 
supplications. 

2 Because he hath inclined his ear 
unto me, therefore will I call upon 
him as long as I live. 

3 The sorrows of death compassed 
me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon 
me : I found trouble and sorrow. 

4 Then called I upon the name of 
the Lord ; O Lord, I beseech thee, 
deliver my soul. 

5 Gracious is the Lord, and right- 
eous ; yea, our God is merciful. 

6 The Lord preserveth the simple: 
I was brought low, and he helped me. 

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7 Return unto thy rest, O my soul; 
for the Lord hath dealt hountifully 
with thee. 

8 For thou hast delivered my soul 
from death, mine eyes from tears, and 
my feet from falling. 

9 I will walk hefore the Lord in 
the land of the living-. 

10 I believed, therefore have I 
spoken : I was greatly afflicted : 

11 I said in my haste, All men 
are liars. 

12 What shall I render unto the 
Lord for all his benefits toward me ? 

13 I will take the cup of salvation, 
and call upon the name of the Lord. 

14 I will pay my vows unto the 
Lord now in the presence of all his 
people. 

15 Precious in the sight of the 
Lord is the death of his saints. 

16 O Lord, truly I am thy ser- 
vant; I am thy servant, and the son 
of thine handmaid : thou hast loosed 
my bonds. 

17 I will offer to thee the sacrifice 
of thanksgiving, and will call upon 
the name of the Lord. 

18 I will pay my vows unto the 
Lord now in the presence of all his 
people, 

19 In the courts of the Lord's 
house, in the midst of thee, O Jeru- 
salem. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXVII. 

An exhortation to praise God for his mercy and truth. 

PRAISE the Lord, all ye na- 
tions : praise him, all ye people. 
2 For his merciful kindness is great 
toward us : and the truth of the 
Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye 
the Lord. 

PSALM CXVIII. 

1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy. 5 The 
psalmist by his experience sheweth how good it is to 
trust in God. 19 Under the type of the psalmist the 
coining of Christ in his kingdom is expressed. 

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord; 
for he is good : because his 
mercy endureth for ever. 

2 Let Israel now say, that his 
mercy endureth for ever. 
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3 Let the house of Aaron now say, 
that his mercy endureth for ever. 

4 Let them now that fear the Lord 
say, that his mercy endureth for ever. 

5 I called upon the Lord in dis- 
tress: the Lord answered me, and 
set me in a large place. 

6 The Lord is on my side ; I will 
not fear : what can man do unto me ? 

7 The Lord taketh my part with 
them that help me : therefore shall I 
see my desire upon them that hate me. 

8 It is better to trust in the Lord 
than to put confidence in man. 

9 It is better to trust in the Lord 
than to put confidence in princes. 

10 All nations compassed me about : 
but in the name of the Lord will I 
destroy them. 

11 They compassed me about ; yea, 
they compassed me about: but in 
the name of the Lord I will destroy 
them. 

12 They compassed me about like 
bees ; they are quenched as the fire 
of thorns : for in the name of the 
Lord I will destroy them. 

13 Thou hast thrust sore at me that 
I might fall : but the Lord helped me. 

14 The Lord is my strength and 
song, and is become my salvation. 

15 The voice of rejoicing and sal- 
vation is in the tabernacles of the 
righteous: the right hand of the 
Lord doeth valiantly. 

16 The right hand of the Lord is 
exalted : the right hand of the Lord 
doeth valiantly. 

17 I shall not die, but live, and 
declare the works of the Lord. 

18 The Lord hath chastened me 
sore : but he hath not given me over 
unto death. 

19 Open to me the gates of right- 
eousness: I will go into them, and 
I will praise the Lord : 

20 This gate of the Lord, into 
which the righteous shall enter. 

21 I will praise thee : for thou hast 
heard me, and art become my sal- 
vation. 

22 The stone which the builders 



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PSALMS. and professions of obedience. 



refused is become the head stone of 
the corner. 

23 This is the Lord's doing ; it is 
marvellous in our eyes. 

24 This is the day which the Lord 
hath made; we will rejoice and be 
glad in it. 

25 Save now, I beseech thee, O 
Lord : O Lord, I beseech thee, send 
now prosperity. 

26 Blessed be he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord : we have blessed 
you out of the house of the Lord. 

27 God is the Lord, which hath 
shewed us light: bind the sacrifice 
with cords, even unto the horns of the 
altar. 

28 Thou art my God, and I will 
praise thee : thou art my God, I will 
exalt thee. 

29 O give thanks unto the Lord; 
for he is good : for his mercy endureth 
for ever. 

PSALM CXIX. 

This psalm containeth sundry prayers, praises, and 
professions of obedience. 

ALEPH. 

BLESSED are the undefiled in 
the way, who walk in the law 
of the Lord. 

2 Blessed are they that keep his 
testimonies, and that seek him with 
the whole heart. 

3 They also do no iniquity : they 
walk in his ways. 

4 Thou hast commanded us to 
keep thy precepts diligently. 

5 O that my ways were directed 
to keep thy statutes ! 

6 Then shall I not be ashamed, 
when I have respect unto all thy 
commandments. 

7 I will praise thee with upright- 
ness of heart, when I shall have 
learned thy righteous judgments. 

8 I will keep thy statutes: O for- 
sake me not utterly. 

BETH. 

9 "Wherewithal shall a young man 
cleanse his way? by taking heed 
thereto according to thy word. 

10 With my whole heart have I 



sought thee: O let me not wander 
from thy commandments. 

11 Thy word have I hid in mine 
heart, that I might not sin against 
thee. 

12 Blessed art thou, O Lord: teach 
me thy statutes. 

13 With my lips have I declared 
all the judgments of thy mouth. 

14 I have rejoiced in the way of thy 
testimonies, as much as in all riches. 

15 I will meditate in thy precepts, 
and have respect unto thy ways. 

16 I will delight myself in thy sta- 
tutes : I will not forget thy word. 

GIMEL. 

17 Deal bountifully with thy serv- 
ant, that I may live, and keep thy 
word. 

18 Open thou mine eyes, that 1 
may behold wondrous things out of 
thy law. 

19 I am a stranger in the earth: 
hide not thy commandments from me. 

20 My soul breaketh for the long- 
ing that it hath unto thy judgments 
at all times. 

21 Thou hast rebuked the proud 
that are cursed, which do err from 
thy commandments. 

22 .Remove from me reproach and 
contempt ; for I have kept thy testi- 
monies* 

23 Princes also did sit and speak 
against me : but thy servant did me- 
ditate in thy statutes. 

24 Thy testimonies also are my de- 
light, and my counsellors. 

DALETH. 

25 My soul cleaveth unto the dust: 
quicken thou me according to thy 
word. 

26 I have declared my ways, and 
thou heardest me : teach me thy 
statutes. 

27 Make me to understand the 
way of thy precepts : so shall I talk 
of thy wondrous works. 

28 My soul melteth for heaviness: 
strengthen thou me according unto 
thy word. 

29 Remove from me the way of 

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PSALMS. and professions of obedience. 



lying: and grant me thy law gra- 
ciously. 

30 I have chosen the way of truth: 
thy judgments have I laid before me. 

31 I have stuck unto thy testimo- 
nies : O Lord, put me not to shame. 

32 I will run the way of thy com- 
mandments, when thou shalt enlarge 
my heart. 

HE. 

33 Teach me, O Lord, the way of 
thy statutes ; and I shall keep it unto 
the end. 

34 Give me understanding, and I 
shall keep thy law; yea, I shall ob- 
serve it with my whole heart. 

35 Make me to go in the path of 
thy commandments ; for therein do I 
delight. 

36 Incline my heart unto thy testi- 
monies, and not to covetousness. 

37 Turn away mine eyes from he- 
holding vanity; and quicken thou 
me in thy way. 

38 Stablish thy word unto thy ser- 
vant, who is devoted to thy fear. 

39 Turn away my reproach which 
I fear : for thy judgments are good. 

40 Behold, I have longed after thy 
precepts: quicken me in thy right- 
eousness. 

VAU. 

41 Let thy mercies come also unto 
me, O Lord, even thy salvation, ac- 
cording to thy word. 

42 So shall I have wherewith to 
answer him that reproacheth me: 
for I trust in thy word. 

43 And take not the word of truth 
utterly out of my mouth ; for I have 
hoped in thy judgments. 

44 So shall I keep thy law con- 
tinually for ever and ever. 

45 And I will walk at liberty : for 
I seek thy precepts. 

46 I will speak of thy testimonies 
also before kings, and will not be 
ashamed. 

47 And I will delight myself in 
thy commandments, which I have 
loved. 

48 My hands also will I lift up un- 

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to thy commandments, which I have 
loved; and I will meditate in thy 
statutes. 

ZAIN. 

49 Remember the word unto thy 
servant, upon which thou hast caused 
me to hope. 

50 This is my comfort in my afflic- 
tion : for thy word hath quickened me. 

51 The proud have had me greatly 
in derision : yet have I not declined 
from thy law. 

52 I remembered thy judgments of 
old, O Lord ; and have comforted 
myself. 

53 Horror hath taken hold upon 
me because of the wicked that for- 
sake thy law. 

54 Thy statutes have been my songs 
in the house of my pilgrimage. 

55 I have remembered thy name, 

Lord, in the night, and have kept 
thy law. 

56 This I had, because I kept thy 
precepts. 

CHETH. 

57 Thou art my portion, O Lord: 

1 have said that I would keep thy 
words. 

58 I entreated thy favour with my 
whole heart: be merciful unto me 
according to thy word. 

59 I thought on my ways, and 
turned my feet unto thy testimonies. 

60 I made haste, and delayed not 
to keep thy commandments. 

61 The bands of the wicked have 
robbed me : but I have not forgotten 
thy law. 

62 At midnight I will rise to give 
thanks unto thee because of thy 
righteous judgments. 

63 I am a companion of all them, 
that fear thee, and of them that keep 
thy precepts. 

64 The earth, O Lord, is full of 
thy mercy : teach me thy statutes. 

TETH. 

65 Thou hast dealt well with thy 
servant, O Lord, according unto thy 
word. 

66 Teach me good judgment and 



Sundry prayers, praises, 



PSALMS. and professions of obedience. 



knowledge : for I have believed thy 
commandments . 

67 Before I was afflicted I went 
astray: but now have I kept thy 
word. 

68 Thou art good, and doest good : 
teach me thy statutes. 

69 The proud have forged a lie 
against me: but I will keep thy 
precepts with my whole heart. 

70 Their heart is as fat as grease : 
but I delight in thy law. 

71 It is good for me that I have 
been afflicted ; that I might learn 
thy statutes. 

72 The law of thy mouth is better 
unto me than thousands of gold and 
silver. 

JOD. 

73 Thy hands have made me and 
fashioned me : give me understand- 
ing, that I may learn thy command- 
ments. 

74 They that fear thee will be glad 
when they see me ; because I have 
hoped in thy word. 

75 I know, O Lord, that thy judg- 
ments are right, and that thou in 
faithfulness hast afflicted me. 

76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful 
kindness be for my comfort, accord- 
ing to thy word unto thy servant. 

77 Let thy tender mercies come 
unto me, that I may live : for thy 
law is my delight. 

78 Let the proud be ashamed; for 
they dealt perversely with me with- 
out a cause : but I will meditate in 
thy precepts. 

79 Let those that fear thee turn 
unto me, and those that have known 
thy testimonies. 

80 Let my heart be sound in thy 
statutes ; that I be not ashamed. 

CAPR 

81 My soul fainteth for thy salva- 
tion : but I hope in thy word. 

82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, 
saying, When wilt thou comfort me ? 

83 For I am become like a bottle 
in the smoke ; yet do I not forget thy 
statutes. 






84 How many are the days of thy 
servant ? when wilt thou execute 
judgment on them that persecute me? 

85 The proud have digged pits for 
me, which are not after thy law. 

86 All thy commandments are faith- 
ful : they persecute me wrongfully ; 
help thou me. 

87 They had almost consumed me 
upon earth; but I forsook not thy 
precepts. 

88 Quicken me after thy loving- 
kindness; so shall I keep the testi- 
mony of thy mouth. 

LAMED. 

89 For ever, O Lord, thy word is 
settled in heaven. 

90 Thy faithfulness is unto all 
generations : thou hast established 
the earth, and it abideth. 

91 They continue this day accord- 
ing to thine ordinances: for all are 
thy servants. 

92 Unless thy law had been my de- 
lights, I should then have perished 
in mine affliction. 

93 I will never forget thy precepts : 
for with them thou hast quickened 
me. 

94 I am thine, save me ; for I have 
sought thy precepts. 

95 The wicked have waited for me 
to destroy me : but I will consider 
thy testimonies. 

96 I have seen an end of all per- 
fection: but thy commandment is ex- 
ceeding broad. 

MEM. 

97 O how love I thy law! it is my 
meditation all the day. 

98 Thou through thy command- 
ments hast made me wiser than mine 
enemies : for they are ever with me. 

99 1 have more understanding than 
all my teachers : for thy testimonies 
are my meditation. 

100 I understand more than the 
ancients, because I keep thy pre- 
cepts. 

101 I have refrained my feet from 
every evil way, that I might keep 
thy word. 

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Sundry prayers, praises, 



PSALMS. and prof essions of obedience. 



102 I have not departed from thy 
judgments : for thou hast taught me. 

103 How sweet are thy words unto 
my taste ! yea, sweeter than honey to 
my mouth. 

104 Through thy precepts I get 
understanding: therefore I hate every 
false way. 

NUN. 

105 Thy word is a lamp unto my 
feet, and a light unto my path. 

106 I have sworn, and I will per- 
form it, that I will keep thy righteous 
judgments. 

107 I am afflicted very much: 
quicken me, O Lord, according unto 
thy word. 

108 Accept, I beseech thee, the 
freewill offerings of my mouth, O 
Lord, and teach me thy judgments. 

109 My soul is continually in my 
hand: yet do I not forget thy law. 

110 The wicked have laid a snare 
for me : yet I erred not from thy 
precepts. 

111 Thy testimonies have I taken 
as a heritage for ever : for they are 
the rejoicing of my heart. 

112 I have inclined mine heart to 
perform thy statutes always, even unto 
the end. 

SAMECH. 

113 I hate vain thoughts : but thy 
law do I love. 

114 Thou art my hiding place and 
my shield : I hope in thy word. 

115 Depart from me, ye evil doers : 
for I will keep the commandments of 
my God. 

116 Uphold me according unto thy 
word, that I may live : and let me 
not be ashamed of my hope. 

117 Hold thou me up, and I shall 
be safe : and I will have respect unto 
thy statutes continually. 

118 Thou hast trodden down all 
them that err from thy statutes : for 
their deceit is falsehood. 

119 Thou puttest away all the 
wicked of the earth like dross : 
therefore I love thy testimonies. 

120 My flesh trembleth for fear of 

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thee ; and I am afraid of thy judg- 
ments. 

AIN. 

121 I have done judgment and 
justice : leave me not to mine op- 
pressors. 

122 Be surety for thy servant for 
good : let not the proud oppress me. 

123 Mine eyes fail for thy salva- 
tion, and for the word of thy right- 
eousness. 

124 Deal with thy servant accord- 
ing unto thy mercy, and teach me 
thy statutes. 

125 I am thy servant ; give me 
understanding, that I may know thy 
testimonies. 

126 It is time for thee, Lord, to 
work : for they have made void thy 
law. 

127 Therefore I love thy com- 
mandments above gold ; yea, above 
fine gold. 

128 Therefore I esteem all thy pre- 
cepts concerning all things to be right; 
and I hate every false way. 

PE. 

129 Thy testimonies are wonderful : 
therefore doth my soul keep them. 

130 The entrance of thy words 
giveth light ; it giveth understand- 
ing unto the simple. 

131 I opened my mouth, and 
panted: for I longed for thy com- 
mandments. 

132 Look thou upon me, and be 
merciful unto me, as thou usest to do 
unto those that love thy name. 

133 Order my steps in thy word * 
and let not any iniquity have domi- 
nion over me. 

134 Deliver me from the oppress- 
ion of man : so will I keep thy pre- 
cepts. 

135 Make thy face to shine upon thy 
servant ; and teach me thy statutes. 

136 Rivers of waters run down 
mine eyes, because they keep not 
thy law. 

TZADDI. 

137 Righteous art thou, O Lord, 
and upright are thy judgments. 



Sundry prayers, praises, 



PSALMS. and professions of obedience. 



138 Thy testimonies that thou hast 
commanded are righteous and very 
faithful. 

139 My zeal hath consumed me, 
because mine enemies have forgotten 
thy words. 

140 Thy word is very pure: there- 
fore thy servant loveth it. 

141 I am small and despised : yet 
do not I forget thy precepts. 

142 Thy righteousness is an ever- 
lasting righteousness, and thy law is 
the truth. 

143 Trouble and anguish have 
taken hold on me: yet thy command- 
ments are my delights. 

144 The righteousness of thy tes- 
timonies is everlasting : give me un- 
derstanding, and I shall live. 

KOPH. 

145 I cried with my whole heart ; 
hear me, O Lord: I will keep thy 
statutes. 

146 I cried unto thee ; save me, 
and I shall keep thy testimonies. 

147 I prevented the dawning of the 
morning, and cried : I hoped in thy 
word. 

148 Mine eyes prevent the night 
watches, that I might meditate in 
thy word, 

149 Hear my voice according unto 
thy lovingkindness : O Lord, quick- 
en me according to thy judgment. 

15(f lhey draw nigh that follow 
after mischief: they are far from thy 
law. 

151 Thou art near, O Lord; and 
all thy commandments are truth. 

152 Concerning thy testimonies, I 
have known of old that thou hast 
founded them for ever. 

RESH. 

153 Consider mine affliction, and 
deliver me: for I do not forget thy 
law. 

154 Plead my cause, and deliver 
me : quicken me according to thy 
word. 

155 Salvation is far from the wick- 
ed : for they seek not thy statutes. 

156 Great are thy tender mercies, 

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O Lord: quicken me according to 
thy judgments. 

157 Many are my persecutors and 
mine enemies ; yet do I not decline 
from thy testimonies. 

158 I beheld the transgressors, and 
was grieved; because they kept not 
thy word. 

159 Consider how I love thy pre- 
cepts : quicken me, O Lord, according 
to thy lovingkindness. 

160 Thy word is true from the 
beginning: and every one of thy 
righteous judgments endureth for 
ever. 

SCHIN. 

161 Princes have persecuted me 
without a cause : but my heart stand- 
eth in awe of thy word. 

162 I rejoice at thy word, as one 
that findeth great spoil. 

163 I hate and abhor lying : but 
thy law do I love. 

164 Seven times a day do I praise 
thee, because of thy righteous judg- 
ments. 

165 Great peace have they which 
love thy law : and nothing shall of- 
fend them. 

166 Lord, I have hoped for thy 
salvation, and done thy command- 
ments. 

167 My soul hath kept thy testi- 
monies ; and I love them exceedingly. 

168 I have kept thy precepts and 
thy testimonies : for all my ways are 
before thee. 

tau. 

169 Let my cry come near before 
thee, O Lord: give me understand- 
ing according to thy word. 

170 Let my supplication come be- 
fore thee: deliver me according to 
thy word. 

171 My lips shall utter praise, when 
thou hast taught me thy statutes. 

172 My tongue shall speak of thy 
word : for all thy commandments are 
righteousness. 

173 Let thine hand help, me ; for 
I have chosen thy precepts. 

174 I have longed for thy salva- 

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PSALMS. 



The church! s deliverance. 



tion, O Lord; and thy law is my 
delight. 

175 Let my soul live, and it shall 
praise thee; and let thy judgments 
help me. 

176 I have gone astray like a lost 
sheep : seek thy servant; for I do not 
forget thy commandments. 

PSALM CXX. 

1 David prayeth against Doeg, 3 reproveth his tongue, 
5 complaineth of his necessary conversation with the 
wicked. 

A Song of degrees. 

IN my distress I cried unto the 
Lord, and he heard me. 

2 Deliver my soul, O Lord, from 
lying lips, and from a deceitful 
tongue. 

3 What shall be given unto thee ? 
or what shall be done unto thee, thou 
false tongue ? 

4 Sharp arrows of the mighty, with 
coals of juniper. 

5 Woe is me, that I sojourn in 
Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of 
Kedar ! 

6 My soul hath long dwelt with 
him that hateth peace. 

7 I am for peace : but when I 
speak, they are for war. 

PSALM CXXI. 

The great safety of the godly, who put their trust in God's 
protection. 

A Song of degrees. 

I WILL lift up mine eyes unto 
the hills, from whence cometh 
my help. 

2 My help cometh from the Lord, 
which made heaven and earth. 

3 He will not suffer thy foot to be 
moved : he that keepeth thee will not 
slumber. 

4 Behold, he that keepeth Israel 
shall neither slumber nor sleep. 

5 The Lord is thy keeper: the 
Lord is thy shade upon thy right 
hand. 

6 The sun shall not smite thee by 
day, nor the moon by night. 

7 The Lord shall preserve thee 
from all evil: he shall preserve thy 
soul. 

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8 The Lord shall preserve thy go- 
ing out and thy coining in from this 
time forth, and even for evermore. 

PSALM CXX1I. 

1 David prof esseth his joy for the church, 6 and prayeth 
for the peace thereof. 

A Song of degrees of David. 

I WAS glad when they said unto 
me, Let us go into the house of 
the Lord. 

2 Our feet shall stand within thy 
gates, O Jerusalem. 

3 Jerusalem is builded as a city 
that is compact together : 

4 Whither the tribes go up, the 
tribes of the Lord, unto the testimony 
of Israel, to give thanks unto the 
name of the Lord. 

5 For there are set thrones of 
judgment, the thrones of the house of 
David. 

6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem : 
they shall prosper that love thee. 

7 Peace be within thy walls, and 
prosperity within thy palaces. 

8 For my brethren and companions* 
sakes, I will now say, Peace be with- 
in thee. 

9 Because of the house of the Lord 
our God I will seek thy good. 



PSALM CXXIII. 

1 The godly profess their confidence in God, 3 and pray 
to be delivered from contempt. 

A Song of degrees. 

UNTO thee lift I up mine eyes, 
O thou that dwellest in the hea- 
vens. 

2 Behold, as the eyes of servants 
look unto the hand of their masters, 
and as the eyes of a maiden unto the 
hand of her mistress; so our eyes 
wait upon the Lord our God, untjl 
that he have mercy upon us. 

3 Have mercy upon us, O Lord, 
have mercy upon us : for we are ex- 
ceedingly filled with contempt. 

4 Our soul is exceedingly filled 
with the scorning of those that are at 
ease, and with the contempt of the 
proud. 



Nearer, my God, to thee, 

Nearer to thee! 

E'en though it be a cross 

That raiseth me ; 

Still all my song shall be, 

Nearer, my God, to thee, 

Nearer to thee! 

Though like a wanderer, 

The sun gone down, 

Darkness comes over me, 

My rest a stone, 

Yet in my dreams I'd be 

Nearer, my God, to thee, 

Nearer to thee! 

There let my way appear 

Steps unto heaven; 

All that thou sendest me 

In mercy giv'n; 

Angels to beckon me 

Nearer, my God, to thee, 

Nearer to thee! 

Then with my waking thoughts 

Bright with thy praise, 

Out of my stony griefs 

Bethel I'll raise; 

So by my woes to be 

Nearer, my God, to thee, 

Nearer to thee! 

And when on joyful wing, 

Cleaving the sky, 

Sun, moon, and stars forgot, 
Upward I fly, 

Still all my song shall be, 

Nearer, my God, to thee, 

Nearer to thee! 



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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS. 



There are but TWO CLASSES in the world, 
the righteous and the wicked. To which do 
you belong ? 

There are but TWO MASTEES ; they each 
give their servants wages according to their work. 
Which do you serve ? 

There are but TWO KINGDOMS. Who is 
your king? Who is your lawgiver? Who 
is it that reigns in you and over you ? 

There are but TWO WAYS. In which are 
you walking? 

There are but TWO FAMILIES. Who is 
your father ? 

Happy the soul who by faith in the Lord 
Jesus Christ, and the indwelling of his Spirit, 
can say : I serve the Lord Jesus Christ. He is 
my master, the Holy One of Israel. He is the 
King of kings whose law I obey. I am walking 
with Him who hath led me out of darkness into 
his marvelous light — the light of life. I am 
clothed in the righteousness of my Redeemer, 
in the garment of his salvation, pure as the light. 
By faith in Christ I can look up to God and say, 
" Thou art my Father, my God, and the rock of 
my salvation." " Therefore goodness and mercy 
shall follow me all the days of my life, and I 
shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever." 



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The church blesseth God. 



PSALMS. The virtue of God's blessing. 



PSALM CXXIY. 

The church blesseth God for a miraculous deliverance. 

A Song of degrees of David. 

IF it had not been the Lord who 
was on our side, now may Israel 
say; 

2 If it had not been the Lord who 
was on our side, when men rose up 
against us : 

3 Then they had swallowed us up 
quick, when their wrath was kindled 
against us : 

4 Then the waters had overwhelm- 
ed us, the stream had gone over our 
soul: 

5 Then the proud waters had gone 
over our soul. 

6 Blessed be the Lord, who hath 
not given us as a prey to their teeth. 

7 Our soul is escaped as a bird out 
of the snare of the fowlers : the snare 
is broken, and we are escaped. 

8 Our help is in the name of the 
Lord, who made heaven and earth. 

PSALM CXXY. 

1 The safety of such as trust in God. 4 A prayer for 
the godly, and against the wicked. 

A Song of degrees. 

THEY that trust in the Lord 
shall be as mount Zion, which 
cannot be removed, but abideth for 
ever. 

2 As the mountains are round 
about Jerusalem, so the Lord is 
round about his people from hence- 
forth even for ever. 

3 For the rod of the wicked shall 
not rest upon the lot of the right- 
eous ; lest the righteous put forth 
their 1 hands unto iniquity. 

4 Do good, O Lord, unto those that 
be good, and to them that are upright 
in their hearts. 

o As for such as turn aside unto 
their crooked ways, the Lord shall 
lead them forth with the workers of 
iniquity: but peace shall be upon 
Israel. 

PSALM CXXYI. 

1 The church, celebrating her incredible return out of 
captivity, 4 pray 'eth for, and prophesieth the good suc- 
cess thereof. 

A Song of degrees. 



WHEN the Lord turned again 
the captivity of Zion, we were 
like them that dream. 

2 Then was our mouth filled with 
laughter, and our tongue with sing- 
ing : then said they among the hea- 
then, The Lord hath done great 
things for them. 

3 The Lord hath done great things 
for us ; whereof we are glad. 

4 Turn again our captivity, O 
Lord, as the streams in the south. 

5 They that sow in tears shall reap 
in joy. 

6 He that goeth forth and weepeth, 
bearing precious seed, shall doubtless 
come again with rejoicing, bringing 
his sheaves with him. 

PSALM CXXYII. 

1 The virtue of God's blessing. 3 Good children are 
his gift. 

A Song of degrees for Solomon. 

EXCEPT the Lord build the 
house, they labour in vain that 
build it : except the Lord keep the 
city, the watchman waketh but in 
vain. 

2 It is vain for you to rise up early, 
to sit up late, to eat the bread of 
sorrows : for so he giveth his beloved 
sleep. 

3 Lo, children are a heritage of the 
Lord : and the fruit of the womb is 
his reward. 

4 As arrows are in the hand of a 
mighty man ; so are children of the 
youth. 

5 Happy is, the man that hath his 
quiver full of them: they shall not 
be ashamed, but they shall speak 
with the enemies in the gate. 

PSALM CXXVIII. 

The sundry blessings which follow them that fear God. 

A Song of degrees, 

BLESSED is every one that fear- 
eth the Lord ; that walketh in 
his ways. 

2 For thou shalt eat the labour of 
thine hands : happy shalt thou be, 
and it shall be well with thee. 

3 Thy wife shall be as a fruitful 

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Exhortation to praise God. PSALMS. 



David's care for the ark. 



vine by the sides of thine house: 
thy children like olive plants round 
about thy table. 

4 Behold, that thus shall the man 
be blessed that feareth the Lord. 

5 The Lord shall bless thee out of 
Zion : and thou shalt see the good of 
Jerusalem all the days of thy life. 

6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children's 
children, and peace upon Israel. 

PSALM CXXIX. 

1 An exhortation to praise God for saving Israel in 
their great afflictions. 6 The haters of the church are 
cursed. 

A Song of degrees. 

MANY a time have they afflicted 
me from my youth, may Israel 
now say : 

2 Many a time have they afflicted 
me from my youth: yet they have 
not prevailed against me. 

3 The ploughers ploughed upon 
my back : they made long their fur- 
rows. 

4 The Lord is righteous : he hath 
cut asunder the cords of the wicked. 

5 Let them all be confounded and 
turned back that hate Zion. 

6 Let them be as the grass upon the 
housetops, which withereth afore it 
groweth up : 

7 "Wherewith the mower filleth not 
his hand ; nor he that bindeth sheaves 
his bosom. 

8 Neither do they which go by say, 
The blessing of the Lord be upon 
you : we bless you in the name of 
the Lord. 

PSALM CXXX. 

1 The psalmist professeth Ins hope in prayer, 5 and his 
patience in hope. 1 He exhorteth Israel to hope in 
God. 

A Song of degrees. 

OUT of the depths have I cried 
unto thee, O Lord. 

2 Lord, hear my voice : let thine 
ears be attentive to the voice of my 
supplications. 

3 If thou, Lord, shouldest mark 
iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand ? 

4 But there is forgiveness with thee, 
that thou may est be feared. 

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5 I wait for the Lord, my soul doth 
wait, and in his word do I hope. 

6 My soul waiteth for the Lord 
more than they that watch for the 
morning : I say, more than they that 
watch for the morning. 

7 Let Israel hope in the Lord : for 
with the Lord there is mercy, and with 
him is plenteous redemption. 

8 And he shall redeem Israel from 
all his iniquities. 

PSALM CXXXI. 

1 David, professing his humility, 3 exhorteth Israel to 
hope in God. 

A Song of degrees of David. 

LORD, my heart is not haughty, 
nor mine eyes lofty: neither do 
I exercise myself in great matters, or 
in things too high for me. 

2 Surely I have behaved and 
quieted myself, as a child that is 
weaned of his mother: my soul is 
even as a weaned child. 

3 Let Israel hope in the Lord from 
henceforth and for ever. 

PSALM CXXXII. 

1 David in his prayer commendeth unto God the reli- 
gious care he had for the ark. 8 His prayer at the 
removing of the ark, 11 with a repetition of God's 
promises. 

A Song of degrees. 

LORD, remember David, and all 
his afflictions : 

2 How he sware unto the Lord, 
and vowed unto the mighty God of 
Jacob ; 

3 Surely I will not come into the 
tabernacle of my house, nor go up 
into my bed ; 

4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, 
or slumber to mine eyelids, 

5 Until I find out a place for the 
Lord, a habitation for the mighty 
God of Jacob. 

6 Lo, we heard of it at Ephratah : 
we found it in the fields of the wood. 

7 We will go into his tabernacles : 
we will worship at his footstool. 

8 Arise, O Lord, into thy rest; 
thou, and the ark of thy strength. 

9 Let thy priests be clothed with 
righteousness ; and let thy saints 
shout for joy 



God's promises to David. 



PSALMS. Exhortation to praise God. 






10 For thy servant David's sake 
turn not away the face of thine 
anointed. 

11 The Lord hath sworn in truth 
unto David; he will not turn from 
it; Of the fruit of thy body will I 
set upon thy throne. 

12 If thy children will keep my co- 
venant and my testimony that I shall 
teach them, their children shall also 
sit upon thy throne for evermore. 

13 For the Lord hath chosen Zion ; 
he hath desired it for his habitation. 

14 This is my rest for ever : here 
will I dwell; for I have desired it. 

lo I will abundantly bless her pro- 
vision: I will satisfy her poor with 
bread. 

16 I will also clothe her priests 
with salvation : and her saints shall 
shout aloud for joy. 

17 There will I make the horn of 
David to bud: I have ordained a 
lamp for mine anointed. 

18 His enemies will I clothe with 
shame: but upon himself shall his 
crown nourish. 

PSALM C XXXIII. 

The benefit of the communion of saints. 

A Song of degrees of David. 

BEHOLD, how good and how 
pleasant it is for brethren to 
dwell together in unity ! 

2 It is like the precious ointment 
upon the head, that ran down upon 
the beard, even Aaron's beard: that 
went down to the skirts of his gar- 
ments ; 

3 As the dew of Hermon, and as 
the dew that descended upon the 
mountains of Zion: for there the 
Lord commanded the blessing, even 
life for evermore. 

PSALM CXXXIV. 

An exhortation to bless God. 

A Song of degrees. 

BEHOLD, bless ye the Lord, all 
ye servants of the Lord, which 
by night stand in the house of the 
Lord. 



2 Lift up your hands in the sanc- 
tuary, and bless the Lord. 

3 The Lord that made heaven and 
earth bless thee out of Zion. 

PSALM CXXXV. 

1 An exhortation to praise God for his mercy, 5 for his 
power, 8 for his judgments. 15 The vanity of idols. 
19 An exhortation to bless God. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye 
the name of the Lord ; praise 
him, O ye servants of the Lord. 

2 Ye that stand in the house of the 
Lord, in the courts of the house of 
our God, 

3 Praise the Lord ; for the Lord 
is good : sing praises unto his name ; 
for it is pleasant. 

4 For the Lord hath chosen Jacob 
unto himself, and Israel for his pe- 
culiar treasure. 

5 For I know that the Lord is 
great, and that our Lord is above all 
gods. 

6 Whatsoever the Lord pleased, 
that did he in heaven, and in earth, 
in the seas, and all deep places. 

7 He causeth the vapours to as- 
cend from the ends of the earth ; he 
maketh lightnings for the rain ; he 
bringeth the wind out of his trea- 
suries. 

8 Who smote the firstborn of 
Egypt, both of man and beast. 

9 Who sent tokens and wonders 
into the midst of thee, O Egypt, 
upon Pharaoh, and upon all his 
servants. 

10 Who smote great nations, and 
slew mighty kings ; 

11 Sihon king of the Amorites, and 
Og king of Bashan, and all the king- 
doms of Canaan : 

12 And -gave their land for a 
heritage, a heritage unto Israel his 
people. 

13 Thy name, O Lord, endureth 
for ever ; and thy memorial, O Lord, 
throughout all generations. 

14 For the Lord will judge his 
people, and he will repent himself 
concerning his servants. 

15 The idols of the heathen are 

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An exhortation 



PSALMS. 



to thanksgiving. 



silver and gold, the work of men's 
hands. 

16 They have mouths, hut they 
speak not ; eyes have they, hut they 
see not ; 

17 They have ears, hut they hear 
not ; neither is there any "breath in 
their mouths. 

18 They that make them are like 
unto them : so is every one that trust- 
eth in them. 

19 Bless the Lord, O house of 
Israel : Mess the Lord, O house of 
Aaron : 

20 Bless the Lord, O house of 
Levi: ye that fear the Lord, hless 
the Lord. 

21 Blessed he the Lord out of 
Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. 
Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CXXXVI. 

An exhortation to give thanks to God for particular 
mercies. 

OGIVE thanks unto the Lord ; 
for he is good: for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

2 O give thanks unto the God of 
gods: for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

3 O give thanks to the Lord of lords : 
for his mercy endureth for ever. 

4 To him who alone doeth great 
wonders : for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

5 To him that hy wisdom made the 
heavens: for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

6 To him that stretched out the 
earth ahove the waters : for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

7 To him that made great lights : 
for his mercy endureth for ever : 

8 The sun to rule hy day : for his 
mercy endureth for ever : 

9 The moon and stars to rule hy 
night: for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

10 To him that smote Egypt in 
their firstborn : for his mercy endureth 
for ever : 

11 And Drought out Israel from 

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among them : for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 

12 With a strong hand, and with 
a stretched out arm: for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

13 To him which divided the Red 
sea into parts : for his mercy endureth 
for ever: 

14 And made Israel to pass through 
the midst of it: for his mercy endureth 
for ever : 

15 But overthrew Pharaoh and his 
host in the Red sea : for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

16 To him which led his people 
through the wilderness : for his mercy 
endureth for ever. 

1 7 To him which smote great kings : 
for his mercy endureth for ever : 

18 And slew famous kings : for his 
mercy endureth for ever : 

19 Sihon king of the Amorites: for 
his mercy endureth for ever: 

20 And Og the king of Bashan: for 
his mercy endureth for ever : 

21 And gave their land for a he- 
ritage : for his mercy endureth for 
ever : 

22 Even a heritage unto Israel his 
servant: for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

23 Who rememhered us in our low 
estate : for his mercy endureth for 
ever: 

24 And hath redeemed us from our 
enemies : for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

25 Who giveth food to all flesh: for 
his mercy endureth for ever. 

26 O give thanks unto the God of 
heaven : for his mercy endureth for 
ever. 

PSALM CXXXYII. 

1 The constancy of the Jews in captivity. *7 The prophet 
curseth Edom and Babel. 

BY the rivers of Bahylon, there we 
sat down, yea, we wept, when we 
rememhered Zion. 

2 We hanged our harps upon the 
willows in the midst thereof. 

3 For there they that carried us 
away captive required of us a song ; 



David prof esseth his 



PSALMS. 



confidence in God. 



and they that wasted us required of 
us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the 
songs of Zion. 

4 How shall we sing the Lord's 
song in a strange land? 

5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let 
my right hand forget her cunning. 

6 If I do not remember thee, let 
my tongue cleave to the roof of my 
mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem 
above my chief joy. 

7 Remember, O Lord, the child- 
ren of Edom in the day of Jerusalem ; 
who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the 
foundation thereof. 

8 O daughter of Babylon, who art 
to be destroyed; happy shall he be, 
that rewardeth thee as thou hast 
served us. 

9 Happy shall he be, that taketh 
and dasheth thy little ones against 
the stones. 

PSALM CXXXVIIL 

1 David praiseth God for the truth of his word, 4 He 
prophesieth that the kings of the earth shall praise 
God. 1 He prof esseth his confidence in God. 

A Psalm of David. 

I WILL praise thee with my whole 
heart : before the gods will I sing 
praise unto thee. 

2 I will worship toward thy holy 
temple, and praise thy name for thy 
lovingkindness and for thy truth : for 
thou hast magnified thy word above 
all thy name. 

3 Li the day when I cried thou 
answeredst me, and strengthenedst 
me with strength in my soul. 

4 All the kings of the earth shall 
praise thee, O Lord, when they hear 
the words of thy mouth. 

5 Yea, they shall sing in the ways 
of the Lord : for great is the glory 
of the Lord. 

6 Though the Lord be high, yet 
hath he respect unto the lowly : but 
the proud he knoweth afar off. 

7 Though I walk in the midst of 
trouble, thou wilt revive me: thou 
shalt stretch forth thine hand against 
the wrath of mine enemies, and thy 
right hand shall save me. 



8 The Lord will perfect that which 
concerneth me: thy mercy, O Lord, 
endureth for ever: forsake not the 
works of thine own hands. 

PSALM CXXXIX. 

1 David praiseth God for his allseeing providence, 17 
and for his infinite mercies. 19 He defieth the wicked. 
23 He prayethfor sincerity. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

OLORD, thou hast searched me, 
and known me. 

2 Thou knowest my downsitting 
and mine uprising ; thou understand- 
est my thought afar off. 

3 Thou compassest my path and 
my lying down, and art acquainted 
with all my ways. 

4 For there is not a word in my 
tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou know- 
est it altogether. 

5 Thou hast beset me behind and 
before, and laid thine hand upon me. 

6 Such knowledge is too wonderful 
for me; it is high, I cannot attain 
unto it. 

7 Whither shall I go from thy 
Spirit? or whither shall I flee from 
thy presence ? 

8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou 
art there : if I make my bed in hell, 
behold, thou art there. 

9 If I take the wings of the morn- 
ing, and dwell in the uttermost parts 
of the sea; 

10 Even there shall thy hand lead 
me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 

11 If I say, Surely the darkness 
shall cover me ; even the night shal! 
be light about me. 

12 Yea, the darkness hideth not 
from thee ; but the night shineth as 
the day : the darkness and the light 
are both alike to thee. 

13 For thou hast possessed my 
reins : thou liast covered me in my 
mother's womb. 

14 I will praise thee; for I am 
fearfully and wonderfully made : 
marvellous are thy works ; and that 
my soul knoweth right well. 

15 My substance was not hid from 
thee, when I was made in secret, and 

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David prayeth 



PSALMS. 



against his enemies. 



curiously wrought in the lowest parts 
of the earth. 

1 6 Thine eyes did see my substance, 
yet "being unperfect ; and in thy book 
all my members were written, which 
in continuance were fashioned, when 
as yet there was none of them. 

17 How precious also are thy 
thoughts unto me, O God ! how 
great is the sum of them ! 

18 If I should count them, they 
are more in number than the sand : 
when I awake, I am still with thee. 

19 Surely thou wilt slay the wick- 
ed, O God : depart from me therefore, 
ye bloody men. 

20 For they speak against thee 
wickedly, and thine enemies take 
thy name in vain. 

21 Do not I hate them, O Lord, 
that hate thee ? and am not I grieved 
with those that rise up against thee? 

22 I hate them with perfect hatred : 
I count them mine enemies. 

23 Search me, O God, and know 
my heart: try me, and know my 
thoughts : 

24 And see if there be any wicked 
way in me, and lead me in the way 
everlasting. 

PSALM CXL. 

1 David prayeth to be delivered from Saul and Doeg. 8 
He prayeth against them. 1 2 He comforteth himself 
by confidence in God. 

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. 

DELIVER me, O Lord, from the 
evil man : preserve me from 
the violent man ; 

2 Which imagine mischiefs in their 
heart ; continually are they gathered 
together for war. 

3 They have sharpened their tongues 
like a serpent ; adders' poison is under 
their lips. Selah. 

4 Keep me, O Lord, from the hands 
of the wicked ; preserve me from the 
violent man ; who have purposed to 
overthrow my goings. 

5 The proud have hid a snare for 
me, and cords ; they have spread a 
net by the way side ; they have set 
gins for me. Selah. 

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6 I said unto the Lord, Thou art 
my God : hear the voice of my sup- 
plications, O Lord. 

7 O God the Lord, the strength of 
my salvation, thou hast covered my 
head in the day of battle. 

8 Grant not, O Lord, the desires 
of the wicked : further not his wicked 
device ; lest they exalt themselves. 
Selah. 

9 As for the head of those that 
compass me about, let the mischief 
of their own lips cover them. 

10 Let burning coals fall upon 
them : let them be cast into the fire ; 
into deep pits, that they rise not up 
again. 

11 Let not an evil speaker be esta- 
blished in the earth: evil shall hunt 
the violent man to overthrow him. 

12 I know that the Lord will 
maintain the cause of the afflicted, 
and the right of the poor. 

13 Surely the righteous shall give 
thanks unto thy name : the upright 
shall dwell in thy presence. 

PSALM CXLL 

1 David prayeth that his suit may be acceptable, 3 hid 
conscience sincere, *l and his life safe from snares. 

A Psalm of David. 

LORD, I cry unto thee : make 
haste unto me; give ear unto 
my voice, when I cry unto thee. 

2 Let my prayer be set forth before 
thee as incense ; and the lifting up 
of my hands as the evening sacri- 
fice. 

3 Set a watch, O Lord, before my 
mouth ; keep the door of my lips. 

4 Incline not my heart to any evil 
thing, to practise wicked works with 
men that work iniquity : and let me 
not eat of their dainties. 

5 Let the righteous smite me; it 
shall be a kindness : and let him re- 
prove me ; it shall be an excellent 
oil, which shall not break my head : 
for yet my prayer also shall be in their 
calamities. 

6 When their judges are over- 
thrown in stony places, they shall 
hear my words; for they are sweet. 



His comfort in 



PSALMS. 



prayer unto God. 



7 Our bones are scattered at the 
grave's mouth, as when one cutteth 
and cleaveth wood upon the earth. 

8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O 
God the Lord: in thee is my trust; 
leave not my soul destitute. 

9 Keep me^ from the snares which 
they have laid for me, and the gins 
of the workers of iniquity. 

10 Let the wicked fall into their 
own nets, whilst that I withal es- 
cape. 

PSALM CXLII. 

David sheweth that in his trouble all his comfort was in 
prayer unto God. 

Masohil of David ; A Prayer when he was 
in the cave. 

I CRIED unto the Lord with my 
voice ; with my voice unto the 
Lord did I make my supplication. 

2 I poured out my complaint be- 
fore him ; I shewed before him my 
trouble. 

3 When my spirit was overwhelm- 
ed within me, then thou knewest 
my path. In the way wherein I 
walked have they privily laid a snare 
for me. 

4 I looked on my right hand, and 
beheld, but there was no man that 
would know me: refuge failed me; 
no man cared for my soul. 

5 I cried unto thee, O Lord : I 
said, Thou art my refuge and my 
portion in the land of the living. 

6 Attend unto my cry ; for I am 
brought very low: deliver me from 
my persecutors ; for they are stronger 
than I. 

7 Bring my soul out of prison, that 
I may praise thy name : the right- 
eous shall compass me about; for 
thou shalt deal bountifully with me. 

PSALM CXLIII. 

1 David prayeth for favour in judgment. 3 He com- 
plaineth of his griefs. 5 He strengthened his faith 
by meditation and prayer. 1 He prayeth for grace, 9 
for deliverance, 10 for sanctification, 12 for destruc- 
tion of his enemies. 

A Psalm of David. 
EAR my prayer, O Lord, give 
ear to my supplications : in thy 



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faithfulness answer me, and in thy 
righteousness. 

2 And enter not into judgment 
with thy servant: for in thy sight 
shall no man living be justified. 

3 For the enemy hath persecuted 
my soul ; he hath smitten my life 
down to the ground ; he hath made 
me to dwell in darkness, as those that 
have been long dead. 

4 Therefore is my spirit overwhelm- 
ed within me ; my heart within me 
is desolate. 

5 I remember the days of old; I 
meditate on all thy works; I muse 
on the work of thy hands. 

6 I stretch forth my hands unto 
thee : my soul thirsteth after thee, 
as a thirsty land. Selah. 

7 Hear me speedily, O Lord; my 
spirit faileth : hide not thy face from 
me, lest I be like unto them that go 
down into the pit. 

8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkind- 
ness in the morning ; for in thee do 
I trust : cause me to know the way 
wherein I should walk ; for I lift up 
my soul unto thee. 

9 Deliver me, O Lord, from mine 
enemies: I flee unto thee to hide 
me. 

10 Teach me to do thy will; for 
thou art my God : thy Spirit is good ; 
lead me into the land of uprightness. 

11 Quicken me, O Lord, for thy 
name's sake: for thy righteousness' 
sake bring my soul out of trouble. 

12 And of thy mercy cut off mine 
enemies, and destroy all them that 
afflict my soul : for I am thy servant. 

PSALM CXLIY. 

1 David blesseth God for his mercy both to him and to 
man. 5 He prayeth that. God would powerfully de- 
liver him from his enemies. 9 He promiseth to praise 
God. 11 He prayeth for the happy state of the king- 
dom. 

A Psalm of David. 

BLESSED be the Lord my 
strength, which teacheth my 
hands to war, and my ringers to 
fight: 

2 My goodness, and my fortress; 
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David blesseth God. 



PSALMS. He extolleth God's goodness, 



my high tower, and my, deliverer ; 
my shield, and he in whom I trust ; 
who suhdueth my people under 
me. 

3 Lord, what is man, that thou 
takest knowledge of him ! or the son 
of man, that thou makest account of 
him! 

4 Man is like to vanity: his 
days are as a shadow that passeth 
away. 

5 Bow thy heavens, O Lord, and 
come down : touch the mountains, 
and they shall smoke. 

6 Cast forth lightning, and scatter 
them: shoot out thine arrows, and 
destroy them. 

7 Send thine hand from ahove ; 
rid me, and deliver me out of great 
waters, from the hand of strange 
children ; 

8 Whose mouth speaketh vanity, 
and their right hand is a right hand 
of falsehood. 

9 I will sing a new song unto thee, 
O God : upon a psaltery and an in- 
strument of ten strings will I sing 
praises unto thee. 

10 It is he that giveth salvation 
unto kings : who delivereth David 
his servant from the hurtful sword. 

11 Rid me, and deliver me from 
the hand of strange children, whose 
mouth speaketh vanity, and their 
right hand is a right hand of false- 
hood : 

12 That our sons may be as plants 
grown up in their youth ; that our 
daughters may be as corner stones, 
polished after the similitude of a 
palace : 

13 That our garners may be full, 
affording all manner of store ; that 
our sheep may bring forth thousands 
and ten thousands in our streets: 

14 That our oxen may be strong to 
labour ; that there be no breaking in, 
nor going out; that there be no com- 
plaining in our streets. 

15 Happy is that people, that is 
in such a case : yea, happy is that 
people, whose God is the Lord. 

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PSALM CXLY. 

1 David praiseth God for his fame, 8 for his goodness, 
11 for his kingdom, 14 for his providence, 11 for his 
saving mercy. 

David's Psalm of praise. 

I WILL extol thee, my God, O 
King; and I will bless thy name 
for ever and ever. 

2 Every day will I bless thee ; and 
I will praise thy name for ever and 
ever. 

3 Great is the Lord, and greatly 
to be praised; and his greatness is 
unsearchable. 

4 One generation shall praise thy 
works to another, and shall declare 
thy mighty acts. 

5 I will speak of the glorious ho- 
nour of thy majesty, and of thy won- 
drous works. 

6 And men shall speak of the might 
of thy terrible acts: and I will de- 
clare thy greatness. 

7 They shall abundantly utter the 
memory of thy great goodness, and 
shall sing of thy righteousness. 

8 The Lord is gracious, and full 
of compassion; slow to anger, and 
of great mercy. 

9 The Lord is good to all : and his 
tender mercies are over all his works. 

10 All thy works shall praise thee, 
O Lord ; and thy saints shall bless 
thee. 

11 They shall speak of the glo- 
ry of thy kingdom, and talk of thy 
power ; 

12 To make known to the sons of 
men his mighty acts, and the glori- 
ous majesty of his kingdom. 

13 Thy kingdom is an everlasting 
kingdom, and thy dominion endureth 
throughout all generations. 

14 The Lord upholdeth all that 
fall, and raiseth up all those that be 
bowed down. 

15 The eyes of all wait upon thee; 
and thou givest them their meat in 
due season. 

16 Thou openest thine hand, and 
satisfiest the desire of every living 
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Exhortations to 



PSALMS. 



praise God. 



17 The Lord is righteous in all his 
ways, and holy in all his works. 

18 The Lord is nigh unto all them 
that call upon him, to all that call 
upon him in truth. 

19 He will fulfil the desire of them 
that fear him : he also will hear their 
cry, and will save them. 

20 The Lord preserveth all them 
that love him: but all the wicked 
will he destroy. 

2 1 My mouth shall speak the praise 
of the Lord : and let all flesh bless 
his holy name for ever and ever. 

PSALM CXLVI. 

1 The psalmist voweth perpetual praises to God. 3 He 
exhorteth not to trust in man. 5 God, for his power, 
justice, mqrcy, and kingdom, is only worthy to be 
trusted. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise 
the Lord, O my soul. 

2 While I live will I praise the 
Lord: I will sing praises unto my 
God while I have any being. 

3 Put not your trust in princes, 
nor in the son of man, in whom there 
is no help. 

4 His breath goeth forth, he re- 
turneth to his earth; in that very 
day his thoughts perish. 

5 Happy is he that hath the God 
of Jacob for his help, whose hope is 
in the Lord his God: 

6 Which made heaven, and earth, 
the sea, and all that therein is: 
which keepeth truth for ever: 

7 Which executeth judgment for 
the oppressed: which giveth food to 
the hungry. The Lord looseth the 
prisoners : 

8 The Lord openeth the eyes of 
the blind: the Lord raiseth them 
that are bowed down: the Lord 
loveth the righteous : 

9 The Lord preserveth the stran- 
gers; he relieveth the fatherless and 
widow : but the way of the wicked 
he turneth upside down. 

10 The Lord shall reign for ever, 
even thy God, O Zion, unto all gene- 
rations. Praise ye the Lord. 



PSALM CXLYII. 

1 The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his care of 
the church, 4 his power, 6 and his mercy : 7 to praise 
him for his providence: 12 to praise him for his 
blessings upon the kingdom, 15 for his power over the 
meteors, 19 and for his ordinances in the church. 

PRAISE ye the Lord: for it is 
good to sing praises unto our 
God; for it is pleasant; and praise 
is comely. 

2 The Lord doth build up Jeru- 
salem: he gathereth together the 
outcasts of Israel. 

3 He healeth the broken in heart, 
and bindeth up their wounds. 

4 He telleth the number of the 
stars; he calleth them all by their 
names. 

5 Great is our Lord, and of great 
power : his understanding is infinite. 

6 The Lord lifteth up the meek: 
he casteth the wicked down to the 
ground. 

7 Sing unto the Lord with thanks- 
giving ; sing praise upon the harp 
unto our God : 

8 Who covereth the heaven with 
clouds, who prepareth rain for the 
earth, who maketh grass to grow 
upon the mountains. 

9 He giveth to the beast his food, 
and to the young ravens which cry. 

10 He delighteth not in the strength 
of the horse : he taketh not pleasure 
in the legs of a man. 

11 The Lord taketh pleasure in 
them that fear him, in those that 
hope in his mercy. 

12 Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; 
praise thy God, O Zion. 

13 For he hath strengthened the 
bars of thy gates; he hath blessed 
thy children within thee. 

14 He maketh peace in thy bor- 
ders, and filleth thee with the finest 
of the wheat. 

15 He sendeth forth his command- 
ment upon earth : his word runneth 
very swiftly. 

16 He giveth snow like wool: he 
scattereth the hoar frost like ashes. 

17 He casteth forth his ice like 

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PSALMS. 



praise God. 



morsels: who can stand before his 
cold? 

18 He sendeth out his word, and 
melteth them : he causeth his wind 
to blow, and the waters flow. 

19 He sheweth his word unto Ja- 
cob, his statutes and his judgments 
unto Israel. 

20 He hath not dealt so with any 
nation: and as for his judgments, 
they have not known them. Praise 
ye the Lord. 

PSALM OXLVIII. 

1 The psalmist exhorteth the celestial, 7 the terrestrial, 
1 1 and the rational creatures to praise God. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise ye 
the Lord from the heavens: 
praise him in the heights. 

2 Praise ye him, all his angels: 
praise ye him, all his hosts. 

3 Praise ye him, sun and moon: 
praise him, all ye stars of light. 

4 Praise him, ye heavens of hea- 
vens, and ye waters that be above 
the heavens. 

5 Let them praise the name of the 
Lord: for he commanded, and they 
were created. 

6 He hath also stablished them for 
ever and ever: he hath made a de- 
cree which shall not pass. 

7 Praise the Lord from the earth, 
ye dragons, and all deeps : 

8 Fire, and hail ; snow, and va- 
pour; stormy wind fulfilling his 
word: 

9 Mountains, and all hills ; fruitful 
trees, and all cedars: 

10 Beasts, and all cattle ; creeping 
things, and flying fowl: 

11 Kings of the earth, and all peo- 
ple ; princes, and all judges of the 
earth: 

12 Both young men, and maidens; 
old men, and children: 

13 Let them praise the name of 
the Lord: for his name alone is 
excellent; his glory is above the 
earth and heaven. 

14 He also exalteth the horn of his 
people, the praise of all his saints ; 
even of the children of Israel, a peo- 

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pie near unto him. Praise ye the 
Lord. 

PSALM CXLIX. 

1 TJie prophet exhorteth to praise God for his love to the 
church, 5 and for that power which he hath given to 
the church. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Sing unto 
the Lord a new song, and his 
praise in the congregation of saints. 

2 Let Israel rejoice in him that 
made him : let the children of Zion 
be joyful in their King. 

3 Let them praise his name in the 
dance : let them sing praises unto 
him with the timbrel and harp. 

4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in 
his people: he will beautify the 
meek with salvation. 

5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: 
let them sing aloud upon their beds. 

6 Let the high praises of God be 
in their mouth, and a twoedged sword 
in their hand ; • 

7 To execute vengeance upon the 
heathen, and punishments upon the 
people ; 

§ To bind their kings with chains, 
and their nobles with fetters of iron ; 

9 To execute upon them the judg- 
ment written : this honour have all 
his saints. Praise ye the Lord. 

PSALM CL. 

1 An exhortation to praise God, 3 with all kind of 
instruments. 

PRAISE ye the Lord. Praise 
God in his sanctuary: praise 
him in the firmament of his power. 

2 Praise him for his mighty acts : 
praise him according to his excellent 
greatness. 

3 Praise him with the sound of the 
trumpet: praise him with the psaltery 
and harp. 

4 Praise him with the timbrel and 
dance: praise him with stringed in- 
struments and organs. 

5 Praise him upon the loud cym- 
bals: praise him upon the high sound- 
ing cymbals. 

6 Let every thing that hath breath 
praise the Lord. Praise ye the 
Lord. 



THE PROVERBS. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The use of the proverbs. 7 An exhortation to fear 
God, and believe his word. 10 To avoid the enticings 
of sinners. 20 Wisdom complaineth of her contempt. 
2-1 She threateneth her contemners. 

THE Proverbs of Solomon the son 
of David, king of Israel ; 

2 To know wisdom and instruction ; 
to perceive the words of understand- 
ing; 

3 To receive the instruction of 
wisdom, justice, and judgment, and 
equity ; 

4 To give subtilty to the simple, to 
the young man knowledge and dis- 
cretion. 

5 A wise man will hear, and will 
increase learning ; and a man of un- 
derstanding shall attain unto wise 
counsels : 

6 To understand a proverb, and the 
interpretation ; the words of the wise, 
and their dark sayings. 

7 IT The fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of knowledge : but fools 
despise wisdom and instruction. 

8 My son, hear the instruction of 
thy father, and forsake not the law 
of thy mother : 

9 For they shall he an ornament of 
grace unto thy head, and chains about 
thy neck. 

10 TT My son, if sinners entice thee, 
consent thou not. 

11 If they say, Come with us, let 
us lay wait for blood, let us lurk 
privily for the innocent without cause : 

12 Let us swallow them up alive 
as the grave ; and whole, as those 
that go down into the pit : 

13 We shall find all precious sub- 
stance, we shall fill our houses with 
spoil : 

14 Cast in thy lot among us ; let 
us all have one purse : 

15 My son, walk not thou in the 
way with them; refrain thy foot from 
their path : 



16 For their feet run to evil, and 
make haste to shed blood. 

17 Surely in vain the net is spread 
in the sight of any bird. 

18 And they lay wait for their own 
blood ; they lurk privily for their own 
lives. 

19 So are the ways of every one 
that is greedy of gain ; which taketh 
away the life of the owners thereof. 

20 IT Wisdom crieth without ; she 
uttereth her voice in the streets : 

21 She crieth in the chief place of 
concourse, in the openings of the 
gates: in the city she uttereth her 
words, saying, 

22 How long, ye simple ones, will 
ye love simplicity ? and the scorners 
delight in their scorning, and fools 
hate knowledge ? 

23 Turn you at my reproof: behold, 
I will pour out my spirit unto you, I 
will make known my words unto you. 

24 IT Because I have called, and 
ye refused ; I have stretched out my 
hand, and no man regarded ; 

25 But ye have set at nought all 
my counsel, and would none of my 
reproof : 

26 I also will laugh at your ca- 
lamity ; I will mock when your fear 
cometh ; 

27 When your fear cometh as deso- 
lation, and your destruction cometh 
as a whirlwind ; when distress and 
anguish cometh upon you. 

28 Then shall they call upon me, 
but I will not answer ; they shall seek 
me early, but they shall not find me : 

29 For that they hated knowledge, 
and did not choose the fear of the 
Lord: 

30 They would none of my coun- 
sel : they despised all my reproof. 

31 Therefore shall they eat of the 
fruit of their own way, and be filled 
with their own devices. 

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32 For the turning away of the 
simple shall slay them, and the pros- 
perity of fools shall destroy them. 

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto me 
shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet 
from fear of evil. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Wisdom promiseth godliness to her children, 10 and 
safety from evil company, 20 and direction in good ways. 

MY son, if thou wilt receive my 
words, and hide my command- 
ments with thee ; 

2 So that thou incline thine ear 
unto- wisdom, and apply thine heart 
to understanding; 

3 Yea, if thou criest after knowl- 
edge, and liftest up thy voice for un- 
derstanding ; 

4 If thou seekest her as silver, and 
searchest for her as for hid treasures ; 

5 Then shalt thou understand the 
fear of the Lord, and find the knowl- 
edge of God. 

6 For the Lord giveth wisdom: 
out of his mouth cometh knowledge 
and understanding. 

7 He layeth up sound wisdom for 
the righteous : he is a buckler to them 
that walk uprightly. 

8 He keepeth the paths of judg- 
ment, and preserveth the way of his 
saints. 

9 Then shalt thou understand 
righteousness, and judgment, and 
equity ; yea, every good path. 

10 H When wisdom entereth into 
thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant 
unto thy soul ; 

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, 
understanding shall keep thee : 

12 To deliver thee from the way 
of the evil man, from the man that 
speaketh froward things ; 

13 Who leave the paths of upright- 
ness, to walk in the ways of darkness ; 

14 Who rejoice to do evil, and de- 
light in the frowardness of the wicked ; 

15 Whose ways are crooked, and 
they froward in their paths : 

16 To deliver thee from the strange 
woman, even from the stranger which 
flattereth with her words ; 

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17 Which forsaketh the guide of 
her youth, and forgetteth the cove- 
nant of her God. 

18 For her house inclineth unto 
death, and her paths unto the dead. 

19 None that go unto her return 
again, neither take they hold of the 
paths of life. 

20 That thou may est walk in the 
way of good men, and keep the paths 
of the righteous. 

2 1 For the upright shall dwell in the 
land, and the perfect shall remain in it. 

22 But the wicked shall be cut off 
from the earth, and the transgressors 
shall be rooted out of it. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 An exhortation to obedience, 5 to faith, 7 to mortifica- 
tion, 9 to devotion, 11 to patience. 13 The happy gain 
of wisdom. 19 The power, 21 and the benefits of wis- 
dom. 27 An exhortation to charitableness, 30 peace- 
ableness, 31 and contentedness. 33 The cursed state 
of the wicked. 

MY son, forget not my law; but 
let thine heart keep my com- 
mandments : 

2 For length of days, and long life, 
and peace, shall they add to thee. 

3 Let not mercy and truth forsake 
thee: bind them about thy neck; 
write them upon the table of thine 
heart : 

4 So shalt thou find favour and 
good understanding in the sight of 
God and man. 

5 1[ Trust in the Lord with all 
thine heart ; and lean not unto thine 
own understanding.. 

6 In all thy ways acknowledge 
him, and he shall direct thy paths. 

7 f Be not wise in thine own eyes : 
fear the Lord, and depart from evil. 

8 It shall be health to thy navel, 
and marrow to thy bones. 

9 Honour the Lord with thy sub- 
stance, and with the firstfruits of all 
thine increase : 

10 So shall thy barns be filled with 
plenty, and thy presses shall burst 
out with new wine. 

11 TT My son, despise not the 
chastening of the Lord; neither be 
weary of his correction : 

12 For whom the Lord loveth he 



The benefit of wisdom. 



PROVERBS. 



The study of wisdom. 



correcteth ; even as a father the son 
in ivhom he delighteth. 

13 IT Happy is the man that find- 
eth wisdom, and the man that getteth 
understanding : 

14 For the merchandise of it is 
better than the merchandise of silver, 
and the gain thereof than fine gold. 

15 She is more precious than rubies : 
and all the things thou canst desire 
are not to be compared unto her. 

16 Length of days is in her right 
hand ; and in her left hand riches and 
honour. 

17 Her ways are ways of pleas- 
antness, and all her paths are peace. 

18 She is a tree of life to them 
that lay hold upon her : and happy 
is every one that retaineth her. 

19 The Lord by wisdom hath 
founded the earth; by understanding 
hath he established the heavens. 

20 By his knowledge the depths 
are broken up, and the clouds drop 
down the dew. 

21 IT My son, let not them depart 
from thine eyes : keep sound wisdom 
and discretion : 

22 So shall they be life unto thy 
soul, and grace to thy neck. 

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy way 
safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. 

24 When thou liest down, thou 
shalt not be afraid : yea, thou shalt 
lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. 

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, 
neither of the desolation of the wicked, 
when it cometh. 

26 For the Lord shall be thy con- 
fidence, and shall keep thy foot from 
being taken. 

27 IT Withhold not good from them 
to whom it is due, when it is in the 
power of thine hand to do it. 

28 Say not unto thy neighbour, 
Go, and come again, and to morrow I 
will give ; when thou hast it by thee. 

29 Devise not evil against thy 
neighbour, seeing he dwelleth se- 
curely by thee. 

30 IT Strive not with a man without 
cause, if he have done thee no harm. 



31 IT Envy thou not the oppressor, 
and choose none of his ways. 

32 For the froward is abomination 
to the Lord: but his secret is with 
the righteous. 

33 IT The curse of the Lord is in 
the house of the wicked: but hebless- 
eth the habitation of the just. 

34 Surely he scometh the scomers : 
but he giveth grace unto the lowly. 

35 The wise shall inherit glory : but 
shame shall be the promotion of fools. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 Solomon, to persuade obedience, 3 sheweth what in- 
struction he had of his parents, 5 to study wisdom, 14 
and to shun the path of the wicked. 20 He exhorteth 
to faith, 23 and sanctification. 

HEAR, ye children, the instruc- 
tion of a father, and attend to 
know understanding. 

2 For I give you good doctrine, for- 
sake ye not my law. 

3 For I was my father's son, tender 
and only beloved in the sight of my 
mother. 

4 He taught me also, and said unto 
me, Let thine heart retain my words : 
keep my commandments, and live. 

5 Get wisdom, get understanding: 
forget it not ; neither decline from the 
words of my mouth. 

6 Forsake her not, and she shall 
preserve thee : love her, and she shall 
keep thee. 

7 Wisdom is the principal thing ; 
therefore get wisdom: and with all 
thy getting get understanding. 

8 Exalt her, and she shall promote 
thee : she shall bring thee to honour, 
when thou dost embrace her. 

9 She shall give to thine head an 
ornament of grace : a crown of glory 
shall she deliver to thee. 

10 Hear, O my son, and receive 
my sayings ; and the years of thy life 
shall be many. 

Ill have taught thee in the way 
of wisdom ; I have led thee in right 
paths. 

12 When thou goest, thy steps shall 
not be straitened; and when thou 
runnest, thou shalt not stumble. 
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PROVERBS. 



Exhortation to chastity. 



13 Take fast hold of instruction ; 
let her not go : keep her ; for she is 
thy life. 

14 IT Enter not into the path of the 
wicked, and go not in the way of evil 
men. 

15 Avoid it, pass not "by it, turn 
from it, and pass away. 

16 For they sleep not, except they 
have done mischief; and their sleep 
is taken away, unless they cause some 
to fall. 

17 For they eat the "bread of wick- 
edness, and drink the wine of vio- 
lence. 

18 But the path of the just is as the 
shining light, that shineth more and 
more unto the perfect day. 

19 The way of the wicked is as 
darkness : they know not at what 
they stumble. 

20 If My son, attend to my words ; 
incline thine ear unto my sayings. 

21 Let them not depart from thine 
eyes ; keep them in the midst of thine 
heart. 

22 For they are life unto those that 
find them, and health to all their flesh. 

23 If Keep thy heart with all dili- 
gence ; for out of it are the issues of life. 

24 Put away from thee a froward 
mouth, and perverse lips put far from 
thee. 

25 Let thine eyes look right on, 
and let thine eyelids look straight 
hefore thee. 

26 Ponder the path of thy feet, 
and let all thy ways he established. 

27 Turn not to the right hand nor 
to the left: remove thy foot from evil. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 Solomon cxhorteth to the study of wisdom. 3 He 
sheweth the mischief of whoredom and riot. 15 He 
exhorteth to contentedness, liberality, and chastity. 22 
The wicked are overtaken, with their own sins. 

MY son, attend unto my wisdom, 
and bow thine ear to my un- 
derstanding : 

2 That thou mayest regard dis- 
cretion, and that thy lips may keep 
knowledge. 

3 If For the lips of a strange wo- 

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man drop as a honeycomb, and hex 
mouth is smoother than oil : 

4 But her end is bitter as worm- 
wood, sharp as a twoedged sword. 

5 Her feet go down to death ; her 
steps take hold on hell. 

6 Lest thou shouldest ponder the 
path of life, her ways are moveable, 
that thou canst not know them. 

7 Hear me now therefore, O ye chil- 
dren, and depart not from the words 
of my mouth. 

8 Remove thy way far from her, and 
come not nigh the door of her house : 

9 Lest thou give thine honour unto 
others, and thy years unto the cruel : 

10 Lest strangers be filled with thy 
wealth ; and thy labours be in the 
house of a stranger ; 

11 And thou mourn at the last, 
when thy flesh and thy body are con- 
sumed, 

12 And say, How have I hated 
instruction, and my heart despised 
reproof; 

13 And have not obeyed the voice 
of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear 
to them that instructed me ! 

14 I was almost in all evil in the 
midst of the congregation and as- 
sembly. 

15 If Drink waters out of thine own 
cistern, and running waters out of 
thine own well. 

16 Let thy fountains be dispersed 
abroad, and rivers of waters in the 
streets. 

17 Let them be only thine own, 
and not strangers' with thee. 

18 Let thy fountain be blessed : and 
rejoice with the wife of thy youth. 

19 Let her be as the loving hind and 
pleasant roe ; let her breasts satisfy 
thee at all times ; and be thou ravished 
always with her love. 

20 And why wilt thou, my son, be 
ravished with a strange woman, and 
embrace the bosom of a stranger ? 

21 For the ways of man are before 
the eyes of the Lord, and he ponder- 
eth all his goings. 

22 If His own iniquities shall take 



The folly of idleness. 



PROVERBS. The blessings of obedience. 



the wicked himself, and he shall be 
holden with the cords of his sins. 

23 He shall die without instruction ; 
and in the greatness of his folly he 
shall go astray. 

CHAPTER YL 

1 Against suretiship, 6 idleness, 12 and mischievousness. 
16 Seven things hateful to God. 20 The blessings of 
obedience. 25 The mischief s of whoredom. 

MY son, if thou be surety for thy 
friend, if thou hast stricken thy 
hand with a stranger, 

2 Thou art snared with the words 
of thy mouth, thou art taken with the 
words of thy mouth. 

3 Do this now, my son, and deliver 
thyself, when thou art come into the 
hand of thy friend ; go, humble thy- 
self, and make sure thy friend. 

4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor 
slumber to thine eyelids. 

5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the 
hand of the hunter, and as a bird from 
the hand of the fowler. 

6 If Go to the ant, thou sluggard; 
consider her ways, and be wise : 

7 Which having no guide, overseer, 
or ruler, 

8 Provideth her meat in the summer, 
and gathereth her food in the harvest. 

9 How long wilt thou sleep, O slug- 
gard ? when wilt thou arise out of thy 
sleep ? 

10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, 
a little folding of the hands to sleep : 

11 So shall thy poverty come as 
one that travelleth, and thy want as 
an armed man. 

12 <ir A naughty person, a wicked 
man, walketh with a froward mouth. 

13 He winketh with his eyes, he 
speaketh with his feet, he teacheth 
with his fingers ; 

14 Frowardness is in his heart, he 
deviseth mischief continually; he 
soweth discord. 

15 Therefore shall his calamity 
come suddenly ; suddenly shall he 
be broken without remedy. 

16 If These six things doth the 
Lord hate ; yea, seven are an abom- 
ination unto him : 

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17 A proud look, a lying tongue, 
and hands that shed innocent blood, 

18 A heart that deviseth wicked 
imaginations, feet that be swift in 
running to mischief, 

19 A false witness that speaketh 
lies, and he that soweth discord 
among brethren. 

20 If My son, keep thy fathers 
commandment, and forsake not the 
law of thy mother : 

2 1 Bind them continually upon thine 
heart, and tie them about thy neck. 

22 When thou goest, it shall lead 
thee; when thou sleepest, it shall 
keep thee ; and when thou awakest, 
it shall talk with thee. 

23 For the commandments a lamp ; 
and the law is light ; and reproofs of 
instruction are the way of life : 

24 To keep thee from the evil wo- 
man, from the flattery of the tongue 
of a strange woman. 

25 Lust not after her beauty in 
thine heart ; neither let her take thee 
with her eyelids. 

26 For by means of a whorish wo- 
man a man is brought to a piece of 
bread : and the adulteress will hunt 
for the precious life. 

27 Can a man take fire in his bo- 
som, and his clothes not be burned ? 

28 Can one go upon hot coals, and 
his feet not be burned ? 

29 So he that goeth in to his neigh- 
bour's wife ; whosoever toucheth her 
shall not be innocent. 

30 Men do not despise a thief, if 
he steal to satisfy his soul when he is 
hungry; 

31 But if he be found, he shall 
restore sevenfold ; he shall give all 
the substance of his house. 

32 But whoso committeth adultery 
with a woman lacketh understanding : 
he that doeth it destroy eth his own soul. 

33 A wound and dishonour shall he 
get ; and his reproach shall not be 
wiped away. 

34 For jealousy is the rage of a 
man : therefore he will not spare in 
the day of vengeance. 

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PROVERBS. 



The inestimable worth, 



35 He will not regard any ransom ; 
neither will he rest content, though 
thou givest many gifts. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 Solomon persuadeth to a sincere and kind familiarity 
with wisdom. 6 In an example of his own experience, 
he sheweth 10 the cunning of a whore, 22 and the des- 
perate simplicity of a young wanton. 24 He dehorteth 
from such wickedness. 

MY son, keep my words, and lay up 
my commandments with thee. 

2 Keep my commandments, and 
live; and my law as the apple of 
thine eye. 

3 Bind them upon thy fingers, write 
them upon the table of thine heaxt. 

4 Say unto wisdom, Thou art my 
sister; and call understanding thy 
kinswoman : 

5 That they may keep thee from 
the strange woman, from the stranger 
which flattereth with her words. 

6 If For at the window of my house 
I looked through my casement, 

7 And beheld among the simple 
ones, I discerned among the youths, 
a young man void of understanding, 

8 Passing through the street near 
her corner ; and he went the way to 
her house, 

9 In the twilight, in the evening, 
in the black and dark night : 

10 And, behold, there met him a 
woman with the attire of a harlot, 
and subtile of heart. 

11 (She is loud and stubborn; her 
feet abide not in her house : 

1 2 Now is she without, now in the 
streets, and lieth in wait at every 
corner.) 

13 So she caught him, and kissed 
him, and with an impudent face said 
unto him, 

14 I have peace offerings with me; 
this day have I paid my vows. 

15 Therefore came I forth to meet 
thee, diligently to seek thy face, and 
I have found thee. 

16 I have decked my bed with 
coverings of tapestry, with carved 
works, with fine linen of Egypt. 

17 I have perfumed my bed with 
myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. 

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18 Come, let us take our fill of love 
until the morning : let us solace our- 
selves with loves. 

19 For the goodman is not at home, 
he is gone a long journey: 

20 He hath taken a bag of money 
with him, and will come home at the 
day appointed. 

21 With her much fair speech she 
caused him to yield, with the flatter- 
ing of her lips she forced him. 

22 He goeth after her straightway, 
as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as 
a fool to the correction of the stocks ; 

23 Till a dart strike through his 
liver ; as a bird hasteth to the snare, 
and knoweth not that it is for his life. 

24 IT Hearken unto me now there- 
fore, O ye children, and attend to the 
words of my mouth. 

25 Let not thine heart decline to 
her ways, go not astray in her paths. 

26 For she hath cast down many 
wounded : yea, many strong men 
have been slain by her. 

27 Her house is the way to hell, 
going down to the chambers of death. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1 The fame, 6 and evidence of wisdom. 10 The excel- 
lency, 12 the nature, 15 the power, 18 the riches, 22 
and the eternity of wisdom. 32 Wisdom is to be de- 
sired for the blessedness it bringeth. 

DOTH not wisdom cry ? and un- 
derstanding put forth her voice ? 

2 She standeth in the top of high 
places, by, the way in the places of 
the paths. 

3 She crieth at the gates, at the 
entry of the city, at the coming in at 
the doors. 

4 Unto you, O men, I call ; and my 
voice is to the sons of man. 

5 O ye simple, understand wisdom : 
and, ye fools, be ye of an understand- 
ing heart. 

6 Hear; for I will speak of excel- 
lent things ; and the opening of my 
lips shall be right things. 

7 For my mouth shall speak truth ; 
and wickedness is an abomination to 
my lips. 

8 All the words of my mouth are 



nature, benefits, eternity, PROVERBS. and doctrine of wisdom. 



in righteousness ; there is nothing 
fro ward or perverse in them. 

9 They are all plain to him that 
understandeth, and right to them 
that find knowledge. 

10 Receive my instruction, and not 
silver; and knowledge rather than 
choice gold. 

11 For wisdom is better than ru- 
bies ; and all the things that may be 
desired are not to be compared to it. 

12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, 
And find out knowledge of witty in- 
ventions. 

13 The fear of the Lord is to hate 
evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the 
evil way, and the froward mouth, do 
I hate. 

14 Counsel is mine, and sound wis- 
dom: I am understanding; I have 
strength. 

15 By me kings reign, and princes 
decree justice. 

16 By me princes rule, and nobles, 
even all the judges of the earth. 

17 I love them that love me ; and 
those that seek me early shall find me. 

18 Riches and honour are with 
me; yea, durable riches and right- 
eousness. 

19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, 
than fine gold ; and my revenue than 
choice silver. 

20 I lead in the way of righteous- 
ness, in the midst of the paths of 
judgment: 

21 That I may cause those that 
love me to inherit substance ; and I 
will fill their treasures. 

22 The Lord possessed me in the 
beginning of his way, before his 
works of old. 

23 I was set up from everlasting, 
from the beginning, or ever the earth 
was. 

24 When there were no depths, I 
was brought forth ; . when there were 
no fountains abounding with water. 

25 Before the mountains were set- 
tled, before the hills was I brought 
forth: 

26 While as yet he had not made 



the earth, nor the fields, nor the 
highest part of the dust of the world. 

27 When he prepared the heavens, 
I was there : when he set a compass 
upon the face of the depth : 

28 When he established the clouds 
above: when he strengthened the 
fountains of the deep : 

29 When he gave to the sea his 
decree, that the waters should not 
pass his commandment : when he ap- 
pointed the foundations of the earth : 

30 Then I was by him, as one 
brought up with him : and I was 
daily his delight, rejoicing always 
before him ; 

31 Rejoicing in the habitable part 
of his earth ; and my delights were 
with the sons of men. 

32 Now therefore hearken unto me, 

ye children: for blessed are they 
that keep my ways. 

33 Hear instruction, and be wise, 
and refuse it not. 

34 Blessed is the man that heareth 
me, watching daily at my gates, 
waiting at the posts of my doors. 

35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, 
and shall obtain favour of the Lord. 

36 But he that sinneth against me 
wrongeth his own soul : all they that 
hate me love death. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 The discipline, 4 and doctrine of wisdom. 13 The 

custom, 16 and error of folly. 

WISDOM hath builded her house, 
she hath hewn out her seven 
pillars : 

2 She hath killed her beasts ; she 
hath mingled her wine ; she hath also 
furnished her table. 

3 She hath sent forth her maidens : 
she crieth upon the highest places of 
the city, 

4 Whoso is simple, let him turn 
in hither : as for him that wanteth 
understanding, she saith to him, 

5 Come, eat of my bread, and drink 
of the wine which I have mingled. 

6 Forsake the foolish, and live ; 
and go in the way of understanding. 

7 He that reprove th a scorn er get- 

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teth to himself shame : and he that 
rehuketh a wicked man getteth him- 
self a blot. 

8 Reprove not a scorner, lest he 
hate thee : rebuke a wise man, and 
he will love thee. 

9 Give instruction to a wise man, 
and he will be yet wiser : teach a just 
?nan, and he will increase in learning. 

10 The fear of the Lord is the be- 
ginning of wisdom : and the knowl- 
edge of the Holy is understanding. 

11 For by me thy days shall be 
multiplied, and the years of thy life 
shall be increased. 

12 If thou be wise, thou shalt be 
wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, 
thou alone shalt bear it. 

13 IT A foolish woman is clamorous : 
she is simple, and knoweth nothing. 

14 For she sitteth at the door of her 
house, on a seat in the high places of 
the city, 

15 To call passengers who go right 
on their ways : 

16 Whoso is simple, let him turn in 
hither : and as for him that wanteth 
understanding, she saith to him, 

17 Stolen waters are sweet, and 
bread eaten in secret is pleasant. 

18 But he knoweth not that the 
dead are there ; and that her guests 
are in the depths of hell. 

CHAPTER X. 

From this chapter to the Jive and twentieth are sundry 
observations of moral virtues, and their contrary 
vices, 

THE Proverbs of Solomon. A 
wise son maketh a glad father : 
but a foolish son is the heaviness of 
his mother. 

2 Treasures of wickedness profit 
nothing : but righteousness delivereth 
from death. 

3 The Lord will not suffer the soul 
of the righteous to famish: but he 
casteth away the substance of the 
wicked. 

4 He becometh poor that dealeth 
with a slack hand : but the hand of 
the diligent maketh rich. 

5 He that gathereth in summer is 

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a wise son : but he that sleepeth in 
harvest is a son that causeth shame. 

6 Blessings are upon the head of 
the just: but violence covereth the 
mouth of the wicked. 

7 The memory of the just is blessed: 
but the name of the wicked shall rot. 

8 The wise in heart will receive 
commandments : but a prating fool 
shall fall. 

9 He that walketh uprightly walk- 
eth surely: but he that perverteth 
his ways shall be known. 

10 He that winketh with the eye 
causeth sorrow: but a prating fool 
shall fall. 

11 The mouth of a righteous man 
is a well of life : but violence cover- 
eth the mouth of the wicked. 

12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but 
love covereth all sins. 

13 In the lips of him that hath 
understanding wisdom is found : but 
a rod is for the back of him that is 
void of understanding. 

14 Wise men lay up knowledge: 
but the mouth of the foolish is near 
destruction. 

15 The rich man's wealth is his 
strong city : the destruction of the 
poor 'is their poverty. 

16 The labour of the righteous tend- 
eth to life : the fruit of the wicked to 
sin. 

17 He is in the way of life that 
keepeth instruction : but he that re- 
fuseth reproof erreth. 

18 He that hideth hatred with 
lying lips, and he that uttereth a 
slander, is a fool. 

19 In the multitude of words there 
wanteth not sin : but he that refrain- 
eth his lips is wise. 

20 The tongue of the just is as 
choice silver : the heart of the wick- 
ed is little worth. 

21 The lips of the righteous feed 
many : but fools die for want of 
wisdom. 

22 The blessing of the Lord, it 
maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow 
with it. 



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23 It is as sport to a fool to do mis- 
chief: but a man of understanding 
hath wisdom. 

24 The fear of the wicked, it shall 
come upon him : but the desire of the 
righteous shall be granted. 

25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is 
the wicked no more : but the right- 
eous is an everlasting foundation. 

26 As vinegar to the teeth, and as 
smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard 
to them that send him. 

27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth 
days: but the years of the wicked 
shall be shortened. 

28 The hope of the righteous shall 
be gladness: but the expectation of 
the wicked shall perish. 

29 The way of the Lord is strength 
to the upright : but destruction shall 
be to the workers of iniquity. 

30 The righteous shall never be 
removed : but the wicked shall not 
inhabit the earth. 

31 The mouth of the just bring- 
eth forth wisdom: but the froward 
tongue shall be cut out. 

32 The lips of the righteous know 
what is acceptable : but the mouth 
of the wicked speaketh frowardness. 

CHAPTER XL 

A FALSE balance is abomination 
to the Lord : but a just weight 
is his delight. 

2 When pride cometh, then cometh 
shame : but with the lowly is wisdom. 

3 The integrity of the upright shall 
guide them : but the perverseness of 
transgressors shall destroy them. 

4 Riches profit not in the day of 
wrath: but righteousness delivereth 
from death. 

5 The righteousness of the perfect 
shall direct his way : but the wicked 
shall fall by his own wickedness. 

6 The righteousness of the upright 
shall deliver them : but transgressors 
shall be taken in their own naughtiness. 

7 When a wicked man dieth, his 
expectation shall perish: and the 
hope of unjust men perisheth. 



8 The righteous is delivered out of 
trouble, and the wicked cometh in 
his stead. 

9 A hypocrite with his mouth de- 
stroyeth his neighbour: but through 
knowledge shall the just be delivered. 

10 When it goeth well with the 
righteous, the city rejoiceth: and 
when the wicked perish, there is 
shouting. 

11 By the blessing of the upright 
the city is exalted : but it is over- 
thrown by the mouth of the wicked. 

12 He that is void of wisdom de- 
spiseth his neighbour : but a man of 
understanding holdeth his peace. 

13 A talebearer revealeth secrets : 
but he that is of a faithful spirit con- 
cealeth the matter. 

14 Where no counsel is, the people 
fall: but in the multitude of coun- 
sellors there is safety. 

15 He that is surety for a stranger 
shall smart for it : and he that hateth 
suretiship is sure. 

1 6 A gracious woman retaineth hon- 
our : and strong men retain riches. 

17 The merciful man doeth good 
to his own soul : but he that is cruel 
troubleth his own flesh. 

18 The wicked worketh a deceitful 
work : but to him that soweth right- 
eousness shall be a sure reward. 

19 As righteousness tendeth to life ; 
so he that pursueth evil pursueth it 
to his own death. 

20 They that are of a froward heart 
are abomination to the Lord: but 
such as are upright in their way are 
his delight. 

21 Though hand/oiVi in hand, the 
wicked shall not be unpunished: 
but the seed of the righteous shall be 
delivered. 

22 As a, jewel of gold in a swine's 
snout, so is a fair woman which is 
without discretion. 

23 The desire of the righteous is 
only good : but the expectation of 
the wicked is wrath. 

24 There is that scattereth, and yet 
increaseth; and there is that with- 

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holdeth more than is meet, but it 
tendeth to poverty. 

25 The liberal soul shall be made 
fat: and he that watereth shall be 
watered also himself. 

2 6 He that withholdeth corn, the peo- 
ple shall curse him : but hlessing shall be 
upon the head of him that selleth it. 

27 He that diligently seeketh good 
procureth favour : but he that seeketh 
mischief, it shall come unto him. 

28 He that trusteth in his riches 
shall fall: but the righteous shall 
nourish as a branch. 

29 He that troubleth his own house 
shall inherit the wind : and the fool 
shall be servant to the wise of heart. 

30 The fruit of the righteous is a 
tree of life; and he that winneth 
souls is wise. 

31 Behold, the righteous shall be 
recompensed in the earth: much 
more the wicked and the sinner. 

CHAPTEE XII. 

WHOSO loveth instruction lov- 
eth knowledge : but he that 
hateth reproof is brutish. 

2 A good man obtaineth favour of 
the Lord : but a man of wicked de- 
vices will he condemn. 

3 A man shall not be established 
by wickedness : but the root of the 
righteous shall not be moved. 

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to 
her husband : but she that maketh 
ashamed is as rottenness in his bones. 

5 The thoughts of the righteous are 
right : but the counsels of the wicked 
are deceit. 

6 The words of the wicked are to 
lie in wait for blood : but the mouth 
of the upright shall deliver them. 

7 The wicked are overthrown, and 
are not : but the house of the right- 
eous shall stand. 

8 A man shall be commended ac- 
cording to his wisdom : but he that is 
of a perverse heart shall be despised. 

9 He that is despised, and hath a 
servant, is better than he that honour- 
eth himself, and lacketh bread. 

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10 A righteous man regardeth the 
life of his beast : but the tender mer- 
cies of the wicked are cruel. 

11 He that tilleth his land shall 
be satisfied with bread : but he that 
followeth vain persons is void of un- 
derstanding. 

12 The wicked desireth the net of 
evil men : but the root of the right- 
eous yieldeth fruit. 

13 The wicked is snared by the 
transgression of his lips : but the just 
shall come out of trouble. 

14 A man shall be satisfied with 
good by the fruit of his mouth : and 
the recompense of a man's hands 
shall be rendered unto him. 

15 The way of a fool is right in his 
own eyes : but he that hearkeneth 
unto counsel is wise. 

1 6 A fool's wrath is presently known : 
but a prudent man covereth sha.me. 

1 7 He that speaketh truth sheweth 
forth righteousness : but a false wit- 
ness deceit. 

18 There is that speaketh like the 
piercings of a sword : but the tongue 
of the wise is health. 

19 The lip of truth shall be estab- 
lished for ever: but a lying tongue 
is but for a moment. 

20 Deceit is in the heart of them 
that imagine evil : but to the coun- 
sellors of peace is joy. 

21 There shall no evil happen to 
the just: but the wicked shall be 
filled with mischief. 

22 Lying lips are abomination to 
the Lord: but they that deal truly 
are his delight. 

23 A prudent man conceal eth 
knowledge: but the heart of fools 
proclaimeth foolishness. 

24 The hand of the diligent shall 
bear rule : but the slothful shall be 
under tribute. 

25 Heaviness in the heart of man 
maketh it stoop: but a good word 
maketh it glad. 

26 The righteous is more excellent 
than his neighbour : but the way of 
the wicked seduceth them. 



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27 The slothful man roasteth not 
that which he took in hunting: but the 
substance of a diligent man is precious. 

28 In the way of righteousness is 
life ; and in the pathway thereof there 
is no death. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

A WISE son heareth his father's 
instruction : but a scorner hear- 
eth not rebuke. 

2 A man shall eat good by the 
fruit of his mouth : but the soul of 
the transgressors shall eat violence. 

3 He that keepeth his mouth keep- 
eth his life : but he that openeth wide 
his lips shall have destruction. 

4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, 
and hath nothing : but the soul of the 
diligent shall be made fat. 

5 A righteous man hateth lying : 
but a wicked man is loathsome, and 
cometh to shame. 

6 Righteousness keepeth him that 
is upright in the way : but wicked- 
ness overthroweth the sinner. 

7 There is that maketh himself rich, 
yet hath nothing : there is that maketh 
himself poor, yet hath great riches. 

8 The ransom of a man's life are 
his riches : but the poor heareth not 
rebuke. 

9 The light of the righteous rejoi- 
ceth: but the lamp of the wicked 
shall be put out. 

1 Only by pride cometh contention : 
but with the well advised is wisdom. 

11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall 
be diminished : but he that gathereth 
by labour shall increase. 

12 Hope deferred maketh the heart 
sick : but when the desire cometh, it 
is a tree of life. 

13 Whoso despiseth the word shall 
be destroyed : but he that feareth the 
commandment shall be rewarded. 

1 4 The law of the wise is a foun- 
tain of life, to depart from the snares 
of death. 

15 Good understanding giveth 
favour : but the way of transgressors 
f is hard. 



16 Every prudent man dealeth with 
knowledge : but a fool layeth open his 
folly. 

17 A wicked messenger falleth into 
mischief: but a faithful ambassador 
is health. 

18 Poverty and shame shall be to 
him that refuseth instruction : but 
he that regardeth reproof shall be 
honoured. 

19 The desire accomplished is sweet 
to the soul : but it is abomination to 
fools to depart from evil. 

20 He that walketh with wise men 
shall be wise : but a companion of 
fools shall be destroyed. 

21 Evil pursueth sinners : but to the 
righteous good shall be repaid. 

22 A good man leaveth an inheri- 
tance to his children's children : and 
the wealth of the sinner is laid up for 
the just. 

23 Much food is in the tillage of the 
poor: but there is that is destroyed 
for want of judgment. 

24 He that spareth his rod hateth 
his son : but he that loveth him 
chasteneth him betimes. 

25 The righteous eateth to the sat- 
isfying of his soul : but the belly of 
the wicked shall want. 

CHAPTER XIY. 

EVERY wise woman buildeth her 
house : but the foolish plucketh 
it down with her hands. 

2 He that walketh in his up- 
rightness feareth the Lord: but he 
that is perverse in his ways despiseth 
him. 

3 In the mouth of the foolish is a 
rod of pride : but the lips of the wise 
shall preserve them. 

4 Where no oxen are, the crib is 
clean: but much increase is by the 
strength of the ox. 

5 A faithful witness will not lie: 
but a false witness will utter lies. 

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, and 
Jindeth it not : but knowledge is easy 
unto him that understandeth. 

7 Go from the presence of a foolish 

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man, when thou perceivest not in him 
the lips of knowledge. 

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to 
understand his way : but the folly of 
fools is deceit. 

9 Fools make a mock at sin : but 
among the righteous there is favour. 

10 The heart knoweth his own 
bitterness ; and a stranger doth not 
intermeddle with his joy. 

11 The house of the wicked shall 
be overthrown : but the tabernacle 
of the upright shall flourish. 

12 There is a way which seemeth 
right unto a man ; but the end there- 
of are the ways of death. 

13 Even in laughter the heart is 
sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth 
is heaviness. 

14 The backslider in heart shall be 
filled with his own ways : and a good 
man shall be satisfied from himself. 

15 The simple belie veth every 
word : but the prudent man looketh 
well to his going. 

16 A wise man feareth, and depart- 
eth from evil: but the fool rageth, 
and is confident. 

17 He that is soon angry dealeth 
foolishly: and a man of wicked de- 
vices is hated. 

18 The simple inherit folly: but 
the prudent are crowned with knowl- 
edge. 

19 The evil bow before the good ; 
and the wicked at the gates of the 
righteous. 

20 The poor is hated even of his 
own neighbour: but the rich hath 
many friends. 

21 He that despiseth his neighbour 
sinneth : but he that hath mercy on 
the poor, happy is he. 

22 Do they not err that devise 
evil ? but mercy and truth shall be to 
them that devise good. 

23 In all labour there is profit: 
but the talk of the lips tendeth only 
to penury. 

24 The crown of the wise is their 
riches : but the foolishness of fools is 
folly. 

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25 A true witness delivereth souls : 
but a deceitful witness speaketh lies. 

26 In the fear of the Lord is strong 
confidence: and his children shall 
have a place of refuge. 

27 The fear of the Lord is a foun- 
tain of life, to depart from the snares 
of death. 

28 In the multitude of people is the 
king's honour : but in the want of 
people is the destruction of the prince. 

29 He that is slow to wrath is of 
great understanding: but he that is 
hasty of spirit exalteth folly. 

30 A sound heart is the life of the 
flesh : but envy the rottenness of the 
bones. 

31 He that oppresseth the poor re- 
proacheth his Maker : but he thathon- 
oureth him hath mercy on the poor. 

32 The wicked is driven away in 
his wickedness : but the righteous 
hath hope in his death. 

33 Wisdom resteth in the heart of 
him that hath understanding: but 
that which is in the midst of fools is 
made known. 

34 Righteousness exalteth a nation: 
but sin is a reproach to any people. 

35 The king's favour is toward a 
wise servant : but his wmth is 
against him that causeth shame. 

CHAPTER XT. 

A SOFT answer turneth away 
wrath : but grievous words stir 
up anger. 

2 The tongue of the wise useth 
knowledge aright : but the mouth of 
fools poureth out foolishness. 

3 The eyes of the Lord are in every 
place, beholding the evil and the good. 

4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of 
life : but perverseness therein is a 
breach in the spirit. 

5 A fool despiseth his father's in- 
struction: but he that regardeth re- 
proof is prudent. 

6 In the house of the righteous is 
much treasure: but in the revenues 
of the wicked is trouble. 

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knowledge: but the heart of the 
foolish doeth not so. 

8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an 
abomination to the Lord: but the 
prayer of the upright is his delight. 

9 The way of the wicked is an 
abomination unto the Lord: but he 
loveth him that followeth after right- 
eousness. 

10 Correction is grievous unto him 
that forsaketh the way : and he that 
hateth reproof shall die. 

11 Hell and destruction are before 
the Lord : how much more then the 
hearts of the children of men ? 

12 A scorner loveth not one that 
reproveth him: neither will he go 
unto the wise. 

13 A merry heart maketh a cheer- 
ful countenance : but by sorrow of 
the heart the spirit is broken. 

14 The heart of him that hath 
understanding seeketh knowledge : 
but the mouth of fools feedeth on 
foolishness. 

15 All the days of the afflicted are 
evil : but he that is of a merry heart 
hath a continual feastr 

16 Better is little with the fear of 
the Lord, than great treasure and 
trouble therewith. 

17 Better is a dinner of herbs where 
love is, than a stalled ox and hatred 
therewith. 

18 A wrathful man stirreth up 
strife: but he that is slow to anger 
appeaseth strife. 

19 The way of the slothful man is 
as a hedge of thorns : but the way 
of the righteous is made plain. 

20 A wise son maketh a glad fa- 
ther : but a foolish man despiseth his 
mother. 

21 Folly is joy to him that is des- 
titute of wisdom : but a man of un- 
derstanding walketh uprightly. 

22 Without counsel purposes are 
disappointed: but in the multitude 
of counsellors they are established. 

23 A man hath joy by the answer 
of his mouth : and a word spoken in 
due season, how good is it ! 



24 The way of life is above to the 
wise, that he may depart from hell 
beneath. 

25 The Lord will destroy the house 
of the proud : but he will establish 
the border of the widow. 

26 The thoughts of the wicked are 
an abomination to the Lord : but the 
words of the pure are pleasant words. 

27 He that is greedy of gain trou- 
bleth his own house; but he that 
hateth gifts shall live. 

28 The heart of the righteous stud- 
ieth to answer : but the mouth of the 
wicked poureth out evil things. 

29 The Lord is far from the wick- 
ed : but he heareth the prayer of the 
righteous. 

30 The light of the eyes rejoiceth 
the heart : and a good report maketh 
the bones fat. 

31 The ear that heareth the reproof 
of life abide th among the wise. 

32 He that refuseth instruction de- 
spiseth his own soul : but he that hear- 
eth reproof getteth understanding. 

33 The fear of the Lord is the 
instruction of wisdom ; and before 
honour is humility. 

CHAPTER XYI. 

THE preparations of the heart 
in man, and the answer of the 
tongue, is from the Lord. 

2 All the ways of a man are clean 
in his own eyes; but the Lord 
weigheth the spirits. 

3 Commit thy works unto the Lord, 
and thy thoughts shall be established. 

4 The Lord hath made all things 
for himself: yea, even the wicked 
for the day of evil. 

5 Every one that is proud in heart 
is an abomination to the Lord: 
though hand join in hand, he shall 
not be unpunished. 

6 By mercy and truth iniquity is 
purged : and by the fear of the Lord 
men depart from evil. 

7 When a man's ways please the 
Lord, he maketh even his enemies to 
be at peace with him. 

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8 Better is a little with righteous- 
ness 3 than great revenues without right. 

9 A man's heart deviseth his way : 
but the Lord directeth his steps. 

10 A divine sentence is in the lips 
of the king : his mouth transgresseth 
not in judgment. 

11 A just weight and balance are 
the Lord's : all the weights of the 
bag are his work. 

12 It is an abomination to kings to 
commit wickedness: for the throne 
is established by righteousness. 

13 Righteous lips are the delight 
of kings; and they love him that 
speaketh right. 

14 The wrath of a king is as mes- 
sengers of death : but a wise man will 
pacify it. 

15 In the light of the king's counte- 
nance is life ; and his favour is as a 
cloud of the latter rain. 

16 How much better is it to get 
wisdom than gold ! and to get un- 
derstanding rather to be chosen than 
silver ! 

17 The highway of the upright is 
to depart from evil : he that keepeth 
his way preserveth his soul. 

18 Pride goeth before destruction, 
and a haughty spirit before a fall. 

19 Better it is to be of an humble 
spirit with the lowly, than to divide 
the spoil with the proud. 

20 He that handleth a matter wise- 
ly shall find good : and whoso trust- 
eth in the Lord, happy is he. 

2 1 The wise in heart shall be called 
prudent : and the sweetness of the 
lips increaseth learning. 

22 Understanding is a wellspring 
of life unto him that hath it : but 
the instruction' of fools is folly. 

23 The heart of the wise teacheth 
his mouth, and addeth learning to 
his lips. 

24 Pleasant words are as a honey- 
comb, sweet to the soul, and health 
to the bones. 

25 There is a way that seemeth 
right unto a man ; but the end there- 
of are the ways of death. 

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26 He that laboureth, laboureth for 
himself ; for his mouth craveth it of 
him. 

27 An ungodly man diggeth up 
evil: and in his lips there is as a 
burning fire. 

2 8 A fro ward man soweth strife : and 
a whisperer separateth chief friends. 

29 A violent man enticeth his 
neighbour, and leadeth him into the 
way that is not good. 

30 He shutteth his eyes to devise 
froward things: moving his lips he 
bringeth evil to pass. 

31 The hoary head is a crown of 
glory, if it be found in the way of 
righteousness. 

32 He that is slow to anger is bet- 
ter than the mighty ; and he that 
ruleth his spirit than he that taketh 
a city. 

33 The lot is cast into the lap; but 
the whole disposing thereof is of the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER XYIL 

BETTER is a dry morsel, and 
quietness therewith, than a 
house full of sacrifices with strife. 

2 A wise servant shall have rule 
over a son that causeth shame, and 
shall have part of the inheritance 
among the brethren. 

3 The fining pot is for silver, and 
the furnace for gold: but the Lord 
trieth the hearts. 

4 A wicked doer giveth heed to 
false lips ; and a liar giveth ear to a 
naughty tongue. 

5 Whoso mocketh the poor reproach- 
eth his Maker: and he that is glad at 
calamities shall not be unpunished. 

6 Children's children are the crown 
of old men ; and the glory of children 
are their fathers. 

7 Excellent speech becometh not a 
fool: much less do lying lips a prince. 

8 A gift is as a precious stone in 
the eyes of him that hath it: whither- 
soever it turneth, it prospereth. 

9 He that covereth a transgression 
seeketh love ; but he that repeateth 
a matter separateth very friends. 



Moral virtues, and 



PROVERBS. 



their contrary vices. 



10 A reproof entereth more into a 
wise man than a hundred stripes into 
a fool. 

11 An evil man seeketh only re- 
bellion : therefore a cruel messenger 
shall be sent against him. 

12 Let a bear robbed of her whelps 
meet a man, rather than a fool in his 
folly. 

13 Whoso rewardeth evil for good, 
evil shall not depart from his house. 

14 The beginning of strife is as 
when one letteth out water: there- 
fore leave off contention, before it be 
meddled with. 

15 He that justifieth the wicked, 
and he that condemn eth the just, 
even they both are abomination to 
the Lord. 

16 Wherefore is there a price in the 
hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing 
he hath no heart to it ? 

17 A friend loveth at all times, and 
a brother is born for adversity. 

18 A man void of understanding 
striketh hands, and becometh surety 
in the presence of his friend. 

19 He loveth transgression that 
loveth strife: and he that exalteth 
his gate seeketh destruction. 

20 He that hath a fro ward heart 
findeth no good : and he that hath 
a perverse tongue falleth into mis- 
chief. 

21 He that begetteth a fool doeth 
it to his sorrow : and the father of a 
fool hath no joy. 

22 A merry heart doeth good.- like 
a medicine : but a broken spirit drieth 
the bones. 

23 A wicked man taketh a gift out 
of the bosom to pervert the ways of 
judgment. 

24 Wisdom is before him that hath 
understanding ; but the eyes of a fool 
are in the ends of the earth. 

25 A foolish son is a grief to his 
father, and bitterness to her that 
bare him. 

26 Also to punish the just is 
not good, nor to strike princes for 
equity. 



27 He that hath knowledge spa- 
reth his words : and a man of under- 
standing is of an excellent spirit. 

28 Even a fool, when he holdeth 
his peace, is counted wise : and he 
that shutteth his lips is esteemed a 
man of understanding. 

CHAPTER XYIII. 

THROUGH desire a man, having 
separated himself, seeketh and 
intermeddleth with all wisdom. 

2 A fool hath no delight in under- 
standing, but that his heart may dis- 
cover itself. 

3 When the wicked cometh, then 
cometh also contempt, and with ig- 
nominy reproach. 

4 The words of a man's mouth are 
as deep waters, and the wellspring of 
wisdom as a flowing brook. 

5 It is not good to accept the per- 
son of the wicked, to overthrow the 
righteous in judgment. 

6 A fool's lips enter into contention, 
and his mouth calleth for strokes. 

7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, 
and his lips are the snare of his soul. 

8 The words of a talebearer are as 
wounds, and they go down into the 
innermost parts of the belly. 

9 He also that is slothful in his 
work is brother to him that is a great 
waster. 

10 The name of the Lord is a 
strong tower : the righteous runneth 
into it, and is safe. 

11 The rich man's wealth is his 
strong city, and as a high wall in his 
own conceit. 

12 Before destruction the heart of 
man is haughty ; and before honour 
is humility. 

13 He that answereth a matter 
before he heareth it, it is folly and 
shame unto him. 

14 The spirit of a man will sustain 
his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit 
who can bear? 

15 The heart of the prudent getteth 
knowledge ; and the ear of the wise 
seeketh knowledge. 

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their contrary vices. 



1 6 A man's gift maketh room for him, 
and bringeth him before great men. 

17 He that is first in his own cause 
seemeth just ; but his neighbour com- 
eth and searcheth him. 

18 The lot causeth contentions to 
cease, and parteth between the mighty. 

19 A brother offended is harder to be 
won than a strong city : and their con- 
tentions are like the bars of a castle. 

20 A man's belly shall be satisfied 
with the fruit of his mouth ; and with 
the increase of his lips shall he be filled. 

2 1 Death and life are in the power 
of the tongue : and they that love it 
shall eat the fruit thereof. 

22 Whoso findeth a wife findeth a 
good thing, and obtaineth favour of 
the Lord. 

23 The poor useth entreaties ; but 
the rich answereth roughly. 

2 4 A man that hath friends must shew 
himself friendly : and there is a friend 
that sticketh closer than a brother. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

BETTER is the poor that walketh 
in his integrity, than he that is 
perverse in his lips, and is a fool. 

2 Also, that the soul be without 
knowledge, it is not good; and he 
that hasteth with his feet sinneth. 

3 The foolishness of man perverteth 
his way : and his heart fretteth against 
the Lord. 

4 Wealth maketh many friends; 
but the poor is separated from his 
neighbour. 

5 A false witness shall not be un- 
punished ; and he that speaketh lies 
shall not escape. 

6 Many will entreat the favour of 
the prince : and every man is a friend 
to him that giveth gifts. 

7 All the brethren of the poor do 
hate him: how much more do his 
friends go far from him ? he pursueth 
them with words, yet they are want- 
ing to him. 

8 He that getteth wisdom loveth 
his own soul : he that keepeth under- 
standing shall find good. 

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9 A false witness shall not be un- 
punished ; and he that speaketh lies 
shall perish. 

10 Delight is not seemly for a fool ; 
much less for a servant to have rule 
over princes. 

11 The discretion of a man defer- 
reth his anger ; and it is his glory to 
pass over a transgression. 

12 The king's wrath is as the roar- 
ing of a lion ; but his favour is as dew 
upon the grass. 

13 A foolish son is the calamity of 
his father : and the contentions of a 
wife are a continual dropping. 

14 House and riches are the in- 
heritance of fathers : and a prudent 
wife is from the Lord. 

15 Slothfulness caste th into a deep 
sleep ; and an idle soul shall suffer 
hunger. 

16 He that keepeth the command- 
ment keepeth his own soul ; but he 
that despiseth his ways shall die. 

17 He that hath pity upon the 
poor lendeth unto the Lord; and 
that which he hath given will he 
pay him again. 

18 Chasten thy son while there is 
hope, and let not thy soul spare for 
his crying. • 

19 A man of great wrath shall suf- 
fer punishment: for if thou deliver 
him, yet thou must do it again. 

20 Hear counsel, and receive in- 
struction, that thou may est be wise 
in thy latter end. 

21 There are many devices in a 
man's heart ; nevertheless the coun- 
sel of the Lord, that shall stand. 

22 The desire of a man is his kind- 
ness : and a poor man is better than 
a liar. 

23 The fear of the Lord tendeth to 
life : and he that hath it shall abide 
satisfied ; he shall not be visited with 
evil. 

24 A slothful man hideth his hand 
in his bosom, and will not so much 
as bring it to his mouth again. 

25 Smite a scorner, and the simple 
will beware: and reprove one that 



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PROVERBS. 



their contrary vices. 



hath understanding, and he will un- 
derstand knowledge. 

26 He that wasteth his father, and 
chaseth away his mother, is a son that 
causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. 

27 Cease, my son, to hear the in- 
struction that causeth to err from the 
words of knowledge. 

28 An ungodly witness scorneth 
judgment: and the mouth of the 
wicked devoureth iniquity. 

29 Judgments are prepared for 

scorners, and stripes for the back of 

fools. 

CHAPTER XX. 

WINE is a mocker, strong drink 
is raging: and whosoever is 
deceived thereby is not wise. 

2 The fear of a king is as the 
roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh 
him to anger sinneth against his own 
soul. 

3 It is an honour for a man to 
cease from strife : but every fool will 
be meddling. 

4 The sluggard will not plough by 
reason of the cold ; therefore shall he 
beg in harvest, and have nothing. 

5 Counsel in the heart of man is 
like deep water ; but a man of under- 
standing will draw it out. 

6 Most men will proclaim every 
one his own goodness : but a faithful 
man who can find ? 

7 The just man walketh in his in- 
tegrity : his children are blessed after 
him. 

8 A king that sitteth in the throne 
of judgment scattereth away all evil 
with his eyes. 

9 Who can say, I have made my 
heart clean, I am pure from my sin ? 

10 Divers weights, and divers meas- 
ures, both of them are alike abomina- 
tion to the Lord. 

11 Even a child is known by his 
doings, whether his work be pure, and 
whether it be right. 

12 The hearing ear, and the seeing 
eye. the Lord hath made even both 
of them. 

13 Love not sleep, lest thou come 



to poverty : open thine eyes, and thou 
shalt be satisfied with bread. 

14: It is naught, it is naught, saith 
the buyer : but when he is gone his 
way, then he boasteth. 

15 There is gold, and a multitude 
of rubies : but the lips of knowledge 
are a precious jewel. 

16 Take his garment that is surety 
for a stranger : arid take a pledge of 
him for a strange woman. 

17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a 
man ; but afterwards his mouth shall 
be filled with gravel. 

18 Every purpose is established by 
counsel : and with good advice make 
war. 

19 He that goeth about as a tale- 
bearer revealeth secrets : therefore 
meddle not with him that flattereth 
with his lips. 

20 Whoso curseth his father or his 
mother, his lamp shall be put out in 
obscure darkness. 

21 An inheritance may be gotten 
hastily at the beginning ; but the 
end thereof shall not be blessed. 

22 Say not thou, I will recompense 
evil ; but wait on the Lord, and he 
shall save thee. 

23 Divers weights are an abomi- 
nation unto the Lord ; and a false 
balance is not good. 

24 Man's goings are of the Lord ; 
how can a man then understand his 
own way ? 

25 It is a snare to the man who 
devoureth that ivhich is holy, and 
after vows to make inquiry. 

26 A wise king scattereth the 
wicked, and bringeth the wheel over 
them. 

27 The spirit of man is the candle 
of the Lord, searching all the inward 
parts of the belly. 

28 Mercy and truth preserve the 
king : and his throne is upholden by 
mercy. 

29 The glory of young men is their 
strength : and the beauty of old men 
is the gray head. 

30 The blueness of a wound cleans- 

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eth away evil : so do stripes the in- 
ward parts of the belly. 

CHAPTER XXL 

THE king's heart is in the hand of 
the Lord, as the rivers of water : 
he turneth it whithersoever he will. 

2 Every way of a man is right in 
his own eyes : but the Lord ponder- 
eth the hearts. 

3 To do justice and judgment is 
more acceptable to the Lord than 
sacrifice. 

4 A high look, and a proud heart, 
and the ploughing of the wicked, is 
sin. 

5 The thoughts of the diligent tend 
only to plenteousness ; but of every 
one that is hasty only to want. 

6 The getting of treasures by a 
lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and 
fro of them that seek death. 

7 The robbery of the wicked shall 
destroy them ; because they refuse to 
do judgment. 

8 The way of man is fro ward and 
strange : but as for the pure, his 
work is right. 

9 It is better to dwell in a corner of 
the housetop, than with a brawling 
woman in a wide house. 

10 The soul of the wicked desire th 
evil : his neighbour findeth no favour 
in his eyes. 

11 When the scorner is punished, 
the simple is made wise : and when 
the wise is instructed, he receiveth 
knowledge. 

12 The righteous man wisely con- 
sidered the house of the wicked : but 
God overthroweth the wicked for their 
wickedness. 

13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at the 
cry of the poor, he also shall cry him- 
self, but shall not be heard. 

14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: 
and a reward in the bosom, strong 
wrath. 

15 It is joy to the just to do judg- 
ment : but destruction shall be to the 
workers of iniquity. 

16 The man that wandereth out of 

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their contrary vices. 



the way of understanding shall remain 
in the congregation of the dead. 

17 He that loveth pleasure shall be 
a poor man : he that loveth wine and 
oil shall not be rich. 

18 The wicked shall be a ransom 
for the righteous, and the transgressor 
for the upright. 

19 It is better to dwell in the wil- 
derness, than with a contentious and 
an angry woman. 

20 There is treasure to be desired 
and oil in the dwelling of the wise ; 
but a foolish man spendeth it up. 

21 He that folio weth after right- 
eousness and mercy findeth life, right- 
eousness, and honour. 

22 A wise man scaleth the city of 
the mighty, and casteth down the 
strength of the confidence thereof. 

23 Whoso keepeth his mouth and 
his tongue, keepeth his soul from 
troubles. 

24 Proud and haughty scorner is 
his name, who dealeth in proud 
wrath. 

25 The desire of the slothful killeth 
him ; for his hands refuse to labour. 

26 He coveteth greedily all the day 
long: but the righteous giveth and 
spareth not. 

27 The sacrifice of the wicked 
is abomination : how much more, 
when he bringeth it with a wicked 
mind? 

28 A false witness shall perish: 
but the man that heareth speaketh 
constantly. 

29 A wicked man hardeneth his 
face : but as for the upright, he di- 
recteth his way. 

30 There is no wisdom nor un- 
derstanding nor counsel against the 
Lord. 

31 The horse is prepared against 
the day of battle : but safety is of 
the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

A GOOD name is rather to be 
chosen than great riches, and 
loving favour rather than silver and 
gold. 






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PROVERBS. 



their contrary vices. 



2 The rich and poor meet together: 
the Lord is the maker of them all. 

3 A prudent man foreseeth the evil, 
and hideth himself: but the simple 
pass on, and are punished. 

4 By humility and the fear of the 
Lord are riches, and honour, and life. 

5 Thorns and snares are in the way 
of the fro ward : he that doth keep 
his soul shall be far from them. 

6 Train up a child in the way he 
should go : and, when he is old, he 
will not depart from it. 

7 The rich ruleth over the poor, and 
the borrower is servant to the lender. 

8 He that soweth iniquity shall 
reap vanity : and the rod of his anger 
shall fail. 

9 He that hath a bountiful eye 
shall be blessed ; for he giveth of his 
bread to the poor. 

10 Cast out the scorner, and con- 
tention shall go out; yea, strife and 
reproach shall cease. 

1 1 He that loveth pureness of heart, 
for the grace of his lips the king 
shall be his friend. 

12 The eyes of the Lord preserve 
knowledge ; and he overthroweth the 
words of the transgressor. 

13 The slothful man saith, There 
is a lion without, I shall be slain in 
the streets. 

14 The mouth of strange women is 
a deep pit : he that is abhorred of the 
Lord shall fall therein. 

15 Foolishness is bound in the heart 
of a child ; but the rod of correction 
shall drive it far from him. 

16 He that oppresseth the poor to 
increase his riches, and he that giveth 
to the rich, shall surely come to want. 

17 Bow down thine ear, and hear 
the words of the wise, and apply 
thine heart unto my knowledge. 

18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou 
keep them within thee ; they shall 
withal be fitted in thy lips. 

19 That thy trust may be in the 
Lord, I have made known to thee 
this day, even to thee. 

20 Have not I written to thee ex- 



cellent things in counsels and knowl- 
edge, 

21 That I might make thee know 
the certainty of the words of truth ; 
that thou might est answer the words 
of truth to them that send unto thee 1 

22 Rob not the poor, because he is 
poor : neither oppress the afflicted in 
the gate : 

23 For the Lord will plead their 
cause, and spoil the soul of those 
that spoiled them. 

24 Make no friendship with an 
angry man ; and with a furious man 
thou shalt not go ; 

25 Lest thou learn his ways, and 
get a snare to thy soul. 

26 Be not thou one of them that 
strike hands, or of them that are 
sureties for debts. 

27 If thou hast nothing to pay, 
why should he take away thy bed 
from under thee ? 

28 Remove not the ancient land- 
mark, which thy fathers have set. 

29 Seest thou a man diligent in 
his business? he shall stand before 
kings; he shall not stand before 
mean men. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

WHEN thou sittest to eat with 
a ruler, consider diligently 
what is before thee : 

2 And put a knife to thy throat, if 
thou be a man given to appetite. 

3 Be not desirous of his dainties : 
for they are deceitful meat. 

4 Labour not to be rich: cease 
from thine own wisdom. 

5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon 
that which is not ? for riches certain- 
ly make themselves wings ; they fly 
away as an eagle toward heaven. 

6 Eat thou not the bread of him 
that hath an evil eye, neither desire 
thou his dainty meats : 

7 For as he thinketh in his heart, 
so is he : Eat and drink, saith he 
to thee ; but his heart is not with 
thee. 

8 The morsel which thou hast eaten 

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their contrary vices. 



shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy 
sweet words. 

9 Speak not in the ears of a fool : 
for he will despise the wisdom of thy 
words. 

10 Remove not the old landmark; 
and enter not into the fields of the 
fatherless : 

11 For their Redeemer is mighty ; 
he shall plead their cause with thee. 

12 Apply thine heart unto instruc- 
tion, and thine ears to the words of 
knowledge. 

13 Withhold not correction from 
the child: for if thou heatest him 
with the rod, he shall not die. 

14 Thou shalt heat him with the 
rod, and shalt deliver his soul from 
hell. 

15 My son, if thine heart he wise, 
my heart shall rejoice, even mine. 

16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when 
thy lips speak right things. 

17 Let not thine heart envy sin- 
ners ; hut be thou in the fear of the 
Lord all the day long. 

18 For surely there is an end ; and 
thine expectation shall not be cut off. 

19 Hear thou, my son, and he wise, 
and guide thine heart in the way. 

20 Be not among winebibbers ; 
among riotous eaters of flesh : 

21 For the drunkard and the glut- 
ton shall come to poverty : and drow- 
siness shall clothe a man with rags. 

22 Hearken unto thy father that 
begat thee, and despise not thy mother 
when she is old. 

23 Buy the truth, and sell it not; 
also wisdom, and instruction, and 
understanding. 

24 The father of the righteous shall 
greatly rejoice : and he that begetteth 
a wise child shall have joy of him. 

25 Thy father and thy mother shall 
be glad, and she that bare thee shall 
rejoice. 

26 My son, give me thine heart, 
and let thine eyes observe my ways. 

27 For a whore is a deep ditch; 
and a strange woman is a narrow pit. 

28 She also lieth in wait as for 

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a prey, and increaseth the transgress- 
ors among men. 

29 Who hath woe? who hath sor- 
row ? who hath contentions ? who hath 
babbling ? who hath wounds without 
cause ? who hath redness of eyes ? 

3 They th at tarry long at the wine ; 
they that go to seek mixed wine. 

31 Look not thou upon the wine 
when it is red, when it giveth his 
colour in the cup, when it moveth 
itself aright. 

32 At the last it biteth like a ser- 
pent, and stingeth like an adder. 

33 Thine eyes shall behold strange 
women, and thine heart shall utter 
perverse things. 

34 Yea, thou shalt be as he that 
lieth down in the midst of the sea, 
or as he that lieth upon the top of a 
mast. 

35 They have stricken me, shalt 
thou say, and I was not sick ; they 
have beaten me, and I felt it not: 
when shall I awake ? I will seek it 
yet again. 

CHAPTER XXIY. 

BE not thou envious against evil 
men, neither desire to be with 
them : 

2 For their heart studieth destruc- 
tion, and their lips talk of mischief. 

3 Through wisdom is a house 
builded ; and by understanding it is 
established : 

4 And by knowledge shall the 
chambers be filled with all precious 
and pleasant riches. 

5 A wise man is strong; yea, a man 
of knowledge increaseth strength. 

6 For by wise counsel thou shalt 
make thy war : and in multitude of 
counsellors there is safety. 

7 Wisdom is too high for a fool : 
he openeth not his mouth in the 
gate. 

8 He that deviseth to do evil shall 
be called a mischievous person. 

9 The thought of foolishness is sin : 
and the scorner is an abomination to 
men. 



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PROVERBS. 



their contrary vices. 



10 If thou faint in the day of ad- 
versity, thy strength is small. 

11 If thou forbear to deliver them 
that are drawn unto death, and those 
that are ready to he slain ; 

12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew 
it not; doth not he that pondereth 
the heart consider it? and he that 
keepeth thy soul, doth not he know 
it ? and shall not he render to every 
man according to his works ? 

13 My son, eat thou honey, he- 
cause it is good ; and the honeycomb, 
which is sweet to thy taste : 

14 So shall the knowledge of wis- 
dom be unto thy soul: when thou 
hast found it, then there shall he a 
reward, and thy expectation shall not 
be cut off. 

15 Lay not wait, O wicked man, 
against the dwelling of the righteous; 
spoil not his resting place : 

16 For a just man falleth seven 
times, and riseth up again : hut the 
wicked shall fall into mischief. 

17 Rejoice not when thine enemy 
falleth, and let not thine heart be 
glad when he stumbleth : 

18 Lest the Lord see it, and it 
displease him, and he turn away his 
wrath from him. 

19 Fret not thyself because of evil 
men, neither be thou envious at the 
wicked ; 

20 For there shall be no reward to 
the evil man ; the candle of the 
wicked shall be put out. 

21 My son, fear thou the Lord and 
the king : and meddle not with them 
that are given to change : 

22 For their calamity shall rise 
suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin 
of them both ? 

23 These things also belong to the 
wise. It is not good to have respect 
of persons in judgment. 

24 He that saith unto the wicked, 
Thou art righteous ; him shall the 
people curse, nations shall abhor him : 

25 But to them that rebuke him 
shall be delight, and a good blessing 
shall come upon them. 

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26 Every man shall kiss his lips 
that giveth a right answer. 

27 Prepare thy work without, and 
make it fit for thyself in the field ; 
and afterwards build thine house. 

28 Be not a witness against thy 
neighbour without cause; and de- 
ceive not with thy lips. 

29 Say not, I will do so to him as 
he hath done to me : I will render to 
the man according to his work. 

30 I went by the field of the sloth- 
ful, and by the vineyard of the man 
void of understanding ; 

31 And, lo, it was all grown over 
with thorns, and nettles had covered 
the face thereof, and the stone wall 
thereof was broken down. 

32 Then I saw, and considered it 
well : I looked upon it, and received 
instruction. 

33 Yet a little sleep, a little slum- 
ber, a little folding of the hands to 
sleep : 

34 So shall thy poverty come as 
one that travelleth ; and thy want as 
an armed man. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

1 Observations about kings, 8 and about avoiding causes 
of quarrels, and sundry causes thereof. 

THESE are also proverbs of Solo- 
mon, which the men of Hezekiah 
king of Judah copied out. 

2 It is the glory of God to conceal 
a thing : but the honour of kings is to 
search out a matter. 

3 The heaven for height, and the 
earth for depth, and the heart of kings 
is unsearchable. 

4 Take away the dross from the 
silver, and there shall come forth a 
vessel for the finer. 

5 Take away the wicked from be- 
fore the king, and his throne shall be 
established in righteousness. 

6 Put not forth thyself in the pres- 
ence of the king, and stand not in the 
place of great men : 

7 For better it is that it be said 
unto thee, Come up hither; than that 
thou shouldest be put lower in the 

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PROVERBS. 



of Solomon, 



presence of the prince whom thine 
eyes have seen. 

8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest 
thou know not what to do in the end 
thereof, when thy neighbour hath put 
thee to shame. 

9 Debate thy cause with thy neigh- 
bour himself ; and discover not a 
secret to another : 

10 Lest he that heareth it put thee 
to shame, and thine infamy turn not 
away. 

11 A word fitly spoken is like apples 
of gold in pictures of silver. 

12 As an earring of gold, and an 
ornament of fine gold, so is a wise 
reprover upon an obedient ear. 

13 As the cold of snow in the time 
of harvest, so is a faithful messenger 
to them that send him : for he refresh- 
eth the soul of his masters. 

14 Whoso boasteth himself of a 
false gift is like clouds and wind 
without rain. 

15 By long forbearing is a prince 
persuaded, and a soft tongue break- 
eth the bone. 

16 Hast thou found honey? eat so 
much as is sufficient for thee, lest 
thou be filled therewith, and vomit it. 

17 Withdraw thy foot from thy 
neighbour's house ; lest he be weary 
of thee, and so hate thee. 

18 A man that beareth false wit- 
ness against his neighbour is a maul, 
and a sword, and a sharp arrow. 

19 Confidence in an unfaithful 
man in time of trouble is like a bro- 
ken tooth, and a foot out of joint. 

20 As he that taketh away a gar- 
ment in cold weather, and as vinegar 
upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs 
to a heavy heart. 

2 1 If thine enemy be hungry, give 
him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, 
give him water to drink : 

22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire 
upon his head, and the Lord shall 
reward thee. 

23 The north wind driveth away 
rain: so doth an angry countenance 
a backbiting tongue. 

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24 It is better to dwell in the cor- 
ner of the housetop, than with a 
brawling woman and in a wide house. 

25 As cold waters to a thirsty sou], 
so is good news from a far country. • 

26 A righteous man falling down 
before the wicked is as a troubled 
fountain, and a corrupt spring. 

27 It is not good to eat much 
honey : so for men to search their 
own glory is not glory. 

28 He that hath no rule over his 
own spirit is like a city that is broken 
down, and without walls. 

CHAPTER XXYI. 

1 Observations about fools, 13 about sluggards, 17 and 
about contentious busybodies. 

AS snow in summer, and as rain 
. in harvest, so honour is not 
seemly for a fool. 

2 As the bird by wandering, as the 
swallow by flying, so the curse cause- 
less shall not come. 

3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for 
the ass, and a rod for the fool's back. 

4 Answer not a fool according to his 
folly, lest thou also be like unto him. 

5 Answer a fool according to his fol- 
ly, lest he be wise in his own conceit. 

6 He that sendeth a message by 
the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet, 
and drinketh damage. 

7 The legs of the lame are not 
equal : so is a parable in the mouth 
of fools. 

8 As he that bindeth a stone in a 
sling, so is he that giveth honour to 
a fool. 

9 As a thorn goeth up into the 
hand of a drunkard, so is a parable 
in the mouth of fools. 

10 The great God that formed all 
things both rewardeth the fool, and 
rewardeth transgressors. 

11 As a dog returneth to his vomit, 
so a fool returneth to his folly. 

12 Seest thou a man wise in his 
own conceit ? there is more hope of a 
fool than of him. 

13 The slothful man saith, There 
is a lion in the way ; a lion is in the 
streets. 



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14 As the door turneth upon his 
hinges, so doth the slothful upon his 
bed. 

15 The slothful hideth his hand in 
his bosom ; it grieveth him to bring it 
again to his mouth. 

16 The sluggard is wiser in his 
own conceit than seven men that can 
render a reason. 

17 He that passeth by, and med- 
dleth with strife belonging not to 
him, is like one that taketh a dog by 
the ears. 

18 As a mad man who casteth fire- 
brands, arrows, and death, 

19 So is the man that deceiveth 
his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in 
sport ? 

20 Where no wood is, there the fire 
goeth out : so where there is no tale- 
bearer, the strife ceaseth. 

21 As coals are to burning coals, 
and wood to fire ; so is a contentious 
man to kindle strife. 

22 The words of a talebearer are as 
wounds, and they go down into the 
innermost parts of the belly. 

23 Burning lips and a wicked heart 
are like a potsherd covered with silver 
dross. 

24 He that hateth dissemble th with 
his lips, and layeth up deceit within 
him; 

25 When he speaketh fair, believe 
him not : for there are seven abomi- 
nations in his heart. 

26 Whose hatred is covered by de- 
ceit, his wickedness shall be shewed 
before the whole congregation. 

27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall 
therein : and he that rolleth a stone, 
it will return upon him. 

28 A lying tongue hateth those that 
are afflicted by it; and a flattering 
mouth worketh ruin. 

CHAPTER XXYIL 

1 Observations of self love, 5 of true love, 11 of care to 
avoid offences, 23 and of the household care. 

BOAST not thyself of to morrow ; 
for thou knowest not what a 
day may bring forth. 

2 Let another man praise thee, and 



not thine own mouth ; a stranger, and 
not thine own lips. 

3 A stone is heavy, and the sand 
weighty ; but a fool's wrath is heavier 
than them both. 

4 Wrath is cruel, and anger is out- 
rageous ; but who is able to stand be- 
fore envy ? 

5 Open rebuke is better than secret 
love. 

6 Faithful are the wounds of a 
friend ; but the kisses of an enemy 
are deceitful. 

7 The full soul loatheth a honey- 
comb ; but to the hungry soul every 
bitter thing is sweet. 

8 As a bird that wandereth from 
her nest, so is a man that wandereth 
from his place. 

9 Ointment and perfume rejoice 
the heart : so doth the sweetness of a 
man's friend by hearty counsel. 

10 Thine own friend, and thy fa- 
ther's friend, forsake not ; neither go 
into thy brother's house in the day of 
thy calamity : for better is a neigh- 
bour that is near than a brother far 
off. 

11 My son, be wise, and make my 
heart glad, that I may answer him 
that reproacheth me. 

12 A prudent man foreseeth the 
evil, and hideth himself; but the 
simple pass on, and are punished. 

13 Take his garment that is surety 
for a stranger, and take a pledge of 
him for a strange woman. 

14 He that blesseth his friend with 
a loud voice, rising early in the morn- 
ing, it shall be counted a curse to him. 

15 A continual dropping in a very 
rainy day and a contentious woman 
are alike. 

16 Whosoever hideth her hideth 
the wind, and the ointment of his 
right hand, tvhich bewrayeth itself. 

17 Iron sharpen eth iron ; so a man 
sharpeneth the countenance of his 
friend. 

18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall 
eat the fruit thereof: so he that wait- 
eth on his master shall be honoured. 

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Maxims and observations PROVERBS. 



of Solomon, 



19 As in water face answer eth to 
face, so the heart of man to man. 

20 Hell and destruction are never 
full ; so the eyes of man are never 
satisfied. 

21 As the fining pot for silver, and 
the furnace for gold ; so is a man to 
his praise. 

22 Though thou shouldest hray a 
fool in a mortar among wheat with a 
pestle, yet will not his foolishness de- 
part from him. 

23 Be thou diligent to know the 
state of thy flocks, and look well to 
thy herds : 

24 For riches are not for ever : and 
doth the crown endure to every gen- 
eration ? 

25 The hay appeareth, and the 
tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs 
of the mountains are gathered. 

26 The lambs are for thy clothing, 
and the goats are the price of the field. 

27 And thou shalt have goats' milk 
enough for thy food, for the food of 
thy household, and for the mainte- 
nance for thy maidens. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

General observations of impiety and religious integ~ 
rity. 

THE wicked flee when no man 
pur su eth : but the righteous are 
bold as a lion. 

2 For the transgression of a land 
many are the prinoes thereof: but by 
a man of understanding and knowl- 
edge the state thereof shall be pro- 
longed. 

3 A poor man that oppresseth the 
poor is like a sweeping rain which 
leaveth no food. 

4 They that forsake the law praise 
the wicked : but such as keep the law 
contend with them. 

5 Evil men understand not judg- 
ment: but they that seek the Lord 
understand all things. 

6 Better is the poor that walketh 
in his uprightness, than he that is per- 
verse in his ways, though he be rich. 

7 Whoso keepeth the law is a wise 

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son : but he that is a companion of 
riotous men shameth his father. 

8 He that by usury and unjust 
gain increaseth his substance, he shall ' 
gather it for him that will pity the; 
poor. 

9 He that turneth away his ear 
from hearing the law, even his prayei 
shall be abomination. 

10 Whoso causeth the righteous to 
go astray in an evil way, he shall 
fall himself into his own pit: but the 
upright shall have good things in pos- 
session. 

11 The rich man is wise in his 
own conceit ; but the poor that hath 
understanding searcheth him out. 

12 When righteous men do rejoice, 
there is great glory: but when the 
wicked rise, a man is hidden. 

13 He that covereth his sins shall 
not prosper: but whoso confesseth 
and forsaketh them shall have mercy. 

14 Happy is the man that feareth 
always : but he that hardeneth his 
heart shall fall into mischief. 

15 As si roaring lion, and a ranging 
bear ; so is a wicked ruler over the 
poor people. 

16 The prince that wanteth under- 
standing is also a great oppressor : but 
he that hateth covetousness shall pro- 
long his days. 

17 A man that doeth violence to 
the blood of any person shall flee to 
the pit ; let no man stay him. 

18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall 
be saved : but he that is perverse in 
his ways shall fall at once. 

19 He that tilleth his land shall 
have plenty of bread : but he that fol- 
loweth after vain persons shall have 
poverty enough. 

20 A faithful man shall abound 
with blessings : but he that maketh 
haste to be rich shall not be innocent. 

21 To have respect of persons is 
not good : for, for a piece of bread that 
man will transgress. 

22 He that hasteth to be rich hath 
an evil eye, and considereth not that 
poverty shall come upon him. 



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PROVERBS. 



men of Hezekiah. 



23 He that rebuketh a man, after- 
wards shall find more favour than he 
that flattereth with the tongue. 

24 Whoso robbeth his father or his 
mother, and saith, It is no transgres- 
sion ; the same is the companion of 
a destroyer. 

25 He that is of a proud heart 
stirreth up strife: but he that put- 
teth his trust in the Lord shall be 
made fat. 

26 He that trusteth in his own 
heart is a fool: but whoso walketh 
wisely, he shall be delivered. 

27 He that giveth unto the poor 
shall not lack : but he that hideth his 
eyes shall have many a curse. 

28 When the wicked rise, men hide 
themselves : but when they perish, the 
righteous increase. 

CHAPTER XXIX. 

1 Observations of public government, 15 and of private. 
22 Of anger, pride, thievery, cowardice, and corruption. 

HE, that being often reproved 
hardeneth his neck, shall sud- 
denly be destroyed, and that without 
remedy. 

2 When the righteous are in au- 
thority, the people rejoice : but when 
the wicked beareth rule, the people 
mourn. 

3 Whoso loveth wisdom rejoiceth 
his father : but he that keepeth com- 
pany with harlots spendeth his sub- 
stance. 

4 The king by judgment establish- 
eth the land: but he that receiveth 
gifts overthroweth it. 

5 A man that flattereth his neigh- 
bour spreadeth a net for his feet. 

6 In the transgression of an evil 
man there is a snare : but the right- 
eous doth sing and rejoice. 

7 The righteous considereth the 
cause of the poor : but the wicked re- 
gardeth not to know it. 

8 Scornful men bring a city into 
a snare: but wise men turn away 
wrath. 

9 If a wise man contendeth with a 
foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, 
there is no rest. 



10 The bloodthirsty hate the up- 
right : but the just seek his soul. 

11 A fool uttereth all his mind: 
but a wise man keepeth it in till 
afterwards. 

12 If a ruler hearken to lies, all his 
servants are wicked. 

13 The poor and the deceitful man 
meet together: the Lord lighteneth 
both their eyes. 

14 The king that faithfully judgeth 
the poor, his throne shall be establish- 
ed for ever. 

15 The rod and reproof give wis- 
dom : but a child left to himselfhnng- 
eth his mother to shame. 

1 6 When the wicked are multiplied, 
transgression increaseth : but the right- 
eous shall see their fall. 

17 Correct thy son, and he shall 
give thee rest ; yea, he shall give de- 
light unto thy soul. 

18 Where there is no vision, the 
people perish: but he that keepeth 
the law, happy is he. 

19 A servant will not be corrected 
by words : for though he understand 
he will not answer. 

20 Seest thou a man that is hasty 
in his words ? there is more hope of a 
fool than of him. 

21 He that delicately bringeth up 
his servant from a child shall have 
him become his son at the length. 

22 An angry man stirreth up strife, 
and a furious man aboundeth in trans- 
gression. 

23 A man's pride shall bring him 
low : but honour shall uphold the hum- 
ble in spirit. 

24 Whoso is partner with a thief 
hateth his own soul : he heareth curs- 
ing, and bewrayeth it not. 

25 The fear of man bringeth a 
snare : but whoso putteth his trust in 
the Lord shall be safe. 

26 Many seek the ruler's favour ; 
but every man's judgment cometh 
from the Lord. 

2 7 An unjust manzs an abomination 
to the just : and he that is upright in 
the way is abomination to the wicked. 
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Agur's confession. 



PROVERBS. Parents not to be despised. 



CHAPTER XXX. 

1 Agur's confession of his faith. 7 The two points of 
his prayer. 10 The meanest are not to be wronged. 1 1 
Four wicked generations. 15 Four things insatiable. 
17 Parents are not to be despised. 18 Four things 
hard to be known. 21 Four things intolerable. 24 
Four things exceeding wise. 29 Four things stately. 
82 Wrath is to be prevented. 

THE words of Agur the son of 
Jakeh, even the prophecy: the 
man spake unto Ithiel, even unto 
Ithiel and Ucal, 

2 Surely I am more brutish than 
any man, and have not the under- 
standing of a man. 

3 I neither learned wisdom, nor 
have the knowledge of the holy. 

4 Who hath ascended up into heav- 
en, or descended ? who hath gathered 
the wind in his fists ? who hath bound 
the waters in a garment ? who hath 
established all the ends of the earth ? 
what is his name, and what is his son's 
name, if thou canst tell ? 

5 Every word of God is pure : he 
is a shield unto them that put their 
trust in him. 

6 Add thou not unto his words, lest 
he reprove thee, and thou be found a 
liar. 

7 Two things have I required of 
thee ; deny me them not before I die: 

8 Remove far from me vanity and 
lies; give me neither poverty nor 
riches ; feed me with food convenient 
for me : 

9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and 
say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be 
poor, and steal, and take the name of 
my God in vain. 

10 Accuse not a servant unto his 
master, lest he curse thee, and thou 
be found guilty. 

1 1 There is a generation that curseth 
their father, and doth not bless their 
mother. 

12 There is a generation that are 
pure in their own eyes, and yet is not 
washed from their nlthiness. 

13 There is a generation, O how 
lofty are their eyes ! and their eyelids 
are lifted up. 

14 There is a generation, whose 
teeth are as swords, and their jaw 

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teeth as knives, to devour the poor 
from off the earth, and the needy from 
among men. 

15 The horseleech hath two daugh- 
ters, crying, Give, give. There' are 
three things that are never satisfied, 
yea, four things say not, It is enough : 

16 The grave; and the barren 
womb; the earth that is not filled 
with water; and the fire that saith 
not, It is enough. 

17 The eye that mocketh at his 
father, and despiseth to obey his 
mother, the ravens of the valley 
shall pick it out, and the young 
eagles shall eat it. 

18 There be three things which are 
too wonderful for me, yea, four which 
I know not : 

19 The way of an eagle in the air ; 
the way of a serpent upon a rock ; 
the way of a ship in the midst of the 
sea ; and the way of a man with a 
maid. 

20 Such is the way of an adulterous 
woman; she eateth, and wipeth her 
mouth, and saith, I have done no 
wickedness. 

21 For three things the earth is 
disquieted, and for four which it 
cannot bear : 

22 For a servant when he reign- 
eth ; and a fool when he is filled with 
meat; 

23 For an odious woman when she 
is married ; and a handmaid that is 
heir to her mistress. 

24 There be four things which are 
little upon the earth, but they are 
exceeding wise : 

25 The ants are a people not strong, 
yet they prepare their meat in the 
summer ; 

26 The conies are but a feeble folk, 
yet make they their houses in the 
rocks ; 

27 The locusts have no king, yet 
go they forth all of them by bands ; 

28 The spider taketh hold with 
her hands, and is in kings' palaces. 

29 There be three things which go 
well, yea, four are comely in going : 



The praise and properties PROVERBS. 



of a good ivife. 



30 A lion, ivhich is strongest among 
beasts, and turneth not away for any ; 

31 A greyhound; a he goat also; 
and a king, against whom there is no 
rising up. 

32 If thou hast done foolishly in 
lifting up thyself, or if thou hast 
thought evil, lay thine hand upon 
thy mouth. 

33 Surely the churning of milk 
bringeth forth butter, and the wringing 
of the nose bringeth forth blood : so the 
forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

1 LemueVs lesson of chastity and temperance. 6 The 
afflicted are to be comforted and defended. 10 Tlie 
praise and properties of a good wife. 

THE words of king Lemuel, the 
prophecy that his mother taught 
him. 

2 What, my son? and what, the 
son of my womb ? and what, the son 
of my vows ? 

3 Give not thy strength unto wo- 
men, nor thy ways to that which 
destroyeth kings. 

4 It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it 
is not for kings to drink wine; nor 
for princes strong drink : 

5 Lest they drink, and forget the 
law, and pervert the judgment of 
any of the afflicted. 

6 Give strong drink unto him that 
is ready to perish, and wine unto 
those that be of heavy hearts. 

7 Let him drink, and forget his 
poverty, and remember his misery 
no more. 

8 Open thy mouth for the dumb 
in the cause of all such as are ap- 
pointed to destruction. 

9 Open thy month, judge right- 
eously, and plead the cause of the 
poor and needy. 

10 IT Who can find a virtuous 
woman? for her price is far above 
rubies. 

11 The heart of her husband doth 
safely trust in her, so that he shall 
have no need of spoil. 

12 She will do him good and not 
evil all the days of her life. 



13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and 
worketh willingly with her hands. 

14 She is like the merchants' ships ; 
she bringeth her food from afar. 

15 She riseth also while it is yet 
night, and giveth meat to her house- 
hold, and a portion to her maidens. 

16 She considereth a field, and 
buyeth it: with the fruit of her 
hands she planteth a vineyard. 

17 She girdeth her loins with 
strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 

18 She perceiveth that her mer- 
chandise is good: her candle goeth 
not out by night. 

19 She layeth her hands to the spin- 
dle, and her hands hold the distaff. 

20 She stretcheth out her hand to 
the poor ; yea, she reacheth forth her 
hands to the needy. 

21 She is not afraid of the snow 
for her household : for all her house- 
hold are clothed with scarlet. 

22 She maketh herself coverings 
of tapestry ; her clothing is silk and 
purple. 

23 Her husband is known in the 
gates, when he sitteth among the 
elders of the land. 

24 She maketh fine linen, and 
selleth it; and delivereth girdles 
unto the merchant. 

25 Strength and honour are her 
clothing; and she shall rejoice in 
time to come. 

26 She openeth her mouth with 
wisdom; and in her tongue is the 
law of kindness. 

27 She looketh well to the ways 
of her household, and eateth not the 
bread of idleness. 

28 Her children arise up, and call 
her blessed; her husband also, and 
he praiseth her. 

29 Many daughters have done vir- 
tuously, but thou excellest them all. 

30 Favour zs deceitful, and beauty 
is vain : but a woman that feareth the 
Lord, she shall be praised. 

31 Give her of the fruit of her 
hands ; and let her own works praise 
her in the gates. 

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ECCLESIASTES; 



OR, 



THE PREACHER. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The Preacher sheioeth that all human courses are vain: 
4 because the creatures are restless in their courses, 9 
they bring forth nothing new, and all old things are 
forgotten, 12 and because he hath found it so in the 
studies of wisdom. 

THE words of the Preacher, the 
son of David, king in Jerusalem. 

2 Vanity of vanities, saith the 
Preacher, vanity of vanities ; all is 
vanity. 

3 What profit hath a man of all his 
labour which he taketh under the sun ? 

4 One generation passeth away, 
and another generation cometh : hut 
the earth abideth for ever. 

5 The sun also ariseth, and the 
sun goeth down, and hasteth to his 
place where he arose. 

6 The wind goeth toward the south, 
and turneth about unto the north; 
it whirleth about continually, and 
the wind retumeth again according 
to his circuits. 

7 All the rivers run into the sea ; 
yet the sea is not full : unto the place 
from whence the rivers come, thither 
they return again. 

8 All things are full of labour; 
man cannot utter it: the eye is not 
satisfied with seeing, nor the ear fill- 
ed with hearing. 

9 The thing that hath been, it is 
that which shall be; and that which 
is done is that which shall be done : 
and there is no new thingxm&ex the sun. 

10 Is there any thing whereof it 
may be said, See, this is new? it 
hath been already of old time, which 
was before us. 

11 There is no remembrance of 
former things ; neither shall there be 
any remembrance of things that are 
to come with those that shall come 
after. 

12 1[ I the Preacher was king over 
Israel in Jerusalem. 

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13 And I gave my heart to seek 
and search out by wisdom concern- 
ing all things that are done under 
heaven: this sore travail hath God 
given to the sons of man to be ex- 
ercised therewith. 

14 I have seen all the works that 
are done under the sun ; and, behold, 
all is vanity and vexation of spirit. 

15 That which is crooked cannot 
be made straight : and that which is 
wanting cannot be numbered. 

16 I communed with mine own 
heart, saying, Lo, I am come to 
great estate, and have gotten more 
wisdom than all they that have been 
before me in Jerusalem : yea, my 
heart had great experience of wis- 
dom and knowledge. 

17 And I gave my heart to know 
wisdom, and to know madness and 
folly: I perceived that this also is 
vexation of spirit. 

18 For in much wisdom is much 
grief: and he that increaseth knowl- 
edge increaseth sorrow. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 The vanity of human courses in the works of pleasure. 
12 Though the wise be better than the fool, yet both 
have one event. 18 The vanity of human labour, in 
leaving it they know not to whom. 24 Nothing better 
than joy in our labour; but that is God's gift. 

I SAID in mine heart, Go to now, 
I will prove thee with mirth; 
therefore enjoy pleasure: and, be- 
hold, this also is vanity. 

2 I said of laughter, It is mad: 
and of mirth, What doeth it ? 

3 I sought in mine heart to give 
myself unto wine, yet acquainting 
mine heart with wisdom ; and to lay 
hold on folly, till I might see what 
was that good for the sons of men, 
which they should do under the heav- 
en all the days of their life. 

4 I made me great works ; I builded 
me houses ; I planted me vineyards : 



The vanity of pleasure, ECCLESIASTES. and of human labour. 



5 I made me gardens and orchards, 
and I planted trees in them of all 
kind of fruits : 

6 I made me pools of water, to wa- 
ter therewith the wood that bringeth 
forth trees : 

7 I got me servants and maidens, 
and had servants born in my house ; 
also I had great possessions of great 
and small cattle above all that were 
in Jerusalem before me : 

8 I gathered me also silver and 
gold, and the peculiar treasure of 
kings and of the provinces: I gat 
me men singers and women singers, 
and the delights of the sons of men, 
as musical instruments, and that of 
all sorts. 

9 So I was great, and increased 
more than all that were before me 
in Jerusalem: also my wisdom re- 
mained with me. 

10 And whatsoever mine eyes de- 
sired I kept not from them, I withheld 
not my heart from any joy ; for my 
heart rejoiced in all my labour : and 
this was my portion of all my la- 
bour. 

11 Then I looked on all the works 
that my hands had wrought, and on 
the labour that I had laboured to 
do: and, behold, all was vanity and 
vexation of spirit, and there was no 
profit under the sun. 

12 ^T And I turned myself to behold 
wisdom, and madness, and folly : for 
what can the man do that cometh 
after the king ? even that which hath 
been already done. 

13 Then I saw that wisdom ex- 
celleth folly, as far as light excelleth 
darkness. 

14 The wise man's eyes are in his 
head ; but the fool walketh in dark- 
ness: and I myself perceived also 
that one event happeneth to them 
all. 

15 Then said I in my heart, As it 
happeneth to the fool, so it happen- 
eth even to me ; and why was I then 
more wise ? Then I said in my heart, 
that this also is vanity. 



16 For there is no remembrance of 
the wise more than of the fool for 
ever; seeing that which now is in 
the days to come shall all be forgot- 
ten. And how dieth the wise man? 
as the fool. 

17 Therefore I hated life ; because 
the work that is wrought under the 
sun is grievous unto me: for all is 
vanity and vexation of spirit. 

18 IT Yea, 1 hated all my labour 
which I had taken under the sun : 
because I should leave it unto the 
man that shall be after me. 

19 And who knoweth whether he 
shall be a wise man or a fool? yet 
shall he have rule over all my labour 
wherein I have laboured, and where- 
in I have shewed myself wise under 
the sun. This is also vanity. 

20 Therefore I went about to cause 
my heart to despair of all the labour 
which I took under the sun. 

21 For there is a man whose labour 
is in wisdom, and in knowledge, and 
in equity; yet to a man that hath 
not laboured therein shall he leave 
it for his portion. This also is vanity 
and a great evil. 

22 For what hath man of all his 
labour, and of the vexation of his 
heart, wherein he hath laboured un- 
der the sun ? 

23 For all his days are sorrows, 
and his travail grief; yea, his heart 
taketh not rest in the night. This is 
also vanity. 

24 % There is nothing better for a 
man, than that he should eat and 
drink, and that he should make his 
soul enjoy good in his labour. This 
also I saw, that it was from the hand 
of God. 

25 For who can eat, or who else can 
hasten hereunto, more than I ? 

26 For God giveth to a man that 
is good in his sight, wisdom, and 
knowledge, and joy : but to the sin- 
ner he giveth travail, to gather and 
to heap up, that he may give to 
him that is good before God. This 
also is vanity and vexation of spirit. 

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CHAPTEK III. 

1 By the necessary change of times, vanity is added to 
human travail. 11 There is an excellency in God's 
works. 16 But as for man, God shall judge his works 
there, and here he shall be like a beast. 

TO every thing there is a season, 
and a time to every purpose 
under the heaven : 

2 A time to be born, and a time to 
die ; a time to plant, and a time to 
pluck up that which is planted ; 

3 A time to kill, and a time to heal ; 
a time to break down, and a time to 
build up ; 

4 A time to weep, and a time to 
laugh ; a time to mourn, and a time 
to dance ; 

5 A time to cast away stones, and 
a time to gather stones together; a 
time to embrace, and a time to re- 
frain from embracing ; 

6 A time to get, and a time to 
lose ; a time to keep, and a time to 
cast away; 

7 A time to rend, and a time to 
sew ; a time to keep silence, and a 
time to speak ; 

8 A time to love, and a time to hate ; 
a time of war, and a time of peace. 

9 What profit hath he that worketh 
in that wherein he laboureth ? 

10 I have seen the travail, which 
God hath given to the sons of men 
to be exercised in it. 

11 He hath made every thing 
beautiful in his time: also he hath 
set the world in their heart, so that 
no man can find out the work that 
God maketh from the beginning to 
the end. 

12 I know that there is no good in 
them, but for a man to rejoice, and 
to do good in his life. 

13 And also that every man should 
eat and drink, and enjoy the good of 
all his labour, it is the gift of God. 

14 I know that, whatsoever God 
doeth, it shall be for ever : nothing 
can be put to it, nor any thing taken 
from it : and God doeth it, that men 
should fear before him. 

15 That which hath been is now ; 
and that which is to be hath already 

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been ; and God requireth that which 
is past. 

16 IT And moreover I saw under 
the sun the place of judgment, that 
wickedness was there ; and the place 
of righteousness, that iniquity ivas 
there. 

17 I said in mine heart, God shall 
judge the righteous and the wicked: 
for there is a time there for every 
purpose and for every work. 

18 1 said in mine heart concerning 
the estate of the sons of men, that 
God might manifest them, and that 
they might see that they themselves 
are beasts. 

19 For that which befalleth the 
sons of men befalleth beasts ; even 
one thing befalleth them : as the one 
dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they 
have all one breath ; so that a man 
hath no preeminence above a beast : 
for all is vanity. 

20 All go unto one place ; all are 
of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 

21 Who knoweth the spirit of man 
that goeth upward, and the spirit of 
the beast that goeth downward to the 
earth ? 

22 Wherefore I perceive that there 
is nothing better, than that a man 
should rejoice in his own works ; for 
that is his portion : for who shall bring 
him to see what shall be after him ? 

CHAPTEK IY. 

1 Vanity is increased unto men by oppression, 4 by envy, 
5 by idleness, 1 by covetousness, 9 by solitariness, 13 
by wilfulness. 

SO I returned, and considered all 
the oppressions that are done 
under the sun : and behold the tears 
of such as were oppressed, and they 
had no comforter; and on the side 
of their oppressors there was power ; 
but they had no comforter. 

2 Wherefore I praised the dead 
which are already dead, more than 
the living which are yet alive. 

3 Yea, better is he than both they, 
which hath not yet been, who hath 
not seen the evil work that is done 
under the sun. 



Vanity through oppression. ECCLESIASTES. The vanity of riches. 



4 IT Again, I considered all travail, 
and every right work, that for this a 
man is envied of his neighbour. This 
is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 

5 The fool foldeth his hands to- 
gether, and eateth his own flesh. 

6 Better is a handful with quiet- 
ness, than both the hands full with 
travail and vexation of spirit. 

7 IT Then I returned, and I saw 
vanity under the sun. 

8 There is one alone, and there is 
not a second ; yea, he hath neither 
child nor brother : yet is there no end 
of all his labour ; neither is his eye 
satisfied with riches ; neither saith 
he, For whom do I labour, and be- 
reave my soul of good ? This is also 
vanity, yea, it is a sore travail. 

9 ^f Two are better than one; 
because they have a good reward for 
their labour. 

10 For if they fall, the one 
will lift up his fellow : but woe to 
him that .is alone when he falleth ; 
for he hath not another to help him 
up. 

11 Again, if two lie together, then 
they have heat : but how can one be 
warm alone? 

12 And if one prevail against him, 
two shall withstand him ; and a 
threefold cord is not quickly broken. 

13 1[ Better is a poor and a wise 
child, than an old and foolish king, 
who will no more be admonished. 

14 For out of prison he cometh to 
reign; whereas also he that is born 
in his kingdom becometh poor. 

15 I considered all the living which 
walk under the sun, with the second 
child that shall stand up in his stead. 

16 There is no end of all the peo- 
ple, even of all that have been before 
them : they also that come after shall 
not rejoice in him. Surely this also 
is vanity and vexation of spirit. 

CHAPTEE V. 

1 Vanities in divine service, 8 in murmuring against op- 
pression, 9 and in riches. 18 Joy in riches is the gift 
of God. 

KEEP thy foot when thou goest 
to the house of God, and be 



more ready to hear, than to give the 
sacrifice of fools: for they consider 
not that they do evil. 

2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and 
let not thine heart be hasty to utter 
any thing before God : for God is in 
heaven, and thou upon earth : there- 
fore let thy words be few. 

3 For a dream cometh through the 
multitude of business ; and a fool's 
voice is known by multitude of words. 

4 When thou vowest a vow unto 
God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath 
no pleasure in fools : pay that which 
thou hast vowed. 

5 Better is it that thou should est 
not vow, than that thou shouldest 
vow and not pay. 

6 Surfer not thy mouth to cause thy 
flesh to sin ; neither say thou before 
the "angel, that it was an error: 
wherefore should God be angry at 
thy voice, and destroy the work of 
thine hands ? 

7 For in the multitude of dreams 
and many words there are also divers 
vanities : but fear thou God. 

8 H" If thou seest the oppression of 
the poor, and violent perverting of 
judgment and justice in a province, 
marvel not at the matter : for he that 
is higher than the highest regardeth ; 
and there be higher than they. 

9 *|f Moreover the profit of the earth 
is for all : the king himself is served 
by the field. 

10 He that loveth silver shall not 
be satisfied with silver; nor he that 
loveth abundance with increase : this 
is also vanity. 

1 1 When goods increase, they are in- 
creased that eat them : and what good 
is there to the owners thereof, saving 
the beholdin g of them with their eyes ? 

12 The sleep of a labouring man is 
sweet, whether he eat little or much : 
but the abundance of the rich will 
not suffer him to sleep. 

13 There is a sore evil which I have 
seen under the sun, namely, riches 
kept for the owners thereof to their 
hurt. 

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without use. 



14 But those riches perish by evil 
travail : and he begetteth a son, and 
there is nothing in his hand. 

15 As he came forth of his moth- 
er's womb, naked shall he return to 
go as he came, and shall take noth- 
ing of his labour, which he may carry 
away in his hand. 

16 And this also is a sore evil, that 
in all points as he came, so shall he 
go : and what profit hath he that 
hath laboured for the wind ? 

17 All his days also he eateth in 
darkness, and he hath much sorrow 
and wrath with his sickness. 

18 IT Behold that which I have 
seen : it is good and comely for one 
to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the 
good of all his labour that he taketh 
under the sun all the days of his life, 
which God giveth him : for it is his 
portion. 

19 Every man also to whom God 
hath given riches and wealth, and 
hath given him power to eat thereof, 
and to take his portion, and to rejoice 
in his labour ; this is the gift of God. 

20 For he shall not much remem- 
ber the days of his life ; because God 
answereth him in the joy of his heart. 

CHAPTEE VI. 

1 The vanity of riclies without use. 3 Of children, 6 and 
old age without riches. 9 The vanity of sight and 
wandering desires. 11 The conclusion of vanities. 

THERE is an evil which I have 
seen under the sun, and it is 
common among men : 

2 A man to whom God hath given 
riches, wealth, and honour, so that 
he wanteth nothing for his soul of 
all that he desireth, yet God giveth 
him not power to eat thereof, but a 
stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and 
it is an evil disease. 

3 IT If a man beget a hundred 
children, and live many years, so 
that the days of his years be many, 
and his soul be not filled with good, 
and also that he have no burial ; I 
say, that an untimely birth is better 
than he. 

4 For he cometh in with vanity, 

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and departeth in darkness, and his 
name shall be covered with darkness. 

5 Moreover he hath not seen the 
sun, nor known any thing : this hath 
more rest than the other. 

6 IT Yea, though he live a thousand 
years twice told, yet hath he seen no 
good : do not all go to one place ? 

7 All the labour of man is for his 
mouth, and yet the appetite is not 
filled. 

8 For what hath the wise more 
than the fool ? what hath the poor, 
that knoweth to walk before the 
living ? 

9 % Better is the sight of the eyes 
than the wandering of the desire : this 
is also vanity and vexation of spirit. 

10 That which hath been is named 
already, and it is known that it is 
man : neither may he contend with 
him that is mightier than he. 

11 IT Seeing there be many things 
that increase vanity, what is man 
the better ? 

12 For who knoweth what is good 
for man in this life, all the days of 
his vain life which he spendeth as a 
shadow? for who can tell a man 
what shall be after him under the sun ? 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 Remedies against vanity are, a good name, 2 mortifi- 
cation, 1 patience, 11 wisdom. 23 The difficulty of 
getting wisdom. 

A GOOD name is better than pre- 
cious ointment ; and the day of 
death than the day of one's birth. 

% % It is better to go to the house 
of mourning, than to go to the house 
of feasting : for that is the end of all 
men ; and the living will lay it to his 
heart. 

3 Sorrow is better than laughter: 
for by the sadness of the countenance 
the heart is made better. 

4 The heart of the wise is in the 
house of mourning; but the heart of 
fools is in the house of mirth. 

5 It is better to hear the rebuke of 
the wise, than for a man to hear the 
song of fools : 

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Remedies against vanity. ECCLESIASTES. Difficulty of wisdom. 



under a pot, so is the laughter of the 
fool : this also is vanity. 

7 IT Surely oppression maketh a 
wise man mad; and a gift destroy- 
eth the heart. 

8 Better is the end of a thing than 
the beginning thereof: and the pa- 
tient in spirit is better than the proud 
in spirit. 

9 Be not hasty in thy spirit to be 
angry: for anger resteth in the bo- 
som of fools. 

10 Say not thou, What is the cause 
that the former days were better than 
these ? for thou dost not inquire wise- 
ly concerning this. 

11 IT Wisdom is good with an in- 
heritance : and by it there is profit to 
them that see the sun. 

12 For wisdom is a defence, and 
money is a defence : but the excel- 
lency of knowledge is, that wisdom 
giveth life to them that have it. 

13 Consider the work of God : for 
who can make that straight, which 
he hath made crooked ? 

14 In the day of prosperity be joy- 
ful, but in the day of adversity con- 
sider : God also hath set the one over 
against the other, to the end that man 
should find nothing after him. 

15 All things have I seen in the 
days of my vanity: there is a just 
man that perisheth in his righteous- 
ness, and there is a wicked man that 
prolongeth his life in his wickedness. 

16 Be not righteous over much, 
neither make thyself over wise : why 
shouldest thou destroy thyself? 

17 Be not over much wicked, nei- 
ther be thou foolish : why shouldest 
thou die before thy time ? 

18 It is good that thou shouldest 
take hold of this ; yea, also from this 
withdraw not thine hand : for he 
that feareth God shall come forth of 
them all. 

19 Wisdom strengtheneth the wise 
more than ten mighty men which are 
in the city. 

20 For there is not a just man upon 
earth, that doeth good, and sinneth not. 



21 Also take no heed unto all words 
that are spoken ; lest thou hear thy 
servant curse thee : 

22 For oftentimes also thine own 
heart knoweth that thou thyself like- 
wise hast cursed others. 

23 ^[ All this have I proved by 
wisdom : I said, I will be wise ; but 
it was far from me. 

24 That which is far off, and ex- 
ceeding deep, who can find it out ? 

25 I applied mine heart to know, 
and to search, and to seek out wis- 
dom, and the reason of things, and to 
know the wickedness of folly, even 
of foolishness and madness : 

26 And I find more bitter than 
death the woman, whose heart is 
snares and nets, and her hands as 
bands: whoso pleaseth God shall 
escape from her ; but the sinner shall 
be taken by her. 

27 Behold, this have I found, saith 
the Preacher, counting one by one, to 
find out the account ; 

28 Which yet my soul seeketh, 
but I find not: one man among a 
thousand have I found ; but a wo- 
man among all those have I not 
found. 

29 Lo, this only have I found, that 
God hath made man upright; but they 
have sought out many inventions. 

CHAPTER YIII. 

1 Kings are greatly to be respected. 6 The divine provi- 
dence is to be observed. 12 It is better with the godly 
in adversity, than toith the wicked in prosperity. 16 
The work of God is unsearchable. 

WHO is as the wise man ? and 
who knoweth the interpreta- 
tion of a thing? a man's wisdom 
maketh his face to shine, and the 
boldness of his face shall be changed. 

2 I counsel thee to keep the king's 
commandment, and that in regard of 
the oath of God. 

3 Be not hasty to go out of his 
sight: stand not in an evil thing; 
for he doeth whatsoever pleaseth him. 

4 Where the word of a king is, there 
is power: and who may say unto 
him, What doest thou ? 

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5 Whoso keepeth the command- 
ment shall feel no evil thing : and a 
wise man's heart discerneth both time 
and judgment. 

6 ^T Because to every purpose there 
is time and judgment, therefore the 
misery of man is great upon him. 

7 For he knoweth not that which 
shall be : for who can tell him when 
it shall he ? 

8 There is no man that hath power 
over the spirit to retain the spirit; 
neither hath he power in the day of 
death: and there is no discharge in 
that war; neither shall wickedness 
deliver those that are given to it. 

9 All this have I seen, and applied 
my heart unto every work that is 
done under the sun : there is a time 
wherein one man ruleth over another 
to his own hurt. 

10 And so I saw the wicked buried, 
who had come and gone from the 
place of the holy, and they were for- 
gotten in the city where they had so 
done : this is also vanity. 

1 1 Because sentence against an evil 
work is not executed speedily, there- 
fore the heart of the sons of men is 
fully set in them to do evil. 

12 TT Though a sinner do evil a 
hundred times, and his days be pro- 
longed, yet surely I know that it. 
shall be well with them that fear 
God, which fear before him : 

13 But it shall not be well with the 
wicked, neither shall he prolong his 
days, which are as a shadow ; be- 
cause he feareth not before God. 

14 There is a vanity which is done 
upon the earth; that there be just 
men, unto whom it happeneth ac- 
cording to the work of the wicked ; 
again, there be wicked men, to whom 
it happeneth according to the work 
of the righteous : I said that this also 
is vanity. 

15 Then I commended mirth, be- 
cause a man hath no better thing 
under the sun, than to eat, and to 
drink, and to be merry : for that shall 
abide with him of his labour the days 

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of his life, which God giveth him 
under the sun. 

16 IT When I applied mine heart 
to know wisdom, and to see the 
business that is done upon the 
earth : (for also there is that neither 
day nor night seeth sleep with his 
eyes :) 

17 Then I beheld all the work of 
God, that a man cannot find out the 
work that is done under the sun : be- 
cause though a man labour to seek 
it out, yet he shall not find it ; yea 
further ; though a wise man think to 
know it, yet shall he not be able *to 
find it. 

CHAPTEK IX. 

1 Like things happen to good and bad. 4 Tlicre is a 
necessity of death unto men. 7 Comfort is all their 
portion in this life. 11 God's providence ruleth over 
all. 13 Wisdom is better than strength. 

FOR all this I considered in my 
heart even to declare all this, 
that the righteous, and the wise, and 
their works, are in the hand of God : 
no man knoweth either love or hatred 
by all that is before them. 

2 All things come alike to all : there 
is one event to the righteous, and to 
the wicked; to the good and to the 
clean, and to the unclean; to him 
that sacrificeth, and to him that sac- 
rificeth not : as is the good, so u the 
sinner; and he that sweareth, as he 
that feareth an oath. 

3 This is an evil among all things 
that are done under the sun, that 
there is one event unto all: yea, also 
the heart of the sons of men is full of 
evil, and madness is in their heart 
while they live, and after that they 
go to the dead. 

4 If For to him that is joined to all 
the living there is hope : for a living 
dog is better than a dead lion. 

5 For the living know that they 
shall die: but the dead know not 
any thing, neither have they any 
more a reward ; for the memory of 
them is forgotten. 

6 Also their love, and their hatred, 
and their envy, is now perished ; 
neither have they any more a por- 



Superiority of wisdom. ECCLESIASTES. Of wisdom and folly. 



tion for ever in any thing that is done 
under the sun. 

7 % Go thy way, eat thy bread 
with joy, and drink thy wine with a 
merry heart ; for God now accepteth 
thy works. 

8 Let thy garments be always white ; 
and let thy head lack no ointment. 

9 Live joyfully with the wife whom 
thou lovest all the days of the life of 
thy vanity, which he hath given thee 
under the sun, all the days of thy 
vanity : for that is thy portion in this 
life, and in thy labour which thou 
takest under the sun. 

10 Whatsoever thy hand findeth to 
do, do it with thy might ; for there is 
no work, nor device, nor knowledge, 
nor wisdom, in the grave, whither 
thou goest. 

11 If I returned, and saw under 
the sun, that the race is not to the 
swift, nor the battle to the strong, 
neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet 
riches to men of understanding, nor 
yet favour to men of skill ; but time 
and chance happeneth to them all. 

12 For man also knoweth not his 
time : as the fishes that are taken in 
an evil net, and as the birds that are 
caught in the snare ; so are the sons 
of men snared in an evil time, when 
it falleth suddenly upon them. 

13 % This wisdom have I seen also 
under the sun, and it seemed great 
unto me : 

14 There was a little city, and few 
men within it ; and there came a 
great king against it, and besieged it, 
and built great bulwarks against it. 

15 Now there was found in it a 
poor wise man, and he by his wisdom 
delivered the city; yet no man re- 
membered that same poor man. 

16 Then said I, Wisdom is better 
than strength : nevertheless the poor 
man's wisdom is despised, and his 
words are not heard. 

17 The words of wise men are heard 
in quiet more than the cry of him 
that ruleth among fools. 

18 Wisdom is better than weapons 



of war : but one sinner destroyeth 
much good. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 Observations of wisdom and folly : 16 of riot, 18 sloth- 
fulness, 19 and money. 20 Men's thoughts of kings 
ought to be reverent. 

DEAD flies cause the ointment of 
the apothecary to send forth a 
stinking savour : so doth a little folly 
him that is in reputation for wisdom 
and honour. 

2 A wise man's heart is at his right 
hand ; but a fool's heart at his left. 

3 Yea also, when he that is a fool 
walketh by the way, his wisdom fail- 
eth him, and he saith to every one 
that he is a fool. 

4 If the spirit of the ruler rise up 
against thee, leave not thy place ; for 
yielding pacifieth great offences. 

5 There is an evil which I have 
seen under the sun, as an error which 
proceedeth from the ruler : 

6 Folly is set in great dignity, and 
the- rich sit in low place. 

7 I have seen servants upon horses, 
and princes walking as servants upon 
the earth. 

8 He that diggeth a pit shall fall 
into it ; and whoso breaketh a hedge, 
a serpent shall bite him. 

9 Whoso removeth stones shall be 
hurt therewith ; and he that cleaveth 
wood shall be endangered thereby. 

10 If the iron be blunt, and he do 
not whet the edge, then must he put 
to more strength : but wisdom is profi- 
table to direct. 

11 Surely the serpent will bite 
without enchantment ; and a babbler 
is no better. 

12 The words of a wise man's 
mouth are gracious ; but the lips of 
a fool will swallow up himself. 

13 The beginning of the words of 
his mouth is foolishness : and the end 
of his talk is mischievous madness. 

14 A fool also is full of words : a 
man cannot tell what shall be ; and 
what shall be after him, who can tell 
him? 

15 The labour of the foolish weari- 

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Directions for charity. ECCLESIASTES. 



The Creator is 



eth every one of them, because he 
knoweth not how to go to the city. 

16 IT Woe to thee, O land, when 
thy king is a child, and thy princes 
eat in the morning ! 

17 Blessed art thou, O land, when 
thy king is the son of nobles, and 
thy princes eat in due season, for 
strength, and not for drunkenness ! 

18 TT By much slothfulness the 
building decayeth ; and through 
idleness of the hands the house 
droppeth through. 

19 IT A feast is made for laughter, 
and wine maketh merry : but money 
answereth all things. 

20 If Curse not the king, no not in 
thy thought ; and curse not the rich 
in thy bedchamber: for a bird of 
the air shall carry the voice, and 
that which hath wings shall tell the 
matter. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 Directions for charity. 7 Death in life, 9 and the 
day of judgment in the days of youth, are to be thought 

on. 

CAST thy bread upon the waters : 
for thou shalt find it after many 
days. 

2 Give a portion to seven, and also 
to eight ; for thou knowest not what 
evil shall be upon the earth. 

3 If the clouds be full of rain, they 
empty themselves upon the earth : and 
if the tree fall toward the south, or 
toward the north, in the place where 
the tree falleth, there it shall be. 

4 He that observeth the wind shall 
not sow ; and he that regardeth the 
clouds shall not reap. 

5 As thou knowest not what is the 
way of the spirit, nor how the bones 
do grow in the womb of her that is 
with child : even so thou knowest not 
the works of God who maketh all. 

6 In the morning sow thy seed, 
and in the evening withhold not thine 
hand : for thou knowest not whether 
shall prosper, either this or that, or 
whether they both shall be alike good. 

7 ^f Truly the light is sweet, and 
a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to 
behold the sun : 

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8 But if a man live many years, 
and rejoice in them all ; yet let him 
remember the days of darkness ; for 
they shall be many. All that cometh 
is vanity. 

9 H Rejoice, O young man, in thy 
youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee 
in the days of thy youth, and walk 
in the ways of thine heart, and in the 
sight of thine eyes : but know thou, 
that for all these things God will 
bring thee into judgment. 

10 Therefore remove sorrow from 
thy heart, and put away evil from thy 
flesh: for childhood and youth are 
vanity. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 The Creator is to be remembered in due time. 8 The 
Preacher's care to edify. 13 The fear of God is the 
chief antidote of vanity. 

REMEMBER now thy Creator in 
the days of thy youth, while the 
evil days come not, nor the years draw 
nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no 
pleasure in them; 

2 While the sun, or the light, or the 
moon, or the stars, be not dark- 
ened, nor the clouds return after the 
rain: 

3 In the day when the keepers of 
the house shall tremble, and the 
strong men shall bow themselves, 
and the grinders cease because they 
are few, and those that look out of 
the windows be darkened, 

4 And the doors shall be shut in 
the streets, when the sound of the 
grinding is low, and he shall rise up 
at the voice of the bird, and all the 
daughters of music shall be brought 
low; 

5 Also when they shall be afraid of 
that which is high, and fears shall be 
in the way, and the almond tree 
shall flourish, and the grasshopper 
shall be a burden, and desire shall 
fail : because man goeth to his long 
home, and the mourners go about the 
streets : 

6 Or ever the silver cord be loosed, 
or the golden bowl be broken, or the 
pitcher be broken at the fountain, or 
the wheel broken at the cistern. 



to be remembered, SOLOMON'S SONG. Preacher's care to edify. 



7 Then shall the dust return to the 
earth as it was : and the spirit shall 
return unto God who gave it. 

8 If Vanity of vanities, saith the 
Preacher ; all is vanity. 

9 And moreover, hecause the 
Preacher was wise, he still taught 
the people knowledge ; yea, he gave 
good heed, and sought out, and set in 
order many proverbs. 

10 The Preacher sought to find out 
acceptable words: and that which 
was written was upright, even words 
of truth. 

11 The words of the wise are as 



goads, and as nails fastened by the 
masters of assemblies, which are given 
from one shepherd. 

12 And further, by these, my son, 
be admonished: of making many 
books there is no end ; and much 
study is a weariness of the flesh. 

13 If Let us hear the conclusion of 
the whole matter: Fear God, and 
keep his commandments: for this is 
the whole duty of man. 

14 For God shall bring every work 
into judgment, with every secret 
thing, whether it be good, or wheth- 
er it be evil. 



THE 



SONG OF SOLOMON. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 TJie church, s love unto Christ. 5 She confesseth her 
deformity, 1 and pray eth to be directed to his flock. 8 
Christ directeth her to the shepfierds' tents: 9 and 
shewing his love to her, 11 giveth her gracious prom- 
ises. 12 The church and Christ congratulate one an- 
other. 

THE Song of songs, which is Solo- 
mon's. 

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses 
of his mouth : for thy love is better 
than wine. 

3 Because of the savour of thy good 
ointments thy name is as ointment 
poured forth, therefore do the virgins 
love thee. 

4 Draw me, we will run after 
thee : the King hath brought me into 
his chambers: we will be glad and 
rejoice in thee, we will remember 
thy love more than wine: the up- 
right love thee. 

5 I am black, but comely, O ye 
daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents 
of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 

6 Look not'upon me, because I am 
black, because the sun hath looked 
upon me : my mother's children were 
angry with me ; they made me the 

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keeper of the vineyards ; but mine 
own vineyard have I not kept. 

7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul 
loveth, where thou feedest, where 
thou makest thy flock to rest at 
noon: for why should I be as one 
that turneth aside by the flocks of 
thy companions ? 

8 ^f If thou know not, O thou 
fairest among women, go thy way 
forth by the footsteps of the flock, 
and feed thy kids beside the shep- 
herds' tents. 

9 I have compared thee, O my love, 
to a company of horses in Pharaoh's 
chariots. 

10 Thy cheeks are comely with 
rows of jewels, thy neck with chains 
of gold. 

11 We will make thee borders of 
gold with studs of silver. 

12 If While the King sitt eth at his 
table, my spikenard sendeth forth the 
smell thereof. 

13 A bundle of myrrh is my well 
beloved unto me ; he shall lie all 
night betwixt my breasts. 

14 My beloved is unto me as a 

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cluster of camphire in the vineyards 
of En-gedi. 

15 Behold, thou art fair, my love ; 
behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' 
eyes. 

1 6 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, 
yea, pleasant : also our bed is green. 

17 The beams of our house are 
cedar, and our rafters of fir. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 The mutual love of Christ and his church. 8 The 
hope,\0 and calling of the church. 14 Christ' 1 s care 
of the church. 16 The profession of the church, her 
faith and hope. 

I AM the rose of Sharon, and the 
lily of the valleys. 

2 As the lily among thorns, so is 
my love among the daughters. 

3 As the apple tree among the trees 
of the wood, so is my beloved among 
the sons. I sat down under his shad- 
ow with great delight, and his fruit 
was sweet to my taste. 

4 He brought me to the banquet- 
ing house, and his banner over me 
ivas love. 

5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me 
with apples : for I am sick of love. 

6 His left hand is under my head, 
and his right hand doth embrace me. 

7 I charge you, O ye daughters of 
Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the 
hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, 
nor awake my love, till he please. 

8 H The voice of my beloved ! be- 
hold, he cometh leaping upon the 
mountains, skipping upon the hills. 

9 My beloved is like a roe or a young 
hart : behold, he standeth behind our 
wall, he looketh forth at the windows, 
shewing himself through the lattice. 

10 My beloved spake, and said 
unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair 
one, and come away. 

11 For, lo, the winter is past, the 
rain is over and gone ; 

12 The flowers appear on the earth ; 
the time of the singing of birds is 
come, and the voice of the turtle is 
heard in our land ; 

13 The fig tree putteth forth her 
green figs, and the vines with the ten- 

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der grape give a good smell. Arise, 
my love, my fair one, and come away. 

14 If O my dove, that art in the 
clefts of the rock, in the secret places 
of the stairs, let me see thy counte- 
nance, let me hear thy voice; for 
sweet is thy voice, and thy counte- 
nance is comely. 

15 Take us the foxes, the little 
foxes, that spoil the vines: for our 
vines have tender grapes. 

16 IT My beloved is mine, and I 
am his : he feedeth among the lilies. 

17 Until the day break, and the 
shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, 
and be thou like a roe or a young 
hart upon the mountains of Bether. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 The church's fight and victory in temptation. 6 The 
church glorieth in Christ. 

BY night on my bed I sought 
him whom my soul loveth: I 
sought him, but I found him not. 

2 I will rise now, and go about the 
city in the streets, and in the broad ways 
I will seek him whom my soul loveth : 
I sought him, but I found him not. 

3 The watchmen that go about the 
city found me : to whom 1 said, Saw 
ye him whom my soul loveth ? 

4 It was but a little that I passed 
from them, but I found him whom 
my soul loveth : I held him, and would 
not let him go, until I had brought 
him into my mother's house, and into 
the chamber of her that conceived me. 

5 I charge you, O ye daughters of 
Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the 
hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, 
nor awake my love, till he please. 

6 If Who is this that cometh out of 
the wilderness like pillars of smoke, 
perfumed with myrrh and frankin- 
cense, with all powders of the mer- 
chant? 

7 Behold his bed, which is Solo- 
mon's; threescore valiant men are 
about it, of the valiant of Israel. 

8 They all hold swords, being ex- 
pert in war : . every man hath his 
sword upon his thigh because of fear 
in the night. 



Christ setteth forth 



SOLOMON'S SONG, the graces of the church. 



9 King Solomon made himself a 
chariot of the wood of Lebanon. 

10 He made the pillars thereof of 
silver, the bottom thereof of gold, the 
covering of it of purple, the midst 
thereof being paved with love, for the 
daughters of Jerusalem. 

11 Go forth, O ye daughters of 
Zion, and behold king Solomon with 
the crown wherewith his mother 
crowned him in the day of his es- 
pousals, and in the day of the glad- 
ness of his heart. 

CHAPTEK TV. 

1 Christ setteth forth the graces of the church. 8 He 
sheweth his love to her. 16 The church prayeth to be 
made fit for his presence. 

BEHOLD, thou art fair, my love ; 
behold, thou art fair ; thou hast 
doves' eyes within thy locks: thy 
hair is as a flock of goats, that ap- 
pear from mount Gilead. 

2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep 
that are even shorn, which came up 
from the washing ; whereof every one 
bear twins, and none is barren among 
them. 

3 Thy lips are like a thread of scar- 
let, and thy speech is comely: thy 
temples are like a piece of a pome- 
granate within thy locks. 

4 Thy neck is like the tower of 
David builded for an armoury, where- 
on there hang a thousand bucklers, 
all shields of mighty men. 

5 Thy two breasts are like two 
young roes that are twins, which 
feed among the lilies. 

6 Until the day break, and the 
shadows flee away, I will get me to 
the mountain of myrrh, and to the 
hill of frankincense. 

7 Thou art all fair, my love ; there 
is no spot in thee. 

8 If Come with me from Lebanon, 
my spouse, with me from Lebanon : 
look from the top of Amana, from 
the top of Shenir and Hermon, from 
the lions' dens, from the mountains 
of the leopards. 

9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my 
sister, my spouse ; thou hast ravished 



my heart with one of thine eyes, with 
one chain of thy neck. 

10 How fair is thy love, my sister, 
my spouse ! how much better is thy 
love than wine ! and the smell of 
thine ointments than all spices ! 

1 1 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the 
honeycomb : honey and milk are under 
thy tongue ; and the smell of thy gar- 
ments is like the smell of Lebanon. 

12 A garden inclosed is my sister, 
my spouse ; a spring shut up, a foun- 
tain sealed. 

13 Thy plants are an orchard of 
pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; 
camphire, with spikenard, 

14 Spikenard and saffron ; calamus 
and cinnamon, with all trees of frank- 
incense; myrrh and aloes, with all 
the chief spices : 

15 A fountain of gardens, a well of 
living waters, and streams from Leb- 
anon. 

16 1f Awake, O north wind; and 
come, thou south ; blow upon my 
garden, that the spices thereof may 
flow out. Let my beloved come into 
his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits. 

CHAPTEE Y. 

1 Christ awaketh the church with his calling. 2 The 
church having a taste of Christ's love is sick of love. 
9 A description of Christ by his graces. 

I AM come into my garden, my 
sister, my spouse : I have gather- 
ed my myrrh with my spice ; I have 
eaten my honeycomb with my honey ; 
I have drunk my wine with my milk : 
eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink 
abundantly, O beloved. 

2 1f I sleep, but my heart waketh : it 
is the voice of my beloved that knock- 
eth, saying, Open to me, my sister, 
my love, my dove, my undefiled : for 
my head is filled with dew, and my 
locks with the drops of the night. 

3 I have put off my coat ; how shall 
I put it on ? I have washed my feet ; 
how shall I defile them ? 

4 My beloved put in his hand by 
the hole of the door, and my bowels 
were moved for him. 

5 I rose up to open to my beloved ; 

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and my hands dropped with myrrh, 
and my fingers with sweet smelling 
myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. 

6 I opened to my heloved ; hut my 
beloved had withdrawn himself, and 
was gone: my soul failed when he 
spake: I sought him, hut I could 
not find him; I called him, hut he 
gave me no answer. 

7 The watchmen that went about 
the city found me, they smote me, 
they wounded me ; the keepers of the 
walls took away my vail from me. 

8 I charge you, O daughters of Je- 
rusalem, if ye find my heloved, that 
ye tell him, that I am sick of love. 

9 If What is thy heloved more than 
another beloved, O thou fairest among 
women? what is thy heloved more 
than another heloved, that thou dost 
so charge us ? 

10 My heloved is white and ruddy, 
the chiefest among ten thousand. 

1 1 His head is as the most fine gold ; 
his locks are bushy, and black as a 
raven : 

12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves 
by the rivers of waters, washed with 
milk, and fitly set : 

13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, 
as sweet flowers : his lips like lilies, 
dropping sweet smelling myrrh : 

14 His hands are as gold rings set 
with the beryl : his belly is as bright 
ivory overlaid with sapphires : 

15 His legs are as pillars of marble, 
set upon sockets of fine gold : his 
countenance is as Lebanon, excellent 
as the cedars : 

16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, 
he is altogether lovely. This is my 
beloved, and this is my friend, O 
daughters of Jerusalem. 

CHAPTEE VL 

1 The church professeth her faith in Christ. 4 Christ 
sheyoeth the (/races of the church, 10 and his love to- 
wards her. 

WHITHER is thy beloved gone, 
O thou fairest among women ? 
whither is thy beloved turned aside? 
that we may seek him with thee. 
2 My beloved is gone down into his 
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garden, to the beds of spices, to feed 
in the gardens, and to gather lilies. 

3 1 am my beloved's, and my beloved 
is mine : he feedeth among the lilies. 

4 IT Thou art beautiful, O my love, 
as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem, ter- 
rible as an army with banners. 

5 Turn away thine eyes from me, 
for they have overcome me : thy hair 
is as a flock of goats that appear from 
G ilead : 

6 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep 
which go up from the washing, where- 
of every one beareth twins, and there 
is not one barren among them. 

7 As a piece of a pomegranate are 
thy temples within thy locks. 

8 There are threescore queens, and 
fourscore concubines, and virgins 
without number. 

9 My dove, my undefiled is but one ; 
she is the only one of her mother, 
she is the choice one of her that bare 
her. The daughters saw her, and 
blessed her ; yea, the queens and the 
concubines, and they praised her. 

10 IT Who is she that looketh forth 
as the morning, fair as the moon, clear 
as the sun, and terrible as an army 
with banners ? 

Ill went down into the garden of 
nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and 
to see whether the vine flourished, 
and the pomegranates budded. 

12 Or ever I was aware, my soul 
made me like the chariots of Ammi- 
nadib. 

13 Return, return, O Shulamite; 
return, return, that we may look upon 
thee. What will ye see in the Shu- 
lamite ? As it were the company of 
two armies. 

CHAPTER TIL 

1 A further description of the church's graces. 10 Tlie 
church prof esseth her faith and desire. 

HOW beautiful are thy feet with 
shoes, O prince's daughter ! the 
joints of thy thighs are like jewels, 
the work of the hands of a cunning 
workman. 

2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, 
which wanteth not liquor : thy belly 



The love of the 



SOLOMON'S SONG. 



church to Christ. 



is like a heap of wheat set about 
with lilies. 

3 Thy two breasts are like two 
young roes that are twins. 

4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory ; 
thine eyes like the fishpools in Hesh- 
bon, by the gate of Bath-rabbim : thy 
nose is as the tower of Lebanon 
which looketh toward Damascus. 

5 Thine head upon thee is like 
Carmel, and the hair of thine head 
like purple ; the King is held in the 
galleries. 

6 How fair and how pleasant art 
thou, O love, for delights ! 

7 This thy stature is like to a palm 
tree, and thy breasts to clusters of 
grapes, 

8 I said, I will go up to the palm 
tree, I will take hold of the boughs 
thereof: now also thy breast shall be 
as clusters of the vine, and the smell 
of thy nose like apples ; 

9 And the roof of thy mouth like 
the best wine for my beloved, that 
goeth down sweetly, causing the lips 
of those that are asleep to speak. 

10 IT I am my beloved's, and his 
desire is toward me. 

11 Come, my beloved, let us go 
forth into the field; let us lodge in 
the villages. 

12 Let us get up early to the vine- 
yards ; let us see if the vine flourish, 
whether the tender grape appear, and 
the pomegranates bud forth: there 
will I give thee my loves. 

13 The mandrakes give a smell, 
and at our gates are all manner of 
pleasant fruits, new and old, which I 
have laid up for thee, O my beloved. 

CHAPTER YIII. 

1 The love of the church to Christ. 6 The vehemency of 
love. 8 The calling of the Gentiles. 14 The church 
prayethfor Christ's coming. 

OTHAT thou wert as my brother, 
that sucked the breasts of my 
mother! when I should find thee 
without, I would kiss thee; yea, I 
should not be despised. 

2 I would lead thee, and bring thee 
into my mother's house, who would 



instruct me : I would cause thee to 
drink of spiced wine of the juice of 
my pomegranate. 

3 His left hand should be under 
my head, and his right hand should 
embrace me. 

4 I charge you, O daughters of 
Jerusalem, that ye stir not up, nor 
awake my love, until he please. 

5 Who is this that cometh up from 
the wilderness, leaning upon her be- 
loved ? I raised thee up under the 
apple tree : there thy mother brought 
thee forth ; there she brought thee 
forth that bare thee. 

6 % Set me as a seal upon thine 
heart, as a seal upon thine arm : for 
love is strong as death ; jealousy is 
cruel as the grave : the coals thereof 
are coals of fire, which hath a most 
vehement flame. 

7 Many waters cannot quench love, 
neither can the floods drown it: if 
a man would give all the substance 
of his house for love, it would utterly 
be contemned. 

8 IT We have a little sister, and she 
hath no breasts: what shall we do 
for our sister in the day when she 
shall be spoken for ? 

9 If she be a wall, we will build up- 
on her a palace of silver : and if she 
be a door, we will inclose her with 
boards of cedar. 

10 I am a wall, and my breasts like 
towers : then was I in his eyes as one 
that found favour. 

1 1 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal- 
hamon ; he let out the vineyard un- 
to keepers ; every one for the fruit 
thereof was to bring a thousand 
pieces of silver. 

12 My vineyard, which is mine, is 
before me : thou, O Solomon, must 
have a thousand, and those that keep 
the fruit thereof two hundred. 

13 Thou that dwellest in the gar- 
dens, the companions hearken to thy 
voice : cause me to hear it. 

14 1T Make haste, my beloved, and 
be thou like to a roe or to a young 
hart upon the mountains of spices. 

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THE BOOK 



OF THE 



PROPHET ISAIAH 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Isaiah complaineth of Judah for her rebellion. 5 He 
lamenteth her judgments. 10 He upbraideth their 
whole service. 16 He exhorteth to repentance, with 
promises and threatenings. 21 Bewailing their wick- 
edness, he denounceth God's judgments. 25 Heprom- 
iseth grace, 28 and threateneth destruction to the wicked. 

THE vision of Isaiah the son of 
Amoz, which he saw concerning 
Judah and Jerusalem in the days of 
Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 
kings of Judah. 

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, 

earth : for the Lord hath spoken ; 

1 have nourished and brought up 
children, and they have rebelled 
against me. 

3 The ox knoweth his owner, and the 
ass his master's crib : but Israel doth 
not know, my people doth not consider. 

4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden 
with iniquity, a seed of evil doers, 
children that are corrupters: they 
have forsaken the Lord, they have 
provoked the Holy One of Israel 
unto anger, they are gone away back- 
ward. 

5 IT Why should ye be stricken 
any more ? ye will revolt more and 
more : the whole head is sick, and 
the whole heart faint. 

6 From the sole of the foot even 
unto the head there is no soundness 
in it ; but wounds, and bruises, and 
putrifying sores : they have not been 
closed, neither bound up, neither 
mollified with ointment. 

7 Your country is desolate, your 
cities are burned with fire: your 
land, strangers devour it in your 
presence, and it is desolate, as over- 
thrown by strangers. 

8 And the daughter of Zion is left 
as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge 
in a garden of cucumbers, as a be- 
sieged city. 

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9 Except the Lord of hosts had 
left unto us a very small remnant, 
we should have been as Sodom, and 
we should have been like unto Go- 
morrah. 

10 IT Hear the word of the Lord, ye 
rulers of Sodom ; give ear unto the law 
of our God, ye people of Gomorrah. 

1 1 To what purpose is the multitude 
of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the 
Lord : I am full of the burnt offerings 
of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and 
I delight not in the blood of bullocks, 
or of lambs, or of he goats. 

12 When ye come to appear before 
me, who hath required this at your 
hand, to tread my courts ? 

13 Bring no more vain oblations; in- 
cense is an abomination unto me ; the 
new moons and sabbaths, the calling 
of assemblies, I cannot away with ; it 
is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. 

14 Your new moons and your ap- 
pointed feasts my soul hateth : they 
are a trouble unto me ; I am weary 
to bear them. 

15 And when ye spread forth your 
hands, I will hide mine eyes from 
you ; yea, when ye make many 
prayers, I will not hear : your hands 
are full of blood. 

16 IT Wash ye, make you clean; 
put away the evil of your doings from 
before mine eyes ; cease to do evil ; 

17 Learn to do well; seek judg- 
ment, relieve the oppressed, judge 
the fatherless, plead for the widow. 

18 Come now, and let us reason 
together, saith the Lord: though 
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be 
as white as snow; though they be 
red like crimson, they shall be as wool. 

19 If ye be willing and obedient, 
ye shall eat the good of the land : 

20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye 



Promises and threatening s. 



ISAIAH. 



Of Christ s kingdom. 



shall be devoured with the sword: 
for the mouth of the Lord hath spo- 
ken it. 

21 IT How is the faithful city be- 
come a harlot ! it was full of judg- 
ment; righteousness lodged in it; 
but now murderers. 

22 Thy silver is become dross, thy 
wine mixed with water : 

23 Thy princes are rebellious, and 
companions of thieves: every one 
loveth gifts, and followeth after re- 
wards : they judge not the fatherless, 
neither doth the cause of the widow 
come unto them. 

24 Therefore saith the Lord, the 
Lord of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, 
Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, 
and avenge me of mine enemies. 

25 Tf And I will turn my hand 
upon thee, and purely purge away 
thy dross, and take away all thy tin: 

26 And I will restore thy judges 
as at the first, and thy counsellors 
as at the beginning : afterward thou 
shalt be called, The city of righteous- 
ness, the faithful city. 

27 Zion shall be redeemed with 
judgment, and her converts with 
righteousness. 

28 If And the destruction of the 
transgressors and of the sinners shall 
be together, and they that forsake the 
Lord shall be consumed. 

29 For they shall be ashamed of 
the oaks which ye have desired, and 
ye shall be confounded for the gar- 
dens that ye have chosen. 

30 For ye shall be as an oak whose 
leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath 
no water. 

3 1 And the strong shall be as tow, 
and the maker of it as a spark, and 
they shall both burn together, and 
none shall quench them. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Isaiah prophesieth the coming of Christ's kingdom. 6 
Wickedness is the cause of God's forsaking. 10 Be 
exhort eth. to fear, because of the powerful effects of 
God's majesty. 

THE word that Isaiah the son of 
Amoz saw concerning Judah and 
Jerusalem. 



2 And it shall come to pass in the 
last days, that the mountain of the 
Lord's house shall be established in 
the top of the mountains, and shall 
be exalted above the hills ; and all 
nations shall flow unto it. 

3 And many people shall go and 
say, Come ye, and let us go up to the 
mountain of the Lord, to the house 
of the God of Jacob; and he will 
teach us of his ways, and we will 
walk in his paths: for out of Zion 
shall go forth the law, and the word 
of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

4 And he shall judge among the 
nations, and shall rebuke many peo- 
ple : and they shall beat their swords 
into ploughshares, and their spears in- 
to pruninghooks : nation shall not lift 
up sword against nation, neither shall 
they learn war any more. 

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and 
let us walk in the light of the Lord. 

6 If Therefore thou hast forsaken 
thy people the house of Jacob, be- 
cause they be replenished from the 
east, and are soothsayers like the 
Philistines, and they please them- 
selves in the children of strangers. 

7 Their land also is full of silver 
and gold, neither is there any end of 
their treasures ; their land is also full 
of horses, neither is there any end of 
their chariots : 

8 Their land also is full of idols ; 
they worship the work of their own 
hands, that which their own fingers 
have made : 

9 And the mean man boweth down, 
and the great man humbleth him- 
self: therefore forgive them not. 

10 IT Enter into the rock, and hide 
thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, 
and for the glory of his majesty. 

11 The lofty looks of man shall be 
humbled, and the haughtiness of men 
shall be bowed down ; and the Lord 
alone shall be exalted in that day. 

12 For the day of the Lord of hosts 
shall be upon every one that is proud 
and lofty, and upon every one that is 
lifted up; and he shall be brought low: 

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coming upon Judah. 



13 And upon all the cedars of 
Lebanon, that are high and lifted 
up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 

14 And upon all the high moun- 
tains, and upon all the hills that are 
lifted up, 

15 And upon every high tower, 
and upon every fenced wall, 

16 And upon all the ships of Tar- 
shish, and upon all pleasant pictures. 

1 7 And the loftiness of man shall he 
bowed down, and the haughtiness of 
men shall be made low ; and the Lord 
alone shall be exalted in that day. 

18 And the idols he shall utterly 
abolish. 

19 And they shall go into the holes 
of the rocks, and into the caves of 
the earth, for fear of the Lord, and 
for the glory of his majesty, when he 
ariseth to shake terribly the earth. 

20 In that day a man shall cast his 
idols of silver, and his idols of gold, 
which they made each one for him- 
self to worship, to the moles and to 
the bats ; 

21 To go into the clefts of the rocks, 
and into the tops of the ragged rocks, 
for fear of the Lord, and for the glory 
of his majesty, when he ariseth to 
shake terribly the earth. 

22 Cease ye from man, whose breath 
is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to 
be accounted of? 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 The great confusion which cometh by sin. 9 The im- 
pudency of the people. 12 The oppression and covet- 
ousness of the riders. 16 The judgments which shall 
be for the pride of the women. 

FOR, behold, the Lord, the Lord 
of hosts, doth take away from 
Jerusalem and from Judah the stay 
and the staff, the whole stay of bread, 
and the whole stay of water, 

2 The mighty man, and the man 
of war, the judge, and the prophet, 
and the prudent, and the ancient, 

3 The captain of fifty, and the 
honourable man, and the counsellor, 
and the cunning artificer, and the 
eloquent orator. 

4 And I will give children to be 

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their princes, and babes shall rule 
over them. 

5 And the people shall be oppress- 
ed, every one by another, and every 
one by his neighbour : the child shall 
behave himself proudly against the 
ancient, and the base against the hon- 
ourable. 

6 When a man shall take hold of 
his brother of the house of his father, 
saying, Thou hast clothing, be thou 
our ruler, and let this ruin be under 
thy hand : 

7 In that day shall he swear, say- 
ing, I will not be a healer; for in 
my house is neither bread nor cloth- 
ing : make me not a ruler of the people. 

8 For Jerusalem is ruined, and 
Judah is fallen : because their tongue 
and their doings are against the Lord, 
to provoke the eyes of his glory. 

9 If The shew of their countenance 
doth witness against them ; and they 
declare their sin as Sodom, they hide 
it not. Woe unto their soul! for 
they have rewarded evil unto them- 
selves. 

10 Say ye to the righteous, that it 
shall be well with him : for they shall 
eat the fruit of their doings. 

1 1 Woe unto the wicked ! it shall 
be ill with him : for the reward of his 
hands shall be given him. 

12 If As for my people, children 
are their oppressors, and women rule 
over thein. O my people, they which 
lead thee cause thee to err, and de- 
stroy the way of thy paths. 

13 The Lord standeth up to plead, 
and standeth to judge the people. 

14 The Lord will enter into judg- 
ment with the ancients of his people, 
and the princes thereof: for ye have 
eaten up the vineyard ; the spoil of 
the poor is in your houses. 

15 What mean ye that ye beat my 
people to pieces, and grind the faces 
of the poor? saith the Lord God of 
hosts. 

16 IT Moreover the Lord saith, 
Because the daughters of Zion are 
haughty, and walk with stretched 



Punishment of the women, ISAIAH. 



Parable of a vineyard. 



forth necks and wanton eyes, walk- 
ing and mincing as they go, and 
making a tinkling with their feet : 

17 Therefore the Lord will smite 
with a scab the crown of the head of 
the daughters of Zion, and the Lord 
will discover their secret parts. 

18 In that day the Lord will take 
away the bravery of their tinkling 
ornaments about their feet, and their 
cauls, and their round tires like the 
moon, 

19 The chains, and the bracelets, 
and the mufflers, 

20 The bonnets, and the ornaments 
of the legs, and the headbands, and 
the tablets, and the earrings, 

21 The rings, and nose jewels, 

22 The changeable suits of apparel, 
and the mantles, and the wimples, 
and the crisping pins, 

23 The glasses, and the fine linen, 
and the hoods, and the vails. 

24 And it shall come to pass, that 
instead of sweet smell there shall be 
stink ; and instead of a girdle a rent ; 
and instead of well set hair bald- 
ness; and instead of a stomacher a 
girding of sackcloth; and burning 
instead of beauty. 

25 Thy men shall fall by the sword, 
and thy mighty in the war. 

26 And her gates shall lament and 
mourn ; and she being desolate shall 
sit upon the ground. 

CHAPTER IV. 

In the extremity of evils, Christ's kingdom shall be a 
sanctuary. 

AND in that day seven women 
shall take hold of one man, say- 
ing, We will eat our own bread, and 
wear our own apparel ; only let us 
be called by thy name, to take away 
our reproach. 

2 In that day shall the branch of 
the Lord be beautiful and glorious, 
and the fruit of the earth shall be 
excellent and comely for them that 
are escaped of Israel. 

3 And it shall come to pass, that 
he that is left in Zion, and he that re- 
maineth in Jerusalem, shall be called 



holy, even every one that is written 
among the living in Jerusalem : 

4 When the Lord shall have wash- 
ed away the filth of the daughters 
of Zion, and shall have purged the 
blood of Jerusalem from the midst 
thereof by the spirit of judgment, 
and by the spirit of burning. 

5 And the Lord will create upon 
every dwellingplace of mount Zion, 
and upon her assemblies, a cloud 
and smoke by day, and the shining 
of a naming fire by night : for upon 
all the glory shall be a defence. 

6 And there shall be a tabernacle 
for a shadow in the daytime from 
the heat, and for a place of refuge, and 
for a covert from storm and from rain. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 Under the parable of a vineyard God excuseth his 
severe judgment. 8 His judgments upon covetousness, 
11 upon lasciviousness, 13 upon impiety, 20 and upon 
injustice. 26 The executioners of God's judgments. 

NOW will I sing to my well 
beloved a song of my beloved 
touching his vineyard. My well 
beloved hath a vineyard in a very 
fruitful hill : 

2 And he fenced it, and gathered 
out the stones thereof, and planted it 
with the choicest vine, and built a 
tower in the midst of it, and also made 
a winepress therein: and he looked 
that it should bring forth grapes, and 
it brought forth wild grapes. 

3 And now, O inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem, and men of Judah, judge, I 
pray you, betwixt me and my vine- 
yard. 

4 What could have been done more 
to my vineyard, that I have not 
done in it? wherefore, when I looked 
that it should bring forth grapes, 
brought it forth wild grapes ? 

5 And now go to ; I will tell you 
what I will do to my vineyard : 1 
will take away the hedge thereof, 
and it shall be eaten up ; and break 
down the wall thereof, and it shall 
be trodden down : 

6 And I will lay it waste : it shall 
not be pruned, nor digged ; but there 

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ISAIAH. 



upon sinners. 



shall come up briers and thorns: I 
will also command the clouds that 
they rain no rain upon it. 

7 For the vineyard of the Lord of 
hosts is the house of Israel, and the 
men of Judah his pleasant plant: 
and he looked for judgment, but be- 
hold oppression; for righteousness, 
but behold a cry. 

8 1[ Woe unto them that join house 
to house, that lay field to field, till 
there be no place, that they may be 
placed alone in the midst of the earth ! 

9 In mine ears said the Lord of 
hosts, Of a truth many houses shall 
be desolate, even great and fair, 
without inhabitant. 

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall 
yield one bath, and the seed of a 
homer shall yield an ephah. 

11 IT Woe unto them that rise 
up early in the morning, that they 
may follow strong drink ; that con- 
tinue until night, till wine inflame 
them! 

12 And the harp and the viol, the 
tabret and pipe, and wine, are in 
their feasts : but they regard not the 
work of the Lord, neither consider 
the operation of his hands. 

13 IT Therefore my people are gone 
into captivity, because they have no 
knowledge: and their honourable 
men are famished, and their multi- 
tude dried up with thirst. 

14 Therefore hell hath enlarged 
herself, and opened her mouth with- 
out measure: and their glory, and 
their multitude, and their pomp, and 
he that rejoiceth, shall descend into it. 

15 And the mean man shall be 
brought down, and the mighty man 
shall be humbled, and the eyes of 
the lofty shall be humbled : 

16 But the Lord of hosts shall be 
exalted in judgment, and God that 
is holy shall be sanctified in right- 
eousness. 

17 Then shall the lambs feed after 
their manner, and the waste places 
of the fat ones shall strangers eat. 

18 Woe unto them that draw ini- 

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quity with cords of vanity, and sin 
as it were with a cart rope : 

19 That say, Let him make speed, 
and hasten his work, that we may 
see it: and let the counsel of the 
Holy One of Israel draw nigh and 
come, that we may know it ! 

20 *ff Woe unto them that call evil 
good, and good evil ; that put dark- 
ness for light, and light for dark- 
ness ; that put bitter for sweet, and 
sweet for bitter ! 

21 Woe unto them that are wise in 
their own eyes, and prudent in their 
own sight ! 

22 Woe unto them that are mighty 
to drink wine, and men of strength 
to mingle strong drink : 

23 Which justify the wicked for 
reward, and take away the righteous- 
ness of the righteous from him ! 

24 Therefore as the fire devoureth 
the stubble, and the flame consumeth 
the chaff, so their root shall be as 
rottenness, and their blossom shall 
go up as dust: because they have 
cast away the law of the Lord of 
hosts, and despised the word of the 
Holy One of Israel. 

25 Therefore is the anger of the 
Lord kindled against his people, 
and he hath stretched forth his hand 
against them, and hath smitten them : 
and the hills did tremble, and their 
carcasses were torn in the midst of 
the streets. For all this his anger 
is not turned away, but his hand is 
stretched out still. 

26 TT And he will lift up an ensign 
to the nations from far, and will hiss 
unto them from the end of the earth : 
and, behold, they shall come with 
speed swiftly : 

27 None shall be weary nor stum- 
ble among them ; none shall slumber 
nor sleep ; neither shall the girdle 
of their loins be loosed, nor the 
latchet of their shoes be broken : 

28 Whose arrows are sharp, and all 
their bows bent, their horses' hoofs 
shall be counted like flint, and their 
wheels like a whirlwind : 



IsaiaJis vision 



ISAIAH. 



of GooVs glory. 



29 Their roaring shall be like a lion, 
they shall roar like young lions ; yea, 
they shall roar, and lay hold of the 
prey, and shall carry it away safe, 
and none shall deliver it. 

30 And in that day they shall roar 
against them like the roaring of the sea: 
and if one look unto the land, hehold 
darkness and sorrow ; and the light 
is darkened in the heavens thereof. 

CHAPTER YI. 

1 Isaiah, in a vision of the Lord in his glory, 5 being 
terrified, is confirmed for his message. 9 He sheweth 
the obstinacy of the people unto their desolation. , 13 
A remnant shall be saved. 

IN the year that king Uzziah died 
I saw also the Lord sitting upon 
a throne, high and lifted up, and his 
train filled the temple. 

2 Above it stood the seraphim: 
each one had six wings ; with twain 
he covered his face, and with twain 
he covered his feet, and with twain 
he did fly. 

3 And one cried unto another, and 
said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of 
hosts : the whole earth is full of his 
glory. 

4 And the posts of the door moved 
at the voice of him that cried, and 
the house was filled with smoke. 

5 IT Then said I, Woe is me ! for 
I am undone ; because I am a man 
of unclean lips, and I dwell in the 
midst of a people of unclean lips: 
for mine eyes have seen the King, 
the Lord of hosts. 

6 Then flew one of the seraphim 
unto me, having a live coal in his 
hand, which he had taken with the 
tongs from off the altar : 

7 And he laid it upon my mouth, 
and said, Lo, this hath touched thy 
lips ; and thine iniquity is taken 
away, and thy sin purged. 

8 Also I heard the voice of the 
Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, 
and who will go for us ? Then said 
I, Here am I ; send me. 

9 If And he said, Go, and tell this 
people, Hear ye indeed, but under- 
stand not; and see ye indeed, but 
perceive not. 



10 Make the heart of this people 
fat, and make their ears heavy, and 
shut their eyes; lest they see with 
their eyes, and hear with their ears, 
and understand with their heart, and 
convert, and be healed. 

11 Then said I, Lord, how long? 
And he answered, Until the cities be 
wasted without inhabitant, and the 
houses without man, and the land 
be utterly desolate, 

12 And the Lord have removed 
men far away, and there be a great 
forsaking in the midst of the land. 

13 1[ But yet in it shall be a tenth, 
and it shall return, and shall be 
eaten : as a teil tree, and as an oak, 
whose substance is in them, when 
they cast their leaves: so the holy 
seed shall be the substance thereof. 

CHAPTER Til. 

1 Ahaz, being troubled with fear of Rezin and PcJcah, is 
comforted by Isaiah. 10 Ahaz, having liberty to 
choose a sign, and, refusing it, hath for a sign, Christ 
promised. 17 His judgment is prophesied to come by 
Assyria, 

A ND it came to pass in the days 
JLJL of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the 
son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Re- 
zin the king of Syria, and Pekah the 
son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went 
up toward Jerusalem to war against 
it, but could not prevail against it. 

2 And it was told the house of Da- 
vid, saying, Syria is confederate with 
Ephraim. And his heart was moved, 
and the heart of his people, as the 
trees of the wood are moved with the 
wind. 

3 Then said the Lord unto Isaiah, 
Go forth now to meet Ahaz, thou, 
and Shear-jashub thy son, at the end 
of the conduit of the upper pool, in 
the highway of the fuller's field ; 

4 And say unto him, Take heed, 
and be quiet; fear not, neither be 
fainthearted for the two tails of these 
smoking firebrands, for the fierce 
anger of Rezin with Syria, and of 
the son of Remaliah. 

5 Because Syria, Ephraim, and the 
son of Remaliah, have taken evil 
counsel against thee, saying, 

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Christ promised for a sign. ISAIAH. 



A prophecy against 



6 Let us go up against Judah, and 
vex it, and let us make a breach 
therein for us, and set a king in the 
midst of it, even the son of Tabeal : 

7 Thus saith the Lord God, It shall 
not stand, neither shall it come to pass. 

8 For the head of Syria is Damas- 
cus, and the head of Damascus is 
Rezin ; and within threescore and 
five years shall Ephraim be broken, 
that it be not a people. 

9 And the head of Ephraim is Sa- 
maria, and the head of Samaria is 
Reinaliah's son. If ye will not believe, 
surely ye shall not be established. 

10 if Moreover the Lord spake 
again unto Ahaz, saying, 

1L Ask thee a sign of the Lord 
thy God ; ask it either in the depth, 
or in the height above. 

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, 
neither will I tempt the Lord. 

13 And he said, Hear ye now, O 
house of David ; Is it a small thing 
for you to weary men, but will ye 
weary my God also ? 

14 Therefore the Lord himself shall 
give you a sign; Behold, a virgin 
shall conceive, and bear a son, and 
shall call his name Immanuel. 

15 Butter and honey shall he eat, 
that he may know to refuse the evil, 
and choose the good. 

16 For before the child shall know 
to refuse the evil, and choose the 
good, the land that thou abhorrest 
shall be forsaken of both her kings. 

17 IT The Lord shall bring upon 
thee, and upon thy people, and upon 
thy father's house, days that have 
not come, from the day that Ephraim 
departed from Judah ; even the king 
of Assyria. 

18 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the Lord shall hiss for 
the fly that is in the uttermost part 
of the rivers of Egypt, and for the bee 
that is in the land of Assyria. 

19 And they shall come, and shall 
rest all of them in the desolate valleys, 
and in the holes of the rocks, and 
upon all thorns, and upon all bushes. 

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20 In the same day shall the Lord 
shave with a razor that is hired, 
namely, by them beyond the river, 
by the king of Assyria, the head, and 
the hair of the feet : and it shall also 
consume the beard. 

21 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that a man shall nourish a 
young cow and two sheep ; 

22 And it shall come to pass, for 
the abundance of milk that they 
shall give, he shall eat butter: for 
butter and honey shall every one eat 
that is left in the land. 

23 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that every place shall be, 
where there were a thousand vines 
at a thousand silverlings, it shall even 
be for briers and thorns. 

24 With arrows and with bows 
shall men come thither ; because all 
the land shall become briers and 
thorns. 

25 And on all hills that shall be 
digged with the mattock, there shall 
not come thither the fear of briers 
and thorns : but it shall be for the 
sending forth of oxen, and for the 
treading of lesser cattle. 

CHAPTEK YIII. 

1 In Maher-shalal-hash-baz, he prophesieth that Syria 
and Israel shall be subdued, by Assyria. 5 Judah like- 
wise for their infidelity. 9 God's judgments shall be 
unresistible. 11 Comfort shall be to them that fear 
God. 19 Great afflictions to idolaters. 

MOREOVER the Lord said unto 
me, Take thee a great roll, and 
write in it with a man's pen concern- 
ing Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 

2 And I took unto me faithful wit- 
nesses to record, Uriah the priest, and 
Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. 

3 And I went unto the prophetess ; 
and she conceived, and bare a son. 
Then said the Lord to me, Call his 
name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. 

4 For before the child shall have 
knowledge to cry, My father, and my 
mother, the riches of Damascus and 
the spoil of Samaria shall be taken 
away before the king of Assyria. 

5 11 The Lord spake also unto me 
again, saying, 



Israel and Judah. 



ISAIAH. 



Afflictions to idolaters. 



6 Forasmuch as this people refuseth 
the waters of Shiloah that go softly, 
and rejoice in Eezin and Remaliah's 
son; 

7 Now therefore, behold, the Lord 
bringeth up upon them the waters of 
the river, strong and many, even the 
king of Assyria, and all his glory: 
and he shall come up over all his 
channels, and go over all his hanks : 

8 And he shall pass through Ju- 
dah ; he shall overflow and go over, 
he shall reach even to the neck ; and 
the stretching out of his wings shall 
fill the breadth of thy land, O Im- 
manuel. 

9 If Associate yourselves, O ye 
people, and ye shall be broken in 
pieces; and give ear, all ye of far 
countries: gird yourselves, and ye 
shall be broken in pieces ; gird your- 
selves, and ye shall be broken in pieces. 

10 Take counsel together, and it 
shall come to nought; speak the 
word, and it shall not stand : for God 
is with us. 

11 IT Tor the Lord spake thus to 
me with a strong hand, and instruct- 
ed me that I should not walk in the 
way of this people, saying, 

12 Say ye not, A confederacy, to 
all them to whom this people shall 
say, A confederacy; neither fear ye 
their fear, nor be afraid. 

13 Sanctify the Lord of hosts him- 
self; and let him be your fear, and 
let him be your dread. 

14 And he shall be for a sanctuary ; 
but for a stone of stumbling and for 
a rock of offence to both the houses 
of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

15 And many among them shall 
stumble, and fall, and be broken, and 
be snared, and be taken. 

16 Bind up the testimony, seal the 
law among my disciples. 

17 And I will wait upon the Lord, 
that hideth his face from the house 
of Jacob, and I will look for him. 

18 Behold, I and the children 
whom the Lord hath given me are 



for signs and for wonders in Israel 
from the Lord of hosts, which dwell, 
eth in mount Zion. 

19 If And when they shall say unto 
you, Seek unto them that have fa- 
miliar spirits, and unto wizards that 
peep and that mutter : should not a 
people seek unto their God ? for the 
living to the dead ? 

20 To the law and to the testimony : 
if they speak not according to this 
word, it is because there is no light in 
them. 

21 And they shall pass through it, 
hardly bestead and hungry : and it 
shall come to pass, that when they 
shall be hungry, they shall fret them- 
selves, and curse their king and their 
God, and look upward. 

22 And they shall look unto the 
earth; and behold trouble and dark- 
ness, dimness of anguish; and they 
shall be driven to darkness. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 What joy shall be in the midst of afflictions, by the 
kingdom and birth of Christ. 8 The judgments upon 
Israel for their pride, 13 for their hypocrisy, 18 and 
for their impenitency. 

NEVERTHELESS the dimness 
shall not be such as was in her 
vexation, when at the first he lightly 
afflicted the land of Zebulun, and the 
land of Naphtali, and afterward did 
more grievously afflict her by the way 
of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee 
of the nations. 

2 The people that walked in dark- 
ness have seen a great light : they 
that dwell in the land of the shadow 
of death, upon them hath the light 
shined. 

3 Thou hast multiplied the nation, 
and not increased the joy : they joy 
before thee according to the joy in 
harvest, and as men rejoice when 
they divide the spoil. 

4 For thou hast broken the yoke 
of his burden, and the starT of his 
shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as 
in the day of Midian. 

5 For every battle of the warrior 
is with confused noise, and garments 

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Judgments upon Israel. 



rolled in blood; but this shall be 
with burning and fuel of fire. 

6 For unto us a child is born, unto 
us a son is given : and the govern- 
ment shall be upon his shoulder: 
and his name shall be called Won- 
derful, Counsellor, The mighty God, 
The everlasting Father, The Prince 
of Peace. 

7 Of the increase of his government 
and peace there shall be no end, upon 
the throne of David, and upon his 
kingdom, to order it, and to establish 
it with judgment and with justice 
from henceforth even for ever. The 
zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform 
this. 

8 IT The Lord sent a word into 
Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel. 

9 And all the people shall know, 
even Ephraim and the inhabitant of 
Samaria, that say in the pride and 
stoutness of heart, 

10 The bricks are fallen down, but 
we will build with hewn stones : the 
sycamores are cut down, but we will 
change them into cedars. 

11 Therefore the Lord shall set up 
the adversaries of Rezin against him, 
and join his enemies together ; 

12 The Syrians before, and the 
Philistines behind ; and they shall 
devour Israel with open mouth. For 
all this his anger is not turned away, 
but his hand is stretched out still. 

13 If For the people turneth not 
unto him that smiteth them, neither 
do they seek the Lord of hosts. 

14 Therefore the Lord will cut off 
from Israel head and tail, branch and 
rush, in one day. 

15 The ancient and honourable, he 
is the head; and the prophet that 
teacheth lies, he is the tail. 

16 For the leaders of this people 
cause them to err ; and they that are 
led of them are destroyed. 

17 Therefore the Lord shall have 
no joy in their young men, neither 
shall have mercy on their fatherless 
and widows : for every one is a hypo- 
crite and an evil doer, and every 

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mouth speaketh folly. For all this 
his anger is not turned away, but his 
hand is stretched out still. 

18 IT For wickedness burneth as 
the fire: it shall devour the briers 
and thorns, and shall kindle in the 
thickets of the forest, and they shall 
mount up like the lifting up of 
smoke. 

19 Through the wrath of the 
Lord of hosts is the land darkened, 
and the people shall be as the fuel 
of the fire: no man shall spare his 
brother. 

20 And he shall snatch on the 
right hand, and be hungry ; and 
he shall eat on the left hand, and 
they shall not be satisfied : they shall 
eat every man the flesh of his own 
arm: 

21 Manasseh, Ephraim; and 
Ephraim, Manasseh : and they to- 
gether shall be against Judah. For 
all this his anger is not turned 
away, but his hand is stretched out 
still. 

CHAPTER X 

1 The woe of tyrants. 5 Assyria, the rod of hypocrites, 
for his pride shall be broken. 20 A remnant of Is- 
rael shall be saved. 24 Israel is comforted with prom- 
ise of deliverance from Assyria. 

WOE unto them that decree un- 
righteous decrees, and that 
write grievousness which they have 
prescribed ; 

2 To turn aside the needy from 
judgment, and to take away the right 
from the poor of my people, that 
widows may be their prey, and that 
they may rob the fatherless ! 

3 And what will ye do in the day 
of visitation, and in the desolation 
which shall come from far ? to whom 
will ye flee for help ? and where will 
ye leave your glory ? 

4 Without me they shall bow down 
under the prisoners, and they shall 
fall under the slain. For all this his 
anger is not turned away, but his 
hand is stretched out still. 

5 1f O Assyrian, the rod of mine 
anger, and the staff in their hand is 
mine indignation. 



The fall of the 



ISAIAH. 



Assyrian foreshewn. 



6 I will send him against a hypo- 
critical nation, and against the peo- 
ple of my wrath will I give him a 
charge, to take the spoil, and to take 
the prey, and to tread them down 
like the mire of the streets. 

7 Howheit he meaneth not so, nei- 
ther doth his heart think so; hut it 
is in his heart to destroy and cut off 
nations not a few. 

8 For he saith, Are not my princes 
altogether kings? 

9 Is not Calno as Carchemish ? is 
not Hamath as Arpad ? is not Sama- 
ria as Damascus ? 

10 As my hand hath found the 
kingdoms of the idols, and whose 
graven images did excel them of 
Jerusalem and of Samaria ; 

11 Shall I not, as I have done unto 
Samaria and her idols, so do to Jeru- 
salem and her idols ? 

12 Wherefore it shall come to pass, 
that, when the Lord hath performed 
his whole work upon mount Zion 
and on Jerusalem, I will punish the 
fruit of the stout heart of the king of 
Assyria, and the glory of his high 
looks. 

13 For he saith, By- the strength of 
my hand I have done it, and hy my 
wisdom; for I am prudent: and I 
have removed the hounds of the peo- 
ple, and have robbed their treasures, 
and I have put down the inhabitants 
like a valiant man : 

14 And my hand hath found as a 
nest the riches of the people : and as 
one gathereth eggs that are left, have 
I gathered all the earth; and there 
was none that moved the wing, or 
opened the mouth, or peeped. 

15 Shall the axe boast itself against 
him that heweth therewith ? or shall 
the saw magnify itself against him 
that shaketh it ? as if the rod should 
shake itself against them that lift it 
up, or as if the staff should lift up 
itself as if it were no wood. 

16 Therefore shall the Lord, the 
Lord of hosts, send among his fat 
ones leanness; and under his glory 



he shall kindle a burning like the 
burning of a fire. 

17 And the light of Israel shall be 
for a fire, and his Holy One for a 
flame : and it shall burn and devour 
his thorns and his briers in one day ; 

18 And shall consume the glory of 
his forest, and of his fruitful field, 
both soul and body: and they shall 
be as when a standardbearer fainteth. 

19 And the rest of the trees of his 
forest shall be few, that a child may 
write them. 

20 IT And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the remnant of Israel, 
and such as are escaped of the house 
of Jacob, shall no more again stay 
upon him that smote them ; but shall 
stay upon the Lord, the Holy One of 
Israel, in truth. 

21 The remnant shall return, even 
the remnant of Jacob, unto the migh- 
ty God. 

22 For though thy people Israel 
be as the sand of the sea, yet a 
remnant of them shall return: the 
consumption decreed shall overflow 
with righteousness. 

23 For the Lord God of hosts shall 
make a consumption, even determin- 
ed, in the midst of all the land. 

24 1[ Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God of hosts, O my people that 
dwellest in Zion, be not afraid of the 
Assyrian : he shall smite thee with a 
rod, and shall lift up his staff against 
thee, after the manner of Egypt. 

25 For yet a very little while, and 
the indignation shall cease, and mine 
anger in their destruction. 

26 And the Lord of hosts shall stir 
up a scourge for him according to 
the slaughter of Midian at the rock 
of Oreb : and as his rod was upon 
the sea, so shall he lift it up after the 
manner of Egypt. 

27 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that his burden shall be 
taken away from off thy shoulder, 
and his yoke from off thy neck, and 
the yoke shall be destroyed because 
of the anointing. 

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Christ's peaceful kingdom. ISAIAH. 



The restoration of Israel. 



28 He is come to Aiath, he is pass- 
ed to Migron ; at Michmash he hath 
laid up his carriages : 

29 They are gone over the passage: 
they have taken up their lodging at 
Geba ; Ramah is afraid ; Gibeah of 
Saul is fled. 

30 Lift up thy voice, O daughter of 
Gallim: cause it to be heard unto 
Laish, O poor Anathoth. 

31 Madmenah is removed; the 
inhabitants of Gebim gather them- 
selves to flee. 

32 As yet shall he remain at Nob 
that day: he shall shake his hand 
against the mount of the daughter of 
Zion, the hill of Jerusalem. 

83 Behold, the Lord, the Lord of 
hosts, shall lop the bough with ter- 
ror: and the high ones of stature 
shall be hewn down, and the haughty 
shall be humbled. 

34 And he shall cut down the 
thickets of the forest with iron, and 
Lebanon shall fall by a mighty one. 

CHAPTEK XL 

1 The peaceable kingdom of the Branch out of the root 
of Jesse. 10 The victorious restoration of Israel, and 
vocation of the Gentiles. 

A ND there shall come forth a rod 
JljL out of the stem of Jesse, and a 
Branch shall grow out of his roots : 

2 And the Spirit of the Lord shall 
rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom 
and understanding, the spirit of coun- 
sel and might, the spirit of knowledge 
•and of the fear of the Lord ; 

3 And shall make him of quick un- 
derstanding in the fear of the Lord : 
and he shall not judge after the sight 
of his eyes, neither reprove after the 
hearing of his ears : 

4 But with righteousness shall he 
judge the poor, and reprove with 
equity for the meek of the earth : 
and he shall smite the earth with the 
rod of his mouth, and with the breath 
of his lips shall he slay the wicked. 

5 And righteousness shall be the 
girdle of his loins, and faithfulness 
the girdle of his reins. 

6 The wolf also shall dwell with 

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the lamb, and the leopard shall lie 
down with the kid ; and the calf and 
the young lion and the fatling togeth- 
er ; and a little child shall lead them. 

7 And the cow and the bear shall 
feed ; their young ones shall lie down 
together : and the lion shall eat straw 
like the ox. 

8 And the sucking child shall 
play on the hole of the asp, and the 
weaned child shall put his hand on 
the cockatrice' den. 

9 They shall not hurt nor destroy 
in all my holy mountain : for the earth 
shall be full of the knowledge of the 
Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

10 IT And in that day there shall be 
a root of Jesse, which shall stand for 
an ensign of the people ; to it shall 
the Gentiles seek : and his rest shall 
be glorious. 

11 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the Lord shall set his 
hand again the second time to recover 
the remnant of his people, which 
shall be left, from Assyria, and from 
Egypt, and from Pathros, and from 
Cush, and from Elam, and from Shi- 
nar, and from Hamath, and from the 
islands of the sea. 

12 And he shall set up an ensign 
for the nations, and shall assemble 
the outcasts of Israel, and gather to- 
gether the dispersed of Judah from 
the four corners of the earth. 

13 The envy also of Ephraim shall 
depart, and the adversaries of Judah 
shall be cut off: Ephraim shall not 
envy Judah, and Judah shall not vex 
Ephraim. 

14 But they shall fly upon the 
shoulders of the Philistines toward 
the west; they shall spoil them of 
the east together : they shall lay their 
hand upon Edom and Moab ; and the 
children of Ammon shall obey them, 

15 And the Lord shall utterly de- 
stroy the tongue of the Egyptian 
sea ; and with his mighty wind shall 
he shake his hand over the river, 
and shall smite it in the seven streams, 
and make men go over dryshod. 



A joyful thanksgiving. 



ISAIAH. 



Babylon threatened. 



16 And there shall be a highway 
for the remnant of his people, which 
shall he left, from Assyria; like as 
it was to Israel in the day that he 
came up out of the land of Egypt. 

CHAPTER XII. 

A joyful thanksgiving of the faithful for the mercies of 
God. 

AND in that day thou shalt say, 
O Lord, I will praise thee: 
though thou wast angry with me, 
thine anger is turned away, and thou 
comfortedst me. 

2 Behold, God is my salvation ; I 
will trust, and not he afraid : for the 
Lord JEHOVAH is my strength 
and my song ; he also is become my 
salvation. 

3 Therefore with joy shall ye draw 
water out of the wells of salvation. 

4 And in that day shall ye say, 
Praise the Lord, call upon his name, 
declare his doings among the people, 
make mention that his name is ex- 
alted. 

5 Sing unto the Lord ; for he hath 
done excellent things : this is known 
in all the earth. 

6 Cry out and shout, thou inhabi- 
tant of Zion: for great is the Holy 
One of Israel in the midst of thee. 



6 He threat- 
19 The deso- 



CHAPTER XIII. 

i God mustereth the armies of his wrath, 
eneth to destroy Babylon by the Medes. 
lation of Babylon. 

THE burden of Babylon, which 
Isaiah the son of Amoz did see. 

2 Lift ye up a banner upon the 
high mountain, exalt the voice unto 
them, shake the hand, that they may 
go into the gates of the nobles. 

3 I have commanded my sanctified 
ones, I have also called my mighty 
ones for mine anger, even them that 
rejoice in my highness. 

4 The noise of a multitude in the 
mountains, like as of a great people ; 
a tumultuous noise of the kingdoms 
of nations gathered together: the 
Lord of hosts mustereth the host of 
the battle. 

5 They come from a far country, 

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from the end of heaven, even the 
Lord, and the weapons of his indig- 
nation, to destroy the whole land. 

6 ^T Howl ye ; for the day of the 
Lord is at hand; it shall come as a 
destruction from the Almighty. 

7 Therefore shall all hands be faint, 
and every man's heart shall melt : 

8 And they shall be afraid : pangs 
and sorrows shall take hold of them ; 
they shall be in pain as a woman 
that travaileth : they shall be amazecj 
one at another; their faces shall be 
as flames. 

9 Behold, the day of the Lord 
cometh, cruel both with wrath and 
fierce anger, to lay the land desolate : 
and he shall destroy the sinners 
thereof out of it. 

10 For the stars of heaven and the 
constellations thereof shall not give 
their light : the sun shall be darken- 
ed in his going forth, and the moon 
shall not cause her light to shine. 

11 And I will punish the world for 
their evil, and the wicked for their 
iniquity ; and I will cause the arro- 
gancy of the proud to cease, and will 
lay low the haughtiness of the terrible. 

12 I will make a man more pre- 
cious than fine gold ; even a man 
than the golden wedge of Ophir. 

13 Therefore I will shake the heav- 
ens, and the earth shall remove out 
of her place, in the wrath of the Lord 
of hosts, and in the day of his fierce 
anger. 

14 And it shall be as the chased 
roe, and as a sheep that no man 
taketh up : they shall every man turn 
to his own people, and flee every one 
into his own land. 

15 Every one that is found shall be 
thrust through ; and every one that 
is joined unto them shall fall by the 
sword. 

16 Their children also shall be 
dashed to pieces before their eyes ; 
their houses shall be spoiled, and 
their wives ravished. 

17 Behold, I will stir up the Medes 
against them, which shall not regard 

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Desolation of Babylon, 



ISAIAH. 



Israel's triumph 



silver ; and as for gold, they shall not 
delight in it. 

18 Their bows also shall dash the 
young men to pieces ; and they shall 
have no pity on the fruit of the womb ; 
their eye shall not spare children. 

19 TT And Babylon, the glory of 
kingdoms, the beauty of the Chal- 
dees' excellency, shall be as when God 
overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.. 

20 It shall never be inhabited, 
neither shall it be dwelt in from 
generation to generation: neither 
shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; 
neither shall the shepherds make their 
fold there. 

21 But wild beasts of the desert 
shall lie there; and their houses 
shall be full of doleful creatures ; and 
owls shall dwell there, and satyrs 
shall dance there. 

22 And the wild beasts of the 
islands shall cry in their desolate 
houses, and dragons in their pleas- 
ant palaces: and her time is near 
to come, and her days shall not be 
prolonged. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

1 God's merciful restoration of Israel. 4 Their triumph- 
ant insultation over Babel. 24 God's purpose agai7ist 
Assyria. 29 Palestina is threatened. 

FOR the Lord will have mercy 
on Jacob, and will yet choose 
Israel, and t set them in their own 
land : and the strangers shall be 
joined with them, and they shall 
cleave to the house of Jacob. 

2 And the people shall take them, 
and bring them to their place : and 
the house of Israel shall possess them 
in the land of the Lord for servants 
and handmaids : and they shall take 
them captives, whose captives they 
were ; and they shall rule over their 
oppressors. 

3 And it shall come to pass in the 
day that the Lord shall give thee 
rest from thy sorrow, and from thy 
fear, and from the hard bondage 
wherein thou wast made to serve, 

4 If That thou shalt take up this 
proverb against the king of Babylon, 

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and say, How hath the oppressor 
ceased ! the golden city ceased ! 

5 The Lord hath broken the staff 
of the wicked, and the sceptre of the 
rulers. 

6 He who smote the people in 
wrath with a continual stroke, he 
that ruled the nations in anger, is 
persecuted, and none hindereth. 

7 The*whole earth is at rest, and 
is quiet : they break forth into singing. 

8 Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, 
and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 
Since thou art laid down, no feller is 
come up against us. 

9 Hell from beneath is moved for 
thee to meet thee at thy coming : it 
stirreth up the dead for thee, even all 
the chief ones of the earth ; it hath 
raised up from their thrones all the 
kings of the nations. 

10 All they shall speak and say 
unto thee, Art thou also become weak 
as we ? art thou become like unto us ? 

11 Thy pomp is brought down to 
the grave, and the noise of thy viols : 
the worm is spread under thee, and 
the worms cover thee. 

12 How art thou fallen from heav- 
en, O Lucifer, son of the morning! 
how art thou cut down to the ground, 
which didst weaken the nations ! 

1 3 For thou hast said in thine heart, I 
will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my 
throne above the stars of God: I will sit 
also upon the mount of the congrega- 
tion, in the sides of the north : 

14 I will ascend above the heights 
of the clouds ; I will be like the Most 
High. 

15 Yet thou shalt be brought down 
to hell, to the sides of the pit. 

16 They that see thee shall narrow- 
ly look upon thee, and consider thee, 
saying, Is this the man that made 
the earth to tremble, that did shake 
kingdoms ; 

17 That made the world as a wil- 
derness, and destroyed the cities 
thereof; that opened not the house 
of his prisoners ? 

18 All the kings of the nations, even 



over Babylon. 



ISAIAH. 



Lamentable state of Moab. 



all of them, lie in glory, every one in 
his own house. 

19 But thou art cast out of thy 
grave like an abominable branch, 
and as the raiment of those that are 
slain, thrust through with a sword, 
that go down to the stones of the pit; 
as a carcass trodden under feet. 

20 Thou shalt not be joined with 
them in burial, because thou hast 
destroyed thy land, and slain thy 
people : the seed of evil doers shall 
never be renowned. 

21 Prepare slaughter for his chil- 
dren for the iniquity of their fathers ; 
that they do not rise, nor possess the 
land, nor fill the face of the world 
with cities. 

22 For I will rise up against them, 
saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off 
from Babylon the name, and remnant, 
and son, and nephew, saith the Lord. 

23 I will also make it a possession 
for the bittern, and pools of water: 
and I will sweep it with the besom 
of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts. 

24 ^T The Lord of hosts hath sworn, 
saying, Surely as I have thought, so 
shall it come to pass ; and as I have 
purposed, so shall it stand : 

25 That I will break the Assyrian 
in my land, and upon my mountains 
tread him under foot : then shall his 
yoke depart frpm off them, and his 
burden depart from off their shoul- 
ders. 

26 This is the purpose that is pur- 
posed upon the whole earth: and 
this is the hand that is stretched out 
upon all the nations. 

27 For the Lord of hosts hath 
purposed, and who shall disannul 
it? and his hand is stretched out, 
and who shall turn it back ? 

28 In the year that king Ahaz died 
was this burden. 

29 ^[ Rejoice not thou, whole Pa- 
lestina, because the rod of him that 
smote thee is broken : for out of the 
serpent's root shall come forth a 
cockatrice, and his fruit shall be a 
fiery flying serpent. 



30 And the firstborn of the poor 
shall feed, and the needy shall lie 
down in safety : and I will kill thy 
root with famine, and he shall slay 
thy remnant. 

31 Howl, O gate; cry, O city; 
thou, whole Palestina, art dissolved : 
for there shall come from the north 
a smoke, and none shall be alone in 
his appointed times. 

32 What shall one then answer the 
messengers of the nation ? That the 
Lord hath founded Zion, and the 
poor of his people shall trust in it. 

CHAPTEE XY. 

The lamentable state of Moab. 

THE burden of Moab. Because 
in the night Ar of Moab is laid 
waste, and brought to silence; be- 
cause in the night Kir of Moab is 
laid waste, and brought to silence : 

2 He is gone up to Bajith, and to 
Dibon, the high places, to weep: 
Moab shall howl over Nebo, and 
over Medeba : on all their heads shall 
be baldness, and every beard cut off. 

3 In their streets they shall gird 
themselves with sackcloth : on the 
tops of their houses, and in their 
streets, every one shall howl, weep- 
ing abundantly. 

4 And Heshbon shall cry, and 
Elealeh ; their voice shall be heard 
even unto Jahaz : therefore the armed 
soldiers of Moab shall cry out; his 
life shall be grievous unto him. 

5 My heart shall cry out for Moab ; 
his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, a 
heifer of three years old : for by the 
mounting up of Luhith with weeping 
shall they go it up ; for in the way 
of Horonaim they shall raise up a 
cry of destruction. 

6 For the waters of Nimrim shall 
be desolate : for the hay is withered 
away, the grass faileth, there is no 
green thing. 

7 Therefore the abundance they 
have gotten, and that which they 
have laid up, shall they carry away 
to the brook of the willows. 

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Moab threatened 



ISAIAH. 



for her pride. 



8 For the cry is gone round about 
the borders of Moab ; the howling 
thereof unto Eglaim, and the howl- 
ing thereof unto Beer-elim. 

9 For the waters of Dimon shall be 
full of blood : for I will bring more 
upon Dimon, lions upon him that 
escapeth of Moab, and upon the 
remnant of the land. 

CHAPTER XYI. 

1 Moab is exhorted to yield obedience to Christ's king- 
dom. 6 Moab is threatened for her pride. 9 The 
prophet bewaileth her. 12 Tlie judgment of Moab. 

SEND ye the lamb to the ruler of 
the land from Sela to the wilder- 
ness, unto the mount of the daughter 
of Zion. 

2 For it shall be, that, as a wan- 
dering bird cast out of the nest, so 
the daughters of Moab shall be at the 
fords of Arnon. 

3 Take counsel, execute judgment; 
make thy shadow as the night in the 
midst of the noonday ; hide the out- 
casts ; bewray not him that wandereth. 

4 Let mine outcasts dwell with 
thee, Moab; be thou a covert to 
them from the face of the spoiler: 
for the extortioner is at an end, the 
spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are 
consumed out of the land. 

5 And in mercy shall the throne be 
established : and he shall sit upon it 
in truth in the tabernacle of David, 
judging, and seeking judgment, and 
hasting righteousness. 

6 If We have heard of the pride of 
Moab ; he is very proud : even of his 
haughtiness, and his pride, and his 
wrath : but his lies shall not be so. 

7 Therefore shall Moab howl for 
Moab, every one shall howl : for the 
foundations of Kir-hareseth shall ye 
mourn ; surely they are stricken. 

8 For the fields of Heshbon lan- 
guish, and the vine of Sibmah : the 
lords of the heathen have broken 
down the principal plants thereof, 
they are come even unto Jazer, they 
wandered through the wilderness : 
her branches are stretched out, they 
are gone over the sea. 

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9 If Therefore I will bewail with 
the weeping of Jazer the vine of 
Sibmah : I will water thee with my 
tears, O Heshbon, and Elealeh: for 
the shouting for thy summer fruits 
and for thy harvest is fallen. 

10 And gladness is taken away, and 
joy out of the plentiful field ; and in 
the vineyards there shall be no sing- 
ing, neither shall there be shouting : 
the treaders shall tread out no wine 
in their presses; I have made their 
vintage shouting to cease. 

11 Wherefore my bowels shall 
sound like a harp for Moab, and 
mine inward parts for Kir-haresh. 

12 TT And it shall come to pass, 
when it is seen that Moab is weary 
on the high place, that he shall come 
to his sanctuary to pray ; but he shall 
not prevail. 

13 This is the word that the Lord 
hath spoken concerning Moab since 
that time. 

14 But now the Lord hath spoken, 
saying, Within three years, as the 
years of a hireling, and the glory 
of Moab shall be contemned, with all 
that great multitude; and the rem- 
nant shall be very small and feeble. 

CHAPTER XYII. 

1 Syria and Israel are threatened. 6 A remnant shall 
forsake idolatry. 9 The rest shall be plagued for 
their impiety. 12 The woe of Israel's enemies. 

THE burden of Damascus. Be- 
hold, Damascus is taken away 
from being a city, and it shall be a 
ruinous heap. 

2 The cities of Aroer are forsaken : 
they shall be for flocks, which shall 
lie down, and none shall make them 
afraid. 

3 The fortress also shall cease from 
Ephraim, and the kingdom from Da- 
mascus, and the remnant of Syria: 
they shall be as the glory of the chil- 
dren of Israel, saith the Lord of hosts. 

4 And in that day it shall come to 
pass, that the glory of Jacob shall be 
made thin, and the fatness of his flesh 
shall wax lean. 

5 And it shall be as when the 



Syria and Israel threatened. ISAIAH. 



Ethiopia threatened. 



harvestman gather eth the corn, and 
reapeth the ears with his arm; and 
it shall be as he that gather eth ears 
in the valley of Rephaim. 

6 If Yet gleaning grapes shall be 
left in it, as the shaking of an olive 
tree, two or three berries in the top 
of the uppermost bough, four or five 
in the outmost fruitful branches there- 
of, saith the Lord God of Israel. 

7 At that day shall a man look to 
his Maker, and his eyes shall have 
respect to the Holy One of Israel. 

8 And he shall not look to the al- 
tars, the work of his hands, neither 
shall respect that which his fingers 
have made, either the groves, or the 
images. 

9 1]" In that day shall his strong 
cities be as a forsaken bough, and 
an uppermost branch, which they 
left because of the children of Israel : 
and there shall be desolation. 

10 Because thou hast forgotten the 
God of thy salvation, and hast not 
been mindful of the Rock of thy 
strength, therefore shalt thou plant 
pleasant plants, and shalt set it with 
strange slips : 

11 In the day shalt thou make thy 
plant to grow, and in the morning 
shalt thou make thy seed to flourish : 
but the harvest shall be a heap in the 
day of grief and of desperate sor- 
row. 

12 IT Woe to the multitude of many 
people, which make a noise like the 
noise of the seas ; and to the rushing 
of nations, that make a rushing like 
the rushing of mighty waters ! 

13 The nations shall rush like the 
rushing of many waters: but God 
shall rebuke them, and they shall 
flee far off, and shall be chased as 
the chaff of the mountains before the 
wind, and like a rolling thing before 
the whirlwind. 

14 And behold at eveningtide trou- 
ble ; and before the morning he is 
not. This is the portion of them that 
spoil us, and the lot of them that 
rob us. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

1 God in care of his people will destroy the Ethiopians. 
7 An access thereby shall grow unto the church. 

WOE to the land shadowing with 
wings, which is beyond the 
rivers of Ethiopia : 

2 That sendeth ambassadors by 
the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes 
upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift 
messengers, to a nation scattered and 
peeled, to a people terrible from their 
beginning hitherto ; a nation meted 
out and trodden down, whose ]and 
the rivers have spoiled ! 

3 All ye inhabitants of the world, 
and dwellers on the earth, see ye, 
when he lifteth up an ensign on the 
mountains ; and when he bloweth a 
trumpet, hear ye. 

4 For so the Lord said unto me, I 
will take my rest, and I will con- 
sider in my dwellingplace like a clear 
heat upon herbs, and like a cloud of 
dew in the heat of harvest. 

5 For afore the harvest, when the 
bud is perfect, and the sour grape is 
ripening in the flower, he shall both 
cut off the sprigs with pruninghooks, 
and take away and cut down the 
branches. 

6 They shall be left together unto 
the fowls of the mountains, and to 
the beasts of the earth : and the fowls 
shall summer upon them, and all the 
beasts of the earth shall winter upon 
them. 

7 IT In that time shall the present 
be brought unto the Lord of hosts of 
a people scattered and peeled, and 
from a people terrible from their be- 
ginning hitherto ; a nation meted out 
and trodden under foot, whose land 
the rivers have spoiled, to the place 
of the name of the Lord of hosts, the 
mount Zion. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 The confusion of Egypt. 11 The foolishness of their 
princes. 18 The calling of Egypt to the church. 28 
The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel. 

THE burden of Egypt. Behold, 
the Lord rideth upon a swift 
cloud, and shall come into Egypt: 
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The confusion of Egypt, 



ISAIAH. 



The calling of Egypt. 



and the idols of Egypt shall be 
moved at his presence, and the heart 
of Egypt shall melt in the midst 
of it. 

2 And I will set the Egyptians 
against the Egyptians : and they 
shall fight every one against his 
brother, and every one against his 
neighbour; city against city, and 
kingdom against kingdom. 

3 And the spirit of Egypt shall 
fail in the midst thereof; and I will 
destroy the counsel thereof: and they 
shall seek to the idols, and to the 
charmers, and to them that have fa- 
miliar spirits, and to the wizards. 

4 And the Egyptians will I give 
over into the hand of a cruel lord ; 
and a fierce king shall rule over them, 
saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts. 

5 And the waters shall fail from the 
sea, and the river shall be wasted and 
dried up. 

6 And they shall turn the rivers 
far away ; and the brooks of defence 
shall be emptied and dried up: the 
reeds and flags shall wither. 

7 The paper reeds by the brooks, 
by the mouth of the brooks, and every 
thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, 
be driven away, and be no more. 

8 The fishers also shall mourn, and 
all they that cast angle into the brooks 
shall lament, and they that spread 
nets upon the waters shall languish. 

9 Moreover they that work in fine 
flax, and they that weave networks, 
shall be confounded. 

10 And they shall be broken in 
the purposes thereof, all that make 
sluices and ponds for fish. 

11 IT Surely the princes of Zoan 
are fools, the counsel of the wise 
counsellors of Pharaoh is become 
brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, 
I am the son of the wise, the son of 
ancient kings ? 

12 Where are they ? where are thy 
w&e men? and let them tell thee now, 
and let them know what the Lord of 
hosts hath purposed upon Egypt. 

13 The princes of Zoan are be- 

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come fools, the princes of Noph are 
deceived ; they have also seduced 
Egypt, even they that are the stay 
of the tribes thereof. 

14 The Lord hath mingled a per- 
verse spirit in the midst thereof: 
and they have caused Egypt to err 
in every work thereof, as a drunken 
man staggereth in his vomit. 

15 Neither shall there be any work 
for Egypt, which the head or tail, 
branch or rush, may do. 

16 In that day shall Egypt be like 
unto women : and it shall be afraid 
and fear because of the shaking of 
the hand of the Lord of hosts, which 
he shaketh over it. 

17 And the land of Judah shall 
be a terror unto Egypt, every one 
that maketh mention thereof shall be 
afraid in himself, because of the 
counsel of the Lord of hosts, which 
he hath determined against it. 

18 If In that day shall five cities 
in the land of Egypt speak the lan- 
guage of Canaan, and swear to the 
Lord of hosts ; one shall be called, 
The city of destruction. 

19 In that day shall there be an 
altar to the Lord in the midst of the 
land of Egypt, and a pillar at the 
border thereof to the Lord. 

20 And it shall be for a sign and for 
a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the 
land of Egypt : for they shall cry unto 
the Lord because of the oppressors, and 
he shall send them a saviour, and a 
great one, and he shall deliver them. 

21 And the Lord shall be known 
to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall 
know the Lord in that day, and shall 
do sacrifice and oblation ; yea, they 
shall vow a vow unto the Lord, and 
perform it. 

22 And the Lord shall smite Egypt: 
he shall smite and heal it : and they 
shall return even to the Lord, and he 
shall be entreated of them, and shall 
heal them. 

23 H In that day shall there be a 
highway out of Egypt to Assyria, 
and the Assyrian shall come into 






The captivity of Egypt. 



ISAIAH. 



The fall of Babylon. 



Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, 
and the Egyptians shall serve with 
the Assyrians. 

24 In that day shall Israel he the 
third with Egypt and with Assyria, 
even a "blessing in the midst of the land : 

25 Whom the Lord of hosts shall 
bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my 
people, and Assyria the work of my 
hands, and Israel mine inheritance. 

CHAPTEE XX. 

A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and 
Ethiopia. 

IN the year that Tartan came unto 
Ashdod, (when Sargon the king 
of Assyria sent him,) and fought 

» against Ashdod, and took it ; 
2 At the same time spake the Lord 
by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, 
Go and loose the sackcloth from off 
thy loins, and put off thy shoe from 
thy foot. And he did so, walking 
naked and barefoot. 

3 And the Lord said, Like as my 
servant Isaiah hath walked naked 
and barefoot three years for a sign 
and wonder upon Egypt and upon 
Ethiopia ; 

4 So shall the king of Assyria lead 
away the Egyptians prisoners, and 
the Ethiopians captives, young and 
old, naked and barefoot, even with 
their buttocks uncovered, to the 
shame of Egypt. 

5 And they shall be afraid and 
ashamed of Ethiopia their expecta- 
tion, and of Egypt their glory. 

6 And the inhabitant of this isle 
shall say in that day, Behold, such 
is our expectation, whither we flee 
for help to be delivered from the king 
of Assyria : and how shall we escape ? 

CHAPTEE XXI. 

1 T/ie prophet, bewailing the captivity of his people, seeth 
in a vision the fall of Babylon by the Medes and Per- 
sians. 11 Edom, scorning the prophet, is moved to 
repentance. 1 3 The set time of Arabia's calamity. 

THE burden of the desert of the 
sea. As whirlwinds in the south 
pass through ; so it cometh from the 
desert, from a terrible land. 

2 A grievous vision is declared unto 
me ; The treacherous dealer dealeth 



treacherously, and the spoiler spoil- 
eth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O 
Media : all the sighing thereof have 
I made to cease. 

3 Therefore are my loins filled with 
pain : pangs have taken hold upon 
me, as the pangs of a woman that 
travaileth : I was bowed down at the 
hearing of it ; I was dismayed at the 
seeing of it. 

4 Sly heart panted, fearfulness af- 
frighted me : the night of my pleas- 
ure hath he turned into fear unto me. 

5 Prepare the table, watch in the 
watchtower, eat, drink: arise, ye 
princes, and anoint the shield. 

6 For thus hath the Lord said 
unto me, Go, set a watchman, let 
him declare what he seeth. 

7 And he saw a chariot with a cou- 
ple of horsemen, a chariot of asses, 
and a chariot of camels ; and he 
hearkened diligently with much heed : 

8 And he cried, A lion : My lord, 
I stand continually upon the watch- 
tower in the daytime, and I am set 
in my ward whole nights : 

9 And, behold, here cometh a char- 
iot of men, with a couple of horse- 
men. And he answered and said, 
Babylon is fallen, is fallen ; and all 
the graven images of her gods he 
hath broken unto the ground. 

10 O my threshing, and the corn 
of my floor : that which I have heard 
of the Lord of hosts, the God of Isra- 
el, have I declared unto you. 

11 If The burden of Dumah. He 
calleth to me out of Seir, Watchman, 
what of the night ? Watchman, what 
of the night ? 

12 The watchman said, The morn- 
ing cometh, and also the night: if 
ye will inquire, inquire ye : return, 
come. 

13 TT The burden upon Arabia. In 
the forest in Arabia shall ye lodge, O 
ye travelling companies of Dedanim. 

14 The inhabitants of the land of 
Tema brought water to him that was 
thirsty, they prevented with their 
bread him that fled. 

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The invasion of Jewry. 



ISAIAH. Shebna's downfall prophesied. 



15 For they fled from the swords, 
from the drawn sword, and from the 
bent bow, and from the grievous- 
ness of war. 

16 For thus hath the Lord said 
unto me, Within a year, according 
to the years of a hireling, and all 
the glory of Kedar shall fail : 

17 And the residue of the number 
of archers, the mighty men of the 
children of Kedar, shall be diminish- 
ed : for the Lord God of Israel hath 
spoken it. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

1 The prophet lamenteth the invasion of Jewry by the 
Persians. 8 He reproveth their human wisdom and 
worldly joy. 15 He prophesieth Shebna's deprivation, 
20 and HliaJcim, prefiguring the kingdom of Christ, 
his substitution. 

THE burden of the valley of vis- 
ion. What aileth thee now, that 
thou art wholly gone up to the house- 
tops ? 

2 Thou that art full of stirs, a tu- 
multuous city, a joyous city: thy 
slain men are not slain with the 
sword, nor dead in battle. 

3 All thy rulers are fled together, 
they are bound by the archers: all 
that are found in thee are bound to- 
gether, which have fled from far. 

4 Therefore said I, Look away from 
me ; I will weep bitterly, labour not 
to comfort me, because of the spoil- 
ing of the daughter of my people. 

5 For it is a day of trouble, and of 
treading down, and of perplexity by 
the Lord God of hosts in the valley 
of vision, breaking down the walls, 
and of crying to the mountains. 

6 And Elam bare the quiver with 
chariots of men and horsemen, and 
Kir uncovered the shield. 

7 And it shall come to pass, that 
thy choicest valleys shall be full of 
chariots, and the horsemen shall set 
themselves in array at the gate. 

8 *[[ And he discovered the cover- 
ing of Judah, and thou didst look in 
that day to the armour of the house 
of the forest. 

9 Ye have seen also the breaches 
of the city of David, that they are 

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many : and ye gathered together the 
waters of the lower pool. 

10 And ye have numbered the 
houses of Jerusalem, and the houses 
have -ye broken down to fortify the 
wall. 

11 Ye made also a ditch between 
the two walls for the water of the old 
pool : but ye have not looked unto the 
maker thereof,- neither had respect 
unto him that fashioned it long ago. 

12 And in that day did the Lord 
God of hosts call to weeping, and to 
mourning, and to baldness, and to 
girding with sackcloth : 

13 And behold joy and gladness, 
slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eat- 
ing flesh, and drinking wine : let us eat 
and drink ; for to morrow we shall die. 

14 And it was revealed in mine 
ears by the Lord of hosts, Surely 
this iniquity shall not be purged 
from you till ye die, saith the Lord 
God of hosts. 

15 ^T Thus saith the Lord God of 
hosts, Go, get thee unto this treas- 
urer, even unto Shebna, which is 
over the house, and say, 

16 What hast thou here, and whom 
hast thou here, that thou hast hewed 
thee out a sepulchre here, as he that 
heweth him out a sepulchre on high, 
and that graveth a habitation for 
himself in a rock ? 

17 Behold, the Lord will carry thee 
away with a mighty captivity, and 
will surely cover thee. 

18 He will surely violently turn 
and toss thee like a ball into a large 
country : there shalt thou die, and 
there the chariots of thy glory shall 
be the shame of thy lord's house. 

19 And I will drive thee from thy 
station, and from thy state shall he 
pull thee down*. 

20 IT And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that I will call my servant 
Eliakim the son of Hilkiah : 

2 1 And I will clothe him with thy 
robe, and strengthen him with thy 
girdle, and I will commit thy gov- 
ernment into his hand: and he 



The miserable 



ISAIAH. 



overthrow of Tyre. 



shall be a father to the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, and to the house of Judah. 

22 And the key of the house of 
David will I lay upon his shoulder ; 
so he shall open, and none shall shut ; 
and he shall shut, and none shall open. 

23 And I will fasten him as a nail 
in a sure place ; and he shall be for a 
glorious throne to his father's house. 

,24 And they shall hang upon him 
all the glory of his father's house, 
the offspring and the issue, all vessels 
of small quantity, from the vessels of 
cups, even to all the vessels of flagons. 
25 In that day, saith the Lord of 
hosts, shall the nail that is fastened 
in the sure place be removed, and be 
cut down, and fall; and the burden 
that was upon it shall be cut off: for 
the Lord hath spoken it. 

CHAPTEK XXIII. 

1 The miserable overthrow of Tyre. 17 Their unhappy 
return. 

THE burden of Tyre/ Howl, ye 
ships of Tarshish ; for it is laid 
waste, so that there is no house, no 
entering in: from the land of Chit- 
tim it is revealed to them. 

2 Be still, ye inhabitants of the isle ; 
thou whom the merchants of Zidon, 
that pass over the sea, have replen- 
ished. 

3 And by great waters the seed of 
Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her 
revenue ; and she is a mart of nations. 

4 Be thou ashamed, O Zidon : for 
the sea hath spoken, even the strength 
of the sea, saying, I travail not, nor 
bring forth children, neither do I nour- 
ish up young men, ftorbringup virgins. 

5 As at the report concerning Egypt, 
so shall they be sorely pained at the 
report of Tyre. 

6 Pass ye over to Tarshish ; howl, 
ye inhabitants of the isle. 

7 Is this your joyous city, whose 
antiquity is of ancient days ? her 
own feet shall carry her afar off to 
sojourn. 

■ 8 Who hath taken this counsel 
against Tyre, the crowning city, 



whose merchants are princes, whose 
traffickers are the honourable of the 
earth ? 

9 The Lord of hosts hath purposed 
it, to stain the pride of all glory, and 
to bring into contempt all the hon- 
ourable of the earth. 

10 Pass through thy land as a 
river, O daughter of Tarshish : there 
is no more strength. 

11 He stretched out his hand over 
the sea, he shook the kingdoms : the 
Lord hath given a commandment 
against the merchant city, to destroy 
the strong holds thereof. 

12 And he said, Thou shalt no 
more rejoice, thou oppressed vir- 
gin, daughter of Zidon: arise, pass 
over to Chittim ; there also shalt 
thou have no rest. 

13 Behold the land of the Chal- 
deans; this people was not, till the 
Assyrian founded it for them that 
dwell in the wilderness : they set up 
the towers thereof, they raised up the 
palaces thereof; and he brought it to 
ruin. 

14 Howl, ye ships of Tarshish : for 
your strength is laid waste. 

15 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that Tyre shall be forgotten 
seventy years, according to the days 
of one king : after the end of seventy 
years shall Tyre sing as a harlot. 

16 Take a harp, go about the city, 
thou harlot that hast been forgotten ; 
make sweet melody, sing many 
songs, that thou mayest be remem- 
bered. 

17 IT And it shall come to pass after 
the end of seventy years, that the 
Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall 
turn to her hire, and shall commit 
fornication with all the kingdoms of 
the world upon the face of the earth. 

18 And her merchandise and her 
hire shall be holiness to the Lord: 
it shall not be treasured nor laid up ; 
for her merchandise shall be for 
them that dwell before the Lord, 
to eat sufficiently, and for durable 
clothing. 

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God's judgments 



ISAIAH. 



upon the land. 



CHAPTEE XXIV. 

1 TJie doleful judgments of God upon the land. 13 A 
remnant shall joyfully praise him. 16 God in his 
judgments shall advance his kingdom. 

BEHOLD, the Lord maketh the 
earth empty, and maketh it 
waste, and turneth it upside down, 
and scattereth abroad the inhabi- 
tants thereof. 

2 And it shall be, as with the peo- 
ple, so with the priest; as with the 
servant, so with his master ; as with 
the maid, so with her mistress ; as 
with the buyer, so with the seller; 
as with the lender, so with the bor- 
rower ; as with the taker of usury, 
so with the giver of usury to him. 

3 The land shall be utterly empti- 
ed, and utterly spoiled : for the Lord 
hath spoken this word. 

4 The earth mourneth and fadeth 
away, the world languisheth and 
fadeth away, the haughty people of 
the earth do languish. 

5 The earth also is defiled under 
the inhabitants thereof; because they 
have transgressed the laws, changed 
the ordinance, broken the everlasting 
covenant. 

6 Therefore hath the curse devour- 
ed the earth, and they that dwell 
therein are desolate: therefore the 
inhabitants of the earth are burned, 
and few men left. 

7 The new wine mourneth, the vine 
languisheth, all the merryhearted do 
sigh. 

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, the 
noise of them that rejoice endeth, 
the joy of the harp ceaseth. 

9 They shall not drink wine with a 
song ; strong drink shall be bitter to 
them that drink it. 

10 The city of confusion is broken 
down : every house is shut up, that 
no man may come in. 

11 There is a crying for wine in 
the streets ; all joy is darkened, the 
mirth of the land is gone. 

12 In the city is left desolation, and 
the gate is smitten with destruction. 

13 H" When thus it shall be in the 
midst of the land among the people, 

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there shall be as the shaking of an 
olive tree, and as the gleaning grapes 
when the vintage is done. 

14 They shall lift up their voice, 
they shall sing for the majesty of the 
Lord, they shall cry aloud from the 
sea. 

15 Wherefore glorify ye the Lord in 
the fires, even the name of the Lord 
God of Israel in the isles of the sea. 

16 If From the uttermost part of 
the earth have we heard songs, even 
glory to the righteous. But I said, 
My leanness, my leanness, woe unto 
me ! the treacherous dealers have 
dealt treacherously ; yea, the treach- 
erous dealers have dealt very treach- 
erously. 

17 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, 
are upon thee, O inhabitant of the 
earth. 

18 And it shall come to pass, that 
he who fleeth from the noise of the 
fear shall fall into the pit; and he 
that cometh up out of the midst of 
the pit shall be taken in the snare : 
for the windows from on high are 
open, and the foundations of the 
earth do shake. 

19 The earth is utterly broken 
down, the earth is clean dissolved, 
the earth is moved exceedingly. 

20 The earth shall reel to and fro 
like a drunkard, and shall be removed 
like a cottage ; and the transgression 
thereof shall be heavy upon it ; and 
it shall fall, and not rise again. 

21 And it shall come to pass in that 
day, that the Lord shall punish the 
host of the high ones that are on high, 
and the kings of the earth upon the 
earth. 

22 And they shall be gathered to- 
gether, as prisoners are gathered in 
the pit, and shall be shut up in the 
prison, and after many days shall 
they be visited. 

23 Then the moon shall be con- 
founded, and the sun ashamed, when 
the Lord of hosts shall reign in mount 
Zion, and in Jerusalem, and before 
his ancients gloriously. 



The prophet 



ISAIAH. 



praiseth God. 



CHAPTEE XXY. 

1 Tfie prophet praiseth God, for his judgments, 6 for his 
saving benefits, 9 and for his victorious salvation. 

OLORD, thou art my God; I 
will exalt thee, I will praise thy 
name ; for thou hast done wonderful 
things ; thy counsels of old are faith- 
fulness and truth. 

2 For thou hast made of a city a 
heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a 
palace of strangers to he no city ; it 
shall never he built. 

3 Therefore shall the strong people 
glorify thee, the city of the terrible 
nations shall fear thee. 

4 For thou hast been a strength to 
the poor, a strength to the needy in 
his distress, a refuge from the storm, 
a shadow from the heat, when the 
blast of the terrible ones is as a storm 
against the wall. 

5 Thou shalt bring down the noise 
of strangers, as the heat in a dry 
place ; even the heat with the shadow 
of a cloud : the branch of the terrible 
ones shall be brought low. 

6 If And in this mountain shall the 
Lord of hosts make unto all people 
a feast of fat things, a feast of wines 
on the lees, of fat things full of mar- 
row, of wines on the lees well refined. 

7 And he will destroy in this moun- 
tain the face of the covering cast 
over all people, and the vail that is 
spread over all nations. 

8 He will swallow up death in vic- 
tory; and the Lord God will wipe 
away tears from off all faces ; and 
the rebuke of his people shall he take 
away from off all the earth : for the 
Lord hath spoken it. 

9 If And it shall be said in that 
day, Lo, this is our God ; we have 
waited for him, and he will save us : 
this is the Lord; we have waited 
for him, we will be glad and rejoice 
in his salvation. 

10 For in this mountain shall the 
hand of the Lord rest, and Moab 
shall be trodden down under him, 
even as straw is trodden down for 
the dunghill. 



11 And he shall spread forth his 
hands in the midst of them, as he 
that swimmeth spreadeth forth his 
hands to swim: and he shall bring 
down their pride together with the 
spoils of their hands. 

12 And the fortress of the high fort 
of thy walls shall he bring down, lay 
low, and bring to the ground, even to 
the dust. 

CHAPTEE XXYI. 

1 A song inciting to confidence in God, 5 for his judg- 
ments, 12 and for his favour to his people. 20 An ex- 
hortation to wait on God. 

IN that day shall this song be sung 
in the land of Judah ; We have 
a strong city; salvation will God 
appoint for walls and bulwarks. 

2 Open ye the gates, that the right- 
eous nation which keepeth the truth 
may enter in. 

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect 
peace, whose mind is stayed on thee : 
because he trusteth in thee. 

4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: 
for in the Lord JEHOVAH is ever- 
lasting strength. 

5 IT For he bringeth down them 
that dwell on high; the lofty city, 
he layeth it low; he layeth it low, 
even to the ground ; he bringeth it 
even to the dust. 

6 The foot shall tread it down, even 
the feet of the poor, and the steps of 
the needy. 

7 The way of the just is upright- 
ness : thou, most upright, dost weigh 
the path of the just. 

8 Yea, in the way of thy judg- 
ments, O Lord, have we waited for 
thee ; the desire of our soul is to thy 
name, and to the remembrance of thee. 

9 With my soul have I desired 
thee in the night ; yea, with my spir- 
it within me will I seek thee early : 
for when thy judgments are in the 
earth, the inhabitants of the world 
will learn righteousness. 

10 Let favour be shewed to the 
wicked, yet will he not learn right- 
eousness : in the land of uprightness 
will he deal unjustly, and will not 
behold the majesty of the Lord. 

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ISAIAH. God's care of his vineyard. 



11 Lord, when thy hand is lifted 
up, they will not see : but they shall 
see, and be ashamed for their envy 
at the people ; yea, the fire of thine 
enemies shall devour them. 

12 IT Lord, thou wilt ordain peace 
for us : for thou also hast wrought 
all our works in us. 

13 O Lord our God, other lords 
besides thee have had dominion over 
us ; but by thee only will we make 
mention of thy name. 

14 They are dead, they shall not 
live ; they are deceased, they shall 
not rise : therefore hast thou visited 
and destroyed them, and made all 
their memory to perish. 

15 Thou hast increased the nation, 
O Lord, thou hast increased the na- 
tion ; thou art glorified : thou hadst 
removed it far unto all the ends of the 
earth. 

16 Lord, in trouble have they 
visited thee ; they poured out a prayer 
when thy chastening was upon them. 

17 Like as a woman with child, 
that draweth near the time of her 
delivery, is in pain, and crieth out 
in her pangs ; so have we been in 
thy sight, O Lord. 

18 We have been with child, we 
have been in pain, we have as it 
were brought forth wind ; we have 
not wrought any deliverance in the 
earth; neither have the inhabitants 
of the world fallen. 

19 Thy dead men shall live, to- 
gether with my dead body shall they 
arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell 
in dust: for thy dew is as the dew 
of herbs, and the earth shall cast out 
the dead. 

20 TT Come, my people, enter thou 
into thy chambers, and shut thy 
doors about thee: hide thyself as it 
were for a little moment, until the 
indignation be overpast. 

2 1 For, behold, the Lord cometh out 
of his place to punish the inhabitants 
of the earth for their iniquity: the 
earth also shall disclose her blood, and 
shall no more cover her slain. 

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CHAPTEK XXVII. 

1 The care of God over his vineyard. 7 His chastise- 
ments differ from judgments. 12 The church of Jews 
and Gentiles. 

IN that day the Lord with his sore 
and great and strong sword shall 
punish leviathan the piercing ser- 
pent, even leviathan that crooked 
serpent ; and he shall slay the drag- 
on that is in the sea. 

2 In that day sing ye unto her, A 
vineyard of red wine. 

3 I the Lord do keep it ; I will 
water it every moment: lest any 
hurt it, I will keep it night and day. 

4 Fury is not in me : who would 
set the briers and thorns against me 
in battle ? I would go through them, 
I would burn them together. 

5 Or let him take hold of my 
strength, that he may make' peace 
with me; and he shall make peace 
with me. 

6 He shall cause them that come 
of Jacob to take root: Israel shall 
blossom and bud, and fill the face 
of the world with fruit. 

7 If Hath he smitten him, as he 
smote those that smote him? or is 
he slain according to the slaughter 
of them that are slain by him ? 

8 In measure, when it shooteth 
forth, thou wilt debate with it: he 
stayeth his rough wind in the day of 
the east wind. 

9 By this therefore shall the ini- 
quity of Jacob be purged ; and this 
is all the fruit to take away his sin ; 
when he maketh all the stones of the 
altar as chalkstones that are beaten 
in sunder, the groves and images 
shall not stand up. 

10 Yet the defenced city shall be 
desolate, and the habitation forsaken, 
and left like a wilderness: there 
shall the calf feed, and there shall he 
lie down, and consume the branches 
thereof. 

11 When the boughs thereof are 
withered, they shall be broken off: 
the women come, and set them on 
fire ; for it is a people of no under- 
standing: therefore he that made 



Ephraim is threatened. 



ISAIAH. 



Christ is promised. 



them will not have mercy on them, 
and he that formed them will shew 
them no favour. 

12 IT And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the Lord shall heat 
off from the channel of the river unto 
the stream of Egypt, and ye shall be 
gathered one by one, O ye children 
of Israel. 

13 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the great trumpet shall 
be blown, and they shall come which 
were ready to perish in the land of 
Assyria, and the outcasts in the land 
of Egypt, and shall worship the Lord 
in the holy mount at Jerusalem. 

CHAPTEE XXVIII. 

1 The prophet threateneth Ephraim for their pride and 
drunkenness. 5 The residue shall be advanced in the 
kingdom of Christ. 1 He rebuketh their error. 9 
Their untowardness to learn, 14 and their security. 16 
Christ the sure foundation is promised. 18 Their 
security shall be tried. 23 They are incited to the 
consideration of God's discreet providence. 

WOE to the crown of pride, to 
the drunkards of Ephraim, 
whose glorious beauty is a fading 
flower, which are on the head of the 
fat valleys of them that are overcome 
with wine ! 

2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty 
and strong one, which as a tempest of 
hail and a destroying storm, as a flood 
of mighty waters overflowing, shall 
cast down to the earth with the hand. 

3 The crown of pride, the drunkards 
of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: 

4 And the glorious beauty, which 
is on the head of the fat valley, shall 
be a fading flower, and as the hasty 
fruit before the summer ; which when 
he that looketh upon it seeth, while 
it is yet in his hand he eateth it up. 

5 IT In that day shall the Lord of 
hosts be for a crown of glory, and for 
a diadem of beauty, unto the residue 
of his people, 

6 And for a spirit of judgment to 
him that sitteth in judgment, and for 
strength to them that turn the battle 
to the gate. 

7 TT But they also have erred 
through wine, and through strong 



drink are out of the way ; the priest 
and the prophet have erred through 
strong drink, they are swallowed 
up of wine, they are out of the way 
through strong drink; they err in 
vision, they stumble in judgment. 

8 For all tables are full of vomit 
and filthiness, so that there is no place 
clean. 

9 If Whom shall he teach knowl- 
edge? and whom shall he make to 
understand doctrine ? them that are 
weaned from the milk, and drawn 
from the breasts. 

10 For precept must be upon pre- 
cept, precept upon precept ; line upon 
line, line upon line ; here a little, and 
there a little : 

11 For with stammering lips and 
another tongue will he speak to this 
people. 

12 To whom he said, This is the 
rest wherewith ye may cause the wea- 
ry to rest ; and this is the refreshing : 
yet they would not hear. 

13 But the word of the Lord was 
unto them precept upon precept, pre- 
cept upon precept; line upon line, 
line upon line; here a little, and 
there a little; that they might go, 
and fall backward, and be broken, 
and snared, and taken. 

14 IT Wherefore hear the word of 
the Lord, ye scornful men, that rule 
this people which is in Jerusalem. 

15 Because ye have said, We have 
made a covenant with death, and 
with hell are we at agreement ; when 
the overflowing scourge shall pass 
through, it shall not come unto us : 
for we have made lies our refuge, 
and under falsehood have we hid our- 
selves : 

16 If Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foun- 
dation a stone, a tried stone, a pre- 
cious corner stone, a sure foundation : 
he that belie veth shall not make 
haste. 

17 Judgment also will I lay to the 
line, and righteousness to the plum? 
met : and the hail shall sweep away 

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God's heavy judgment 



the refuge of lies, and the waters 
shall overflow the hiding place. 

18 H And your covenant with death 
shall he disannulled, and your agree- 
ment with hell shall not stand ; when 
the overflowing scourge shall pass 
through, then ye shall he trodden 
down by it. 

19 From the time that it goeth 
forth it shall take you : for morning 
by morning shall it pass over, by day 
and by night : and it shall be a vex- 
ation only to understand the report. 

20 For the bed is shorter than that 
a man can stretch himself on it : and 
the covering narrower than that he 
can wrap himself in it. 

21 For the Lord shall rise up as in 
mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as 
in the valley of Gibeon, that he may . 
do his work, his strange work ; and 
bring to pass his act, his strange 
act. 

22 Now therefore be ye not mock- 
ers, lest your bands be made strong : 
for I have heard from the Lord God 
of hosts a consumption, even deter- 
mined upon the whole earth. 

23 TT Give ye ear, and hear my voice ; 
hearken, and hear my speech. 

24 Doth the ploughman plough all 
day to sow ? doth he open and break 
the clods of his ground ? 

25 When he hath made plain the 
face thereof, doth he not cast abroad 
the fitches, and scatter the cummin, 
and cast in the principal wheat and 
the appointed barley and the rye in 
their place ? 

26 For his God doth instruct him 
to discretion, and doth teach him. 

27 For the fitches are not threshed 
with a threshing instrument, neither 
is a cart wheel turned about upon the 
cummin ; but the fitches are beaten 
out with a staff, and the cummin 
with a rod. 

28 Bread corn is bruised ; because 
he will not ever be threshing it, nor 
break it with the wheel of his cart, 
nor bruise it with his horsemen. 

29 This also cometh forth from the 

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Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in 
counsel, and excellent in working. 
CHAPTER XXIX. 

1 God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem. 1 The unsatia- 
bleness of her enemies. 9 The senselessness, 13 and 
deep hypocrisy of the Jews. IS A promise of sancti- 
fication to the godly. 

WOE to Ariel, to Ariel, the city 
where David dwelt! add ye 
year to year ; let them kill sacrifices. 

2 Yet I will distress Ariel, and 
there shall be heaviness and sorrow : 
and it shall be unto me as Ariel. 

3 And I will camp against thee 
round about, and will lay siege 
against thee with a mount, and I 
will raise forts against thee. 

4 And thou shalt be brought down, 
and shalt speak out of the ground, 
and thy speech shall be low out of 
the dust, and thy voice shall be, as 
of one that hath a familiar spirit, out 
of the ground, and thy speech shall 
whisper out of the dust. 

5 Moreover the multitude of thy 
strangers shall be like small dust, 
and the multitude of the terrible ones 
shall be as chaff that passeth away : 
yea, it shall be at an instant suddenly. 

6 Thou shalt be visited of the 
Lord of hosts with thunder, and 
with earthquake, and great noise, 
with storm and tempest, and the 
flame of devouring fire. 

7 *fi And the multitude of all the na- 
tions that fight against Ariel, even 
all that fight against her and her 
munition, and that distress her, shall 
be as a dream of a night vision. 

8 It shall even be as when a hun- 
gry man dreameth, and, behold, he 
eateth ; but he awaketh, and his soul 
is empty : or as when a thirsty man 
dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh ; 
but he awaketh, and, behold, he is 
faint, and his soul hath appetite : so 
shall the multitude of all the nations 
be, that fight against mount Zion. 

9 IT Stay yourselves, and wonder ; 
cry ye out, and cry : they are drunk- 
en, but not with wine ; they stagger, 
but not with strong drink. 

10 For the Lord hath poured out 



upon Jerusalem. 



ISAIAH. 



Promise to the godly. 



upon you the spirit of deep sleep, 
and hath closed your eyes: the 
prophets and your rulers, the seers 
hath he covered. 

11 And the vision of all is hecome 
unto you as the words of a book that 
is sealed, which men deliver to one 
that is learned, saying, Read this, I 
pray thee : and he saith, I cannot ; 
for it is sealed : 

12 And the book is delivered to 
him that is not learned, saying, Read 
this, I pray thee : and he saith, I am 
not learned. 

13 TT Wherefore the Lord said, 
Forasmuch as this people draw 
near me with their mouth, and with 
their lips do honour me, but have 
removed their heart far from me, 
and their fear toward me is taught 
by the precept of men : 

14 Therefore, behold, I will pro- 
ceed to do a marvellous work among 
this people, even a marvellous work 
and a wonder: for the wisdom of 
their wise men shall perish, and the 
understanding of their prudent men 
shall be hid. 

15 Woe unto them that seek deep 
to hide their counsel from the Lord, 
and their works are in the dark, and 
they say, Who seeth us ? and who 
knoweth us ? 

16 Surely your turning of things 
upside down shall be esteemed as 
the potter's clay : for shall the work 
say of him that made it, He made 
me not ? or shall the thing framed 
say of him that framed it, He had 
no understanding ? 

17 Is it not yet a very little while, 
and Lebanon shall be turned into a 
fruitful field, and the fruitful field 
shall be esteemed as a forest ? 

18 ^[ And in that day shall the deaf 
hear the words of the book, and the 
eyes of the blind shall see out of ob- 
scurity, and out of darkness. 

19 The meek also shall increase 
their joy in the Lord, and the poor 
among men shall rejoice in the Holy 
One of Israel. 



20 For the terrible one is brought 
to nought, and the scorner is con- 
sumed, and all that watch for iniqui- 
ty are cut off: 

21 That make a man an offender 
for a word, and lay a snare for him 
that reproveth in the gate, and turn 
aside the just for a thing of nought. 

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord, 
who redeemed Abraham, concerning 
the house of Jacob, Jacob shall not 
now be ashamed, neither shall his 
face now wax pale. 

23 But when he seeth his children, 
the work of mine hands, in the 
midst of him, they shall sanctify 
my name, and sanctify the Holy 
One of Jacob, and shall fear the 
God of Israel. 

24 They also that erred in spirit 
shall come to understanding, and they 
that murmured shall learn doctrine. 

CHAPTER XXX. 

1 The prophet threateneth the people for their confidence 
in Egypt, 8 and contempt of God's word. 18 God's 
mercies towards his church. 2T God's wrath, and the 
people's joy, in the destruction of Assyria. 

WOE to the rebellious children, 
saith the Lord, that take 
counsel, but not of me; and that 
cover with a covering, but not of my 
Spirit, that they may add sin to sin : 

2 That walk to go down into Egypt, 
and have not asked at my mouth ; to 
strengthen themselves in the strength 
of Pharaoh, and to trust in the shad- 
ow of Egypt ! 

3 Therefore shall the strength of 
Pharaoh be your shame, and the trust 
in the shadow of Egypt your confu- 
sion. 

4 For his princes were at Zoan, and 
his ambassadors came to Hanes. 

5 They were all ashamed of a peo- 
ple that could not profit them, nor be 
a help nor profit, but a shame, and 
also a reproach. 

6 The burden of the beasts of the 
south : Into the land of trouble and 
anguish, from whence come the young 
and old lion, the viper and fiery flying 
serpent, they will carry their riches 
upon the shoulders of young asses, 

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The people threatened for 



ISAIAH. 



contempt of GooVs word. 



and their treasures upon the bunches 
of camels, to a people that shall not 
profit them. 

7 For the Egyptians shall help in 
vain, and to no purpose : therefore 
have I cried concerning this, Their 
strength is to sit still. 

8 % Now go, write it before them 
in a table, and note it in a book, that 
it may be for the time to come for 
ever and ever : 

9 That this is a rebellious people, 
lying children, children that will not 
hear the law of the Lord : 

10 Which say to the seers, See not ; 
and to the prophets, Prophesy not 
unto us right things, speak unto us 
smooth things, prophesy deceits : 

11 Get you out of the way, turn 
aside out of the path, cause the Holy 
One of Israel to cease from before us. 

12 Wherefore thus saith the Holy 
One of Israel, Because ye despise 
this word, and trust in oppression 
and perverseness, and stay thereon: 

13 Therefore this iniquity shall be 
to you as a breach ready to fall, swell- 
ing out in a high wall, whose break- 
ing cometh suddenly at an instant. 

14 And he shall break it as the 
breaking of the potters' vessel that 
is broken in pieces ; he shall not 
spare : so that there shall not be 
found in the bursting of it a sherd to 
take fire from the hearth, or to take 
water withal out of the pit. 

15 For thus saith the Lord God, 
the Holy One of Israel ; In returning 
and rest shall ye be saved ; in quiet- 
ness and in confidence shall be your 
strength : and ye would not. 

16 But ye said, No; for we will 
flee upon horses ; therefore shall ye 
flee : and, We will ride upon the 
swift ; therefore shall they that pur- 
sue you be swift. 

17 One thousand shall flee at the 
rebuke of one ; at the rebuke of five 
shall ye flee : till ye be left as a bea- 
con upon the top of a mountain, and 
as an ensign on a hill. 

18 If And therefore will the Lord 

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wait, that he may be gracious unto 
you, and therefore will he be exalted, 
that he may have mercy upon you : 
for the Lord is a God of judgment : 
blessed are all they that wait for him. 

19 For the people shall dwell in 
Zion at Jerusalem : thou shalt weep 
no more : he will be very gracious 
unto thee at the voice of thy cry ; when 
he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 

20 And though the Lord give you 
the bread of adversity, and the water 
of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers 
be removed into a corner any more, 
but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: 

21 And thine ears shall hear a 
word behind thee, saying, This is 
the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn 
to the right hand, and when ye turn 
to the left. 

22 Ye shall defile also the covering 
of thy graven images of silver, and 
the ornament of thy molten images 
of gold : thou shalt cast them away 
as a menstruous cloth ; thou shalt 
say unto it, Get thee hence. 

23 Then shall he give the rain of 
thy seed, that thou shalt sow the 
ground withal; and bread of the in- 
crease of the earth, and it shall be 
fat and plenteous : in that day shall 
thy cattle feed in large pastures. 

24 The oxen likewise and the 
young asses that ear the ground 
shall eat clean provender, which 
hath been winnowed with the shovel 
and with the fan. 

25 And there shall be upon every 
high mountain, and upon every high 
hill, rivers and streams of waters in 
the day of the great slaughter, when 
the towers fall. 

26 Moreover the light of the moon 
shall be as the light of the sun, and 
the light of the sun shall be seven- 
fold, as the light of seven days, in 
the day that the Lord bindeth up 
the breach of his people, and healeth 
the stroke of their wound. 

27 IT Behold, the name of the Lord 
cometh from far, burning with his 
anger, and the burden thereof is 



The folly of 



ISAIAH. 



trusting in Egypt. 



heavy : his lips are full of indignation, 
and his tongue as a devouring fire : 

28 And his breath, as an overflow- 
ing stream, shall reach to the midst 
of the neck, to sift the nations with 
the sieve of vanity : and there shall 
be a bridle in the jaws of the people, 
causing them to err. 

29 Ye shall have a song, as in the 
night ivhen a holy solemnity is kept ; 
and gladness of heart, as when one 
goeth with a pipe to come into the 
mountain of the Lord, to the Mighty 
One of Israel. 

30 And the Lord shall cause his 
glorious voice to he heard, and shall 
shew the lighting down of his arm, 
with the indignation of his anger, 
and with the flame of a devouring 
fire, with scattering, and tempest, 
and hailstones. 

31 For through the voice of the 
Lord shall the Assyrian he beaten 
down, which smote with a rod. 

32 And in every place where the 
grounded staff shall pass, which the 
Lord shall lay upon him, it shall be 
with tabrets and harps : and in bat- 
tles of shaking will he fight with it. 

33 For Tophet is ordained of old ; 
yea, for the king it is prepared ; he 
hath made it deep and large: the 
pile thereof is fire and much wood ; 
the breath of the Lord, like a stream 
of brimstone, doth kindle it. 

CHAPTEE XXXI. 

1 The prophet sheweth the cursed folly in trusting to 
Egypt, and forsaking of God. 6 He exhorteth to con- 
version. 8 He sheweth the fall of Assyria. 

WOE to them that go down to 
Egypt for help; and stay on 
horses, and trust in chariots, because 
they are many; and in horsemen, 
because they are very strong; but 
they look not unto the Holy One of 
Israel, neither seek the Lord ! 

2 Yet he also is wise, and will 
bring evil, and will not call back 
his words : but will arise against the 
house of the evil doers, and against 
the help of them that work iniquity. 

3 Now the Egyptians are men, and 

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not God ; and their horses flesh, and 
not spirit. When the Lord shall 
stretch out his hand, both he that 
helpeth shall fall, and he that is 
holpen shall fall down, and they all 
shall fail together. 

4 For thus hath the Lord spoken 
unto me, Like as the lion and the 
young lion roaring on his prey, when 
a multitude of shepherds is called 
forth against him, he will not be 
afraid of their voice, nor abase him- 
self for the noise of them : so shall the 
Lord of hosts come down to fight for 
mount Zion, and for the hill thereof. 

5 As birds flying, so will the Lord 
of hosts defend Jerusalem; defend- 
ing also he will deliver it ; and pass- 
ing over he will preserve it. 

6 T[ Turn ye unto him from whom 
the children of Israel have deeply 
revolted. 

7 For in that day every man shall 
cast away his idols of silver, and his 
idols of gold, which your own hands 
have made unto you for a sin. 

8 1f Then shall the Assyrian fall 
with the sword, not of a mighty man ; 
and the sword, not of a mean man, 
shall devour him: but he shall flee 
from the sword, and his young men 
shall be discomfited. 

9 And he shall pass over to his 
strong hold for fear, and his princes 
shall be afraid of the ensign, saith 
the Lord, whose fire is in Zion, and 
his furnace in Jerusalem. 

CHAPTEE XXXII. 

1 The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 9 Desolation is 
foreshewn. 15 Restoration is promised to succeed. 

BEHOLD, a King shall reign in 
righteousness, and princes shall 
rule in judgment. 

2 And a man shall be as a hiding 
place from the wind, and a covert 
from the tempest ; as rivers of water 
in a dry place, as the shadow of a 
great rock in a weary land. 

3 And the eyes of them that see 
shall not be dim, and the ears of 
them that hear shall hearken. 

4 The heart also of the rash shall 

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The blessings of 



ISAIAH. 



Christ's kingdom. 



understand knowledge, and the tongue 
of the stammerers shall be ready to 
speak plainly. 

5 The vile person shall be no more 
called liberal, nor the churl said to be 
bountiful. 

6 For the vile person will speak 
villany, and his heart will work 
iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and 
to utter error against the Lord, to 
make empty the soul of the hungry ; 
and he will cause the drink of the 
thirsty to fail. 

7 The instruments also of the churl 
are evil : he deviseth wicked devices 
to destroy the poor with lying words, 
even when the needy speaketh right. 

8 But the liberal deviseth liberal 
things ; and by liberal things shall 
he stand. 

9 *[f Rise up, ye women that are 
at ease ; hear my voice, ye careless 
daughters ; give ear unto my speech. 

10 Many days and years shall ye 
be troubled, ye careless women : for 
the vintage shall fail, the gathering 
shall not come. 

11 Tremble, ye women that are at 
ease ; be troubled, ye careless ones : 
strip you, and make you bare, and 
gird sackcloth upon your loins. 

12 They shall lament for the teats, 
for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful 
vine. 

13 Upon the land of my people 
shall come up thorns and briers ; yea, 
upon all the houses of joy in the joy- 
ous city : 

14 Because the palaces shall be 
forsaken ; the multitude of the city 
shall be left; the forts and towers 
shall be for dens for ever, a joy of 
wild asses, a pasture of flocks ; 

15 Until the Spirit be poured upon 
us from on high, and the wilderness 
be a fruitful field, and the fruitful 
field be counted for a forest. 

16 Then judgment shall dwell in 
the wilderness, and righteousness re- 
main in the fruitful field. 

17 And the work of righteousness 
shall be peace ; and the effect of 

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righteousness, quietness and assurance 
for ever. 

18 And my people shall dwell in 
a peaceable habitation, and in sure 
dwellings, and in quiet resting places ; 

19 When it shall hail, coming 
down on the forest; and the city 
shall be low in a low place. 

20 Blessed are ye that sow beside 
all waters, that send forth thither the 
feet of the ox and the ass. 



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CHAPTEE XXXIII. 

1 God's judgments against the enemies of the church. 15 
The privileges of the godly. 

OE to thee that spoilest, and 
thou wast not spoiled; and 
dealest treacherously, and they dealt 
not treacherously with thee ! when 
thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be 
spoiled ; and when thou shalt make 
an end to deal treacherously, they 
shall deal treacherously with thee. 

2 O Lord, be gracious unto us ; 
we have waited for thee: be thou 
their arm every morning, our salva- 
tion also in the time of trouble. 

3 At the noise of the tumult the 
people fled ; at the lifting up of thy- 
self the nations were scattered. 

4 And your spoil shall be gathered 
like the gathering of the caterpillar : 
as the running to and fro of locusts 
shall he run upon them. 

5 The Lord is exalted; for he 
dwelleth on high : he hath filled Zion 
with judgment and righteousness. 

6 And wisdom and knowledge 
shall be the stability of thy times, 
and strength of salvation : the fear of 
the Lord is his treasure. 

7 Behold, their valiant ones shall 
cry without: the ambassadors of 
peace shall weep bitterly. 

8 The highways lie waste, the way- 
faring man ceaseth : he hath broken 
the covenant, he hath despised the 
cities, he regardeth no man. 

9 The earth mourneth and lan- 
guished : Lebanon is ashamed and 
hewn down : Sharon is like a wil- 
derness ; and Bashan and Carmel 
shake off their fruits. 



Privileges of the godly. 



ISAIAH. 



God avengeth his church. 



10 Now will I rise, saith the Lord ; 
now will I be exalted ; now will I 
lift up myself. 

11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall 
bring forth stubble: your breath, as 
fire, shall devour you. 

12 And the people shall be as the 
burnings of lime: as thorns cut up 
shall they be burned in the fire. 

13 IT Hear, ye that are far off, what 
I have done ; and, ye that are near, 
acknowledge my might. 

14 The sinners in Zion are afraid ; 
fearfulness hath surprised the hypo- 
crites. Who among us shall dwell with 
the devouring fire? who among us 
shall dwell with everlasting burnings ? 

15 He that walketh righteously, 
and speaketh uprightly ; he that de- 
spiseth the gain of oppressions, that 
shaketh his hands from holding of 
bribes, that stoppeth his ears from 
hearing of blood, and shutteth his 
eyes from seeing evil ; 

16 He shall dwell on high; his 
place of defence shall be the muni- 
tions of rocks : bread shall be given 
him;*his waters shall be sure. 

j 47 Thine eyes shall see the King in 
his beauty: they shall behold the 
land that is very far off. 

, 18 Thine heart shall meditate ter- 
ror. Where is the scribe ? where is 
the receiver ? where is he that count- 
ed the towers ? 

19 Thou shalt not see a fierce peo- 
ple, a people of a deeper speech than 
thou canst perceive ; of a stammer- 
ing tongue, that thou canst not un- 
derstand. 

20 Look upon Zion, the city of our 
solemnities : thine eyes shall see Je- 
rusalem a quiet habitation, a taber- 
nacle that shall not be taken down ; 
not one of the stakes thereof shall 
ever be removed, neither shall any 
of the cords thereof be broken. 

21 But there the glorious Lord 
will be unto us a place of broad rivers 
and streams ; wherein shall go no 
galley with oars, neither shall gal- 
lant ship pass thereby. 



22 For the Lord is our judge, the 
Lord is our lawgiver, the Lord is our 
King ; he will save us. 

23 Thy tacklings are loosed ; they 
could not well strengthen their mast ; 
they could not spread the sail : then 
is the prey of a great spoil divided .; 
the lame take the prey. 

24 And the inhabitant shall not 
say, I am sick : the people that dwell 
therein shall be forgiven their iniquity. 

CHAPTEK XXXIY. 

1 The judgments wherewith God revengeth his church. 
11 The desolation of her enemies. 16 The certainty 
of the prophecy. 

COME near, ye nations, to hear ; 
and hearken, ye people : let the 
earth hear, and all that is therein ; 
the world, and all things that come 
forth of it. 

2 For the indignation of the Lord 
is upon all nations, and his fury 
upon all their armies: he hath ut- 
terly destroyed them, he hath de- 
livered them to the slaughter. 

3 Their slain also shall be cast out, 
and their stink shall come up out of 
their carcasses, and the mountains 
shall be melted with their blood. 

4 And all the host of heaven shall 
be dissolved, and the heavens shall 
be rolled together as a scroll: and 
all their host shall fall down, as the 
leaf falleth off from the vine, and as 
a falling Jig from the fig tree. 

5 For my sword shall be bathed in 
heaven : behold, it shall come down 
upon Idumea, and upon the people 
of my curse, to judgment. 

6 The sword of the Lord is filled 
with blood, it is made fat with fat- 
ness, and with the blood of lambs 
and goats, with the fat of the kid- 
neys of rams : for the Lord hath a 
sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great 
slaughter in the land of Idumea. 

7 And the unicorns shall come 
down with them, and the bullocks 
with the bulls ; and their land shall 
be soaked with blood, and their dust 
made fat with fatness. 

8 For it is the day of the Lord's 

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The privileges 



ISAIAH. 



of the gospel. 



vengeance, and the year of recom- 
penses for the controversy of Zion. 

9 And the streams thereof shall be 
turned into pitch, and the dust there- 
of into brimstone, and the land thereof 
shall become burning pitch. 

10 It shall not be quenched night 
nor day ; the smoke thereof shall go 
up for ever : from generation to gen- 
eration it shall lie waste ; none shall 
pass through it for ever and ever. 

1 1 T But the cormorant and the bit- 
tern shall possess it; the owl also 
and the raven shall dwell in it : and 
he shall stretch out upon it the line 
of confusion, and the stones of emp- 
tiness. 

12 They shall call the nobles there- 
of to the kingdom, but none shall be 
there, and all her princes shall be 
nothing. 

13 And thorns shall come up in her 
palaces,nettles and brambles in the for- 
tresses thereof : and it shall be a habit- 
ation of dragons, and a court for owls. 

14 The wild beasts of the desert 
shall also meet with the wild beasts 
of the island, and the satyr shall cry 
to his fellow; the screech owl also 
shall rest there, and find for herself 
a place of rest. 

15 There shall the great owl make 
her nest, and lay, and hatch, and 
gather under her shadow : there shall 
the vultures also be gathered, every 
one with her mate. 

16 IT Seek ye out of the book of 
the Lord, and read : no one of these 
shall fail, none shall want her mate : 
for my mouth it hath commanded, 
and his spirit it hath gathered them. 

17 And he hath cast the lot for 
them, and his hand hath divided it 
unto them by line : they shall possess 
it for ever, from generation to gener- 
ation shall they dwell therein. 

CHAPTER XXXV. 

1 The joyful flourishing of Christ's kingdom. 3 The 
weak are encouraged by the virtues and privileges of 
the gospel. 

THE wilderness and the solitary 
place shall be glad for them ; and 

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the desert shall rejoice, and blossom 
as the rose. 

2 It shall blossom abundantly, and 
rejoice even with joy and singing: 
the glory of Lebanon shall be given 
unto it, the excellency of Carmel and 
Sharon ; they shall see the glory of the 
Lord, and the excellency of our God. 

3 T[ Strengthen ye the weak hands, 
and confirm the feeble knees. 

4 Say to them that are of a fearful 
heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, 
your God will come with vengeance, 
even God with a recompense ; he will 
come and save you. 

5 Then the eyes of the blind shall 
be opened, and the ears of the deaf 
shall be unstopped. 

6 Then shall the lame man leap as 
a hart, and the tongue of the dumb 
sing: for in the wilderness shall waters 
break out, and streams in the desert. 

7 And the parched ground shall 
become a pool, and the thirsty land 
springs of water: in the habitation 
of dragons, where each lay, shall be 
grass with reeds and rushes. 

8 And a highway shall be there, 
and a way, and it shall be called 
The way of holiness; the unclean 
shall not pass over it; but it shall 
be for those: the wayfaring men, 
though fools, shall not err therein. 

9 No lion shall be there, nor any 
ravenous beast shall go up thereon, 
it shall not be found there ; but the 
redeemed shall walk there : 

10 And the ransomed of the Lord 
shall return, and come to Zion with 
songs and everlasting joy upon their 
heads: they shall obtain joy and 
gladness, and sorrow and sighing 
shall flee away. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 

1 Sennacherib invadeth Judah. 4 Rabshakeh, sent by 
Sennacherib, by blasphemous persuasions soliciteth the 
people to revolt. 22 His words are told to Hezekiah. 

1VTOW it came to pass in the four- 
.1.1 teenth year of king Hezekiah, 
that Sennacherib king of Assyria 
came up against all the defenced 
cities of Judah, and took them. 



Blasphemous message 



ISAIAH. 



of Rabshakeh. 



2 And the king of Assyria sent 
Rabshakeh from Lachish to Jerusa- 
lem unto king Hezekiah with a great 
army. And he stood by the conduit 
of the upper pool in the highway 
of the fuller's field. 

3 Then came forth unto him Elia- 
kim, Hilkiah's son, which was over 
the house, and Shebna the scribe, 
and Joah, Asaph's son, the recorder. 

4 IT And Rabshakeh said unto 
them, Say ye now to Hezekiah, 
Thus saith the great king, the king 
of Assyria, What confidence is this 
wherein thou trustest ? 

5 I say, sayest thou, (but they are 
but vain words) / have counsel and 
strength for war : now on whom dost 
thou trust, that thou rebellest against 
me ? 

6 Lo, thou trustest in the staff of 
this broken reed, on Egypt; where- 
on if a man lean, it will go into his 
hand, and pierce it : so is Pharaoh 
king of Egypt to all that trust in him. 

7 But if thou say to me, We trust 
in the .Lord our God : is it not he, 
whose high places and whose altars 
Hezekiah hath taken away, and said 
to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall 
worship before this altar ? 

8 Now therefore give pledges, I 
pray thee, to my master the king of 
Assyria, and I will give thee two 
thousand horses, if thou be able on 
thy part to set riders upon them. 

9 How then wilt thou turn away 
the face of one captain of the least 
of my master's servants, and put thy 
trust on Egypt for chariots and for 
horsemen ? 

10 And am I now come up without 
the Lord against this land to destroy 
it ? the Lord said unto me, Go up 
against this land, and destroy it. 

11 IT Then said Eliakim and Sheb- 
na and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, 
I pray thee, unto thy servants in the 
Syrian language ; for we understand 
it : and speak not to us in the Jews' 
language, in the ears of the people 
that are on the wall. 



12 IT But Rabshakeh said, Hath my 
master sent me to thy master and to 
thee to speak these words ? hath he 
not sent me to the men that sit upon 
the wall, that they may eat their 
own dung, and drink their own piss 
with you ? 

13 Then Rabshakeh stood, and 
cried with a loud voice in the Jews' 
language, and said, Hear ye the words 
of the great king, the king of Assyria. 

14 Thus saith the king, Let not 
Hezekiah deceive you : for he shall 
not be able to deliver you. 

15 Neither let Hezekiah make you 
trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord 
will surely deliver us : this city shall 
not be delivered into the hand of the 
king of Assyria. 

16 Hearken not to Hezekiah : for 
thus saith the king of Assyria, Make 
an agreement with me by a present, 
and come out to me : and eat ye 
every one of his vine, and every one 
of his fig tree, and drink ye every 
one the waters of his own cistern ; 

17 Until I come and take you away 
to a land like your own land, a land 
of corn and wine, a land of bread and 
vineyards. 

18 Beware lest Hezekiah persuade 
you, saying, The Lord will deliver 
us. Hath any of the gods of the 
nations delivered his land out of the 
hand of the king of Assyria ? 

19 Where are the gods of Hamath 
and Arphad? where are the gods of 
Sepharvaim ? and have they deliver- 
ed Samaria out of my hand ? 

20 Who are they among all the 
gods of these lands, that have deliv- 
ered their land out of my hand, that 
the Lord should deliver Jerusalem 
out of my hand ? 

21 But they held their peace, and 
answered him not a word : for the 
king's commandment was, saying, 
Answer him not. 

22 Tf Then came Eliakim, the son of 
Hilkiah, that was over the household, 
and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the 
son of Asaph, the recorder, to Heze- 

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Hezekiah mourneth. 



ISAIAH. 



HezekiaKs prayer. 



kiah with their clothes rent, and told 
him the words of Rabshakeh. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 

1 Hezekiah mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them. 
6 Isaiah comforteth them. 8 Sennacherib, going to 
encounter Tirhakah, sendeth a blasphemous letter to 
Hezekiah. 14 Hezekiah 's prayer. 21 Isaiah's proph- 
ecy of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib, and 
the good of Zion. 36 An angel slayeth the Assyrians. 
37 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons. 

AND it came to pass, when king 
Hezekiah heard it, that he rent 
his clothes, and covered himself with 
sackcloth, and went into the house 
of the Lord. 

2 And he sent Eliakim, who was 
over the household, and Shebna the 
scribe, and the elders of the priests, 
covered with sackcloth, unto Isaiah 
the prophet the son of Amoz. 

3 And they said unto him, Thus 
saith Hezekiah, This day is a day of 
trouble, and of rebuke, and of blas- 
phemy : for the children are come to 
the birth, and there is not strength to 
bring forth. 

4 It may be the Lord thy God will 
hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom 
the king of Assyria his master hath 
sent to reproach the living God, and 
will reprove the words which the 
Lord thy God hath heard: wherefore 
lift up thy prayer for the remnant 
that is left. 

5 So the servants of king Hezekiah 
came to Isaiah. 

6 IT And Isaiah said unto them, 
Thus shall ye say unto your master, 
Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid 
of the words that thou hast heard, 
wherewith the servants of the king 
of Assyria have blasphemed me. 

7 Behold, I will send a blast upon 
him, and he shall hear a rumour, 
and return to his own land ; and I 
will cause him to fall by the sword 
in his own land. 

8 If So Rabshakeh returned, and 
found the king of Assyria warring 
against Libnah : for he had heard 
that he was departed from Lachish. 

9 And * he heard say concerning 
Tirhakah king of Ethiopia, He is 

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come forth to make war with thee. 
And when he heard it, he sent mes- 
sengers to Hezekiah, saying, 

10 Thus shall ye speak to Heze- 
kiah king of Judah, saying, Let not 
thy God, in whom thou trustest, de- 
ceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall 
not be given into the hand of the 
king of Assyria. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard what 
the kings of Assyria have done to 
all lands by destroying them utterly ; 
and shalt thou be delivered ? 

12 Have the gods of the nations 
delivered them which my fathers 
have destroyed, as Gozan, and Ha- 
ran, and Rezeph, and the children 
of Eden which were in Telassar ? 

13 Where is the king of Hamath, 
and the king of Arphad, and the king 
of the city of Sepharvaim, Hena, and 
Ivah? 

14 If And Hezekiah received the 
letter from the hand of the messen- 
gers, and read it: and Hezekiah 
went up unto the house of the Lord, 
and spread it before the Lord. 

15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the 
Lord, saying, 

16 Lord of hosts, God of Israel, 
that dwellest between the cherubim, 
thou art the God, even thou alone, 
of all the kingdoms of the earth: 
thou hast made heaven and earth. 

17 Incline thine ear, O Lord, and 
hear ; open thine eyes, O Lord, and 
see: and hear all the words of Sen- 
nacherib, which hath sent to re- 
proach the living God. 

18 Of a truth, Lord, the kings of 
Assyria have laid waste all the na- 
tions, and their countries, 

19 And have cast their gods into 
the fire : for they were no gods, but 
the work of men's hands, wood and 
stone : therefore they have destroyed 
them. 

20 Now therefore, O Lord our 
God, save us from his hand, that 
all the kingdoms of the earth may 
know that thou art the Lord, even 
thou only. 



Isaiah! s prophecy 



ISAIAH. 



against Sennacherib. 



21 TT Then Isaiah the son of Amoz 
sent unto Hezekiah, saying, Thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel, Where- 
as thou hast prayed to me against 
Sennacherib king of Assyria : 

22 This is the word which the 
Lord hath spoken concerning him ; 
The virgin, the daughter of Zion, 
hath despised thee, and laughed thee 
to scorn ; the daughter of Jerusalem 
hath shaken her head at thee. 

23 Whom hast thou reproached 
and blasphemed ? and against whom 
hast thou exalted thy voice, and lift- 
ed up thine eyes on high? even 
against the Holy One of Israel. 

24 By thy servants hast thou re- 
proached the Lord, and hast said, 
By the multitude of my chariots am 
I come up to the height of the moun- 
tains, to the sides of Lebanon ; and I 
will cut down the tall cedars thereof, 
and the choice fir trees thereof: and 
I will enter into the height of his 
border, and the forest of his Carmel. 

25 I have digged, and drunk water ; 
and with the sole of my feet have I 
dried up all the rivers of the besieged 
places. 

26 Hast thou not heard long ago, 
how I have done it ; and of ancient 
times, that I have formed it? now 
have I brought it to pass, that thou 
shouldest be to lay waste defenced 
cities into ruinous heaps. 

27 Therefore their inhabitants were 
of small power, they were dismayed 
and confounded: they were as the 
grass of the field, and as the green 
herb, as the grass on the housetops, 
and as corn blasted before it be 
grown up. 

28 But I know thy abode, and thy 
going out, and thy coming in, and 
thy rage against me. 

29 Because thy rage against me, 
and thy tumult, is come up into mine 
ears, therefore will I put my hook in 
thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, 
and I will turn thee back by the way 
by which thou earnest. 

30 And this shall be a sign unto 



thee, Ye shall eat this year such as 
groweth of itself; and the second 
year that which springeth of the 
same : and in the third year sow ye, 
and reap, and plant vineyards, and 
eat the fruit thereof. 

31 And the remnant that is esca- 
ped of the house of Judah shall again 
take root downward, and bear fruit 
upward : 

32 For out of Jerusalem shall go 
forth a remnant, and they that es- 
cape out of mount Zion : the zeal of 
the Lord of hosts shall do this. 

33 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
concerning the king of Assyria, He 
shall not come into this city, nor 
shoot an arrow there, nor come be- 
fore it with shields, nor cast a bank 
against it. 

34 By the way that he came, by the 
same shall he return, and shall not 
come into this city, saith the Lord. 

35 For I will defend this city to 
save it for mine own sake, and for 
my servant David's sake. 

36 Then the angel of the Lord 
went forth, and smote in the camp 
of the Assyrians a hundred and four- 
score and five thousand : and when 
they arose early in the morning, be- 
hold, they tuere all dead corpses. 

37 T[ So Sennacherib king of As- 
syria departed, and went and return- 
ed, and dwelt at Nineveh. 

38 And it came to pass, as he was 
worshipping in the house of Nisroch 
his god, that Adrammelech and Sha- 
rezer his sons smote him with the 
sword ; and they escaped into the 
land of Armenia: and Esar-haddon 
his son reigned in his stead. 

CHAPTER XXXYIII. 

1 Hezekiah, having received a message of death, hy prayer 
hath his life lengthened. 8 The snn goeth ten degrees 
backward, for a sign of that promise. 9 His song of 
thanksgiving. 

IN those days was Hezekiah sick 
unto death. And Isaiah the 
prophet the son of Amoz came unto 
him, and said unto him, Thus saith 
the Lord, Set thine house in order : 
for thou shalt die, and not live. 
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ISAIAH. 



of thanksgiving. 



2 Then Hezekiah turned his face 
toward the wall, and prayed unto 
the Lord, 

3 And said, Remember now, O 
Lord, I beseech thee, how I have 
walked before thee in truth and with 
a perfect heart, and have done that 
ivhich is good in thy sight. And 
Hezekiah wept sore. 

4 If Then came the word of the 
Lord to Isaiah, saying, 

5 Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus 
saith the Lord, the God of David 
thy father, I have heard thy prayer, 
I have seen thy tears : behold, I will 
add unto thy days fifteen years. 

6 And I will deliver thee and this 
city out of the hand of the king of 
Assyria : and I will defend this city. 

7 And this shall be a sign unto 
thee from the Lord, that the Lord 
will do this thing that he hath spo- 
ken; 

8 Behold, I will bring again the 
shadow of the degrees, which is gone 
down in the sun dial of Ahaz, ten 
degrees backward. So the sun re- 
turned ten degrees, by which degrees 
it was gone down. 

9 If The writing of Hezekiah king 
of Judah, when he had been sick, 
and was recovered of his sickness : 

10 I said in the cutting off of my 
days, I shall go to the gates of the 
grave : I am deprived of the residue 
of my years. 

Ill said, I shall not see the Lord, 
even the Lord, in the land of the 
living: I shall behold man no more 
with the inhabitants of the world. 

12 Mine age is departed, and is re- 
moved from me as a shepherd's tent : 
I have cut off like a weaver my life : 
he will cut me off with pining sick- 
ness : from day even to night wilt 
thou make an end of me. 

13 I reckoned till morning, that, 
as a lion, so will he break all my 
bones: from day even to night wilt 
thou make an end of me. 

14 Like a crane or a swallow, so 
did I chatter: I did mourn as a 

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dove: mine eyes fail with looking 
upward : O Lord, I am oppressed ; 
undertake for me. 

15 What shall I say ? he hath both 
spoken unto me, and himself hath 
done it : I shall go softly all my 
years in the bitterness of my soul. 

16 O Lord, by these things men 
live, and in all these things is the 
life of my spirit : so wilt thou recover 
me, and make me to live. 

17 Behold, for peace I had great 
bitterness ; but thou hast in love to 
my soul delivered it from the pit of 
corruption : for thou hast cast all my 
sins behind thy back. 

18 For the grave cannot praise 
thee, death cannot celebrate thee : 
they that go down into the pit cannot 
hope for thy truth. 

19 The living, the living, he shall 
praise thee, as I do this day: the 
father to the children shall make 
known thy truth. 

20 The Lord was ready to save 
me : therefore we will sing my songs 
to the stringed instruments all the 
days of our life in the house of the 
Lord. 

2 1 For Isaiah had said,Let them take 
a lump of figs, and lay it for a plaster 
upon the boil, and he shall recover. 

22 Hezekiah also had said, What 
is the sign that I shall go up to the 
house of the Lord ? 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

1 Merodach-baladan, sending to visit Hezekiah because 
of the wonder, hath notice of his treasures. 3 Isaiah, 
understanding thereof foretelleth the Babylonian cap- 
tivity. 

AT that time Merodach-baladan, 
. the son of Baladan, king of Bab- 
ylon, sent letters and a present to 
Hezekiah : for he had heard that he 
had been sick, and was recovered. 

2 And Hezekiah was glad of them, 
and shewed them the house of his 
precious things, the silver, and the 
gold, and the spices, and the pre- 
cious ointment, and all the house of 
his armour, and all that was found 
in his treasures: there was nothing 



The promulgation 



ISAIAH. 



of the gospel. 



in his house, nor in all his dominion, 
that Hezekiah shewed them not. 

3 IT Then came Isaiah the prophet 
unto king Hezekiah, and said unto 
him, What said these men? and 
from whence came they unto thee ? 
And Hezekiah said, They are come 
from a far country unto me, even 
from Babylon. 

4 Then said he, "What have they 
seen in thine house ? And Hezekiah 
answered, All that is in mine house 
have they seen: there is nothing 
among my treasures that I have not 
shewed them. 

5 Then said Isaiah to Hezekiah, 
Hear the word of the Lord of 
hosts : 

6 Behold, the days come, that all 
that is in thine house, and that which 
thy fathers have laid up in store until 
this day, shall be carried to Babylon : 
nothing shall be left, saith the Lord. 

7 And of thy sons that shall issue 
from thee, which thou shalt beget, 
shall they take away ; and they shall 
be eunuchs in the palace of the king 
of Babylon. 

8 Then said Hezekiah to Isaiah, 
Good is the word of the Lord which 
thou hast spoken. He said more- 
over, For there shall be peace and 
truth in my days. 

CHAPTEE XL. 

1 The promulgation of the gospel. 3 The preaching of 
John Baptist. 9 The preaching of the apostles. 12 
The prophet by the omnipotency of God, 18 and his 
incomparableness, 26 comforteth the people. 

COMFORT ye, comfort ye my 
people, saith your God. 

2 Speak ye comfortably to Jeru- 
salem, and cry unto her, that her 
warfare is accomplished, that her 
iniquity is pardoned: for she hath 
received of the Lord's hand double 
for all her sins. 

3 IT The voice of him that crieth in 
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way 
of the Lord, make straight in the 
desert a highway for our God. 

4 Every valley shall be exalted, 
and every mountain and hill shall be 



made low : and the crooked shall be 
made straight, and the rough places 
plain : 

5 And the glory of the Lord shall 
be revealed, and all flesh shall see 
it together: for the mouth of the 
Lord hath spoken it. 

6 The voice said, Cry. And he 
said, What shall I cry? All flesh 
is grass, and all the goodliness there- 
of is as the flower of the field : 

7 The grass withereth, the flower 
fadeth ; because the spirit of the 
Lord bloweth upon it: surely the 
people is grass. 

8 The grass withereth, the flower 
fadeth: but the word of our God 
shall stand for ever. 

9H O Zion, that bringest good 
tidings, get thee up into the high 
mountain; O Jerusalem, that bring- 
est good tidings, lift up thy voice 
with strength; lift it up, be not 
afraid ; say unto the cities of Judah, 
Behold your God ! 

10 Behold, the Lord God will come 
with strong hand, and his arm shall 
rule for him: behold, his reward is 
with him, and his work before him. 

11 He shall feed his flock like a 
shepherd : he shall gather the lambs 
with his arm, and carry them in his 
bosom, and shall gently lead those 
that are with young. 

12 IT Who hath measured the wa- 
ters in the hollow of his hand, and 
meted out heaven with the span, 
and comprehended the dust of the 
earth in a measure, and weighed the 
mountains in scales, and the hills in 
a balance ? 

13 Who hath directed the Spirit of 
the Lord, or being his counsellor 
hath taught him ? 

14 With whom took he counsel, 
and who instructed him, and taught 
him in the path of judgment, and 
taught him knowledge, and shewed 
to him the way of understanding ? 

15 Behold, the nations are as a 
drop of a bucket, and are counted 
as the small dust of the balance : 

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The vanity of likening 



ISAIAH 



God to any other being. 



behold, he taketh up the isles as a 
very little thing. 

16 And Lebanon is not sufficient to 
burn, nor the beasts thereof sufficient 
for a burnt offering. 

17 All nations before him are as 
nothing; and they are counted to 
him less than nothing, and vanity. 

18 IT To whom then will ye liken 
God ? or what likeness will ye com- 
pare unto him ? 

1 9 The workman melteth a graven 
image, and the goldsmith spreadeth 
it over with gold, and casteth silver 
chains. 

20 He that is so impoverished that 
he hath no oblation chooseth a tree 
that will not rot ; he seeketh unto 
him a cunning workman to prepare a 
graven image, that shall not be moved. 

21 Have ye not known? have ye 
not heard ? hath it not been told you 
from the beginning ? have ye not 
understood from the foundations of 
the earth? 

22 It is he that sitteth upon the 
circle of the earth, and the inhabi- 
tants thereof are as grasshoppers ; 
that stretcheth out the heavens as 
a curtain, and spreadeth them out as 
a tent to dwell in : 

23 That bringeth the princes to 
nothing ; he maketh the judges of 
the earth as vanity. 

24 Yea, they shall not be planted; 
yea, they shall not be sown ; yea, 
their stock shall not take root in the 
earth: and he shall also blow upon 
them, and they shall wither, and the 
whirlwind shall take them away as 
stubble. 

25 To whom then will ye liken me, 
or shall I be equal? saith the Holy 
One. 

26 Lift up your eyes on high, and 
behold who hath created these things, 
that bringeth out their host by num- 
ber: he calleth them all by names 
by the greatness of his might, for that 
he is strong in power ; not one faileth. 

27 Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and 
speakest, O Israel, My way is hid 

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from the Lord, and my judgment is 
passed over from my God ? 

28 If Hast thou not known? hast 
thou not heard, that the everlasting 
God, the Lord, the Creator of the 
ends of the earth, fainteth not, nei- 
ther is weary ? there is no searching 
of his understanding. 

29 He giveth power to the faint; 
and to them that have no might he 
increaseth strength. 

30 Even the youths shall faint and 
be weary, and the young men shall 
utterly fall : 

3 1 But they that wait upon the Lord 
shall renew their strength ; they shall 
mount up with wings as eagles ; they 
shall run, and not be weary ; and they 
shall walk, and not faint. 

CHAPTEE XLL 

1 God expostulated with his people, about his mercies 
to the church, 10 about his promises, 21 and about the 
vanity of idols. 

KEEP silence before me, O 
islands ; and let the people 
renew their strength : let them come 
near; then let them speak: let us 
come near together to judgment. 

2 Who raised up the righteous 
man from the east, called him to his 
foot, gave the nations before him, 
and made him rule over kings? he 
gave them as the dust to his sword, 
and as driven stubble to his bow. 

3 He pursued them, and passed 
safely; even by the way that he had 
not gone with his feet. 

4 Who hath wrought and done it, 
calling the generations from the be- 
ginning ? I the Lord, the first, and 
with the last ; I am he. 

5 The isles saw it, and feared ; the 
ends of the earth were afraid, drew 
near, and came. 

6 They helped every one his neigh- 
bour ; and every one said to his broth- 
er, Be of good courage. 

7 So the carpenter encouraged the 
goldsmith, and he that smootheth 
with the hammer him that smote the 
anvil, saying, It is ready for the sol- 
dering : and he fastened it with nails, 
that it should not be moved. 



God's church exhorted 



ISAIAH. 



to trust in him. 



8 But thou, Israel, art my servant, 
Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed 
of Abraham my friend. 

9 Thou whom I have taken from 
the ends of the earth, and called 
thee from the chief men thereof, and 
said unto thee, Thou art my servant ; 
I have chosen thee, and not cast 
thee away. 

10 IT Fear thou not ; for I am with 
thee : be not dismayed ; for I am thy 
God : I will strengthen thee ; yea, I 
will help thee; yea, I will uphold 
thee with the right hand of my right- 
eousness. 

11 Behold, all they that were in- 
censed against thee shall be asha- 
med and confounded : they shall be 
as nothing; and they that strive 
with thee shall perish. 

12 Thou shalt seek them, and shalt 
not find them, even them that con- 
tended with thee : they that war 
against thee shall be as nothing, and 
as a thing of nought. 

13 For I the Lord thy God will 
hold thy right hand, saying unto 
thee, Fear not ; I will help thee. 

14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, and 
ye men of Israel; I will help thee, 
saith the Lord, and thy Redeemer, 
the Holy One of Israel. 

15 Behold, I will make thee a new 
sharp threshing instrument having 
teeth: thou shalt thresh the moun- 
tains, and beat them small, and shalt 
make the hills as chaff. 

16 Thou shalt fan them, and the 
wind shall carry them away, and the 
whirlwind shall scatter them : and 
thou shalt rejoice in the Lord, and 
shalt glory in the Holy One of Israel. 

17 When the poor and needy seek 
water, and there is none, and their 
tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord 
will hear them, I the God of Israel 
will not forsake them. 

181 will open rivers in high places, 
and fountains in the midst of the 
valleys : I will make the wilderness 
a pool of water, and the dry land 
springs of water. 



19 I will plant in the wilderness 
the cedar, the shittah tree, and the 
myrtle, and the oil tree ; I will set in 
the desert the fir tree, and the pine, 
and the box tree together : 

20 That they may see, and know, 
and consider, and understand togeth- 
er, that the hand of the Lord hath 
done this, and the Holy One of Israel 
hath created it. 

21 Produce your cause, saith the 
Lord; bring forth your strong rea- 
sons, saith the King of Jacob. 

22 Let them bring them forth, 
and shew us what shall happen : 
let them shew the former things, 
what they be, that we may consider 
them, and know the latter end of 
them ; or declare us things for to 
come. 

23 Shew the things that are to 
come hereafter, that we may know 
that ye are gods : yea, do good, or 
do evil, that we may be dismayed, 
and behold it together. 

24 Behold, ye are of nothing, and 
your work of nought: an abomina- 
tion is he that chooseth you. 

25 I have raised up one from the 
north, and he shall come : from the 
rising of the sun shall he call upon 
my name : and he shall come upon 
princes as upon mortar, and as the 
potter treadeth clay. 

26 Who hath declared from the 
beginning, that we may know ? and 
beforetime, that we may say, He is 
righteous ? yea, there is none that 
sheweth, yea, there is none that de- 
clareth, yea, there is none that hear- 
eth your words. 

27 The first shall say to Zion, Be- 
hold, behold them : and I will give 
to Jerusalem one that bringeth good 
tidings. 

28 For I beheld, and there was no 
man; even among them, and there 
was no counsellor, that, when I asked 
of them, could answer a word. 

29 Behold, they are all vanity; 
their works are nothing: their mol- 
ten images are wind and confusion. 

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ISAIAH. Israel reproved for unbelief 



CHAPTER XLII. 

1 The office of Christ, graced with meekness and con- 
stancy. 5 God's promise unto him. 10 An exhorta- 
tion to praise God for his gospel. 17 He reproveth 
the people of incredulity. 

BEHOLD my servant, whom I up- 
hold ; mine elect, in whom my 
soul delighteth ; I have put my Spirit 
upon him: he shall bring forth judg- 
ment to the Gentiles. 

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor 
cause his voice to be heard in the 
street. 

3 A bruised reed shall he not break, 
and the smoking flax shall he not 
quench: he shall bring forth judg- 
ment unto truth. 

4 He shall not fail nor be discour- 
aged, till he have set judgment in 
the earth: and the isles shall wait 
for his law. 

5 1f Thus saith God the Lord, he 
that created the heavens, and stretch- 
ed them out; he that spread forth 
the earth, and that which cometh out 
of it ; he that giveth breath unto the 
people upon it, and spirit to them 
that walk therein : 

6 I the Lord have called thee in 
righteousness, and will hold thine 
hand, and will keep thee, and give 
thee for a covenant of the people, for 
a light of the Gentiles ; 

7 To open the blind eyes, to bring 
out the prisoners from the prison, 
and them that sit in darkness out of 
the prison house. 

8 I am the Lord; that is my 
name : and my glory will I not give 
to another, neither my praise to gra- 
ven images. 

9 Behold, the former things are 
come to pass, and new things do I 
declare: before they spring forth I 
tell you of them. 

10 Sing unto the Lord a new song, 
and his praise from the end of the 
earth, ye that go down to the sea, 
and all that is therein ; the isles, 
and the inhabitants thereof. 

11 Let the wilderness and the cities 
thereof lift up their voice, the villages 
that Kedar doth inhabit : let the in- 

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habitants of the rock sing, let them 
shout from the top of the mountains. 

12 Let them give glory unto the 
Lord, and declare his praise in the 
islands. 

13 The Lord shall go forth as a 
mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy 
like a man of war : he shall cry, yea, 
roar ; he shall prevail against his en* 
emies. 

14 I have long time holden my 
peace; I have been still, and re- 
frained myself: now will I cry like 
a travailing woman; I will destroy 
and devour at once. 

15 I will make waste mountains 
and hills, and dry up all their herbs ; 
and I will make the rivers islands, 
and I will dry up the pools. 

16 And I will bring the blind by a 
way that they knew not ; I will lead 
them in paths that they have not 
known: I will make darkness light 
before them, and crooked things 
straight. These things will I do 
unto them, and not forsake them. 

17 % They shall be turned back, 
they shall be greatly ashamed, that 
trust in graven images, that say to 
the molten images, Ye are our gods. 

18 Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye 
blind, that ye may see. 

19 Who is blind, but my servant ? 
or deaf, as my messenger that I sent ? 
who is blind as he that is perfect, and 
blind as the Lord's servant ? 

20 Seeing many things, but thou 
observest not ; opening the ears, but 
he heareth not. 

2 1 The Lord is well pleased for his 
righteousness' sake ; he will magnify 
the law, and make it honourable. 

22 But this is a people robbed and 
spoiled ; they are all of them snared 
in holes, and they are hid in prison 
houses: they are for a prey, and 
none delivereth ; for a spoil, and 
none saith, Restore. 

23 Who among you will give ear 
to this ? who will hearken and hear 
for the time to come ? 

24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, 



God comforteth the church. ISAIAH. 



Fall of Babylon foretold. 



and Israel to the robbers ? did not 
the Lord, he against whom we have 
sinned ? for they would not walk in 
his ways, neither were they obedient 
unto his law. 

25 Therefore he hath poured upon 
him the fury of his anger, and the 
strength of battle : and it hath set 
him on fire round about, yet he 
knew not; and it burned him, yet 
he laid it not to heart. 

CHAPTEE XLIII. 

1 TJie Lord comforteth the church with his promises. 8 He 
appeaieth to the people for witness of his omnipotency. 
14 He foretelleth them the destruction of Babylon, 1 8 
and his wonderful deliverance of his people. 22 He 
reproveth the people as inexcusable. 

BUT now thus saith the Lord that 
created thee, O Jacob, and he 
that formed thee, O Israel, Fear not : 
for I have redeemed thee, I have call- 
ed thee by thy name ; thou art mine. 

2 When thou passest through the 
waters, I will be with thee; and 
through the rivers, they shall not 
overflow thee : when thou walkest 
through the fire, thou shalt not be 
burned; neither shall the flame kin- 
dle upon thee. 

3 For I am the Lord thy God, the 
Ho]y One of Israel, thy Saviour: I 
gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia 
and Seba for thee. 

4 Since thou wast precious in my 
sight, thou hast been honourable, and 
I have loved thee : therefore will I give 
men for thee, and people for thy life. 

5 Fear not ; for I am with thee : I 
will bring thy seed from the east, and 
gather thee from the west : 

6 I will say to the north, Give up ; 
and to the south, Keep not back: 
bring my sons from far, and my 
daughters from the ends of the earth ; 

7 Even every one that is called by 
my name: for I have created him 
for my glory, I have formed him; 
yea, I have made him. 

8 IT Bring forth the blind people that 
have eyes, and the deaf that have ears. 

9 Let all the nations be gathered 
together, and let the people be as- 
sembled: who among them can 



declare this, and shew us former 
things? let them bring forth their 
witnesses, that they may be justified : 
or let them hear, and say, It is truth. 

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the 
Lord, and my servant whom I have 
chosen; that ye may know and be- 
lieve me, and understand that I am he : 
before me there was no God formed, 
neither shall there be after me. 

11 I, even I, am the Lord; and 
beside me there is no saviour. 

12 I have declared, and have saved, 
and I have shewed, when there was 
no strange god among you: there- 
fore ye are my witnesses, saith the 
Lord, that I am God. 

13 Yea, before the day was I am 
he ; and there is none that can deliv- 
er out of my hand : I will work, and 
who shall let it? 

14 If Thus saith the Lord, your 
Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel ; 
For your sake I have sent to Bab- 
ylon, and have brought down all their 
nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose 
cry is in the ships. 

15 I am the Lord, your Holy One, 
the Creator of Israel, your King. 

16 Thus saith the Lord, which 
maketh a way in the sea, and a path 
in the mighty waters ; 

17 Which bringeth forth the char- 
iot and horse, the army and the 
power ; they shall lie down together, 
they shall not rise : they are extinct, 
they are quenched as tow. 

18 If Remember ye not the former 
things, neither consider the things of 
old. 

19 Behold, I will do a new thing; 
now it shall spring forth ; shall ye 
not know it? I will even make a 
way in the wilderness, and rivers in 
the desert. 

20 The beast of the field shall hon- 
our me, the dragons and the owls : 
because I give waters in the wilder- 
ness, and rivers in the desert, to give 
drink to my people, my chosen. 

2 1 This people have I formed for my- 
self ; they shall shew forth my praise. 

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The folly of idol makers. 



22 TT But thou hast not called upon 
me, O Jacob ; but thou hast been 
weary of me, O Israel. 

23 Thou hast not brought me the 
small cattle of thy burnt offerings; 
neither hast thou honoured me with 
thy sacrifices. I have not caused 
thee to serve with an offering, nor 
wearied thee with incense. 

24 Thou hast bought me no sweet 
cane with money, neither hast thou 
filled me with the fat of thy sacri- 
fices : but thou hast made me to 
serve with thy sins, thou hast wea- 
ried me with thine iniquities. 

25 I, even I, am he that blotteth out 
thy transgressions for mine own sake, 
and will not remember thy sins. 

26 Put me in remembrance: let 
us plead together : declare thou, that 
thou mayest be justified. 

27 Thy first father hath sinned, 
and thy teachers have transgressed 
against me. 

28 Therefore I have profaned the 
princes of the sanctuary, and have 
given Jacob to the curse, and Israel 
to reproaches. 

CHAPTER XLIY. 

1 God comforteth the church with his promises. 7 The 
vanity of idols, 9 and folly of idol makers. 2 1 He 
exhorteth to praise God for his redemption and orn- 
nipotency. 

YET now hear, O Jacob my ser- 
vant ; and Israel, whom I have 
chosen : 

2 Thus saith the Lord that made 
thee, and formed thee from the 
womb, which will help thee; Fear 
not, O Jacob, my servant ; and thou, 
Jeshurun, whom I have chosen. 

3 For I will pour water upon him 
that is thirsty, and floods upon the 
dry ground: I will pour my Spirit 
upon thy seed, and my blessing upon 
thine offspring : 

4 And they shall spring up as 
among the grass, as willows by the 
watercourses. 

5 One shall say, I am the Lord's ; 
and another shall call himself by the 
name of Jacob ; and another shall 
subscribe with his hand unto the 

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Lord, and surname himself by the 
name of Israel. 

6 Thus saith the Lord the King of 
Israel, and his Redeemer the Lord of 
hosts ; I am the first, and I am the 
last ; and besides me there is no God. 

7 And who, as I, shall call, and 
shall declare it, and set it in order 
for me, since I appointed the ancient 
people ? and the things that are com- 
ing, and shall come, let them shew 
unto them. 

8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid: 
have not I told thee from that time, 
and have declared it ? ye are even my 
witnesses. Is there a God besides me ? 
yea, there is no God ; I know not any. 

9 IT They that make a graven 
image are all of them vanity; and 
their delectable things shall not 
profit; and they are their own 
witnesses; they see not, nor know; 
that they may be ashamed. 

10 Who hath formed a god, or 
molten a graven image that is prof- 
itable for nothing ? 

11 Behold, all his fellows shall be 
ashamed ; and the workmen, they 
are of men : let them all be gathered 
together, let them stand up ; yet 
they shall fear, and they shall be 
ashamed together. 

12 The smith with the tongs both 
worketh in the coals, and fashioneth 
it with hammers, and worketh it 
with the strength of his arms : yea, 
he is hungry, and his strength faileth : 
he drinketh no water, and is faint. 

13 The carpenter stretcheth out his 
rule ; he marketh it out with a line ; 
he fitteth it with planes, and he mark- 
eth it out with the compass, and 
maketh it after the figure of a man, 
according to the beauty of a man; 
that it may remain in the house. 

14 He heweth him down cedars, 
and taketh the cypress and the oak, 
which he strengtheneth for himself 
among the trees of the forest: he 
planteth an ash, and the rain doth 
nourish it. 

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An exhortation 



ISAIAH. 



to praise God. 



burn : for he will take thereof, and 
warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, 
and baketh bread ; yea, he maketh a 
god, and worshippeth it ; he maketh 
it a graven image, and falleth down 
thereto. 

16 He burneth part thereof in the 
fire; with part thereof he eateth 
flesh ; he roasteth roast, and is satis- 
fied : yea, he warmeth himself, and 
saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen 
the fire : 

17 And the residue thereof he 
maketh a god, even his graven image : 
he falleth down unto it, and worship- 
peth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, 
Deliver me ; for thou art my god. 

18 They have not known nor un- 
derstood: for he hath shut their 
eyes, that they cannot see ; and their 
hearts, that they cannot understand. 

19 And none considereth in his 
heart, neither is there knowledge nor 
understanding to say, I have burned 
part of it in the fire ; yea, also I have 
baked bread upon the coals thereof; 
I have roasted flesh, and eaten it : 
and shall I make the residue thereof 
an abomination ? shall I fall down to 
the stock of a tree ? 

20 He feedeth on ashes : a deceived 
heart hath turned him aside, that he 
cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is 
there not a lie in my right hand ? 

21 % Remember these, O Jacob 
and Israel ; for thou art my servant : 
I have formed thee ; thou art my 
servant : O Israel, thou shalt not be 
forgotten of me. 

22 I have blotted out, as a thick 
cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a 
cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for 
I have redeemed thee. 

23 Sing, O ye heavens ; for the 
Lord hath done it: shout, ye lower 
parts of the earth: break forth into 
singing, ye mountains, O forest, and 
every tree therein : for the Lord hath 
redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself 
in Israel. 

24 Thus saith the Lord, thy Re- 
deemer, and he that formed thee 



from the womb, I am the Lord that 
maketh all things; that stretcheth 
forth the heavens alone ; that spread- 
eth abroad the earth by myself; 

25 That frustrateth the tokens of 
the liars, and maketh diviners mad ; 
that turneth wise men backward, and 
maketh their knowledge foolish ; 

26 That confirm eth the word of his 
servant, and performeth the counsel 
of his messengers ; that saith to Jeru- 
salem, Thou shalt be inhabited ; and 
to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be 
built, and I will raise up the decay- 
ed places thereof: 

27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, 
and I will dry up thy rivers : 

28 That saith of Cyrus, He is my 
shepherd, and shall perform all my 
pleasure : even saying to Jerusalem, 
Thou shalt be built ; and to the tem- 
ple, Thy foundation shall be laid. 

CHAPTER XLY. 

1 God calleth Cyrus for his church's sake. 5 By Ids 
omnipotency he challengeth obedience. 20 He con- 
vinceth the idols of vanity by his saving power. 

THUS saith the Lord to his anoint- 
ed, to Cyrus, whose right hand 
I have holden, to subdue nations be- 
fore him ; and I will loose the loins 
of kings, to open before him the two- 
leaved gates ; and the gates shall not 
be shut ; 

2 I will go before thee, and make 
the crooked places straight: I will 
break in pieces the gates of brass, 
and cut in sunder the bars of iron : 

3 And I will give thee the treasures 
of darkness, and hidden riches of se- 
cret places, that thou mayest know 
that I, the Lord, which call thee by 
thy name, am the God of Israel. 

4 For Jacob my servant's sake, and 
Israel mine elect, I have even called 
thee by thy name : I have surnained 
thee, though thou hast not known me. 

5 If I am the Lord, and there is 
none else, there is no God besides me : 
I girded thee, though thou hast not 
known me ; 

6 That they may know from the 
rising of the sun, and from the west, 

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his own omnipotency. 



that there is none besides me. I am 
the Lord, and there is none else. 

7 I form the light, and create dark- 
ness : I make peace, and create evil : 
I the Lord do all these things. 

8 Drop down, ye heavens, from 
above, and let the skies pour down 
righteousness: let the earth open, 
and let them bring forth salvation, 
and let righteousness spring up to- 
gether ; I the Lord have created it. 

9 Woe unto him that striveth with 
his Maker! Let the potsherd strive 
with the potsherds of the earth. 
Shall the clay say to him that 
fashioneth it, What makest thou? 
or thy work, He hath no hands ? 

10 Woe unto him that saith unto 
his father, What begettest thou ? or to 
the woman, What hast thou brought 
forth ? 

11 Thus saith the Lord, the Holy 
One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask 
me of things to come concerning my 
sons, and concerning the work of my 
hands command ye me. 

12 I have made the earth, and cre- 
ated man upon it : I, even my hands, 
have stretched out the heavens, and 
all their host have I commanded. 

13 I have raised him up in right- 
eousness, and I will direct all his 
ways : he shall build my city, and he 
shall let go my captives, not for price 
nor reward, saith the Lord of hosts. 

14 Thus saith the Lord, The la- 
bour of Egypt, and merchandise of 
Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of 
stature, shall come over unto thee, 
and they shall be thine : they shall 
come after thee ; in chains they shall 
come over, and they shall fall down 
unto thee, they shall make supplica- 
tion unto thee, saying, Surely God is 
in thee ; and there is none else, there 
is no God. 

15 Verily thou art a God that hidest 
thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour. 

16 They shall be ashamed, and also 
confounded, all of them : they shall 
go to confusion together that are 
makers of idols. 

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17 But Israel shall be saved in 
the Lord with an everlasting salva- 
tion: ye shall not be ashamed nor 
confounded world without end. 

18 For thus saith the Lord that 
created the heavens; God himself 
that formed the earth and made it; 
he hath established it, he created it 
not in vain, he formed it to be in- 
habited : I am the Lord, and there is 
none else. 

19 I have not spoken in secret, in 
a dark place of the earth : I said not 
unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me 
in vain : I the Lord speak righteous- 
ness, I declare things that are right. 

20 1[ Assemble yourselves and 
come; draw near together, ye that 
are escaped of the nations : they have 
no knowledge that set up the wood 
of their graven image, and pray unto 
a god that cannot save. 

21 Tell ye, and bring them near; 
yea, let them take counsel together : 
who hath declared this from ancient 
time? who hath told it from that 
time ? have not I the Lord ? and 
there is no God else beside me ; a 
just God and a Saviour ; there is 
none beside me. 

22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, 
all the ends of the earth : for I am 
God, and there is none else. 

23 I have sworn by myself, the 
word is gone out of my mouth in 
righteousness, and shall not return, 
That unto me every knee shall bow, 
every tongue shall swear. 

24 Surely shall one say, In the 
Lord have I righteousness and 
strength : even to him shall men 
come ; and all that are incensed 
against him shall be ashamed. 

25 In the Lord shall all the seed 
of Israel be justified, and shall glory. 

CHAPTEE XLYI. 

1 Tlie idols of Babylon could not save themselves. 3 
God saveth his people to the end. 5 Idols are not com- 
parable to God for power, 12 or present salvation. 

BEL boweth down, Nebo stoop- 
eth ; their idols were upon the 
beasts, and upon the cattle : your 



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ISAIAH. 



Judgment upon Babylon. 



carriages were heavy laden ; they 
are a burden to the weary beast. 

2 They stoop, they bow down to- 
gether; they could not deliver the 
burden, but themselves are gone 
into captivity. 

3 H Hearken unto me, O house of 
Jacob, and all the remnant of the 
house of Israel, which are borne by 
me from the belly, which are carried 
from the womb : 

4 And even to your old age I am 
he ; and even to hoar hairs will I carry 
you : I have made, and I will bear ; 
even I will carry, and will deliver you. 

5 ^T To whom will ye liken me, 
and make me equal, and compare 
me, that we may be like ? 

6 They lavish gold out of the bag, 
and weigh silver in the balance, and 
hire a goldsmith ; and he maketh it a 
god : they fall down, yea, they worship. 

7 They bear him upon the shoul- 
der, they carry him, and set him in 
his place, and he standeth ; from his 
place shall he not remove : yea, one 
shall cry unto him, yet can he not an- 
swer, nor save him out of his trouble. 

8 Remember this, and shew your- 
selves men : bring it again to mind, 

ye transgressors. 

9 Remember the former things of 
old : for I am God, and there is none 
else ; I" am God, and there is none 
like me, 

10 Declaring the end from the be- 
ginning, and from ancient times the 
things that are not yet done, saying, 
My counsel shall stand, and I will do 
all my pleasure : 

11 Calling a ravenous bird from 
the east, the man that executeth my 
counsel from a far country : yea, I have 
spoken it, I will also bring it to pass ; 

1 have purposed it, I will also do it. 

12 1[ Hearken unto me, ye stout- 
hearted, that are far from righteous- 
ness : 

13 I bring near my righteousness ; 
it shall not be far off, and my salva- 
tion shall not tarry : and I will place 
salvation in Zion for Israel my glory. 

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CHAPTER XLYII. 

1 God's judgment upon Babylon and Chaldea, 6 for their 
unmercifulness, 7 pride, 10 and overboldness, 11 shall 
be unresist ible. 

COME down, and sit in the dust, 
O virgin daughter of Babylon, 
sit on the ground : there is no throne, 

daughter of the Chaldeans : for 
thou shalt no more be called tender 
and delicate. 

2 Take the millstones, and grind 
meal: uncover thy locks, make bare 
the leg, uncover the thigh, pass over 
the rivers. 

3 Thy nakedness shall be uncover- 
ed, yea, thy shame shall be seen : I 
will take vengeance, and I will not 
meet thee as a man. 

4 As for our Redeemer, the Lord 
of hosts is his name, the Holy One 
of Israel. 

5 Sit thou silent, and get thee into 
darkness, O daughter of the Chal- 
deans: for thou shalt no more be 
called, The lady of kingdoms. 

6 ^T I was wroth with my people, I 
have polluted mine inheritance, and 
given them into thine hand : thou 
didst shew them no mercy ; upon 
the ancient hast thou very heavily 
laid thy yoke. 

7 1[ And thou saidst, I shall be 
a lady for ever: so that thou didst 
not lay these things to thy heart, nei- 
ther didst remember the latter end 
of it. 

8 Therefore hear now this, thou that 
art given to pleasures, that dwellest 
carelessly, that sayest in thine heart, 
I am, and none else besides me ; I 
shall not sit as a widow, neither shall 

1 know the loss of children : 

9 But these two things shall come 
to thee in a moment in one day, the 
loss of children, and widowhood : 
they shall come upon thee in their 
perfection for the multitude of thy 
sorceries, and for the great abun- 
dance of thine enchantments. 

10 IT For thou hast trusted in thy 
wickedness : thou hast said, None 
seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy 

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his prophecies. 



knowledge, it hath perverted thee; 
and thou hast said in thine heart, I 
am, and none else besides me. 

11 IT Therefore shall evil come up- 
on thee ; thou shalt not know from 
whence it riseth : and mischief shall 
fall upon thee ; thou shalt not be 
able to put it off: and desolation 
shall come upon thee suddenly, which 
thou shalt not know. 

12 Stand now with thine enchant- 
ments, and with the multitude of thy 
sorceries, wherein thou hast laboured 
from thy youth ; if so be thou shalt 
be able to profit, if so be thou may- 
est prevail. 

13 Thou art wearied in the multi- 
tude of thy counsels. Let now the 
astrologers, the stargazers, the month- 
ly prognosticates, stand up, and save 
thee from these things that shall come 
upon thee. 

14 Behold, they shall be as stubble ; 
the fire shall burn them ; they shall 
not deliver themselves from the power 
of the flame : there shall not be a coal 
to warm at, nor fire to sit before it. 

15 Thus shall they be unto thee 
with whom thou hast laboured, even 
thy merchants, from thy youth : they 
shall wander every one to his quar- 
ter ; none shall save thee. 

CHAPTER XLVIII. 

1 God, to convince the people of their foreknown obsti- 
nacy, revealed his prophecies. 9 He saveth them for his 
own sake. 12 He exhorteth them to obedience, because 
of his power and providence. 16 He lamenteth their 
backwardness. 20 He powerfully deliver elh his out of 
Babylon. 

HEAR ye this, O house of Jacob, 
which are called by the name 
of Israel, and are come forth out of 
the waters of Judah, which swear 
by the name of the Lord, and make 
mention of the God of Israel, but 
not in truth, nor in righteousness. 

2 For they call themselves of the 
holy city, and stay themselves upon 
the God of Israel : The Lord of 
hosts is his name. 

3 I have declared the former things 
from the beginning ; and they went 
forth out of my mouth, and I shew- 

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ed them; I did them suddenly, and 
they came to pass. 

4 Because I knew that thou art 
obstinate, and thy neck is an iron 
sinew, and thy brow brass ; 

5 I have even from the beginning 
declared it to thee; before it came 
to pass I shewed it thee : lest thou 
shouldest say, Mine idol hath done 
them ; and my graven image, and my 
molten image, hath commanded them. 

6 Thou hast heard, see all this ; 
and will not ye declare it? I have 
shewed thee new things from this 
time, even hidden things, and thou 
didst not know them. 

7 They are created now, and not 
from the beginning ; even before the 
day when thou heardest them not; 
lest thou shouldest say, Behold, I 
knew them. 

8 Yea, thou heardest not; yea, 
thou knewest not; yea, from that 
time that thine ear was not opened : 
for I knew that thou wouldest deal 
very treacherously, and wast called 
a transgressor from the womb. 

9 If For my name's sake will I 
defer mine anger, and for my praise 
will I refrain for thee, that I cut 
thee not off. 

10 Behold, I have refined thee, 
but not with silver; I have chosen 
thee in the furnace of affliction. 

11 For mine own sake, even for 
mine own sake, will I do it : for how 
should my name be polluted ? and I 
will not give my glory unto another. 

12 If Hearken unto me, O Jacob 
and Israel, my called ; I am he ; I 
am the first, I also am the last. 

13 Mine hand also hath laid the 
foundation of the earth, and my 
right hand hath spanned the heav- 
ens : when I call unto them, they 
stand up together. 

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, 
and hear; which among them hath 
declared these things? The Lord 
hath loved him : he will do his pleas- 
ure on Babylon, and his arm shall 
be on the Chaldeans. 



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ISAIAH. 



to the Gentiles. 



15 I, even I, have spoken; yea, I 
have called him : I have brought him, 
and he shall make his way prosperous. 

16 IT Come ye near unto me, hear 
ye this ; I have not spoken in secret 
from the beginning; from the time 
that it was, there am I : and now the 
Lord God, and his Spirit, hath sent me. 

17 Thus saith the Lord, thy Re- 
deemer, the Holy One of Israel; I 
am the Lord thy God which teacheth 
thee to profit, which leadeth thee by 
the way that thou shouldest go. 

18 O that thou hadst hearkened to 
my commandments ! then had thy 
peace been as a river, and thy right- 
eousness as the waves of the sea : 

19 Thy seed also had been as the 
sand, and the offspring of thy bowels 
like the gravel thereof; his name 
should not have been cut off nor de- 
stroyed from before me. 

20 H Go ye forth of Babylon, flee 
ye from the Chaldeans, with a voice 
of singing declare ye, tell this, utter 
it even to the end of the earth ; say 
ye, The Lord hath redeemed his ser- 
vant Jacob. 

21 And they thirsted not when he 
led them through the deserts: he 
caused the waters to flow out of the 
rock for them: he clave the rock 
also, and the waters gushed out. 

22 There is no peace, saith the 
Lord, unto the wicked. 

CHAPTER XLIX. 

1 Christ, being sent to the Jews, complaincth of them. 5 
He is sent to the Gentiles with gracious promises. 1 3 
God's love is perpetual to his church. 1 8 The ample 
restoration of the church. 24 The powerful deliverance 
out of captivity. 

LISTEN, O isles, unto me ; and 
hearken, ye people, from far; 
The Lord hath called me from the 
womb ; from the bowels of my moth- 
er hath he made mention of my 
name. 

2 And he hath made my mouth 
like a sharp sword ; in the shadow 
of his hand hath he hid me, and 
made me a polished shaft ; in his 
quiver hath he hid me ; 

3 And said unto me, Thou art my 



servant, O Israel, in whom I will be 
glorified. 

4 Then I said, I have laboured in 
vain, I have spent my strength for 
nought, and in vain: yet surely my 
judgment is with the Lord, and my 
work with my God. 

5 IT And now, saith the Lord that 
formed me from the womb to be his 
servant, to bring Jacob again to him, 
Though Israel be not gathered, yet 
shall I be glorious in the eyes of the 
Lord, and my God shall be my 
strength. 

6 And he said, It is a light thing 
that thou shouldest be my servant to 
raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to 
restore the preserved of Israel : I will 
also give thee for a light to the Gen- 
tiles, that thou mayest be my salva- 
tion unto the end of the earth. 

7 Thus saith the Lord, the Re- 
deemer of Israel, and his Holy One, 
to him whom man despiseth, to him 
whom the nation abhorreth, to a ser- 
vant of rulers, Kings shall see and 
arise, princes also shall worship, be- 
cause of the Lord that is faithful, and 
the Holy One of Israel, and he shall 
choose thee. 

8 Thus saith the Lord, In an ac- 
ceptable time have I heard thee, and 
in a day of salvation have I helped 
thee : and I will preserve thee, and 
give thee for a covenant of the peo- 
ple, to establish the earth, to cause 
to inherit the desolate heritages ; 

9 That thou mayest say to the 
prisoners, Go forth ; to them that are 
in darkness, Shew yourselves. They 
shall feed in the ways, and their 
pastures shall be in all high places. 

10 They shall not hunger nor 
thirst ; neither shall the heat nor sun 
smite them : for he that hath mercy 
on them shall lead them, even by the 
springs of water shall he guide them. 

11 And I will make all my moun- 
tains a way, and my highways shall 
be exalted. 

12 Behold, these shall come from 



far: and, lo, 



these from the north 
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to his church. 



and from the west; and these from 
the land of Sinim. 

13 IT Sing, O heavens ; and he joy- 
ful, O earth; and break forth into 
singing, O mountains: for the Lord 
hath comforted his people, and will 
have mercy upon his afflicted. 

14 But Zion said, The Lord hath 
forsaken me, and my Lord hath for- 
gotten me. 

15 Can a woman forget her suck- 
ing child, that she should not have 
compassion on the son of her womh ? 
yea, they may forget, yet will I not 
forget thee. 

16 Behold, I have graven thee up- 
on the palms of my hands ; thy walls 
are continually before me. 

17 Thy children shall make haste ; 
thy destroyers and they that made 
thee waste shall go forth of thee. 

18 If Lift up thine eyes round 
about, and behold: all these gather 
themselves together, and come to 
thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou 
shalt surely clothe thee with them 
all, as with an ornament, and bind 
them on thee, as a bride doeth. 

19 For thy waste and thy desolate 
places, and the land of thy destruc- 
tion, shall even now be too narrow 
by reason of the inhabitants, and 
they that swallowed thee up shall 
be far away. 

20 The children which thou shalt 
have, after thou hast lost the other, 
shall say again in thine ears, The 
place is too strait for me : give place 
to me that I may dwell. 

21 Then shalt thou say in thine 
heart, Who hath begotten me these, 
seeing I have lost my children, and 
am desolate, a captive, and removing 
to and fro ? and who hath brought 
up these ? Behold, I was left alone ; 
these, where had they been ? 

22 Thus saith the Lord God, Be- 
hold, I will lift up mine hand to the 
Gentiles, and set up my standard to the 
people : and they shall bring thy sons 
in their arms, and thy daughters shall 
be carried upon their shoulders. 

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23 And kings shall be thy nursing 
fathers, and their queens thy nursing 
mothers : they shall bow down to 
thee with their face toward the earth, 
and lick up the dust of thy feet ; and 
thou shalt know that I am the Lord : 
for they shall not be ashamed that 
wait for me. 

24 IT Shall the prey be taken from 
the mighty, or the lawful captive 
delivered ? 

25 But thus saith the Lord, Even 
the captives of the mighty shall be 
taken away, and the prey of the 
terrible shall be delivered: for I 
will contend with him that contend- 
eth with thee, and I will save thy 
children. 

26 And I will feed them that op- 
press thee with their own flesh ; and 
they shall be drunken with their own 
blood, as with sweet wine : and all 
flesh shall know that I the Lord am 
thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the 
Mighty One of Jacob. 

CHAPTEE L. 

1 Christ sheweth that the dereliction of the Jews is not 
to be imputed to him, by his ability to save, 5 by his 
obedience in that work, 7 and by his confidence in that 
assistance. 10 An exhortation to trust in God, and 
not in ourselves. 

THUS saith the Lord, "Where is 
the bill of your mother's di- 
vorcement, whom I have put away ? 
or which of my creditors is it to 
whom I have sold you ? Behold, for 
your iniquities have ye sold your- 
selves, and for your transgressions is 
your mother put away. 

2 Wherefore, when I came, was 
there no man? when I called, was 
there none to answer? Is my hand 
shortened at all, that it cannot 
redeem? or have I no power to 
deliver? behold, at my rebuke I 
dry up the sea, I make the rivers 
a wilderness: their fish stinketh, 
because there is no water, and dieth 
for thirst. 

3 I clothe the heavens with black- 
ness, and I make sackcloth their 
covering. 

4 The Lord God hath given me the 



Christ's patient suffering. 



ISAIAH. Christ will defend his own. 



tongue of the learned, that I should 
know how to speak a word in season 
to him that is weary : he wakeneth 
morning by morning, he wakeneth 
mine ear to hear as the learned. 

5 1f The Lord God hath opened 
mine ear, and I was not rebellious, 
neither turned away back. 

6 I gave my back to the smiters, 
and my cheeks to them that plucked 
off the hair : I hid not my face from 
shame and spitting. 

7 H For the Lord G-od will help 
me ; therefore shall I not be con- 
founded: therefore have I set my 
face like a flint, and I know that I 
shall not be ashamed. 

8 He is near that justifieth me ; 
who will contend with me? let us 
stand together : who is mine adver- 
sary ? let him come near to me. 

9 Behold, the Lord God will help 
me ; who is he that shall condemn 
me ? lo, they all shall wax old as a 
garment ; the moth shall eat them up. 

10 If Who is among you that fear- 
eth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice 
of his servant, that walketh in dark- 
ness, and hath no light? let him 
trust in the name of the Lord, and 
stay upon his God. 

11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, 
that compass yourselves about with 
sparks: walk in the light of your tire, 
and in the sparks that ye have kin- 
dled. This shall ye have of mine 
hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow. 

CHAPTEK LI. 

1 An exhortation, after the pattern of Abraham, to tmst 
in Christ, 3 by reason of his comfortable promises, 4 
of his righteous salvation, 7 and man's mortality. 9 
Christ by his sanctified arm defendeth his from the 
fear of man. 17 He bewaileth the afflictions of Jeru- 
salem, 21 and promiseth deliverance. 

HEARKEN to me, ye that follow 
after righteousness, ye that seek 
the Lord : look unto the rock whence 
ye are hewn, and to the hole of the 
pit whence ye are digged. 

2 Look unto Abraham your father, 
and unto Sarah that bare you : for I 
called him alone, and blessed him, 
and increased him. 



3 For the Lord shall comfort Zion : 
he will comfort all her waste places ; 
and he will make her wilderness like 
Eden, and her desert like the garden 
of the Lord ; joy and gladness shall 
be found therein, thanksgiving, and 
the voice of melody. 

4 IT Hearken unto me, my people ; 
and give ear unto me, O my nation : 
for a law shall proceed from me, and 
I will make my judgment to rest for 
a light of the people. 

5 My righteousness is near; my 
salvation is gone forth, and mine 
arms shall judge the people ; the 
isles shall wait upon me, and on 
mine arm shall they trust. 

6 Lift up } r our eyes to the heavens, 
and look upon the earth beneath : for 
the heavens shall vanish away like 
smoke, and the earth shall wax old 
like a garment, and they that dwell 
therein shall die in like manner : but 
my salvation shall be for ever, and my 
righteousness shall not be abolished. 

7 U Hearken unto me, ye that 
know righteousness, the people in 
whose heart is my law ; fear ye not 
the reproach of men, neither be ye 
afraid of their revilings. 

8 For the moth shall eat them up 
like a garment, and the worm shall eat 
them like wool : but my righteousness 
shall be for ever, and my salvation 
from generation to generation. 

9 IT Awake, awake, put on strength, 
O arm of the Lord; awake, as in 
the ancient days, in the generations 
of old. Art thou not it that hath cut 
Rahab, and wounded the dragon ? 

10 Art thou not it which hath dried 
the sea, the waters of the great deep ; 
that hath made the depths of the sea a 
way for the ransomed to pass over ? 

11 Therefore the redeemed of the 
Lord shall return, and come with 
singing unto Zion; and everlasting 
joy shall be upon their head : they 
shall obtain gladness and joy ; and 
sorrow and mourning shall flee away. 

12 I, even I, am he that comforteth 
you : who art thou, that thou should- 

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Afflictions of Jerusalem. 



ISAIAH. 



Christ's free redemption. 



est be afraid of a man that shall die, 
and of the son of man which shall be 
made as grass ; 

13 And forgettest the Lord thy 
Maker, that hath stretched forth the 
heavens, and laid the foundations of 
the earth ; and hast feared continu- 
ally every day because of the fury of 
the oppressor, as if he were ready to 
destroy ? and where is the fury of the 
oppressor ? 

14 The captive exile hasteneth that 
he may be loosed, and that he should 
not die in the pit, nor that his bread 
should fail. 

15 But I am the Lord thy God, that 
divided the sea, whose waves roared : 
The Lord of hosts is his name. 

16 And I have put my words in 
thy mouth, and I have covered thee 
in the shadow of mine hand, that I 
may plant the heavens, and lay the 
foundations of the earth, and say unto 
Zion, Thou art my people. 

17 IT Awake, awake, stand up, O Je- 
rusalem, which hast drunk at the hand 
of the Lord the cup of his fury ; thou 
hast drunken the dregs of the cup of 
trembling, and wrung them out. 

18 There is none to guide her among 
all the sons whom she hath brought 
forth ; neither is there any that taketh 
her by the hand of all the sons that 
she hath brought up. 

19 These two things are come unto 
thee ; who shall be sorry for thee ? 
desolation, and destruction, and the 
famine, and the sword : by whom 
shall I comfort thee ? 

20 Thy sons have fainted, they lie 
at the head of all the streets, as a wild 
bull in a net : they are full of the fury 
of the Lord, the rebuke of thy God. 

21 If Therefore hear now this, thou 
afflicted, and drunken, but not with 
wine : 

22 Thus saith thy Lord the Lord, 
and thy God that pleadeth the cause 
of his people, Behold, I have taken out 
of thine hand the cup of trembling, 
even the dregs of the cup of my fury ; 
thou shalt no more drink it again : 

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23 But I will put it into the hand 
of them that afflict thee ; which have 
said to thy soul, Bow down, that we 
may go over : and thou hast laid thy 
body as the ground, and as the street, 
to them that went over. 

CHAPTER LII. 

1 Christ persuadeth the church to believe his free re- 
demption, 7 to receive the ministers thereof, 9 to joy in 
the power thereof, 11 and to free themselves from bond- 
age. 13 Christ's kingdom shall be exalted. 

AWAKE, awake, put on thy 
J-jL strength, O Zion ; put on thy 
beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the 
holy city : for henceforth there shall 
no more come into thee the uncir- 
cumcised and the unclean. 

2 Shake thyself from the dust ; 
arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: 
loose thyself from the bands of thy 
neck, O captive daughter of Zion. 

3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye have 
sold yourselves for nought; and ye 
shall be redeemed without money. 

4 For thus saith the Lord God, My 
people went down aforetime into 
Egypt to sojourn there ; and the 
Assyrian oppressed them without 
cause. 

5 Now therefore, what have I here, 
saith the Lord, that my people is 
taken away for nought? they that 
rule over them make them to howl, 
saith the Lord ; and my name con- 
tinually every day is blasphemed. 

6 Therefore my people shall know 
my name : therefore they shall know 
in that day that I am he that doth 
speak : behold, it is I. 

7 If How beautiful upon the moun- 
tains are the feet of him that bringeth 
good tidings, that publisheth peace ; 
that bringeth good tidings of good, 
that publisheth salvation ; that saith 
unto Zion, Thy God reigneth ! 

8 Thy watchmen shall lift up the 
voice ; with the voice together shall 
they sing: for they shall see eye to 
eye, when the Lord shall bring again 
Zion. 

9 If Break forth into joy, sing to- 
gether, ye waste places of Jerusalem : 



Christ's humiliation 



ISAIAH. 



and sufferings. 



for the Lord hath comforted his peo- 
ple, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. 

10 The Lord hath made hare his 
holy arm in the eyes of all the na- 
tions ; and all the ends of the earth 
shall see the salvation of our God. 

11 IT Depart ye, depart ye, go ye 
out from thence, touch no unclean 
thing ; go ye out of the midst of her ; 
he ye clean, that hear the vessels of 
the Lord. 

12 For ye shall not go out with 
haste, nor go hy flight : for the Lord 
will go hefore you; and the God of 
Israel will be your rearward. 

13 ^f Behold, my servant shall deal 
prudently, he shall be exalted and 
extolled, and he very high. 

14 As many were astonied at 
thee ; his visage was so marred more 
than any man, and his form more 
than the sons of men : 

15 So shall he sprinkle many na- 
tions ; the kings shall shut their 
mouths at him : for that which had 
not been told them shall they see ; 
and that which they- had not heard 
shall they consider. 

CHAPTEE MIL 

1 Tlie prophet, complaining of incredulity, excuseth the 
scandal of the cross, 4 by the benefit of his passion, 10 
and the good success thereof. 

WHO hath believed our report? 
and to whom is the arm of the 
Lord revealed ? 

2 For he shall grow up before him 
as a tender plant, and as a root out 
of a dry ground : he hath no form 
nor comeliness ; and when we shall 
see him, there is no beauty that we 
should desire him. 

3 He is despised and rejected of 
men ; a man of sorrows, and ac- 
quainted with grief: and we hid as it 
were our faces from him; he was 
despised, and we esteemed him not. 

4 H Surely he hath borne our 
griefs, and carried our sorrows : yet 
we did esteem him stricken, smitten 
of God, and afflicted. 

5 But he was wounded for our 
transgressions, he was bruised for 



our iniquities : the chastisement of 
our peace was upon him ; and with 
his stripes we are healed. 

6 All we like sheep have gone 
astray ; we have turned every one to 
his own way ; and the Lord hath 
laid on him the iniquity of*us all. 

7 He was oppressed, and he was 
afflicted, yet he opened not his 
mouth : he is brought as a lamb to 
the slaughter, and as a sheep before 
her shearers is dumb, so he openeth 
not his mouth. 

8 He was taken from prison and 
from judgment : and who shall de- 
clare his generation ? for he was cut 
off out of the land of the living : for 
the transgression of my people was 
he stricken. 

9 And he made his grave with the 
wicked, and with the rich in his death ; 
because he had done no violence, nei- 
ther was any deceit in his mouth. 

10 IT Yet it pleased the Lord to 
bruise him ; he hath put him to 
grief: when thou shalt make his 
soul an offering for sin, he shall see 
his seed, he shall prolong his days, 
and the pleasure of the Lord shall 
prosper in his hand. 

11 He shall see of the travail of his 
soul, and shall be satisfied : by his 
knowledge shall my righteous ser- 
vant justify many ; for he shall bear 
their iniquities. 

12 Therefore will I divide him a 
portion with the great, and he shall 
divide the spoil with the strong ; be- 
cause he hath poured out his soul 
unto death : and he was numbered 
with the transgressors ; and he bare 
the sin of many, and made interces- 
sion for the transgressors. 

CHAPTEE LIY. 

1 Tlie prophet, for the comfort of the Gentiles, proph- 
esieth the amplitude of their church, 4 their safety, 6 
their certain deliverance out of affliction, 11 their fair 
edification, 15 and their sure preservation. 

SING, O barren, thou that didst 
not bear; break forth into sing- 
ing, and cry aloud, thou that didst 
not travail with child : for more are 
the children of the desolate than the 
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The church comforted. 



ISAIAH. 



The happy state 



children of the married wife, saith 
the Lord. 

2 Enlarge the place of thy tent, 
and let them stretch forth the cur- 
tains of thine habitations : spare not, 
lengthen thy cords, and strengthen 
thy stakes ; 

3 For thou shalt break forth on the 
right hand and on the left ; and thy 
seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and 
make the desolate cities to be inhab- 
ited. 

4 Fear not ; for thou shalt not be 
ashamed : neither be thou confound- 
ed ; for thou shalt not be put to 
shame: for thou shalt forget the 
shame of thy youth, and shalt not 
remember the reproach of thy wid- 
owhood any more. 

5 For thy Maker is thine husband ; 
The Lord of hosts is his name ; and 
thy Redeemer the Holy One of Is- 
rael ; The God of the whole earth 
shall he be called. 

6 For the Lord hath called thee 
as a woman forsaken and grieved 
in spirit, and a wife of youth, when 
thou wast refused, saith thy God. 

7 For a small moment have I for- 
saken thee ; but with great mercies 
will I gather thee. 

8 In a little wrath I hid my face from 
thee for a moment ; but with everlast- 
ing kindness will I have mercy on 
thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer. 

9 For this is as the waters of Noah 
unto me : for as I have sworn that 
the waters of Noah should no more 
go over the earth; so have I sworn 
that I would not be wroth with thee, 
nor rebuke thee. 

10 For the mountains shall depart, 
and the hills be removed ; but my 
kindness shall not depart from thee, 
neither shall the covenant of my 
peace be removed, saith the Lord 
that hath mercy on thee. 

11HO thou afflicted, tossed with 
tempest, and not comforted, behold, 
I will lay thy stones with fair col- 
ours, and lay thy foundations with 
sapphires. 

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12 And I will make thy windows of 
agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, 
and all thy borders of pleasant stones. 

13 And all thy children shall be 
taught of the Lord ; and great shall 
be the peace of thy children. 

14 In righteousness shalt thou be 
established : thou shalt be far from 
oppression; for thou shalt not fear: 
and from terror ; for it shall not come 
near thee. 

15 Behold, they shall surely gather 
together, but not by me : whosoever 
shall gather together against thee 
shall fall for thy sake. 

16 Behold, I have created the 
smith that bloweth the coals in the 
fire, and that bringeth forth an in- 
strument for his work; and I have 
created the waster to destroy. 

17 IT No weapon that is formed 
against thee shall prosper ; and every 
tongue that shall rise against thee in 
judgment thou shalt condemn. This 
is the heritage of the servants of the 
Lord, and their righteousness is of 
me, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER LY. 

1 The prophet, with the promises of Christ, calleth to 
faith, 6 and to repentance. 8 The happy success of 
them that believe. 

HO, every one that thirsteth, come 
ye to the waters, and he that 
hath no money ; come ye, buy, and 
eat ; yea, come, buy wine and milk 
without money and without price. 

2 Wherefore do ye spend money 
for that which is not bread ? and your 
labour for that which satisfieth not ? 
hearken diligently unto me, and eat 
ye that which is good, and let your 
soul delight itself in fatness. 

3 Incline your ear,and come unto me: 
hear, and your soul shall live; and I 
will make an everlasting covenant 
with you,ez;mthesuremerciesof David. 

4 Behold, I have given him for a 
witness to the people, a leader and 
commander to the people. 

5 Behold, thou shalt call a nation 
that thou knowest not, and nations 
that knew not thee shall run unto 



of believers. 



ISAIAH. 



Exhortation to holiness. 



thee, because of the Lord thy God, 
and for the Holy One of Israel ; for 
he hath glorified thee. 

6 IT Seek ye the Lord while he 
may be found, call ye upon him 
while he is near : 

7 Let the wicked forsake his 
way, and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts : and let him return unto 
the Lord, and he will have mercy 
upon him ; and to our God, for he 
will abundantly pardon. 

8 If For my thoughts are not your 
thoughts, neither are your ways my 
ways, saith the Lord. 

9 For as the heavens are higher 
than the earth, so are my ways 
higher than your ways, and my 
thoughts than your thoughts. 

10 IT F° r as the rain cometh down, 
and the snow from heaven, and re- 
turneth not thither, but watereth the 
earth, and maketh it bring forth and 
bud, that it may give seed to the 
sower, and bread to the eater : 

11 So shall my word be that goeth 
forth out of my mouth : it shall not 
return unto me void, but it shall ac- 
complish that which I please, and it 
shall prosper in the thing whereto I 
sent it. 

12 For ye shall go out with joy, and 
be led forth with peace: the moun- 
tains and the hills shall break forth be- 
fore you into singing, and all the trees 
of the field shall clap their hands. 

13 Instead of the thorn shall come 
up the fir tree, and instead of the 
brier shall come up the myrtle tree : 
and it shall be to the Lord for a 
name, for an everlasting sign that 
shall not be cut off. 

CHAPTER LYI. 

1 T/ie prophet exhorteth to sanctification. 3 He prom- 
iseth it shall be general without respect of persons. 9 
He inveigh cth against blind watchmen. 

THUS saith the Lord, Keep ye 
judgment, and do justice: for 
my salvation is near to come, and 
my righteousness to be revealed. 

2 Blessed is the man that doeth 
this, and the son of man that layeth 



hold on it ; that keepeth the sabbath 
from polluting it, and keepeth his 
hand from doing any evil. 

3 IT Neither let the son of the 
stranger, that hath joined himself to 
the Lord, speak, saying, The Lord 
hath utterly separated me from his 
people : neither let the eunuch say, 
Behold, I am a dry tree. 

4 For thus saith the Lord unto the 
eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and 
choose the things that please me, and 
take hold of my covenant ; 

5 Even unto them will I give in 
mine house and within my walls a 
place and a name better than of sons 
and of daughters : I will give them 
an everlasting name, that shall not 
be cut off. 

6 Also the sons of the stranger, that 
join themselves to the Lord, to serve 
him, and to love the name of the Lord, 
to be his servants, every one that keep- 
eth the sabbath from polluting it, and 
taketh hold of my covenant ; 

7 Even them will I bring to my 
holy mountain, and make them joy- 
ful in my house of prayer : their 
burnt offerings and their sacrifices 
shall be accepted upon mine altar ; 
for mine house shall be called a 
house of prayer for all people. 

8 The Lord God which gathereth 
the outcasts of Israel saith, Yet will 
I gather others to him, besides those 
that are gathered unto him. 

9 IT All yebeasts of the field, come to 
devour, yea, all ye beasts in the forest. 

10 His watchmen are blind : they 
are all ignorant, they are all dumb 
dogs, they cannot bark ; sleeping, 
lying down, loving to slumber. 

11 Yea, they are greedy dogs which 
can never have enough, and they are 
shepherds that cannot understand : 
they all look to their own way, every 
one for his gain, from his quarter. 

12 Come ye, say they, I will fetch 
wine, and we will fill ourselves with 
strong drink ; and to morrow shall 
be as this day, and much more 
abundant. 

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The idolatry of the Jews. 



ISAIAH. 



Promises to the penitent. 



CHAPTER LYII. 

1 The blessed death of the righteous. 3 God reproveth 
the Jews for their whorish idolatry. 13 He giveth 
evangelical promises to the penitent. 

THE righteous perisheth, and no 
man layeth it to heart : and 
merciful men are taken away, none 
considering that the righteous is 
taken away from the evil to come. 

2 He shall enter into peace : they 
shall rest in their beds, each one 
walking in his uprightness. 

3 ^f But draw near hither, ye sons 
of the'sorceress, the seed of the adul- 
terer and the whore. 

4 Against whom do ye sport your- 
selves ? against whom make ye a 
wide mouth, and draw out the 
tongue ? are ye not children of 
transgression, a seed of falsehood, 

5 Inflaming yourselves with idols 
under every green tree, slaying the 
children in the valleys under the 
clefts of the rocks ? 

6 Among the smooth stones of the 
stream is thy portion ; they, they 
are thy lot : even to them hast thou 
poured a drink offering, thou hast 
offered a meat offering. Should I 
receive comfort in these ? 

7 Upon a lofty and high mountain 
hast thou set thy bed : even thither 
wentest thou up to offer sacrifice. 

8 Behind the doors also and the posts 
hast thou set up thy remembrance : 
for thou hast discovered thyself to an- 
other than me, and art gone up ; thou 
hast enlarged thy bed, and made 
thee a covenant with them ; thou lov- 
edst their bed where thou sawest it. 

9 And thou wentest to the king 
with ointment, and didst increase 
thy perfumes, and didst send thy 
messengers far off, and didst debase 
thyself even unto hell. 

10 Thou art wearied in the great- 
ness of thy way ; yet saidst thou not, 
There is no hope : thou hast found 
the life of thine hand; therefore thou 
wast not grieved. 

11 And of whom hast thou been 
afraid or feared, that thou hast lied, 
and hast not remembered me, nor 

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laid it to thy heart ? have not I held 
my peace even of old, and thou fear- 
est me not ? 

12 I will declare thy righteousness, 
and thy works ; for they shall not 
profit thee. 

13 If When thou criest, let thy com- 
panies deliver thee ; but the wind 
shall carry them all away ; vanity 
shall take them : but he that putteth 
his trust in me shall possess the land, 
and shall inherit my holy mountain ; 

14 And shall say, Cast ye up, cast 
ye up, prepare the way, take up the 
stumblingblock out of the way of my 
people. 

15 For thus saith the high and lofty 
One that inhabiteth eternity, whose 
name is Holy ; I dwell in the high 
and holy place, with him also that is 
of a contrite and humble spirit, to re- 
vive the spirit of the humble, and to 
revive the heart of the contrite ones. 

16 For I will not contend for ever, 
neither will I be always wroth : for 
the spirit should fail before me, and 
the souls which I have made. 

17 For the iniquity of his covetous- 
ness was I wroth, and smote him : I 
hid me, and was wroth, and he went 
on frowardly in the way of his heart. 

18 1 have seen his ways, and will 
heal him: I will lead him also, and 
restore comforts unto him and to his 
mourners. 

19 I create the fruit of the lips; 
Peace, peace to him that is far off, 
and to him that is near, saith the 
Lord ; and I will heal him. 

20 But the wicked are like the 
troubled sea, when it cannot rest, 
whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 

21 There is no peace, saith my 
God, to the wicked. 

CIIAPTEE LVIII. 

1 The prophet, being sent to reprove hypocrisy, 3 ex- 
presseth a counterfeit fast and a true. 8 He declareth 
what promises are due unto godliness, 1 3 and to the 
keeping of the sabbath. 

CRY aloud, spare not, lift up thy 
voice like a trumpet, and shew 
my people their transgression, and 
the house of Jacob their sins. 






Hypocrisy reproved. 



ISAIAH. 



Promises for godliness. 



2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight 
to know my ways, as a nation that did 
righteousness, and forsook not the or- 
dinance of their God : they ask of me 
the ordinances of justice; they take 
delight in approaching to God. 

3 IT Wherefore have we fasted, say 
they, and thou seest not? wherefore 
have we afflicted our soul, and thou 
takest no knowledge? Behold, in 
the day of your fast ye find pleasure, 
and exact all your labours. 

4 Behold, ye fast for strife and de- 
bate, and to smite with the fist of 
wickedness : ye shall not fast as ye 
do this day, to make your voice to be 
heard on high. 

5 Is it such a fast that I have 
chosen? a day for a man to afflict 
his soul ? is it to bow down his head 
as a bulrush, and to spread sack- 
cloth and ashes under him ? wilt thou 
call this a fast, and an acceptable 
day to the Lord ? 

6 Is not this the fast that I have 
chosen ? to loose the bands of wick- 
edness, to undo the heavy burdens, 
and to let the oppressed go free, and 
that ye break every yoke ? 

7 Is it not to deal thy bread to 
the hungry, and that thou bring the 
poor that are cast out to thy house ? 
when thou seest the naked, that thou 
cover him ; and that thou hide not 
thyself from thine own flesh ? 

8 If Then shall thy light break 
forth as the morning, and thine 
health shall spring forth speedily : 
and thy righteousness shall go be- 
fore thee ; the glory of the Lord 
shall be thy rearward. 

9 Then shalt thou call, and the 
Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, 
and he shall say, Here I am. If thou 
take away from the midst of thee the 
yoke, the putting forth of the finger, 
and speaking vanity ; 

10 And if thou draw out thy soul 
to the hungry, and satisfy the afflict- 
ed soul ; then shall thy light rise in 
obscurity, and thy darkness be as the 
noonday : 



11 And the Lord shall guide thee 
continually, and satisfy thy soul in 
drought, and make fat thy bones : 
and thou shalt be like a watered 
garden, and like a spring of water, 
whose waters fail not. 

12 And they that shall be of thee 
shall build the old waste places : 
thou shalt raise up the foundations 
of many generations ; and thou shalt 
be called, The repairer of the breach, 
The restorer of paths to dwell in. 

13 IT If thou turn away thy foot 
from the sabbath, from doing thy 
pleasure on my holy day; and call 
the sabbath a delight, the holy of 
the Lord, honourable ; and shalt 
honour him, not doing thine own 
ways, nor finding thine own pleas- 
ure, nor speaking thine own words : 

14 Then shalt thou delight thyself 
in the Lord; and I will cause thee 
to ride upon the high places of the 
earth, and feed thee with the heritage 
of Jacob thy father : for the mouth 
of the Lord hath spoken it. 

CHAPTER LIX. 

1 The damnable nature of sin. 3 The sins of the Jews. 
9 Calamity is for sin. 16 Salvation is only of God. 
20 The covenant of the Redeemer. 

BEHOLD, the Lord's hand is not 
shortened, that it cannot save; 
neither his ear heavy, that it cannot 
hear: 

2 But your iniquities have sepa- 
rated between you and your God, 
and your sins have hid his face from 
you, that he will not hear. 

3 For your hands are defiled with 
blood, and your fingers with iniqui- 
ty ; your lips have spoken lies, your 
tongue hath muttered perverseness. 

4 None calleth for justice, nor any 
pleadeth for truth : they trust in van- 
ity, and speak lies; they conceive 
mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 

5 They hatch cockatrice' eggs, and 
weave the spider's web : he that eateth 
of their eggs dieth, and that which is 
crushed breaketh out into a viper. 

6 Their webs shall not become 
garments, neither shall they cover 

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The sins of the Jews. 



ISAIAH. 



The glorious access of the 



themselves with their works: their 
works are works of iniquity, and the 
act of violence is in their hands. 

7 Their feet run to evil, and they 
make haste to shed innocent blood : 
their thoughts are thoughts of ini- 
quity; wasting and destruction are 
in their paths. 

8 The way of peace they know 
not ; and there is no judgment in 
their goings : they have made them 
crooked paths ; whosoever goeth there- 
in shall not know peace. 

9 If Therefore is judgment far from 
us, neither doth justice overtake us : 
we wait for light, but behold ob- 
scurity ; for brightness, but we walk 
in darkness. 

10 We grope for the wall like the 
blind, and we grope as if we had no 
eyes: we stumble at noonday as in 
the night ; we are in desolate places 
as dead men. 

11 We roar all like bears, and 
mourn sore like doves : we look for 
judgment, but there is none ; for sal- 
vation, but it is far off from us. 

12 For our transgressions are multi- 
plied before thee, and our sins testify 
against us : for our transgressions are 
with us; and as for our iniquities, 
we know them ; 

13 In transgressing and lying 
against the Lord, and departing away 
from our God, speaking oppression 
and revolt, conceiving and uttering 
from the heart words of falsehood. 

14 And judgment is turned away 
backward, and justice standeth afar 
off: for truth is fallen in the street, 
and equity cannot enter. 

15 Yea, truth faileth ; and he that 
departeth from evil maketh himself a 
prey : and the Lord saw it, and it dis- 
pleased him that there was no judg- 
ment. 

16 IT And he saw that there was 
no man, and wondered that there 
was no intercessor : therefore his arm 
brought salvation unto him ; and his 
righteousness, it sustained him. 

17 For he put on righteousness 

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as a breastplate, and a helmet of 
salvation upon his head; and he 
put on the garments of vengeance 
for clothing, and was clad with zeal 
as a cloak. 

18 According to their deeds, accord- 
ingly he will repay, fury to his adver- 
saries, recompense to his enemies ; to 
the islands he will repay recompense. 

19 So shall they fear the name of 
the Lord from the west, and his 
glory from the rising of the sum 
When the enemy shall come in like 
a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall 
lift up a standard against him. 

2 ^T And the Redeemer shall come to 
Zion, and unto them that turn from 
transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. 

21 As for me, this is my covenant 
with them, saith the Lord ; My Spir- 
it that is upon thee, and my words 
which I have put in thy mouth, shall 
not depart out of thy mouth, nor out 
of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of 
the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the 
Lord, from henceforth and for ever. 

CHAPTER LX. 

1 The glory of the church in the abundant access of the 
Gentiles, 15 and the great blessings after a short af- 
fliction. 

ARISE, shine; for thy light is 
„ come, and the glory of the 
Lord is risen upon thee. 

2 For, behold, the darkness shall 
cover the earth, and gross darkness 
the people : but the Lord shall arise 
upon thee, and his glory shall be 
seen upon thee. 

3 And the Gentiles shall come to 
thy light, and kings to the bright- 
ness of thy rising. 

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, 
and see: all they gather themselves 
together, they come to thee: thy 
sons shall come from far, and thy 
daughters shall be nursed at thy side, 

5 Then thou shalt see, and flow 
together, and thine heart shall fear, 
and be enlarged ; because the abun- 
dance of the sea shall be converted 
unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles 
shall come unto thee. 



Gentiles into the church. 



ISAIAH. 



The office of Christ, 



6 The multitude of camels shall 
cover thee, the dromedaries of Mid- 
ian and Ephah ; all they from Sheha 
shall come : they shall bring gold 
and incense ; and they shall shew 
forth the praises of the Lord. 

7 All the flocks of Kedar shall he 
gathered together unto thee, the rams 
of Nebaioth shall minister unto thee : 
they shall come up with acceptance 
on mine altar, and I will glorify the 
house of my glory. 

8 Who are these that fly as a cloud, 
and as the doves to their windows ? 

9 Surely the isles shall wait for 
me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to 
bring thy sons from far, their silver 
and their gold with them, unto the 
name of the Lord thy God, and to 
the Holy One of Israel, because he 
hath glorified thee. 

10 And the sons of strangers shall 
build up thy walls, and their kings 
shall minister unto thee : for in my 
wrath I smote thee, but in my favour 
have I had mercy on thee. 

1 1 Therefore thy gates shall be open 
continually; they shall not be shut 
day nor night ; that men may bring 
unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, 
and that their kings may be brought. 

12 For the nation and kingdom that 
will not serve thee shall perish ; yea, 
those nations shall be utterly wasted. 

13 The glory of Lebanon shall come 
unto thee, the fir tree, the pine tree, 
and the box together, to beautify the 
place of my sanctuary; and I will 
make the place of my feet glorious. 

14 The sons also of them that af- 
flicted thee shall come bending unto 
thee ; and all they that despised thee 
shall bow themselves down at the 
soles of thy feet ; and they shall call 
thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion 
of the Holy One of Israel. 

15 Whereas thou hast been forsaken 
and hated,so that no man went through 
thee, I will make thee an eternal ex- 
cellency, a joy of many generations. 

16 Thou shalt also suck the milk of 
the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast 



of kings : and thou shalt know that 
I the Lord am thy Saviour and thy Re- 
deemer, the Mighty One of Jacob. 

17 For brass I will bring gold, and 
for iron I will bring silver, and for 
wood brass, and for stones iron : I 
will also make thy officers peace, and 
thine exactors righteousness. 

18 Violence shall no more be heard 
in thy land, wasting nor destruction 
within thy borders; but thou shalt 
call thy walls Salvation, and thy 
gates Praise. 

1 9 The sun shall be no more thy light 
by day ; neither for brightness shall 
the moon give light unto thee r but 
the Lord shall be unto thee an ever- 
lasting light, and thy God thy glory. 

20 Thy sun shall no more go down ; 
neither shall thy moon withdraw 
itself: for the Lord shall be thine 
everlasting light, and the days of thy 
mourning shall be ended. 

21 Thy people also shall be all right- 
eous : they shall inherit the land for 
ever, the branch of my planting, the 
work of my hands, that I may be 
glorified. 

22 A little one shall become a thou- 
sand, and a small one a strong nation: 
I the Lojtrr will hasten it in his time. 

CHAPTEE LXI. 

1 TJie office of Christ. 4 The forwardness, 7 and bless- 
ings of the faithful. 

THE Spirit of the Lord God is upon 
me ; because the Lord hath an- 
ointed me to preach good tidings unto 
the meek ; he hath sent me to bind 
up the brokenhearted, to proclaim 
liberty to the captives, and the open- 
ing of the prison to them that are 
bound ; 

2 To proclaim the acceptable year 
of the Lord, and the day of vengeance 
of our God ; to comfort all that mourn ; 

3 To appoint unto them that mourn 
in Zion, to give unto them beauty 
for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, 
the garment of praise for the spirit of 
heaviness ; that they might be called 
Trees of righteousness,The planting of 
the Lord, that he might be glorified. 

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Blessings of the faithful. 



ISAIAH. 



The office of ministers. 



4 IT And they shall build the old 
wastes, they shall raise up the former 
desolations, and they shall repair the 
waste cities, the desolations of many 
generations. 

5 And strangers shall stand and 
feed your flocks, and the sons of the 
alien shall be your ploughmen and 
your vinedressers. 

6 But ye shall he named the 
Priests of the Lord : men shall call 
you the Ministers of our God: ye 
shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and 
in their glory shall ye boast yourselves. 

7 % For your shame ye shall have 
double ; and for confusion they shall 
rejoice in their portion : therefore in 
their land they shall possess the dou- 
ble : everlasting j oy shall be unto them. 

8 For I the Lord love judgment, 
I hate robbery for burnt offering ; and 
I will direct their work in truth, and 
I will make an everlasting covenant 
with them. 

9 And their seed shall be known 
among the Gentiles, and their off- 
spring among the people : all that 
see them shall acknowledge them, 
that they are the seed which the 
Lord hath blessed. 

10 I will greatly rejoice in the 
Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my 
God ; for he hath clothed me with 
the garments of salvation, he hath 
covered me with the robe of right- 
eousness, as a bridegroom decketh 
himself 'with ornaments, and as a bride 
adorneth herself with her jewels. 

11 For as the earth bringeth forth 
her bud, and as the garden causeth 
the things that are sown in it to 
spring forth ; so the Lord God will 
cause righteousness and praise to 
spring forth before all the nations. 

CHAPTER LXIL 

1 The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the church 
in God's promises. 5 T?ie office of the ministers (unto 
which they arc incited) in preaching the gospel, 10 and 
preparing the people thereto. 

FOR Zion's sake will I not hold 
my peace, and for Jerusalem's 
sake I will not rest, until the right- 
eousness thereof go forth as bright- 
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ness, and the salvation thereof as a 
lamp that burneth. 

2 And the Gentiles shall see thy 
righteousness, and all kings thy glory : 
and thou shalt be called by a new 
name, which the mouth of the Lord 
shall name. 

3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory 
in the hand of the Lord, and a royal 
diadem in the hand of thy God. 

4 Thou shalt no more be termed 
Forsaken ; neither shall thy land any 
more be termed Desolate: but thou 
shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy 
land Beulah : for the Lord delighteth 
in thee, and thy land shall be married. 

5 IT For as a young man marrieth a 
virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee : 
and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over 
the bride, so shall thy God rejoice 
over thee. 

6 I have set watchmen upon thy 
walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never 
hold their peace day nor night: ye 
that make mention of the Lord, keep 
not silence, 

7 And give him no rest, till he 
establish, and till he make Jerusa- 
lem a praise in the earth. 

8 The Lord hath sworn by his 
right hand, and by the arm of his 
strength, Surely I will no more give 
thy corn to be meat for thine ene- 
mies ; and the sons of the stranger 
shall not drink thy wine, for the 
which thou hast laboured : 

9 But they that have gathered it 
shall eat it, and praise the Lord; 
and they that have brought it to- 
gether shall drink it in the courts of 
my holiness. 

10 1[ Go through, go through the 
gates ; prepare ye the way of the 
people; cast up, cast up the high- 
way ; gather out the stones ; lift up 
a standard for the people. 

11 Behold, the Lord hath pro- 
claimed unto the end of the world, 
Say ye to the daughter of Zion, 
Behold, thy salvation cometh ; be- 
hold, his reward is with him, and his 
work before him. 



Christ sheweth 



ISAIAH. 



his power to save. 



12 And they shall call them, The 
holy people, The redeemed of the 
Lord : and thou shalt he called, 
Sought out, A city not forsaken. 

CHAPTEK LXIII. 

1 Christ sheweth who he is, 2 what his victory over his 
enemies, 7 and what his mercy toward his church. 10 
In his just wrath he remembereth his free mercy. 15 
The church in their prayer, 17 and complaint, profess 
their faith. 

WHO is this that cometh from 
Edom, with dyed garments 
from Bozrah ? this that is glorious in 
his apparel, travelling in the great- 
ness of his strength ? I that speak in 
righteousness, mighty to save. 

2 Wherefore art thou red in thine 
apparel, and thy garments like him 
that treadeth in the winefat ? 

3 I have trodden the winepress 
alone ; and of the people there was 
none with me : for I will tread them 
in mine anger, and trample them in 
my fury ; and their blood shall he 
sprinkled upon my garments, and I 
will stain all my raiment. 

4 For the day of vengeance is in 
mine heart, and the year of my re- 
deemed is come. 

5 And I looked, and there was none 
to help ; and I wondered that there 
was none to uphold : therefore mine 
own arm brought salvation unto me ; 
and my fury, it upheld me. 

6 And I will tread down the peo- 
ple in mine anger, and make them 
drunk in my fury, and I will bring 
down their strength to the earth. 

7 H" I will mention the lovingkind- 
nesses of the Lord, and the praises of 
the Lord, according to all that the 
Lord hath bestowed onus, and the great 
goodness toward the house of Israel, 
which he hath bestowed on them ac- 
cording to his mercies, and according to 
the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 

8 For he said, Surely they are my 
people, children that will not lie : so 
he was their Saviour. 

9 In all their affliction he was 
afflicted, and the Angel of his presence 
saved them : in his love and in his 
pity he redeemed them ; and he 



bare them, and carried them all the 
days of old. 

10 If But they rebelled, and vexed 
his Holy Spirit : therefore he was 
turned to be their enemy, and he 
fought against them. 

11 Then he remembered the days 
of old, Moses, and his people, saying, 
Where is he that brought them up 
out of the sea with the shepherd of 
his flock ? where is he that put his 
Holy Spirit within him ? 

12 That led them by the right 
hand of Moses with his glorious arm, 
dividing the water before them, to 
make himself an everlasting name ? 

13 That led them through the 
deep, as a horse in the wilderness, 
that they should not stumble ? 

14 As a beast goeth down into the 
valley, the Spirit of the Lord caused 
him to rest ; so didst thou lead thy peo- 
ple, to make thyself a glorious name. 

15 ^T Look down from heaven, and 
behold from the habitation of thy 
holiness and of thy glory : where is 
thy zeal and thy strength, the sound- 
ing of thy bowels and of thy mercies 
toward me ? are they restrained ? 

16 Doubtless thou art our Father, 
though Abraham be ignorant of us, 
and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, 

Lord, art our Father, our Redeem- 
er ; thy name is from everlasting. 

17 IF O Lord, why hast thou made 
us to err from thy ways, and harden- 
ed our heart from thy fear ? Return 
for thy servants' sake, the tribes of 
thine inheritance. 

18 The people of thy holiness have 
possessed it but a little while : our 
adversaries have trodden down thy 
sanctuary. 

19 We are thine: thou never barest 
rule over them; they were not called 
by thy name. 

CHAPTER LXIY. 

1 Tlie church prayeth for the illustration of God's power. 

5 Celebrating God's mercy, it maheth confession of 
their natural corruptions. 9 It complaineth of their 
affliction. 

OH that thou wouldest rend the 
heavens, that thou wouldest 
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The church prayeth. 



ISAIAH. 



Calling of the Gentiles. 



come down, that the mountains 
might flow down at thy presence, 

2 As when the melting fire burn- 
etii, the fire causeth the waters to 
boil, to make thy name known to 
thine adversaries, that the nations 
may tremble at thy presence ! 

3 When thou didst terrible things 
which we looked not for, thou earnest 
down, the mountains flowed down at 
thy presence. 

4 For since the beginning of the 
world men have not heard, nor per- 
ceived by the ear, neither hath the 
eye seen, O God, besides thee, what 
he hath prepared for him that wait- 
eth for him. 

5 Thou meetest him that rejoiceth 
and worketh righteousness, those that 
remember thee in thy ways : behold, 
thou art wroth ; for we have sinned : 
in those is continuance, and we shall 
be saved. 

6 But we are all as an unclean 
thing, and all our righteousnesses are 
as filthy rags ; and we all do fade as 
a leaf; and our iniquities, like the 
wind, have taken us away. 

7 And there is none that calleth upon 
thy name, that stirreth up himself to 
take hold of thee : for thou hast hid 
thy face from us, and hast consumed 
us, because of our iniquities. 

8 But now, O Lord, thou art our 
Father; we are the clay, and thou 
our potter ; and we all are the work 
of thy hand. 

9 If Be not wroth very sore, O 
Lord, neither remember iniquity for 
ever: behold, see, we beseech thee, 
we are all thy people. 

10 Thy holy cities are a wilder- 
ness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem 
a desolation. 

11 Our holy and our beautiful 
house, where our fathers praised 
thee, is burned up with fire : and all 
our pleasant things are laid waste. 

12 Wilt thou refrain thyself for 
these things, O Lord ? wilt thou 
hold thy peace, and afflict us very 
sore? 

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CHAPTEE LXY. 

1 The calling of the Gentiles. 2 The Jews, for their 
incredulity, idolatry, and hypocrisy, are rejected. 8 A 
remnant shall be saved. 11 Judgments on the wicked, 
and blessings on the godly. 17 The blessed state of the 
new Jerusalem. 

I AM sought of them that asked 
not for me; I am found of them 
that sought me not : I said, Behold 
me, behold me, unto a nation that 
was not called by my name. 

2 I have spread out my hands all 
the day unto a rebellious people, 
which walketh in a way that was not 
good, after their own thoughts ; 

3 A people that provoketh me to 
anger continually to my face; that 
sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth 
incense upon altars of brick ; 

4 Which remain among the graves, 
and lodge in the monuments ; which 
eat swine's flesh, and broth of abom- 
inable things is in their vessels ; 

5 Which say, Stand by thyself, 
come not near to me ; for I am holier 
than thou. These are a smoke in my 
nose, a fire that burneth all the day. 

6 Behold, it is written before me: 
I will not keep silence, but will 
recompense, even recompense into 
their bosom, 

7 Your iniquities, and the iniquities 
of your fathers together, saith the 
Lord, which have burned incense 
upon the mountains, and blasphe- 
med me upon the hills : therefore will 
I measure their former work into 
their bosom. 

8 % Thus saith the Lord, As the 
new wine is found in the cluster, 
and one saith, Destroy it not; for 
a blessing is in it : so will I do for 
my servants' sake, that I may not 
destroy them all. 

9 And I will bring forth a seed out 
of Jacob, and out of Judah an inher- 
itor of my mountains : and mine 
elect shall inherit it, and my ser- 
vants shall dwell there. 

10 And Sharon shall be a fold of 
flocks, and the valley of Achor a 
place for the herds to lie down in, for 
my people that have sought me. 



The blessed state of 



ISAIAH. 



the new Jerusalem, 



11 H But ye are they that forsake 
the Lord, that forget my holy moun- 
tain, that prepare a table for that 
troop, and that furnish the drink 
offering unto that number. 

12 Therefore will I number you to 
the sword, and ye shall all bow down 
to the slaughter: because when I 
called, ye did not answer; when I 
spake, ye did not hear ; but did evil 
before mine eyes, and did choose that 
wherein I delighted not. 

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God, Behold, my servants shall eat, 
but ye shall be hungry : behold, my 
servants shall drink, but ye shall be 
thirsty: behold, my servants shall 
rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed : 

14 Behold, my servants shall sing 
for joy of heart, but ye shall cry for 
sorrow of heart, and shall howl for 
vexation of spirit. 

15 And ye shall leave your name 
for a curse unto my chosen : for the 
Lord God shall slay thee, and call 
his servants by another name : 

16 That he who blesseth himself in 
the earth shall bless himself in the 
God of truth; and he that swear- 
eth in the earth shall swear by the 
God of truth; because the former 
troubles are forgotten, and because 
they are hid from mine eyes. 

17 \ For, behold, I create new 
heavens and a new earth : and the 
former shall not be remembered, nor 
come into mind. 

18 But be ye glad and rejoice for 
ever in that which I create : for, be- 
hold, I create Jerusalem a rejoicing, 
and her people a joy. 

19 And I will rejoice in Jerusalem, 
and joy in my people : and the voice 
of weeping shall be no more heard in 
her, nor the voice of crying. 

20 There shall be no more thence 
an infant of days, nor an old man 
that hath not filled his days : for the 
child shall die a hundred years old ; 
but the sinner being a hundred years 
old shall be accursed. 

21 And they shall build houses, and 

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inhabit them; and they shall plant 
vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 

22 They shall not build, and an- 
other inhabit ; they shall not plant, 
and another eat : for as the days of 
a tree are the days of my people, and 
mine elect shall long enjoy the work 
of their hands. 

23 They shall not labour in vain, 
nor bring forth for trouble ; for they 
are the seed of the blessed of the Lord, 
and their offspring with them. 

24 And it shall come to pass, that 
before they call, I will answer ; and 
while they are yet speaking, I will 
hear. 

25 The wolf and the lamb shall 
feed together, and the lion shall eat 
straw like the bullock: and dust 
shall be the serpent's meat. They 
shall not hurt nor destroy in all my 
holy mountain, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTEE LXYI. 

1 The glorious God will be served in humble sincerity. 
5 He comforteth the humble with the marvellous gen- 
eration, 10 and with the gracious benefits of the church. 
15 God's severe judgments against the wicked. 19 The 
Gentiles shall have a holy church, 24 and see the 
damnation of the wicked. 

THUS saith the Lord, The heav- 
en is my throne, and the earth 
is my footstool: where is the house 
that ye build unto me ? and where 
is the place of my rest ? 

2 For all those things hath mine 
hand made, and all those things have 
been, saith the Lord: but to this 
man will I look, even to him that is 
poor and of a contrite spirit, and 
trembleth at my word. 

3 He that killeth an ox is as if he 
slew a man ; he that sacrificeth a 
lamb, as if he cut off a dog's neck ; 
he that offereth an oblation, as if he 
offered swine's blood ; he that burn- 
etii incense, as if he blessed an idol. 
Yea, they have chosen their own 
ways, and their soul delighteth in 
their abominations. 

4 I also will choose their delusions, 
and will bring their fears upon them ; 
because when I called, none did an- 
swer ; when I spake, they did not hear : 

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The gathering of all nations ISAIAH. 



together into one church. 



but they did evil before mine eyes, and 
chose that in which I delighted not. 

5 If Hear the word of the Lord, 
ye that tremble at his word; Your 
brethren that hated you, that cast 
you out for my name's sake, said, 
Let the Lord be glorified: but he 
shall appear to your joy, and they 
shall be ashamed. 

6 A voice of noise from the city, a 
voice from the temple, a voice of the 
Lord that rendereth recompense to 
his enemies. 

7 Before she travailed, she brought 
forth ; before her pain came, she was 
delivered of a man child. 

8 Who -hath heard such a thing? 
who hath seen such things? Shall 
the earth be made to bring forth in 
one day ? or shall a nation be born at 
once ? for as soon as Zion travailed, 
she brought forth her children. 

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and 
not cause to bring forth ? saith the 
Lord: shall I cause to bring forth, 
and shut the womb ? saith thy God. 

10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and 
be glad with her, all ye that love 
her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye 
that mourn for her : 

1 1 That ye may suck, and be satis- 
fied with the breasts of her consola- 
tions ; that ye may milk out, and be 
delighted with the abundance of her 
glory. 

12 For thus saith the Lord, Be- 
hold, I will extend peace to her like 
a river, and the glory of the Gentiles 
like a flowing stream : then shall ye 
suck, ye shall be borne upon her sides, 
and be dandled upon her knees. 

13 As one whom his mother corn- 
forte th, so will I comfort you ; and 
ye shall be comforted in Jerusalem. 

14 And when ye see this, your heart 
shall rejoice, and your bones shall 
flourish like an herb : and the hand 
of the Lord shall be known toward 
his servants, and his indignation to- 
ward his enemies. 

15 For, behold, the Lord will come 
with fire, and with his chariots like 

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a whirlwind, to render his anger with 
fury, and his rebuke with flames of 
fire. 

16 For by fire and by his sword 
will the Lord plead with all flesh : and 
the slain of the Lord shall be many. 

17 They that sanctify themselves, 
and purify themselves in the gardens 
behind one tree in the midst, eating 
swine's flesh, and the abomination, 
and the mouse, shall be consumed 
together, saith the Lord. 

18 For I know their works and their 
thoughts : it shall come, that I will 
gather all nations and tongues ; and 
they shall come, and see my glory. 

19 And I will set a sign among 
them, and I will send those that 
escape of them unto the nations, to 
Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw 
the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to the 
isles afar off, that have not heard my 
fame, neither have seen my glory; 
and they shall declare my glory 
among the Gentiles. 

20 And they shall bring all your 
brethren for an offering unto the 
Lord out of all nations upon horses, 
and in chariots, and in litters, and 
upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to 
my holy mountain Jerusalem, saith 
the Lord, as the children of Israel 
bring an offering in a clean vessel 
into the house of the Lord. 

21 And I will also take of them 
for priests and for Levites, saith the 
Lord. 

22 For as the new heavens and the 
new earth, which I will make, shall 
remain before me, saith the Lord, so 
shall your seed and your name remain. 

23 And it shall come to pass, that 
from one new moon to another, and 
from one sabbath to another, shall 
all flesh come to worship before me, 
saith the Lord. 

24 And they shall go forth, and look 
upon the carcasses of the men that 
have transgressed against me : for 
their worm shall not die, neither shall 
their fire be quenched ; and they 
shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. 



THE BOOK 



OP THE 



PROPHET JEREMIAH 



CHAPTEE I. 

1 The time, 3 and the calling of Jeremiah. 11 His 
prophetical visions of an almond rod and a seething 
pot. 15 His heavy message against Judah. IT God 
encourageth him with his promise of assistance. 

THE words of Jeremiah the son of 
Hilkiah, of the priests that were 
in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin : 

2 To whom the word of the Lord 
came in the days of Josiah the son 
of Amon king of Judah, in the thir- 
teenth year of his reign. 

3 It came also in the days of Jehoi- 
akim the son of Josiah king of Judah, 
unto the end of the eleventh year of 
Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of 
Judah, unto the carrying away of Je- 
rusalem captive in the fifth month. 

4 Then the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

5 Before I formed thee in the belly 
I knew thee ; and before thou earnest 
forth out of the womb I sanctified 
thee, and I ordained thee a prophet 
unto the nations. 

6 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! 
behold, I cannot speak: for I am a 
child. 

7 IT But the Lord said unto me, 
Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt 
go to all that I shall send thee, and 
whatsoever I command thee thou 
shalt speak. 

8 Be not afraid of their faces : for 
I am with thee to deliver thee, saith 
the Lord. 

9 Then the Lord put forth his 
hand, and touched my mouth. And 
the Lord said unto me, Behold, I 
have put my words in thy mouth. 

10 See, I have this day set thee 
over the nations and over the king- 
doms, to root out, and to pull down, 
and to destroy, and to throw down, 
to build, and to plant. 

11 IT Moreover the word of the 



Lord came unto me, saying, Jere- 
miah, what seest thou ? And I said, 
I see a rod of an almond tree. 

12 Then said the Lord unto me, 
Thou hast well seen : for I will 
hasten my word to perform it. 

13 And the word of the Lord came 
unto me the second time, saying, 
What seest thou ? And I said, I see 
a seething pot ; and the face thereof 
is toward the north. 

14 Then the Lord said unto me, 
Out of the north an evil shall break 
forth upon all the inhabitants of the 
land. 

15 For, lo, I will call all the fami- 
lies of the kingdoms of the north, 
saith the Lord ; and they shall come, 
and they shall set every one his 
throne at the entering of the gates of 
Jerusalem, and against all the walls 
thereof round about, and against all 
the cities of Judah. 

16 And I will utter my judgments 
against them touching all their wick- 
edness, who have forsaken me, and 
have burned incense unto other gods, 
and worshipped the works of their 
own hands. 

17 ^ Thou therefore gird up thy 
loins, and arise, and speak unto 
them all that I command thee: be 
not dismayed at their faces, lest I 
confound thee before them. 

18 For, behold, I have made thee 
this day a defenced city, and an 
iron pillar, and brazen walls against 
the whole land, against the kings of 
Judah, against the princes there- 
of, against the priests thereof, and 
against the people of the land. 

19 And they shall fight against 
thee; but they shall not prevail 
against thee ; for I am with thee, 
saith the Lord, to deliver thee. 

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God expostulateth 



JEREMIAH. 



with the Jews. 



CHAPTER II. 

1 God, having shewed his former kindness, expostulateth 
with the Jews their causeless revolt, 9 beyond any ex- 
ample. 14 They are the causes of their own calamities. 
20 The sins of Judah. 31 Her confidence is rejected. 

MOREOVER the word of the 
Lord came to me, saying, 

2 Go and cry in the ears of Jeru- 
salem, saying, Thus saith the Lord; 
I remember thee, the kindness of thy 
youth, the love of thine espousals, 
when thou wentest after me in the wil- 
derness, in a land that was not sown. 

3 Israel was holiness unto the Lord, 
and the firstfruits of his increase : all 
that devour him shall offend ; evil shall 
come upon them, saith the Lord. 

4 Hear ye the word of the Lord, 
O house of Jacob, and all the fami- 
lies of the house of Israel : 

5 % Thus saith the Lord, What ini- 
quity have your fathers found in me, 
that they are gone far from me, and 
have walked after vanity, and are be- 
come vain ? 

6 Neither said they, Where is the 
Lord that brought us up out of the 
land of Egypt, that led us through 
the wilderness, through a land of des- 
erts and of pits, through a land of 
drought, and of the shadow of death, 
through a land that no man passed 
through, and where no man dwelt ? 

7 And I brought you into a plen- 
tiful country, to eat the fruit thereof 
and the goodness thereof; but when 
ye entered, ye defiled my land, and 
made mine heritage an abomination. 

8 The priests said not, Where is 
the Lord ? and they that handle the 
law knew me not: the pastors also 
transgressed against me, and the 
prophets prophesied by Baal, and 
walked after things that do not profit. 

9 If Wherefore I will yet plead with 
you, saith the Lord, and with your 
child reirs children will I plead. 

10 For pass over the isles of Chit- 
tim, and see ; and send unto Kedar, 
and consider diligently, and see if 
there be such a thing. 

11 Hath a nation changed their 
gods, which are yet no gods ? but 

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my people have changed their glory 
for that which doth not profit. 

12 Be astonished, O ye heavens, 
at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye 
very desolate, saith the Lord. 

13 For my people have committed 
two evils; they have forsaken me 
the fountain of living waters, and 
hewed them out cisterns, broken 
cisterns, that can hold no water. 

14 IT Is Israel a servant? is he a 
homeborn slave ? why is he spoiled ? 

15 The young lions roared upon 
him, and yelled, and they made his 
land waste: his cities are burned 
without inhabitant. 

16 Also the children of Noph and 
Tahapanes have broken the crown 
of thy head. 

17 Hast thou not procured this 
unto thyself, in that thou hast for- 
saken the Lord thy God, when he 
led thee by the way ? 

18 And now what hast thou to do 
in the way of Egypt, to drink the 
waters of Sihor ? or what hast thou 
to do in the way of Assyria, to drink 
the waters of the river ? 

19 Thine own wickedness shall cor- 
rect thee, and thy backslidings shall 
reprove thee: know therefore and 
see that it is an evil thing and bitter, 
that thou hast forsaken the Lord 
thy God, and that my fear is not in 
thee, saith the Lord God of hosts. 

20 IT For of old time I have broken 
thy yoke, and burst thy bands ; and 
thou saidst, I will not transgress; 
when upon every high hill and un- 
der every green tree thou wanderest, 
playing the harlot. 

21 Yet I had planted thee a noble 
vine, wholly a right seed : how then 
art thou turned into the degenerate 
plant of a strange vine unto me ? 

22 For though thou wash thee with 
nitre, and take thee much soap, yet 
thine iniquity is marked before me, 
saith the Lord God. 

23 How canst thou say, I am not 
polluted, I have not gone after Baa- 
lim ? See thy way in the valley, know 



The sins of Judah. 



JEREMIAH. 



Judah? s vile whoredom. 



what thou hast done : thou art a swift 
dromedary traversing her ways ; 

24 A wild ass used to the wilder- 
ness, that snuffeth up the wind at her 
pleasure ; in her occasion who can 
turn her away? all they that seek 
her will not weary themselves; in 
her month they shall find her. 

25 Withhold thy foot from being 
unshod, and thy throat from thirst: 
but thou saidst, There is no hope: 
no; for I have loved strangers, and 
after them will I go. 

26 As the thief is ashamed when he 
is found, so is the house of Israel asha- 
med ; they, their kings, their princes, 
and their priests, and their prophets, 

27 Saying to a stock, Thou art my 
father; and to a stone, Thou hast 
brought me forth : for they have turn- 
ed their back unto me, and not their 
face : but in the time of their trouble 
they will say, Arise, and save us. 

28 But where are thy gods that thou 
hast made thee ? let them arise, if 
they can save thee in the time of thy 
trouble : for according to the number 
of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah. 

29 Wherefore will ye plead with 
me ? ye all have transgressed against 
me, saith the Lord. 

30 In vain have I smitten your chil- 
dren ; they received no correction : 
your own sword hath devoured your 
prophets, like a destroying lion. 

31 il O generation, see ye the word 
of the Lord. Have I been a wilder- 
ness unto Israel ? a land of darkness ? 
wherefore say my people, We are 
lords ; we will come no more unto thee ? 

32 Can a maid forget her orna- 
ments, or a bride her attire ? yet my 
people have forgotten me days with- 
out number. 

33 Why trimmest thou thy way to 
seek love ? therefore hast thou also 
taught the wicked ones thy ways. 

34 Also in thy skirts is found the 
blood of the souls of the poor inno- 
cents : I have not found it by secret 
search, but upon all these. 

35 Yet thou sayest, Because I am 



innocent, surely his anger shall turn 
from me. Behold, I will plead with 
thee, because thou sayest, I have not 
sinned. 

36 Why gaddest thou about so 
much to change thy way ? thou also 
shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou 
wast ashamed of Assyria. 

3 7 Yea, thou shalt go forth from him, 
and thine hands upon thine head : for 
the Lord hath rejected thy confidences, 
and thou shalt not prosper in them. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 God's great mercy in JudaWs vile whoredom. 6 Ju- 
dah is worse than Israel. 12 The promises of the gos- 
pel to the penitent. 20 Israel reproved, and called by 
God, maketh a solemn confession of their sins. 

THEY say, If a man put away his 
wife, and she go from him, and 
become another man's, shall he return 
unto her again ? shall not that land 
be greatly polluted ? but thou hast 
played the harlot with many lovers ; 
yet return again to me, saith the Lord 

2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high 
places, and see where thou hast not 
been lain with. In the ways hast 
thou sat for them, as the Arabian in 
the wilderness ; and thou hast pol- 
luted the land with thy whoredoms 
and with thy wickedness. 

3 Therefore the showers have been 
withholden, and there hath been no lat- 
ter rain ; and thou hadst a whore's fore- 
head, thou refusedst to be ashamed. 

4 Wilt thou not from this time cry 
unto me, My father, thou art the 
guide of my youth ? 

5 Will he reserve his anger for 
ever ? will he keep it to the end ? 
Behold, thou hast spoken and done 
evil things as thou couldest. 

6 If The Lord said also unto me 
in the days of Josiah the king, Hast 
thou seen that which backsliding 
Israel hath done? she is gone up 
upon every high mountain and under 
every green tree, and there hath play- 
ed the harlot. 

7 And I said after she had done 
all these things, Turn thou unto me. 
But she returned not. And her treach- 
erous sister Judah saw it. 

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JEREMIAH. 



to the penitent. 



8 And I saw, when for all the 
causes whereby backsliding Israel 
committed adultery, I had put her 
away, and given her a bill of di- 
vorce; yet her treacherous sister 
Judah feared not, but went and 
played the harlot also. 

9 And it came to pass through the 
lightness of her whoredom, that she 
defiled the land, and committed 
adultery with stones and with stocks. 

10 And yet for all this her treach- 
erous sister Judah hath not turned 
unto me with her whole heart, but 
feignedly, saith the Lord. 

11 And the Lord said unto me, 
The backsliding Israel hath justified 
herself more than treacherous Judah. 

12 IT Go and proclaim these words 
toward the north, and say, Return, 
thou backsliding Israel, saith the 
Lord ; and I will not cause mine 
anger to fall upon you : for I am 
merciful, saith the Lord, and I will 
not keep anger for ever. 

13 Only acknowledge thine ini- 
quity, that thou hast transgressed 
against the Lord thy God, and hast 
scattered thy ways to the strangers 
under every green tree, and ye have 
not obeyed my voice, saith the Lord. 

14 Turn, O backsliding children, 
saith the Lord; for I am married 
unto you: and I will take you one 
of a city, and two of a family, and I 
will bring you to Zion : 

15 And I will give you pastors ac- 
cording to mine heart, which shall 
feed you with knowledge and under- 
standing. 

16 And it shall come to pass, when 
ye be multiplied and increased in the 
land, in those days, saith the Lord, 
they shall say no more, The ark of the 
covenant of the Lord : neither shall it 
come to mind ; neither shall they re- 
member it ; neither shall they visit it; 
neither shall that be done any more. 

1 7 At that time they shall call Jem- 
sal em the throne of the Lord ; and all 
the nations shall be gathered unto it, to 
the name of the Lord, to Jerusalem : 

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neither shall they walk any more after 
the imagination of their evil heart. 

18 In those days the house of Ju 
dah shall walk with the house of Is- 
rael, and they shall come together out 
of the land of the north to the land 
that I have given for an inheritance 
unto your fathers. 

1 9 But I said, How shall I put thee 
among the children, and give thee a 
pleasant land, a goodly heritage of 
the hosts of nations ? and I said, 
Thou shalt call me, My father ; and 
shalt not turn away from me. 

20 If Surely as a wife treacherously 
departeth from her husband, so have 
ye dealt treacherously with me, O 
house of Israel, saith the Lord. 

21 A voice was heard upon the 
high places, weeping and supplica- 
tions of the children of Israel : for they 
have perverted their way, and they 
have forgotten the Lord their God. 

22 Return, ye backsliding children, 
and I will heal your backslidings. 
Behold, we come unto thee ; for thou 
art the Lord our God. 

23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped 
for from the hills, and from the mul- 
titude of mountains : truly in the Lord 
our God is the salvation of Israel. 

24 For shame hath devoured the 
labour of our fathers from our youth ; 
their flocks and their herds, their sons 
and their daughters. 

25 We lie down in our shame, and 
our confusion covereth us : for we have 
sinned against the Lord our God, we 
and our fathers, from our youth even 
unto this day, and have not obeyed 
the voice of the Lord our God. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 God calleth Israel by his promise. 3 He exhorteth 
Judah to repentance by fearful judgments. 19-4 
grievous lamentation for the miseries of Judah. 

IF thou wilt return, O Israel, saith 
the Lord, return unto me : and 
if thou wilt put away thine abomina- 
tions out of my sight, then shalt thou 
not remove. 

2 And thou shalt swear, The Lord 
liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in 



Jiidah exhorted 



JEREMIAH. 



to repentance. 



righteousness ; and the nations shall 
bless themselves in him, and in him 
shall they glory. 

3 H For thus saith the Lord to the 
men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break 
up your fallow ground, and sow not 
among thorns. 

4 Circumcise yourselves to the 
Lord, and take away the foreskins 
of your heart, ye men of Judah and 
inhabitants of Jerusalem; lest my 
fury come forth like fire, anjd burn 
that none can quench it, because of 
the evil of your doings. 

5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish 
in Jerusalem ; and say, Blow ye the 
trumpet in the land : cry, gather to- 
gether, and say, Assemble yourselves, 
and let us go into the defenced cities. 

6 Set up the standard toward 
Zion : retire, stay not ; for I will 
bring evil from the north, and a great 
destruction. 

7 The lion is come up from his 
thicket, and the destroyer of the 
Gentiles is on his way; he is gone 
forth from his place to make thy 
land desolate ; and thy cities shall 
be laid waste, without an inhabitant. 

8 For this gird you with sackcloth, 
lament and howl : for the fierce anger 
of the Lord is not turned back from us. 

9 And it shall come to pass at that 
day, saith the Lord, that the heart 
of the king shall perish, and the heart 
of the princes ; and the priests shall 
be astonished, and the prophets shall 
wonder. 

10 Then said I, Ah, Lord God! 
surely thou hast greatly deceived 
this people and Jerusalem, saying, 
Ye fchall have peace ; whereas the 
sword reacheth unto the soul. 

11 At that time shall it be said to 
this people and to Jerusalem, A dry 
wind of the high places in the wil- 
derness toward the daughter of my 
people, not to fan, nor to cleanse, 

12 Even a full wind from those 
places shall come unto me : now also 
will I give sentence against them. 

13 Behold, he shall come up as 



clouds, and his chariots shall be as a 
whirlwind : his horses are swifter 
than eagles. Woe unto us ! for we 
are spoiled. 

14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart 
from wickedness, that thou mayest 
be saved. How long shall thy vain 
thoughts lodge within thee ? 

15 For a voice declareth from Dan, 
and publisheth affliction from mount 
Ephraim. 

16 Make ye mention to the nations ; 
behold, publish against Jerusalem, 
that watchers come from a far coun- 
try, and give out their voice against 
the cities of Judah. 

17 As keepers of a field, are they 
against her round about; because 
she hath been rebellious against me, 
saith the Lord. 

18 Thy way and thy doings have 
procured these things unto thee ; this 
is thy wickedness, because it is bitter, 
because it reacheth unto thine heart. 

19 % My bowels, my bowels ! I am 
pained at my very heart ; my heart 
maketh a noise in me ; I cannot hold 
my peace, because thou hast heard, 
O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, 
the alarm of war. 

20 Destruction upon destruction is 
cried ; for the whole land is spoiled : 
suddenly are my tents spoiled, and 
my curtains in a moment. 

21 How long shall I see the standard, 
and hear the sound of the trumpet ? 

22 For my people is foolish, they 
have not known me ; they are sottish 
children, and they have none under- 
standing : they are wise to do evil, but 
to do good they have no knowledge. 

23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it 
was without form, and void ; and the 
heavens, and they had no light. 

24 I beheld the mountains, and, 
lo, they trembled, and all the hills 
moved lightly. 

25 I beheld, and, lo, there tvas no 
man, and all the birds of the heav- 
ens were fled. 

26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful 
place ivas a wilderness, and all the 

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God's judgments 



cities thereof were broken down at 
the presence of the Lord, and by his 
fierce anger. 

27 For thus hath the Lord said, 
The whole land shall be desolate; 
yet will I not make a full end. 

28 For this shall the earth mourn, 
and the heavens above be black: 
because I have spoken it, I have 
purposed it, and will not repent, nei- 
ther will I turn back from it. 

29 The whole city shall flee for the 
noise of the horsemen and bowmen ; 
they shall go into thickets, and climb 
up upon the rocks : every city shall be 
forsaken, and not a man dwell therein. 

30 And when thou art spoiled, what 
wilt thou do ? Though thou clothest 
thyself with crimson, though thou 
deckest thee with ornaments of gold, 
though thou rentest thy face with 
painting, in vain shalt thou make 
thyself fair ; thy lovers will despise 
thee, they will seek thy life. 

31 For I have heard a voice as of 
a woman in travail, and the anguish 
as of her that bringeth forth her first 
child, the voice of the daughter of 
Zion, that bewaileth herself, that 
spread eth her hands, saying, Woe is 
me now ! for my soul is wearied be- 
cause of murderers. 

CHAP TEE Y. 

1 The judgments of God upon the Jews, for their per- 
versencss, 7 for their adultery, 10 for their impiety, 19 
for their contempt of God, 25 and for their great cor- 
ruption in the civil state, 30 and ecclesiastical. 

RUN ye to and fro through the 
streets of Jerusalem, and see 
now, and know, and seek in the 
broad places thereof, if ye can find a 
man, if there be any that executeth 
judgment, that seeketh the truth; 
and I will pardon it. 

2 And though they say, The Lord 
liveth ; surely they swear falsely. 

3 O Lord, are not thine eyes upon 
the truth? thou hast stricken them, 
but they have not grieved ; thou 
hast consumed them, but they have 
refused to receive correction : they 
have made their faces harder than a 
rock ; they have refused to return. 

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4 Therefore I said, Surely these 
are poor; they are foolish: for they 
know not the way of the Lord, nor 
the judgment of their God. 

5 I will get me unto the great men, 
and will speak unto them; for they 
have known the way of the Lord, 
and the judgment of their God : but 
these have altogether broken the 
yoke, and burst the bonds. 

6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest 
shall slay them, and a wolf of the 
evenings shall spoil them, a leopard 
shall watch over their cities: every 
one that goeth out thence shall be 
torn in pieces : because their trans- 
gressions are many, and their back- 
slidings are increased. 

7 IT How shall I pardon thee for 
this? thy children have forsaken 
me, and sworn by them that are no 
gods: when I had fed them to the 
full, they then committed adultery, 
and assembled themselves by troops 
in the harlots' houses. 

8 They were as fed horses in the 
morning: every one neighed after 
his neighbour's wife. 

9 Shall I not visit for these things ? 
saith the Lord : and shall not my soul 
be avenged on such a nation as this ? 

10 H Go ye up upon her walls, and 
destroy; but make not a full end: 
take away her battlements ; for they 
are not the Lord's. 

11 For the house of Israel and the 
house of Judah have dealt very treach- 
erously against me, saith the Lord. 

12 They have belied the Lord, 
and said, It is not he ; neither shall 
evil come upon us ; neither shall we 
see sword nor famine : 

13 And the prophets shall become 
wind, and the word is not in them: 
thus shall it be done unto them. 

14 Wherefore thus saith the Lord 
God of hosts, Because ye speak this 
word, behold, I will make my words 
in thy mouth fire, and this people 
wood, and it shall devour them. 

15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon 
you from far, O house of Israel, saith 






upon the people for 



JEREMIAH. 



their various sins. 



the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it 
is an ancient nation, a nation whose 
language thou knowest not, neither 
understandest what they say. 

16 Their quiver is as an open sep- 
ulchre, they are all mighty men. 

17 And they shall eat up thine 
harvest and thy bread, which thy 
sons and thy daughters should eat: 
they shall eat up thy flocks and 
thine herds: they shall eat up thy 
vines and thy fig trees: they shall 
impoverish thy fenced cities, where- 
in thou trustedst, with the sword. 

18 Nevertheless in those days, saith 
the Lord, I will not make a full end 
with you. 

19 IT And it shall come to pass, 
when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth 
the Lord our God all these things un- 
to us ? then shalt thou answer them, 
Like as ye have forsaken me, and 
served strange gods in your land, so 
shall ye serve strangers in a land 
that is not yours. 

20 Declare this in the house of Ja- 
cob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 

21 Hear now this, O foolish people, 
and without understanding; which 
have eyes, and see not ; which have 
ears, and hear not : 

22 Fear ye not me? saith the 
Lord: will ye not tremble at my 
presence, which have placed the 
sand for the bound of the sea by a 
perpetual decree, that it cannot pass 
it : and though the waves thereof 
toss themselves, yet can they not 
prevail; though they roar, yet can 
they not pass over it ? 

• 23 But this people hath a revolting 
and a rebellious heart; they are re- 
volted and gone. 

24 Neither say they in their heart, 
Let us now fear the Lord our God, 
that giveth rain, both the former 
and the latter, in his season : he re- 
serveth unto us the appointed weeks 
of the harvest. 

25 % Your iniquities have turned 
away these things, and your sins have 
withholden good things from you. 

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26 For among my people are found 
wicked men: they lay wait, as he 
that setteth snares ; they set a trap, 
they catch men. 

27 As a cage is full of birds, so are 
their houses full of deceit : therefore 
they are become great, and waxen 
rich. 

28 They are waxen fat, they shine : 
yea, they overpass the deeds of the 
wicked: they judge not the cause, 
the cause of the fatherless, yet they 
prosper ; and the right of the needy 
do they not judge. 

29 Shall I not visit for these things ? 
saith the Lord : shall not my soul be 
avenged on such a nation as this ? 

30 If A wonderful and horrible 
thing is committed in the land ; 

31 The prophets prophesy falsely, 
and the priests bear rule by their 
means ; and my people love to have 
it so : and what will ye do in the end 
thereof? 

CHAPTER YI. 

1 The enemies sent against Judah 4 encourage them- 
selves. 6 God setteth them on work because of their 
sins. 9 The prophet lamentelh the judgments of God 
because of their sins. 18 He proclaimeth God's wrath. 
26 He calleth the people to mourn for the judgment 
on their sins. 

OYE children of Benjamin, gather 
yourselves to flee out of the midst 
of Jerusalem, and blow the trumpet 
in Tekoa, and set up a sign of fire in 
Beth-haccerem : for evil appeareth 
out of the north, and great destruction. 

2 I have likened the daughter of 
Zion to a comely and delicate woman. 

3 The shepherds with their flocks 
shall come unto her ; they shall pitch 
their tents against her round about; 
they shall feed every one in his place. 

4 Prepare ye war against her ; arise, 
and let us go up at noon. Woe unto us ! 
for the day goeth away, for the shadows 
of the evening are stretched out. 

5 Arise, and let us go by night, 
and let us destroy her palaces. 

6 H For thus hath the Lord of 
hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and 
cast a mount against Jerusalem : this 
is the city to be visited ; she is wholly 
oppression in the midst of her. 

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JEREMIAH. 



the judgments of God, 



7 As a fountain casteth out her 
waters, so she casteth out her wick- 
edness: violence and spoil is heard 
in her ; before me continually is grief 
and wounds. 

8 Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, 
lest my soul depart from thee ; lest I 
make thee desolate, a land not in- 
habited. 

9 If Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
They shall thoroughly glean the rem- 
nant of Israel as a vine : turn back 
thine hand as a grapegatherer into 
the baskets. 

10 To whom shall I speak, and 
give warning, that they may hear? 
Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, 
and they cannot hearken : behold, 
the word of the Lord is unto them a 
reproach ; they have no delight in it. 

1 1 Therefore I am full of the fury 
of the Lord ; I am weary with holding 
in : I will pour it out upon the children 
abroad, and upon the assembly of 
young men together: for even the 
husband with the wife shall be taken, 
the aged with him that is full of days. 

12 And their houses shall be turn- 
ed unto others, with their fields and 
wives together : for I will stretch out 
my hand upon the inhabitants of the 
land, saith the Lord. 

13 For from the least of them even 
unto the greatest of them every one 
is given to covetousness ; and from 
the prophet even unto the priest 
every one dealeth falsely. 

14 They have healed also the hurt 
of the daughter of my people slight- 
ly, saying, Peace, peace ; when there 
is no peace. 

15 Were they ashamed when they 
had committed abomination ? nay, 
they were not at all ashamed, neither 
could they blush; therefore they 
shall fall among them that fall : at 
the time that I visit them they shall 
be cast down, saith the Lord. 

16 Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye 
in the ways, and see, and ask for the 
old paths, where is the good way, 
and walk therein, and ye shall find 

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rest for your souls. But they said, 
We will not walk therein. 

17 Also I set watchmen over you, 
saying, Hearken to the sound of the 
trumpet. But they said, We will not 
hearken. 

18 If Therefore hear, ye nations, 
and know, O congregation, what is 
among them. 

19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will 
bring evil upon this people, even the 
fruit of their thoughts, because they 
have not hearkened unto my words, 
nor to my law, but rejected it. 

20 To what purpose cometh there 
to me incense from Sheba, and the 
sweet cane from a far country ? your 
burnt offerings are not acceptable, 
nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. 

21 Therefore thus saith the Lord, 
Behold, I will lay stumblingblocks be- 
fore this people, and the fathers and 
the sons together shall fall upon them ; 
the neighbour and his friend shall 
perish. 

22 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, a 
people cometh from the north coun- 
try, and a great nation shall be raised 
from the sides of the earth. 

23 They shall lay hold on bow and 
spear; they are cruel, and have no 
mercy ; their voice roareth like the 
sea; and they ride upon horses, set 
in array as men for war against thee, 
O daughter of Zion. 

24 We have heard the fame there- 
of: our hands wax feeble: anguish 
hath taken hold of us, and pain, as 
of a woman in travail. 

25 Go not forth into the field, nor 
walk by the way; for the sword of 
the enemy and fear is on every side. 

26 II O daughter of my people, gird 
thee with sackcloth, and wallow thy- 
self in ashes : make thee mourning, 
as for an only son, most bitter lamen- 
tation : for the spoiler shall suddenly 
come upon us. 

27 I have set thee for a tower and 
a fortress among my people, that thou 
mayest know and try their way. 

28 They are all grievous revolters, 



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JEREMIAH. 



Idolatry threatened. 



walking with slanders : they are brass 
and iron ; they are all corrupters. 

29 The bellows are burned, the lead 
is consumed of the fire ; the founder 
melteth in vain : for the wicked are 
not plucked away. 

30 Reprobate silver shall men call 
them, because the Lord hath reject- 
ed them. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 Jeremiah is sent to call for true repentance, to prevent 
the Jews' captivity. 8 He rejecteth their vain confi- 
dence, 12 by the example of Shiloh. 17 He threaten- 
eth them for their idolatry. 21 He rejecteth the sacri- 
fices of the disobedient. 29 He exhorteth to mourn 
for their abominations in Tophet, 32 and the judg- 
ments for the same. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah 
from the Lord, saying-, 

2 Stand in the gate of the Lord's 
house, and proclaim there this word, 
and say, Hear the word of the Lord, 
all ye of Judah, that enter in at these 
gates to worship the Lord. 

3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, Amend your ways 
and your doings, and I will cause 
you to dwell in this place. 

4 Trust ye not in lying words, say- 
ing, The temple of the Lord, The 
temple of the Lord, The temple of 
the Lord, are these. 

5 For if ye thoroughly amend your 
ways and your doings ; if ye thorough- 
ly execute judgment between a man 
and his neighbour ; 

6 If ye oppress not the stranger, the 
fatherless, and the widow, andshednot 
innocent blood in this place, neither 
walk after other gods to your hurt ; 

7 Then will I cause you to dwell 
in this place, in the land that I gave 
to your fathers, for ever and ever. 

8 If Behold, ye trust in lying words, 
; that cannot profit. 

9 Will ye steal, murder, and com- 
mit adultery, and swear falsely, and 

I burn incense unto Baal, and walk 
after other gods whom ye know not ; 

10 And come and stand before me 
in this house, which is called by my 
name, and say, We are delivered to 
do all these abominations ? 

11 Is this house, which is called by 



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my name, become a den of robbers 
in your eyes ? Behold, even I have 
seen it, saith the Lord. 

12 But go ye now unto my place 
which was in Shiloh, where I set my 
name at the first, and see what I did 
to it for the wickedness of my peo- 
ple Israel. 

13 And now, because ye have done 
all these works, saith the Lord, and 
I spake unto you, rising up early 
and speaking, but ye heard not ; and 
I called you, but ye answered not ; 

14 Therefore will I do unto this 
house, which is called by my name, 
wherein ye trust, and unto the place 
which I gave to you and to your 
fathers, as I have done to Shiloh. 

15 And I will cast you out of my 
sight, as I have cast out all your breth- 
ren, even the whole seed of Ephraim. 

16 Therefore pray not thou for this 
people, neither lift up cry nor prayer 
for them, neither make intercession 
to me : for I will not hear thee. 

17 If Seest thou not what they do in 
the cities of Judah and in the streets 
of Jerusalem ? 

18 The children gather wood, and 
the fathers kindle the fire, and the wo- 
men knead their dough, to make cakes 
to the queen of heaven, and to pour 
out drink offerings unto other gods, 
that they may provoke me to anger. 

19 Do they provoke me to anger? 
saith the Lord : do they not provoke 
themselves to the confusion of their 
own faces ? 

20 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Behold, mine anger and my 
fury shall be poured out upon this 
place, upon man, and upon beast, and 
upon the trees of the field, and upon 
the fruit of the ground ; and it shall 
burn, and shall not be quenched. 

2 1 If Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel; Put your burnt 
offerings unto your sacrifices, and eat 
flesh. 

22 For I spake not unto your 
fathers, nor commanded them in 
the day that I brought them out of 

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for their idolatry. 



the land of Egypt, concerning burnt 
offerings or sacrifices : 

23 But this thing commanded I 
them, saying, Obey my voice, and I 
will be your God, and ye shall be my 
people : and walk ye in all the ways 
that I have commanded you, that it 
may be well unto you. 

24 But they hearkened not, nor 
inclined their ear, but walked in the 
counsels and in the imagination of 
their evil heart, and went backward, 
and not forward. 

25 Since the day that your fathers 
came forth out of the land of Egypt 
unto this day, I have even sent unto 
you all my servants the prophets, daily 
rising up early and sending them : 

26 Yet they hearkened not unto 
me, nor inclined their ear, but hard- 
ened their neck : they did worse than 
their fathers. 

27 Therefore thou shalt speak all 
these words unto them; but they 
will not hearken to thee : thou shalt 
also call unto them; but they will 
not answer thee. 

28 But thou shalt say unto them, 
This is a nation that obeyeth not the 
voice of the Lord their God, nor re- 
ceiveth correction : truth is perished, 
and is cut off from their mouth. 

29 If Cut off thine hair, Jerusa- 
lem^ and cast it away, and take up a 
lamentation on high places ; for the 
Lord hath rejected and forsaken the 
generation of his wrath. 

30 For the children of Judah have 
done evil in my sight, saith the Lord : 
they have set their abominations in 
the house which is called by my name, 
to pollute it. 

31 And they have built the high 
places of Tophet, which is in the val- 
ley of the son of Hinnom, to burn 
their sons and their daughters in the 
fire ; which I commanded them not, 
neither came it into my heart. 

32 ^f Therefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the Lord, that it shall 
no more be called Tophet, nor The 
valley of the son of Hinnom, but 

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The valley of slaughter : for they shall 
bury in Tophet, till there be no place. 

33 And the carcasses of this people 
shall be meat for the fowls of the 
heaven, and for the beasts of the 
earth ; and none shall fray them 
away. 

34 Then will I cause to cease from 
the cities of Judah, and from the streets 
of Jerusalem, the voice of mirth, and 
the voice of gladness, the voice of the 
bridegroom, and the voice of the 
bride : for the land shall be desolate. 

CHAPTEK VIII. 

1 The calamity gf the Jews, both dead and alive. 4 He, 
upbraideth their foolish and shameless impenitency. 
13 He sheweth their grievous judgment, 18 and bewail- 
eth their desperate estate. 

AT that time, saith the Lord, they 
. shall bring out the bones of the 
kings of Judah, and the bones of his 
princes, and the bones of the priests, 
and the bones of the prophets, and 
the bones of the inhabitants of Jeru- 
salem, out of their graves : 

2 And they shall spread them be- 
fore the sun, and the moon, and all 
the host of heaven, whom they have 
loved, and whom they have served, 
and after whom they have walked, and 
whom they have sought, and whom 
they have worshipped : they shall not 
be gathered, nor be buried ; they shall 
be for dung upon the face of the earth. 

3 And death shall be chosen rather 
than life by all the residue of them that 
remain of this evil family, which re- 
main in all the places whither I have 
driven them, saith the Lord of hosts. 

4 If Moreover thou shalt say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall 
they fall, and not arise? shall he 
turn away, and not return ? 

5 Why then is this people of Jeru- 
salem slidden back by a perpetual 
backsliding? they hold fast deceit, 
they refuse to return. 

6 I hearkened and heard, but they 
spake not aright: no man repented 
him of his wickedness, saying, What 
have I done? every one turned to 
his course, as the horse rusheth into 
the battle. 



God's judgments 



JEREMIAH. 



against them. 



7 Yea, the stork in the heaven 
knoweth her appointed times ; and 
the turtle and the crane and the 
swallow ohserve the time of their 
coming; but my people know not 
the judgment of the Lord. 

8 How do ye say, We are wise, and 
the law of the Lord is with us ? Lo, 
certainly in vain made he it ; the pen 
of the scribes is in vain. 

9 The wise men are ashamed, they 
are dismayed and taken : lo, they have 
rejected the word of the Lord ; and 
what wisdom is in them ? 

1.0 Therefore will I give their wives 
unto others, and their fields to them 
that shall inherit them : for every one 
from the least even unto the greatest 
is given to covetousness, from the 
prophet even unto the priest every 
one dealeth falsely. 

11 For they have healed the hurt 
of the daughter of my people slightly, 
saying, Peace, peace ; when there is 
no peace. 

12 Were they ashamed when they 
had committed abomination? nay, 
they were not at all ashamed, neither 
could they blush ; therefore shall they 
fall among them that fall : in the time 
of their visitation they shall be cast 
down, saith the Lord. 

13 IT I will surely consume them, 
saith the Lord : there shall be no 
grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig 
tree, and the leaf shall fade ; and the 
things that I have given them shall 
pass away from them. 

14 Why do we sit still ? assemble 
yourselves, and let us enter into the 
defenced cities, and let us be silent 
there : for the Lord our God hath 
put us to silence, and given us water 
of gall to drink, because we have 
sinned against the Lord. 

15 We looked for peace, but no 
good came ; and for a time of health, 
and behold trouble ! 

16 The snorting of his horses was 
heard from Dan : the whole land 
trembled at the sound of the neighing 
of his strong ones ; for they are come, 



and have devoured the land, and all 
that is in it ; the city, and those that 
dwell therein. 

17 For, behold, I will send serpents, 
cockatrices, among you, which will 
not be charmed, and they shall bite 
you, saith the Lord. 

18 IT When I would comfort myself 
against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. 

19 Behold the voice of the cry of 
the daughter of my people because 
of them that dwell in a far country : 
Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her 
king in her? Why have they pro- 
voked me to anger with their graven 
images, and with strange vanities ? 

20 The harvest is past, the summer 
is ended, and we are not saved. 

21 For the hurt of the daughter of 
my people am I hurt ; I am black ; 
astonishment hath taken hold on me. 

22 Is there no balm in Gilead ? is 
there no physician there ? why then 
is not the health of the daughter of 
my people recovered ? 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 Jeremiah lamenteth the Jews for their manifold sins, 9 
and for their judgment. 1 2 Disobedience is the cause of 
their bitter calamity. Yl He exhorteth to mourn for 
their destruction, 23 and to trust not in themselves, 
but in God. 25 He threateneth both Jews and Gentiles. 

OH that my head were waters, and 
mine eyes a fountain of tears, 
that I might weep day and night for the 
slain of the daughter of my people ! 

2 Oh that I had in the wilderness 
a lodging place of wayfaring men ; 
that I might leave my people, and go 
from them ! for they be all adulterers, 
an assembly of treacherous men. 

3 And they bend their tongues like 
their bow for lies: but they are not 
valiant for the truth upon the earth ; 
for they proceed from evil to evil, and 
they know not me, saith the Lord. 

4 Take ye heed every one of his 
neighbour, and trust ye not in any 
brother : for every brother will utter- 
ly supplant, and every neighbour will 
walk with slanders. 

5 And they will deceive every one 
his neighbour, and will not speak the 
truth : they have taught their tongue 

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JEREMIAH. 



the Jews to mourn. 



to speak lies, and weary themselves 
to commit iniquity. 

6 Thine habitation is in the midst 
of deceit ; through deceit they refuse 
to know me, saith the Lord. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and 
try them ; for how shall I do for the 
daughter of my people ? 

8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot 
out ; it speaketh deceit : one speaketh 
peaceably to his neighbour with his 
mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait. 

9 If Shall I not visit them for these 
things ? saith the Lord : shall not my 
soul be avenged on such a nation as 
this? 

10 For the mountains will I take 
up a weeping and wailing, and for the 
habitations of the wilderness a lam- 
entation, because they are burned 
up, so that none can pass through 
them ; neither can men hear the voice 
of the cattle : both the fowl of the 
heavens and the beast are fled ; they 
are gone. 

11 And I will make Jerusalem 
heaps, and a den of dragons ; and I 
will make the cities of Judah deso- 
late, without an inhabitant. 

12 If Who is the wise man, that 
may understand this ? and who is he 
to whom the mouth of the Lord hath 
spoken, that he may declare it, for 
what the land perisheth and is burn- 
ed up like a wilderness, that none 
passeth through ? 

13 And the Lord saith, Because 
they have forsaken my law which I 
set before them, and have not obeyed 
my voice, neither walked therein ; 

14 But have walked after the im- 
agination of their own heart, and after 
Baalim, which their fathers taught 
them : 

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel ; Behold, 
I will feed them, even this people, 
with wormwood, and give them wa- 
ter of gall to drink. 

16 I will scatter them also among 
the heathen, whom neither they nor 

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their fathers have known : and I will 
send a sword after them, till I have 
consumed them. 

17 If Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
Consider ye, and call for the mourn- 
ing women, that they may come ; 
and send for cunning women, that 
they may come : 

18 And let them make haste, and 
take up a wailing for us, that our 
eyes may run down with tears, and 
our eyelids gush out with waters. 

19 For a voice of wailing is heard 
out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we 
are greatly confounded, because we 
have forsaken the land, because our 
dwellings have cast us out. 

, 20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, 
O ye women, and let your ear receive 
the word of his mouth, and teach 
your daughters wailing, and every 
one her neighbour lamentation. 

21 For death is come up into our 
windows, and is entered into our 
palaces, to cut off the children from 
without, and the young men from 
the streets. 

22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, 
Even the carcasses of men shall fall 
as dung upon the open field, and as 
the handful after the harvestman, 
and none shall gather them. 

23 If Thus saith the Lord, Let not 
the wise man glory in his wisdom, 
neither let the mighty man glory in 
his might, let not the rich man glory 
in his riches : 

24 But let him that glorieth glory 
in this, that he understandeth and 
knoweth me, that I am the Lord 
which exercise lovingkindness, judg- 
ment, and righteousness, in the 
earth : for in these things I delight, 
saith the Lord. 

25 If Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will punish all them 
which are circumcised with the uncir- 
cumcised ; 

26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, 
and the children of Amnion, and 
Moab, and all that are in the utmost 
corners, that dwell in the wilderness: 



The great disparity 



JEREMIAH. 



between God and idols. 



for all these nations are uncircum- 
cised, and all the house of Israel are 
uncircumcised in the heart. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 The unequal comparison of God and idols. 17 The 
prophet exhorteth to flee from the calamity to come. 19 
He lamenteth the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pas- 
tors. 23 Re maketh an humble supplication. 

HEAR ye the word which the 
Lord speaketh unto you, O 
house of Israel : 

2 Thus saith the Lord, Learn not 
the way of the heathen, and be not 
dismayed at the signs of heaven ; for 
the heathen are dismayed at them. 

3 For the customs of the people 
are vain: for one cutteth a tree out 
of the forest, the work of the hands 
of the workman, with the axe. 

4 They deck it with silver and with 
gold; they fasten it with nails and 
with hammers, that it move not. 

5 They are upright as the palm 
tree, but speak not : they must needs 
be borne, because they • cannot go. 
Be not afraid of them ; for they can- 
not do evil, neither also is it in them 
to do good. 

6 Forasmuch as there is none like 
unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, 
and thy name is great in might. 

7 Who would not fear thee, O 
King of nations ? for to thee doth it 
appertain : forasmuch as among all 
the wise men of the nations, and in 
all their kingdoms, there is none like 
unto thee. 

8 But they are altogether brutish 
and foolish : the stock is a doctrine 
of vanities. 

9 Silver spread into plates is 
brought from Tarshish, and gold 
from Uphaz, the work of the work- 
man, and of the hands of the founder: 
blue and purple is their clothing : they 
are all the work of cunning men. 

10 But the Lord is the true God, 
he is the living God, and an everlast- 
ing King: at his wrath the earth shall 
tremble, and the nations shall not be 
able to abide his indignation. 

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, 
The gods that have not made the 



heavens and the earth, even they shall 
perish from the earth, and from un- 
der these heavens. 

12 He hath made the earth by his 
power, he hath established the world 
by his wisdom, and hath stretched 
out the heavens by his discretion. 

13 When he uttereth his voice, there 
is a multitude of waters in the heavens, 
and he causeth the vapours to ascend 
from the ends of the earth ; he maketh 
lightnings with rain, and bringeth 
forth the wind out of his treasures. 

14 Every man is brutish in his 
knowledge: every founder is con- 
founded by the graven image : for his 
molten image is falsehood, and there 
is no breath in them. 

15 They are vanity, and the work 
of errors : in the time of their visita- 
tion they shall perish. 

16 The portion of Jacob is not like 
them : for he is the former of all things ; 
and Israel is the rod of his inheritance : 
The Lord of hosts is his name. 

17 IT Gather up thy wares out of 
the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. 

18 For thus saith the Lord, Be- 
hold, I will sling out the inhabitants 
of the land at this once, and will dis- 
tress them, that they may find it so. 

19 TT Woe is me for my hurt ! my 
wound is grievous : but I said, Truly 
this is a grief, and I must bear it. 

20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all 
my cords are broken : my children 
are gone forth of me, and they are 
not : there is none to stretch forth my 
tent any more, and to set up my cur- 
tains. 

21 For the pastors are become 
brutish, and have not sought the Lord : 
therefore they shall not prosper, and 
all their flocks shall be scattered. 

22 Behold, the noise of the bruit is 
come, and a great commotion out of 
the north country, to make the cities of 
Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. 

23 If O Lord, I know that the way 
of man is not in himself: it is not in 
man that walketh to direct his steps. 

24 O Lord, correct me, but with 

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JEREMIAH. 



God's covenant. 



judgment; not in thine anger, lest 
thou bring me to nothing. 

25 Pour out thy fury upon the 
heathen that know thee not, and upon 
the families that call not on thy name : 
for they have eaten up Jacob, and de- 
voured him, and consumed him, and 
have made his habitation desolate. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 Jeremiah proclaimeth God's covenant, 8 rebuketh the 
Jews' disobeying thereof, 11 prophesieth evils to come 
upon them,\8 and upon the men of Anathoth, for con- 
spiring to kill Jeremiah. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah 
from the Lord, saying, 

2 Hear ye the words of this covenant, 
and speak unto the men of Judah, and 
to the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; 

3 And say thou unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel ; Cursed 
be the man that obeyeth not the 
words of this covenant, 

4 Which I commanded your fathers 
in the day that I brought them forth 
out of the land of Egypt, from the 
iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, 
and do them, according to all which 
I command you : so shall ye be my 
people, and I will be your God : 

5 That I may perform the oath 
which I have sworn unto your fathers, 
to give them a land flowing with milk 
and honey, as it is this day. Then 
answered I, and said, So be it, O Lord. 

6 Then the Lord said unto me, 
Proclaim all these words in the cities 
of Judah, and in the streets of Jeru- 
salem, saying, Hear ye the words of 
this covenant, and do them. 

7 For I earnestly protested unto 
your fathers in the day that I brought 
them up out of the land of Egypt, 
even unto this day, rising early and 
protesting, saying, Obey my voice. 

8 Yet they obeyed not, nor inclined 
their ear, but walked every one in 
the imagination of their evil heart: 
therefore I will bring upon them all 
the words of this covenant, which I 
commanded them to do ; but they did 
them not. 

9 And the Lord said unto me, A 
conspiracy is found among the men 

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of Judah, and among the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem. 

10 They are turned back to the 
iniquities of their forefathers, which 
refused to hear my words; and they 
went after other gods to serve them : 
the house of Israel and the house of 
Judah have broken my covenant 
which I made with their fathers. 

1 1 IT Therefore thus saith the Lord, 
Behold, I will bring evil upon them, 
which they shall not be able to es- 
cape ; and though they shall cry unto 
me, I will not hearken unto them. 

12 Then shall the cities of Judah 
and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and 
cry unto the gods unto whom they 
offer incense : but they shall not save 
them at all in the time of their trouble. 

13 For according to the number of 
thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; 
and according to the number of the 
streets of Jerusalem have ye set up 
altars to that shameful thing, even 
altars to burn incense unto Baal. 

14 Therefore pray not thou for this 
people, neither lift up a cry or prayer 
for them : for I will not hear them in 
the time that they cry unto me for 
their trouble. 

15 What hath my beloved to do in 
mine house, seeing she hath wrought 
lewdness with many, and the holy 
flesh is passed from thee ? when thou 
doest evil, then thou rejoicest. 

16 The Lord called thy name, A 
green olive tree, fair, and of goodly 
fruit: with the noise of a great tu- 
mult he hath kindled fire upon it, 
and the branches of it are broken. 

17 For the Lord of hosts, that 
planted thee, hath pronounced evil 
against thee, for the evil of the house 
of Israel and of the house of Judah, 
which they have done against them- 
selves to provoke me to anger in 
offering incense unto Baal. 

18 if And the Lord hath given me 
knowledge of it, and I know it : then 
thou shewedst me their doings. 

19 But I was like a lamb or an ox 
that is brought to the slaughter ; and 



The wicked's prosperity. JEREMIAH. God lamenteth his heritage. 



I knew not that they had devised 
devices against me, saying, Let us 
destroy the tree with the fruit there- 
of, and let us cut him off from the 
land of the living, that his name 
may he no more remembered. 

20 But, O Lord of hosts, that 
judgest righteously, that triest the 
reins and the heart, let me see thy 
vengeance on them: for unto thee 
have I revealed my cause. 

21 Therefore thus saith the Lord of 
the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, 
saying, Prophesy not in the name of the 
Lord, that thou die not by our hand : 

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, Behold, I will punish them: 
the young men shall die by the 
sword; their sons and their daugh- 
ters shall die by famine : 

23 And there shall be no remnant 
of them : for I will bring evil upon 
the men of Anathoth, even the year 
of their visitation. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 Jeremiah, complaining of the wicked's prosperity, by 
faith seeth their ruin. 5 God admonisheth him of 
his brethren's treachery against him, 7 and lamenteth 
his heritage. 14 He promiseth to the penitent return 
from captivity. 

RIGHTEOUS art thou, O Lord, 
when I plead with thee : yet let 
me talk with thee of thy judgments : 
Wherefore doth the way of the wicked 
prosper ? wherefore are all they happy 
that deal very treacherously ? 

2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they 
have taken root : they grow, yea, they 
bring forth fruit: thou art near in 
their mouth, and far from their reins. 

3 But thou, O Lord, knowest me : 
thou hast seen me, and tried mine 
heart toward thee: pull them out 
like sheep for the slaughter, and pre- 
pare them for the day of slaughter. 

4 How long shall the land mourn, 
and the herbs of every field wither, 
for the wickedness of them that 
dwell therein ? the beasts are con- 
sumed, and the birds; because they 
said, He shall not see our last end. 

5 IT If thou hast run with the foot- 
men, and they have wearied thee, 

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then how canst thou contend with 
horses ? and if in the land of peace, 
wherein thou trustedst, they wearied 
thee, then how wilt thou do in the 
swelling of Jordan ? 

6 For even thy brethren, and the 
house of thy father, even they have 
dealt treacherously with thee ; yea, 
they have called a multitude after 
thee : believe them not, though they 
speak fair words unto thee. 

7 IT I have forsaken mine house, I 
have left mine heritage ; I have 
given the dearly beloved of my soul 
into the hand of her enemies, 

8 Mine heritage is unto me as a lion 
in the forest; it crieth out against 
me : therefore have I hated it. . ....« 

9 Mine heritage is unto me as a 
speckled bird, the birds round about 
are against her ; come ye, assemble all 
the beasts of the field, come to devour. 

10 Many pastors have destroyed 
my vineyard, they have trodden my 
portion under foot, they have made 
my pleasant portion a desolate wil- 
derness. 

11 They have made it desolate, and 
being desolate it mourneth unto me ; 
the whole land is made desolate, be- 
cause no man layeth it to heart. 

12 The spoilers are come upon all 
high places through the wilderness : 
for the sword of the Lord shall de- 
vour from the one end of the land 
even to the other end of the land : no 
flesh shall have peace,. 

13 They have sown wheat, but shall 
reap thorns: they have put them- 
selves to pain, but shall not profit: 
and they shall be ashamed of your 
revenues because of the fierce anger 
of the Lord. 

14 If Thus saith the Lord against 
all mine evil neighbours, that touch 
the inheritance which I have caused 
my people Israel to inherit ; Behold, 
I will pluck them out of their land, 
and pluck out the house of Judah 
from among them. 

15 And it shall come to pass, af- 
ter that I have plucked them out I 

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Judah! s destruction typified. JEREMIAH. Exhortation to repentance. 



will return, and have compassion on 
them, and will bring them again, 
every man to his heritage, and every 
man to his land. 

16 And it shall come to pass, if 
they will diligently learn the ways of 
my people, to swear by my name, The 
Lord liveth ; as they taught my peo- 
ple to swear by Baal ; then shall they 
be built in the midst of my people. 

17 But if they will not obey, I will 
utterly pluck up and destroy that 
nation, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER X1IL 

1 In the type of a linen girdle, hidden at Euphrates, God 
prefigureth the destruction of his people. 12 Under 
the parable of the bottles filled with wine he foretelleth 
their drunkenness in misery. 15 He exhorteth to pre- 
vent their future judgments. 22 He sheweth their 
abominations are the cause thereof. 

THUS saith the Lord unto me, 
Go and get thee a linen girdle, 
and put it upon thy loins, and put it 
not in water. 

2 So I got a girdle according to 
the word of the Lord, and put it on 
my loins. 

3 And the word of the Lord came 
unto me the second time, saying, 

4 Take the girdle that thou hast 
got, which is upon thy loins, and 
arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it 
there in a hole of the rock. 

5 So I went, and hid it by Eu- 
phrates, as the Lord commanded me. 

6 And it came to pass after many 
days, that the Lord said unto me, 
Arise, go to Euphrates, and take the 
girdle from thence, which I com- 
manded thee to hide there. 

7 Then I went to Euphrates, and 
digged, and took the girdle from the 
place where I had hid it: and, be- 
hold, the girdle was marred, it was 
profitable for nothing. 

8 Then the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

9 Thus saith the Lord, After this 
manner will I mar the pride of Judah, 
and the great pride of Jerusalem. 

10 This evil people, which refuse to 
hear my words, which walk in the 
imagination of their heart, and walk 

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after other gods, to serve them, and 
to worship them, shall even be as 
this girdle, which is good for nothing. 

11 For as the girdle cleaveth to the 
loins of a man, so have I caused to 
cleave unto me the whole house of 
Israel and the whole house of Judah, 
saith the Lord; that they might be 
unto me for a people, and for a name, 
and for a praise, and for a glory : but 
they would not hear. 

12 1[ Therefore thou shalt speak 
unto them this word ; Thus saith the 
Lord God of Israel, Every bottle 
shall be rilled with wine: and they 
shall say unto thee, Do we not cer- 
tainly know that every bottle shall be 
filled with wine ? 

13 Then shalt thou say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will 
fill all the inhabitants of this land, 
even the kings that sit upon David's 
throne, and the priests, and the proph- 
ets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem, with drunkenness. 

14 And I will dash them one against 
another, even the fathers and the sons 
together, saith the Lord: I will not 
pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but 
destroy them. 

15 IT Hear ye, and give ear ; be not 
proud : for the Lord hath spoken. 

16 Give glory to the Lord your 
God, before he cause darkness, and 
before your feet stumble upon the 
dark mountains, and, while ye look 
for light, he turn it into the shadow of 
death, and make it gross darkness. 

1 7 But if ye will not hear it, my soul 
shall weep in secret places for your 
pride ; and mine eye shall weep sore, 
and run down with tears, because the 
Lord's flock is carried away captive. 

18 Say unto the king and to the 
queen, Humble yourselves, sit down : 
for your principalities shall come 
down, even the crown of your glory. 

19 The cities of the south shall be 
shut up, and none shall open them: 
Judah shall be carried away captive 
all of it, it shall be wholly carried 
away captive. 



A grievous dearth. 



JEREMIAH. The prophets prayer. 



20 Lift up your eyes, and behold 
them that come from the north: 
where is the flock that was given 
thee, thy beautiful flock ? 

21 What wilt thou say when he 
shall punish thee? for thou hast 
taught them to be captains, and as 
chief over thee: shall not sorrows 
take thee, as a woman in travail ? 

22 IT And if thou say in thine heart, 
Wherefore come these things upon 
me ? For the greatness of thine ini- 
quity are thy skirts discovered, and 
thy heels made bare. 

23 Can the Ethiopian change his 
skin, or the leopard his spots? then 
may ye also do good, that are accus- 
tomed to do evil. 

24 Therefore will I scatter them as 
the stubble that passeth away by the 
wind of the wilderness. 

25 This is thy lot, the portion of 
thy measures from me, saith the 
Lord; because thou hast forgotten 
me, and trusted in falsehood. 

26 Therefore will I discover thy 
skirts upon thy face, that thy shame 
may appear. 

27 I have seen thine adulteries, and 
thy neighings, the lewdness of thy 
whoredom, and thine abominations 
on the hills in the fields. Woe unto 
thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be 

made clean ? when shall it once be ? 

i 

CHAPTER XIY. 

1 The grievous famine % causeth Jeremiah to pray. 10 
The Lord will not be entreated for the people. 13 
Lying prophets are no excuse for them. Yl Jeremiah 
is moved to complain for them. 

THE word of the Lord that came 
to Jeremiah concerning the 
dearth. 

2 Judah mourneth, and the gates 
thereof languish; they are black 
unto the ground ; and the cry of 

■ Jerusalem is gone up. 

3 And their nobles have sent their 
little ones to the waters : they came 
to the pits, and found no water ; they 
returned with their vessels empty; 
they were ashamed and confounded, 

i and covered their heads. 



4 Because the ground is chapped, 
for there was no rain in the earth, 
the ploughmen were ashamed, they 
covered their heads. 

5 Yea, the hind also calved in the 
field, and forsook it, because there 
was no grass. 

6 And the wild asses did stand in 
the high places, they snuffed up the 
wind like dragons; their eyes did 
fail, because there was no grass. 

7^0 Lord, though our iniquities 
testify against us, do thou it for thy 
name's sake : for our backslidings are 
many ; we have sinned against thee. 

8 O the hope of Israel, the Saviour 
thereof in time of trouble, why should- 
est thou be as a stranger in the land, 
and as a wayfaring man that turneth 
aside to tarry for a night ? 

9 Why shouldest thou be as a man 
astonished, as a mighty man that can- 
not save ? yet thou, O Lord, art in 
the midst of us, and we are called by 
thy name ; leave us not. 

10 IT Thus saith the Lord unto 
this people, Thus have they loved to 
wander, they have not refrained their 
feet, therefore the Lord doth not ac- 
cept them; he will now remember 
their iniquity, and visit their sins. 

11 Then said the Lord unto me. 
Pray not for this people for their 
good. 

12 When they fast, I will not hear 
their cry; and when they offer burnt 
offering and an oblation, I will not 
accept them: but I will consume 
them by the sword, and by the fam- 
ine, and by the pestilence. 

13 If Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! 
behold, the prophets say unto them, 
Ye shall not see the sword, neither 
shall ye have famine ; but I will give 
you assured peace in this place. 

14 Then the Lord said unto me, 
The prophets prophesy lies in my 
name : I sent them not, neither have 
I commanded them, neither spake unto 
them : they prophesy unto you a false 
vision and divination, and a thing of 
nought, and the deceit of their heart. 

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Jeremiah? s complaint. 



JEREMIAH. 



Rejection of the Jews. 



15 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
concerning the prophets that prophesy- 
in my name, and I sent them not, yet 
they say, Sword and famine shall not 
be in this land ; By sword and famine 
shall those prophets be consumed. 

16 And the people to whom they 
prophesy shall be cast out in the 
streets of Jerusalem, because of the 
famine and the sword; and they 
shall have none to bury them, them, 
their wives, nor their sons, nor their 
daughters : for I will pour their 
wickedness upon them. 

17 IT Therefore thou shalt say this 
word unto them ; Let mine eyes run 
down with tears night and day, and let 
them not cease : for the virgin daughter 
of my people is broken with a great 
breach, with a very grievous blow. 

18 If I go forth into the field, then 
behold the slain with the sword ! and 
if I enter into the city, then behold 
them that are sick with famine ! yea, 
both the prophet and the priest go 
about into a land that they know not. 

19 Hast thou utterly rejected Ju- 
dah ? hath thy soul loathed Zion ? why 
hast thou smitten us, and there is no 
healing for us ? we looked for peace, 
and there is no good ; and for the time 
of healing, and behold trouble ! 

20 We acknowledge, O Lord, our 
wickedness, and the iniquity of our fa- 
thers: for we have sinned againstthee. 

21 Do not abhor us, for thy name's 
sake ; do not disgrace the throne of 
thy glory: remember, break not thy 
covenant with us. 

22 Are there any among the vanities 
of the Gentiles that can cause rain ? 
or can the heavens give showers? 
Art not thou he, O Lord our God ? 
therefore we will wait upon thee : for 
thou hast made all these things. 

CIIAPTEE XV. 

1 The utter rejection and manifold judgments of the Jews. 
10 Jeremiah, corn-plaining of their spite, receiveth a 
promise for himself, 12 and a threatening for them. 
1 5 He prayeth, 1 9 and receiveth a gracious promise. 

THEN said the Lord unto me, 
Though Moses and Samuel stood 
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before me, yet my mind could not be 
toward this people : cast them out of 
my sight, and let them go forth. 

2 And it shall come to pass, if they 
say unto thee, Whither shall we go 
forth ? then thou shalt tell them, 
Thus saith the Lord; Such as are 
for death, to death ; and such as are 
for the sword, to the sword ; and such 
as are for the famine, to the famine ; 
and such as are for the captivity, to 
the captivity. 

3 And I will appoint over them 
four kinds, saith the Lord : the sword 
to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the 
fowls of the heaven, and the beasts 
of the earth, to devour and destroy. 

4 And I will cause them to be re- 
moved into all kingdoms of the earth, 
because of Manasseh the son of Heze- 
kiah king of Judah, for that which he 
did in Jerusalem. 

5 For who shall have pity upon thee, 
O Jerusalem ? or who shall bemoan 
thee ? or who shall go aside to ask 
how thou doest ? 

6 Thou hast forsaken me, saith the 
Lord, thou art gone backward : there- 
fore will I stretch out my hand against 
thee, and destroy thee ; I am weary 
with repenting. 

7 And I will fan them with a fan 
in the gates of the land ; I will bereave 
them of children, I will destroy my 
people, since they return not from 
their ways. 

8 Their widows are increased to me 
above the sand of the seas : I have 
brought upon them against the mother 
of the young men a spoiler at noon- 
day : I have caused him to fall upon 
it suddenly, and terrors upon the city. 

9 She that hath borne seven lan- 
guished : she hath given up the 
ghost ; her sun is gone down while it 
was yet day : she hath been ashamed 
and confounded : and the residue of 
them will I deliver to the sword be- 
fore their enemies, saith the Lord. 

10 If Woe is me, my mother, that ! 
thou hast borne me a man of strife | 
and a man of contention to the whole \ 



A gracious promise. 



JEREMIAH. 



Utter ruin of the Jews. 



earth ! I have neither lent on usury, 
nor men have lent to me on usury ; 
yet every one of them doth curse me. 

11 The Lord said, Yerily it shall 
be well with thy remnant; verily I 
will cause the enemy to entreat thee 
well in the time of evil and in the 
time of affliction. 

12 Shall iron break the northern 
iron and the steel ? 

13 Thy substance and thy treasures 
will I give to the spoil without price, 
and that for all thy sins, even in all 
thy borders. 

14 And I will make thee to pass 
with thine enemies into a land which 
thou knowest not: for a fire is kin- 
dled in mine anger, which shall hum 
upon you. 

15 \ O Lord, thou knowest: re- 
member me, and visit me, and revenge 
me of my persecutors ; take me not 
away in thy longsuffering : know that 
for thy sake I have suffered rebuke. 

16 Thy words were found, and I 
did eat them ; and thy word was unto 
me the joy and rejoicing of mine 
heart : for I am called hy thy name, 
O Lord God of hosts. 

17 I sat not in the assembly of the 
mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone 
because of thy hand : for thou hast 
filled me with indignation. 

18 Why is my pain perpetual, and 
my wound incurable, which refuseth 
to be healed ? wilt thou he altogether 
unto me as a liar, and as waters that 
fail? 

19 1[ Therefore thus saith the Lord, 
If thou return, then will I bring thee 
again, and thou shalt stand before 
me : and if thou take forth the pre- 
cious from the vile, thou shalt be as 
my mouth: let them return unto 
thee ; but return not thou unto them. 

20 And I will make thee unto this 
people a fenced brazen wall : and they 
shall fight against thee, but they shall 
not prevail against thee : for I am with 
thee to save thee and to deliver thee, 
saith the Lord. 

21 And I will deliver thee out of 



the hand of the wicked, and I will 
redeem thee out of the hand of the 
terrible. 

CHAPTER XYI. 

1 The prophet, under the types of abstaining from mar- 
riage, from houses of mourning and feasting, fore- 
sheweth the utter ruin of the Jews, 10 because they 
were worse than their fathers. 14 Their return from 
captivity shall be stranger than their deliverance out of 
Egypt. 16 God will doubly recompense their idolatry. 

THE word of the Lord came also 
unto me, saying, 

2 Thou shalt not take thee a wife, 
neither shalt thou have sons nor 
daughters in this place. 

3 For thus saith the Lord con- 
cerning the sons and concerning the 
daughters that are born in this place, 
and concerning their mothers that 
bare them, and concerning their fa- 
thers that begat them in this land ; 

4 They shall die of grievous deaths ; 
they shall not be lamented ; neither 
shal 1 they be buried ; but they shall be as 
dung upon the face of the earth : and 
they shall be consumed by the sword, 
and by famine ; and their carcasses 
shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, 
and for the beasts of the earth. 

5 For thus saith the Lord, Enter 
not into the house of mourning, nei- 
ther go to lament nor bemoan them : 
for I have taken away my peace from 
this people, saith the Lord, even lov- 
ingkindness and mercies. 

6 Both the great and the small 
shall die in this land : they shall 
not be buried, neither shall men 
lament for them, nor cut themselves, 
nor make themselves bald for them : 

7 Neither shall men tear them- 
selves for them in mourning, to com- 
fort them for the dead ; neither shall 
men give them the cup of consolation 
to drink for their father or for their 
mother. 

8 Thou shalt not also go into the 
house of feasting, to sit with them to 
eat and to drink. 

9 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Behold, I will 
cause to cease out of this place in 
your eyes, and in your days, the voice 
of mirth, and the voice of gladness, 

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The Jews' degeneracy. 



JEREMIAH. JudaKs captivity for sin, 



the voice of the bridegroom, and the 
voice of the bride. 

10 If And it shall come to pass, when 
thou shalt shew this people all these 
words, and they shall say unto thee, 
Wherefore hath the Lord pronounced 
all this great evil against us ? or what 
is our iniquity ? or what is our sin 
that we have committed against the 
Lord our God? 

1 1 Then shalt thou say unto them, 
Because your fathers have forsaken 
me, saith the Lord, and have walked 
after other gods, and have served them, 
and have worshipped them, and have 
forsaken me, and have not kept my law ; 

12 And ye have done worse than 
your fathers; for, behold, ye walk 
every one after the imagination of his 
evil heart, that they may not hearken 
unto me : 

13 Therefore will I cast you out of 
this land into a land that ye know not, 
neither ye nor your fathers ; and there 
shall ye serve other gods day and night ; 
where I will not shew you favour. 

14 If Therefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the Lord, that it shall no 
more be said, The Lord liveth, that 
brought up the children of Israel out 
of the land of Egypt ; 

15 But, The Lord liveth, that 
brought up the children of Israel 
from the land of the north, and from 
all the lands whither he had driven 
them : and I will bring them again into 
their land that I gave unto their fathers. 

16 If Behold, I will send for many 
fishers, saith the Lord, and they shall 
fish them ; and after will I send for 
many hunters, and they shall hunt 
them from every mountain, and from 
every hill, and out of the holes of the 
rocks. 

17 For mine eyes are upon all their 
ways : they are not hid from my face, 
neither is their iniquity hid from mine 
eyes. 

18 And first I will recompense their 
iniquity and their sin double ; be- 
cause they have defiled my land, they 
have filled mine inheritance with the 

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carcasses of their detestable and 
abominable things. 

19 O Lord, my strength, and my 
fortress, and my refuge in the day of 
affliction, the Gentiles shall come un- 
to thee from the ends of the earth, and 
shall say, Surely our fathers have in- 
herited lies, vanity, and things where- 
in there is no profit. 

20 Shall a man make gods unto 
himself, and they are no gods ? 

21 Therefore, behold, I will this 
once cause them to know, I will cause 
them to know mine hand and my 
might ; and they shall know that my 
name is The Lord. 

CHAPTEE XYII. 

1 The captivity of Judahfor her sin. 5 Trust in man is 
cursed, 1 in God is blessed. 9 The deceitful heart cannot 
deceive God. 12 The salvation of God. 15 The prophet 
complaineth of the mockers of his prophecy. 19 lie is 
sent to renew the covenant in hallowing the sabbath. 

THE sin of Judah is written with 
a pen of iron, and with the point 
of a diamond : it is graven upon the 
table of their heart, and upon the 
horns of your altars ; 

2 Whilst their children remember 
their altars and their groves by the 
green trees upon the high hills. 

3 O my mountain in the field, I will 
give thy substance and all thy treas- 
ures to the spoil, and thy high places 
for sin, throughout all thy borders. 

4 And thou, even thyself, shalt dis- 
continue from thine heritage thatl gave 
thee ; and I will cause thee to serve 
thine enemies in the land which thou 
knowest not : for ye have kindled a fire 
in mine anger, which shall burn forever. 

5 If Thus saith the Lord; Cursed 
be the man that trusteth in man, and 
maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart 
departeth from the Lord. 

6 For he shall be like the heath in 
the desert, and shall not see when 
good cometh ; but shall inhabit the 
parched places in the wilderness, in 
a salt land and not inhabited. 

7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in 
the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. 

8 For he shall be as a tree planted 
by the waters, and that spreadeth out 



The salvation of God. 



JEREMIAH. The sabbath to be hallowed. 



her roots by the river, and shall not 
see when heat cometh, hut her leaf 
shall he green; and shall not he 
careful in the year of drought, neither 
'shall cease from yielding fruit. 

9 If The heart is deceitful above all 
things, and desperately wicked : who 
can know it ? 

10 I the Lord search the heart, I 
try the reins, even to give every man 
according to his ways, and according 
to the fruit of his doings. 

11 As the partridge sitteth on eggs, 
and hatcheth them not; so he that 
getteth riches, and not by right, shall 
leave them in the midst of his days, 
and at his end shall be a fool. 

12 IT A glorious high throne from the 
^beginning is the place of our sanctuary. 

13 O Lord, the hope of Israel, all 
that forsake thee shall be ashamed, 
and they that depart from me shall 
be written in the earth, because they 
have forsaken the Lord, the fountain 
of living waters. 

14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be 
healed ; save me, and I shall be saved : 
for thou art my praise. 

15 IT Behold, they say unto me, 
Where iV the word of the Lord ? let 
it come now. 

16 As for me, I have not hastened 
from being a pastor to follow thee : 
neither have I desired the woful day ; 
thou knowest : that which came out 
of my lips was right before thee. 

17 Be not a terror unto me : thou 
art my hope in the day of evil. 

18 Let them be confounded that 
persecute me, but let not me be con- 
founded : let them be dismayed, but 
let not me be dismayed : bring upon 
them the day of evil, and destroy them 
with double destruction. 

19 If Thus said the Lord unto me ; 
Go and stand in the gate of the chil- 
dren of the people, whereby the kings 
of Judah come in, and by the which 
they go out, and in all the gates of 
Jerusalem ; 

20 And say unto them, Hear ye the 
word of the Lord, ye kings of Judah, 



and all Judah, and all the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, that enter in by these 
gates : 

21 Thus saith the Lord; Take 
heed to yourselves, and bear no bur- 
den on the sabbath day, nor bring it 
in by the gates of Jerusalem ; 

22 Neither carry forth a burden out 
of your houses on the sabbath day, 
neither do ye any work, but hallow 
ye the sabbath day, as I commanded 
your fathers. 

23 But they obeyed not, neither in- 
clined their ear, but made their neck 
stiff, that they might not hear, nor 
receive instruction. 

24 And it shall come to pass, if ye 
diligently hearken unto me, saith the 
Lord, to bring in no burden through 
the gates of this city on the sabbath 
day, but hallow the sabbath day, to 
do no work therein ; 

25 Then shall there enter into the 
gates of this city kings and princes 
sitting upon the throne of David, 
riding in chariots and on horses, they, 
and their princes, the men of Judah, 
and the inhabitants of Jerusalem : 
and this city shall remain for ever. 

26 And they shall come from the 
cities of Judah, and from the places 
about Jerusalem, and from the land 
of Benjamin, and from the plain, 
and from the mountains, and from 
the south, bringing burnt offerings, 
and sacrifices, and meat offerings, 
and incense, and bringing sacrifices of 
praise, unto the house of the Lord. 

27 But if ye will not hearken unto 
me to hallow the sabbath day, and 
not to bear a burden, even entering 
in at the gates of Jerusalem on the 
sabbath day; then will I kindle a 
fire in the gates thereof, and it shall 
devour the palaces of Jerusalem, and 
it shall not be quenched. 

CHAPTER XVIIL 

1 Under the type of a potter is shewed God's absolute 
power in disposing of nations. 11 Judgments threat- 
ened to Judah for her strange revolt. 18 Jeremiah 
prayeth against his conspirators. 

THE word which came to Jere- 
miah from the Lord, saying, 
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The type of the potter. 



JEREMIAH. 



Judah threatened. 



2 Arise, and go down to the potter's 
house, and there I will cause thee to 
hear my words. 

3 Then I went down to the potter's 
house, and, behold, he wrought a work 
on the wheels. 

4 And the vessel that he made of 
clay was marred in the hand of the 
potter: so he made it again another 
vessel, as seemed good to the potter 
to make it. 

5 Then the word of the Lord came 
to me, saying, 

6 O house of Israel, cannot I do 
with you as this potter? saith the 
Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the 
potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, 

house of Israel. 

7 At what instant I shall speak con- 
cerning a nation, and concerning a 
kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull 
down, and to destroy it ; 

8 If that nation, against whom I 
have pronounced, turn from their evil, 

1 will repent of the evil that I thought 
to do unto them. 

9 And at what instant I shall speak 
concerning a nation, and concerning 
a kingdom, to build and to plant it ; 

10 If it do evil in my sight, that it 
obey not my voice, then I will repent 
of the good, wherewith I said I would 
benefit them. 

11 IT Now therefore go to, speak to 
the men of Judah, and to the inhabi- 
tants of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith 
the Lord ; Behold, I frame evil 
against you, and devise a device 
against you: return ye now every 
one from his evil way, and make your 
ways and your doings good. 

12 And they said, There is no 
hope : but we will walk after our own 
devices, and we will every one do the 
imagination of his evil heart. 

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; 
Ask ye now among the heathen, who 
hath heard such things : the virgin 
of Israel hath done a very horrible 
thing. 

14 Will a man leave the snow of 
Lebanon which cometh from the rock 

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of the field ? or shall the cold flowing 
waters that come from another place 
be forsaken? 

15 Because my people hath forgot- 
ten me, they have burned incense to 
vanity, and they have caused them to 
stumble in their ways jfrora the ancient 
paths, to walk in paths, in a way not 
cast up ; 

16 To make their land desolate, 
and a perpetual hissing; every one 
that passeth thereby shall be astonish- 
ed, and wag his head. 

17 I will scatter them as with an 
east wind before the enemy; I will 
shew them the back, and not the face, 
in the day of their calamity. 

18 H Then said they, Come, and let 
us devise devices against Jeremiah; 
for the law shall not perish from the 
priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor 
the word from the prophet. Come, and 
let us smite him with the tongue, and 
let us not give heed to any of his 
words. 

19 Give heed to me, O Lord, and 
hearken to the voice of them that 
contend with me. 

20 Shall evil be recompensed for 
good ? for they have digged a pit for 
my soul. Remember that I stood be- 
fore thee to speak good for them, and 
to turn away thy wrath from them. 

21 Therefore deliver up their chil- 
dren to the famine, and pour out their 
blood by the force of the sword ; and 
let their wives be bereaved of their 
children, and be widows ; and let their 
men be put to death ; let their young 
men be slain by the sword in battle. 

22 Let a cry be heard from their 
houses, when thou shalt bring a troop 
suddenly upon them: for they have 
digged a pit to take me, and hid 
snares for my feet. 

23 Yet, Lord, thou knowest all 
their counsel against me to slay me : 
forgive not their iniquity, neither blot 
out their sin from thy sight, but let 
them be overthrown before thee; 
deal thus with them in the time of 
thine anger. 



The desolation of 



JEREMIAH. 



the Jews for eshewn. 



CHAPTEE XIX. 

Under the type of breaking a potter's vessel is foreshewed 
the desolation of the Jews for their sins. 

THUS saith the Lord, Go and get 
a potter's earthen bottle, and take 
of the ancients of the people, and of 
the ancients of the priests ; 

2 And go forth unto the valley of 
the son of Hinnom, which is by the 
entry of the east gate, and proclaim 
there the words that I shall tell 
thee : 

3 And say, Hear ye the word of the 
Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhab- 
itants of Jerusalem ; Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; 
Behold, I will bring evil upon this 
place, the which whosoever heareth, 
hSTears shall tingle. 

4 Because they have forsaken me, 
and have estranged this place, and 
have burned incense in it unto other 
gods, whom neither they nor their 
fathers have known, nor the kings of 
Judah, and have filled this place with 
the blood of innocents ; 

o They have built also the high 
places of Baal, to burn their sons with 
fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, 
which I commanded not, nor spake 
it, neither came it into my mind : 

6 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord, that this place shall 
no more be called Tophet, nor The 
valley of the son of Hinnom, but The 
valley of slaughter. 

7 And I will make void the counsel 
of Judah and Jerusalem in this place ; 
and I will cause them to fall by the 
sword before their enemies, and by 
the hands of them that seek their 
lives : and their carcasses will I give 
to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, 
and for the beasts of the earth. 

8 And I will make this city desolate, 
and a hissing ; every one that passeth 
thereby shall be astonished and hiss, 
because of all the plagues thereof. 

9 And I will cause them to eat the 
flesh of their sons and the flesh of 
their daughters, and they shall eat 
every one the flesh of his friend in the 



siege and straitness, wherewith their 
enemies, and they that seek their 
lives, shall straiten them. 

10 Then shalt thou break the bottle 
in the sight of the men that go with 
thee, 

11 And shalt say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will 
I break this people and this city, as 
one breaketh a potter's vessel, that 
cannot be made whole again : and 
they shall bury them in Tophet, till 
there be no place to bury. 

12 Thus will I do unto this place, 
saith the Lord, and to the inhabitants 
thereof, and even make this city as 
Tophet : 

13 And the houses of Jerusalem, 
and the houses of the kings of Judah, 
shall be defiled as the place of To- 
phet, because of all the houses upon 
whose roofs they have burned incense 
unto all the host of heaven, and have 
poured out drink offerings unto other 
gods. 

14 Then came Jeremiah from To- 
phet, whither the Lord had sent him 
to prophesy; and he stood in the 
court of the Lord's house, and said 
to all the people, 

15 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Behold, I will 
bring upon, this city and upon all her 
towns all the evil that I have pro- 
nounced against it, because they have 
hardened their necks, that they might 
not hear my words. 

CHAPTEE XX. 

1 Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, receiveth a new name, and a 
fearful doom. 1 Jeremiah complaineth of contempt, 
10 of treachery, 14 and of his birth. 

NOW Pashur the son of Immer the 
priest, who ivas also chief gover- 
nor in the house of the Lord, heard 
that Jeremiah prophesied these things. 

2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the 
prophet, and put him in the stocks that 
were in the high gate of Benjamin, 
which was by the house of the Lord. 

3 And it came to pass on the mor- 
row, that Pashur brought forth Jere- 
miah out of the stocks. Then said 

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JEREMIAH. 



Jeremiah foretelleth 



Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath 
not called thy name Pashur, but 
Magor-missabib. 

4 For thus saith the Lord, Be- 
hold, I will make thee a terror to 
thyself, and to all thy friends: and 
they shall fall by the sword of their 
enemies, and thine eyes shall behold 
it: and I will give all Judah into the 
hand of the king of Babylon, and he 
shall carry them captive into Babylon, 
and shall slay them with the sword. 

5 Moreover I will deliver all the 
strength of this city, and all the la- 
bours thereof, and all the precious 
things thereof, and all the treasures 
of the kings of Judah will I give into 
the hand of their enemies, which shall 
spoil them, and take them, and carry 
them to Babylon. 

6 And thou, Pashur, and all that 
dwell in thine house, shall go into cap- 
tivity : and thou shalt come to Babylon, 
and there thou shalt die, and shalt be 
buried there, thou, and all thy friends, 
to whom thou hast prophesied lies. 

7 H O Lord, thou hast deceived me, 
and I was deceived : thou art stronger 
than I, and hast prevailed: I am in 
derision daily, every one mocketh me. 

8 For since I spake, I cried out, I 
cried violence and spoil ; because the 
word of the Lord was made a reproach 
unto me, and a derision, daily. 

9 Then I said, I will not make 
mention of him, nor speak any more 
in his name. But his word was in 
mine heart as a burning fire shut up 
in my bones, and I was weary with 
forbearing, and I could not stay. 

10 H For I heard the defaming of 
many, fear on every side. Report, say 
they , and we will report it. All my fa- 
miliars watched for my halting, say- 
ing, Peradventure he will be enticed, 
and we shall prevail against him, and 
we shall take our revenge on him. 

11 But the Lord is with me as a 
mighty terrible one: therefore my 
persecutors shall stumble, and they 
shall not prevail : they shall be 
greatly ashamed ; for they shall not 

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prosper: their everlasting confusion 
shall never be forgotten. 

12 But, O Lord of hosts, that triest 
the righteous, and seest the reins and 
the heart, let me see thy vengeance 
on them : for unto thee have I open- 
ed my cause. 

13 Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the 
Lord : for he hath delivered the soul of 
the poor from the hand of evil doers. 

14 1[ Cursed be the day wherein 
I was born : let not the day wherein 
my mother bare me be blessed. 

15 Cursed be the man who brought 
tidings to my father, saying, A man 
child is born unto thee ; making him 
very glad. 

16 And let that man be as the 
cities which the Lord overthrew, 
and repented not: and let him hear 
the cry in the morning, and the 
shouting at noontide ; 

1 7 Because he slew me not from the 
womb ; or that my mother might 
have been my grave, and her womb 
to be always great with me. 

18 Wherefore came I forth out of 
the womb to see labour and sorrow, 
that my days should be consumed 
with shame ? 

CHAPTER XXI. 

1 Zedekiah sendeth to Jeremiah to inquire the event of 
Nebuchadrezzar 's war. 3 Jeremiah foretelleth a hard 
siege and miserable captivity. 8 He counselleth the 
people to fall to the Chaldeans, 11 and upbraideth the 
king's house. 

THE word which came unto Jere- 
miah from the Lord, when king 
Zedekiah sent unto him Pashur the 
son of Melchiah, and Zephaniah the 
son of Maaseiah the priest, saying, 

2 Inquire, I pray thee, of the Lord 
for us ; for Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon maketh war against us ; if 
so be that the Lord will deal with us 
according to all his wondrous works, 
that he may go up from us. 

3 If Then said Jeremiah unto them, 
Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah : 

4 Thus saith the Lord God of Is- 
rael ; Behold, I will turn back the 
weapons of war that are in your 
hands, wherewith ye fight against 



a siege and captivity. 



JEREMIAH. Exhortation to repentance. 



the king of Babylon, and against the 
Chaldeans, which besiege you with- 
out the walls, and I will assemble 
them into the midst of this city. 

5 And I myself will fight against 
you with an outstretched hand and 
with a strong arm, even in anger, 
and in fury, and in great wrath. 

6 And I will smite the inhabitants 
, of this city, both man and beast: 

they shall die of a great pestilence. 

7 And afterward, saith the Lord, I 
will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, 
and his servants, and the people, and 
such as are left in this city from the 
pestilence, from the sword, and from 
the famine, into the hand of Nebuchad- 
rezzaTking of Babylon, and into the 
hand of their enemies, and into the 
hand of those that seek their life : and 
he shall smite them with the edge of 
the sword ; he shall not spare them, 
neither have pity, nor have mercy. 

8 If And unto this people thou 
shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; 
Behold, I set before you the way of 
life, and the way of death. 

J 9 He that abideth in this city shall 
^ilie by the sword, and by the famine, 
"and by the pestilence : but he that 
goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans 
that besiege you, he shall live, and 
his life shall be unto him for a 
prey. 

10 For I have set my face against 
this city for evil, and not for good, 
saith the Lord: it shall be given 
into the hand of the king of Baby- 
lon, and he shall burn it with fire. 

11 IT And touching the house of 
the king of Judah, say. Hear ye the 
word of the Lord ; 

12 O house of David, thus saith 
the Lord; Execute judgment in the 
morning, and deliver him that is 
spoiled out of the hand of the op- 
pressor, lest my fury go out like fire, 
and burn that none can quench it, 
because of the evil of your doings. 

13 Behold, I am against thee, O 
inhabitant of the valley, and rock of 
the plain, saith the Lord ; which say, 



Who shall come down against us ? or 
who shall enter into our habitations ? 
14 But I will punish you according 
to the fruit of your doings, saith the 
Lord : and I will kindle a fire in the 
forest thereof, and it shall devour all 
things round about it. 

CHAP TEE XXII. 

1 He exkorteth to repentance, with promises and threats. 
10 The judgment of Shallum, 13 of Jehoiahim, 20 
and of Coniah. 

THUS saith the Lord; Go down 
to the house of the king of Ju- 
dah, and speak there this word, 

2 And say, Hear the word of the 
Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest 
upon the throne of David, thou, and 
thy servants, and thy people that 
enter in by these gates : 

3 Thus saith the Lord; Execute 
ye judgment and righteousness, and 
deliver the spoiled out of the hand 
of the oppressor : and do no wrong, 
do no violence to the stranger, the 
fatherless, nor the widow, neither 
shed innocent blood in this place. 

4 For if ye do this thing indeed, 
then shall there enter in by the gates 
of this house kings sitting upon the 
throne of David, riding in chariots 
and on horses, he, and his servants, 
and his people. 

5 But if ye will not hear these words, 
I swear by myself, saith the Lord, that 
this house shall become a desolation. 

6 For thus saith the Lord unto 
the king's house of Judah ; Thou art 
Gilead unto me, and the head of 
Lebanon : yet surely I will make 
thee a wilderness, and cities which 
are not inhabited. 

7 And I will prepare destroyers 
against thee, every one with his 
weapons : and they shall cut down 
thy choice cedars, and cast them into 
the fire. 

8 And many nations shall pass by 
this city, and they shall say every man 
to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the 
Lord done thus unto this great city ? 

9 Then they shall answer, Because 
they have forsaken the covenant of 

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JEREMIAH. 



Jehoiakim, and Coniah 



. 



the Lord their God, and worshipped 
other gods, and served them. 

10 IT Weep ye not for the dead, 
neither bemoan him; but weep sore 
for him that goeth away: for he 
shall return no more, nor see his 
native country. 

11 For thus saith the Lord touch- 
ing Shallum the son of Josiah king 
of Judah, which reigned instead of 
Josiah his father, which went forth 
out of this place ; He shall not return 
thither any more : 

12 But he shall die in the place 
whither they have led him captive, 
and shall see this land no more. 

13 If Woe unto him that buildeth 
his house by unrighteousness, and his 
chambers by wrong; that useth his 
neighbour's service without wages, 
and giveth him not for his work ; 

14 That saith, I will build me a wide 
house and large chambers, and cutteth 
him out windows ; and it is ceiled with 
cedar, and painted with vermilion. 

15 Shalt thou reign, because thou 
closest thyself in cedar ? did not thy 
father eat and drink, and do judg- 
ment and justice, and then it was 
well with him ? 

16 He judged the cause of the poor 
and needy; then it was well with 
him : was not this to know me ? saith 
the Lord. 

17 But thine eyes and thine heart 
are not but for thy covetousness, and 
for to shed innocent blood, and for op- 
pression, and for violence, to do it. 

18 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
concerning Jehoiakim the son of Jo- 
siah king of Judah ; They shall not 
lament for him, saying, Ah my 
brother ! or, Ah sister ! they shall not 
lament for him, saying, Ah lord ! or, 
Ah his glory ! 

19 He shall be buried with the 
burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth 
beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 

20 If Go up to Lebanon, and cry ; 
and lift up thy voice in Bashan, and 
cry from the passages : for all thy 
lovers are destroyed. 

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21 I spake unto thee in thy pros- 
perity; but thou saidst, I will not 
hear. This hath been thy manner 
from thy youth, that thou obeyedst 
not my voice. 

22 The wind shall eat up all thy 
pastors, and thy lovers shall go into 
captivity : surely then shalt thou be 
ashamed and confounded for all thy 
wickedness. 

23 O inhabitant of Lebanon, that 
makest thy nest in the cedars, how 
gracious shalt thou be when pangs 
come upon thee, the pain as of a 
woman in travail ! 

24 As I live, saith the Lord, though 
Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of 
Judah were the signet upon my right 
hand, yet would I pluck thee thence ; 

25 And I will give thee into the 
hand of them that seek thy life, and 
into the hand of them whose face 
thou fearest, even into the hand of 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and 
into the hand of the Chaldeans. 

26 And I will cast thee out, and 
thy mother that bare thee, into an- 
other country, where ye were not 
born ; and there shall ye die. 

2 7 But to the land whereunto they 
desire to return, thither shall they 
not return. 

28/5 this man Coniah a despised 
broken idol ? is he a vessel wherein 
is no pleasure ? wherefore are they 
cast out, he and his seed, and are 
cast into a land which they know not ? 

29 O earth, earth, earth, hear the 
word of the Lord. 

30 Thus saith the Lord, Write ye 
this man childless, a man that shall 
not prosper in his days: for no man 
of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon 
the throne of David, and ruling any 
more in Judah. 

' CHAPTEK XXIII. 

1 lie prophesieth a restoration of the scattered flock. 5 
Christ shall rule and save them. 9 Against false 
prophets, 33 and mockers of the true prophets. 

WOE be unto the pastors that 
destroy and scatter the sheep 
of my pasture ! saith the Lord, 



Christ is promised. 



JEREMIAH. 



Against false prophets. 



2 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel against the pastors 
that feed my people; Ye have scat- 
tered my flock, and driven them 
away, and have not visited them: 
behold, I will visit upon you the 
evil of your doings, saith the Lord. 

3 And I will gather the remnant 
of my flock out of all countries 
whither I have driven them, and will 
bring them again to their folds ; and 
they shall he fruitful and increase. 

4 And I will set up shepherds over 
them which shall feed them : and 
they shall fear no more, nor be dis- 
mayed> neither shall they be lacking, 
saith the Lord. 

5 IT Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will raise unto Da- 
vid a righteous Branch, and a King 
shall reign and prosper, and shall 
execute judgment and justice in the 
earth. 

6 In his days Judah shall be saved, 
and Israel shall dwell safely : and 
this is his name whereby he shall be 
called, THE LOUD OUR RIGHT- 
EOUSNESS. 

7 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord, that they shall no 
more say, The Lord liveth, which 
brought up the children of Israel 
out of the land of Egypt ; 

8 But, The Lord liveth, which 
brought up and which led the seed 
of the house of Israel out of the 
north country, and from all countries 
whither I had driven them ; and they 
shall dwell in their own land. 

9 ^f Mine heart within me is broken 
because of the prophets ; all my bones 
shake : I am like a drunken man, 
and like a man whom wine hath 
overcome, because of the Lord, and 
because of the words of his holiness. 

10 For the land is full of adul- 
terers; for because of swearing the 
land mourneth ; the pleasant places 
of the wilderness are dried up, and 
their course is evil, and their force 
is not right. 

11 For both prophet and priest are 



profane; yea, in my house have I 
found their wickedness, saith the Lord. 

12 Wherefore their way shall be 
unto them as slippery ways in the 
darkness: they shall be driven on, 
and fall therein : for I will bring 
evil upon them, even the year of 
their visitation, saith the Lord. 

13 And I have seen folly in the 
prophets of Samaria; they prophe- 
sied in Baal, and caused my people 
Israel to err. 

14 I have seen also in the prophets 
of Jerusalem a horrible thing : they 
commit adultery, and walk in lies : 
they strengthen also the hands of 
evil doers, that none doth return from 
his wickedness : they are all of them 
unto me as Sodom, and the inhab- 
itants thereof as Gomorrah. 

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
of hosts concerning the prophets; 
Behold, I will feed them with worm- 
wood, and make them drink the wa- 
ter of gall : for from the prophets of 
Jerusalem is profaneness gone forth 
into all the land. 

16 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
Hearken not unto the words of the 
prophets that prophesy unto you; 
they make you vain : they speak a 
vision of their own heart, and not 
out of the mouth of the Lord. 

17 They say still unto them that 
despise me, The Lord hath said, 
Ye shall have peace ; and they say 
unto every one that walketh after 
the imagination of his own heart, 
No evil shall come upon you. 

18 For who hath stood in the coun- 
sel of the Lord, and hath perceived 
and heard his word ? who hath mark- 
ed his word, and heard it ? 

19 Behold, a whirlwind of the Lord 
is gone forth in fury, even a grievous 
whirlwind : it shall fall grievously 
upon the head of the wicked. 

20 The anger of the Lord shall not 
return, until he have executed, and 
till he have performed the thoughts 
of his heart: in the latter days ye 
shall consider it perfectly. 

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against false prophets. 



21 I have not sent these prophets, 
yet they ran : I have not spoken to 
them, yet they prophesied. 

22 But if they had stood in my 
counsel, and had caused my people 
to hear my words, then they should 
have turned them from their evil way, 
and from the evil of their doings. 

23 Am I a God at hand, saith the 
Lord, and not a God afar off? 

24 Can any hide himself in secret 
places that I shall not see him ? saith 
the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and 
earth ? saith the Lord. 

25 I have heard what the prophets 
said, that prophesy lies in my name, 
saying, I have dreamed, I have 
dreamed. 

26 How long shall this he in the 
heart of the prophets that prophesy 
lies ? yea, they are prophets of the 
deceit of their own heart ; 

27 Which think to cause my peo- 
ple to forget my name hy their 
dreams, which they tell every man 
to his neighbour, as their fathers 
have forgotten my name for Baal. 

28 The prophet that hath a dream, 
let him tell a dream; and he that 
hath my word, let him speak my 
word faithfully. What is the chaff to 
the wheat ? saith the Lord. 

29 Is not my word like as a fire? 
saith the Lord; and like a hammer 
that breaketh the rock in pieces ? 

30 Therefore, behold, I am against 
the prophets, saith the Lord, that 
steal my words every one from his 
neighbour. 

31 Behold, I am against the proph- 
ets, saith the Lord, that use their 
tongues, and say, He saith. 

32 Behold, 1 am against them that 
prophesy false dreams, saith the 
Lord, and do tell them, and cause 
my people to err by their lies, and 
by their lightness; yet I sent them 
not, nor commanded them: there- 
fore they shall not profit this people 
at all, saith the Lord. 

33 If And when this people, or the 
prophet, or a priest, shall ask thee, 

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saying, What is the burden of the 
Lord? thou shalt then say unto 
them, What burden ? I will even 
forsake you, saith the Lord. 

34 And as for the prophet, and the 
priest, and the people, that shall say, 
The burden of the Lord, I will even 
punish that man and his house. 

35 Thus shall ye say every one to 
his neighbour, and every one to his 
brother, What hath the Lord an- 
swered? and, What hath the Lord 
spoken ? 

36 And the burden of the Lord shall 
ye mention no more ; for every man's 
word shall be his burden : for ye have 
perverted the words of the living God, 
of the Lord of hosts our God. 

37 Thus shalt thou say to the 
prophet, What hath the Lord an- 
swered thee ? and, What hath the 
Lord spoken ? 

38 But since ye say, The burden 
of the Lord ; therefore thus saith the 
Lord ; Because ye say this word, The 
burden of the Lord, and I have sent 
unto you, saying, Ye shall not say, 
The burden of the Lord ; 

39 Therefore, behold, I, even I, will 
utterly forget you, and I will forsake 
you, and the city that I gave you 
and your fathers, and cast you out of 
my presence : 

40 And I will bring an everlasting 
reproach upon you, and a perpetual 
shame, which shall not be forgotten. 

CHAPTEE XXIV. 

1 Under the type of good and lad Jigs, 4 he foresheweth 
the restoration of them that were in captivity, 8 and 
the desolation of Zedekiah and the rest. 

THE Lord shewed me, and, behold, 
two baskets of figs were set be- 
fore the temple of the Lord, after that 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had 
carried away captive Jeconiah the 
son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and 
the princes of Judah, with the car- 
penters and smiths, from Jerusalem, 
and had brought them to Babylon. 

2 One basket had very good figs, 
even like the figs that are first ripe : 
and the other basket had very 



Type of good and bad Jigs. JEREMIAH. 



The captivity foretold. 



naughty figs, which could not be 
eaten, they were so bad. 

3 Then said the Lord unto me, 
What seest thou, Jeremiah ? And I 
said, Figs ; the good figs, very good ; 
and the evil, very evil, that cannot 
be eaten, they are so evil. 

4 IT Again the word of the Loud 
came unto me, saying, 

5 Thus saith the Lord, the God of 
Israel; Like these good figs, so will 
I acknowledge them that are carried 
away captive of Judah, whom I have 
sent out of this place into the land of 
the Chaldeans for their good. 

6 For I will set mine eyes upon 
them for good, and I will bring them 
again to this land : and I will build 
them, and not pull them down ; and I 
will plant them, and not pluck them 
up. 

7 And I will give them a heart to 
know me, that I am the Lord ; and 
they shall be my people, and I will 
be their God: for they shall return 
unto me with their whole heart. 

8 IT And as the evil figs, which 
cannot be eaten, they are so evil ; 
surely thus saith the Lord, So will I 
give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and 
his princes, and the residue of Jerusa- 
lem, that remain in this land, and 
them that dwell in the land of Egypt : 

9 And I will deliver them to be 
removed into all the kingdoms of the 
earth for their hurt, to be a reproach 
and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in 
all places whither I shall drive them. 

10 And I will send the sword, the 
famine, and the pestilence, among 
them, till they be consumed from off 
the land that I gave unto them and 
to their fathers. 

CHAPTEE XXY. 

1 Jeremiah reproving the Jews' disobedience to the prophets, 
Sforetelleth the seventy years' captivity, 12 and after that, 
the destruction of Babylon. 15 Under the type of a 
cup of wine he foresheweth the destruction of all na- 
tions. 34: The howling of the shepherds. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah 
concerning all the people of Ju- 
dah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim 
the son of Josiah king of Judah, that 



was the first year of Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon ; 

2 The which Jeremiah the prophet 
spake unto all the people of Judah, 
and to all the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem, saying, 

3 From the thirteenth year of Jo- 
siah the son of Amon king of Judah, 
even unto this day, that is the three 
and twentieth year, the word of the 
Lord hath come unto me, and I have 
spoken unto you, rising early and 
speaking; but ye have not hearkened. 

4 And the Lord hath sent unto 
you all his servants the prophets, 
rising early and sending them; but 
ye have not hearkened, nor inclined 
your ear to hear. 

5 They said, Turn ye again now 
every one from his evil way, and from 
the evil of your doings, and dwell in 
the land that the Lord hath given 
unto you and to your fathers for ever 
and ever : 

6 And go not after other gods to 
serve them, and to worship them, 
and provoke me not to anger with 
the works of your hands ; and I will 
do you no hurt. 

7 Yet ye have not hearkened unto 
me, saith the Lord; that ye might 
provoke me to anger with the works 
of your hands to your own hurt. 

8 If Therefore thus saith the Lord 
of hosts ; Because ye have not heard 
my words, 

9 Behold, I will send and take all 
the families of the north, saith the 
Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king 
of Babylon, my servant, and will 
bring them against this land, and 
against the inhabitants thereof, and 
against all these nations round about, 
and will utterly destroy them, and 
make them an astonishment, and a 
hissing, and perpetual desolations. 

10 Moreover I will take from them 
the voice of mirth, and the voice of 
gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, 
and the voice of the bride, the sound 
of the millstones, and the light of the 
candle. 

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JEREMIAH. 



divers nations foretold* 



11 And this whole land shall be a 
desolation, and an astonishment ; and 
these nations shall serve the king of 
Babylon seventy years. 

12 IT And it shall come to pass, when 
seventy years are accomplished, that I 
will punish the king of Babylon, and 
that nation, saith the Lord, for their 
iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, 
and will make it perpetual desolations. 

13 And I will bring upon that land 
all my words which I have pronounced 
against it, even all that is written in 
this book, which Jeremiah hath proph- 
esied against all the nations. 

14 For many nations and great 
kings shall serve themselves of them 
also: and I will recompense them 
according to their deeds, and accord- 
ing to the works of their own hands. 

15 IT For thus saith the Lord God 
of Israel unto me ; Take the winecup 
of this fury at my hand, and cause all 
the nations, to whom I send thee, to 
drink it. 

16 And they shall drink, and be 
moved, and be mad, because of the 
sword that I will send among them. 

17 Then took I the cup at the 
Lord's hand, and made all the na- 
tions to drink, unto whom the Lord 
had sent me : 

18 To wit, Jerusalem, and the 
cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, 
and the princes thereof, to make them 
a desolation, an astonishment, a hiss- 
ing, and a curse ; as it is this day ; 

19 Pharaoh king of Egypt, and his 
servants, and his princes, and all his 
people ; 

20 And all the mingled people, and 
all the kings of the land of Uz, and all 
the kings of the land of the Philis- 
tines, and Ashkelon, and Azzah, and 
Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod, 

21 Edom, and Moab, and the chil- 
dren of Ammon, 

22 And all the kings of Tyrus, and 
all the kings of Zidon, and the kings 
of the isles which are beyond the sea, 

23 Dedan, and Tema, and Buz, and 
all that are in the utmost corners, 

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24 And all the kings of Arabia, and 
all the kings of the mingled people 
that dwell in the desert, 

25 And all the kings of Zimri, and 
all the kings of Elam, and all the 
kings of the Medes, 

26 And all the kings of the north, 
far and near, one with another, and 
all the kingdoms of the world, which 
are upon the face of the earth : and 
the king of Sheshach shall drink after 
them. 

27 Therefore thou shalt say unto 
them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Drink ye, and be 
drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise 
no more, because of the sword which 
I will send among you. 

28 And it shall be, if they refuse to 
take the cup at thine hand to drink, 
then shalt thou say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord of hosts ; Ye shall 
certainly drink. 

29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on 
the city which is called by my name, 
and should ye be utterly unpunish- 
ed? Ye shall not be unpunished: 
for I will call for a sword upon all the 
inhabitants of the earth, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

30 Therefore prophesy thou against 
them all these words, and say unto 
them, The Lord shall roar from on 
high, and utter his voice from his holy 
habitation ; he shall mightily roar 
upon his habitation ; he shall give a 
shout, as they that tread the grapes, 
against all the inhabitants of the earth. 

31 A noise shall come even to the 
ends of the earth ; for the Lord hath 
a controversy with the nations: he 
will plead with all flesh ; he will give 
them that are wicked to the sword, 
saith the Lord. 

32 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
Behold, evil shall go forth from nation 
to nation, and a great whirlwind 
shall be raised up from the coasts of 
the earth. 

33 And the slain of the Lord shall 
be at that day from one end of the 
earth even unto the other end of the 



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Jeremiah apprehended. 



earth: they shall not be lamented, 
neither gathered, nor buried; they 
shall be dung upon the ground. 

34 % Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; 
and wallow yourselves in the ashes, 
ye principal of the flock : for the days 
of your slaughter and of your disper- 
sions are accomplished ; and ye shall 
fall like a pleasant vessel. 

35 And the shepherds shall have 
no way to flee, nor the principal of 
the flock to escape. 

36 A voice of the cry of the shep- 
herds, and a howling of the princi- 
pal of the flock, shall be heard: for 
the Lord hath spoiled their pasture. 

37 And the peaceable habitations 
are cut down because of the fierce 
anger of the Lord. 

38 He hath forsaken his covert, as 
the lion : for their land is desolate be- 
cause of the fierceness of the oppressor, 
and because of his fierce anger. 

CHAPTEK XXYL 

1 Jeremiah by promises and threatenings exhorteth to 
repentance. 8 He is therefore apprehended, 10 and 
arraigned. 12 His apology. 16 He is quit in judg- 
ment, by the example of Micah, ^20 and of Urijah, 24- 
and by the care of Ahikam. 

IN the beginning of the reign of 
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king 
of Judah came this word from the 
Lord, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord; Stand in the 
court of the Lord's house, and speak 
unto all the cities of Judah, which 
come to worship in the Lord's house, 
all the words that I command thee to 
speak unto them ; diminish not a word : 

3 If so be they will hearken, and 
turn every man from his evil way, 
that I may repent me of the evil, 
which I purpose to do unto them 
because of the evil of their doings. 

4 And thou shalt say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord ; If ye will not 
hearken to me, to walk in my law, 
which I have set before you, 

5 To hearken to the words of my 
servants the prophets, whom I sent 
unto you, both rising up early, and 
sending them, but ye have not heark- 
ened; 

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6 Then will I make this house like 
Shiloh, and will make this city a curse 
to all the nations of the earth. 

7 So the priests and the prophets 
and all the people heard Jeremiah 
speaking these words in the house of 
the Lord. 

8 ^T Now it came to pass, when 
Jeremiah had made an end of speak- 
ing all that the Lord had commanded 
him to speak unto all the people, that 
the priests and the prophets and all 
the people took him, saying, Thou 
shalt surely die. 

9 Why hast thou prophesied in 
the name of the Lord, saying, This 
house shall be like Shiloh, and this 
city shall be desolate without an in- 
habitant ? And all the people were 
gathered against Jeremiah in the 
house of the Lord. 

10 IT When the princes of Judah 
heard these things, then they came 
up from the king's house unto the 
house of the Lord, and sat down in 
the entry of the new gate of the 
Lord's house. 

11 Then spake the priests and the 
prophets unto the princes and to all 
the people, saying, This man is wor- 
thy to die ; for he hath prophesied 
against this city, as ye have heard 
with your ears. 

12 TT Then spake Jeremiah unto 
all the princes and to all the peo- 
ple, saying, The Lord sent me to 
prophesy against this house and 
against this city all the words that 
ye have heard. 

13 Therefore now amend your 
ways and your doings, and obey the 
voice of the Lord your God ; and the 
Lord will repent him of the evil that 
he hath pronounced against you. 

14 As for me, behold, I am in your 
hand : do with me as seemeth good 
and meet unto you. 

15 But know ye for certain, that 
if ye put me to death, ye shall sure- 
ly bring innocent blood upon your- 
selves, and upon this city, and upon 
the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth 

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JEREMIAH. Type of bonds and yokes. 



the Lord hath sent me unto you to 
speak all these words in your ears. 

16 IT Then said the princes and all 
the people unto the priests and to the 
prophets ; This man is not worthy to 
die : for he hath spoken to us in the 
name of the Lord our God. 

17 Then rose up certain of the 
elders of the land, and spake to all 
the assembly of the people, saying, 

18 Micah the Morasthite prophe- 
sied in the days of Hezekiah king of 
Judah, and spake to all the people of 
Judah, saying, Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts ; Zion shall be ploughed like 
a field, and Jerusalem shall become 
heaps, and the mountain of the house 
as the high places of a forest. 

19 Did Hezekiah king of Judah 
and all Judah put him at all to 
death? did he not fear the Lord, 
and besought the Lord, and the 
Lord repented him of the evil which 
he had pronounced against them? 
Thus might we procure great evil 
against our souls. 

20 And there was also a man that 
prophesied in the name of the Lord/ 
Urijah the son of Shemaiah of Kir- 
jath-jearim, who prophesied against 
this city and against this land accord- 
ing to all the words of Jeremiah : 

21 And when Jehoiakim the king, 
with all his mighty men, and all the 
princes, heard his words, the king 
sought to put hirn to death : but 
when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, 
and fled, and went into Egypt ; 

22 And Jehoiakim the king sent 
men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan 
the son of Achbor, and certain men 
with him into Egypt. 

23 And they fetched forth Urijah 
out of Egypt, and brought him unto 
Jehoiakim the king; who slew him 
with the sword, and cast his dead body 
into the graves of the common people. 

24 Nevertheless, the hand of Ahi- 
kam the son of Shaphan was with 
Jeremiah, that they should not give 
him into the hand of the people to 
put him to death. 

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CHAPTEK XXYII. 

1 Under the type of bonds and yokes he prophesieth the 
subduing of the neighbour kings unto Nebuchadnezzar. 
8 He exhorteth them to yield, and not to believe the 
false prophets. 12 The like he doeth to Zedekiah. 19 
He foretelleth, the remnant of the vessels shall be car- 
ried to Babylon, and there continue until the day of 
visitation. 

IN the beginning of the reign of 
Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king 
of Judah came this word unto Jere- 
miah from the Lord, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord to me; 
Make thee bonds and yokes, and 
put them upon thy neck, 

3 And send them to the king of 
Edom, and to the king of Moab, 
and to the king of the Ammonites, 
and to the king of Tyrus, and to the 
king of Zidon, by, the hand of the 
messengers which come to Jerusa- 
lem unto Zedekiah king of Judah ; 

4 And command them to say unto 
their masters, Thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel ; Thus 
shall ye say unto your masters ; 

5 I have made the earth, the man 
and the beast that are upon the 
ground, by my great power and by my 
outstretched arm, and have given it 
unto whom it seemed meet unto me. 

6 And now have I given all these 
lands into the hand of Nebuchad- 
nezzar the king of Babylon, my 
servant; and the beasts of the field 
have I given him also to serve him. 

7 And all nations shall serve him, 
and his son, and his son's son, until 
the very time of his land come : and 
then many nations and great kings 
shall serve themselves of him. 

8 And it shall come to pass, that 
the nation and kingdom which will 
not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar 
the king of Babylon, and that will 
not put their neck under the yoke of 
the king of Babylon, that nation will 
I punish, saith the Lord, with the 
sword, and with the famine, and 
with the pestilence, until I have con- 
sumed them by his hand. 

9 Therefore hearken not ye to your 
prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to 
your dreamers, nor to your enchant- 



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JEREMIAH. 



Zedekiah to submission. 



ers, nor to your sorcerers, which speak 
unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve 
the king of Babylon : 

10 For they prophesy a lie unto 
you, to remove you far from your 
land; and that I should drive you 
out, and ye should perish. 

11 But the nations that bring their 
neck under the yoke of the king of 
Babylon, and serve him, those will I 
let remain still in their own land, 
saith the Lord; and they shall till 
it, and dwell therein. 

12 H I spake also to Zedekiah king 
of Judah according to all these words, 
saying, Bring your necks under the 
yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve 
him and his people, and live. 

13 Why will ye die, thou and thy 
people, by the sword, by the famine, 
and by the pestilence, as the Lord 
hath spoken against the nation that 
will not serve the king of Babylon ? 

14 Therefore hearken not unto the 
words of the prophets that speak unto 
you, saying, Ye shall not serve the 
king of Babylon: for they prophesy 
a lie unto you. 

15 For I have not sent them, saith 
the Lord, yet they prophesy a lie in 
my name ; that I might drive you out, 
and that ye might perish, ye, and the 
prophets that prophesy unto you. 

16 Also I spake to the priests and 
to all this people, saying, Thus saith 
the Lord ; Hearken not to the words 
of your prophets that prophesy unto 
you, saying, Behold, the vessels of 
the Lord's house shall now shortly 
be brought again from Babylon: for 
they prophesy a lie unto you. 

17 Hearken not unto them; serve 
the king of Babylon, and live : where- 
fore should this city be laid waste ? 

18 But if they be prophets, and if 
the word of the Lord be with them, 
let thern now make intercession to the 
Lord of hosts, that the vessels which 
are left in the house of the Lord, and 
in the house of the king of Judah, and 
at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon. 

19 IT For thus saith the Lord of 



hosts concerning the pillars, and con- 
cerning the sea, and concerning the 
bases, and concerning the residue of 
the vessels that remain in this city, 

20 Which Nebuchadnezzar king of 
Babylon took not, when he carried 
away captive Jeconiah the son of 
Jehoiakim king of Judah from Jeru- 
salem to Babylon, and all the nobles 
of Judah and Jerusalem ; 

21 Yea, thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, the God of Israel, concerning 
the vessels that remain in the house 
of the Lord, and in the house of the 
king of Judah and of Jerusalem ; 

22 They shall be carried to Baby- 
lon, and there shall they be until the 
day that I visit them, saith the Lord ; 
then will I bring them up, and re- 
store them to this place. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

1 Hananiah prophesieth falsely the return of the vessels, 
and of Jeconiah. 5 Jeremiah, wishing it to be true, 
sheweth that the event will declare who are true prophets. 
10 Hananiah breaketh Jeremiah's yoke. 12 Jeremiah 
telleth of an iron yoke, 15 and foretelleth Hananiah 's 
death. 

AND it came to pass the same 
, year, in the beginning of the 
reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in 
the fourth year, and in the fifth 
month, that Hananiah the son of 
Azur the prophet, which was of Gib- 
eon, spake unto me in the house of 
the Lord, in the presence of the priests 
and of all the people, saying, 

2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, saying, I have broken 
the yoke of the king of Babylon. 

3 Within two full years will I 
bring again into this place all the 
vessels of the Lord's house, that 
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 
took away from this place, and car- 
ried them to Babylon : 

4 And I will bring again to this 
place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim 
king of Judah, with all the captives 
of Judah, that went into Babylon, 
saith the Lord : for I will break the 
yoke of the king of Babylon. 

5 U Then the prophet Jeremiah 
said unto the prophet Hananiah in 
the presence of the priests, and in 

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JEREMIAH. 



prophecy, and death. 



the presence of all the people that 
stood in the house of the Lord, 

6 Even the prophet Jeremiah said, 
Amen : the Lord do so : the Lord 
perform thy words which thou hast 
prophesied, to hring again the vessels 
of the Lord's house, and all that is 
carried away captive, from Babylon 
into this place. 

7 Nevertheless, hear thou now this 
word that I speak in thine ears, and 
in the ears of all the people ; 

8 The prophets that have been 
before me and before thee of old 
prophesied both against many coun- 
tries, and against great kingdoms, of 
war, and of evil, and of pestilence. 

9 The prophet which prophesieth 
of peace, when the word of the proph- 
et shall come to pass, then shall the 
prophet be known, that the Lord hath 
truly sent him. 

10 TT Then Hananiah the prophet 
took the yoke from off the prophet 
Jeremiah's neck, and brake it. 

11 And Hananiah spake in the 
presence of all the people, saying, 
Thus saith the Lord ; Even so will I 
break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar 
king of Babylon from the neck of all 
nations within the space of two full 
years. And the prophet Jeremiah 
went his way. 

12 IT Then the word of the Lord 
came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after 
that Hananiah the prophet had bro- 
ken the yoke from off the neck of the 
prophet Jeremiah, saying, 

13 Go and tell Hananiah, saying, 
Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast 
broken the yokes of wood ; but thou 
shalt make for them yokes of iron. 

14 For thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, the God of Israel ; I have put 
a yoke of iron upon the neck of all 
these nations, that they may serve 
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; 
and they shall serve him : and I have 
given him the beasts of the field also. 

15 % Then said the prophet Jere- 
miah unto Hananiah the prophet, 
Hear now, Hananiah ; The Lord hath 

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not sent thee ; but thou makest this 
people to trust in a lie. 

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord; 
Behold, I will cast thee from off the 
face of the earth : this year thou 
shalt die, because thou hast taught 
rebellion against the Lord. 

17 So Hananiah the prophet died 
the same year in the seventh month. 

CHAPTEE XXIX. 

1 Jeremiah sendeth a letter to the captives in Babylon, 
to be quiet there, 8 and not to believe the dreams of 
their prophets, 10 and that they shall return with grace 
after seventy years. 15 He foretelleth the destruction 
of the rest for their disobedience. 20 He sheweth the 
fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah, two lying proph- 
ets. 24 Shernaiah writeth a letter against Jeremiah. 
30 Jeremiah readeth his doom. 

TVTOW these are the words of the 
jl\ letter that Jeremiah the proph- 
et sent from Jerusalem unto the resi- 
due of the elders which were carried 
away captives, and to the priests, 
and to the prophets, and to all the 
people whom Nebuchadnezzar had 
carried away captive from Jerusalem 
to Babylon; 

2 (After that Jeconiah the king, 
and the queen, and the eunuchs, the 
princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and 
the carpenters, and the smiths, were 
departed from Jerusalem ;) 

3 By the hand of Elasah the son of 
Shaphan, and Gemariah the son of 
Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of Ju- 
dah sent unto Babylon to Nebuchad- 
nezzar king of Babylon) saying, 

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, unto all that are 
carried away captives, whom I have 
caused to be carried away from Jeru- 
salem unto Babylon ; 

5 Build ye houses, and dwell in 
them; and plant gardens, and eat 
the fruit of them ; 

6 Take ye wives, and beget sons 
and daughters; and take wives for 
your sons, and give your daughters 
to husbands, that they may bear sons 
and daughters ; that ye may be in- 
creased there, and not diminished. 

7 And seek the peace of the city 
whither I have caused you to be 
carried away captives, and pray unto 



Jeremiah's letter to 



JEREMIAH. 



the captive Jews. 



the Lord for it: for in the peace 
thereof shall ye have peace. 

8 IT For thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, the God of Israel; Let not 
your prophets and your diviners, that 
be in the midst of you, deceive you, 
neither hearken to your dreams which 
ye cause to be dreamed. 

9 For they prophesy falsely unto 
you in my name : I have not sent 
them, saith the Lord. 

10 IT For thus saith the Lord, That 
after seventy years be accomplished 
at Babylon I will visit you, and per- 
form my good word toward you, in 
causing you to return to this place. 

11 For I know the thoughts that I 
think toward you, saith the Lord, 
thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to 
give you an expected end. 

12 Then shall ye call upon me, 
and ye shall go and pray unto me, 
and I will hearken unto you. 

13 And ye shall seek me, and find 
me, when ye shall search for me with 
all your heart. 

14 And I will be found of you, saith 
the Lord : and I will turn away your 
captivity, and I will gather you from 
all the nations, and from all the places 
whither I have driven you, saith the 
Lord ; and I will bring you again into 
the place whence I caused you to be 
carried away captive. 

15 If Because ye have said, The 
Lord hath raised us up prophets in 
Babylon ; 

16 Know that thus saith the Lord 
of the king that sitteth upon the 
throne of David, and of all the peo- 
ple that dwelleth in this city, and of 
your brethren that are not gone forth 
with you into captivity ; 

17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 
Behold, I will send upon them the 
sword, the famine, and the pestilence, 
and will make them like vile figs, that 
cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 

18 And I will persecute them with 
the sword, with the famine, and with 
the pestilence, and will deliver them I 
to be removed to all the kingdoms ! 



of the earth, to be a curse, and an 
astonishment, and a hissing, and a 
reproach, among all the nations whith- 
er I have driven them : 

19 Because they have not hearken- 
ed to my words, saith the Lord, 
which I sent unto them by my ser- 
vants the prophets, rising up early 
and sending them ; but ye would not 
hear, saith the Lord. 

20 % Hear ye therefore the word 
of the Lord, all ye of the captivity, 
whom I have sent from Jerusalem to 
Babylon : 

21 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of 
Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of 
Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto 
you in my name ; Behold, I will de- 
liver them into the hand of Nebu- 
chadrezzar king of Babylon ; and he 
shall slay them before your eyes ; 

22 And of them shall be taken up 
a curse by all the captivity of Judah 
which are in Babylon, saying, The 
Lord make thee like Zedekiah and 
like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon 
roasted in the fire ; 

23 Because they have committed 
villany in Israel, and have commit- 
ted adultery with their neighbours' 
wives, and have spoken lying words 
in my name, which I have not com- 
manded them ; even I know, and am 
a witness, saith the Lord. 

24 ^T Thus shalt thou also speak to 
Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, 

25 Thus speaketh the Lord of 
hosts, the God of Israel, saying, Be- 
cause thou hast sent letters in thy 
name unto all the people that are at 
Jerusalem, and to Zephaniah the 
son of Maaseiah the priest, and to 
all the priests, saying, 

26 The Lord hath made thee priest 
in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, 
that ye should be officers in the 
house of the Lord, for every man 
that is mad, and maketh himself a 
prophet, that thou shouldest put him 
in prison, and in the stocks. 

27 Now therefore why hast thou not 

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JEREMIAH. 



Jacob is comforted. 



reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which 
maketh himself a prophet to you ? 

28 For therefore he sent unto us 
in Bahylon, saying, This captivity is 
long : build ye houses, and dwell in 
them ; and plant gardens, and eat the 
fruit of them. 

29 And Zephaniah the priest read 
this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the 
prophet. 

30 IT Then came the word of the 
Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 

31 Send to all them of the cap- 
tivity, saying, Thus saith the Lord 
concerning Shemaiah the Nehelam- 
ite ; Because that Shemaiah hath pro- 
phesied unto you, and I sent him not, 
and he caused you to trust in a lie : 

32 Therefore thus saith the Lord; 
Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the 
Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall 
not have a man to dwell among this 
people ; neither shall he behold the 
good that I will do for my people, saith 
the Lord; because he hath taught 
rebellion against the Lord. 

CHAPTEK XXX. 

1 God sheweth Jeremiah the return of the Jews. 4 After 
their trouble they shall have deliverance. 10 He com- 
forteth Jacob. 18 Their return shall be gracious. 20 
Wrath shall fall on the wicked. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah 
from the Lord, saying, 

2 Thus speaketh the Lord God 
of Israel, saying, Write thee all the 
words that I have spoken unto thee 
in a book. 

3 For, lo, the days come, saith the 
Lord, that I will bring again the 
captivity of my people Israel and 
Judah, saith the Lord: and I will 
cause them to return to the land that 
I gave to their fathers, and they shall 
possess it. 

4 IT And these are the words that 
the Lord spake concerning Israel 
and concerning Judah. 

5 For thus saith the Lord; We 
have heard a voice of trembling, of 
fear, and not of peace. 

6 Ask ye now, and see whether a 
man doth travail with child ? where- 
fore do I see every man with his hands 

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on his loins, as a woman in travail, and 
all faces are turned into paleness ? 

7 Alas ! for that day is great, so 
that none is like it : it is even the 
time of Jacob's trouble ; but he shall 
be saved out of it. 

8 For it shall come to pass in that 
day, saith the Lord of hosts, that I 
will break his yoke from off thy 
neck, and will burst thy bonds, and 
strangers shall no more serve them- 
selves of him : 

9 But they shall serve the Lord 
their God, and David their king, 
whom I will raise up unto them. 

10 IT Therefore fear thou not, O 
my servant Jacob, saith the Lord; 
neither be dismayed, O Israel : for, 
lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy 
seed from the land of their captivity ; 
and Jacob shall return, and shall be 
in rest, and be quiet, and none shall 
make him afraid. 

11 For I am with thee, saith the 
Lord, to save thee : though I make a 
full end of all nations whither I have 
scattered thee, yet will I not make a 
full end of thee ; but I will correct 
thee in measure, and will not leave 
thee altogether unpunished. 

12 For thus saith the Lord, Thy 
bruise is incurable, and thy wound is 
grievous. 

13 There is none to plead thy cause, 
that thou mayest be bound up : thou 
hast no healing medicines. 

14 All thy lovers have forgotten 
thee ; they seek thee not ; for I have 
wounded thee with the wound of an 
enemy, with the chastisement of a 
cruel one, for the multitude of thine 
iniquity; because thy sins were in- 
creased. 

15 Why criest thou for thine afflic- 
tion ? thy sorrow is incurable for the 
multitude of thine iniquity : because 
thy sins were increased, I have done 
these things unto thee. 

16 Therefore all they that devour 
thee shall be devoured ; and all thine 
adversaries, every one of them, shall 
go into captivity ; and they that spoil 



The gracious return, and JEREMIAH. 



restoration of Israel. 



thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey 
upon thee will I give for a prey. 

17 For I will restore health unto 
thee, and I will heal thee of thy 
wounds, saith the Lord ; because they 
called thee an Outcast, saying, This 
is Zion, whom no man seeketh after. 

18 T Thus saith the Lord; Be- 
hold, I will bring again the captivity 
of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on 
his dwellingplaces ; and the city shall 
be builded upon her own heap, and 
the palace shall remain after the 
manner thereof. 

19 And out of them shall proceed 
thanksgiving and the voice of them 
that make merry : and I will multiply 
them, and they shall not be few ; I 
will also glorify them, and they shall 
not be small. 

20 Their children also shall be 
as aforetime, and their congregation 
shall be established before me, and I 
will punish all that oppress them. 

21 And their nobles shall be of 
themselves, and their governor shall 
proceed from the midst of them ; and 
I will cause him to draw near, and 
he shall approach unto me : for who 
is this that engaged his heart to ap- 
proach unto me ? saith the Lord. 

22 And ye shall be my people, and 
I will be your God. 

23 Behold, the whirlwind of the 
Lord goeth forth with fury, a con- 
tinuing whirlwind : it sh^ll fall with 
pain upon the head of the wicked. 

24 The fierce anger of the Lord 
shall not return, until he have done 
it, and until he have performed the 
intents of his heart : in the latter days 
ye shall consider it. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

1 The restoration of Israel. \0 The publication thereof 
15 Rachel mourning is comforted. 18 Ephraim re- 
penting is brought home again. 22 Christ is promised. 
27 His care over the church. 31 His new covenant. 35 
The stability, 38 and amplitude of the church. 

AT the same time, saith the Lord, 
J\. will I be the God of .all the 
families of Israel, and they shall be 
my people. 

2 Thus saith the Lord, The people 



which were left of the sword found 
grace in the wilderness ; even Israel, 
when I went to cause him to rest. 

3 The Lord hath appeared of old 
unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved 
thee with an everlasting love : there- 
fore with lovingkindness have I drawn 
thee. 

4 Again I will build thee, and thou 
shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: 
thou shalt again be adorned with 
thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the 
dances of them that make merry. 

5 Thou shalt yet plant vines upon 
the mountains- of Samaria : the plant- 
ers shall plant, and shall eat them as 
common things. 

6 For there shall be a day, that the 
watchmen upon the mount Ephraim 
shall cry, Arise ye, and let us go up 
to Zion unto the Lord our God. 

7 For thus saith the Lord; Sing 
with gladness for Jacob, and shout 
among the chief of the nations : 
publish ye, praise ye, and say, O 
Lord, save thy people, the remnant of 
Israel. 

8 Behold, I will bring them from 
the north country, and gather them 
from the coasts of the earth, and 
with them the blind and the lame, 
the woman with child and her that 
travaileth with child together : a great 
company shall return thither. 

9 They shall come with weeping, 
and with supplications will I lead 
them : I will cause them to walk by 
the rivers of waters in a straight way, 
wherein they shall not stumble : for 
I am a father to Israel, and Ephraim 
is my firstborn. 

10 HI" Hear the word of the Lord, O 
ye nations, and declare it in the isles 
afar off, and say, He that scattered 
Israel will gather him, and keep him, 
as a shepherd doth his flock. 

11 For the Lord hath redeemed 
Jacob, and ransomed him from the 
hand of him that ivas stronger than he. 

12 Therefore they shall come and 
sing in the height of Zion, and shall 
flow together to the goodness of the 

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Lord, for wheat, and for wine, and 
for oil, and for the young of the flock 
and of the herd : and their soul shall 
be as a watered garden ; and they 
shall not sorrow any more at all. 

13 Then shall the virgin rejoice in 
the dance, both young men and old to- 
gether : for I will turn their mourning 
into joy, and will comfort them, and 
make them rejoice from their sorrow. 

14 And I will satiate the soul of the 
priests with fatness, and my people 
shall be satisfied with my goodness, 
saith the Lord. 

15 IT Thus saith the Lord ; A voice 
was heard in Raman, lamentation, 
and bitter weeping ; Rachel weeping 
for her children refused to be com- 
forted for her children, because they 
were not. 

16 Thus saith the Lord; Refrain 
thy voice from weeping, and thine 
eyes from tears : for thy work shall 
be rewarded, saith the Lord; and 
they shall come again from the land 
of the enemy. 

17 And there is hope in thine end, 
saith the Lord, that thy children shall 
come again to their own border. 

18 H I have surely heard Ephraim 
bemoaning himself thus ; Thou hast 
chastised me, and I was chastised, as 
a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke : 
turn thou me, and I shall be turned ; 
for thou art the Lord my God. 

19 Surely after that I was turned, 
I repented ; and after that I was in- 
structed, I smote upon my thigh : I 
was ashamed, yea, even confounded, 
because I did bear the reproach of 
my youth. 

20 Is Ephraim my dear son ? is he 
a pleasant child ? for since I spake 
against him, I do earnestly remem- 
ber him still : therefore my bowels 
are troubled for him; I will surely 
have mercy upon him, saith the Lord. 

2 1 Set thee up waymarks, make thee 
high heaps : set thine heart toward 
the highway, even the way which 
thou wen test : turn again, O virgin of 
Israel, turn again to these thy cities. 

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22 If How long wilt thou go about, 
O thou backsliding daughter ? for the 
Lord hath created a new thing in the 
earth, A woman shall compass a man. 

23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; As yet they shall 
use this speech in the land of Judah 
and in the cities thereof, when I shall 
bring again their captivity ; The Lord 
bless thee, O habitation of justice, and 
mountain of holiness. 

24 And there shall dwell in Judah 
itself, and in all the cities thereof 
together, husbandmen, and they that 
go forth with flocks. 

25 For I have satiated the weary 
soul, and I have replenished every 
sorrowful soul. 

26 Upon this I awaked, and beheld; 
and my sleep was sweet unto me. 

27 ^ Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will sow the house 
of Israel and the house of Judah with 
the seed of man, and with the seed 
of beast. 

28 And it shall come to pass, that 
like as I have watched over them, to 
pluck up, and to break down, and to 
throw down, and to destroy, and to 
afflict ; so will I watch over them, to 
build, and to plant, saith the Lord. 

29 In those days they shall say no 
more, The fathers have eaten a sour 
grape, and the children's teeth are 
set on edge. 

30 But every one shall die for his 
own iniquity : every man that eateth 
the sour grape, his teeth shall be set 
on edge. 

31 *[T Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will make a new 
covenant with the house of Israel, 
and with the house of Judah : 

32 Not according to the covenant 
that I made with their fathers, in the 
day that I took them by the hand to 
bring them out of the land of Egypt; 
which my covenant they brake, al- 
though I was a husband unto them, 
saith the Lord : 

33 But this shall be the covenant 
that I will make with the house of 



The churcKs stability. 



JE HE MI AH. Jeremiah 's imprisonment. 



Israel ; After those days, saith the 
Lord, I will put my law in their in- 
ward parts, and write it in their 
hearts; and will he their God, and 
they shall be my people. 

34 And they shall teach no more 
every man his neighbour, and every 
man his brother, saying, Know the 
Lord: for they shall all know me, 
from the least of them unto the 
greatest of them, saith the Lord: 
for I will forgive their iniquity, and I 
will remember their sin no more. 

35 ^f Thus saith the Lord, which 
giveth the sun for a light by day, and 
the ordinances of the moon and of the 
stars for a light by night, which divi- 
deth the sea when the waves thereof 
roar ; The Lord of hosts is his name : 

36 If those ordinances depart from 
before me, saith the Lord, then the 
seed of Israel also shall cease from 
being a nation before me for ever. 

37 Thus saith the Lord ; If heaven 
above can be measured, and the foun- 
dations of the earth searched out 
beneath, I will also cast off all the 
seed of Israel for all that they have 
done, saith the Lord. 

38 If Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that the city shall be built 
to the Lord from the tower of Ha- 
naneel unto the gate of the corner. 

39 And the measuring line shall 
yet go forth over against it upon the 
hill Gareb, and shall compass about 
to Goath. 

40 And the whole valley of the 
dead bodies, and of the ashes, and all 
the fields unto the brook of Kidron, 
unto the corner of the horse gate 
toward the east, shall be holy unto 
the Lord ; it shall not be plucked up, 
nor thrown down any more for ever. 

CHAPTEK XXXII. 

1 Jeremiah, being imprisoned by Zedekiah for his proph- 
ecy, 6 buyeth HanameeV s field. 13 Baruch must pre- 
serve the evidences, as tokens of the people's return. 
16 Jeremiah in his prayer complainelh to God. 26 
God confirmeth the captivity for their sins, 36 and 
promiseth a gracious return. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah 
from the Lord in the tenth year 
of Zedekiah king of Judah, which 



was the eighteenth year of Nebuchad- 
rezzar. 

2 For then the king of Babylon's 
army besieged Jerusalem : and Jere- 
miah the prophet was shut up in the 
court of the prison, which tvas in the 
king of Judah's house. 

3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had 
shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost 
thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith 
the Lord, Behold, I will give this 
city into the hand of the king of 
Babylon, and he shall take it ; 

4 And Zedekiah king of Judah 
shall not escape out of the hand of 
the Chaldeans, but shall surely be 
delivered into the hand of the king 
of Babylon, and shall speak with him 
mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall 
behold his eyes ; 

5 And he shall lead Zedekiah to 
Babylon, and there shall he be until 
I visit him, saith the Lord : though 
ye fight with the Chaldeans, ye shall 
not prosper ? 

6 If And Jeremiah said, The word 
of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

7 Behold, Hanameel the son of 
Shallum thine uncle shall come unto 
thee, saying, Buy thee my field that 
is in Anathoth : for the right of re- 
demption is thine to buy it. 

8 So Hanameel mine uncle's son 
came to me in the court of the prison 
according to the word of the Lord, 
and said unto me, Buy my field, I 
pray thee, that is in Anathoth, which 
is in the country of Benj amin : for the 
right of inheritance is thine, and the 
redemption is thine ; buy it for thy- 
self. Then I knew that this was the 
word of the Lord. 

9 And I bought the field of Hana- 
meel my uncle's son, that was in 
Anathoth, and weighed him the mon- 
ey, even seventeen shekels of silver. 

10 And I subscribed the evidence, 
and sealed it, and took witnesses, 
and weighed him the money in the 
balances. 

11 So I took the evidence of the 
purchase, both that which was sealed 

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The captivity confirmed. 



according to the law and custom, and 
that which was open : 

12 And I gave the evidence of the 
purchase unto Baruch the son of 
Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the 
sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, 
and in the presence of the witnesses 
that subscribed the book of the pur- 
chase, before all the Jews that sat in 
the court of the prison. 

13 IT And I charged Baruch before 
them, saying, 

14 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Take these evi- 
dences, this evidence of the purchase, 
both which is sealed, and this evi- 
dence which is open ; and put them 
in an earthen vessel, that they may 
continue many days. 

15 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Houses and fields 
and vineyards shall be possessed again 
in this land. 

1 6 IT Now when I had delivered the 
evidence of the purchase unto Baruch 
the son of Neriah, I prayed unto the 
Lord, saying, 

17 Ah Lord God! behold, thou 
hast made the heaven and the earth 
by thy great power and stretched out 
arm, and there is nothing too hard 
for thee : 

18 Thou she west lovingkindness 
unto thousands, and recompensest 
the iniquity of the fathers into the 
bosom of their children after them : 
The Great, The Mighty God, The 
Lord of hosts, is his name ; 

19 Great in counsel, and mighty 
in work: for thine eyes are open 
upon all the ways of the sons of 
men, to give every one according to 
his ways, and according to the fruit 
of his doings : 

20 Which hast set signs and won- 
ders in the land of Egypt, even unto 
this day, and in Israel, and among 
other men ; and hast made thee a 
name, as at this day ; 

21 And hast brought forth thy 
people Israel out of the land of Egypt 
with signs, and with wonders, and with 

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a strong hand, and with a stretched 
out arm, and with great terror ; 

22 And hast given them this land, 
which thou didst swear to their fa- 
thers to give them, a land flowing 
with milk and honey ; 

23 And they came in, and possessed 
it ; but they obeyed not thy voice, nei- 
ther walked in thy law ; they have done 
nothing of all that thou commandedst 
them to do : therefore thou hast caused 
all this evil to come upon them. 

24 Behold the mounts, they are 
come unto the city to take it; and 
the city is given into the hand of the 
Chaldeans that fight against it, be- 
cause of the sword, and of the famine, 
and of the pestilence : and what thou 
hast spoken is come to pass ; and, be- 
hold, thou seest it. 

25 And thou hast said unto me, O 
Lord God, Buy thee the field for money, 
and take witnesses ; for the city is 
given into the hand of the Chaldeans. 

26 IT Then came the word of the 
Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 

27 Behold, I am the Lord, the God 
of all flesh : is there any thing too 
hard for me ? 

28 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; 
Behold, I will give this city into the 
hand of the Chaldeans, and into the 
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Bab- 
ylon, and he shall take it : 

29 And the Chaldeans, that fight 
against this city, shall come and set 
fire on this city, and burn it with the 
houses, upon whose roofs they have 
offered incense unto Baal, and poured 
out drink offerings unto other gods, 
to provoke me to anger. 

30 For the children of Israel and 
the children of Judah have only done 
evil before me from their youth : for 
the children of Israel have only pro- 
voked me to anger with the work of 
their hands, saith the Lord. 

31 For this city hath been to me as 
a provocation of mine anger and of 
my fury from the day that they built 
it even unto this day, that I should 
remove it from before my face ; 



God promiseth 



JEREMIAH. 



a gracious return. 



32 Because of all the evil of the 
children of Israel and of the children 
of Judah, which they have done to 
provoke me to anger, they, their kings, 
their princes, their priests, and their 
prophets, and the men of Judah, and 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

33 And they have turned unto me 
the back, and not the face : though I 
taught them, rising up early and 
teaching them, yet they have not 
hearkened to receive instruction. 

34 But they set their abominations 
in the house, which is called by my 
name, to defile it. 

35 And they built the high places 
of Baal, which are in the valley of 
the son of Hinnom, to cause their sons 
and their daughters to pass through 
the fire unto Molech ; which I com- 
manded them not, neither came it into 
my mind, that they should do this 
abomination, to cause Judah to sin. 

36 If And now therefore thus saith 
the Lord, the God of Israel, concern- 
ing this city, whereof ye say, It shall 
be delivered into the hand of the king 
of Babylon by the sword, and by the 
famine, and by the pestilence ; 

37 Behold, I will gather them out 
of all countries, whither I have driven 
them in mine anger, and in my fury, 
and in great wrath ; and I will bring 
them again unto this place, and I will 
cause them to dwell safely : 

38 And they shall be my people, 
and I will be their God : 

39 And I will give them one heart, 
and one way, that they may fear me 
for ever, for the good of them, and of 
their children after them : 

40 And I will make an everlasting 
covenant with them, that I will not 
turn away from them, to do them good ; 
but I will put my fear in their hearts, 
that they shall not depart from me. 

41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to 
do them good, and I will plant them 
in this land assuredly with my whole 
heart and with my whole soul. 

42 For thus saith the Lord ; Like 
as I have brought all this great evil 



upon this people, so will I bring upon 
them all the good that I have promised 
them. 

43 And fields shall be bought in 
this land, whereof ye say, It is deso- 
late without man or beast ; it is given 
into the hand of the Chaldeans. 

44 Men shall buy fields for money, 
and subscribe evidences, and seal 
them, and take witnesses in the land 
of Benjamin, and in the places about 
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, 
and in the cities of the mountains, and 
in the cities of the valley, and in the 
cities of the south : for I will cause their 
captivity to return, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

1 God promiseth to the captivity a gracious return, 9 a 
joyful state, 12 a settled government, 15 Christ the 
Branch of righteousness, 17 a continuance of king- 
dom and priesthood, 20 and a stability of a blessed 
seed. 

MOREOVER the word of the 
Lord came unto Jeremiah the 
second time, while he was yet shut 
up in the court of the prison, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord the maker 
thereof, the Lord that formed it, to 
establish it ; The Lord is his name ; 

3 Call unto me, and I will answer 
thee, and shew thee great and mighty 
things, which thou knowest not. 

4 For thus saith the Lord, the God 
of Israel, concerning the houses of 
this city, and concerning the houses 
of the kings of Judah, which are 
thrown down by the mounts, and by 
the sword ; 

5 They come to fight with the Chal- 
deans, but it is to fill them with the 
dead bodies of men, whom I have 
slain in mine anger and in my fury, 
and for all whose wickedness I have 
hid my face from this city. 

6 Behold, I will bring it health and 
cure, and I will cure them, and will 
reveal unto them the abundance of 
peace and truth. 

7 And I will cause the captivity of 
Judah and the captivity of Israel to 
return, and will build them, as at the 
first. 

8 And I will cleanse them from all 

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Christ is promised. 



their iniquity, whereby they have 
sinned against me ; and I will pardon 
all their iniquities, whereby they have 
sinned, and whereby they have trans- 
gressed against me. 

9 % And it shall be to me a name 
of joy, a praise and an honour before 
all the nations of the earth, which 
shall hear all the good that I do unto 
them : and they shall fear and trem- 
ble for all the goodness and for all the 
prosperity that I procure unto it. 

10 Thus saith the Lord; Again 
there shall be heard in this place, 
which ye say shall be desolate without 
man and without beast, even in the 
cities of Judah, and in the streets of 
Jerusalem, that are desolate, without 
man, and without inhabitant, and 
without beast, 

11 The voice of joy, and the voice 
of gladness, the voice of the bride- 
groom, and the voice of the bride, 
the voice of thern that shall say, 
Praise the Lord of hosts : for the 
Lord is good ; for his mercy endureth 
for ever : and of them that shall bring 
the. sacrifice of praise into the house 
of the Lord. For I will cause to re- 
turn the captivity of the land, as at 
the first, saith the Lord. 

12 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
Again in this place, which is desolate 
without man and without beast, and 
in all the cities thereof, shall be a 
habitation of shepherds causing their 
flocks to lie down. 

13 In the cities of the mountains, 
in the cities of the vale, and in the 
cities of the south, and in the land of 
Benjamin, and in the places about 
Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, 
shall the flocks pass again under the 
hands of him that telleth them, saith 
the Lord. 

14 Behold, the days come, saith the 
Lord, that I will perforin that good 
thing which I have promised unto 
the house of Israel and to the house 
of Judah. 

15 IT In those days, and at that 
time, will I cause the Branch of right- 

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eousness to grow up unto David ; 
and he shall execute judgment and 
righteousness in the land. 

16 In those days shall Judah be 
saved, and Jerusalem shall dwell 
safely: and this is the name where- 
with she shall be called, The Lord 
our Righteousness. 

17 If For thus saith the Lord; 
David shall never want a man to sit 
upon the throne of the house of Israel ; 

18 Neither shall the priests the 
Levites want a man before me to 
offer burnt offerings, and to kindle 
meat offerings, and to do sacrifice 
continually. 

19 If And the word of the Lord 
came unto Jeremiah, saying, 

20 Thus saith the Lord ; If ye can 
break my covenant of the day, and 
my covenant of the night, and that 
there should not be day and night in 
their season ; 

2 1 Then may also my covenant be 
broken with David my servant, that 
he should not have a son to reign 
upon his throne ; and with the Levites 
the priests, my ministers. 

22 As the host of heaven cannot 
be numbered, neither the sand of the 
sea measured ; so will I multiply the 
seed of David my servant, and the 
Levites that minister unto me. 

23 Moreover the word of the Lord 
came to Jeremiah, saying, 

24 Considerest thou not what this 
people have spoken, saying, The two 
families which the Lord hath chosen, 
he hath even cast them off? thus 
they have despised my people, that 
they should be no more a nation be- 
fore them. 

25 Thus saith the Lord; If my 
covenant be not with day and night, 
and if I have not appointed the ordi- 
nances of heaven and earth ; 

26 Then will I cast away the seed of 
Jacob, and David my servant, so that I 
will not take any of his seed to be rulers 
over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and 
Jacob : for I will cause their captivity 
to return, and have mercy on them. 



The fate of 



JEREMIAH. 



Zedehiah foretold. 



CHAPTER XXXIY. 

1 Jeremiah prophesieth the captivity of Zedehiah and 
the rity. 8 The princes and the people having dismissed 
their bondservants, contrary to the covenant of God, 
reassume them. 12 Jeremiah, for their disobedience, giv- 
eth them and Zedehiah into the hands of their enemies. 

THE word which came unto Jere- 
miah from the Lord, when Neb- 
uchadnezzar king of Babylon, and 
all his army, and all the kingdoms of 
the earth of his dominion, and all the 
people, fought against Jerusalem, and 
against all the cities thereof, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, the God 
of Israel ; Go and speak to Zedekiah 
king of Judah, and tell him, Thus saith 
the Lord ; Behold, I will give this city 
into the hand of the king of Babylon, 
and he shall burn it with fire : 

3 And thou shalt not escape out of 
his hand, but shalt surely be taken, 
and delivered into his hand ; and 
thine eyes shall behold the eyes of 
the king of Babylon, and he shall 
speak with thee mouth to mouth, and 
thou shalt go to Babylon. 

4 Yet hear the word of the Lord, 
O Zedekiah king of Judah ; Thus 
saith the Lord of thee, Thou shalt 
not die by the sword ; 

5 But thou shalt die in peace : and 
with the burnings of thy fathers, the 
former kings which were before thee, 
so shall they burn odours for thee ; 
and they will lament thee, saying, 
Ah lord ! for I have pronounced the 
word, saith the Lord. 

6 Then Jeremiah the prophet spake 
all these words unto Zedekiah king 
of Judah in Jerusalem, 

7 When the king of Babylon's army 
fought against Jerusalem, and against 
all the cities of Judah that were left, 
against Lachish, and against Azekah: 
for these defenced cities remained of 
the cities of Judah. 

8 % This is the word that came unto 
Jeremiah from the Lord, after that the 
king Zedekiah had made a covenant 
with all the people which were at Je- 
rusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them; 

9 That every man should let his 
manservant, and every man his 



maidservant, being a Hebrew or a 
Hebrewess, go free ; that none should 
serve himself of them, to wit, of a Jew 
his brother. 

10 Now when all the princes, and 
all the people, which had entered into 
the covenant, heard that every one 
should let his manservant, and every 
one his maidservant, go free, that 
none should serve themselves of them 
any more ; then they obeyed, and let 
them go. 

11 But afterwards they turned, and 
caused the servants and the hand- 
maids, whom they had let go free, to 
return, and brought them into subjec- 
tion for servants and for handmaids. 

12 ^T Therefore the word of the 
Lord came to Jeremiah from the 
Lord, saying, 

13 Thus saith the Lord, the God of 
Israel ; I made a covenant with your 
fathers in the day that I brought them 
forth out of the land of Egypt, out of 
the house of bondmen, saying, 

14 At the end of seven years let ye 
go every man his brother a Hebrew, 
which hath been sold unto thee ; and 
when he hath served thee six years, 
thou shalt let him go free from thee: 
but your fathers hearkened not unto 
me, neither inclined their ear. 

15 And ye were now turned, and 
had done right in my sight, in pro- 
claiming liberty every man to his 
neighbour ; and ye had made a cove- 
nant before me in the house which is 
called by my name: 

16 But ye turned and polluted my 
name, and caused every man his serv- 
ant, and every man his handmaid, 
whom he had set at liberty at their 
pleasure, to return, and brought them 
into subjection, to be unto you for 
servants and for handmaids. 

1 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; 
Ye have not hearkened unto me, in 
proclaiming liberty, every one to his 
brother, and every man to his neigh- 
bour : behold, I proclaim a liberty for 
you, saith the Lord, to the sword, 
to the pestilence, and to the famine ; 

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of the Rechabites. 



and I will make you to be removed 
into all the kingdoms of the earth. 

1 8 And I will give the men that have 
transgressed my covenant, which have 
not performed the words of the cove- 
nant which they had made before me, 
when they cut the calf in twain, and 
passed between the parts thereof, 

19 The princes of Judah, and the 
princes of Jerusalem, the eunuchs, 
and the priests, and all the people of 
the land, which passed between the 
parts of the calf; 

20 I will even give them into the 
hand of their enemies, and into the 
hand of them that seek their life : 
and their dead bodies shall be for 
meat unto the fowls of the heaven, 
and to the beasts of the earth. 

21 And Zedekiah king of Judah 
and his princes will I give into the 
hand of their enemies, and into the 
hand of them that seek their life, and 
into the hand of the king of Babylon's 
army, which are gone up from you. 

22 Behold, I will command, saith 
the Lord, and cause them to return to 
this city ; and they shall fight against 
it, and take it, and burn it with fire : 
and I will make the cities of Judah a 
desolation without an inhabitant. 

CHAPTER XXXY. 

1 By the obedience of the Rechabites, 12 Jeremiah con- 
demneth the disobedience of the Jews. 18 God blesseth 
the Rechabites for their obedience. 

THE word which came unto Jere- 
miah from the Lord, in the days 
of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king 
of Judah, saying, 

2 Go unto the house of the Rechab- 
ites, and speak unto them, and bring 
them into the house of the Lord, into 
one of the chambers, and give them 
wine to drink. 

3 Then I took Jaazaniah the son 
of Jeremiah, the son of Habaziniah, 
and his brethren, and all his sons, and 
the whole house of the Rechabites ; 

4 And I brought them into the house 
of the Lord, into the chamber of the 
sons of Hanan, the son of Igdaliah, a 
man of God, which was by the cham- 

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ber of the princes, which was above 
the chamber of Maaseiah the son of 
Shallum, the keeper of the 3oor : 

5 And I set before the sons of the 
house of the Rechabites pots full of 
wine, and cups ; and I said unto them, 
Drink ye wine. 

6 But they said, "We will drink no 
wine : for Jonadab the son of Rechab 
our father commanded us, saying, 
Ye shall drink no wine, neither ye, 
nor your sons for ever : 

7 Neither shall ye build house, nor 
sow seed, nor plant vineyard, nor 
have any : but all your days ye shall 
dwell in tents ; that ye may live many 
days in the land where ye be strangers. 

8 Thus have we obeyed the voice 
of Jonadab the son of Rechab our 
father in all that he hath charged us, 
to drink no wine all our days, we, our 
wives, our sons, nor our daughters ; 

9 Nor to build houses for us to 
dwell in ; neither have we vineyard, 
nor field, nor seed : 

10 But we have dwelt in tents, and 
have obeyed, and done according to 
all that Jonadab our father com- 
manded us. 

11 But it came to pass, when Neb- 
uchadrezzar king of Babylon came 
up into the land, that we said, Come, 
and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of 
the army of the Chaldeans, and for 
fear of the army of the Syrians : so 
we dwell at Jerusalem. 

12 IT Then came the word of the 
Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 

13 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Go and tell the 
men of Judah and the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, Will ye not receive in- 
struction to hearken to my words ? 
saith the Lord. 

14 The words of Jonadab the son 
of Rechab, that he commanded his 
sons not to drink wine, are perform- 
ed ; for unto this day they drink none, 
but obey their father's commandment: 
notwithstanding I have spoken unto 
you, rising early and speaking; but ye 
hearkened not unto me. 



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JEREMIAH. 



Jeremiah's prophecies. 



15 I have sent also unto you all my 
servants the prophets, rising* up early 
and sending them, saying, Return ye 
now every man from his evil way, 
and amend your doings, and go not 
after other gods to serve them, and 
ye shall dwell in the land which I 
have given to you and to your fa- 
thers : but ye have not inclined your 
ear, nor hearkened unto me. 

16 Because the sons of Jonadab the 
son of Rechab have performed the 
commandment of their father, which 
he commanded them ; but this people 
hath not hearkened unto me : 

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God of hosts, the God of Israel ; Be- 
hold, I will bring upon Judah and 
upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
all the evil that I have pronounced 
against them : because I have spoken 
unto them, but they have not heard ; 
and I have called unto them, but they 
have not answered. 

18 IT And Jeremiah said unto the 
house of the Rechabites, Thus saith 
the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Because ye have obeyed the com- 
mandment of Jonadab your father, 
and kept all his precepts, and done 
according unto all that he hath com- 
manded you ; ** 

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel ; Jonadab 
the son of Rechab shall not want a 
man to stand before me for ever. 

CHAPTER XXXVI. 

1 Jeremiah causeth Baruch to write his prophecy, 5 and 
publicly to read it. 11 The princes, having intelligence 
thereof by Michaiah, sendJehudi to fetch the roll, and 
read it. 19 They will Baruch to hide himself and 
Jeremiah. 20 The king Jehoiakim, being certified 
thereof, heareth part of it, and burnetii the roll. 27 
Jeremiah denounceth his judgment. 32 Baruch writeth 
a new copy. 

A ND it came to pass in the fourth 
_XJL year of Jehoiakim the son of 
Josiah king of Judah, that this word 
came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, 
saying, 

2 Take thee a roll of a book, and 
write therein all the words that I 
have spoken unto thee against Israel, 
and against Judah, and against all 



the nations, from the day I spake 
unto thee, from the days of Josiah, 
even unto this day. 

3 It may be that the house of Judah 
will hear all the evil which I purpose 
to do unto them ; that they may re- 
turn every man from his evil way ; 
that I may forgive their iniquity and 
their sin. 

4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the 
son of Neriah : and Baruch wrote from 
the mouth of Jeremiah all the words 
of the Lord, which he had spoken 
unto him, upon a roll of a book. 

5 And Jeremiah commanded Ba- 
ruch, saying, I am shut up ; I cannot 
go into the house of the Lord : 

6 Therefore go thou, and read in 
the roll, which thou hast written 
from my mouth, the words of the 
Lord in the ears of the people in 
the Lord's house upon the fasting 
day: and also thou shalt read them 
in the ears of all Judah that come out 
of their cities. 

7 It may be they will present their 
supplication before the Lord, and 
will return every one from his evil 
way: for great is the anger and the 
fury that the Lord hath pronounced 
against this people. 

8 And Baruch the son of Neriah 
did according to all that Jeremiah 
the prophet commanded him, reading 
in the book the words of the Lord in 
the Lord's house. 

9 And it came to pass in the fifth 
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
king of Judah, in the ninth month, 
that they proclaimed a fast before the 
Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, 
and to all the people that came from 
the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 

10 Then read Baruch in the book 
the words of Jeremiah in the house 
of the Lord, in the chamber of Gem- 
ariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, 
in the higher court, at the entry of 
the new gate of the Lord's house, in 
the ears of all the people. 

11 IT When Michaiah the son of 
Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had 

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Jeremiah! s prophecies. 



heard out of the hook all the words 
of the Lord, 

12 Then he went down into the 
king's house, into the scribe's cham- 
ber : and, lo, all the princes sat there, 
even Elishama the scribe, and De- 
laiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elna- 
than the son of Achbor, and Gema- 
riah the son of Shaphan, and Zede- 
kiah the son of Hananiah, and all the 
princes. 

13 Then Michaiah declared unto 
them all the words that he had heard, 
when Baruch read the book in the 
ears of the people. 

14 Therefore all the princes sent 
Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the 
son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, 
unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine 
hand the roll wherein thou hast read 
in the ears of the people, and come. 
So Baruch the son of Neriah took the 
roll in his hand, and came unto 
them. 

15 And they said unto him, Sit 
down now, and read it in our ears. 
So Baruch read it in their ears. 

16 Now it came to pass, when they 
had heard all the words, they were 
afraid both one and other, and said 
unto Baruch, We will surely tell the 
king of all these words. 

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, 
Tell us now, How didst thou write all 
these words at his mouth ? 

18 Then Baruch answered them, 
He pronounced all these words unto 
me with his mouth, and I wrote them 
with ink in the book. 

19 Then said the princes unto Ba- 
ruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jere- 
miah ; and let no man know where 
ye be. 

20 IT And they went in to the king 
into the court, but they laid up the 
roll in the chamber of Elishama the 
scribe, and told all the words in the 
ears of the king. 

21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch 
the roll ; and he took it out of Elish- 
ama the scribe's chamber. And Je- 
hudi read it in the ears of the king, 

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and in the ears of all the princes 
which stood beside the king. 

22 Now the king sat in the winter 
house in the ninth month : and there 
was a fire on the hearth burning 
before him. 

23 And it came to pass, that when 
Jehudi had read three or four leaves, 
he cut it with the penknife, and cast 
it into the fire that was on the hearth, 
until all the roll was consumed in the 
fire that was on the hearth. 

24 Yet they were not afraid, nor 
rent their garments, neither the king, 
nor any of his servants that heard all 
these words. 

25 Nevertheless Elnathan and De- 
laiah and Gemariah had made inter- 
cession to the king that he would not 
burn the roll ; but he would not hear 
them. 

26 But the king commanded Je- 
rahmeel the son of Hammelech, and 
Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shel- 
emiah the son of Abdeel, to take 
Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the 
prophet : but the Lord hid them. 

27 H Then the word of the Lord 
came to Jeremiah, after that the king 
had burned the roll, and the words 
which Baruch wrote at the mouth of 
Jeremiah, saying, 

28 Take thee again another roll, and 
write in it all the former words that 
were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim 
the king of Judah hath burned. 

29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim 
king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord ; 
Thou hast burned this roll, saying, 
Why hast thou written therein, say- 
ing, The king of Babylon shall cer- 
tainly come and destroy this land, and 
shall cause to cease from thence man 
and beast ? 

30 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
of Jehoiakim king of Judah ; He shall 
have none to sit upon the throne of 
David : and his dead body shall be 
cast out in the day to the heat, and 
in the night to the frost. 

31 And I will punish him and his 
seed and his servants for their ini- 



Another roll written. 



JEREMIAH. 



Jeremiah's prophecy. 



quity; and I will bring upon them, 
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusa- 
lem, and upon the men of Judah, all 
the evil that I have pronounced 
against them; but they hearkened 
not. 

32 If Then took Jeremiah another 
roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, 
the son of Neriah ; who wrote therein 
from the mouth of Jeremiah all the 
words of the book which Jehoiakim 
king of Judah had burned in the fire : 
and there were added besides unto 
them many like words. 

CHAPTER XXXVII. 

1 Tlie Egyptians having raised the siege of the Chaldeans, 
king Zedekiah sendeth to Jeremiah to pray for the peo- 
ple. G Jeremiah prophesieth the Chaldeans' certain 
return and victory. 11 He is taken for a fugitive, 
beaten, and put in prison. 16 He assureth Zedekiah 
of the captivity. 18 Entreating for his liberty, he ob- 
taineth some favour. 

AND king Zedekiah the son of 
-XA. Josiah reigned instead of Coniah 
the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebu- 
chadrezzar king of Babylon made 
king in the land of Judah. 

2 But neither he, nor his servants, 
nor the people of the land, did hearken 
unto the words of the Lord, which 
he spake by the prophet Jeremiah. 

3 And Zedekiah the king sent Je- 
hucal the son of Shelemiah and Zeph- 
aniah the son of Maaseiah the priest 
to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, Pray 
now unto the Lord our God for us. 

4 Now Jeremiah came in and went 
out among the people : for they had 
not put him into prison. 

5 Then Pharaoh's army was come 
forth out of Egypt: and when the 
Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem 
heard tidings of them, they departed 
from Jerusalem. 

6 If Then came the word of the 
Lord unto the prophet Jeremiah, 
saying, 

7 Thus saith the Lord, the God of 
Israel ; Thus shall ye say to the king 
of Judah, that sent you unto me to 
inquire of me; Behold, Pharaoh's 
army, which is come forth to help 
you, shall return to Egypt into their 
own land. 

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8 And the Chaldeans shall come 
again, and fight against this city, and 
take it, and burn it with fire. 

9 Thus saith the Lord; Deceive not 
yourselves, saying, The Chaldeans 
shall surely depart from us : for they 
shall not depart. 

10 For though ye had smitten the 
whole army of the Chaldeans that 
fight against you, and there remained 
but wounded men among them, yet 
should they rise up every man in his 
tent, and burn this city with fire. 

11 % And it came to pass, that 
when the army of the Chaldeans was 
broken up from Jerusalem for fear of 
Pharaoh's army, 

12 Then Jeremiah went forth out 
of Jerusalem to go into the land of 
Benjamin, to separate himself thence 
in the midst of the people. 

13 And when he was in the gate of 
Benjamin, a captain of the ward was 
there, whose name was Irijah, the son 
of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah ; 
and he took Jeremiah the prophet, 
saying, Thou fallest away to the 
Chaldeans. 

14 Then said Jeremiah, It is false ; 
I fall not away to the Chaldeans. 
But he hearkened not to him : so 
Irijah took Jeremiah, and brought 
him to the princes. 

15 Wherefore the princes were 
wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, 
and put him in prison in the house 
of Jonathan the scribe ; for they had 
made that the prison. 

16 If When Jeremiah was entered 
into the dungeon, and into the cabins, 
and Jeremiah had remained there 
many days ; 

17 Then Zedekiah the king sent, 
and took him out : and the king asked 
him secretly in his house, and said, 
Is there any word from the Lord? 
And Jeremiah said, There is : for, 
said he, thou shalt be delivered into 
the hand of the king of Babylon. 

18 Moreover Jeremiah said unto 
king Zedekiah, What have I offended 
against thee, or against thy servants, 

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into a dungeon. 



or against this people, that ye have 
put me in prison ? 

19 Where are now your proph- 
ets which prophesied unto you, say- 
ing, The king of Babylon shall not 
come against you, nor against this 
land ? 

20 Therefore hear now, I pray thee, 

my lord the king: let my suppli- 
cation, I pray thee, be accepted be- 
fore thee ; that thou cause me not to 
return to the house of Jonathan the 
scribe, lest I die there. 

21 Then Zedekiah the king com- 
manded that they should commit Jer- 
emiah into the court of the prison, 
and that they should give him daily 
a piece of bread out of the bakers' 
street, until all the bread in the city 
were spent. Thus Jeremiah remain- 
ed in the court of the prison. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

1 Jeremiah, by a false suggestion, is put into the dungeon 
of Malchiah. 7 Ebed-melech, by suit, getteth him some 
enlargement. 14 Upon secret conference he counselleth 
the king by yielding to save his life. 24 By the king^s in- 
structions he concealeth the conference from the princes. 

THEN Shephatiah the son of Mat- 
tan, and Gedaliah the son of 
Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shele- 
miah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, 
heard the words that Jeremiah had 
spoken unto all the people, "saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, He that 
remaineth in this city shall die by 
the sword, by the famine, and by the 
pestilence : but he that goeth forth 
to the Chaldeans shall live; for he 
shall have his life for a prey, and shall 
live. 

3 Thus saith the Lord, This city 
shall surely be given into the hand of 
the king of Babylon's army, which 
shall take it. 

4 Therefore the princes said unto 
the king, We beseech thee, let this 
man be put to death : for thus he 
weakeneth the hands of the men of 
war that remain in this city, and the 
hands of all the people, in speaking 
such words unto them : for this man 
seeketh not the welfare of this people, 
but the hurt. 

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5 Then Zedekiah the king said, 
Behold, he is in your hand : for the 
king is not he that can do any thing 
against you. 

6 Then took they Jeremiah, and 
cast him into the dungeon of Mal- 
chiah the son of Hammelech, that 
was in the court of the prison : and 
they let down Jeremiah with cords. 
And in the dungeon there was no 
water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk 
in the mire. 

7 If Now when Ebed-melech the 
Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which 
was in the king's house, heard that 
they had put Jeremiah in the dun- 
geon ; the king then sitting in the 
gate of Benjamin ; 

8 Ebed-melech went forth out of 
the king's house, and spake to the 
king, saying, 

9 My lord the king, these men have 
done evil in all that they have done 
to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they 
have cast into the dungeon ; and he 
is like to die for hunger in the place 
where he is : for there is no more 
bread in the city. 

10 Then the king commanded Ebed- 
melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take 
from hence thirty men with thee, and 
take up Jeremiah the prophet out of 
the dungeon, before he die. 

11 So Ebed-melech took the men 
with him, and went into the house of 
the king under the treasury, and took 
thence old cast clouts and old rotten 
rags, and let them down by cords into 
the dungeon to Jeremiah. 

12 And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian 
said unto Jeremiah, Put now these 
old cast clouts and rotten rags under 
thine armholes under the cords. And 
Jeremiah did so. 

13 So they drew up Jeremiah with 
cords, and took him up out of the 
dungeon : and Jeremiah remained in 
the court of the prison. 

14 If Then Zedekiah the king sent, 
and took Jeremiah the prophet unto 
him into the third entry that is in the 
house of the Lord: and the king 



His advice to Zedekiah. 



JEREMIAH. 



Jerusalem is taken. 



said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a 
thing ; hide nothing from me. 

15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zede- 
kiah, If I declare it unto thee, wilt 
thou not surely put me to death? 
and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou 
not hearken unto me ? 

16 So Zedekiah the king sware se- 
cretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the 
Lord liveth, that made us this soul, 
I will not put thee to death, neither 
will I give thee into the hand of these 
men that seek thy life. 

17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zede- 
kiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God 
of hosts, the God of Israel ; If thou 
wilt assuredly go forth unto the king 
of Babylon's princes, then thy soul 
shall live, and this city shall not be 
burned with tire ; and thou shalt live, 
and thine house : 

18 But if thou wilt not go forth to 
the king of Babylon's princes, then 
shall this city be given into the hand 
of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn 
it with fire, and thou shalt not escape 
out of their hand. 

19 And Zedekiah the king said 
unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews 
that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest 
they deliver me into their hand, and 
they mock me. 

20 But Jeremiah said, They shall 
not deliver thee. Obey, I beseech 
thee, the voice of the Lord, which I 
speak unto thee : so it shall be well 
unto thee, and thy soul shall live. 

21 But if thou refuse to go forth, 
this is the word that the Lord hath 
shewed me : 

22 And, behold, all the women that 
are left in the king of Judah's house 
shall be brought forth to the king of 
Babylon's princes, and those ivomen 
shall say, Thy friends have set thee 
on, and have prevailed against thee: 
thy feet are sunk in the mire, and 
they are turned away back. 

23 So they shall bring out all thy 
wives and thy children to the Chal- 
deans : and thou shalt not escape out 
of their hand, but shalt be taken by 



the hand of the king of Babylon : and 
thou shalt cause this city to be burn- 
ed with fire. 

24 ^ Then said Zedekiah unto 
Jeremiah, Let no man know of these 
words, and thou shalt not die. 

25 But if the princes hear that I 
have talked with thee, and they come 
unto thee, and say unto thee, Declare 
unto us now what thou hast said 
unto the king, hide it not from us, 
and we will not put thee to death ; 
also what the king said unto thee : 

26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I 
presented my supplication before the 
king, that he would not cause me to re- 
turn to Jonathan's house, to die there. 

27 Then came all the princes unto 
Jeremiah, and asked him : an d he told 
them according to all these words that 
the king had commanded. So they 
left off speaking with him ; for the 
matter was not perceived. 

28 So Jeremiah abode in the court 
of the prison until the day that Jeru- 
salem was taken : and he was there 
when Jerusalem was taken. 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

1 Jerusalem is taken. 4 Zedekiah is made blind, and 
sent to Babylon. 8 The city ruinated, 9 the people 
captivated. 11 Nebuchadrezzar's charge for the good 
usage of Jeremiah. 15 God's promise to Ebecl-me- 
lech. 

IN the ninth year of Zedekiah king 
of Judah,in the tenth month, came 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and 
all his army against Jerusalem, and 
they besieged it. 

2 And in the eleventh year of Zed- 
ekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth 
day of the month, the city was broken 
up. 

3 And all the princes of the king 
of Babylon came in, and sat in the 
middle gate, even Nergal-sharezer, 
Samgar-nebo, Sarsechim, Bab-saris, 
Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, with all 
the residue of the princes of the king 
of Babylon. 

4 ^T And it came to pass, that when 
Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, 
and all the men of war, then they 
fled, and went forth out of the city 

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He is set free. 



by night, by the way of the king's 
garden, by the gate betwixt the two 
walls : and he went ont the way of 
the plain. 

5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued 
after them, and overtook Zedekiah in 
the plains of Jericho : and when they 
had taken him, they brought him up 
to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 
to Riblah in the land of Hamath, 
where he gave judgment upon him. 

6 Then the king of Babylon slew 
the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before 
his eyes : also the king of Babylon 
slew all the nobles of Judah. 

7 Moreover he put out Zedekiah's 
eyes, and bound him with chains, to 
carry him to Babylon. 

8 1[ And the Chaldeans burned the 
king's house, and the houses of the 
people, with fire, and brake down the 
walls of Jerusalem. 

9 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain 
of the guard carried away captive into 
Babylon the remnant of the people 
that remained in the city, and those 
that fell away, that fell to him, with 
the rest of the people that remained. 

10 But Nebuzar-adan the captain 
of the guard left of the poor of the 
people, which had nothing, in the 
land of Judah, and gave them vine- 
yards and fields at the same time. 

11 IT Now Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon gave charge concerning Jer- 
emiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of 
the guard, saying, 

12 Take him, and look well to him, 
and do him no harm ; but do unto 
him even as he shall say unto thee. 

13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of 
the guard sent, and Nebushasban, 
Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab- 
mag, and all the king of Babylon's 
princes ; 

14 Even they sent, and took Jere- 
miah out of the court of the prison, 
; 1 1 1 (1 committed him unto G edaliah the 
bob of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, 
that lie should carry him home: so 
he dwelt among the people. 

15 % Now the word of the Lord 

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came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut 
up in the court of the prison, saying, 

16 Go and speak to Ebed-melech 
the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Behold, I will bring my words upon 
this city for evil, and not for good; 
and they shall be accomplished in that 
day before thee. 

17 But I will deliver thee in that 
day, saith the Lord ; and thou shalt 
not be given into the hand of the men 
of whom thou art afraid. 

18 For I will surely deliver thee, 
and thou shalt not fall by the sword, 
but thy life shall be for a prey unto 
thee ; because thou hast put thy trust 
in me, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER XL. 

1 Jeremiah, being set free by Nebuzar-adan, goeth to Ged- 
aliah. *7 The dispersed Jeivs repair unto him. 13 Jo*- 
hanan revealing IshmaeVs conspiracy is not believed. 

THE word which came to Jeremiah 
from the Lord, after that Nebu- 
zar-adan the captain of the guard had 
let him go from Ram ah, when he had 
taken him being bound in chains 
among all that were carried away 
captive of Jerusalem and Judah, 
which were carried away captive 
unto Babylon. 

2 And the captain of the guard took 
Jeremiah, and said unto him, The 
Lord thy God hath pronounced this 
evil upon this place. 

3 Now the Lord hath brought it, 
and done according as he hath said : 
because ye have sinned against the 
Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, 
therefore this thing is come upon 
you. 

4 And now, behold, I loose thee 
this day from the chains which were 
upon thine hand. If it seem good 
unto thee to come with me into Bab- 
ylon, come ; and I will look well 
unto thee: but if it seem ill unto 
thee to come with me into Babylon, 
forbear: behold, all the land is before 
thee : whither it seemeth good and 
convenient for thee to go, thither go. 

5 Now while he was not yet gone 



The dispersed Jews 



JEREMIAH. 



resort unto Gedaliah. 



back, he said. Go back also to Geda- 
liah the son of Ahikam the son of 
Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon 
hath made governor over the cities 
of Judah, and dwell with him among 
the people : or go wheresoever it 
seemeth convenient unto thee to go. 
So the captain of the guard gave him 
victuals and a reward, and let him go. 

6 Then went Jeremiah unto Geda- 
liah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah ; 
and dwelt with him among the people 
that were left in the land. 

7 If Now when all the captains of 
the forces which ivere in the fields, 
even they and their men, heard that 
the king of Babylon had made Geda- 
liah the son of Ahikam governor in 
the land, and had committed unto 
him men, and women, and children, 
and of the poor of the land, of them 
that were not carried away captive 
to Babylon ; 

8 Then they came to Gedaliah to 
Mizpah, even Ishmael the son of Neth- 
aniah, and Johanan and Jonathan 
the sons of Kareah, and Seraiah the 
son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of 
Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah 
the son of a Maachathite, they and 
their men. 

9 And Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 
the son of Shaphan sware unto them 
and to their men, saying, Fear not to 
serve the Chaldeans: dwell in the 
land, and serve the king of Babylon, 
and it shall be well with you. 

10 As for me, behold, I will dwell 
at Mizpah, to serve the Chaldeans, 
which will come unto us : but ye, 
gather ye wine, and summer fruits, 
and oil, and put them in your vessels, 
and dwell in your cities that ye have 
taken. 

11 Likewise when all the Jews that 
were in Moab, and among the Am- 
monites, and in Edom, and that were 
in all the countries, heard that the 
king of Babylon had left a remnant 
of Judah, and that he had set over 
them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the 
son of Shaphan ; 



12 Even all the Jews returned out 
of all places whither they were 
driven, and came to the land of Ju- 
dah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and 
gathered wine and summer fruits 
very much. 

13 TT Moreover Johanan the son of 
Kareah, and all the. captains of the 
forces that were in the fields, came to 
Gedaliah to Mizpah, 

14 And said unto him, Dost thou 
certainly know that Baalis the king 
of the Ammonites hath sent Ishmael 
the son of Nethaniah to slay thee ? 
But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam be- 
lieved them not. 

15 Then Johanan the son of Ka- 
reah spake to Gedaliah in Mizpah 
secretly, saying, Let me go, I pray 
thee, and I will slay Ishmael the 
son of Nethaniah, and no man shall 
know it: wherefore should he slay 
thee, that all the Jews which are 
gathered unto thee should be scat- 
tered, and the remnant in Judah 
perish ? 

16 But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam 
said unto Johanan the son of Kareah, 
Thou shalt not do this thing : for 
thou speakest falsely of Ishmael. 

CHAPTEK XLI. 

1 Ishmael, treacherously hilling Gedaliah and others, 
purposeth with the residue to flee unto the Ammonites. 
11 Johanan recover eth the captives, and mindeth to flee 
into Egypt. 

NOW it came to pass in the 
seventh month, that Ishmael 
the son of Nethaniah the son of Elish- 
ama, of the seed royal, and the princes 
of the king, even ten men with him, 
came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahi- 
kam to Mizpah ; and there they did 
eat bread together in Mizpah. 

2 Then arose Ishmael the son of 
Nethaniah, and the ten men that 
were with him, and smote Gedaliah 
the son of Ahikam the son of Sha- 
phan with the sword, and slew him, 
whom the king of Babylon had made 
governor over the land. 

3 Ishmael also slew all the Jews that 
were with him, even with Gedaliah, at 

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the captives. 



Mizpah, and the Chaldeans that were 
found there, and the men of war. 

4 And it came to pass the second 
day after he had slain Gedaliah, and 
no man knew it, 

5 That there came certain from 
Shechem, from Shiloh, and from 
Samaria, even fourscore men, having 
their beards shaven, and their clothes 
rent, and having cut themselves, with 
offerings and incense in their hand, 
to bring them to the house of the 
Lord. - 

6 And Ishmael the son of Netha- 
niah went forth from Mizpah to meet 
them, weeping all along as he went : 
and it came to pass, as he met them, 
he said unto them, Come to Gedaliah 
the son of Ahikam. 

7 And it was so, when they came in- 
to the midst of the city, that Ishmael 
the son of Nethaniah slew them, and 
cast them into the midst of the pit, he, 
and the men that were with him. 

8 But ten men were found among 
them that said unto Ishmael, Slay 
us not : for we have treasures in the 
field, of wheat, and of barley, and of 
oil, and of honey. So he for bare, and 
slew them not among their brethren. 

9 Now the pit wherein Ishmael 
had cast all the dead bodies of the 
men, whom he had slain because of 
Gedaliah, was it which Asa the king 
had made for fear of Baasha king of 
Israel : and Ishmael the son of Neth- 
aniah filled it with them that were 
slain. 

10 Then Ishmael carried away cap- 
tive all the residue of the people that 
were in Mizpah, even the king's 
daughters, and all the people that 
remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzar- 
adan the captain of the guard had 
committed to Gedaliah the son of 
Ahikam: and Ishmael the son of 
Nethaniah carried them away cap- 
tive, and departed to go over to the 
Ammonites. 

11 H But when Johanan the son 
of Kareah, and all the captains of 
the forces that were with him, heard 

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of all the evil that Ishmael the son 
of Nethaniah had done, 

12 Then they took all the men, and 
went to fight with Ishmael the son of 
Nethaniah, and found him by the 
great waters that are in Gibeon. 

13 Now it came to pass, that when 
all the people which were with Ish- 
mael saw Johanan the son of Kareah, 
and all the captains of the forces 
that were with him, then they were 
glad. 

14 So all the people that Ishmael 
had carried away captive from Miz- 
pah cast about and returned, and 
went unto Johanan the son of Kareah. 

15 But Ishmael the son of Netha- 
niah escaped from Johanan with eight 
men, and went to the Ammonites. 

16 Then took Johanan the son of 
Kareah, and all the captains of the 
forces that tvere with him, all the 
remnant of the people whom he had 
recovered from Ishmael the son of 
Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that 
he had slain Gedaliah the son of 
Ahikam, even mighty men of war, and 
the women, and the children, and the 
eunuchs, whom he had brought again 
from Gibeon: 

17 And they departed, and dwelt 
in the habitation of Chirnham, which 
is by Beth-lehem, to go to enter into 
Egypt, 

18 Because of the Chaldeans : for 
they were afraid of them, because 
Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had 
slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, 
whom the king of Babylon made 
governor in the land. 

CHAPTEE XLII. 

1 Johanan desire th Jeremiah to inquire of God, prom- 
ising obedience to his will. 1 Jeremiah assureth him 
of safety in Judea, 1 3 and destruction in Egypt. 1 9 
He reproveth their hypocrisy, in requiring of the Lord 
that which they meant not. 

THEN all the captains of the forces, 
and Johanan the son of Kareah, 
and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, 
and all the people from the least even 
unto the greatest, came near, 

2 And said unto Jeremiah the proph- 
et, Let, we beseech thee, our suppli- 



The people assured 



JEREMIAH. 



of safety in Judea. 



cation be accepted before thee, and 
pray for us unto the Lord thy God, 
even for all this remnant; (for we 
are left but a few of many, as thine 
eyes do behold us :) 

3 That the Lord thy God may shew 
us the way wherein we may walk, 
and the thing that we may do. 

4 Then Jeremiah the prophet said 
unto them, I have heard you ; behold, 
I will pray unto the Lord your God 
according to your words ; and it shall 
come to pass, that whatsoever thing 
the Lord shall answer you, I will de- 
clare it unto you ; I will keep nothing 
back from you. 

5 Then they said to Jeremiah, The 
Lord be a true and faithful witness 
between us, if we do not even accord- 
ing to all things for the which the 
Lord thy God shall send thee to us. 

6 Whether it be good, or whether it 
be evil, we will obey the voice of the 
Lord onr God, to whom we send 
thee ; that it may be well with us, 
when we obey the voice of the Lord 
our God. 

7 H And it came to pass after ten 
days, that the word of the Lord came 
unto Jeremiah. 

8 Then called he Johanan the son 
of Kareah, and all the captains of 
the forces which were with him, and 
all the people from the least even to 
the greatest, 

9 And said unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord, the God of Israel, unto 
whom ye sent me to present your 
supplication before him ; 

10 If ye will still abide in this land, 
then will I build you, and not pull 
you down ; and I will plant you, and 
not pluck you up : for I repent me 
of the evil that I have done unto 
you. 

11 Be not afraid of the king of 
Babylon, of whom ye are afraid ; be 
not afraid of him, saith the Lord: 
for I am with you to save you, and 
to deliver you from his hand. 

12 And I will shew mercies unto 
you, that he may have mercy upon 



you, and cause you to return to your 
own land. 

13 TT But if ye say, We will not 
dwell in this land, neither obey the 
voice of the Lord your God, 

14 Saying, No ; but we will go in- 
to the land of Egypt, where we shall 
see no war, nor hear the sound of the 
trumpet, nor have hunger of bread ; 
and there will we dwell : 

15 And now therefore hear the word 
of the Lord, ye remnant of Judah ; 
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel ; If ye wholly set your 
faces to enter into Egypt, and go to 
sojourn there; 

16 Then it shall come to pass, that 
the sword, which ye feared, shall 
overtake you there in the land of 
Egypt ; and the famine, whereof ye 
were afraid, shall follow close after you 
there in Egypt ; and there ye shall die. 

17 So shall it be with all the men 
that set their faces to go into Egypt 
to sojourn there; they shall die by 
the sword, by the famine, and by the 
pestilence: and none of them shall 
remain or escape from the evil that I 
will bring upon them. 

18 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; As mine anger 
and my fury hath been poured forth 
upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem ; 
so shall my fury be poured forth upon 
you, when ye shall enter into Egypt : 
and ye shall be an execration, and an 
astonishment, and a curse, and a re- 
proach ; and ye shall see this place 
no more. 

19 TT The Lord hath said concern- 
ing you, O ye remnant of Judah ; 
Go ye not into Egypt : know cer- 
tainly that I have admonished you 
this day. 

20 For ye dissembled in your hearts, 
when ye sent me unto the Lord your 
God, saying, Pray for us unto the 
Lord our God ; and according unto 
all that the Lord our God shall say, 
so declare unto us, and we will do it. 

21 And nowl have this day declared 
it to you ; but ye have not obeyed the 

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voice of the Lord your God, nor any 
thing for the which he hath sent me 
unto you. 

22 Now therefore know certainly 
that ye shall die hy the sword, hy the 
famine, and hy the pestilence, in the 
place whither ye desire to go and to 
sojourn. 

CHAPTER XLIII. 

1 Johanan, discrediting Jeremiah 1 s prophecy, carrieth Jer- 
emiah and others into Egypt. 8 Jeremiah prophesieth by 
a type the conquest of Egypt by the Babylonians. 

AND it came to pass, that when 
c Jeremiah had made an end of 
speaking unto all the people all the 
words of the Lord their God, for 
which the Lord their God had sent 
him to them, even all these words, 

2 Then spake Azariah the son of 
Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of 
Kareah, and all the proud men, say- 
ing unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest 
falsely: the Lord our God hath not 
sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt 
to sojourn there : 

3 But Baruch the son of Neriah 
setteth thee on against us, for to 
deliver us into the hand of the 
Chaldeans, that they might put us to 
death, and carry us away captives 
into Babylon. 

4 So Johanan the son of Kareah, 
and all the captains of the forces, and 
all the people, obeyed not the voice 
of the Lord, to dwell in the land of 
Judah. 

5 But Johanan the son of Kareah, 
and all the captains of the forces, 
took all the remnant of Judah, that 
were returned from all nations, whith- 
er they had been driven, to dwell in 
the land of Judah ; 

6 Even men, and women, and chil- 
dren, and the king's daughters, and 
every person that Nebuzar-adan the 
captain of the guard had left with 
Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son 
of Shaphan, and Jeremiah the proph- 
et, and Baruch the son of Neriah. 

7 So they came into the land of 
Egypt : for they obeyed not the voice 
of the Lord : thus came they even 
to Tahpanhes. 

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8 ^f Then came the word of the 
Lord unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, 
saying, 

9 Take great stones in thine hand, 
and hide them in the clay in the 
brickkiln, which is at the entry of 
Pharaoh's house in Tahpanhes, in the 
sight of the men of Judah ; 

10 And say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Behold, I will send and take Nebu- 
chadrezzar the king of Babylon, my 
servant, and will set his throne upon 
these stones that I have hid ; and he 
shall spread his royal pavilion over 
them. 

11 And when he cometh, he shall 
smite the land of Egypt, and deliver 
such as are for death to death ; and 
such as are for captivity to captivity ; 
and such as are for the sword to the 
sword. 

12 And I will kindle a fire in the 
houses of the gods of Egypt; and 
he shall burn them, and carry them 
away captives : and he shall array 
himself with the land of Egypt, as 
a shepherd putteth on his garment; 
and he shall go forth from thence in 
peace. 

13 He shall break also the images 
of Beth-shemesh, that is in the land of 
Egypt ; and the houses of the gods of 
the Egyptians shall he burn with fire. 

CHAPTER XLIY. 

1 Jeremiah expresseth the desolation of Judah for their 
idolatry. 1 1 He prophesieth their destruction, who com- 
mit idolatry in Egypt. 15 The obstinacy of the Jews. 
20 Jeremiah threateneth them for the same, 29 and for 
a sign prophesieth the destruction of Egypt. 

THE word that came to Jeremiah 
concerning all the Jews which 
dwell in the land of Egypt, which 
dwell at Migdol, and at Tahpanhes, 
and at Noph, and in the country of 
Pathros, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the 
God of Israel ; Ye have seen all the 
evil that I have brought upon Jeru- 
salem, and upon all the cities of 
Judah ; and, behold, this day they 
are a desolation, and no man dwelleth 
therein ; 



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JEREMIAH. 



for their idolatry. 



3 Because of their wickedness 
which they have committed to pro- 
voke me to anger, in that they went 
to hum incense, and to serve other 
gods, whom they knew not, neither 
they, ye, nor your fathers. 

4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my 
servants the prophets, rising early 
and sending them, saying, Oh, do not 
this abominable thing that I hate. 

5 But they hearkened not, nor in- 
clined their ear to turn from their 
wickedness, to burn no incense unto 
other gods. 

6 Wherefore my fury and mine 
anger was poured forth, and was 
kindled in the cities of Judah and in 
the streets of Jerusalem; and they are 
wasted and desolate, as at this day. 

7 Therefore now thus saith the 
Lord, the God of hosts, the God of 
Israel; Wherefore commit ye this 
great evil against your souls, to cut 
off from you man and woman, child 
and suckling, out of Judah, to leave 
you none to remain ; 

8 In that ye provoke me unto wrath 
with the works of your hands, burn- 
ing incense unto other gods in the 
land of Egypt, whither ye be gone to 
dwell, that ye might cut yourselves 
off, and that ye might be a curse and 
a reproach among all the nations of 
the earth ? 

9 Have ye forgotten the wickedness 
of your fathers, and the wickedness 
of the kings of Judah, and the wick- 
edness of their wives, and your own 
wickedness, and the wickedness of 
your wives, which they have com- 
mitted in the land of Judah, and in 
the streets of Jerusalem ? 

10 They arejaot humbled even unto 
this day, neither have they feared, 
nor walked in my law, nor in my 
statutes, that I set before you and 
before your fathers. 

11 Tf Therefore thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel ; Behold, 
I will set my face against you for 
evil, and to cut off all Judah. 

12 And I will take the remnant of 



Judah, that have set their faces to go 
into the land of Egypt to sojourn 
there, and they shall all be consu- 
med, and fall in the land of Egypt ; 
they shall even be consumed by the 
sword and by the famine : they shall 
die, from the least even unto the 
greatest, by the sword and by the 
famine : and they shall be an ex- 
ecration, and an astonishment, and a 
curse, and a reproach. 

13 For I will punish them that 
dwell in the land of Egypt, as I 
have punished Jerusalem, by the 
sword, by the famine, and by the 
pestilence : 

14 So that none of the remnant 
of Judah, which are gone into the 
land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall 
escape or remain, that they should 
return into the land of Judah, to the 
which they have a desire to return 
to dwell there : for none shall return 
but such as shall escape. 

15 1[ Then all the men which knew 
that their wives had burned incense 
unto other gods, and all the women 
that stood by, a great multitude, even 
all the people that dwelt in the land 
of Egypt, in Pathros, answered Jere- 
miah, saying, 

16 As for the word that thou hast 
spoken unto us in the name of the 
Lord, we will not hearken unto thee. 

17 But we will certainly do what- 
soever thing goeth forth out of our 
own mouth, to burn incense unto the 
queen of heaven, and to pour out 
drink offerings unto her, as we have 
done, we, and our fathers, our kings, 
and our princes, in the cities of Ju- 
dah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : 
for then had we plenty of victuals, 
and were well, and saw no evil. 

18 But since we left off to burn in- 
cense to the queen of heaven, and to 
pour out drink offerings unto her, 
we have wanted all things, and have 
been consumed by the sword and by 
the famine. 

19 And when we burned incense 
to the queen of heaven, and poured 

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with judgments. 



out drink offerings unto her, did we 
make her cakes to worship her, and 
pour out drink offerings unto her, 
without our men ? 

20 H Then Jeremiah said unto all 
the people, to the men, and to the 
women, and to all the people which 
had given him that answer, saying, 

21 The incense that ye hurned in 
the cities of Judah, and in the streets 
of Jerusalem, ye and your fathers, 
your kings and your princes, and 
the people of the land, did not the 
Lord remember them, and came it 
not into his mind ? 

22 So that the Lord could no 
longer bear, because of the evil of 
your doings, and because of the abom- 
inations which ye have committed ; 
therefore is your land a desolation, 
and an astonishment, and a curse, 
without an inhabitant, as at this 
day. 

23 Because ye have burned in- 
cense, and because ye have sinned 
against the Lord, and have not 
obeyed the voice of the Lord, nor 
walked in his law, nor in his statutes, 
nor in his testimonies ; therefore this 
evil is happened unto you, as at this 
day. 

24 Moreover Jeremiah said unto 
all the people, and to all the women, 
Hear the word of the Lord, all Ju- 
dah that are in the land of Egypt : 

25 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, saying ; Ye and 
your wives have both spoken with 
your mouths, and fulfilled with your 
hand, saying, We will surely per- 
form our vows that we have vowed, 
to burn incense to the queen of heav- 
en, and to pour out drink offerings 
unto her: ye will surely accomplish 
your vows, and surely perform your 
vows. 

26 Therefore hear ye the word of 
the Lord, all Judah that dwell in 
the land of Egypt; Behold, I have 
sworn by my great name, saith the 
Lord, that my name shall no more 
be named in the mouth of any man 

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of Judah in all the land of Egypt, 
saying, The Lord God liveth. 

27 Behold, I will watch over them 
for evil, and not for good : and alJ 
the men of Judah that are in the land 
of Egypt shall be consumed by the 
sword and by the famine, until there 
be an end of them. 

28 Yet a small number that escape 
the sword shall return out of the land 
of Egypt into the land of Judah; and 
all the remnant of Judah, that are 
gone into the land of Egypt to so- 
journ there, shall know whose words 
shall stand, mine, or theirs. 

29 If And this shall be a sign unto 
you, saith the Lord, that I will pun- 
ish you in this place, that ye may 
know that my words shall surely 
stand against you for evil : 

30 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, 
I will give Pharaoh-hophra king of 
Egypt into the hand of his enemies, 
and into the hand of them that seek 
his life ; as I gave Zedekiah king 
of Judah into the hand of Nebuchad- 
rezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, 
and that sought his life. 

CHAPTEE XLY. 

1 Baruch being dismayed, 4 Jeremiah instructeth and 
comforteth him. 

THE word that Jeremiah the proph- 
et spake unto Baruch the son of 
Neriah, when he had written these 
words in a book at the mouth of Jer- 
emiah, in the fourth year of Jehoia- 
kim the son of Josiah king of Judah, 
saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of 
Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 

3 Thou didst say, "Woe is me now ! 
for the Lord hath added grief to my 
sorrow ; I fainted in my sighing, and 
I find no rest. 

4 ^T Thus shalt thou say unto him, 
The Lord saith thus ; Behold, that 
which I have built will I break down, 
and that which I have planted I 
will pluck up, even this whole land. 

5 And seekest thou great things for 
thyself? seek them not: for, behold, 
I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith 



Jeremiah prophesieth the JEREMIAH. defeat of Pharaoh's army. 



the Lord: but thy life will I give 
unto thee for a prey in all places 
whither thou goest. 

CHAPTEE XLYI. 

1 Jeremiah prophesieth the overthrow of Pharaoh's army 
at Euphrates, 13 and the conquest of Egypt by Nebuchad- 
rezzar. 21 He comforteth Jacob in their chastisement. 

THE word of the Lord which 
came to Jeremiah the prophet 
against the Gentiles ; 

2 Against Egypt, against the army 
of Pharaoh-necho king of Egypt, 
which was by the river Euphrates in 
Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon smote in the fourth 
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah 
king of Judah. 

3 Order ye the buckler and shield, 
and draw near to battle. 

4 Harness the horses ; and get up, 
ye horsemen, and stand forth with 
your helmets; furbish the spears, and 
put on the brigandines. 

5 Wherefore have I seen them dis- 
mayed and turned away back? and 
their mighty ones are beaten down, 
and are fled apace, and look not 
back : for fear was round about, 
saith the Lord. 

6 Let not the swift flee away, nor 
the mighty man escape ; they shall 
stumble, and fall toward the north 
by the river Euphrates. 

7 Who is this that cometh up as a 
flood, whose waters are moved as the 
rivers ? 

8 Egypt riseth up like a flood, and 
his waters are moved like the rivers ; 
and he saith, I will go up, and will 
cover the earth; I will destroy the 
city and the inhabitants thereof. 

9 Come up, ye horses ; and rage, 
ye chariots ; and let the mighty men 
come forth ; the Ethiopians and the 
Libyans, that handle the shield ; and 
the Lydians, that handle and bend 
the bow. 

10 For this is the day of the Lord 
God of hosts, a day of vengeance, 
that he may avenge him of his adver- 
saries : and the sword shall devour, 
and it shall be satiate and made 



drunk with their blood : for the Lord 
God of hosts hath a sacrifice in the 
north country by the river Euphrates. 

11 Go up into Gilead, and take 
balm, O virgin, the daughter of 
Egypt : in vain shalt thou use many 
medicines ; for thou shalt not be 
cured. 

12 The nations have heard of thy 
shame, and thy cry hath filled the 
land : for the mighty man hath 
stumbled against the mighty, and 
they are fallen both together. 

13 ^T The word that the Lord spake 
to Jeremiah the prophet, how Nebu- 
chadrezzar king of Babylon should 
come and smite the land of Egypt. 

14 Declare ye in Egypt, and pub- 
lish in Migdol, and publish in Noph 
and in Tahpanhes : say ye, Stand 
fast, and prepare thee ; for the sword 
shall devour round about thee. 

15 Why are thy valiant men swept 
away ? they stood not, because the 
Lord did drive them. 

16 He made many to fall, yea, one 
fell upon another : and they said, 
Arise, and let us go again to our 
own people, and to the land of our 
nativity, from the oppressing sword. 

17 They did cry there, Pharaoh 
king of Egypt is but a noise; he 
hath passed the time appointed. 

18 As I live, saith the King, whose 
name is The Lord of hosts, Surely as 
Tabor is among the mountains, and 
as Carmel by the sea, so shall he 
come. 

19 O thou daughter dwelling in 
Egypt, furnish thyself to go into 
captivity: for Noph shall be waste 
and desolate without an inhabitant. 

20 Egypt is like a very fair heifer, 
but destruction cometh ; it cometh 
out of the north. 

21 Also her hired men are in the 
midst of her like fatted bullocks ; 
for they also are turned back, and 
are fled away together : they did 
not stand, because the day of their 
calamity was come upon them, and 
the time of their visitation. 

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of the Philistines. 



22 The voice thereof shall go like 
a serpent ; for they shall march with 
an army, and come against her with 
axes, as hewers of wood. 

23 They shall cut down her forest, 
saith the Lord, though it cannot he 
searched ; because they are more 
than the grasshoppers, and are in- 
numerable. 

24 The daughter of Egypt shall be 
confounded; she shall be delivered 
into the hand of the people of the 
north. 

25 The Lord of hosts, the God of 
Israel, saith ; Behold, I will punish 
the multitude of No, and Pharaoh, 
and Egypt, with their gods, and their 
kings ; even Pharaoh, and all them 
that trust in him : 

26 And I will deliver them into the 
hand of those that seek their lives, 
and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon, and into the hand 
of his servants : and afterward it 
shall be inhabited, as in the days of 
old, saith the Lord. 

27 Tf But fear not thou, O my ser- 
vant Jacob, and be not dismayed, O 
Israel : for, behold, I will save thee 
from afar off, and thy seed from the 
land of their captivity ; and Jacob 
shall return, and be in rest and at 
ease, and none shall make him afraid. 

28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my 
servant, saith the Lord : for I am 
with thee ; for I will make a full 
end of all the nations whither I have 
driven thee : but I will not make a 
full end of thee, bat correct thee in 
measure ; yet will I not leave thee 
wholly unpunished. 

CHAPTER XLYII. 

The destruction of the Philistines. 

THE word of the Lord that came 
to Jeremiah the prophet against 
the Philistines, before that Pharaoh 
smote Gaza. 

2 Thus saith the Lord; Behold, 

waters rise up out of the north, and 

shall be an overflowing flood, and 

shall overflow the land, and all that 

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is therein; the city, and them that 
dwell therein: then the men shall 
cry, and all the inhabitants of the 
land shall howl. 

3 At the noise of the stamping of 
the hoofs of his strong horses, at the 
rushing of his chariots, and at the 
rumbling of his wheels, the fathers 
shall not look back to their children 
for feebleness of hands ; 

4 Because of the day that cometh 
to spoil all the Philistines, and to 
cut off from Tyrus and Zidon every 
helper that remaineth : for the Lord 
will spoil the Philistines, the rem- 
nant of the country of Caphtor. 

5 Baldness is come upon Gaza; 
Ashkelon is cut off with the remnant 
of their valley: how long wilt thou 
cut thyself? 

6 O thou sword of the Lord, how 
long will it be ere thou be quiet? 
put up thyself into thy scabbard, 
rest, and be still. 

7 How can it be quiet, seeing the 
Lord hath given it a charge against 
Ashkelon, and against the sea shore ? 
there hath he appointed it. 

CHAPTER XLYIII. 

1 T/ie judgment of Moab, 7 for their pride, 11 for their 
security, 14 for their carnal confidence, 26 and for 
their contempt of God and his people. 47 The restora- 
tion of Moab. 

AGAINST Moab thus saith the 
. Lord of hosts, the God of Is- 
rael ; Woe unto Nebo ! for it is 
spoiled : Kiriathaim is confounded 
and taken : Misgab is confounded 
and dismayed. 

2 There shall be no more praise of 
Moab : in Heshbon they have de- 
vised evil against it; come, and let 
us cut it off from being a nation. 
Also thou shalt be cut down, O 
Madmen ; the sword shall pursue thee. 

3 A voice of crying shall be from 
Horonaim, spoiling and great de- 
struction. 

4 Moab is destroyed ; her little 
ones have caused a cry to be heard. 

5 For in the going up of Luhith 
continual weeping shall go up; for 






Judgments upon Moab 



JEREMIAH. 



for several corruptions. 



in the going- down of Horonaim the 
enemies have heard a cry of destruc- 
tion. 

6 Flee, save your lives, and be like 
the heath in the wilderness. 

7 IT For because thou hast trusted 
in thy works and in thy treasures, 
thou shalt also be taken: and Che- 
mosh shall go forth into captivity 
with his priests and his princes to- 
gether. 

8 And the spoiler shall come upon 
every city, and no city shall escape : 
the valley also shall perish, and the 
plain shall be destroyed, as the Lord 
hath spoken. 

9 Give wings unto Moab, that it 
may flee and get away : for the cities 
thereof shall be desolate, without any 
to dwell therein. 

10 Cursed be he that doeth the 
work of the Lord deceitfully, and 
cursed be he that keepeth back his 
sword from blood. 

11 IT Moab hath been at ease from 
his youth, and he hath settled on 
his lees, and hath not been emptied 
from vessel to vessel, neither hath 
he gone into captivity : therefore his 
taste remained in him, and his scent 
is not changed. 

12 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord, that I will send unto 
him wanderers, that shall cause him 
to wander, and shall empty his ves- 
sels, and break their bottles. 

13 And Moab shall be ashamed 
of Chemosh, as the house of Israel 
was ashamed of Beth-el their con- 
fidence. 

14. H How say ye, We are mighty 
and strong men for the war ? 

15 Moab is spoiled, and gone up 
out of her cities, and his chosen 
young men are gone down to the 
slaughter, saith the King, whose name 
is The Lord of hosts. 

16 The calamity of Moab is near 
to come, and his affliction hasteth 
fast. 

17 All ye that are about him, be- 
moan him ; and all ye that know his 



name, say, How is the strong staff 
broken, and the beautiful rod ! 

18 Thou daughter that dost inhabit 
Dibon, come down from thy glory, 
and sit in thirst ; for the spoiler of 
Moab shall come upon thee, and he 
shall destroy thy strong holds. 

19 inhabitant of Aroer, stand by 
the way, and espy ; ask him that 
fleeth, and her that escapeth, and 
say, What is done? 

20 Moab is confounded ; for it is 
broken down : howl and cry ; tell ye 
it in Arnon, that Moab is spoiled, 

21 And judgment is come upon 
the plain country; upon Holon, and 
upon Jahazah, and upon Mephaath, 

22 And upon Dibon, and upon 
Nebo, and upon Beth-diblathaim, 

23 And upon Kiriathaim, and upon 
Beth-gamul, and upon Beth-meon, 

24 And upon Kerioth, and upon 
Bozrah, and upon all the cities of 
the land of Moab, far or near. 

25 The horn of Moab is cut off, 
and his arm is broken, saith the 
Lord. 

26 % Make ye him drunken ; for he 
magnified himself against the Lord : 
Moab also shall wallow in his vomit, 
and he also shall be in derision. 

27 For was not Israel a derision 
unto thee ? was he found among 
thieves ? for since thou spakest of 
him, thou skippedst for joy. 

28 O ye that dwell in Moab, leave 
the cities, and dwell in the rock, 
and be like the dove that maketh 
her nest in the sides of the hole's 
mouth. 

29 We have heard the pride of 
Moab, (he is exceeding proud,) his 
]oftiness, and his arrogancy, and his 
pride, and the haughtiness of his 
heart. 

30 I know his wrath, saith the 
Lord ; but it shall not be so ; his 
lies shall not so effect it. 

31 Therefore will I howl for Moab, 
and I will cry out for all Moab ; mine 
heart shall mourn for the men of 
Kir-heres. 

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Restoration of Moab. 



32 O vine of Sibmah, I will weep 
for thee with the weeping of Jazer : 
thy plants are gone over the sea, 
they reach even to the sea of Jazer : 
the spoiler is fallen upon thy sum- 
mer fruits and upon thy vintage. 

33 And joy and gladness is taken 
from the plentiful field, and from the 
land of Moab ; and I have caused 
wine to fail from the winepresses : 
none shall tread with shouting ; their 
shouting shall be no shouting. 

34 From the cry of Heshbon even 
unto Elealeh, and even unto Jahaz, 
have they uttered their voice, from 
Zoar even unto Horonaim, as a 
heifer of three years old : for the 
waters also of Nimrim shall be 
desolate. 

35 Moreover I will cause to cease 
in Moab, saith the Lord, him that 
offereth in the high places, and him 
that burneth incense to his gods. 

36 Therefore mine heart shall sound 
for Moab like pipes, and mine heart 
shall sound like pipes for the men 
of Kir-heres : because the riches that 
he hath gotten are perished. 

37 For every head shall be bald, 
and every beard clipped : upon all 
the hands shall be cuttin gs, and upon 
the loins sackcloth. 

38 There shall be lamentation gen- 
erally upon all the housetops of 
Moab, and in the streets thereof: 
for I have broken Moab like a ves- 
sel wherein is no pleasure, saith the 
Lord. 

39 They shall howl, saying, How 
is it broken down ! how hath Moab 
turned the back with shame ! so 
shall Moab be a derision and a dis- 
maying to all them about him. 

40 For thus saith the Lord; Be- 
hold, he shall fly as an eagle, and 
shall spread his wings over Moab. 

41 Kerioth is taken, and the strong 
holds are surprised, and the mighty 
men's hearts in Moab at that day 
shall be as the heart of a woman in 
her pangs. 

42 And Moab shall be destroyed 

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from being a people, because he 
hath magnified himself against the 
Lord. 

43 Fear, and the pit, and the snare, 
shall be upon thee, O inhabitant of 
Moab, saith the Lord. 

44 He that fleeth from the fear 
shall fall into the pit; and he that 
getteth up out of the pit shall be 
taken in the snare : for I will bring 
upon it, even upon Moab, the year 
of their visitation, saith the Lord. 

45 They that fled stood under the 
shadow of Heshbon because of the 
force : but a fire shall come forth 
out of Heshbon, and a flame from 
the midst of Sihon, and shall de- 
vour the corner of Moab, and the 
crown of the head of the tumultuous 
ones. 

46 Woe be unto thee, O Moab ! the 
people of Chemosh perisheth: for 
thy sons are taken captives, and thy 
daughters captives. 

47 % Yet will I bring again the 
captivity of Moab in the latter days, 
saith the Lord. Thus far is the 
judgment of Moab. 

CHAPTER XLIX. 

1 The judgment of the Ammonites. 6 Their restoration. 
7 The judgment of JEdom, 23 of Damascus, 28 of Re~ 
dar, 30 of Hazor, 34 and of E lam. 39 The restora- 
tion of Elam. 

CONCERNING the Ammonites, 
thus saith the Lord; Hath Is- 
rael no sons? hath he no heir? why 
then doth their king inherit Gad, 
and his people dwell in his cities ? 

2 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
saith the Lord, that I will cause an 
alarm of war to be heard in Rabbah 
of the Ammonites ; and it shall be 
a desolate heap, and her daughters 
shall be burned with fire : then shall 
Israel be heir unto them that were 
his heirs, saith the Lord. 

3 Howl, O Heshbon, for Ai is 
spoiled : cry, ye daughters of Rab- 
bah, gird you with sackcloth ; la- 
ment, and run to and fro by the 
hedges; for their king shall go into 
captivity, and his priests and his 
princes together. 



Judgments upon Edom, JEREMIAH. 



and upon Damascus. 



4 Wherefore gloriest thou in the 
valleys, thy flowing valley, O back- 
sliding daughter ? that trusted in her 
treasures, saying, Who shall come 
unto me? 

o Behold, I will bring a fear upon 
thee, saith the Lord God of hosts, 
from all those that be about thee ; 
and ye shall be driven out every man 
right forth ; and none shall gather 
up him that wandereth. 

6 And afterward I will bring again 
the captivity of the children of Am- 
nion, saith the Lord. 

7 IT Concerning Edom, thus saith 
the Lord of hosts ; Is wisdom no 
more in Teman ? is counsel perished 
from the prudent? is their wisdom 
vanished ? 

8 FJee ye, turn back, dwell deep, 
O inhabitants of Dedan ; for I will 
bring the calamity of Esau upon 
him, the time that I will visit him. 

9 If grapegatherers come to thee, 
would they not leave some gleaning 
grapes ? if thieves by night, they will 
destroy till they have enough. 

10 But I have made Esau bare, I 
have uncovered his secret places, 
and he shall not be able to hide 
himself: his seed is spoiled, and his 
brethren, and his neighbours, and he 
is not. 

11 Leave thy fatherless children, I 
will preserve them alive ; and let thy 
widows trust in me. 

12 For thus saith the Lord; Be- 
hold, they whose judgment ivas not 
to drink of the cup have assuredly 
drunken ; and art thou he that shall 
altogether go unpunished ? thou shalt 
not go unpunished, but thou shalt 
surely drink of it. 

13 For I have sworn by myself, 
saith the Lord, that Bozrah shall 
become a desolation, a reproach, a 
waste, and a curse ; and all the 
cities thereof shall be perpetual 
wastes. 

14 I have heard a rumour from the 
Lord, and an ambassador is sent 
unto the heathen, saying, Gather ye 



together, and come against her, and 
rise up to the battle. 

15 For, lo, I will make thee small 
among the heathen, and despised 
among men. 

16 Thy terribleness hath deceived 
thee, and the pride of thine heart, O 
thou that dwellest in the clefts of the 
rock, that holdest the height of the 
hill: though thou shouldest make 
thy nest as high as the eag]e, I will 
bring thee down from thence, saith 
the Lord. 

17 Also Edom shall be a desola- 
tion : every one that goeth by it shall 
be astonished, and shall hiss at all 
the plagues thereof. 

18 As in the overthrow of Sodom 
and Gomorrah and the neighbour 
cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man 
shall abide there, neither shall a son 
of man dwell in it. 

19 Behold, he shall come up like 
a lion from the swelling of Jordan 
against the habitation of the strong : 
but I will suddenly make him run 
away from her : and who is a chosen 
man, that I may appoint over her ? 
for who is like me ? and who will ap- 
point me the time ? and who is that 
shepherd that will stand before me ? 

20 Therefore hear the counsel of 
the Lord, that he hath taken against 
Edom ; and his purposes, that he 
hath purposed against the inhabi- 
tants of Teman : Surely the least of 
the flock shall draw them out ; surely 
he shall make their habitations deso- 
late with them. 

2 1 The earth is moved at the noise 
of their fall ; at the cry the noise 
thereof was heard in the Red sea. 

22 Behold, he shall come up and fly 
as the eagle, and spread his wings over 
Bozrah : and at that day shall the heart 
of the mighty men of Edom be as the 
heart of a woman in her pangs. 

23 H Concerning Damascus. Ha- 
math is confounded, and Arpad ; for 
they have heard evil tidings : they 
are fainthearted ; there is sorrow on 
the sea ; it cannot be quiet. 

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Judgments upon Kedar, 



JEREMIAH. upon Hazor, and Elam. 



24 Damascus is waxed feeble, and 
turneth herself to flee, and fear hath 
seized on her: anguish and sorrows 
have taken her, as a woman in 
travail. 

25 How is the city of praise not 
left, the city of my joy ! 

26 Therefore her young men shall 
fall in her streets, and all the men 
of war shall be cut off in that day, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

27 And I will kindle a fire in the 
wall of Damascus, and it shall con- 
sume the palaces of Ben-hadad. 

28 H Concerning Kedar, and con- 
cerning the kingdoms of Hazor, 
which Nebuchadrezzar king of Bab- 
ylon shall smite, thus saith the 
Lord; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, 
and spoil the men of the east. 

29 Their tents and their flocks shall 
they take away: they shall take to 
themselves their curtains, and all 
their vessels, and their camels ; and 
they shall cry unto them, Fear is on 
every side. 

30 ^T Flee, get you far off, dwell 
deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, 
saith the Lord; for Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon hath taken counsel 
against you, and hath conceived a 
purpose against you. 

31 Arise, get you up unto the 
wealthy nation, that dwelleth without 
care, saith the Lord, which have nei- 
ther gates nor bars, which dwell alone. 

32 And their camels shall be a 
booty, and the multitude of their 
cattle a spoil : and I will scatter into 
all winds them that are in the utmost 
corners ; and I will bring their ca- 
lamity from all sides thereof, saith the 
Lord. 

33 And Hazor shall be a dwelling 
for dragons, and a desolation for 
ever : there shall no man abide there, 
nor any son of man dwell in it. 

34 TT The word of the Lord that 
came to Jeremiah the prophet against 
Elam in the beginning of the reign 
of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying, 

35 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 

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Behold, I will break the bow of 
Elam, the chief of their might. 

36 And upon Elam will I bring the 
four winds from the four quarters of 
heaven, and will scatter them toward 
all those winds ; and there shall be 
no nation whither the outcasts of 
Elam shall not come. 

37 For I will cause Elam to he 
dismayed "before their enemies, and 
before them that seek their life : and 
I will hring evil upon them, even my 
fierce anger, saith the Lord; and I 
will send the sword after them, till I 
have consumed them : 

38 And I will set my throne in 
Elam, and will destroy from thence 
the king and the princes, saith the 
Lord. 

39 If But it shall come to pass in 
the latter days, that I will bring 
again the captivity of Elam, saith the 
Lord. 

CHAPTEK L. 

1, 9, 21, 35 The judgment of Babylon. 4, 11, 33 The 
redemption of Israel. 

THE word that the Lord spake 
against Babylon and against 
the land of the Chaldeans by Jere- 
miah the prophet. 

2 Declare ye among the nations, 
and publish, and set up a standard ; 
publish, and conceal not : say, Bab- 
ylon is taken, Bel is confounded, Me- 
rodach is broken in pieces ; her idols 
are confounded, her images are broken 
in pieces. 

3 For out of the north there comet h 
up a nation against her, which shall 
make her land desolate, and none 
shall dwell therein : they shall re- 
move, they shall depart, both man 
and beast. 

4 H In those days, and in that 
time, saith the Lord, the children of 
Israel shall come, they and the chil- 
dren of Judah together, going and 
weeping : they shall go, and seek the 
Lord their God. 

5 They shall ask the way to Zion 
with their faces thitherward, saying, 
Come, and let us join ourselves to 



The judgment of Babylon, JEREMIAH. and redemption of Israel. 



the Lord in a perpetual covenant 
that shall not be forgotten. 

6 My people hath been lost sheep : 
their shepherds have caused them 
to go astray, they have turned them 
away on the mountains: they have 
gone from mountain to hill, they 
have forgotten their resting place. 

7 All that found them have de- 
voured them : and their adversaries 
said, We offend not, because they 
have sinned against the Lord, the 
habitation of justice, even the Lord, 
the hope of their fathers. 

8 Remove out of the midst of Bab- 
ylon, and go forth out of the land 
of the Chaldeans, and be as the he 
goats before the flocks. 

9 If For, lo, I will raise and cause 
. to come up against Babylon an as- 
sembly of great nations from the 
north country : and they shall set 
themselves in array against her; 
from thence she shall be taken : their 
arrows shall be as of a mighty expert 
man ; none shall return in vain. 

10 And Chaldea shall be a spoil : 
all that spoil her shall be satisfied, 
saith the Lord. 

11 Because ye were glad, because 
ye rejoiced, O ye destroyers of mine 
heritage, because ye are grown fat as 
the heifer at grass, and bellow as 
bulls ; 

12 Your mother shall be sore con- 
founded ; she that bare you shall be 
ashamed : behold, the hindermost of 
the nations shall be a wilderness, a 
dry land, and a desert. 

13 Because of the wrath of the 
Lord it shall not be inhabited, but 
it shall be wholly desolate : every one 
that goeth by Babylon shall be aston- 
ished, and hiss at all her plagues. 

14 Put yourselves in array against 
| Babylon round about: all ye that 

bend the bow, shoot at her, spare no 
arrows: for she hath sinned against 
the Lord. 

15 Shout against her round about: 
she hath given her hand : her foun- 
dations are fallen, her walls are 

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thrown down: for it is the ven- 
geance of the Lord : take vengeance 
upon her; as she hath done, do unto 
her. 

16 Cut off the sower from Babylon, 
and him that handleth the sickle in 
the time of harvest: for fear of the 
oppressing sword they shall turn 
every one to his people, and they 
shall flee every one to his own land. 

17 IT Israel is a scattered sheep; 
the lions have driven him away : first 
the king of Assyria hath devoured 
him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon hath broken his 
bones. 

18 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, 
I will punish the king of Babylon 
and his land, as I have punished the 
king of Assyria. 

19 And I will bring Israel again to 
his habitation, and he shall feed on 
Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall 
be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and 
Gilead. 

20 In those days, and in that time, 
saith the Lord, the iniquity of Israel 
shall be sought for, and there shall be 
none; and the sins of Judah, and 
they shall not be found : for I will 
pardon them whom I reserve. 

21 IT Go up against the land of Me- 
rathaim, even against it, and against 
the inhabitants of Pekod : waste and 
utterly destroy after them, saith the 
Lord, and do according to all that I 
have commanded thee. 

22 A sound of battle is in the land,, 
and of great destruction. 

23 How is the hammer of the- 
whole earth cut asunder and broken ! 
how is Babylon become a desolation * 
among the nations ! 

24 I have laid a snare for thee, and: 
thou art also taken, O Babylon, and 
thou wast not aware : thou art found, 
and also caught, because thou hast 
striven against the Lord. 

25 The Lord hath opened his ar- 
moury, and hath brought forth the 
weapons of his indignation: for this 

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The judgment of Babylon, JEREMIAH. and redemption of Israel. 



is the work of the Lord God of hosts 
in the land of the Chaldeans. 

26 .Come against her from the ut- 
most horder, open her storehouses : 
cast her up as heaps, and destroy 
her utterly: let nothing of her be 
left. 

27 Slay all her bullocks ; let them 
go down to the slaughter: woe unto 
them ! for their day is come, the time 
of their visitation. 

28 The voice of them that flee and 
escape out of the land of Babylon, to 
declare in Zion the vengeance of the 
Lord our God, the vengeance of his 
temple. 

29 Call together the archers against 
Babylon : all ye that bend the bow, 
camp against it round about ; let none 
thereof escape: recompense her ac- 
cording to her work ; according to 
all that she hath done, do unto 
her : for she hath been proud against 
the Lord, against the Holy One of 
Israel. 

30 Therefore shall her young men 
fall in the streets, and all her men 
of war shall be cut off in that day, 
saith the Lord. 

31 Behold, lam against thee, Othou 
most proud, saith the Lord God of 
hosts : for thy day is come, the time 
that I will visit thee. 

32 And the most proud shall stum- 
ble and fall, and none shall raise him 
up : and I will kindle a fire in his 
cities, and it shall devour all round 
about him. 

33 If Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 
The children of Israel and the chil- 
dren of J udah were oppressed together : 
and all that took them captives held 
them fast; they refused to let them go. 

34 Their Redeemer is strong ; The 
Lord of hosts is his name : he shall 
thoroughly plead their cause, that he 
may give rest to the land, and dis- 
quiet the inhabitants of Babylon. 

35 11 A sword is upon the Chal- 
deans, saith the Lord, and upon the 
inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her 
princes, and upon her wise men. 

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36 A sword is upon the liars ; and 
they shall dote : a sword is upon her 
mighty men ; and they shall be dis- 
mayed. '■ 

37 A sword is upon their horses, 
and upon their chariots, and upon all 
the mingled people that are in the 
midst of her ; and they shall become] 
as women : a sword is upon her treas- 
ures ; and they shall be robbed. 

38 A drought is upon her waters; 
and they shall be dried up : for it is 
the land of graven images, and they 
are mad upon their idols. 

39 Therefore the wild beasts of the 
desert with the wild beasts of the 
islands shall dwell there, and the owls 
shall dwell therein: and it shall be 
no more inhabited for ever; neither 
shall it be dwelt in from generation 
to generation. 

40 As God overthrew Sodom and 
Gomorrah and the neighbour cities 
thereof, saith the Lord ; so shall no 
man abide there, neither shall any 
son of man dwell therein. 

41 Behold, a people shall come 
from the north, and a great nation, 
and many kings shall be raised up 
from the coasts of the earth. 

42 They shall hold the bow and the 
lance : they are cruel, and will not 
shew mercy : their voice shall roar 
like the sea, and they shall ride upon 
horses, every one put in array, like a 
man to the battle, against thee, O 
daughter of Babylon. 

43 The king of Babylon hath heard 
the report of them, and his hands 
waxed feeble : anguish took hold of 
him, and pangs as of a woman in 
travail. 

44 Behold, he shall come up like 
a lion from the swelling of Jordan 
unto the habitation of the strong : 
but I will make them suddenly run 
away from her : and who is a chosen 
man, that I may appoint over her? 
for who is like me ? and who will 
appoint me the time? and who is 
that shepherd that will stand before 
me? 



God's judgment 



JEREMIAH. 



against Babylon. 



45 Therefore hear ye the counsel 
of the Lord, that he hath taken 
against Babylon; and his purposes, 
that he hath purposed against the 
land of the Chaldeans: Surely the 
least of the flock shall draw them 
out : surely he shall make their habi- 
tation desolate with them. 

46 At the noise of the taking of 
Babylon the earth is moved, and the 
cry is heard among the nations. 

CHAPTER LI. 

1 The severe judgment of God against Babylon in re- 
venge of Israel. 59 Jeremiah deliver eth the book of 
this prophecy to Seraiah, to be cast into Euphrates, in 
token of the perpetual sinking of Babylon. 

THUS saith the Lord ; Behold, I 
will raise up against Babylon, 
.and against them that dwell in the 
midst of them that rise up against 
me, a destroying wind ; 

2 And will send unto Babylon fan- 
ners, that shall fan her, and shall 
empty her land: for in the day of 
trouble they shall be against her 
round about. 

3 Against him that bendeth let the 
archer bend his bow, and against him 
that lifteth himself up in his brigan- 
dine : and spare ye not her young men ; 
destroy ye utterly all her host. 

4 Thus the slain shall fall in the 
land of the Chaldeans, and they that 
are thrust through in her streets. 

5 For Israel hath not been forsaken, 
nor Judah of his God, of the Lord 
of hosts ; though their land was filled 
with sin against the Holy One of 
Israel. 

6 Flee out of the midst of Baby- 
lon, and deliver every man his soul : 
be not cut off in her iniquity ; for 
this is the time of the Lord's ven- 
geance ; he will render unto her a 
recompense. 

7 Babylon hath been a golden cup 
in the Lord's hand, that made all 
the earth drunken : the nations have 
drunken of her wine; therefore the 

'nations are mad. 

8 Babylon is suddenly fallen and 
destroyed: howl for her; take balm 



for her pain, if so be she may be 
healed. 

9 We would have healed Babylon, 
but she is not healed: forsake her, 
and let us go every one into his own 
country: for her judgment reacheth 
unto heaven, and is lifted up even to 
the skies. 

10 The Lord hath brought forth 
our righteousness : come, and let us 
declare in Zion the work of the Lord 
our God. 

11 Make bright the arrows ; gather 
the shields : the Lord hath raised up 
the spirit of the kings of the Medes : 
for his device is against Babylon, to 
destroy it; because it is the ven- 
geance of the Lord, the vengeance of 
his temple. 

12 Set up the standard upon the 
walls of Babylon, make the watch 
strong, set up the watchmen, prepare 
the ambushes: for the Lord hath 
both devised and done that which 
he spake against the inhabitants of 
Babylon. 

13 thou that dwellest upon many 
waters, abundant in treasures, thine 
end is come, and the measure of thy 
covetousness. 

14 The Lord of hosts hath sworn 
by himself, saying, Surely I will fill 
thee with men, as with caterpillars; 
and they shall lift up a shout against 
thee. 

15 He hath made the earth by his 
power, he hath established the world 
by his wisdom, and hath stretched 
out the heaven by his understanding. 

16 When he uttereth his voice, 
there is a multitude of waters in the 
heavens ; and he causeth the vapours 
to ascend from the ends of the earth : 
he maketh lightnings with rain, and 
bringeth forth the wind out of his 
treasures. 

17 Every man is brutish by his 
knowledge ; every founder is con- 
founded by the graven image : for his 
molten image is falsehood, and there 
is no breath in them. 

18 They are vanity, the work of 

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JEREMIAH. 



judgment against 



errors : in the time of their visitation 
they shall perish. 

19 The portion of Jacob is not like 
them ; for he is the former of all 
things : and Israel is the rod of his 
inheritance : The Lord of hosts is his 
name. 

20 Thou art my battle axe and 
weapons of war : for with thee will I 
break in pieces the nations, and with 
thee will I destroy kingdoms ; 

21 And with thee will I break in 
pieces the horse and his rider; and 
with thee will I break in pieces the 
chariot and his rider ; 

22 With thee also will I break in 
pieces man and woman ; and with 
thee will I break in pieces old and 
young ; and with thee will I break in 
pieces the young man and the maid ; 

23 I will also break in pieces with 
thee the shepherd and his flock ; and 
with thee will I break in pieces the 
husbandman and his yoke of oxen; 
and with thee will I break in pieces 
captains and rulers. 

24 And I will render unto Babylon 
and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea 
all their evil that they have done in 
Zion in your sight, saith the Lord. 

25 Behold, I am against thee, O de- 
stroying mountain, saith the Lord, 
which destroyest all the earth : and 
I will stretch out mine hand upon 
thee, and roll thee down from the 
rocks, and will make thee a burnt 
mountain. 

26 And they shall not take of thee 
a stone for a corner, nor a stone for 
foundations ; but thou shalt be deso- 
late for ever, saith the Lord. 

27 Set ye up a standard in the 
land, blow the trumpet among the 
nations, prepare the nations against 
her, call together against her the 
kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ash- 
chenaz; appoint a captain against 
her ; cause the horses to come up as 
the rough caterpillars. 

28 Prepare against her the nations 
with the kings of the Medes, the 
captains thereof, and all the rulers 

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thereof, and all the land of his do- 
minion. 

29 And the land shall tremble and 
sorrow: for every purpose of the 
Lord shall be performed against 
Babylon, to make the land of Bab- 
ylon a desolation without an inhabi- 
tant. 

30 The mighty men of Babylon 
have forborne to fight, they have re- 
mained in their holds: their might 
hath failed ; they became as women : 
they have burned her dwelling- 
places ; her bars are broken. 

31 One post shall run to meet an- 
other, and one messenger to meet 
another, to shew the king of Babylon 
that his city is taken at one end, 

32 And that the passages are stop- 
ped, and the reeds they have burned 
with fire, and the men of war are 
affrighted. 

33 For thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; The daughter of 
Babylon is like a threshingfloor, it is 
time to thresh her : yet a little while, 
and the time of her harvest shall 
come. 

34 Nebuchadrezzar the king of 
Babylon hath devoured me, he hath 
crushed me, he hath made me an 
empty vessel, he hath swallowed me 
up like a dragon, he hath filled his 
belly with my delicates, he hath cast 
me out. 

35 The violence done to me and 
to my flesh be upon Babylon, shall 
the inhabitant of Zion say ; and my 
blood upon the inhabitants of Chal- 
dea, shall Jerusalem say. 

36 Therefore thus saith the Lord; 
Behold, I wi 11 plead thy cause, and take 
vengeance for thee ; and I will dry up 
her sea, and make her springs dry. 

37 And Babylon shall become 
heaps, a dwellingplace for dragons, 
an astonishment, and a hissing, with- 
out an inhabitant. 

38 They shall roar together like 
lions : they shall yell as lions' whelps. 

39 In their heat I will make their 
feasts, and I will make them drunken, 



Babylon in 



JEREMIAH. 



revenge of Israel. 



that they may rejoice, and sleep a 
perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith 
the Lord. 

40 I will bring them down like 
lambs to the slaughter, like rams 
with he goats. 

41 How is Sheshach taken! and 
how is the praise of the whole earth 
surprised! how is Babylon become 
an astonishment among the nations ! 

42 The sea is come up upon Baby- 
lon: she is covered with the multi- 
tude of the waves thereof. 

43 Her cities are a desolation, a 
dry land, and a wilderness, a land 
wherein no man dwelleth, neither 
doth any son of man pass thereby. 

44 And I will punish Bel in Baby- 
lon, and I will bring forth out of his 
mouth that which he hath swallowed 
up : and the nations shall not flow 
together any more unto him ; yea, the 
wall of Babylon shall fall. 

45 My people, go ye out of the 
midst of her, and deliver ye every 
man his soul from the fierce anger of 
the Lord. 

46 And lest your heart faint, and 
ye fear for the rumour that shall be 
heard in the land; a rumour shall 
both come one year, and after that in 
another year shall come a rumour, and 
violence in the land, ruler against 
ruler. 

47 Therefore, behold, the days come, 
that I will do judgment upon the 
graven images of Babylon : and her 
whole land shall be confounded, and 
all her slain shall fall in the midst of 
her. 

48 Then the heaven and the earth, 
and all that is therein, shall sing for 
Babylon : for the spoilers shall come 
unto her from the north, saith the 
Lord. 

49 As Babylon hath caused the slain 
of Israel to fall, so at Babylon shall 
fall the slain of all the earth. 

50 Ye that have escaped the sword, 
go away, stand not still : remember 
the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem 
come into your mind. 



51 We are confounded, because we 
have heard reproach : shame hath 
covered our faces ; for strangers are 
come into the sanctuaries of the 
Lord's, house. 

52 Wherefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the Lord, that I will do 
judgment upon her graven images : 
and through all her land the wound- 
ed shall groan. 

53 Though Babylon should mount 
up to heaven, and though she should 
fortify the height of her strength, yet 
from me shall spoilers come unto her, 
saith the Lord. 

54 A sound of a cry cometh from 
Babylon, and great destruction from 
the land of the Chaldeans : 

55 Because the Lord hath spoiled 
Babylon, and destroyed out of her 
the great voice ; when her waves do 
roar like great waters, a noise of 
their voice is uttered : 

56 Because the spoiler is come 
upon her, even upon Babylon, aud 
her mighty men are taken, every one 
of their bows is broken : for the Lord 
God of recompenses shall surely re- 
quite. 

57 And I will make drunk her 
princes, and her wise men, her cap- 
tains, and her rulers, and her mighty 
men: and they shall sleep a perpetual 
sleep, and not wake, saith the King, 
whose name is The Lord of hosts. 

58 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
The broad walls of Babylon shall be 
utterly broken, and her high gates 
shall be burned with fire ; and the 
people shall labour in vain, and the 
folk in the fire, and they shall be weary. 

59 If The word which Jeremiah the 
prophet commanded Seraiah the son 
of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when 
he went with Zedekiah the king of 
Judah into Babylon in the fourth 
year of his reign. And this Seraiah 
was a quiet prince. 

60 So Jeremiah wrote in a book all 
the evil that should come upon Bab- 
ylon, even all these words that are 
written against Babylon. 

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Jerusalem is besieged. 



JEREMIAH. 



The temple burned, 



61 And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, 
When thou comest to Babylon, and 
shalt see, and shalt read all these 
words ; 

62 Then shalt thou say, # Lord, 
thou hast spoken against this place, 
to cut it off, that none shall remain 
in it, neither man nor beast, but that 
it shall be desolate for ever. 

63 And it shall be, when thou hast 
made an end of reading this book, 
that thou shalt bind a stone to it, and 
cast it into the midst of Euphrates : 

64 And thou shalt say, Thus shall 
Babylon sink, and shall not rise from 
the evil that I will bring upon her: 
and they shall be weary. Thus far 
are the words of Jeremiah. 

CHAPTER LII. 

1 Zedelciah rebelleth. 4 Jerusalem is besieged and taken. 
8 Zedekiah's sons killed, and his oivn eyes put out. 12 
Nebuzar-adan burneth and spoileth the city. 24 He 
carrieth away the captives. 31 Evil-merodach ad- 
vanceth Jehoiachin. 

ZEDEKIAH was one and twenty 
years old when he began to 
reign, and he reigned eleven years in 
Jerusalem. And his mother's name 
was Hamutal the daughter of Jere- 
miah of Libnah. 

2 And he did that which was evil 
in the eyes of the Lord, according to 
all that Jehoiakim had done. 

3 For through the anger of the 
Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem 
and Judah, till he had cast them out 
from his presence, that Zedekiah re- 
belled against the king of Babylon. 

4 IT And it came to pass in the 
ninth year of his reign, in the tenth 
month, in the tenth day of the 
month, that Nebuchadrezzar king of 
Babylon came, he and all his ar- 
my, against Jerusalem, and pitched 
against it, and built forts against it 
round about. 

5 So the city was besieged unto 
the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. 

6 And in the fourth month, in the 
ninth day of the month, the famine 
was sore in the city, so that there 
was no bread for the people of the 
land. 

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7 Then the city was broken up, 
and all the men of war fled, and went 
forth out of the city by night by the 
way of the gate between the two 
walls, which was by the king's gar- 
den ; (now the Chaldeans were by the 
city round about :) and they went by 
the way of the plain. 

8 If But the army of the Chaldeans 
pursued after the king, and overtook 
Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho; 
and all his army was scattered from 
him. 

9 Then they took the king, and car- 
ried him up unto the king of Baby- 
lon to Biblah in the land of Hamath ; 
where he gave judgment upon him. 

10 And the king of Babylon slew 
the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes : 
he slew also all the princes of Judah 
in Riblah. 

11 Then he put out the eyes of 
Zedekiah ; and the king of Babylon 
bound him in chains, and carried him 
to Babylon, and put him in prison till 
the day of his death. 

12 IT Now in the fifth month, in 
the tenth day of the month, which 
was the nineteenth year of Nebu- 
chadrezzar king of Babylon, came 
Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, 
which served the king of Babylon, 
into Jerusalem, 

13 And burned the house of the 
Lord, and the king's house; and all 
the houses of Jerusalem, and all the 
houses of the great men, burned he 
with fire : 

14 And all the army of the Chal- 
deans, that were with the captain of 
the guard, brake down all the walls 
of Jerusalem round about. 

15 Then Nebuzar-adan the captain 
of the guard carried away captive 
certain of the poor of the people, and 
the residue of the people that re- 
mained in the city, and those that 
fell away, that fell to the king of 
Babylon, and the rest of the multi- 
tude. 

16 But Nebuzar-adan the captain 
of the guard left certain of the poor 



and city spoiled. 



JEREMIAH. 



Jehoiachin is advanced. 



of the land for vinedressers and for 
husbandmen. 

17 Also the pillars of brass that 
were in the house of the Lord, and 
the bases, and the brazen sea that 
was in the house of the Lord, the 
Chaldeans brake, and carried all the 
brass of them to Babylon. 

18 The caldrons also, and the shov- 
els, and the snuffers, and the bowls, 
and the spoons, and all the vessels 
of brass wherewith they ministered, 
took they away. 

19 And the basins, and the fire- 
pans, and the bowls, and the cal- 
drons, and the candlesticks, and the 
spoons, and the cups; that which was 
of gold in gold, and that which was 
of silver in silver, took the captain of 
the guard away. 

20 The two pillars, one sea, and 
twelve brazen bulls that were under 
the bases, which king Solomon had 
made in the house of the Lord : the 
brass of all these vessels was without 
weight. 

21 And concerning the pillars, the 
height of one pillar was eighteen 
cubits ; and a fillet of twelve cubits 
did compass it; and the thickness 
thereof was four fingers : it was hol- 
low. 

22 And a chapiter of brass was 
upon it ; and the height of one chap- 
iter was five cubits, with network 
and pomegranates upon the chapi- 
ters round about, all of brass. The 
second pillar also and the pomegran- 
ates were like unto these. 

23 And there were ninety and six 
pomegranates on a side ; and all the 
pomegranates upon the network were 
a hundred round about. 

24 If And the captain of the guard 
took Seraiah the chief priest, and 
Zephaniah the second priest, and the 
three keepers of the door : 

25 He took also out of the city a 
eunuch, which had the charge of the 
men of war ; and seven men of them 
that were near the king's person, 
which were found in the city ; and 



the principal scribe of the host, who 
mustered the people of the land ; and 
threescore men of the people of the 
land, that were found in the midst of 
the city. 

26 So Nebuzar-adan the captain 
of the guard took them, and brought 
them to the king of Babylon to 
Riblah. 

27 And the king of Babylon smote 
them, and put them to death in Rib- 
lah in the land of Hamath. Thus 
Judah was carried away captive out 
of his own land. 

28 This is the people whom Neb- 
uchadrezzar carried away captive: 
in the seventh year three thousand 
Jews and three and twenty : 

29 In the eighteenth year of Nebu- 
chadrezzar he carried away captive 
from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty 
and two persons : 

30 In the three and twentieth year 
of Nebuchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan 
the captain of the guard carried 
away captive of the Jews seven hun- 
dred forty and five persons : all the 
persons were four thousand and six 
hundred. 

31 If And it came to pass in the 
seven and thirtieth year of the cap- 
tivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, 
in the twelfth month, in the five 
and twentieth day of the month, that 
Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in 
the first year of his reign, lifted up 
the head of Jehoiachin king of Ju- 
dah, and brought him forth out of 
prison, 

32 And spake kindly unto him, 
and set his throne above the throne 
of the kings that were with him in 
Babylon, 

33 And changed his prison gar- 
ments : and he did continually eat 
bread before him all the days of his 
life. 

34 And for his diet, there was a 
continual diet given him of the king 
of Babylon, every day a portion until 
the day of his death, all the days of 
his life. 

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THE 



LAMENTATIONS OF JEREMIAH. 



CHAPTEE I. 

1 The miserable estate of Jerusalem by reason of her 
sin. 12 She cornplaineth of her grief , 18 andconfess- 
eth God's judgment to be righteous. 

HOW doth the city sit solitary, 
that was full of people ! how is 
she become as a widow ! she that was 
great among the nations, and prin- 
cess among the provinces, how is she 
become tributary! 

2 She weepeth sore in the night, 
and her tears are on her cheeks: 
among all her lovers she hath none 
to comfort her: all her friends have 
dealt treacherously with her, they are 
become her enemies. 

3 Judah is gone into captivity be- 
cause of affliction, and because of 
great servitude : she dwelleth among 
the heathen, she flndeth no rest: all 
her persecutors overtook her between 
the straits. 

4 The ways of Zion do mourn, be- 
cause none come to the solemn feasts: 
all her gates are desolate: her priests 
sigh, her virgins are afflicted, and she 
is in bitterness. 

5 Her adversaries are the chief, her 
enemies prosper; for the Lord hath 
afflicted her for the multitude of her 
transgressions: her children are gone 
into captivity before the enemy. 

6 And from the daughter of Zion all 
her beauty is departed: her princes 
are become like harts that find no 
pasture, and they are gone without 
strength before the pursuer. 

7 Jerusalem remembered in the 
days of her affliction and of her 
miseries all her pleasant things that 
she had in the days of old, when 
her people fell into the hand of the 
enemy, and none did help her : the 
adversaries saw her, and did mock at 
her sabbaths. 

8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned ; 

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therefore she is removed: all that 
honoured her despise her, because 
they have seen her nakedness : yea, 
she sigheth, and turneth backward. 

9 Her filthiness is in her skirts; 
she remembereth not her last end; 
therefore she came down wonder- 
fully : she had no comforter. O Lord, 
behold my affliction : for the enemy 
hath magnified himself. 

10 The adversary hath spread out 
his hand upon all her pleasant things : 
for she hath seen that the heathen 
entered into her ■ sanctuary, whom 
thou didst command that they should 
not enter into thy congregation. 

11 All her people sigh, they seek 
bread ; they have given their pleasant 
things for meat to relieve the soul: 
see, O Lord, and consider; for I am 
become vile. 

12 % Is it nothing to you, all ye 
that pass by ? behold, and see if there 
be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, 
which is done unto me, wherewith 
the Lord hath afflicted me in the day 
of his fierce anger. 

13 From above hath he sent fire 
into my bones, and it prevaileth 
against them : he hath spread a net 
for my feet, he hath turned me back : 
he hath made me desolate and faint 
all the day. 

14 The yoke of my transgressions 
is bound by his hand: they are 
wreathed, and come up upon my 
neck : he hath made my strength to 
fall, the Lord hath delivered me into 
their hands, from whom I am not a,ble 
to rise up. 

15 The Lord hath trodden under 
foot all my mighty men in the midst 
of me: he hath called an assembly 
against me to crush my young men : 
the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the 
daughter of Judah, as in a winepress. 



Jeremiah lament eth the LAMENTATIONS. misery of Jerusalem. 



16 For these things I weep ; mine 
eye, mine eye runneth down with 
water, because the comforter that 
should relieve my soul is far from 
me: my children are desolate, be- 
cause the enemy prevailed. 

17 Zion spreadeth forth her hands, 
and there is none to comfort her : the 
Lord hath commanded concerning 
Jacob, that his adversaries should be 
round about him: Jerusalem is as a 
menstruous woman among them. 

18 TT The Lord is righteous ; for I 
have rebelled against his command- 
ment : hear, I pray you, all people, and 
behold my sorrow : my virgins and my 
young men are gone into captivity. 

19 I called for my lovers, but they 
deceived me: my priests and mine 
elders gave up the ghost in the city, 
while they sought their meat to re- 
lieve their souls. 

20 Behold, O Lord; for I am in 
distress : my bowels are troubled ; 
mine heart is turned within me ; for 
I have grievously rebelled: abroad 
the sword bereaveth, at home there is 
as death. 

2 1 They have heard that I sigh ; there 
is none to comfort me : all mine ene- 
mies have heard of my trouble ; they 
are glad that thou hast done it : thou 
wilt bring the day that thou hast call- 
ed, and they shall be like unto me. 

22 Let all their wickedness come 
before thee; and do unto them, as 
thou hast done unto me for all my 
transgressions : for my sighs are 
many, and my heart is faint. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Jeremiah lamenteth the misery of Jerusalem. 20 He 
complainelh thereof to God. 

HOW hath the Lord covered the 
daughter of Zion with a cloud 
in his anger, and cast down from 
heaven unto the earth the beauty of 
Israel, and remembered not his foot- 
stool in the day of his anger ! 

2 The Lord hath swallowed up all 
the habitations of Jacob, and hath not 
pitied : he hath thrown down in his 
wrath the strong holds of the daugh- 



ter of Judah ; he hath brought them 
down to the ground: he hath pol- 
luted the kingdom and the princes 
thereof. 

3 He hath cut off in his fierce anger 
all the horn of Israel : he hath drawn 
back his right hand from before the 
enemy, and he burned against Jacob 
like a flaming fire, which devoureth 
round about. 

4 He hath bent his bow like an 
enemy : he stood with his right hand 
as an adversary, and slew all that 
ivere pleasant to the eye in the taber- 
nacle of the daughter of Zion: he 
poured out his fury like fire. 

5 The Lord was as an enemy : he 
hath swallowed up Israel, he hath 
swallowed up all her palaces: he 
hath destroyed his strong holds, and 
hath increased in the daughter of 
Judah mourning and lamentation. 

6 And he hath violently taken away 
his tabernacle, as if it were of a gar- 
den ; he hath destroyed his places of 
the assembly : the Lord hath caused 
the solemn feasts and sabbaths to be 
forgotten in Zion, and hath despised 
in the indignation of his anger the 
king and the priest. 

7 The Lord hath cast off his altar, 
he hath abhorred his sanctuary, he 
hath given up into the hand of the 
enemy the walls of her palaces ; they 
have made a noise in the house of the 
Lord, as in the day of a solemn feast. 

8 The Lord hath purposed to de- 
stroy the wall of the daughter of 
Zion : he hath stretched out a line, 
he hath not withdrawn his hand from 
destroying: therefore he made the 
rampart and the wall to lament ; they 
languished together. 

9 Her gates are sunk into the 
ground; he hath destroyed and bro- 
ken her bars : her king and her princes 
are among the Gentiles: the law is 
no more; her prophets also find no 
vision from the Lord. 

10 The elders of the daughter of 
Zion sit upon the ground, and keep 
silence : they have cast up dust upon 

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Jeremiah lamenteth the LAMENTATIONS. misery of Jerusalem. 



their heads ; they have girded them- 
selves with sackcloth : the virgins of 
Jerusalem hang down their heads to 
the ground. 

11 Mine eyes do fail with tears, 
my bowels are troubled, my liver is 
poured upon the earth, for the de- 
struction of the daughter of my peo- 
ple; because the children and the 
sucklings swoon in the streets of the 
city. 

12 They say to their mothers, 
Where is corn and wine ? when they 
swooned as the wounded in the 
streets of the city, when their soul 
was poured out into their mothers' 
bosom. 

13 What thing shall I take to wit- 
ness for thee? what thing shall I 
liken to thee, O daughter of Jerusa- 
lem ? what shall I equal to thee, that 
I may comfort thee, O virgin daugh- 
ter of Zion ? for thy breach is great 
like the sea : who can heal thee ? 

14 Thy prophets have seen vain 
and foolish things for thee : and they 
have not discovered thine iniquity, to 
turn away thy captivity; bat have 
seen for thee false burdens and causes 
of banishment. 

15 All that pass by clap their hands 
at thee ; they hiss and wag their head 
at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, 
Is this the city that men call The 
perfection of beauty, The joy of the 
whole earth ? 

16 All thine enemies have opened 
their mouth against thee : they hiss 
and gnash the teeth: they say, We 
have swallowed her up : certainly this 
is the day that we looked for; we 
have found, we have seen it. 

17 The Lord hath done that which 
he had devised ; he hath fulfilled his 
word that he had commanded in the 
days of old : he hath thrown down, 
and hath not pitied: and he hath 
caused thine enemy to rejoice over 
thee, he hath set up the horn of thine 
adversaries. 

18 Their heart cried unto the Lord, 
O wall of the daughter of Zion, let 

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tears run down like a river day and 
night : give thyself no rest ; let not 
the apple of thine eye cease. 

19 Arise, cry out in the night: in 
the beginning of the watches pour 
out thine heart like water before the 
face of the Lord : lift up thy hands 
toward him for the life of thy young 
children, that faint for hunger in the 
top of every street. 

20 IT Behold, O Lord, and consider 
to whom thou hast done this. Shall 
the women eat their fruit, and chil- 
dren of a span long ? shall the priest 
and the prophet be slain in the sanc- 
tuary of the Lord ? 

2 1 The young and the old lie on the 
ground in the streets: my virgins 
and my young men are fallen by the 
sword ; thou hast slain them in the 
day of thine anger ; thou hast killed, 
and not pitied. 

22 Thou hast called as in a solemn 
day my terrors round about, so that 
in the day of the Lord's anger none 
escaped nor remained : those that I 
have swaddled and brought up hath 
mine enemy consumed. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 The faithful bewail their calamities. 22 By the mer- 
cies of God they nourish their hope. 37 They ac- 
knowledge God's justice. 55 They pray for deliver- 
ance, 64 and vengeance on their enemies. 

I AM the man that hath seen afflic- 
tion by the rod of his wrath. 

2 He hath led me, and brought me 
into darkness, but not into light. 

3 Surely against me is he turned ; 
he turneth his hand against me all 
the day. 

4 My flesh and my skin hath he 
made old ; he hath broken my bones. 

5 He hath builded against me, and 
compassed me with gall and travail. 

6 He hath set me in dark places, 
as they that be dead of old. 

7 He hath hedged me about, that 
I cannot get out : he hath made my 
chain heavy. 

8 Also when I cry and shout, he 
shutteth out my prayer. 

9 He hath inclosed my ways with 



The faithful bewail 



LAMENTATIONS. 



their calamities. 



hewn stone ; he hath made my paths 
crooked. 

10 He was unto me as a hear lying 
in wait, and as a lion in secret places. 

11 He hath turned aside my ways, 
and pulled me in pieces: he hath 
made me desolate. 

12 He hath bent his bow, and set 
me as a mark for the arrow. 

13 He hath caused the arrows of 
his quiver to enter into my reins. 

14 I was a derision to all my peo- 
ple ; and their song all the day. 

15 He hath filled me with bitter- 
ness, he hath made me drunken with 
wormwood. 

16 He hath also broken my teeth 
with gravel stones, he hath covered 
me with ashes. 

17 And thou hast removed my soul 
far off from peace : I forgat pros- 
perity. 

18 And I said, My strength and my 
hope is perished from the Lord : 

19 Remembering mine affliction 
and my misery, the wormwood and 
the gall. 

20 My soul hath them still in re- 
membrance, and is humbled in me. 

2 1 This I recall to my mind, there- 
fore have I hope. 

22 T[ It is of the Lord's mercies 
that we are not consumed, because 
his compassions fail not. 

23 They are new every morning : 
great is thy faithfulness. 

24 The Lord is my portion, saith 
my soul ; therefore will I hope in him. 

25 The Lord is good unto them 
that wait for him, to the soul that 
seeketh him. 

26 It is good that a man should 
both hope and quietly wait for the 
salvation of the Lord. 

27 It is good for a man that he 
bear the yoke in his youth. 

28 He sitteth alone and keepeth 
silence, because he hath borne it upon 
him. 

29 He putteth his mouth in the 
dust ; if so be there may be hope. 

30 He giveth his cheek to him that 



smiteth him: he is filled full with 
reproach. 

31 For the Lord will not cast off 
for ever : 

32 But though he cause grief, yet 
will he have compassion according to 
the multitude of his mercies. 

33 For he doth not afflict willingly, 
nor grieve the children of men. 

34 To crush under his feet all the 
prisoners of the earth, 

35 To turn aside the right of a man 
before the face of the Most High, 

36 To subvert a man in his cause, 
the Lord approveth not. 

37 *[[ Who is he that saith, and it 
cometh to pass, when the Lord com- 
mandeth it not ? 

38 Out of the mouth of the Most 
High proceedeth not evil and good ? 

39 Wherefore doth a living man 
complain, a man for the punishment 
of his sins ? 

40 Let us search and try our ways, 
and turn again to the Lord. 

41 ^.et us lift up our heart with our 
hands unto God in the heavens. 

42 We have transgressed and have 
rebelled : thou hast not pardoned. 

43 Thou hast covered with anger, 
and persecuted us: thou hast slain, 
thou hast not pitied. 

44 Thou hast covered thyself with 
a cloud, that our prayer should not 
pass through. 

45 Thou hast made us as the off- 
scouring and refuse in the midst of 
the people. 

46 All our enemies have opened 
their mouths against us. 

47 Fear and a snare is come upon 
us, desolation and destruction. 

48 Mine eye runneth down with 
rivers of water for the destruction of 
the daughter of my people. 

49 Mine eye trickleth down, and 
ceaseth not, without any intermis- 
sion, 

50 Till the Lord look down, and 
behold from heaven. 

5 1 Mine eye affecteth mine heart, be- 
cause of all the daughters of my city. 

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Prayer for deliverance. LAMENTATIONS. 



Zioris pitiful estate. 



52 Mine enemies chased me sore, 
like a bird, without cause. 

53 They have cut off my life in the 
dungeon, and cast a stone upon me. 

54 Waters flowed over mine head ; 
then I said, I am cut off. 

55 U" I called upon thy name, O 
Lord, out of the low dungeon. 

56 Thou hast heard my voice : hide 
not thine ear at my breathing, at my 
cry. 

57 Thou drewest near in the day 
that I called upon thee : thou saidst, 
Fear not. 

58 O Lord, thou hast pleaded the 
causes of my soul ; thou hast re- 
deemed my life. 

59 O Lord, thou hast seen my 
wrong: judge thou my cause. 

60 Thou hast seen all their ven- 
geance and all their imaginations 
against me. 

61 Thou hast heard their reproach, 
O Lord, and all their imaginations 
against me ; 

62 The lips of those that rose up 
against me, and their device against 
me all the day. 

63 Behold their sitting down, and 
their rising up ; I am their music. 

64 IT Render unto them a recom- 
pense, O Lord, according to the 
work of their hands. 

65 Give them sorrow of heart, thy 
curse unto them. 

66 Persecute and destroy them in 
anger from under the heavens of the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 Zion bewaileth her pitiful estate. 13 She confesseth 
her sins. 21 Edom is threatened. 22 Zion is com- 
forted. 

HOW is the gold become dim! 
how is the most fine gold chang- 
ed ! the stones of the sanctuary 
are poured out in the top of every 
street. 

2 The precious sons of Zion, com- 
parable to fine gold, how are they 
esteemed as earthen pitchers, the 
work of the hands of the potter ! 

3 Even the sea monsters draw out 

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the breast, they give suck to their 
young ones: the daughter of my 
people is become cruel, like the os- 
triches in the wilderness. 

4 The tongue of the sucking child 
cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for 
thirst : the young children ask bread, 
and no man breaketh it unto them. 

5 They that did feed delicately are 
desolate in the streets: they that 
were brought up in scarlet embrace 
dunghills. 

6 For the punishment of the ini- 
quity of the daughter of my people 
is greater than the punishment of the 
sin of Sodom, that was overthrown 
as in a moment, and no hands stayed 
on her. 

7 Her Nazarites were purer than 
snow, they were whiter than milk, 
they were more ruddy in body than 
rubies, their polishing was of sap- 
phire : 

8 Their visage is blacker than a 
coal; they are not known in the 
streets: their skin cleaveth to their 
bones; it is withered, it is become 
like a stick. 

9 They that be slain with the sword 
are better than they that be slain with 
hunger: for these pine away, strick- 
en through for want of the fruits of 
the field. 

10 The hands of the pitiful women 
have sodden their own children : they 
were their meat in the destruction of 
the daughter of my people. 

11 The Lord hath accomplished 
his fury; he hath poured out his 
fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire 
in Zion, and it hath devoured the 
foundations thereof. 

12 The kings of the earth, and all 
the inhabitants of the world, would 
not have believed that the adversary 
and the enemy should have entered 
into the gates of Jerusalem. 

13 IT For the sins of her prophets, 
and the iniquities of her priests, that 
have shed the blood of the just in the 
midst of her, 

14 They have wandered as blind 



Zioris complaint in 



LAMENTATIONS. 



prayer to God. 



men in the streets, they have pol- 
luted themselves with blood, so that 
men could not touch their gar- 
ments. 

15 They cried unto them, Depart 
ye; it is unclean; depart, depart, 
touch not : when they fled away and 
wandered, they said among the hea- 
then, They shall no more sojourn 
there. 

16 The anger of the Lord hath 
divided them ; he will no more regard 
them: they respected not the per- 
sons of the priests, they favoured not 
the elders. 

17 As for us, our eyes as yet failed 
for our vain help: in our watching 
we have watched for a nation that 
could not save us. 

18 They hunt our steps, that we 
cannot go in our streets : our end is 
near, our days are fulfilled ; for our 
end is come. 

19 Our persecutors are swifter than 
the eagles of the heaven : they pur- 
sued us upon the mountains, they 
laid wait for us in the wilderness. 

20 The breath of our nostrils, the 
anointed of the Lord, was taken in 
their pits, of whom we said, Under 
his shadow we shall live among the 
heathen. 

21 TT Rejoice and be glad, O daugh- 
ter of Edom, that dwellest in the 
land of Uz; the cup also shall pass 
through unto thee: thou shalt be 
drunken, and shalt make thyself 
naked. 

22 If The punishment of thine ini- 
quity is accomplished, O daughter of 
Zion ; he will no more carry thee 
away into captivity : he will visit thine 
iniquity, O daughter of Edom ; he 
will discover thy sins. 

CHAPTEK Y. 

A pitiful complaint of Zion in prayer unto God. 

REMEMBER, O Lord, what is 
come upon us : consider, and 
behold our reproach. 

2 Our inheritance is turned to 
strangers, our houses to aliens. 



3 We are orphans and fatherless, 
our mothers are as widows. 

4 We have drunken our water for 
money ; our wood is sold unto us. 

5 Our necks are under persecution : 
we labour, and have no rest. 

6 We have given the hand to the 
Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to 
be satisfied with bread. 

7 Our fathers have sinned, and 
are not; and we have borne their 
iniquities. 

8 Servants have ruled over us: 
there is none that doth deliver us out 
of their hand. 

9 We gat our bread with the peril 
of our lives, because of the sword of 
the wilderness. 

10 Our skin was black like an oven, 
because of the terrible famine. 

11 They ravished the women in 
Zion, and the maids in the cities of 
Judah. 

12 Princes are hanged up by their 
hand: the faces of elders were not 
honoured. 

13 They took the young men to 
grind, and the children fell under 
the wood. 

14 The elders have ceased from the 
gate, the young men from their mu- 
sic. 

15 The joy of our heart is ceased ; 
our dance is turned into mourning. 

16 The crown is fallen from our 
head : woe unto us, that we have 
sinned ! 

17 For this our heart is faint; for 
these things our eyes are dim. 

18 Because of the mountain of 
Zion, which is desolate, the foxes 
walk upon it. 

19 Thou, O Lord, remainest for 
ever ; thy throne from generation to 
generation. 

20 Wherefore dost thou forget us for 
ever, and forsake us so long time ? 

21 Turn thou us unto thee, O Lord, 
and we shall be turned; renew our 
days as of old. 

22 But thou hast utterly rejected 
us ; thou art very wroth against us. 

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THE BOOK 



OF THE 



PROPHET EZEKIEL 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The time of EzekieVs prophecy at Chebar. 4 His 
vision of four cherubim, 15 of the four wheels, 26 and 
of the glory of God. 

NOW it came to pass in the thir- 
tieth year, in the fourth month, 
in the fifth day of the month, as I 
was among the captives by the river 
of Chebar, that the heavens were 
opened, and I saw visions of God. 

2 In the fifth day of the month, 
which was the fifth year of king Je- 
hoiachin's captivity, 

3 The word of the Lord came ex- 
pressly unto Ezekiel the priest, the 
son of Buzi, in the land of the Chal- 
deans by the river Chebar ; and the 
hand of the Lord was there upon him. 

4 IT And I looked, and, behold, a 
whirlwind came out of the north, a 
great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, 
and a brightness was about it, and out 
of the midst thereof as the colour of 
amber, out of the midst of the fire. 

5 Also out of the midst thereof came 
the likeness of four living creatures. 
And this was their appearance ; they 
had the likeness of a man. 

6 And every one had four faces, 
and every one had four wings. 

7 And their feet were straight feet ; 
and the sole of their feet was like the 
sole of a calf's foot : and they sparkled 
like the colour of burnished brass. 

8 And they had the hands of a man 
under their wings on their four sides ; 
and they four had their faces and their 
wings. 

9 Their wings were joined one to an- 
other ; they turned not when they went; 
they went every one straight forward. 

10 As for the likeness of their faces, 
they four had the face of a man, and 
the face of a lion, on the right side : 

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and they four had the face of an ox 
on the left side ; they four also had 
the face of an eagle. 

11 Thus were their faces : and their 
wings were stretched upward ; two 
wings of every one were joined one to 
another, and two covered their bodies. 

12 And they went every one straight 
forward : whither the spirit was to go, 
they went ; and they turned not when 
they went. 

13 As for the likeness of the living 
creatures, their appearance was like 
burning coals of fire, and like the ap- 
pearance of lamps: it went up and 
down among the living creatures; 
and the fire was bright, and out of 
the fire went forth lightning. 

14 And the living creatures ran 
and returned as the appearance of a 
flash of lightning. 

15 If Now as I beheld the living 
creatures, behold one wheel upon the 
earth by the living creatures, with 
his four faces. 

16 The appearance of the wheels 
and their work was like unto the 
colour of a beryl : and they four had 
one likeness: and their appearance 
and their work was as it were a wheel 
in the middle of a wheel. 

17 When they went, they went 
upon their four sides : and they turn- 
ed not when they went. 

18 As for their rings, they were so 
high that they were dreadful; and 
their rings were full of eyes round 
about them four. 

19 And when the living creatures 
went, the wheels went by them : and 
when the living creatures were lifted 
up from the earth, the wheels were 
lifted up. 

20 Whithersoever the spirit was to 



Vision of the four wheels. EZEKIEL. 



EzekieTs commission. 



go, they went, thither was their spirit 
to go ; and the wheels were lifted up 
over against them : for the spirit of the 
living creature was in the wheels. 

21 When those went, these went; 
and when those stood, these stood ; 
and when those were lifted up from 
the earth, the wheels were lifted up 
over against them: for the spirit of 
the living creature was in the wheels. 

22 And the likeness of the firma- 
ment upon the heads of the living 
creature was as the colour of the 
terrible crystal, stretched forth over 
their heads above. 

23 And under the firmament were 
their wings straight, the one toward 
the other : every one had two, which 
covered on this side, and every one 
had two, which covered on that side, 
their bodies. 

24 And when they went, I heard 
the noise of their wings, like the 
noise of great waters, as the voice of 
the Almighty, the voice of speech, as 
the noise of a host: when they stood, 
they let down their wings. 

25 And there was a voice from the 
firmament that was over their heads, 
when they stood, and had let down 
their wings. 

26 If And above the firmament that 
was over their heads was the likeness 
of a throne, as the appearance of a 
sapphire stone : and upon the likeness 
of the throne was the likeness as the 
appearance of a man above upon it. 

27 And I saw as the colour of am- 
ber, as the appearance of fire round 
about within it, from the appearance of 
his loins even upward, and from the ap- 
pearance of his loins even downward, 
I saw as it were the appearance of fire, 
and it had brightness round about. 

28 As the appearance of the bow 
that is in the cloud in the day of rain, 
so was the appearance of the bright- 
ness round about. This was the ap- 
pearance of the likeness of the glory 
of the Lord. And when I saw it, I 
fell upon my face, and I heard a voice 
of one that spake. 



CHAPTEE II. 

1 EzekieTs commission. 6 His instruction. 9 The roll 
of his heavy prophecy. 

AND he said unto me, Son of man, 
stand upon thy feet, and I will 
speak unto thee. 

2 And the spirit entered into me 
when he spake unto me, and set me 
upon my feet, that I heard him that 
spake unto me. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, 
I send thee to the children of Israel, 
to a rebellious nation that hath re- 
belled against me: they and their 
fathers have transgressed against me, 
even unto this very day. 

4 For they are impudent children 
and stiffhearted. I do send thee unto 
them ; and thou shalt say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord God. 

5 And they, whether they will hear, 
or whether they will forbear, (for 
they are a rebellious house,) yet shall 
know that there hath been a prophet 
among them. 

6 If And thou, son of man, be not 
afraid of them, neither be afraid of 
their words, though briers and thorns 
be with thee, and thou dost dwell 
among scorpions: be not afraid of their 
words, nor be dismayed at their looks, 
though they be a rebellious house. 

7 And thou shalt speak my words 
unto them, whether they will hear, 
or whether they will forbear : for 
they are most rebellious. 

8 Bat thou, son of man, hear what I 
say unto thee ; Be not thou rebellious 
like that rebellious house : open thy 
mouth, and eat that I give thee. 

9 If And when I looked, behold, a 
hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a 
roll of a book was therein ; 

10 And he spread it before me; 
and it was written within and with- 
out: and there was written therein 
lamentations, and mourning, and woe. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 Ezehiel eateth the roll. 4 God encourageth him. 1 5 
God sheweth him the rule of prophecy. 22 God slntt- 
teth and openeth the prophet's mouth. 

MOREOVER he said unto me, 
Son of man, eat that thou 

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God encourageth Ezekiel. EZEKIEL. 



The rule of prophecy. 



findest; eat this roll, and go speak 
unto the house of Israel. 

2 So I opened my mouth, and he 
caused me to eat that roll. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, 
cause thy belly to eat, and fill thy 
bowels with this roll that I give thee. 
Then did I eat it ; and it was in my 
mouth as honey for sweetness. 

4 IT And he said unto me, Son of 
man, go, get thee unto the house 
of Israel, and speak with my words 
unto them. 

5 For thou art not sent to a people 
of a strange speech and of a hard 
language, but to the house of Israel ; 

6 Not to many people of a strange 
speech and of a hard language, 
whose words thou canst not under- 
stand. Surely, had I sent thee to them, 
they would have hearkened unto thee. 

7 But the house of Israel will not 
hearken unto thee ; for they will not 
hearken unto me : for all the house of 
Israel are impudent and hardhearted. 

8 Behold, I have made thy face 
strong against their faces, and thy fore- 
head strong against their foreheads. 

9 As an adamant harder than flint 
have I made thy forehead : fear them 
not, neither be dismayed at their looks, 
though they be & rebellious house. 

10 Moreover he said unto me, Son 
of man, all my words that I shall 
speak unto thee receive in thine 
heart, and hear with thine ears. 

11 And go, get thee to them of 
the captivity, unto the children of 
thy people, and speak unto them, 
and tell them, Thus saith the Lord 
God; whether they will hear, or 
whether they will forbear. 

12 Then the spirit took me up, 
and I heard behind me a voice of a 
great rushing, saying, Blessed be the 
glory of the Lord from his place. 

13 J heard also the noise of the 
wings of the living creatures that 
touched one another, and the noise 
of the wheels over against them, and 
a noise of a great rushing. 

14 So the spirit lifted me up, and 

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took me away, and I went in bitter- 
ness, in the heat of my spirit ; but the 
hand of the Lord was strong upon me. 

15 IT Then I came to them of the 
captivity at Tel-abib, that dwelt by 
the river of Chebar, and I sat where 
they sat, and remained there aston- 
ished among them seven days. 

16 And it came to pass at the end 
of seven days, that the word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

17 Son of man, I have made thee a 
watchman unto the house of Israel : 
therefore hear the word at my mouth, 
and give them warning from me. 

18 When I say unto the wicked, 
Thou shalt surely die; and thou 
givest him not warning, nor speakest 
to warn the wicked from his wicked 
way, to save his life ; the same wick- 
ed man shall die in his iniquity ; but 
his blood will I require at thine hand. 

19 Yet if thou warn the wicked, 
and he turn not from his wickedness, 
nor from his wicked way, he shall die 
in his iniquity; but thou hast de- 
livered thy soul. 

20 Again, When a righteous man 
doth turn from his righteousness, and 
commit iniquity, and I lay a stum- 
blingblock before him, he shall die: 
because thou hast not given him warn- 
in g, he shall die in his sin, and his 
righteousness which he hath done 
shall not be remembered ; but his 
blood will I require at thine hand. 

21 Nevertheless, if thou warn the 
righteous man, that the righteous sin 
not, and he doth not sin, he shall 
surely live, because he is warned; 
also thou hast delivered thy soul. 

22 If And the hand of the Lord 
was there upon me ; and he said un- 
to me, Arise, go forth into the plain, 
and I will there talk with thee. 

23 Then I arose, and went forth 
into the plain : and, behold, the glory 
of the Lord stood there, as the glory 
which I saw by the river of Chebar : 
and I fell on my face. 

24 Then the spirit entered into me, 
and set me upon my feet, and spake 



The type of a siege. EZEKIEL. 

with me, and said unto me, Go, shut 
thyself within thine house. 

25 But thou, O son of man, "behold, 
they shall put hands upon thee, and 
shall bind thee with them, and thou 
shalt not go out among them : 

26 And I will make thy tongue 
cleave to the roof of thy mouth, that 
thou shalt he dumb, and shalt not be 
to them a reprover : for they are a 
rebellious house. 

27 But when I speak with thee, I 
will open thy mouth, and thou shalt 
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
God ; He that heareth, let him hear ; 
and he that forbeareth, let him for- 
bear : for they are a rebellious house. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 Under the type of a siege is shewed the time from the 
defection of Jeroboam to the captivity. 9 By the provi- 
sion of the siege, is shewed the hardness of the famine. 

THOU also, son of man, take thee 
a tile, and lay it before thee, 
and portray upon it the city, even 
Jerusalem : 

2 And lay siege against it, and 
build a fort against it, and cast a 
mount against it ; set the camp also 
against it, and set battering rams 
against it round about. 

3 Moreover take thou unto thee an 
iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron 
between thee and the city : and set 
thy face against it, and it shall be 
besieged, and thou shalt lay siege 
against it. This shall be a sign to the 
house of Israel. 

4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, 
and lay the iniquity of the house of 
Israel upon it : according to the num- 
ber of the days that thou shalt lie up- 
on it thou shalt bear their iniquity. 

5 For I have laid upon thee the 
years of their iniquity, according to 
the number of the days, three hun- 
dred and ninety days: so shalt thou 
bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 

6 And when thou hast accomplish- 
ed them, lie again on thy right side, 
and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the 
house of Judah forty days : I have 
appointed thee each day for a year. 

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A famine foreshewn. 



7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face 
toward the siege of Jerusalem, and 
thine arm shall be uncovered, and 
thou shalt prophesy against it. 

8 And, behold, I will lay bands up- 
on thee, and thou shalt not turn thee 
from one side to another, till thou 
hast ended the days of thy siege. 

9 IT Take thou also unto thee wheat, 
and barley, and beans, and lentiles, 
and millet, and fitches, and put them 
in one vessel, and make thee bread 
thereof, according to the number of 
the days that thou shalt lie upon thy 
side ; three hundred and ninety days 
shalt thou eat thereof. 

10 And thy meat which thou shalt 
eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels 
a day : from time to time shalt thou 
eat it. 

1 1 Thou shalt drink also water by 
measure, the sixth part of a bin : 
from time to time shalt thou drink. 

12 And thou shalt eat it as barley 
cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung 
that cometh out of man, in their 
sight. 

13 And the Lord said, Even thus 
shall the children of Israel eat their 
defiled bread among the Gentiles, 
whither I will drive them. 

14 Then said I, Ah Lord God! 
behold, my soul hath not been pol- 
luted : for from my youth up even 
till now have I not eaten of that which 
dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces ; 
neither came there abominable flesh 
into my mouth. 

15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I 
have given thee cow's dung for man's 
dung, and thou shalt prepare thy 
bread therewith. 

16 Moreover he said unto me, Son 
of man, behold, I will break the staff 
of bread in Jerusalem : and they shall 
eat bread by weight, and with care ; 
and they shall drink water by meas- 
ure, and with astonishment : 

17 That they may want bread and 
water, and be astonied one with an- 
other, and consume away for their 
iniquity. 

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God's judgments 



EZEKIEL. 



upon Jerusalem. 



CHAPTEK Y. 

1 Under the type of hair, 5 is shewed the judgment of Jeru- 
salem for their rebellion, 12 by famine, sword, and dis- 
persion. 

AND thou, son of man, take thee 
_ a sharp knife, take thee a Dar- 
ner's razor, and cause it to pass upon 
thine head and upon thy beard : then 
take thee balances to weigh, and di- 
vide the hair. 

2 Thou shalt burn with fire a third 
part in the midst of the city, when the 
days of the siege are fulfilled : and 
thou shalt take a third part, and smite 
about it with a knife : and a third part 
thou shalt scatter in the wind ; and 
I will draw out a sword after them. 

3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few 
in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 

4 Then take of them again, and 
cast them into the midst of the fire, 
and burn them in the fire ; for thereof 
shall a fire come forth into all the 
house of Israel. 

5 IT Thus saith the Lord God; 
This is Jerusalem : I have set it in the 
midst of the nations and countries 
that are round about her. 

6 And she hath changed my judg- 
ments into wickedness more than the 
nations, and my statutes more than 
the countries that are round about 
her: for they have refused my judg- 
ments and my statutes, they have not 
walked in them. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Because ye multiplied more 
than the nations that are round about 
you, and have not walked in my 
statutes, neither have kept my judg- 
ments, neither have done according 
to the judgments of the nations that 
are round about you ; 

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Behold, I, even I, am against 
thee, and will execute judgments in 
the midst of thee in the sight of the 
nations. 

9 And I will do in thee that which 
I have not done, and whereunto I will 
not do any more the like, because of 
all thine abominations. 

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10 Therefore the fathers shall eat 
the sons in the midst of thee, and the 
sons shall eat their fathers; and I 
will execute judgments in thee, and 
the whole remnant of thee will 1 
scatter into all the winds. 

11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the 
Lord God; Surely, because thou 
hast defiled my sanctuary with all 
thy detestable things, and with all 
thine abominations, therefore will I 
also diminish thee; neither shall mine 
eye spare, neither will I have any 
pity. 

12 IT A third part of thee shall die 
with the pestilence, and with famine 
shall they be consumed in the midst 
of thee: and a third part shall fall 
by the sword round about thee ; and 
I will scatter a third part into all the 
winds, and I will draw out a sword 
after them. 

13 Thus shall mine anger be ac- 
complished, and I will cause my fury 
to rest upon them, and I will be com- 
forted : and they shall know that I 
the Lord have spoken it in my zeal, 
when I have accomplished my fury 
in them. 

14 Moreover I will make thee 
waste, and a reproach among the 
nations that are round about thee, 
in the sight of all that pass by. 

15 So it shall be a reproach and a 
taunt, an instruction and an astonish- 
ment unto the nations that are round 
about thee, when I shall execute 
judgments in thee in anger and in 
fury and in furious rebukes. I the 
Lord have spoken it. 

16 When I shall send upon them 
the evil arrows of famine, which shall 
be for their destruction, and which I 
will send to destroy you : and I will 
increase the famine upon you, and 
will break your staff of bread : 

17 So will I send upon you famine 
and evil beasts, and they shall be- 
reave thee ; and pestilence and blood 
shall pass through thee ; and I will 
bring the sword upon thee. I the 
Lord have spoken it. 



The judgment of 



EZEKIEL. 



Israel for idolatry* 



CHAPTER VI. 

1 The judgment of Israel for their idolatry. 8 A rem- 
nant shall be blessed. \ 1 The faithful are exhorted to 
lament their calamities. 

A ND the word of the Lord came 
J\. unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face toward 
the mountains of Israel, and proph- 
esy against them, 

3 And say, Ye mountains of Israel, 
hear the word of the Lord God; Thus 
saith the Lord God to the mountains 
and to the hills, to the rivers and to 
the valleys ; Behold, I, even I, will 
bring a sword upon you, and I will 
destroy your high places. 

4 And your altars shall be desolate, 
and your images shall be broken: 
and I will cast down your slain men 
before your idols. 

5 And I will lay the dead carcasses 
of the children of Israel before their 
idols ; and I will scatter your bones 
round about your altars. 

6 In all your dwellingplaces the 
cities shall be laid waste, and the 
high places shall be desolate; that 
your altars may be laid waste and 
made desolate, and your idols may 
be broken and cease, and your ima- 
ges may be cut down, and your works 
may be abolished. 

7 And the slain shall fall in the 
midst of you, and ye shall know that 
I am the Lord. 

8 Tf Yet will I leave a remnant, 
that ye may have some that shall 
escape the sword among the nations, 
when ye shall be scattered through 
the countries. 

9 And they that escape of you shall 
remember me among the nations 
whither they shall be carried cap- 
tives, because I am broken with their 
whorish heart, which hath departed 
from me, and with their eyes, which 
go a whoring after their idols : and 
they shall loathe themselves for the 
evils which they have committed in 
all their abominations. 

10 And they shall know that I am 
the Lord, and that I have not said 



in vain that I would do this evil unto 
them. 

11 IT Thus saith the Lord God, 
Smite with thine hand, and stamp with 
thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil 
abominations of the house of Israel ! 
for they shall fall by the sword, by the 
famine, and by the pestilence. 

12 He that is far off shall die of the 
pestilence ; and he that is near shall 
fall by the sword; and he that re- 
maineth and is besieged shall die by 
the famine: thus will I accomplish 
my fury upon them. 

13 Then shall ye know that I am 
the Lord, when their slain men shall 
be among their idols round about 
their altars, upon every high hill, in 
all the tops of the mountains, and 
under every green tree, and under 
every thick oak, the place where 
they did offer sweet savour to all 
their idols. 

14 So will I stretch out my hand 
upon them, and make the land des- 
olate, yea, more desolate than the 
wilderness toward Diblath, in all 
their habitations : and they shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 Tlie final desolation of Israel. 16 The mournful repent- 
ance of them that escape. 20 The enemies defile the sanc- 
tuary becatise of the Israelites 1 abominations. 23 Under 
the type of a chain is shewed their miserable captivity. 

MOREOVER the word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

2 Also, thou son of man, thus saith 
the Lord God unto the land of Israel ; 
An end, the end is come upon the 
four corners of the land. 

3 Now is the end come upon thee, 
and I will send mine anger upon thee, 
and will judge thee according to thy 
ways, and will recompense upon thee 
all thine abominations. 

4 And mine eye shall not spare 
thee, neither will I have pity : but I 
will recompense thy ways upon thee, 
and thine abominations shall be in 
the midst of thee : and ye shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

5 Thus saith the Lord God; An 
evil, an only evil, behold, is come. 

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Her miserable captivity. 



6 An end is come, the end is come : 
it watcheth for thee ; behold, it is come. 

7 The morning is come unto thee, 
O thou that dwellest in the land : 
the time is come, the day of trouble 
is near, and not the sounding again 
of the mountains. 

8 Now will I shortly pour out my 
fury upon thee, and accomplish mine 
anger upon thee : and I will judge 
thee according to thy ways, and will 
recompense thee for all thine abomi- 
nations. 

9 And mine eye shall not spare, 
neither will I have pity : I will recom- 
pense thee according to thy ways and 
thine abominations that are in the 
midst of thee ; and ye shall know 
that I am the Lord that smiteth. 

10 Behold the day, behold, it is 
come : the morning is gone forth ; the 
rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded. 

11 Violence is risen up into a rod 
of wickedness : none of them shall 
remain, nor of their multitude, nor 
of any of theirs : neither shall there 
be wailing for them. 

12 The time is come, the day draw- 
eth near: let not the buyer rejoice, 
nor the seller mourn : for wrath is 
upon all the multitude thereof. 

13 For the seller shall not return 
to that which is sold, although they 
were yet alive : for the vision is 
touching the whole multitude there- 
of, which shall not return ; neither 
shall any strengthen himself in the 
iniquity of his life. 

14 They have blown the trumpet, 
even to make all ready; but none 
goeth to the battle : for my wrath is 
upon all the multitude thereof. 

15 The sword is without, and the 
pestilence and the famine within : he 
that is in the field shall die with the 
sword ; and he that is in the city, fam- 
ine and pestilence shall devour him. 

16 Tf But they that escape of them 
shall escape, and shall be on the 
mountains like doves of the valleys, 
all of them mourning, every one for 
his iniquity. 

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17 All hands shall be feeble, and 
all knees shall be weak as water. 

18 They shall also gird themselves 
with sackcloth, and horror shall cover 
them ; and shame shall be upon all faces, 
and baldness upon all their heads. 

19 They shall cast their silver in 
the streets, and their gold shall be 
removed : their silver and their gold 
shall not be able to deliver them in the 
day of the wrath of the Lord : they 
shall not satisfy their souls, neither 
fill their bowels : because it is the 
stumblingblock of their iniquity. 

20 If As for the beauty of his orna- 
ment, he set it in majesty: but they 
made the images of their abominations 
and of their detestable things therein : 
therefore have I set it far from them. 

21 And I will give it into the hands 
of the strangers for a prey, and to the 
wicked of the earth for a spoil ; and 
they shall pollute it. 

22 My face will I turn also from 
them, and they shall pollute my 
secret place: for the robbers shall 
enter into it, and defile it. 

23 If Make a chain : for the land is 
full of bloody crimes, and the city is 
full of violence. 

24 Wherefore I will bring the worst 
of the heathen, and they shall possess 
their houses : I will also make the 
pomp of the strong to cease; and 
their holy places shall be defiled. 

25 Destruction cometh ; and they 
shall seek peace, and there shall be 
none. 

26 Mischief shall come upon mis- 
chief, and rumour ' shall be upon 
rumour ; then shall they seek a vision 
of the prophet ; but the law shall 
perish from the priest, and counsel 
from the ancients. 

27 The king shall mourn, and the 
prince shall be clothed with desola- 
tion, and the hands of the people of 
the land shall be troubled : I will do 
unto them after their way, and ac- 
cording to their deserts will I judge 
them ; and they shall know that I am 
the Lord. 






The various idolatry 



EZEKIEL. 



practised in Jerusalem. 



CHAPTER VIII. 

1 Ezekiel, in a vision of God at Jerusalem, 5 ?'s shewed 
the image of jealousy, 1 the chambers of imagery, 13 
the mourners for Tammuz, 15 the worshippers towards 
the sun. 18 God's wrath for their idolatry. 

AND it came to pass in the sixth 
. year, in the sixth month, in the 
fifth day of the month, as I sat in 
mine house, and the elders of Judah 
sat before me, that the hand of the 
Lord God fell there upon me. 

2 Then I beheld, and lo a likeness 
as the appearance of fire: from the 
appearance of his loins even down- 
ward, fire ; and from his loins even 
upward, as the appearance of bright- 
ness, as the colour of amber. 

3 And he put forth the form of a 
hand, and took me by a lock of mine 
head ; and the spirit lifted me up 
between the earth and the heaven, 
and brought me ' in the visions of 
God to Jerusalem, to the door of the 
inner gate that looketh toward the 
north; where was the seat of the 
image of jealousy, which provoketh 
to jealousy. 

4 And, behold, the glory of the God 
of Israel was there, according to the 
vision that I saw in the plain. 

5 IT Then said he unto me, Son of 
man, lift up thine eyes now the way 
toward the north. So I lifted up 
mine eyes the way toward the north, 
and behold northward at the gate of 
the altar this image of jealousy in the 
entry. 

6 He said furthermore unto me, 
Son of man, seest thou what they 
do ? even the great abominations that 
the house of Israel committeth here, 
that I should go far off from my sanc- 
tuary ? but turn thee yet again, and 
thou shalt see greater abominations. 

7 ^T And he brought me to the door 
of the court ; and when I looked, be- 
hold a hole in the wall. 

8 Then said he unto me, Son of 
man, dig now in the wall : and when I 
had digged in the wall, behold a door. 

9 And he said unto me, Go in, and 
behold the wicked abominations that 
they do here. 



10 So I went in and saw; and be- 
hold every form of creeping things, 
and abominable beasts, and all the 
idols of the house of Israel, portrayed 
upon the wall round about. 

11 And there stood before them 
seventy men of the ancients of the 
house of Israel, and in the midst of 
them stood Jaazaniah the son of 
Shaphan, with every man his censer 
in his hand ; and a thick cloud of in- 
cense went up. 

12 Then said he unto me, Son of 
man, hast thou seen what the ancients 
of the house of Israel do in the dark, 
every man in the chambers of his 
imagery? for they say, The Lord 
seeth us not ; the Lord hath forsaken 
the earth. 

13 IT He said also unto me, Turn 
thee yet again, and thou shalt see 
greater abominations that they do. 

14 Then he brought me to the door 
of the gate of the Lord's house which 
was toward the north ; and, behold, 
there sat women weeping for Tammuz. 

15 If Then said he unto me, Hast 
thou seen this, O son of man ? turn 
thee yet again, and thou shalt see 
greater abominations than these. 

16 And he brought me into the 
inner court of the Lord's house, 
and, behold, at the door of the tem- 
ple of the Lord, between the porch 
and the altar, were about five and 
twenty men, with their backs toward 
the temple of the Lord, and their 
faces toward the east ; and they wor- 
shipped the sun toward the east. 

17 ^T Then he said unto me, Hast 
thou seen this, O son of man ? Is it 
a light thing to the house of Judah 
that they commit the abominations 
which they commit here ? for they have 
filled the land with violence, and have 
returned to provoke me to anger: and, 
lo, they put the branch to their nose. 

18 Therefore will I also deal in 
fury: mine eye shall not spare, nei- 
ther will I have pity: and though 
they cry in mine ears with a loud 
voice, yet will I not hear them. 

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The marked are preserved. EZEKIEL. The vision of the coals of fire. 



CHAPTEK IX. 

1 A vision, whereby is shewed the -preservation of some, 
5 and the destruction of the rest. 8 God cannot be en- 
treated for them. 

HE cried also in mine ears with 
a loud voice, saying, Cause 
them that have charge over the city 
to draw near, even every man with 
his destroying weapon in his hand. 

2 And, behold, six men came from 
the way of the higher gate, which 
lieth toward the north, and every 
man a slaughter weapon in his hand ; 
and one man among them was cloth- 
ed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn 
by his side : and they went in, and 
stood beside the brazen altar. 

3 And the glory of the God of Is- 
rael was gone up from the cherub, 
whereupon he was, to the threshold 
of the house. And he called to the 
man clothed with linen, which had 
the writer's inkhorn by his side ; 

4 And the Lord said unto him, 
Go through the midst of the city, 
through the midst of Jerusalem, and 
set a mark upon the foreheads of the 
men that sigh and that cry for all 
the abominations that be done in the 
midst thereof. 

5 IT And to the others he said in 
mine hearing, Go ye after him through 
the city, and smite : let not your eye 
spare, neither have ye pity : 

6 Slay utterly old and young, both 
maids, and little children, and wo- 
men : but come not near any man 
upon whom is the mark ; and begin 
at my sanctuary. Then they began 
at the ancient men which were before 
the house. 

7 And he said unto them, Defile 
the house, and fill the courts with 
the slain : go ye forth. And they 
went forth, and slew in the city. 

8 H And it came to pass, while they 
were slaying them, and I was left, 
that I fell upon my face, and cried, 
and said, Ah Lord God! wilt thou 
destroy all the residue of Israel in 
thy pouring out of thy fury upon 
Jerusalem ? 

9 Then said he unto me, The ini- 

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quity of the house of Israel and 
Judah is exceeding great, and the 
land is full of blood, and the city 
full of perverseness : for they say, 
The Lord hath forsaken the earth, 
and the Lord seeth not. 

10 And as for me also, mine eye 
shall not spare, neither will I have 
pity, but I will recompense their way 
upon their head. 

11 And, behold, the man clothed 
with linen, which had the inkhorn 
by his side, reported the matter, say- 
ing, I have done as thou hast com- 
manded me. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 The vision of the coals of fire, to be scattered over the 
city. 8 The vision of the cherubim. 

THEN I looked, and, behold, in the 
firmament that was above the 
head of the cherubim there appeared 
over them as it were a sapphire stone, 
as the appearance of the likeness of a 
throne. 

2 And he spake unto the man 
clothed with linen, and said, Go in 
between the wheels, even under the 
cherub, and fill thine hand with coals 
of fire from between the cherubim, 
and scatter them over the city. And 
he went in in my sight. 

3 Now the cherubim stood on the 
right side of the house, when the 
man went in ; and the cloud filled 
the inner court. 

4 Then the glory of the Lord went 
up from the cherub, and stood over 
the threshold of the house ; and the 
house was filled with the cloud, and 
the court was full of the brightness of 
the Lord's glory. 

5 And the sound of the cherubim's 
wings was heard even to the outer 
court, as the voice of the Almighty 
God when he speaketh. 

6 And it came to pass, that when 
he had commanded the man clothed 
with linen, saying, Take fire from 
between the wheels, from between 
the cherubim ; then he went in, and 
stood beside the wheels. 

7 And one cherub stretched forth 



The vision of the cherubim. EZEKIEL. Presumption of the princes. 



his hand from between the cheru- 
bim unto the fire that was between 
the cherubim, and took thereof and 
put it into the hands of him that was 
clothed with linen ; who took it, and 
went out. 

8 % And there appeared in the cher- 
ubim the form of a man's hand under 
their wings. 

9 And when I looked, behold the 
four wheels by the cherubim, one 
wheel by one cherub, and another 
wheel by another cherub: and the 
appearance of the wheels was as the 
colour of a beryl stone. 

10 And as for their appearances, they 
four had one likeness, as if a wheel 
had been in the midst of a wheel. 

11 When they went, they went up- 
on their four sides ; they turned not as 
they went, but to the place whither 
the head looked they followed it; 
they turned not as they went. 

12 And their whole body, and their 
backs, and their hands, and their 
wings, and the wheels, were full of 
eyes round about, even the wheels 
that they four had. 

13 As for the wheels, it was cried 
unto them in my hearing, O wheel. 

14 And every one had four faces : 
the first face was the face of a cherub, 
and the second face was the face of a 
man, and the third the face of a lion, 
and the fourth the face of an eagle. 

15 And the cherubim were lifted 
up. This is the living creature that 
I saw by the river of Chebar. 

16 And when the cherubim went, 
the wheels went by them : and when 
the cherubim lifted up their wings 
to mount up from the earth, the 
same wheels also turned not from 
beside them. 

1 7 When they stood, these stood ; and 
when they were lifted up, these lifted 
up themselves also: for the spirit of 
the living creature was in them. 

18 Then the glory of the Lord 
departed from off the threshold of the 
house, and stood over the cherubim. 

19 And the cherubim lifted up 



their wings, and mounted up from 
the earth in my sight: when they 
went out, the wheels also were be- 
side them, and every one stood at the 
door of the east gate of the Lord's 
house ; and the glory of the God of 
Israel was over them above. 

20 This is the living creature that 
I saw under the God of Israel by the 
river of Chebar; and I knew that 
they were the cherubim. 

21 Every one had four faces apiece, 
and every one four wings ; and the 
likeness of the hands of a man was 
under their wings. 

22 And the likeness of their faces 
was the same faces which I saw by 
the river of Chebar, their appear- 
ances and themselves : they went 
every one straight forward. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 TJie presumption of the princes. 4 Their sin and 
judgment. 13 Ezekiel complaining, God sheweth him 
his purpose in saving a remnant, 21 and punishing 
the wicked. 22 The glory of God leaveth the city. 24 
Ezekiel is returned to the captivity. 

MOREOVER the spirit lifted me 
up, and brought me unto the 
east gate of the Lord's house, which 
looketh eastward : and behold at the 
door of the gate Hve and twenty 
men ; among whom I saw Jaazaniah 
the son of Azur, and Pelatiah the 
son of Benaiah, princes of the people. 

2 Then said he unto me, Son of 
man, these are the men that devise 
mischief, and give wicked counsel in 
this city : 

3 Which say, It is not near ; let us 
build houses : this city is the caldron, 
and we be the flesh. 

4 1T Therefore prophesy against 
them, prophesy, O son of man. 

5 And the Spirit of the Lord fell 
upon me, and said unto me, Speak ; 
Thus saith the Lord ; Thus have ye * 
said, O house of Israel : for I know 
the things that come into your mind, 
every one o/them. 

6 Ye have multiplied your slain in 
this city, and ye have filled the streets 
thereof with the slain. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord 

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EZEKIEL. 



saving a remnant. 



God ; Your slain whom ye have laid 
in the midst of it, they are the 
flesh, and this city is the caldron : but I 
will bring you forth out of the midst 
of it. 

8 Ye have feared the sword ; and I 
will bring a sword upon you, saith the 
Lord God. 

9 And I will bring you out of the 
midst thereof, and deliver you into 
the hands of strangers, and will exe- 
cute judgments among you. 

10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I 
will judge you in the border of Is- 
rael ; and ye shall know that I am the 
Lord. 

11 This city shall not be your cal- 
dron, neither shall ye be the flesh in 
the midst thereof; but I will judge 
you in the border of Israel : 

12 And ye shall know that I am the 
Lord : for ye have not walked in my 
statutes, neither executed my judg- 
ments, but have done after the man- 
ners of the heathen that are round 
about you. 

13 IT And it came to pass, when I 
prophesied, that Pelatiah the son of 
Benaiah died. Then fell I down 
upon my face, and cried with a loud 
voice, and said, Ah Lord God ! wilt 
thou make a full end of the remnant 
of Israel ? 

14 Again the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

15 Son of man, thy brethren, even 
thy brethren, the men of thy kindred, 
and all the house of Israel wholly, 
are they unto whom the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem have said, Get you far 
from the Lord : unto us is this land 
given in possession. 

16 Therefore say, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Although I have cast 

• them far off among the heathen, and 
although I have scattered them among 
the countries, yet will I be to them 
as a little sanctuary in the countries 
where they shall come. 

17 Therefore say, Thus saith the 
Lord God; I will even gather you 
from the people, and assemble you 

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out of the countries where ye have 
been scattered, and I will give you 
the land of Israel. 

18 And they shall come thither, 
and they shall take away all the de- 
testable things thereof and all the 
abominations thereof from thence. 

19 And I will give them one heart, 
and I will put a new spirit within 
you ; and I will take the stony heart 
out of their flesh, and will give them 
a heart of flesh : 

20 That they may walk in my stat- 
utes, and keep mine ordinances, and 
do them : and they shall be my peo- 
ple, and I will be their God. 

21 But as for them whose heart 
walketh after the heart of their de- 
testable things and their abomina- 
tions, I will recompense their way 
upon their own heads, saith the Lord 
God. 

22 IT Then did the cherubim lift 
up their wings, and the wheels beside 
them ; and the glory of the God of 
Israel was over them above. 

23 And the glory of the Lord went 
up from the midst of the city, and 
stood upon the mountain which is on 
the east side of the city. 

24 IT Afterwards the spirit took me 
up, and brought me in a vision by the 
Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them 
of the captivity. So the vision that 
I had seen went up from me. 

25 Then I spake unto them of the 
captivity all the things that the Lord 
had shewed me. 

CHAPTEK XII. 

1 The type of EzekieVs removing. 8 It shewed the cap- 
tivity of Zedekiah. 17 EzekieVs trembling sheweth 
the Jews' desolation. 21 The Jews' presumptuous 
proverb is reproved. 26 The speediness of the vi- 
sion. 

THE word of the Lord also came 
unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, thou dwellest in the 
midst of a rebellious house, which 
have eyes to see, and see not ; they 
have ears to hear, and hear not : for 
they are a rebellious house. 

3 Therefore, thou son of man, pre- 
pare thee stuff for removing, and re- 



Zedekiah's captivity, 



EZEKIEL. 



and the Jews' desolation. 



move by day in their sight ; and thou 
shalt remove from thy place to another 
place in their sight : it may he they 
will consider, though they be a rebel- 
lious house. 

4 Then shalt thou bring forth thy 
stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for 
removing : and thou shalt go forth at 
even in their sight, as they that go 
forth into captivity. 

5 Dig thou through the wall in 
their sight, and carry out thereby. 

6 In their sight shalt thou bear it 
upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth 
in the twilight : thou shalt cover thy 
face, that thou see not the ground : 
for I have set thee for a sign unto the 
house of Israel. 

7 And I did so as I was command- 
ed : I brought forth my stuff by day, 
as stuff for captivity, and in the even 
I digged through the wall with mine 
hand ; I brought it forth in the twilight, 
and I bare it upon my shoulder in 
their sight. 

8 IT And in the morning came the 
word of the Lord unto me, saying, 

9 Sou of man, hath not the house 
of Israel, the rebellious house, said 
unto thee, What doest thou ? 

10 Say thou unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; This burden con- 
cerneth the prince in Jerusalem, and 
all the house of Israel that are among 
them. 

11 Say, I am your sign: like as I 
have done, so shall it be done unto 
them : they shall remove and go into 
captivity. 

12 And the prince that is among 
them shall bear upon his shoulder 
in the twilight, and shall go forth: 
they shall dig through the wall to 
carry out thereby : he shall cover his 
face, that he see not the ground with 
his eyes. 

13 My net also will I spread upon 
him, and he shall be taken in my 
snare : and I will bring him to Bab- 
ylon to the land of the Chaldeans ; 
yet shall he not see it, though he shall 
die there. 



14 And I will scatter toward every 
wind all that are about him to help 
him, and all his bands ; and I will 
draw out the sword after them. 

15 And they shall know that I am 
the Lord, when I shall scatter them 
among the nations, and disperse them 
in the countries. 

16 But I will leave a few men of 
them from the sword, from the famine, 
and from the pestilence ; that they 
may declare all their abominations 
among the heathen whither they 
come ; and they shall know that I 
am the Lord. 

17 IT Moreover the word of the 
Lord came to me, saying, 

18 Son of man, eat thy bread with 
quaking, and drink thy water with 
trembling and with carefulness ; 

19 And say unto the people of the 
land, Thus saith the Lord God of 
the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and of 
the land of Israel; They shall eat 
their bread with carefulness, and 
drink their water with astonishment, 
that her land may be desolate from 
all that is therein, because of the vio- 
lence of all them that dwell therein. 

20 And the cities that are inhabited 
shall be laid waste, and the land shall 
be desolate ; and ye shall know that I 
am the Lord. 

21 If And the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

22 Son of man, what is that prov- 
erb that ye have in the land of Israel, 
saying, The days are prolonged, and 
every vision faileth ? 

23 Tell them therefore, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; I will make this prov- 
erb to cease, and they shall no more 
use it as a proverb in Israel ; but say 
unto them, The days are at hand, 
and the effect of every vision. 

24 For there shall be no more any 
vain vision nor nattering divination 
within the house of Israel. 

25 For I am the Lord : I will 
speak, and the word that I shall 
speak shall come to pass ; it shall be 
no more prolonged : for in your days, 

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lying prophets. 



rebellious house, will I say the 
word, and will perform it, saith the 
Lord God. 

26 *ft Again the word of the Lord 
came to me, saying", 

27 Son of man, behold, they o/the 
house of Israel say, The vision that 
he seeth is for many days to come, 
and he prophesieth of the times that 
are far off. 

28 Therefore say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; There shall none 
of my words be prolonged any more, 
but the word which I have spoken 
shall be done, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTEE XIII. 

1 The reproof of lying prophets, 10 and their untemper- 

ed mortar. 17 Of prophetesses and their pillows. 

AND the word of the Lord came 
. unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, prophesy against the 
prophets of Israel that prophesy, and 
say thou unto them that prophesy out 
of their own hearts, Hear ye the word 
of the Lord ; 

3 Thus saith the Lord God ; "Woe 
unto the foolish prophets, that fol- 
low their own spirit, and have seen 
nothing ! 

4 O Israel, thy prophets are like 
the foxes in the deserts. 

5 Ye have not gone up into the 
gaps, neither made up the hedge for 
the house of Israel to stand in the 
battle in the day of the Lord. 

6 They have seen vanity and lying 
divination, saying, The Lord saith : 
and the Lord hath not sent them: 
and they have made others to hope 
that they would confirm the word. 

7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, 
and have ye not spoken a lying divi- 
nation, whereas ye say, The Lord 
saith it ; albeit I have not spoken ? 

8 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Because ye have spoken vanity, 
and seen lies, therefore, behold, I am 
against you, saith the Lord God. 

9 And mine hand shall be upon the 
prophets that see vanity, and that 
divine lies : they shall not be in the 
assembly of my people, neither shall 

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they be written in the writing of 
the house of Israel, neither shall they 
enter into the land of Israel ; and ye 
shall know that I am the Lord God. 

10 If Because, even because they 
have seduced my people, saying, 
Peace ; and there was no peace ; and 
one built up a wall, and, lo, others 
daubed it with untempered mortar : 

11 Say unto them which daub it 
with untempered mortar, that it shall 
fall : there shall be an overflowing 
shower; and ye, O great hailstones, 
shall fall ; and a stormy wind shall 
rend it. 

12 Lo, when the wall is fallen, 
shall it not be said unto you, Where 
is the daubing wherewith ye have 
daubed it ? 

13 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; I will even rend it with a 
stormy wind in my fury ; and there 
shall be an overflowing shower in 
mine anger, and great hailstones in 
my fury to consume it. 

14 So will I break down the wall 
that ye have daubed with untempered 
mortar, and bring it down to the 
ground, so that the foundation there- 
of shall be discovered, and it shall 
fall, and ye shall be consumed in the 
midst thereof: and ye shall know that 
I am the Lord. 

15 Thus will I accomplish my 
wrath upon the wall, and upon them 
that have daubed it with untempered 
mortar, and will say unto you, The 
wall is no more, neither they that 
daubed it; 

16 To wit, the prophets of Israel 
which prophesy concerning Jerusa- 
lem, and which see visions of peace 
for her, and there is no peace, saith 
the Lord God. 

17 If Likewise, thou son of man, 
set thy face against the daughters 
of thy people, which prophesy out of 
their own heart ; and prophesy thou 
against them, 

18 And say, Thus saith the Lord 
God; Woe to the women that sew 
pillows to all armholes, and make 



Idolaters exhorted 



EZEKIEL, 



to repent. 



kerchiefs upon the head of every sta- 
ture to hunt souls ! Will ye hunt the 
souls of my people, and will ye save 
the souls alive that come unto you ? 

1 9 And will ye pollute me among my 
people for handfuls of barley and for 
pieces of bread, to slay the souls that 
should not die, and to save the souls 
alive that should not live, by your ly- 
ing to my people that hear your lies ? 

20 Wherefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, I am against your pil- 
lows, wherewith ye there hunt the 
souls to make them fly, and I will 
tear them from your arms, and will 
let the souls go, even the souls that 
ye hunt to make them fly. 

21 Your kerchiefs also will I tear, 
and deliver my people out of your 
hand, and they shall be no more in 
your hand to be hunted ; and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

22 Because with lies ye have made 
the heart of the righteous sad, whom 
I have not made sad ; and strength- 
ened the hands of the wicked, that 
he should not return from his wicked 
way, by promising him life ; 

23 Therefore ye shall see no more 
vanity, nor divine divinations : for I 
will deliver my people out of your 
hand : and ye shall know that I am 
the Lord. 

CHAPTER XIY. 

1 God answereth idolaters according to their own heart. 
6 They are exhorted to repent, for fear of judgments, 
by means of seduced prophets. 12 God's irrevocable 
sentence of famine, 15 of noisome beasts, 17 of the 
sword, 19 and of pestilence. 22 A remnant shall be re- 
served for example of others. 

THEN came certain of the elders of 
Israel unto me, and sat before me. 

2 And the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

3 Son of man, these men have set 
up their idols in their heart, and put 
the stumblingblock of their iniquity 
before their face : should I be in- 
quired of at all by them ? 

4 Therefore speak unto them, and 
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Every man of the house of Is- 
rael that setteth up his idols in his 



heart, and putteth the stumbling- 
block of his iniquity before his face, 
and cometh to the prophet; I the 
Lord will answer him that cometh, ac- 
cording to the multitude of his idols ; 

5 That I may take the house of Is- 
rael in their own heart, because they 
are all estranged from me through 
their idols. 

6 U Therefore say unto the house 
of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; 
Repent, and turn yourselves from your 
idols ; and turn away your faces from 
all your abominations. 

7 For every one of the house of 
Israel, or of the stranger that so- 
journ eth in Israel, which separateth 
himself from me, and setteth up his 
idols in his heart, and putteth the 
stumblingblock of his iniquity before 
his face, and cometh to a prophet to 
inquire of him concerning me ; I the 
Lord will answer him by myself: 

8 And I will set my face against 
that man, and will make him a sign 
and a proverb, and I will cut him off 
from the midst of my people ; and 
ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

9 And if the prophet be deceived 
when he hath spoken a thing, I the 
Lord have deceived that prophet, 
and I will stretch out my hand upon 
him, and will destroy him from the 
midst of my people Israel. 

10 And they shall bear the punish- 
ment of their iniquity: the punish- 
ment of the prophet shall be even as 
the punishment of him that seeketh 
unto him ; 

11 That the house of Israel may go 
no more astray from me, neither be 
polluted any more with all their 
transgressions ; but that they may be 
my people, and I may be their God, 
saith the Lord God. 

12 IT The word of the Lord came 
again to me, saying, 

13 Son of man, when the land 
sinneth against me by trespassing 
grievously, then will I stretch out 
mine hand upon it, and will break 
the staff of the bread thereof, and 

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God's irrevocable judgments. EZEKIEL. The rejection of Jerusalem. 

will send famine upon it, and will cut 
off man and beast from it : 

14 Though these three men, Noah, 
Daniel, and Job, were in it, they 
should deliver but their own souls by 
their righteousness, saith the Lord 
God. 

lo If If I cause noisome beasts to 
pass through the land, and they spoil 
it, so that it be desolate, that no man 
may pass through because of the 
beasts : 

16 Though these three men were in 
it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they 
shall deliver neither sons nor daugh- 
ters; they only shall be delivered, 
but the land shall be desolate. 

17 ^[ Or if I bring a sword upon 
that land, and say, Sword, go through 
the land ; so that I cut off man and 
beast from it : 

18 Though these three men were 
in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, 
they shall deliver neither sons nor 
daughters, but they only shall be de- 
livered themselves. 

19 IT Oxifl send a pestilence into 
that land, and pour out my fury upon 
it in blood, to cut off from it man 
and beast : 

20 Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, 
were in it, as I live, saith the Lord 
God, they shall deliver neither son nor 
daughter ; they shall but deliver their 
own souls by their righteousness. 

21 For thus saith the Lord God; 
How much more when I send my 
four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, 
the sword, and the famine, and the 
noisome beast, and the pestilence, to 
cut off from it man and beast ? 

22 IT Yet, behold, therein shall be 
left a remnant that shall be brought 
forth, both sons and daughters : be- 
hold, they shall come forth unto you, 
and ye shall see their way and their 
doings : and ye shall be comforted 
concerningthe evil thatl have brought 
upon Jerusalem, even concerning all 
that I have brought upon it. 

23 And they shall comfort you, 
when ye see their ways and their 

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doings: and ye shall know that I 
have not done without cause all that 
I have done in it, saith the Lord 
God. 

CHAPTEK XY. 

1 By the unfitness of the vine branch for any work 6 is 
shewed the rejection of Jerusalem. 

AND the word of the Lord came 
. unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, What is the vine 
tree more than any tree, or than a 
branch which is among the trees of 
the forest ? 

3 Shall wood be taken thereof to 
do any work ? or will men take a pin 
of it to hang any vessel thereon ? 

4 Behold, it is cast into the fire for 
fuel ; the fire devoureth both the ends 
of it, and the midst of it is burned. 
Is it meet for any work ? 

5 Behold, when it was whole, it 
was meet for no work : how much 
less shall it be meet yet for any work, 
when the fire hath devoured it, and 
it is burned ? 

6 IT Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; As the vine tree among the 
trees of the forest, which I have given 
to the fire for fuel, so will I give the 
inhabitants of Jerusalem. 

7 And I will set my face against 
them ; they shall go out from one fire, 
and another fire shall devour them ; 
and ye shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I set my face against them. 

8 And I will make the land deso- 
late, because they have committed a 
trespass, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTEK XYI. 

1 Under the similitude of a wretched infant is sheived the 
natural state of Jerusalem. 6 God's extraordinary 
love towards her. 15 Her monstrou,s whoredom. 35 
Her grievous judgment. 44 Her sin,matching her mother, 
and exceeding her sisters, Sodom and Samaria, calleth 
for judgments. 60 Mercy is promised her in the end. 

AGAIN the word of the Lord 
_ came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, cause Jerusalem to 
know her abominations, 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord 
God unto Jerusalem ; Thy birth and 
thy nativity is of the land of Canaan ; 
thy father ivas an Amorite, and thy 
mother a Hittite. 



God's extraordinary love. 



EZEKIEL. 



Jerusalem s whoredoms. 



4 And as for thy nativity, in the I 14 And thy renown went forth 
day thou wast born thy navel was | among the heathen for thy beauty : 
not cut, neither wast thou washed in 
water to supple thee ; thou wast not 
salted at all, nor swaddled at all. 

5 None eye pitied thee, to do any 
of these unto thee, to have compas- 
sion upon thee ; but thou wast cast out 
in the open field, to the loathing of 
thy person, in the day that thou wast 
born. 

6 IT And when I passed by thee, 
and saw thee polluted in thine own 
blood, I said unto thee when thou wast 
in thy blood, Live ; yea, I said unto 
thee when thou wast in thy blood, Live. 

7 I have caused thee to multiply 
as the bud of the field, and thou hast 
increased and waxen great, and thou 
art come to excellent ornaments : thy 
breasts are fashioned, and thine hair 
is grown, whereas thou wast naked 
and bare. 

8 Now when I passed by thee, and 
looked upon thee, behold, thy time 
was the time of love ; and I spread 
my skirt over thee, and covered thy 
nakedness : yea, I sware unto thee, 
and entered into a covenant with 
thee, saith the Lord God, and thou 
becamest mine. 

9 Then washed I thee with water ; 
yea, I thoroughly washed away thy 
blood from thee, and I anointed thee 
with oil. 

10 I clothed thee also with broider- 
ed work, and shod thee with badgers' 
skin, and I girded thee about with 
fine linen, and I covered thee with silk. 

11 I decked thee also with orna- 
ments, and I put bracelets upon thy 
hands, and a chain on thy neck. 

12 And I put a jewel on thy fore- 
head, and earrings in thine ears, and 
a beautiful crown upon thine head. 

13 Thus wast thou decked with 
gold and silver ; and thy raiment was 
of fine linen, and silk, and broidered 
work ; thou didst eat fine flour, and 
honey, and oil ; and thou wast ex- 
ceeding beautiful, and thou didst 
prosper into a kingdom. 



for it was perfect through my comeli- 
ness, which I had put upon thee, saith 
the Lord God. 

15 *ft But thou didst trust in thine 
own beauty, and playedst the harlot 
because of thy renown, and pouredst 
out thy fornications on every one 
that passed by ; his it was. 

16 And of thy garments thou didst 
take, and deckedst thy high places 
with divers colours, and playedst the 
harlot thereupon : the like things shall 
not come, neither shall it be so. 

17 Thou hast also taken thy fair 
jewels of my gold and of my silver, 
which I had given thee, and madest 
to thyself images of men, and didst 
commit whoredom with them, 

18 And tookest thy broidered gar- 
ments, and coveredst them : and thou 
hast set mine oil and mine incense 
before them. 

19 My meat also which I gave thee, 
fine flour, and oil, and honey, where- 
with I fed thee, thou hast even set it 
before them for a sweet savour : and 
thus it was, saith the Lord God. 

2 Moreover thou hast taken thy sons 
and thy daughters, whom thou hast 
borne unto me, and these hast thou 
sacrificed unto them to be devoured. 
Is this of thy whoredoms a small matter, 

21 That thou hast slain my children, 
and delivered them to cause them to 
pass through the fire for them ? 

22 And in all thine abominations 
and thy whoredoms thou hast not 
remembered the days of thy youth, 
when thou wast naked and bare, and 
wast polluted in thy blood. 

23 And it came to pass after all thy 
wickedness, (woe, woe unto thee ! 
saith the Lord God,) 

24 That thou hast also built unto 
thee an eminent place, and hast made 
thee a high place in every street. 

25 Thou hast built thy high place 
at every head of the way, and hast 
made thy beauty to be abhorred, and 
hast opened thy feet to every one 

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EZEKIEL. 



Jerusalem with 



that passed by, and multiplied thy 
whoredoms. 

26 Thou hast also committed forni- 
cation with the Egyptians thy neigh- 
bours, great of flesh ; and hast in- 
creased thy whoredoms, to provoke 
me to anger. 

27 Behold, therefore I have stretch- 
ed out my hand over thee, and have 
diminished thine ordinary food, and 
delivered thee unto the will of them 
that hate thee, the daughters of the 
Philistines, which are ashamed of thy 
lewd way. 

28 Thou hast played the whore also 
with the Assyrians, because thou wast 
unsatiable ; yea, thou hast played the 
harlot with them, and yet couldest not 
be satisfied. 

29 Thou hast moreover multiplied 
thy fornication in the land of Canaan 
unto Chaldea ; and yet thou wast not 
satisfied herewith. 

30 How weak is thine heart, saith 
the Lord God, seeing thou doest all 
these things, the work of an imperious 
whorish woman ; 

31 In that thou buildest thine emi- 
nent place in the head of every way, 
and makest thine high place in every 
street ; and hast not been as a harlot, 
in that thou scornest hire ; 

32 But as a wife that committeth 
adultery, which taketh strangers in- 
stead of her husband ! 

33 They give gifts to all whores : 
but thou givest thy gifts to all thy 
lovers, and hirest them, that they 
may come unto thee on every side 
for thy whoredom. 

34 And the contrary is in thee 
from other women in thy whoredoms, 
whereas none followeth thee to com- 
mit whoredoms: and in that thou 
givest a reward, and no reward is given 
unto thee, therefore thou art contrary. 

35 T Wherefore, O harlot, hear the 
word of the Lord : 

36 Thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
cause thy filthiness was poured out, 
and thy nakedness discovered through 
thy whoredoms with thy lovers, and 

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with all the idols of thy abominations, 
and by the blood of thy children, 
which thou didst give unto them ; 

37 Behold, therefore I will gather 
all thy lovers, with whom thou hast 
taken pleasure, and all them that 
thou hast loved, with all them that 
thou hast hated ; I will even gather 
them round about against thee, and 
will discover thy nakedness unto them, 
that they may see all thy nakedness. 

38 And I will judge thee, as women 
that break wedlock and shed blood 
are judged ; and I will give thee 
blood in fury and jealousy. 

39 And I will also give thee into 
their hand, and they shall throw down 
thine eminent place, and shall break 
down thy high places: they shall 
strip thee also of thy clothes, and 
shall take thy fair jewels, and leave 
thee naked and bare. 

40 They shall also bring up a com- 
pany against thee, and they shall 
stone thee with stones, and thrust 
thee through with their swords. 

41 And they shall burn thine houses 
with fire, and execute judgments 
upon thee in the sight of many wo- 
men : and I will cause thee to cease 
from playing the harlot, and thou 
also shalt give no hire any more. 

42 So will I make my fury toward 
thee to rest, and my jealousy shall 
depart from thee, and I will be quiet, 
and will be no more angry. 

43 Because thou hast not remem- 
bered the days of thy youth, but hast 
fretted me in all these things ; behold, 
therefore I also will recompense thy 
way upon thine head, saith the Lord 
God: and thou shalt not commit 
this lewdness above all thine abomi- 
nations. 

44 IT Behold, every one that useth 
proverbs shall use this proverb against 
thee, saying, As is the mother, so is 
her daughter. 

45 Thou art thy mother's daughter, 
that loatheth her husband and her 
children ; and thou art the sister of 
thy sisters, which loathed their hus- 



severe judgments. 



EZEKIEL. 



Mercy is promised. 



bands and their children: your moth- 
er was a Hittite, and your father an 
Amorite. 

46 And thine elder sister is Sama- 
ria, she and her daughters that dwell 
at thy left hand : and thy younger 
sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, 
is Sodom and her daughters. 

47 Yet hast thou not walked after 
their ways, nor done after their abom- 
inations : but, as if that were a very 
little thing, thou wast corrupted more 
than they in all thy ways. 

• 48 As I live, saith the Lord God, 
Sodom thy sister hath not done, she 
nor her daughters, as thou hast done, 
thou and thy daughters. 

49 Behold, this was the iniquity of 
thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of 
bread, and abundance of idleness was 
in her and in her daughters, neither 
did she strengthen the hand of the 
poor and needy. 

50 And they were haughty, and 
committed abomination before me: 
therefore I took them away as I saw 
good. 

51 Neither hath Samaria committed 
half of thy sins ; but thou hast multi- 
plied thine abominations more than 
they, and hast justified thy sisters in 
all thine abominations which thou 
hast done. 

52 Thou also, which hast judged 
thy sisters, bear thine own shame for 
thy sins that thou hast committed 
more abominable than they: they 
are more righteous than thou : yea, 
be thou confounded also, and bear 
thy shame, in that thou hast justified 
thy sisters. 

53 When I shall bring again their 
captivity, the captivity of Sodom and 
her daughters, and the captivity of 
Samaria and her daughters, then will 
I bring again the captivity of thy cap- 
tives in the midst of them : 

54 That thou may est bear thine 
own shame, and may est be confound- 
ed in all that thou hast done, in that 
thou art a comfort unto them. 

55 When thy sisters, Sodom and 



her daughters, shall return to their 
former estate, and Samaria and her 
daughters shall return to their former 
estate, then thou and thy daughters 
shall return to your former estate. 

56 For thy sister Sodom was not 
mentioned by thy mouth in the day 
of thy pride, 

57 Before thy wickedness was dis- 
covered, as at the time of thy reproach 
of the daughters of Syria, and all that 
are round about her, the daughters 
of the Philistines, which despise thee 
round about. 

58 Thou hast borne thy lewdness 
and thine abominations, saith the 
Lord. 

59 For thus saith the Lord God ; I 
will even deal with thee as thou hast 
done, which hast despised the oath in 
breaking the covenant. 

60 IT Nevertheless, I will remember 
my covenant with thee in the days of 
thy youth, and I will establish unto 
thee an everlasting covenant. 

61 Then thou shalt remember thy 
ways, and be ashamed, when thou 
shalt receive thy sisters, thine elder 
and thy younger: and I will give 
them unto thee for daughters, but 
not by thy covenant. 

62 And I will establish my covenant 
with thee ; and thou shalt know that 
I am the Lord : 

63 That thou may est remember, 
and be confounded, and never open 
thy mouth any more because of thy 
shame, when I am pacified toward 
thee for all that thou hast done, saith 
the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XYII. 

1 Under the parable of two eagles and a vine, 11 is shew- 
ed God 1 s judgment upon Jerusalem for revolting from 
Babylon to Egypt. 22 God promiseth to plant the 
cedar of the gospel. 

A ND the word of the Lord came 
jLjL unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, put forth a riddle, and 
speak a parable unto the house of Israel; 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord 
God; A great eagle with great wings, 
long winged, full of feathers, which 
had divers colours, came unto Leba- 

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The parable of the 



EZEKIEL. 



two eagles and a vine. 



non, and took the highest branch of 
the cedar: 

4 He cropped off the top of his 
young twigs, and carried it into a 
land of traffick ; he set it in a city of 
merchants. 

5 He took also of the seed of the 
land, and planted it in a fruitful 
field ; he placed it by great waters, 
and set it as a willow tree. 

6 And it grew, and became a 
spreading vine of low stature, whose 
branches turned toward him, and the 
roots thereof were under him : so it 
became a vine, and brought forth 
branches, and shot forth sprigs. 

7 There was also another great 
eagle with great wings and many 
feathers: and, behold, this vine did 
bend her roots toward him, and shot 
forth her branches toward him, that 
he might water it by the furrows of 
her plantation. 

8 It was planted in a good soil by 
great waters, that it might bring forth 
branches, and that it might bear fruit, 
that it might be a goodly vine. 

9 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord 
God; Shall it prosper? shall he not 
pull up the roots thereof, and cut off 
the fruit thereof, that it wither? it 
shall wither in all the leaves of her 
spring, even without great power or 
many people to pluck it up by the 
roots thereof. 

10 Yea, behold, being planted, shall 
it prosper? shall it not utterly wither, 
when the east wind touch eth it? it 
shall wither in the furrows where it 
grew. 

11 IT Moreover the word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

12 Say now to the rebellious house, 
Know ye not what these things mean ? 
tell them, Behold, the king of Babylon 
is come to Jerusalem, and hath taken 
the king thereof, and the princes there- 
of, and led them with him to Babylon ; 

13 And hath taken of the king's 
seed, and made a covenant with him, 
and hath taken an oath of him : he 
hath also taken the mighty of the land : 

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14 That the kingdom might be 
base, that it might not lift itself up, 
but tliat by keeping of his covenant 
it might stand. 

15 But he rebelled against him in 
sending his ambassadors into Egypt, 
that they might give him horses and 
much people. Shall he prosper ? shall 
he escape that doeth such things? or 
shall he break the covenant, and be 
delivered ? 

16 As I live, saith the Lord God, 
surely in the place where the king 
dwelleth that made him king, whose 
oath he despised, and whose covenant 
he brake, even with him in the midst 
of Babylon he shall die. 

17 Neither shall Pharaoh with his 
mighty army and great company make 
for him in the war, by casting up 
mounts, and building forts, to cut off 
many persons : 

18 Seeing he despised the oath by 
breaking the covenant, when, lo, he 
had given his hand, and hath done 
all these things, he shall not escape. 

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; As I live, surely mine oath 
that he hath despised, and my cov- 
enant that he hath broken, even it 
will I recompense upon his own head. 

20 And I will spread my net upon 
him, and he shall be taken in my 
snare, and I will bring him to Bab- 
ylon, and will plead with him there 
for his trespass that he hath tres- 
passed against me. 

21 And all his fugitives with all 
his bands shall fall by the sword, and 
they that remain shall be scattered 
toward all winds : and ye shall know 
that I the Lord have spoken it. 

22 IT Thus saith the Lord God; I 
will also take of the highest branch 
of the high cedar, and will set it; I 
will crop off from the top of his young 
twigs a tender one, and will plant it 
upon a high mountain and eminent : 

23 In the mountain of the height 
of Israel will I plant it : and it shall 
bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, 
and be a goodly cedar: and under 



The equity of 



EZEKIEL. 



God's dealings. 



it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; 
in the shadow of the branches there- 
of shall they dwell. 

24 And all the trees of the field 
shall know that I the Lord have 
brought down the high tree, have 
exalted the low tree, have dried up 
the green tree, and have made the 
dry tree to flourish : I the Lord have 
spoken and have done it. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 



1 God reproveth the unjust parable of sour grapes. 5 He 
sheweth how he dealeth with a just father: 10 with a 
wicked son of a just father : 14 with a just son of a 
wicked father : 19 with a wicked man repenting: 24 
with a just man revolting. 25 He defendeth his justice, 
31 and exhorteth to repentance. 

THE word of the Lord came unto 
me again, saying, 

2 What mean ye, that ye use this 
proverb concerning the land of Israel, 
saying, The fathers have eaten sour 
grapes, and the children's teeth are 
set on edge ? 

3 As I live, saith the Lord God, ye 
shall not have occasion any more to 
use this proverb in Israel. 

4 Behold, all souls are mine; as 
the soul of the father, so also the soul 
of the son is mine: the soul that sin- 
neth, it shall die. 

5 If But if a man be just, and do 
that which is lawful and right, 

6 And hath not eaten upon the 
mountains, neither hath lifted up his 
eyes to the idols of the house of Is- 
rael, neither hath defiled his neigh- 
bour's wife, neither hath come near 
to a menstruous woman, 

7 And hath not oppressed any, but 
hath restored to the debtor his pledge, 
hath spoiled none by violence, hath giv- 
en his bread to the hungry, and hath 
covered the naked with a garment ; 

8 He that hath not given forth 
upon usury, neither hath taken any 
increase, that hath withdrawn his hand 
from iniquity, hath executed true 
judgment between man and man, 

9 Hath walked in my statutes, and 
hath kept my judgments, to deal 
truly ; he is just, he shall surely live, 
saith the Lord God. 

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10 If If he beget a son that is a 
robber, a shedder of blood, and that 
doeth the like to any one of these 
things, 

1 1 And that doeth not any of those 
duties, but even hath eaten upon the 
mountains, and defiled his neigh- 
bour's wife, 

12 Hath oppressed the poor and 
needy, hath spoiled by violence, hath 
not restored the pledge, and hath 
lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath 
committed abomination, 

13 Hath given forth upon usury, 
and hath taken increase : shall he 
then live ? he shall not live : he hath 
done all these abominations ; he shall 
surely die ; his blood shall be upon him. 

14 If Now, lo, if he beget a son, 
that seeth all his father's sins which 
he hath done, and considereth, and 
doeth not such like, 

15 That hath not eaten upon the 
mountains, neither hath lifted up his 
eyes to the idols of the house of Is- 
rael, hath not defiled his neighbour's 
wife, 

16 Neither hath oppressed any, 
hath not withholden the pledge, 
neither hath spoiled by violence, but 
hath given his bread to the hungry, 
and hath covered the naked with a 
garment, 

17 That hath taken off his hand 
from the poor, that hath not received 
usury nor increase, hath executed 
my judgments, hath walked in my 
statutes ; he shall not die for the iniq- 
uity of his father, he shall surely live. 

18 As for his father, because he 
cruelly oppressed, spoiled his brother 
by violence, and did that which is 
not good among his people, lo, even 
he shall die in his iniquity. 

19 If Yet say ye, Why ? doth not 
the son bear the iniquity of the fa- 
ther ? When the son hath done that 
which is lawful and right, and hath 
kept all my statutes, and hath done 
them, he shall surely live. 

20 The soul that sinneth, it shall 
die. The son shall not bear the in- 

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EZEKIEL. 



his justice. 



iquity of the father, neither shall the 
father bear the iniquity of the son : 
the righteousness of the righteous 
shall be upon him, and the wicked- 
ness of the wicked shall be upon him. 

21 But if the wicked will turn from 
all his sins that he hath committed, 
and keep all my statutes, and do that 
which is lawful and right, he shall 
surely live, he shall not die. 

22 All his transgressions that he 
hath committed, they shall not be men- 
tioned unto him: in his righteous- 
ness that he hath done he shall live. 

23 Have I any pleasure at all that, 
the wicked should die? saith the 
Lord God: and not that he should 
return from his ways, and live ? 

24 IT But when the righteous turn- 
eth away from his righteousness, and 
committeth iniquity, and doeth ac- 
cording to all the abominations that 
the wicked man doeth, shall he live ? 
All his righteousness that he hath 
done shall not be mentioned : in his 
trespass that he hath trespassed, and 
in his sin that he hath sinned, in 
them shall he die. 

25 If Yet ye say, The way of the 
Lord is not equal. Hear now, O 
house of Israel; Is not my way 
equal ? are not your ways unequal ? 

26 When a righteous man turneth 
away from his righteousness, and 
committeth iniquity, and dieth in 
them; for his iniquity that he hath 
done shall he die. 

27 Again, when the wicked man 
turneth away from his wickedness 
that he hath committed, and doeth 
that which is lawful and right, he 
shall save his soul alive. 

28 Because he considereth, and 
turneth away from all his transgres- 
sions that he hath committed, he 
shall surely live, he shall not die. 

29 Yet saith the house of Israel, 
The way of the Lord is not equal. 
O house of Israel, are not my ways 
equal ? are not your ways unequal ? 

30 Therefore I will judge you, O 
house of Israel, every one according 

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to his ways, saith the Lord God. 
Repent, and turn yourselves from all 
your transgressions ; so iniquity shall 
not be your ruin. , 

31 IT Cast away from you all your 
transgressions, whereby ye have trans- 
gressed ; and make you a new heart 
and a' new spirit: for why will ye 
die, O house of Israel ? 

32 For I have no pleasure in the 
death of him that dieth, saith the 
Lord God : wherefore turn yourselves^ 
and live ye. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 A lamentation for the princes of Israel, under the 
parable of lions' whelps taken in a pit, 10 and for 
Jerusalem, under the parable of a wasted vine. 

MOREOVER, take thou up a 
lamentation for the princes of 
Israel, 

2 And say, What is thy mother ? 
A lioness : she lay down among lions, 
she nourished her whelps among 
young lions. 

3 And she brought up one of her 
whelps : it became a young lion, and 
it learned to catch the prey; it de- 
voured men. 

4 The nations also heard of him ; 
he was taken in their pit, and they 
brought him with chains unto the 
land of Egypt. 

5 Now when she saw that she had 
waited, and her hope was lost, then 
she took another of her whelps, and 
made him a young lion. 

6 And he went up and down among 
the lions, he became a young lion, 
and learned to catch the prey, and 
devoured men. 

7 And he knew their desolate pal- 
aces, and he laid waste their cities; 
and the land was desolate, and the 
fulness thereof, by the noise of his 
roaring. 

8 Then the nations set against him 
on every side from the provinces, 
and spread their net over him: \\e 
was taken in their pit. 

9 And they put him in ward m 
chains, and brought him to the king 
of Babylon: they brought him intc 



The story of 



EZEKIEL. 



IsraeVs rebellions, 



holds, that his voice should no more 
be heard upon the mountains of Is- 
rael. 

10 IT Thy mother is like a vine in 
thy blood, planted by the waters : 
she was fruitful and fall of branches 
by reason of many waters. 

11 And she had strong rods for the 
sceptres of them that bare rule, and 
her stature was exalted among the 
thick branches, and she appeared in 
her height with the multitude of her 
branches. 

12 But she was plucked up in fury, 
she was cast down to the ground, and 
the east wind dried up her fruit : her 
strong rods were broken and wither- 
ed ; the fire consumed them. 

13 And now she is planted in the wil- 
derness, in a dry and thirsty ground. 

14 And fire is gone out of a rod of 
her branches, which hath devoured 
her fruit, so that she hath no strong 
rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is 
a lamentation, and shall be for a lam- 
entation. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 God refuseth to be consulted by the elders of Israel. 5 
He skeweth the story of their rebellions in Egypt, 10 
in the wilderness, 27 and in the land. 33 He prom- 
iseth to gather them by the gospel. 45 Under the name 
of a forest he sheweth the destruction of Jerusalem. 

AND it came to pass in the sev- 
_ enth year, in the fifth month, 
the tenth day of the month, that 
certain of the elders of Israel came 
to inquire of the Lord, and sat be- 
fore me. 

2 Then came the word of the Lord 
unto me, saying, 

3 Son of man, speak unto the elders 
of Israel, and say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; Are ye come 
to inquire of me ? As I live, saith the 
Lord God, I will not be inquired of 
by you. 

4 Wilt thou judge them, son of 
man, wilt thou judge them ? cause 
them to know the abominations of 
their fathers : 

5 % And say unto them, Thus saith 
the Lord God; In the day when I 
chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand 



unto the seed of the house of Jacob, 
and made myself known unto them 
in the land of Egypt, when I lifted 
up mine hand unto them, saying, I 
am the Lord your God ; 

6 In the day that I lifted up mine 
hand unto them, to bring them forth 
of the land of Egypt into a land that 
I had espied for them, flowing with 
milk and honey, which is the glory 
of all lands : 

7 Then said I unto them, Cast ye 
away every man the abominations 
of his eyes, and defile not yourselves 
with the idols of Egypt: I am the 
Lord your God. 

8 But they rebelled against me, 
and would not hearken unto me: 
they did not every man cast away 
the abominations of their eyes, nei- 
ther did they forsake the idols of 
Egypt : then I said, I will pour out 
my fury upon them, to accomplish 
my anger against them in the midst 
of the land of Egypt. 

9 But I wrought for my name's 
sake, that it should not be polluted 
before the heathen, among whom they 
were, in whose sight I made myself 
known unto them, in bringing them 
forth out of the land of Egypt. 

10 IT Wherefore I caused them to 
go forth out of the land of Egypt, and 
Drought them into the wilderness. 

11 And I gave them my statutes, 
and shewed them my judgments, 
which if a man do, he shall even 
live in them. 

12 Moreover also I gave them my 
sabbaths, to be a sign between me 
and them, that they might know that 
I am the Lord that sanctify them. 

13 But the house of Israel rebelled 
against me in the wilderness : they 
walked not in my statutes, and they 
despised my judgments, which if a 
man do, he shall even live in them.; 
and my sabbaths they greatly pol- 
luted : then I said, I would pour out 
my fury upon them in the wilder- 
ness, to consume them. 

14 But I wrought for my name's 

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EZEKIEL, 



IsraeTs rebellions. 



sake, that it should not he polluted 
before the heathen, in whose sight I 
brought them out. 

15 Yet also I lifted up my hand unto 
them in the wilderness, that I would 
not bring them into the land which I 
had given them, flowing with milk and 
honey, which is the glory of all lands ; 

16 Because they despised my judg- 
ments, and walked not in my stat- 
utes, but polluted my sabbaths : for 
their heart went after their idols. 

17 Nevertheless mine eye spared 
them from destroying them, neither 
did I make an end of them in the 
wilderness. 

18 But I said unto their children 
in the wilderness, Walk ye not in 
the statutes of your fathers, neither 
observe their judgments, nor defile 
yourselves with their idols : 

19 I am the Lord your God ; walk 
in my statutes, and keep my judg- 
ments, and do them ; 

20 And hallow my sabbaths ; and 
they shall be a sign between me and 
you, that ye may know that I am the 
Lord your God. 

21 Notwithstanding, the children 
rebelled against me: they walked 
not in my statutes, neither kept my 
judgments to do them, which if a 
man do, he shall even live in them ; 
they polluted my sabbaths: then I 
said, I would pour out my fury upon 
them, to accomplish my anger against 
them in the wilderness. 

22 Nevertheless I withdrew mine 
hand, and wrought for my name's 
sake, that it should not be polluted 
in the sight of the heathen, in whose 
sight I brought them forth. 

23 I lifted up mine hand unto them 
also in the wilderness, that I would 
scatter them among the heathen, and 
disperse them through the countries ; 

24 Because they had not executed 
my judgments, but had despised my 
statutes, and had polluted my sab- 
baths, and their eyes were after their 
fathers' idols. 

25 Wherefore I gave them also stat- 

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utes that were not good, and judg- 
ments whereby they should not live ; 

26 And I polluted them in their 
own gifts, in that they caused to pass 
through the fire all that openeth the 
womb, that I might make them des- 
olate, to the end that they might 
know that I am the Lord. 

27 TT Therefore, son of man, speak 
unto the house of Israel, and say un- 
to them, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
Yet in this your fathers have blas- 
phemed me, in that they have com- 
mitted a trespass against me. 

28 For when I had brought them 
into the land, for the which I lifted 
up mine hand to give it to them, 
then they saw every high hill, and 
all the thick trees, and they offered 
there their sacrifices, and there they 
presented the provocation of their 
offering: there also they made their 
sweet savour, and poured out there 
their drink offerings. 

29 Then I said unto them, What 
is the high place whereunto ye go '? 
And the name thereof is called Ba- 
mah unto this day. 

30 Wherefore say unto the house 
of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
Are ye polluted after the manner of 
your fathers ? and commit ye whore- 
dom after their abominations ? 

31 For when ye offer your gifts, 
when ye make your sons to pass 
through the fire, ye pollute your- 
selves with all your idols, even unto 
this day : and shall I be inquired 
of by you, O house of Israel ? As I 
live, saith the Lord God, I will not 
be inquired of by you. 

32 And that which cometh into 
your mind shall not be at all, that ye 
say, We will be as the heathen, as 
the families of the countries, to serve 
wood and stone. 

33 If As I live, saith the Lord God, 
surely with a mighty hand, and with 
a stretched out arm, and with fury 
poured out, will I rule over you : 

34 And I will bring you out from 
the people, and will gather you out 



Threats mixed 



EZEKIEL. 



with promises. 



of the countries wherein ye are scat- 
tered, with a mighty hand, and with 
a stretched out arm, and with fury 
poured out. 

35 And I will bring you into the 
wilderness of the people, and there 
will I plead with you face to face. 

36 Like as I pleaded with your 
fathers in the wilderness of the land 
of Egypt, so will I plead with you, 
saith the Lord God. 

37 And I will cause you to pass 
under the rod, and I will bring you 
into the bond of the covenant : 

38 And I will purge out from among 
you the rebels, and them that trans- 
gress against me : I will bring them 
forth out of the country where they 
sojourn, and they shall not enter 
into the land of Israel : and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

39 As for you, O house of Israel, 
thus saith the Lord God; Go ye, 
serve ye every one his idols, and 
hereafter also, if ye will not hearken 
unto me : but pollute ye my holy 
name no more with your gifts, and 
with your idols. 

40 For in mine holy mountain, in 
the mountain of the height of Israel, 
saith the Lord God, there shall all 
the house of Israel, all of them in the 
land, serve me : there will I accept 
them, and there will I require your 
offerings, and the firstfruits of your 
oblations, with all your holy things. 

41 I will accept you with your 
sweet savour, when I bring you out 
from the people, and gather you out 
of the countries wherein ye have been 
scattered ; and I will be sanctified in 
you before the heathen. 

42 And ye shall know that I am the 
Lord, when I shall bring you into 
the land of Israel, into the country 
for the which I lifted up mine hand 
to give it to your fathers. 

43 And there shall ye remember 
your ways, and all your doings, where- 
in ye have been defiled ; and ye shall 
loathe yourselves in your own sight for 
all your evils that ye have committed. 



44 And ye shall know that I am 
the Lord, when I have wrought with 
you for my name's sake, not accord- 
ing to your wicked ways, nor accord- 
ing to your corrupt doings, O ye 
house of Israel, saith the Lord God. 

45 ^T Moreover the word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

46 Son of man, set thy face toward 
the south, and drop thy word toward 
the south, and prophesy against the 
forest of the south field ; 

47 And say to the forest of the 
south, Hear the word of the Lord; 
Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, 
I will kindle a fire in thee, and it 
shall devour every green tree in thee, 
and every dry tree : the flaming 
flame shall not be quenched, and all 
faces from the south to the north 
shall be burned therein. 

48 And all flesh shall see that I the 
Lord have kindled it : it shall not be 
quenched. 

49 Then said I, Ah Lord God ! they 
say of me, Doth he not speak parables ? 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 JSzekiel prophesieth against Jerusalem with a sign 
of sighing. 8 The sharp and bright sword, 18 against 
Jerusalem, 25 against the kingdom, 28 and against 
the Ammonites. 

AND the word of the Lord came 
. unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face toward 
Jerusalem, and drop thy ivord toward 
the holy places, and prophesy against 
the land of Israel, 

3 And say to the land of Israel, 
Thus saith the Lord; Behold, I am 
against thee, and will draw forth my 
sword out of his sheath, and will cut 
off from thee the righteous and the 
wicked. 

4 Seeing then that I will cut off 
from thee the righteous and the 
wicked, therefore shall my sword go 
forth out of his sheath against all 
flesh from the south to the north : 

5 That all flesh may know that I 
the Lord have drawn forth my sword 
out of his sheath : it shall not return 
any more. 

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A sword drawn 



EZEKIEL. 



against Israel, and 



6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, 
with the breaking of thy loins ; and 
with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 

7 And it shall be, when they say 
unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? 
that thou shalt answer, For the ti- 
dings, because it cometh: and every 
heart shall melt, and all hands shall 
be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, 
and all knees shall be weak as wa- 
ter: behold, it cometh, and shall be 
brought to pass, saith the Lord God. 

8 IT Again the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, 
Thus saith the Lord ; Say, A sword, 
a sword is sharpened, and also fur- 
bished : 

10 It is sharpened to make a sore 
slaughter ; it is furbished that it may 
glitter : should we then make mirth ? 
it contemneth the rod of my son, as 
every tree. 

11 And he hath given it to be fur- 
bished, that it may be handled : this 
sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, 
to give it into the hand of the slayer. 

12 Cry and howl, son of man; for 
it shall be upon my people, it shall 
be upon all the princes of Israel : ter- 
rors by reason of the sword shall be 
upon my people : smite therefore up- 
on thy thigh. 

13 Because it is a trial, and what if 
the sword contemn even the rod? it 
shall be no more, saith the Lord God. 

14 Thou therefore, son of man, 
prophesy, and smite thine hands to- 
gether, and let the sword be doubled 
the third time, the sword of the slain : 
it is the sword of the great men that 
are slain, which entereth into their 
privy chambers. 

15 I have set the point of the sword 
against all their gates, that their heart 
may faint, and their ruins be multi- 
plied : ah ! it is made bright, it is 
wrapped up for the slaughter. 

16 Go thee one way or other, either 
on the right hand, or on the left, 
whithersoever thy face is set. 

17 I will also smite mine hands 

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together, and I will cause my fury to 
rest : I the Lord have said it. 

18 T The word of the Lord came 
unto me again, saying, 

19 Also, thou son of man, appoint 
thee two ways, that the sword of the 
king of Babylon may come: both 
twain shall come forth out of one 
land : and choose thou a place, choose 
it at the head of the way to the city. 

20 Appoint a way, that the sword 
may come to Rabbath of the Am- 
monites, and to Judah in Jerusalem 
the defenced. 

21 For the king of Babylon stood 
at the parting of the way, at the head 
of the two ways, to use divination : he 
made his arrows bright, he consulted 
with images, he looked in the liver. 

22 At his right hand was the div- 
ination for Jerusalem, to appoint 
captains, to open the mouth in the 
slaughter, to lift up the voice with 
shouting, to appoint battering rams 
against the gates, to cast a mount, 
and to build a fort. 

23 And it shall be unto them as a 
false divination in their sight, to them 
that have sworn oaths: but he will 
call to remembrance the iniquity, 
that they may be taken. 

24 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Because ye have made your 
iniquity to be remembered, in that 
your transgressions are discovered, so 
that in all your doings your sins do 
appear ; because, I say, that ye are 
come to remembrance, ye shall be 
taken with the hand. 

25 IT And thou, profane wicked 
prince of Israel, whose day is come, 
when iniquity shall have an end, 

26 Thus saith the Lord God; Re- 
move the diadem, and take oft the 
crown : this shall not be the same : 
exalt him that is low, and abase him 
that is high. 

27 I will overturn, overturn, over- 
turn it: and it shall be no more, 
until he come whose right it is ; and 
I will give it him. 

28 If And thou, son of man, proph- 



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EZEKIEL. 



Sins in Jerusalem. 



esy and say, Thus saith the Lord 
God concerning the Ammonites, and 
concerning their reproach ; even say 
thou, The sword, the sword is drawn : 
for the slaughter it is furbished, to 
consume because of the glittering : 

29 While they see vanity unto 
thee, while they divine a lie unto 
thee, to bring thee upon the necks of 
them that are slain, of the wicked, 
whose day is come, when their iniquity 
shall have an end. 

30 Shall I cause it to return into 
his sheath ? I will judge thee in the 
place where thou wast created, in the 
land of thy nativity. 

31 And I will pour out mine indig- 
nation upon thee ; I will blow against 
thee in the fire of my wrath, and 
deliver thee into the hand of brutish 
men, and skilful to destroy. 

32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the 
fire ; thy blood shall be in the midst 
of the land; thou shalt be no more 
remembered : for I the Lord have 
spoken it. 

CHAPTEB XXII. 

1 A catalogue of sins in Jerusalem. 13 God will burn 
them as dross in his furnace. 23 TJie general cor- 
ruption of prophets, priests, princes, and people. 

MOREOVER the word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

2 Now, thou son of man, wilt thou 
judge, wilt thou judge the bloody 
city ? yea, thou shalt shew her all her 
abominations. 

3 Then say thou, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; The city sheddeth blood 
in the midst of it, that her time may 
come, and maketh idols against her- 
self to defile herself. 

4 Thou art become guilty in thy 
blood that thou hast shed ; and hast 
defiled thyself in thine idols which 
thou hast made ; and thou hast 
caused thy days to draw near, and 
art come even unto thy years : there- 
fore have I made thee a reproach 
unto the heathen, and a mocking to 
all countries. 

5 Those that be near, and those that 
be far from thee, shall mock thee, 
which art infamous and much vexed. 



6 Behold, the princes of Israel, 
every one were in thee to their power 
to shed blood. 

7 In thee have they set light by 
father and mother: in the midst of 
thee have they dealt by oppression 
with the stranger : in thee have they 
vexed the fatherless and the widow. 

8 Thou hast despised mine holy 
things, and hast profaned my sabbaths. 

9 In thee are men that carry tales 
to shed blood : and in thee they eat 
upon the mountains : in the midst of 
thee they commit lewdness. 

10 In thee have they discovered 
their fathers' nakedness : in thee 
have they humbled her that was set 
apart for pollution. 

11 And one hath committed abom- 
ination with his neighbour's wife ; 
and another hath lewdly defiled his 
daughter in law ; and another in thee 
hath humbled his sister, his father's 
daughter. 

12 In thee have they taken gifts to 
shed blood ; thou hast taken usury and 
increase, and thou hast greedily gain- 
ed of thy neighbours by extortion, and 
hast forgotten me, saith the Lord God. 

13 If Behold, therefore I have smit- 
ten mine hand at thy dishonest gain 
which thou hast made, and at thy blood 
which hath been in the midst of thee. 

14 Can thine heart endure, or can 
thine hands be strong, in the days 
that I shall deal with thee ? I the 
Lord have spoken it, and will do it. 

15 And I will scatter thee among 
the heathen, and disperse thee in the 
countries, and will consume thy fil- 
thiness out of thee. 

16 And thou shalt take thine in- 
heritance in thyself in the sight of 
the heathen, and thou shalt know 
that I am the Lord. 

17 And the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

18 Son of man, the house of Israel 
is to me become dross : all they are 
brass, and tin, and iron, and lead, in 
the midst of the furnace ; they are 
even the dross of silver. 

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The whoredoms 



19 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Because ye are all become 
dross, behold, therefore I will gather 
you into the midst of Jerusalem. 

20 As they gather silver, and brass, 
and iron, and lead, and tin, into the 
midst of the furnace, to blow the fire 
upon it, to melt it ; so will I gather 
you in mine anger and in my fury, and 
I will leave you there, and melt you. 

21 Yea, I will gather you, and blow 
upon you in the fire of my wrath, and 
ye shall be melted in the midst thereof. 

22 As silver is melted in the midst 
of the furnace, so shall ye be melted 
in the midst thereof; and ye shall 
know that I the Lord have poured 
out my fury upon you. 

23 If And the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

24 Son of man, say unto her, Thou 
art the land that is not cleansed, nor 
rained upon in the day of indignation. 

25 There is a conspiracy of her 
prophets in the midst thereof, like a 
roaring lion ravening the prey : they 
have devoured souls ; they have ta- 
ken the treasure and precious things ; 
they have made her many widows in 
the midst thereof. 

26 Her priests have violated my 
law, and have profaned mine holy 
things : they have put no difference 
between the holy and profane, neither 
have they shewed difference between 
the unclean and the clean, and have 
hid their eyes from my sabbaths, and 
I am profaned among them. 

27 Her princes in the midst there- 
of are like wolves ravening the prey, 
to shed blood, and to destroy souls, 
to get dishonest gain. 

28 And her prophets have daubed 
them with untempered mortar, seeing 
vanity, and divining lies unto them, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord God, 
when the Lord hath not spoken. 

29 The people of the land have 
used oppression, and exercised rob- 
bery, and have vexed the poor and 
needy : yea, they have oppressed the 
stranger wrongfully. 

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30 And I sought for a man among 
them, that should make up the hedge, 
and stand in the gap before me for 
the land, that I should not destroy 
it : but I found none. 

31 Therefore have I poured out 
mine indignation upon them ; I have 
consumed them with the fire of my 
wrath : their own way have I recom- 
pensed upon their heads, saith the 
Lord God. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 The whoredoms of Aholah and Aholibah. 22 Aholi- 
bah is to be plagued by her lovers, 36 The prophet re- 
proveth the adidteries of them both, 45 and sheweth 
their judgments. 

THE word of the Lord came again 
unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, there were two wo- 
men, the daughters of one mother : 

3 And they committed whoredoms 
in Egypt ; they committed whore- 
doms in their youth : there were 
their breasts pressed, and there they 
bruised the teats of their virginity. 

4 And the names of them were 
Aholah the elder, and Aholibah her 
sister : and they were mine, and they 
bare sons and daughters. Thus were 
their names; Samaria is Aholah, 
and Jerusalem Aholibah. 

5 And Aholah played the harlot 
when she was mine ; and she doted 
on her lovers, on the Assyrians her 
neighbours, 

6 Which were clothed with blue, 
captains and rulers, all of them de- 
sirable young men, horsemen riding 
upon horses. 

7 Thus she committed her whore- 
doms with them, with all them that 
were the chosen men of Assyria, and 
with all on whom she doted : with all 
their idols she defiled herself. 

8 Neither left she her whoredoms 
brought from Egypt : for in her youth 
they lay with her, and they bruised 
the breasts of her virginity, and pour- 
ed their whoredom upon her. 

9 Wherefore I have delivered her 
into the hand of her lovers, into the 
hand of the Assyrians, upon whom 
she doted. 



of Aholah 



EZEKIEL. 



and Aholibah. 



10 These discovered her naked- 
ness: they took her sons and her 
daughters, and slew her with the 
sword: and she became famous 
among women; for they had exe- 
cuted judgment upon her. 

11 And when her sister Aholibah 
saw this, she was more corrupt in her 
inordinate love than she, and in her 
whoredoms more than her sister in 
her whoredoms. 

12 She doted upon the Assyrians 
her neighbours, captains and rulers 
clothed most gorgeously, horsemen 
riding upon horses, all of them de- 
sirable young men. 

13 Then I saw that she was defiled, 
that they took both one way, 

14 And that she increased her whore- 
doms : for when she saw men por- 
trayed upon the wall, the images of the 
Chaldeans portrayed with vermilion, 

15 Girded with girdles upon their 
loins, exceeding in dyed attire upon 
their heads, all of them princes to 
look to, after the manner of the Bab- 
ylonians of Chaldea, the land of their 
nativity : 

16 And as soon as she saw them 
with her eyes, she doted upon them, 
and sent messengers unto them into 
Chaldea. 

17 And the Babylonians came to 
her into the bed of love, and they 
defiled her with their whoredom, and 
she was polluted with them, and her 
mind was alienated from them. 

18 So she discovered her whore- 
doms, and discovered her nakedness : 
then my mind was alienated from 
her, like as my mind was alienated 
from her sister. 

19 Yet she multiplied her whore- 
doms, in calling to remembrance the 
days of her youth, wherein she had 
played the harlot in the land of Egypt. 

20 For she doted upon their para- 
mours, whose flesh is as the flesh of 
asses, and whose issue is like the 
issue of horses. 

21 Thus thou calledst to remem- 
brance the lewdness of thy youth, in 



bruising thy teats -by the Egyptians 
for the paps of thy youth. 

22 If Therefore, O Aholibah, thus 
saith the Lord God; Behold, I will 
raise up thy lovers against thee, from 
whom thy mind is alienated, and I will 
bring them against thee on every side ; 

23 The Babylonians, and all the 
Chaldeans, Pekod, and Shoa, and Koa, 
and all the Assyrians with them : all of 
them desirable young men, captains 
and rulers, great lords and renowned, 
all of them riding upon horses. 

24 And they shall come against 
thee with chariots, wagons, and 
wheels, and with an assembly of 
people, which shall set against thee 
buckler and shield and helmet round 
about: and I will set judgment be- 
fore them, and they shall judge thee 
according to their judgments. 

25 And I will set my jealousy 
against thee, and they shall deal 
furiously with thee: they shall take 
away thy nose and thine ears ; and 
thy remnant shall fall by the sword : 
they shall take thy sons and thy 
daughters ; and thy residue shall be 
devoured by the fire. 

26 They shall also strip thee out 
of thy clothes, and take away thy 
fair jewels. 

27 Thus will I make thy lewdness to 
cease from thee, and thy whoredom 
brought from the land of Egypt : so that 
thou shalt not lift up thine eyes unto 
them, nor remember Egypt any more. 

28 For thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, I will deliver thee into the 
hand of them whom thou hatest, into 
the hand of them from whom thy 
mind is alienated : 

29 And they shall deal with thee 
hatefully, and shall take away all thy 
labour, and shall leave thee naked 
and bare : and the nakedness of thy 
whoredoms shall be discovered, both 
thy lewdness and thy whoredoms. 

30 I will do these things unto thee, 
because thou hast gone a whoring 
after the heathen, and because thou 
art polluted with their idols. 

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EZEKIEL. 



Aholah and Aholibah. 



3 1 Thou hast walked in the way of 
thy sister; therefore will I give her 
cup into thine hand. 

32 Thus saith the Lord God ; Thou 
shalt drink of thy sister's cup deep 
and large : thou shalt be laughed to 
scorn and had in derision ; it con- 
taineth much. 

33 Thou shalt be filled with drunk- 
enness and sorrow, with the cup of 
astonishment and desolation, with the 
cup of thy sister Samaria. 

34 Thou shalt even drink it and 
suck it out, and thou shalt break the 
sherds thereof, and pluck off thine 
own breasts : for I have spoken it, 
saith the Lord God. 

35 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Because thou hast forgotten 
me, and cast me behind thy back, 
therefore bear thou also thy lewd- 
ness and thy whoredoms. 

36 IT The Lord said moreover unto 
me; Son of man, wilt thou judge 
Aholah and Aholibah ? yea, declare 
unto them their abominations ; 

37 That they have committed adul- 
tery, and blood is in their hands, and 
with their idols have they committed 
adultery, and have also caused their 
sons, whom they bare unto me, to 
pass for them through the fire, to 
devour them. 

38 Moreover this they have done 
unto me : they have defiled my sanc- 
tuary in the same day, and have pro- 
faned my sabbaths. 

39 For when they had slain their 
children to their idols, then they came 
the same day into my sanctuary to 
profane it ; and, lo, thus have they 
done in the midst of mine house. 

40 And furthermore, that ye have 
sent for men to come from far, unto 
whom a messenger was sent; and, 
lo, they came : for whom thou didst 
wash thyself, paintedst thy eyes, and 
deckedst thyself with ornaments, 

41 And satest upon a stately bed, 
and a table prepared before it, where- 
upon thou hast set mine incense and 
mine oil. 

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42 And a voice of a multitude be- 
ing at ease was with her : and with 
the men of the common sort were 
brought Sabeans from the wilderness, 
which put bracelets upon their hands, 
and beautiful crowns upt>n their heads. 

43 Then said I unto her that was 
old in adulteries, Will they now 
commit whoredoms with her, and 
she with them ? 

44 Yet they went in unto her, as 
they go in unto a woman that play- 
eth the harlot : so went they in unto 
Aholah and unto Aholibah, the lewd 
women. 

45 TT And the righteous men, they 
shall judge them after the manner 
of adulteresses, and after the manner 
of women that shed blood ; because 
they are adulteresses, and blood is in 
their hands. 

46 For thus saith the Lord God; 
I will bring up a company upon 
them, and will give them to be re- 
moved and spoiled. 

47 And the company shall stone 
them with stones, and dispatch them 
with their swords; they shall slay 
their sons and their daughters, and 
burn up their houses with fire. 

48 Thus will I cause lewdness to 
cease out of the land, that all women 
may be taught not to do after your 
lewdness. 

49 And they shall recompense your 
lewdness upon you, and ye shall bear 
the sins of your idols : and ye shall 
know that I am the Lord God. 

CHAPTEK XXIY. 

1 Under the parable of a boiling pot, 6 is shewed the 
irrevocable destruction of Jerusalem. 15 By the sign 
of Ezekiel not mourning for the death of his wife, 19 
is shewed the calamity of the Jews to be beyond all 
sorrow. 

AGAIN in the ninth year, in the 
. tenth month, in the tenth day 
of the month, the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, write thee the name 
of the day, even of this same day: 
the king of Babylon set himself 
against Jerusalem this same day. 

3 And utter a parable unto the 



By a parable is shewed 



EZEKIEL. 



Jerusalem's destruction. 



rebellious house, and say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord God; Set on 
a pot, set it on, and also pour water 
into it : 

4 Gather the pieces thereof into it, 
even every good piece, the thigh, and 
the shoulder; fill it with the choice 
bones. 

5 Take the choice of the flock, and 
burn also the bones under it, and 
make it boil well, and let them seethe 
the bones of it therein. 

6 If Wherefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Woe to the bloody city, to the 
pot whose scum is therein, and whose 
scum is not gone out of it ! bring it out 
piece by piece ; let no lot fall upon it. 

7 For her blood is in the midst of 
her ; she set it upon the top of a 
rock; she poured it not upon the 
ground, to cover it with dust ; 

8 That it might cause fury to come 
up to take vengeance ; I have set her 
blood upon the top of a rock, that it 
should not be covered. 

9 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Woe to the bloody city ! I will 
even make the pile for fire great. 

10 Heap on wood, kindle the fire, 
consume the flesh, and spice it well, 
and let the bones be burned. 

11 Then set it empty upon the 
coals thereof, that the brass of it may 
be hot, and may burn, and that the fil- 
thiness of it may be molten in it, that 
the scum of it may be consumed. 

12 She hath wearied herself with 
lies, and her great scum went not forth 
out of her : her scum shall be in the fire. 

13 In thy filthiness is lewdness: 
because I have purged thee, and 
thou wast not purged, thou shalt not 
be purged from thy filthiness any 
more, till I have caused my fury to 
rest upon thee. 

14 I the Lord have spoken it : it 
shall come to pass, and I will do it ; 
I will not go back, neither will I 
spare, neither will I repent; accord- 
ing to thy ways, and according to 
thy doings, shall they judge thee, 
saith the Lord God. 



15 IT Also the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

16 Son of man, behold, I take 
away from thee the desire of thine 
eyes with a stroke : yet neither shalt 
thou mourn nor weep, neither shall 
thy tears run down. 

17 Forbear to cry, make no mourn- 
ing for the dead, bind the tire of thine 
head upon thee, and put on thy shoes 
upon thy feet, and cover not thy lips, 
and eat not the bread of men. 

18 So I spake unto the people in 
the morning: and at even my wife 
died; and I did in the morning as I 
was commanded. 

19 If And the people said unto me, 
Wilt thou not tell us what these 
things are to us, that thou doest so ? 

20 Then I answered them, The word 
of the Lord came unto me, saying, 

21 Speak unto the house of Israel, 
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, 
I will profane my sanctuary, the ex- 
cellency of your strength, the desire 
of your eyes, and that which your 
soul pitieth ; and your sons and your 
daughters whom ye have left shall 
fall by the sword. 

22 And ye shall do as I have done : 
ye shall not cover your lips, nor eat 
the bread of men. 

23 And your tires shall be upon 
your heads, and your shoes upon 
your feet: ye shall not mourn nor 
weep; but ye shall pine away for 
your iniquities, and mourn one to- 
ward another. 

24 Thus Ezekiel is unto you a 
sign : according to all that he hath 
done shall ye do: and when this 
cometh, ye shall know that I am 
the Lord God. 

25 Also, thou son of man, shall it 
not be in the day when I take from 
them their strength, the joy of their 
glory, the desire of their eyes, and 
that whereupon they set their minds, 
their sons and their daughters, 

26 That he that escapeth in that 
day shall come unto thee, to cause 
thee to hear it with thine ears ? 

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God's vengeance on the 



EZEKIEL. 



Ammonites, Moab, fyc. 



27 In that day shall thy mouth be 
opened to him which is escaped, and 
thou shalt speak, and be no more 
dumb : and thou shalt be a sign un- 
to them ; and they shall know that 
I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

1 God's vengeance, for their insolcncy against the Jews, 
upon the Ammonites; 8 upon Moab and Seir; 12 
upon Edom, 15 and upon the Philistines. 

THE word of the Lord came again 
unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face against 
the Ammonites, and prophesy against 
them ; 

3 And say unto the Ammonites, 
Hear the word of the Lord God; 
Thus saith the Lord God; Because 
thou saidst, Aha, against my sanc- 
tuary, when it was profaned ; and 
against the land of Israel, when it 
was desolate ; and against the house of 
Judah,when they went into captivity ; 

4 Behold, therefore I will deliver 
thee to the men of the east for a 
possession, and they shall set their 
palaces in thee, and make their 
dwellings in thee : they shall eat thy 
fruit, and they shall drink thy milk. 

5 And I will make Rabbah a stable 
for camels, and the Ammonites a 
couching place for flocks: and ye 
shall know that I am the Lord. 

6 For thus saith the Lord God; 
Because thou hast clapped thine 
hands, and stamped with the feet, 
and rejoiced in heart with all thy 
despite against the land of Israel ; 

7 Behold, therefore I will stretch 
out mine hand upon thee, and will 
deliver thee for a spoil to the hea- 
then ; and I will cut thee off from 
the people, and I will cause thee to 
perish out of the countries : I wil) 
destroy thee ; and thou shalt know 
that 1 am the Lord. 

8 If Thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
cause that Moab and Seir do say, 
Behold, the house of Judah is like 
unto all the heathen ; 

9 Therefore, behold, I will open 
the side of Moab from the cities, from 

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his cities which are on his frontiers, 
the glory of the country, Beth-jeshi- 
moth, Baal-meon, and Kiriathaim, 

10 Unto the men of the east with 
the Ammonites, and will give them in 
possession, that the Ammonites may 
not be remembered among the nations. 

11 And I will execute judgments 
upon Moab ; and they shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

12 IT Thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
cause that Edom hath dealt against 
the house of Judah by taking ven- 
geance, and hath greatly offended, 
and revenged himself upon them ; 

13 Therefore thus saith. the Lord 
God; I will also stretch out mine 
hand upon Edom, and will cut off 
man and beast from it; and I will 
make it desolate from Teman ; and 
they of Dedan shall fall by the sword. 

14 And I will lay my vengeance 
upon Edom by the hand of my peo- 
ple Israel : and they shall do in 
Edom according to mine anger and 
according to my fury ; and they shall 
know my vengeance, saith the Lord 
God. 

15 If Thus saith the Lord God; 
Because the Philistines have dealt 
by revenge, and have taken ven- 
geance with a despiteful heart, to 
destroy it for the old hatred ; 

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, I will stretch out mine 
hand upon the Philistines, and I will 
cut off the Cherethim, and destroy 
the remnant of the sea coast. 

17 And I will execute great ven- 
geance upon them with furious re- 
hukes ; and they shall know that I 
am the Lord, when I shall lay my 
vengeance upon them. 

CHAPTER XXYI. 

1 Tyrus, for insulting against Jerusalem, is threatened. 
1 27ie power of Nebuchadrezzar against her. 15 The 
mourning and astonishment of the sea at her fall. 

A ND it came to pass in the elev- 
J-Jl enth year, in the first day of 
the month, that the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, because that Tyrus 



Tyrus is threatened. 



EZEKIEL. 



Mourning for her fall. 



hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she 
is broken that was the gates of the peo- 
ple ; she is turned unto me ; I shall be 
replenished, now she is laid waste : 

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, I am against thee, O 
Tyrus, and will cause many nations 
to come up against thee, as the sea 
causeth his waves to come up. 

4 And they shall destroy the walls 
of Tyrus, and break down her towers : 
I will also scrape her dust from her, 
and make her like the top of a rock. 

5 It shall be a place for the spread- 
ing of nets in the midst of the sea : 
for I have spoken it, saith the Lord 
God: and it shall become a spoil to 
the nations. 

6 And her daughters which are in 
the field shall be slain by the sword ; 
and they shall know that I am the 
Lord. 

7 1[ For thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a 
king of kings, from the north, with 
horses, and with chariots, and with 
horsemen, and companies, and much 
people. 

8 He shall slay with the sword thy 
daughters in the field : and he shall 
make a fort against thee, and cast 
a mount against thee, and lift up the 
buckler against thee. 

9 And he shall set engines of war 
against thy walls, and with his axes 
he shall break down thy towers. 

10 By reason of the abundance 
of his horses their dust shall cover 
thee: thy walls shall shake at the 
noise of the horsemen, and of the 
wheels, and of the chariots, when 
he shall enter into thy gates, as men 
enter into a city wherein is made a 
breach. 

11 With the hoofs of his horses 
shall he tread down all thy streets : 
he shall slay thy people by the 
sword, and thy strong garrisons shall 
go down to the ground. 

1 2 And they shall make a spoil of 
thy riches, and make a prey of thy 



merchandise: and they shall break 
down thy walls, and destroy thy 
pleasant houses : and they shall lay 
thy stones and thy timber and thy 
dust in the midst of the water. 

13 And I will cause the noise of 
thy songs to cease ; and the sound 
of thy harps shall be no more heard. 

14 And I will make thee like the 
top of a rock : thou shalt be a place 
to spread nets upon ; thou shalt 
be built no more: for I the Lord 
have spoken it, saith the Lord God. 

15 % Thus saith the Lord God to 
Tyrus; Shall not the isles shake 
at the sound of thy fall, when the 
wounded cry, when the slaughter is 
made in the midst of thee ? 

16 Then all the princes of the sea 
shall come down from their thrones, 
and lay away their robes, and put 
off their broidered garments : they 
shall clothe themselves with trem- 
bling; they shall sit upon the ground, 
and shall tremble at every moment, 
and be astonished at thee. 

17 And they shall take up a lam- 
entation for thee, and say to thee, 
How art thou destroyed, that wast 
inhabited of seafaring men, the re- 
nowned city, which wast strong in 
the sea, she and her inhabitants, 
which cause their terror to be on all 
that haunt it ! 

18 Now shall the isles tremble in 
the day of thy fall ; yea, the isles 
that are in the sea shall be troubled 
at thy departure. 

19 For thus saith the Lord God; 
When I shall make thee a desolate 
city, like the cities that are not in- 
habited ; when I shall bring up the 
deep upon thee, and great waters 
shall cover thee ; 

20 When I shall bring thee down 
with them that descend into the pit, 
with the people of old time, and 
shall set thee in the low parts of the 
earth, in places desolate of old, with 
them that go down to the pit, that 
thou be not inhabited; and I shall 
set glory in the land of the living ; 

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The riches and large 



EZEKIEL. 



commerce of Tyrus. 



21 I will make thee a terror, and 
thou shalt be no more : though thou 
be sought for, yet shalt thou never 
be found again, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XXVII. 

1 The rich supply of Tyrus. 26 The great and unre- 
coverable fall thereof 

THE word of the Lord came 
again unto me, saying, 

2 Now, thou son of man, take up 
a lamentation for Tyrus ; 

3 And say unto Tyrus, O thou 
that art situate at the entry of the 
sea, which art a merchant of the 
people for many isles, Thus saith 
the Lord God; O Tyrus, thou hast 
said, I am of perfect beauty. 

4 Thy borders are in the midst of 
the seas, thy builders have perfected 
thy beauty. 

5 They have made all thy ship 
boards of fir trees of Senir: they 
have taken cedars from Lebanon to 
make masts for thee. 

6 O/the oaks of Bashan have they 
made thine oars; the company of 
the Ashurites have made thy benches 
of ivory, brought out of the isles of 
Chittim. 

7 Fine linen with broidered work 
from Egypt was that which thou 
spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue 
and purple from the isles of Elishah 
was that which covered thee. 

8 The inhabitants of Zidon and 
Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise 
men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, 
were thy pilots. 

9 The ancients of Gebal and the 
wise men thereof were in thee thy 
calkers: all the ships of the sea 
with their mariners were in thee to 
occupy thy merchandise. 

10 They of Persia and of Lud and 
of Phut were in thine army, thy 
men of war : they hanged the shield 
and helmet in thee ; they set forth 
thy comeliness. 

11 The men of Arvad with thine 
army were upon thy walls round 
about, and the Gainmadim were in 
thy towers: they hanged their shields 

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upon thy walls round about; they 
have made thy beauty perfect. 

12 Tarshish was thy merchant by 
reason of the multitude of all kind of 
riches ; with silver, iron, tin, and lead, 
they traded in thy fairs. 

13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech, 
they were thy merchants: they tra- 
ded the persons of men and vessels 
of brass in thy market. 

14 They of the house of Togarmah 
traded in thy fairs with horses and 
horsemen and mules. 

15 The men of Dedan were thy 
merchants ; many isles were the mer- 
chandise of thine hand : they brought 
thee for a present, horns of ivory and 
ebony. 

16 Syria was thy merchant by rea- 
son of the multitude of the wares 
of thy making: they occupied in 
thy fairs with emeralds, purple, and 
broidered work, and fine linen, and 
coral, and agate. 

17 Judah, and the land of Israel*, 
they were thy merchants : they tra- 
ded in thy market wheat of Minnith, 
and Pannag, and honey, and oil, and 
balm. 

18 Damascus was thy merchant in 
the multitude of the wares of thy 
making, for the multitude of all 
riches ; in the wine of Helbon, and 
white wool. 

19 Dan also and Javan going to 
and fro occupied in thy fairs : bright 
iron, cassia, and calamus, were in 
thy market. 

20 Dedan was thy merchant in 
precious clothes for chariots. 

21 Arabia, and all the princes of 
Kedar, they occupied with thee in 
lambs, and rams, and goats : in these 
were they thy merchants. 

22 The merchants of Sheba and 
Haamah, they were thy merchants : 
they occupied in thy fairs with chief 
of all spices, and with all precious 
stones, and gold. 

23 Haran, and Canneh, and Eden, 
the merchants of Sheba, Asshur, and 
Chiimad, were thy merchants. 



The irrecoverable 



EZEKIEL. 



fall of Tyrus. 



24 These were thy merchants in all 
sorts of things, in blue clothes, and 
broidered work, and in chests of rich 
apparel, bound with cords, and made 
of cedar, among thy merchandise. 

25 The ships of Tarshish did sing 
of thee in thy market : and thou wast 
replenished, and made very glorious 
in the midst of the seas. 

26 % Thy rowers have brought thee 
into great waters : the east wind hath 
broken thee in the midst of the seas. 

27 Thy riches, and thy fairs, thy 
merchandise, thy mariners, and thy 
pilots, thy calkers, and the occupiers 
of thy merchandise, and all thy men 
of war, that are in thee, and in all 
thy company which is in the midst 
of thee, shall fall into the midst of 
the seas in the day of thy ruin. 

28 The suburbs shall shake at the 
sound of the cry of thy pilots. 

29 And all that handle the oar, 
the mariners, and all the pilots of 
the sea, shall come down from their 
ships, they shall stand upon the land ; 

30 And shall cause their voice to 
be heard against thee, and shall cry 
bitterly, and shall cast up dust upon 
their heads, they shall wallow them- 
selves in the ashes : 

3 1 And they shall make themselves 
utterly bald "for thee, and gird them 
with sackcloth, and they shall weep 
for thee with bitterness of heart and 
bitter wailing. 

32 And in their wailing they shall 
take up a lamentation for thee, and 
lament over thee, saying, What city 
is like Tyrus, like the destroyed in 
the midst of the sea ? 

33 When thy wares went forth out 
of the seas, thou filledst many peo- 
ple ; thou didst enrich the kings of 
the earth with the multitude of thy 
riches and of thy merchandise. 

34 In the time when thou shalt be 
broken by the seas in the depths of 
the waters, thy merchandise and all 
thy company in the midst of thee 
shall fall. 

35 All the inhabitants of the isles 



shall be astonished at thee, and their 
kings shall be sore afraid, they shall 
be troubled in their countenance. 

36 The merchants among the peo- 
ple shall hiss at thee ; thou shalt be a 
terror, and never shalt be any more. 

CHAPTEE XXYIII. 

1 God's judgment upon the prince of Tyrus for his sac- 
rilegious pride. 11 A lamentation of his great glory 
corrupted by sin. 20 The judgment of Zidon. 24 The 
restoration of Israel. 

THE word of the Lord came again 
unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, say unto the prince 
of Tyrus, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
Because thine heart is lifted up, and 
thou hast said, I am a god, I sit in 
the seat of God, in the midst of the 
seas ; yet thou art a man, and not 
God, though thou set thine heart as 
the heart of God : 

3 Behold, thou art wiser than Dan- 
iel ; there is no secret that they can 
hide from thee : 

4 With thy wisdom and with thine 
understanding thou hast gotten thee 
riches, and hast gotten gold and sil- 
ver into thy treasures : 

5 By thy great wisdom and by 
thy traffick hast thou increased thy 
riches, and thine heart is lifted up 
because of thy riches : 

6 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Because thou hast set thine 
heart as the heart of God ; 

7 Behold, therefore I will bring 
strangers upon thee, the terrible of 
the nations: and they shall draw 
their swords against the beauty of 
thy wisdom, and they shall defile 
thy brightness. 

8 They shall bring thee down to the 
pit, and thou shalt die the deaths of 
them that are slain in the midste of 
ijie seas. 

9 Wilt thou yet say before him 
that slayeth thee, I am God? but 
thou shalt be a man, and no God, in 
the hand of him that slayeth thee. 

10 Thou shalt die the deaths of 
the uncircumcised by the hand of 
strangers : for I have spoken it, saith 
the kord God. 

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EZEKIEL. 



The judgment of Zidon. 



11 If Moreover the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

12 Son of man, take up a lamen- 
tation upon the king of Tyrus, and 
say unto him, Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Thou sealest np the sum, full 
of wisdom, and perfect in heauty. 

13 Thou hast heen in Eden the 
garden of God ; every precious stone 
was thy covering, the sardius, topaz, 
and the diamond, the heryl, the 
onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, 
the emerald, and the carbuncle, and 
gold : the workmanship of thy tahrets 
and of thy pipes was prepared in thee 
in the day that thou wast created. 

14 Thou art the anointed cheruh 
that covereth ; and I have set thee 
so : thou wast upon the holy moun- 
tain of God ; thou hast walked up 
and down in the midst of the stones 
of fire. 

15 Thou wast perfect in thy ways 
from the day that thou wast created, 
till iniquity was found in thee. 

16 By the multitude of thy mer- 
chandise they have filled the midst of 
thee with violence, and thou hast sin- 
ned : therefore I will cast thee as pro- 
fane out of the mountain of God : and 
I will destroy thee, O covering cherub, 
from the midst of the stones of fire. 

17 Thine heart was lifted up he- 
cause of thy heauty, thou hast cor- 
rupted thy wisdom by reason of thy 
brightness : I will cast thee to the 
ground, I will lay thee before kings, 
that they may behold thee. 

18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctuaries 
by the multitude of thine iniquities, by 
the iniquity of thy traffick ; therefore 
will I bring forth a fire from the midst 
of thee, it shall devour thee, and I 
will bring thee to ashes upon the 
earth in the sight of all them that 
behold thee. 

19 All they that know thee among 
the people shall be astonished at 
thee : thou shalt be a terror, and 
never shalt thou be any more. 

20 If Again the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

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21 Son of man, set thy face against 
Zidon, and prophesy against it, 

22 And say, Thus saith the Lord 
God; Behold, I am against thee, O 
Zidon ; and I will be glorified in the 
midst of thee : and they shall know 
that I am the Lord, when- 1 shall 
have executed judgments in her, and 
shall be sanctified in her. 

23 For I will send into her pesti- 
lence, and blood into her streets ; and 
the wounded shall be judged in the 
midst of her by the sword upon her 
on every side ; and they shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

24 If And there shall be no more a 
pricking brier unto the house of Is- 
rael, nor any grieving thorn tff all 
that are round about them, that de- 
spised them ; and they shall know 
that I am the Lord God. 

25 Thus saith the Lord God ; When 
I shall have gathered the house of 
Israel from the people among whom 
they are scattered, and. shall be sanc- 
tified in them in the sight of the hea- 
then, then shall they dwell in their 
land that I have given to my servant 
Jacob. 

26 And they shall dwell safely 
therein, and shall build houses, and 
plant vineyards ; yea, they shall dwell 
with confidence, when I have exe- 
cuted judgments upon all those that 
despise them round about them; 
and they shall know that I am the 
Lord their God. 

CHAPTEE XXIX. 

1 The judgment of Pharaoh for Mi treachery to Israel. 
8 The desolation of Egypt. 13 The restoration there- 
of after forty years. 17 Egypt the reward of Nebu- 
chadrezzar. 21 Israel shall be restored. 

IN the tenth year, in the tenth 
month, in the twelfth day of the 
month, the word of the Lord came 
unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face against 
Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy 
against him, and against all Egypt : 

3 Speak, and say, Thus saith the 
Lord God; Behold, I am against 
thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the 



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restoration of Egypt. 



great dragon that lieth in the midst 
of his rivers, which hath said, My 
river is mine own, and I have made 
it for myself. 

4 But I will put hooks in thy jaws, 
and I will cause the fish of thy rivers 
to stick unto thy scales, and I will 
bring thee up out of the midst of 
thy rivers, and all the fish of thy 
rivers shall stick unto thy scales. 

5 And I will leave thee thrown into 
the wilderness, thee and all the fish 
of thy rivers: thou shalt fall upon 
the open fields ; thou shalt not be 
brought together, nor gathered : I 
have given thee for meat to the 
beasts of the field and to the fowls 
of the heaven. 

6 And all the inhabitants of Egypt 
shall know that I am the Lord, be- 
cause they have been a staff of reed 
to the house of Israel. 

7 When they took hold of thee by 
thy hand, thou didst break, and rend 
all their shoulder: and when they 
leaned upon thee, thou brakest, and 
madest all their loins to be at a stand. 

8 ^[ Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, I will bring a sword 
upon thee, and cut off man and 
beast out of thee. 

9 And the land of Egypt shall be 
desolate and waste ; and they shall 
know that I am the Lord : because 
he hath said, The river is mine, and 
I have made it. 

10 Behold, therefore I am against 
thee, and against thy rivers, and I 
will make the land of Egypt utterly 
waste and desolate, from the tower 
of Syene even unto the border of 
Ethiopia. 

11 No foot of man shall pass 
through it, nor foot of beast shall 

•pass through it, neither shall it be 
inhabited forty years. 

12 And I will make the land of 
Egypt desolate in the midst of the 
countries that are desolate, and her 
cities among the cities that a,re laid 
waste shall be desolate forty years : 
and I will scatter the Egyptians 

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among the nations, and will dis- 
perse them through the countries. 

13 If Yet thus saith the Lord God ; 
At the end of forty years will I 
gather the Egyptians frorn the peo- 
ple whither they were scattered : 

14 And I will bring again the cap- 
tivity of Egypt, and will cause them 
to return into the land of Pathros, 
into the land of their habitation ; and 
they shall be there a base kingdom. 

15 It shall be the basest of the king- 
doms; neither shall it exalt itself any 
more above the nations : for I will 
diminish them, that they shall no 
more rule over the nations. 

16 And it shall be no more the con- 
fidence of the house of Israel, which 
bringeth their iniquity to remem- 
brance, when they shall took after 
them: but they shall know that I 
am the Lord God. 

17 TT And it came to pass in the sev- 
en and twentieth year, in the first 
month, in the first day of the month, 
the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

18 Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar 
king of Babylon caused his army 
to serve a great service against Ty- 
rus : every head was made bald, and 
every shoulder was peeled : yet had 
he no wages, nor his army, for Ty- 
rus, for the service that he had served 
against it : 

19 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, I will give the land 
of Egypt unto Nebuchadrezzar king 
of Babylon; and he shall take her 
multitude, and take her spoil, and 
take her prey ; and it shall be the 
wages for his army. 

20 I have given him the land 
of Egypt for his labour wherewith 
he served against it, because they 
wrought for me, saith the Lord God. 

21 IT In that day will I cause the 
horn of the house of Israel to bud 
forth, and I will give thee the open- 
ing of the mouth in the midst of 
them; and they shall know that I 
am the Lord. 

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and her helpers. 



CHAPTER XXX. 

1 Th e desolation of Egypt and It er helpers. 20 The arm of 
Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt. 

THE word of the Lord came again 
unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, prophesy and say, 
Thus saith the Lord God; Howl 
ye, Woe worth the day ! 

3 For the day is near, even the day 
of the Lord is near, a cloudy day ; 
it shall be the time of the heathen. 

4 And the sword shall come upon 
Egypt, and great pain shall be in 
Ethiopia, when the slain shall fall in 
Egypt, and they shall take away her 
multitude, and her foundations shall 
be broken down. 

5 Ethiopia, and Libya, and Lydia, 
and all the mingled people, and 
Chub, and the men of the land that 
is in league, shall fall with them by 
the sword. 

6 Thus saith the Lord ; They also 
that uphold Egypt shall fall ; and 
the pride of her power shall come 
down : from the tower of Syene 
shall they fall in it by the sword, 
saith the Lord God. 

7 And they shall be desolate in 
the midst of the countries that are 
desolate, and her cities shall be in 
the midst of the cities that are wasted. 

8 And they shall know that I am 
the Lord, when I have set a fire in 
Egypt, and when all her helpers shall 
be destroyed. 

9 In that day shall messengers go 
forth from me in ships to make the 
careless Ethiopians afraid, and great 
pain shall come upon them, as in the 
day of Egypt : for, lo, it cometh. 

10 Thus saith the Lord God ; I 
will also make the multitude of 
Egypt to cease by the hand of 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon. 

11 He and his people with him, 
the terrible of the nations, shall be 
brought to destroy the land : and 
they shall draw their swords against 
Egypt, and fill the land with the 
slain. 

12 And I will make the rivers dry, 

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and sell the land into the hand of 
the wicked : and I will make the 
land waste, and all that is therein, 
by the hand of strangers : I the 
Lord have spoken it. 

13 Thus saith the Lord God ; I 
will also destroy the idols, and I will 
cause their images to cease out of 
Noph ; and there shall'be no more a 
prince of the land of Egypt : and I 
will put a fear in the land of Egypt. 

14 And I will make Pathros deso- 
late, and will set fire in Zoan, and 
will execute judgments in No. 

15 And I will pour my fury ur3on 
Sin, the strength of Egypt ; and I 
will cut off the multitude of No. 

16 And I will set fire in Egypt: 
Sin shall have great pain, and No 
shall be rent asunder, and Noph 
shall have distresses daily. 

17 The young men of Aven and 
of Pi-beseth shall fall by the sword : 
and these cities shall go into cap- 
tivity. 

18 At Tehaphnehes also the day 
shall be darkened, when I shall break 
there the yokes of Egypt : and the 
pomp of her strength shall cease in 
her : as for her, a cloud shall cover 
her, and her daughters shall go into 
captivity. 

19 Thus will I execute judgments 
in Egypt : and they shall know that 
I am the Lord. 

20 TT And it came to pass in the 
eleventh year, in the first month, in 
the seventh day of the month, that 
the word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

21 Son of man, I have broken the 
arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt ; and, 
lo, it shall not be bound up to be 
healed, to put a roller to bind it, to 
make it strong to hold the sword. 

22 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, I am against Pharaoh 
king of Egypt, and will break his 
arms, the strong, and that which was 
broken ; and I will cause the sword 
to fall out of his hand. 

23 And I will scatter the Egyptians 



The Assyrian's greatness, 



EZEKIEL. 



and fall for pride. 



among the nations, and will disperse 
them through the countries. 

24 And I will strengthen the arms 
of the king of Babylon, and put my 
sword in his hand : but I will break 
Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan 
before him with the groanings of a 
deadly wounded man. 

25 But I will strengthen the arms 
of the king of Babylon, and the arms 
of Pharaoh shall fall down ; and 
they shall know that I am the Lord, 
when I shall put my sword into the 
hand of the king of Babylon, and 
he shall stretch it out upon the land 
of Egypt. 

26 And I will scatter the Egyptians 
among the nations, and disperse them 
among the countries ; and they shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXXI. 

1 A relation unto Pharaoh, 3 of the glory of Assyria, 
10 and the fall thereof for pride. 18 The like destruc- 
tion of Egypt. 

AND it came to pass in the 
, eleventh year, in the third 
month, in the first day of the month, 
that the word of the Lord came unto 
me, saying, 

2 Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh 
king of Egypt, and to his multitude ; 
Whom art thou like in thy greatness ? 

3 IT Behold, the Assyrian was a ce- 
dar in Lebanon with fair branches, 
and with a shadowing shroud, and 
of a high stature ; and his top was 
among the thick boughs. 

4 The waters made him great, the 
deep set him up on high with her 
rivers running round about his plants, 
and sent out her little rivers unto all 
the trees of the field. 

5 Therefore his height was exalted 
above all the trees of the field, and 
his boughs were multiplied, and his 
branches became long because of the 
multitude of waters, when he shot 
forth. 

6 All the fowls of heaven made 
their nests in his boughs, and under 
his branches did all the beasts of the 
field bring forth their young, and 



under his shadow dwelt all great 
nations. 

7 Thus was he fair in his great- 
ness, in the length of his branches : 
for his root was by great waters. 

8 The cedars in the garden of God 
could not hide him : the fir trees were 
not like his boughs, and the chesnut 
trees were not like his branches ; not 
any tree in the garden of God was 
like unto him in his beauty. 

9 I have made him fair by the 
multitude of his branches ; so that 
all the trees of Eden, that were in 
the garden of God, envied him. 

10 IT Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God ; Because thou hast lifted up 
thyself in height, and he hath shot 
up his top among the thick boughs, 
and his heart is lifted up in his height ; 

111 have therefore delivered him 
into the hand of the mighty one of 
the heathen ; he shall surely deal 
with him : I have driven him out for 
his wickedness. 

12 And strangers, the terrible of 
the nations, have cut him off, and 
have left him : upon the mountains 
and in all the valleys his branches 
are fallen, and his boughs are broken 
by all the rivers of the land ; and all 
the people of the earth are gone down 
from his shadow, and have left him. 

13 Upon his ruin shall all the fowls 
of the heaven remain, and all the 
beasts of the field shall be upon his 
branches : 

14 To the end that none of all the 
trees by the waters exalt themselves 
for their height, neither shoot up 
their top among the thick boughs, 
neither their trees stand up in their 
height, all that drink water : for they 
are all delivered unto death, to the 
nether parts of the earth, in the 
midst of the children of men, with 
them that go down to the pit. 

15 Thus saith the Lord God ; In 
the day when he went down 'to the 
grave I caused a mourning : I cover- 
ed the deep for him, and I restrained 
the floods thereof, and the ejeat 

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EZEKIEL. 



fearful fall of Egypt. 



waters were stayed : and I caused 
Lebanon to mourn for him, and all 
the trees of the field fainted for him. 

16 I made the nations to shake at 
the sound of his fall, when I cast him 
clown to hell with them that descend 
into the pit : and all the trees of Eden, 
the choice and best of Lebanon, all 
that drink water, shall be comforted 
in the nether parts of the earth. 

17 They also went down into hell 
with him, unto them that be slain with 
the sword ; and they that were his 
arm, that dwelt under his shadow in 
the midst of the heathen. 

18 1[ To whom art thou thus like 
in glory and in greatness among the 
trees of Eden ? yet shalt thou be 
brought down with the trees of Eden 
unto the nether parts of the earth : 
thou shalt lie in the midst of the un- 
circumcised with them that be slain 
by the sword. This is Pharaoh and 
all his multitude, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTEE XXXIL 

1 A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egypt. 1 1 The 
sword of Babylon shall destroy it. 11 It shall be brought , 
down to hell, among all the uncircumcised nations. 

AND it came to pass in the twelfth 
. year, in the twelfth month, in 
the first day of the month, that the 
word of the Lord came unto me, 
saying, 

2 Son of man, take up a lamenta- 
tion for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and 
say unto him, Thou art like a young 
lion of the nations, and . thou art as 
a whale in the seas : and thou 
earnest forth with thy rivers, and 
troubledst the waters with thy feet, 
and fouledst their rivers. 

3 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will 
therefore spread out my net over thee 
with a company of many people ; and 
they shall bring thee up in my net. 

4 Then will I leave thee upon the 
land, 1 will cast thee forth upon the 
open field, and will cause all the 
ib wis of the heaven to remain upon 
thee, and I will fill the beasts of the 
whole earth with thee. 

5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the 

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mountains, and fill the valleys with 
thy height. 

6 I will also water with thy blood 
the land wherein thou swimmest, 
even to the mountains ; and the fivers 
shall be full of thee. 

7 And when I shall put thee out, 
I will cover the heaven, and make 
the stars thereof dark; I will cover 
the sun with a cloud, and the moon 
shall not give her light. 

8 All the bright lights of heaven 
will I make dark over thee, and set 
darkness upon thy land, saith the 
Lord God. 

9 I will also vex the hearts of many 
people, when I shall bring thy de- 
struction among the nations, into the 
countries which thou hast not known. 

10 Yea, I will make many people 
amazed at thee, and their kings 
shall be horribly afraid for thee, 
when I shall brandish my sword be- 
fore them ; and they shall tremble 
at every moment, every man for his 
own life, in the day of thy fall. 

11 IT For thus saith the Lord God; 
The sword of the king of Babylon 
shall come upon thee. 

12 By the swords of the mighty 
will I cause thy multitude to fall, 
the terrible of the nations, all of 
them: and they shall spoil the 
pomp of Egypt, and all the multi- 
tude thereof shall be destroyed. 

13 1 will destroy also all the beasts 
thereof from beside the great waters ; 
neither shall the foot of man trouble 
them any more, nor the hoofs of 
beasts trouble them. 

14 Then will I make their waters 
deep, and cause their rivers to run 
like oil, saith the Lord God. 

15 When I shall make the land 
of Egypt desolate, and the country 
shall be destitute of that whereof it 
was full, when I shall smite all them 
that dwell therein, then shall they 
know that I am the Lord. 

16 This is the lamentation where- 
with they shall lament her : the 
daughters of the nations shall la- 



A lamentation for the 



EZEKIEL. 



fearful fall of Egypt. 



ment her : they shall lament for her, 
even for Egypt, and for all her mul- 
titude, saith the Lord God. 

17 IT It came to pass also in the 
twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of 
the month, that the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

18 Son of man, wail for the multi- 
tude of Egypt, and cast them down, 
even her, and the daughters of the 
famous nations, unto the nether parts 
of the earth, with them that go down 
into the pit. 

1 9 Whom dost thou pass in beauty ? 
go down, and be thou laid with the 
uncircumcised. 

20 They shall fall in the midst of 
them that are slain by the sword: she 
is delivered to the sword : draw her 
and all her multitudes. 

21 The strong among the mighty 
shall speak to him out of the midst 
of hell with them that help him: 
they are gone down, they lie uncir- 
cumcised, slain by the sword. 

22 Asshur is there and all her 
company: his graves are about him: 
all of them slain, fallen by the sword: 

23 Whose graves are set in the 
sides of the pit, and her company is 
round about her grave ; all of them 
slain, fallen by the sword, which 
caused terror in the land of the living. 

24 There is Elam and all her mul- 
titude round about her grave ; all of 
them slain, fallen by the sword, which 
are gone down uncircumcised into the 
nether parts of the earth, which caused 
their terror in the land of the living ; 
yet have they borne their shame 
with them that go down to the pit. 

25 They have set her a bed in the 
midst of the slain with all her mul- 
titude: her graves are round about 
him: all of them uncircumcised, slain 
by the sword: though their terror was 
caused in the land of the living, yet 
have they borne their shame with 
them that go down to the pit : he is 
put in the midst of them that be slain. 

26 There is Meshech, Tubal, and 
all her multitude : her graves are 



round about him : all of them uncir- 
cumcised, slain by the sword, though 
they caused their terror in the land 
of the living. 

27 And they shall not lie with the 
mighty that are fallen of the uncircum- 
cised, which are gone down to hell with 
their weapons of war : and they have 
laid their swords under their heads, 
but their iniquities shall be upon their 
bones, though they ivere the terror of 
the mighty in the land of the living. 

28 Yea, thou shalt be broken in the 
midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt 
lie with them that are slain with the 
sword. 

29 There is Edom, her kings, and 
all her princes, which with their 
might are laid by them that were 
slain by the sword : they shall lie 
with the" uncircumcised, and with 
them that go down to the pit. 

30 There be the princes of the 
north, all of them, and all the Zido- 
nians, which are gone down with 
the slain ; with their terror they are 
ashamed of their might; and they lie 
uncircumcised with them that be slain 
by the sword, and bear their shame 
with them that go down to the pit. 

3 1 Pharaoh shall see them, and shall 
be comforted over all his multitude, 
even Pharaoh and all his army slain 
by the sword, saith the Lord God. 

32 For I have caused my terror in 
the land of the living: and he shall 
be laid in the midst of the uncircum- 
cised with them that are slain with 
the sword, even Pharaoh and all his 
multitude, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XXXIII. 

1 According to the duty of a watchman, in warning the 
people, 7 Ezekiel is admonished of his duty. 10 God 
sheweth the justice of his ways towards the penitent, 
and towards revolters. 11 He maintaineth his justice. 
21 Upon the neios of the taking of Jerusalem he proph- 
esieth the desolation of the land. 30 God's judgment 
upon the mockers of the prophets. 

A GAIN the word of the Lord came 
J-jL unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, speak to the children 

of thy people, and say unto them, 

When I bring the sword upon a 

land, if the people of the land take 

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The duty of a watchman. EZEKIEL. The equity of God's dealings. 



a man of their coasts, and set him 
for their watchman : 

3 If when he seeth the sword come 
upon the land, he blow the trumpet, 
and warn the people ; 

4 Then whosoever heareth the 
sound of the trumpet, and taketh 
not warning; if the sword come, 
and take him away, his blood shall 
be upon his own head. 

5 He heard the sound of the trump- 
et, and took not warning ; his blood 
shall be upon him. But he that ta- 
keth warning shall deliver his soul. 

6 But if the watchman see the 
sword come, and blow not the trump- 
et, and the people be not warned ; 
if the sword come, and take any per- 
son from among them, he is taken 
away in his iniquity ; but his blood 
will I require at the watchman's hand. 

7 If So thou, O son of man, I have 
set thee a watchman unto the house 
of Israel ; therefore thou shalt hear 
the word at my mouth, and warn 
them from me. 

8 When I say unto the wicked, O 
wicked man, thou shalt surely die ; 
if thou dost not speak to warn the 
wicked from his way, that wicked 
man shall die in his iniquity ; but 
his blood will I require at thine hand. 

9 Nevertheless, if thou warn the 
wicked of his way to turn from it; 
if he do not turn from his way, he 
shall die in his iniquity; but thou 
hast delivered thy soul. 

10 Therefore, O thou son of man, 
speak unto the house of Israel ; Thus 
ye speak, saying, If our transgres- 
sions and our sins be upon us, and 
we pine away in them, how should 
we then live ? 

11 Say unto them, As I live, saith 
the Lord God, I have no pleasure 
in the death of the wicked ; but that 
the wicked turn from his way and 
live : turn ye, turn ye from your evil 
ways ; for why will ye die, O house 
of Israel? 

12 Therefore, thou son of man, say 
unto the children of thy people, The 

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righteousness of the righteous shall 
not deliver him in the day of his 
transgression: as for the wickedness 
of the wicked, he shall not fall thereby 
in the day that he turneth from his 
wickedness; neither shall the right- 
eous be able to live for his righteous- 
ness in the day that he sinneth. 

13 When I shall say to the right- 
eous, that he shall surely live ; if he 
trust to his own righteousness, and 
commit iniquity, all his righteous- 
nesses shall not be remembered ; 
but for his iniquity that he hath 
committed, he shall die for it. 

14 Again, when I say unto the 
wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; if 
he turn from his sin, and do that 
which is lawful and right ; 

15 If the wicked restore the pledge, 
give again that he had robbed, walk 
in the statutes of life, without com- 
mitting iniquity; he shall surely live, 
he shall not die. 

16 None of his sins that he hath 
committed shall be mentioned unto 
him : he hath done that which is law- 
ful and right ; he shall surely live. 

17 IT Yet the children of thy peo- 
ple say, The way of the Lord is not 
equal : but as for them, their way is 
not equal. 

18 When the righteous turneth from 
his righteousness, and committeth in- 
iquity, he shall even die thereby. 

19 But if the wicked turn from his 
wickedness, and do that which is law- 
ful and right, he shall live thereby. 

20 *ft Yet ye say, The way of the 
Lord is not equal. O ye house of 
Israel, I will judge you every one 
after his ways. 

21 IT And it came to pass in the 
twelfth year of our captivity, in the 
tenth month, in the fifth day of the 
month, that one that had escaped 
out of Jerusalem came unto me, 
saying, The city is smitten. 

22 Now the hand of the Lord 
was upon me in the evening, afore 
he that was escaped came ; and had 
opened my mouth, until he came to 



Desolation of the land. 



EZEKIEL. Reproof of the shepherds. 



me in the morning; and my mouth 
was opened, and I was no more dumb. 

23 Then the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

24 Son of man, they that inhabit 
those wastes of the land of Israel 
speak, saying, Abraham was one, 
and he inherited the land: but we 
are many; the land is given us for 
inheritance. 

25 "Wherefore say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God; Ye eat with 
the blood, and lift up your eyes to- 
ward your idols, and shed blood: 
and shall ye possess the land ? 

26 Ye stand upon your sword, ye 
work abomination, and ye defile every 
one his neighbour's wife: and shall 
ye possess the land ? 

27 Say thou thus unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God ; As I live, sure- 
ly they that are in the wastes shall 
fall by the sword, and him that is 
in the open field will I give to the 
beasts to be devoured, and they that 
be in the forts and in the caves shall 
die of the pestilence. 

28 For I will lay the land most 
desolate, and the pomp of her strength 
shall cease; and the mountains of 
Israel shall be desolate, that none 
shall pass through. 

29 Then shall they know that I 
am the Lord, when I have laid the 
land most desolate, because of all 
their abominations which they have 
committed. 

30 IT Also, thou son of man, the 
children of thy people still are talk- 
ing against thee by the walls and in 
the doors of the houses, and speak 
one to another, every one to his broth- 
er, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear 
what is the word that cometh forth 
from the Lord. 

31 And they come unto thee as 
the people cometh, and they sit be- 
fore thee as my people, and they hear 
thy words, but they will not do 
them: for with their mouth they 
shew much love, but their heart go- 
eth after their covetousness. 



32 And, lo, thou art unto them as 
a very lovely song of one that hath a 
pleasant voice, and can play well on 
an instrument: for they hear thy 
words, but they do them not. 

33 And when this cometh topass,(lo, 
it will come,)then shall they know that 
a prophet hath been among them. 

CHAPTEK XXXIY. 

1 A reproof of the shepherds. *l God's judgment against 
them. 11 His providence for his flock. 20 The king- 
dom of Christ. 

AND the word of the Lord ca,me 
. unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, prophesy against the 
shepherds of Israel, prophesy, and 
say unto them, Thus saith the Lord 
God unto the shepherds ; Woe be to 
the shepherds of Israel that do feed 
themselves ! should not the shepherds 
feed the flocks ? 

3 Ye eat the fat, and ye clothe you 
with the wool, ye kill them that are 
fed : but ye feed not the flock. 

4 The diseased have ye not strength- 
ened, neither have ye healed that 
which was sick, neither have ye 
bound up that ivhich was broken, 
neither have ye brought again that 
which was driven away, neither have 
ye sought that which was lost ; but 
with force and with cruelty have ye 
ruled them. 

5 And they were scattered, because 
there is no shepherd: and they be- 
came meat to all the beasts of the 
field, when they were scattered. 

6 My sheep wandered through all 
the mountains, and upon every high 
hill: yea, my flock was scattered 
upon all the face of the earth, and 
none did search or seek after them. 

7 1f Therefore, ye shepherds, hear 
the word of the Lord ; 

8 is I live, saith the Lord God, 
surely because my flock became a 
prey, and my flock became meat to 
every beast of the field, because there 
was no shepherd, neither did my 
shepherds search for my flock, but 
the shepherds fed themselves, and 
fed not my flock ; 

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9 Therefore, O ye shepherds, hear 
the word of the Lord ; 

10 Thus saith the Lord God ; Be- 
hold, I am against the shepherds; 
and I will require my flock at their 
hand, and cause them to cease from 
feeding the flock; neither shall the 
shepherds feed themselves any more ; 
for I will deliver my flock from their 
mouth, that they may not be meat 
for them. 

11 IT For thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, I, even I, will both search 
my sheep, and seek them out. 

12 As a shepherd seeketh out his 
flock in the day that he is among his 
sheep that are scattered ; so will I 
seek out my sheep, and will deliver 
them out of all places where they 
have been scattered in the cloudy 
and dark day. 

13 And I will bring them out from 
the people, and gather them from 
the countries, and will bring them to 
their own land, and feed them upon 
the mountains of Israel by the rivers, 
and in all the inhabited places of the 
country. 

14 I will feed them in a good pas- 
ture, and upon the high mountains 
of Israel shall their fold be: there 
shall they lie in a good fold, and in 
a fat pasture shall they feed upon 
the mountains of Israel. 

lo I will feed my flock, and I will 
cause them to lie down, saith the 
Lord God. 

16 I will seek that which was lost, 
and bring again that which was 
driven away, and will bind up that 
which was broken, and will strength- 
en that which was sick : but I will 
destroy the fat and the strong; I 
will feed them with judgment. 

17 And as for you, O my flock, 
thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I 
judge between cattle and cattle, be- 
tween the rams and the he goats. 

18 tieemeth it a small thing unto 
you to have eaten up the good pas- 
ture, but ye must tread down with 
your feet the residue of your pas- 

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tures ? and to have drunk of the 
deep waters, but ye must foul the 
residue with your feet ? 

19 And as for my flock, they eat 
that which ye have trodden with 
your feet ; and they drink that which 
ye have fouled with your feet. 

20 IT Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God unto them; Behold, I, even I, 
will judge between the fat cattle and 
between the lean cattle. 

21 Because ye have thrust with 
side and with shoulder, and pushed 
all the diseased with your horns, till 
ye have scattered them abroad ; 

22 Therefore will I save my flock, 
and they shall no more be a prey ; and 
I will judge between cattle and cattle. 

23 And I will set up one Shepherd 
over them, and he shall feed them, 
even my servant David ; he shall feed 
them, and he shall be their shep- 
herd. 

24 And I the Lord will be their God, 
and my servant David a prince among 
them ; I the Lord have spoken it. 

25 And I will make with them a 
covenant of peace, and will cause the 
evil beasts to cease out of the land : 
and they shall dwell safely in the 
wilderness, and sleep in the woods. 

26 And I will make them and the 
places round about my hill a bless- 
ing ; and I will cause the shower to 
come down in his season ; there shall 
be showers of blessing. 

27 And the tree of the field shall 
yield her fruit, and the earth shall 
yield her increase, and they shall be 
safe in their land, and shall know 
that I am the Lord, when I have 
broken the bands of their yoke, and 
delivered them out of the hand of 
those that served themselves of them. 

28 And they shall no more be a 
prey to the heathen, neither shall 
the beast of the land devour them ; 
but they shall dwell safely, and none 
shall make them afraid. 

29 And I will raise up for them a 
plant of renown, and they shall be 
no more consumed with hunger in 



The judgment 



EZEKIEL. 



of mount Seir. 



the land, neither bear the shame of 
the heathen any more. 

30 Thus shall they know that I the 
Lord their God am with them, and 
that they, even the house of Israel, 
are my people, saith the Lord God. 

31 And ye my flock, the flock of 
my pasture, are men, and I am your 
God, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XXXY. 

The judgment of mount Seir for their hatred of Israel. 

MOREOVER the word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face against 
mount Seir, and prophesy against it, 

3 And say unto it, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Behold, O mount Seir, I 
am against thee, and I will stretch 
out mine hand against thee, and I 
will make thee most desolate. 

4 I will lay thy cities waste, and 
thou shalt be desolate, and thou shalt 
know that I am the Lord. 

5 Because thou hast had a perpet- 
ual hatred, and hast shed the blood 
of the children of Israel by the force 
of the sword in the time of their 
calamity, in the time that their ini- 
quity had an end : 

6 Therefore, as I live, saith the 
Lord God, I will prepare thee unto 
blood, and blood shall pursue thee : 
since thou hast not hated blood, even 
blood shall pursue thee. 

7 Thus will I make mount Seir 
most desolate, and cut off from it 
him that passeth out and him that 
returneth. 

8 And I will fill his mountains with 
his slain men : in thy hills, and in thy 
valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they 
fall that are slain with the sword. 

9 I will make thee perpetual des- 
olations, and thy cities shall not 
return: and ye shall know that I 
am the Lord. 

10 Because thou hast said, These 
two nations and these two countries 
shall be mine, and we will possess 
it ; whereas the Lord was there : 

11 Therefore, as I live, saith the 



Lord God, I will even do according 
to thine anger, and according to 
thine envy, which thou hast used 
out of thy hatred against them ; and 
I will make myself known among 
them, when I have judged thee. 

12 And thou shalt know that I am 
the Lord, and that I have heard all 
thy blasphemies which thou hast 
spoken against the mountains of Is- 
rael, saying, They are laid desolate, 
they are given us to consume. 

13 Thus with your mouth ye have 
boasted against me, and have multi- 
plied your words against me : I have 
heard them. 

14 Thus saith the Lord God ; When 
the whole earth rejoiceth, I will make 
thee desolate. 

15 As thou didst rejoice at the inher- 
itance of the house of Israel, because 
it was desolate, so will I do unto thee : 
thou shalt be desolate, O mount Seir, 
and all Idumea, even all of it : and 
they shall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXXYI. 

1 The land of Israel is comforted, both by destruction of 
the heathen, who spitefully used it, 8 and by the bless- 
ings of God promised unto it. 16 Israel was rejected 
for their sin, 21 and shall be restored without their 
desert. 25 The blessings of Christ's kingdom. 

ALSO, thou son of man, prophesy 
. unto the mountains of Israel, 
and say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear 
the word of the Lord : 

2 Thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
cause the enemy hath said against 
you, Aha, even the ancient high 
places are ours in possession : 

3 Therefore prophesy and say, 
Thus saith the Lord God ; Because 
they have made you desolate, and 
swallowed you up on every side, that 
ye might be a possession unto the 
residue of the heathen, and ye are 
taken up in the lips of talkers, and 
are an infamy of the people : 

4 Therefore, ye mountains of Is- 
rael, hear the word of the Lord 
God; Thus saith the Lord God to 
the mountains and to the hills, to 
the rivers and to the valleys, to the 
desolate wastes and to the cities 

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The land of 



EZEKIEL. 



Israel comforted. 



that are forsaken, which became a 
prey and derision to the residue of 
the heathen that are round about ; 

5 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Surely in the fire of my jeal- 
ousy have I spoken against the res- 
idue of the heathen, and against all 
Idumea, which have appointed my 
land into their possession with the 
joy of all their heart, with despiteful 
minds, to cast it out for a prey. 

6 Prophesy therefore concerning 
the land of Israel, and say unto the 
mountains and to the hills, to the 
rivers and to the valleys, Thus saith 
the Lord God; Behold, I have spo- 
ken in my jealousy and in my fury, 
because ye have borne the shame 
of the heathen : 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; I have lifted up mine hand, 
Surely the heathen that are about 
you, they shall bear their shame. 

8 ^f But ye, O mountains of Israel, 
ye shall shoot forth your branches, 
and yield your fruit to my people of 
Israel ; for they are at hand to come. 

9 For, behold, I am for you, and I 
will turn unto you, and ye shall be 
tilled and sown : 

10 And I will multiply men upon 
you, all the house of Israel, even all 
of it: and the cities shall be inhab- 
ited, and the wastes shall be builded : 

11 And I will multiply upon you 
man and beast; and they shall in- 
crease and bring fruit : and I will 
settle you after your old estates, and 
will do better unto you than at your 
beginnings : and ye shall know that 
I am the Lord. 

12 Yea,, I will cause men to walk 
upon you, even my people Israel ; 
and they shall possess thee, and 
thou shalt be their inheritance, and 
thou shalt no more henceforth be- 
reave them of men. 

13 Thus saith the Lord God; Be- 
cause they say unto you, Thou land 
devourest up men, and hast bereaved 
thy nations ; 

14 Therefore thou shalt devour men 

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no more, neither bereave thy nations 
any more, saith the Lord God. 

15 Neither will I cause men to hear 
in thee the shame of the heathen 
any more, neither shalt thou bear 
the reproach of the people any more, 
neither shalt thou cause thy nations 
to fall any more, saith the Lord God. 

16 IT Moreover the word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

17 Son of man, when the house of 
Israel dwelt in their own land, they 
defiled it by their own way and by 
their doings : their way was before 
me as the uncleanness of a removed 
woman. 

18 Wherefore I poured my fury 
upon them for the blood that they 
had shed upon the land, and for their 
idols wherewith they had polluted it : 

19 And I scattered them among 
the heathen, and they were dispers- 
ed through the countries : according 
to their way and according to their 
doings I judged them. 

20 And when they entered unto 
the heathen, whither they went, they 
profaned my holy name, when they 
said to them, These are the people of 
the Lord, and are gone forth out of 
his land. 

21 IT But I had pity for mine holy 
name, which the house of Israel had 
profaned among the heathen, whither 
they went. 

22 Therefore say unto the house of 
Israel, Thus saith the Lord God; I 
do not this for your sakes, O house 
of Israel, but for mine holy name's 
sake, which ye have profaned among 
the heathen, whither ye went. 

23 And I will sanctify my great 
name, which was profaned among 
the heathen, which ye have profaned 
in the midst of them; and the hea- 
then shall know that I am the Lord, 
saith the Lord God, when I shall be 
sanctified in you before their eyes. 

24 For I will take you from among 
the heathen, and gather you out of 
all countries, and will bring you into 
your own land. 



Of Christ } s kingdom. 



EZEKIEL. Resurrection of dry bones. 



25 If Then will I sprinkle clean 
water upon you, and ye shall he 
clean: from all your filthiness, and 
from all your idols, will I cleanse you. 

26 A new heart also will I give 
you, and a new spirit will I put 
within you: and I will take away 
the stony heart out of your flesh, and 
I will give you a heart of flesh. 

27 And I will put my Spirit within 
you, and cause you to walk in my 
statutes, and ye shall keep my judg- 
ments, and do them. 

28 And ye shall dwell in the land 
that I gave to your fathers ; and ye 
shall be my people, and I will he 
your God. 

29 I will also save you from all 
your uncleannesses : and I will call 
for the corn, and will increase it, and 
lay no famine upon you. 

30 And I will multiply the fruit of 
the tree, and the increase of the field, 
that ye shall receive no more reproach 
of famine among the heathen. 

31 Then shall ye remember your 
own evil ways, and your doings that 
were not good, and shall loathe your- 
selves in your own sight for your ini- 
quities and for your abominations. 

32 Not for your sakes do I this, 
saith the Lord God, be it known un- 
to you : be ashamed and confounded 
for your own ways, O house of Israel. 

33 Thus saith the Lord God; In 
the day that I shall have cleansed 
you from all your iniquities I will 
also cause you to dwell in the cities, 
and the wastes shall be builded. 

34 And the desolate land shall be 
tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the 
sight of all that passed by. 

35 And they shall say, This land 
that was desolate is become like the 
garden of Eden ; and the waste and 
desolate and ruined cities are become 
fenced, and are inhabited. 

36 Then the heathen tha,t are left 
round about you shall know that I 
the Lord build the ruined places, and 
plant that that was desolate : I the 
Lord have spoken it, and I will do it. 



37 Thus saith the Lord God ; I will 
yet for this be inquired of by the 
house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will 
increase them with men like a flock. 

38 As the holy flock, as the flock of 
Jerusalem in her solemn feasts ; so 
shall the waste cities be filled with 
flocks of men : and they shall know 
that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTEK XXXVII. 

1 By the resurrection of dry bones, 11 the dead hope of 
Israel is revived. 15 By the uniting of two sticks, 18 
is shewed the incorporation of Israel into Judah. 20 
The promises of Christ's kingdom. 

THE hand of the Lord was upon 
me, and carried me out in the 
Spirit of the Lord, and set me down 
in the midst of the valley which ivas 
full of bones, 

2 And caused me to pass by them 
round about : and, behold, there ivere 
very many in the open valley ; and, 
\o, they were very dry. 

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, 
can these bones live ? And I an- 
swered, O Lord God, thou knowest. 

4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy 
upon these bones, and say unto them, 
O ye dry bones, hear the word of the 
Lord. 

5 Thus saith the Lord God unto these 
bones ; Behold, I will cause breath to 
enter into you, and ye shall live : 

6 And I will lay sinews upon you, 
and will bring up flesh upon you, 
and cover you with skin, and put 
breath in you, and ye shall live ; and 
ye shall know that I am the Lord. 

7 So I prophesied as I was com- 
manded : and as I prophesied, there 
was a noise, and behold a shaking, 
and the bones came together, bone to 
his bone. 

8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews 
and the flesh came up upon them, 
and the skin covered them above: 
but there was no breath in them. 

9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy 
unto the wind, prophesy, son of 
man, and say to the wind, Thus saith 
the Lord God; Come from the four 
winds, O breath, and breathe upon 
these slain, that they may live. 

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The promises 



EZEKIEL. 



of Christ 's kingdom. 



10 Sol prophesied as he commanded 
me, and the breath came into them, 
and they lived, and stood up upon 
their feet, an exceeding great army. 

11 IT Then he said unto me, Son 
of man, these bones are the whole 
house of Israel: behold, they say, 
Our bones are dried, and our hope is 
lost : we are cut off for our parts. 

12 Therefore prophesy and say un- 
to them, Thus saith the Lord God ; 
Behold, O my people, I will open 
your graves, and cause you to come 
up out of your graves, and bring you 
into the land of Israel. 

13 And ye shall know that I am 
the Lord, when I have opened your 
graves, O my people, and brought 
you up out of your graves, 

14 And shall put my Spirit in you, 
and ye shall live, and I shall place 
you in your own land : then shall ye 
know that I the Lord have spoken 
it, and performed it, saith the Lord. 

15 If The word of the Lord came 
again unto me, saying, 

16 Moreover, thou son of man, take 
thee one stick, and write upon it, For 
Judah, and for the children of Israel 
his companions : then take another 
stick, and write upon it, For Joseph, 
the stick of Ephraim, and for all the 
house of Israel his companions : 

17 And join them one to another 
into one stick; and they shall be- 
come one in thine hand. 

18 If And when the children of thy 
people shall speak unto thee, saying, 
Wilt thou not shew us what thou 
meanest by these ? 

19 Say unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord God ; Behold, I will take the 
stick of Joseph, which is in the hand 
of Ephraim, and the tribes of Israel 
his fellows, and will put them with 
him, even with the stick of Judah, 
and make them one stick, and they 
shall be one in mine hand. 

20 If And the sticks whereon thou 
writest shall be in thine hand before 
their eyes. 

21 And say unto them, Thus saith 

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the Lord God; Behold, I will take 
the children of Israel from among 
the heathen, whither they be gone, 
and will gather them on every side, 
and bring them into their own land : 

22 And I will make them one na- 
tion in the land upon the mountains 
of Israel ; and one king shall be king 
to them all: and they shall be no 
more two nations, neither shall they 
be divided into two kingdoms any 
more at all : 

23 Neither shall they defile them- 
selves any more with their idols, nor 
with their detestable things, nor with 
any of their transgressions: but I 
will save them out of all their dwell- 
ingplaces, wherein they have sinned, 
and will cleanse them : so shall they 
be my people, and I will be their God. 

24 And David my servant shall be 
king over them ; and they all shall 
have one shepherd : they shall also 
walk in my judgments, and observe 
my statutes, and do them. 

25 And they shall dwell in the land 
that I have given unto Jacob my 
servant, wherein your fathers have 
dwelt ; and they shall dwell therein, 
even they, and their children, and 
their children's children for ever: 
and my servant David shall be their 
prince for ever. 

26 Moreover I will make a cove- 
nant of peace with them ; it shall be 
an everlasting covenant with them : 
and I will place them, and multiply 
them, and will set my sanctuary in 
the midst of them for evermore. 

27 My tabernacle also shall be with 
them: yea, I will be their God, and 
they shall be my people. 

28 And the heathen shall know 
that I the Lord do sanctify Israel, 
when my sanctuary shall be in the 
midst of them for evermore. 

CHAPTER XXXVIII. 

1 The army, 8 and malice of Gog. 14 God's judgment 
against him. 

A ND the word of the Lord came 
Ji\. unto me, saying, 

2 Son of man, set thy face against 



The army and 



EZEKIEL, 



malice of Gog. 



Gog, the land of Magog, the chief 
prince of Meshech and Tubal, and 
prophesy against him, 

3 And say, Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Behold, I am against thee, O 
Gog, the chief prince of Meshech 
and Tubal : 

4 And I will turn thee back, and 
put hooks into thy jaws, and I will 
bring thee forth, and all thine army, 
horses and horsemen, all of them 
clothed with all sorts of armour, even 
a great company with bucklers and 
shields, all of them handling swords : 

5 Persia, Ethiopia, and Libya with 
them ; all of them with shield and 
helmet : 

6 Gomer, and all his bands ; the 
house of Togarmah of the north 
quarters, and all his bands : and 
many people with thee. 

7 Be thou prepared, and prepare 
for thyself, thou, and all thy com- 
pany that are assembled unto thee, 
and be thou a guard unto them. 

8 If After many days thou shalt be 
visited : in the latter years thou shalt 
come into the land that is brought 
back from the sword, and is gather- 
ed out of many people, against the 
mountains of Israel, which have been 
always waste : but it is brought forth 
out of the nations, and they shall 
dwell safely all of them. 

9 Thou shalt ascend and come like 
a storm, thou shalt be like a cloud 
to cover the land, thou, and all thy 
bands, and many people with thee. 

10 Thus saith the Lord God ; It shall 
also come to pass, that at the same 
time shall things come into thy mind, 
and thou shalt think an evil thought : 

11 And thou shalt say, I will go up 
to the land of unwalled villages ; I 
will go to them that are at rest, that 
dwell safely, all of them dwelling 
without walls, and having neither 
bars nor gates, 

12 To take a spoil, and to take a 
prey; to turn thine hand upon the 
desolate places that are now inhabit- 
ed, and upon the people that are 



gathered out of the nations, which 
have gotten cattle and goods, that 
dwell in the midst of the land. 

13 Sheba, and Dedan, and the 
merchants of Tarshish, with all the 
young lions thereof, shall say unto 
thee, Art thou come to take a spoil ? 
hast thou gathered thy company to 
take a prey ? to carry away silver 
and gold, to take away cattle and 
goods, to take a great spoil ? 

14 IT Therefore, son of man, proph- 
esy and say unto Gog, Thus saith 
the Lord God ; In that day when 
my people of Israel dwelleth safely, 
shalt thou not know it ? 

15 And thou shalt come from thy 
place out of the north parts, thou, 
and many people with thee, all of 
them riding upon horses, a great 
company, and a mighty army : 

16 And thou shalt come up against 
my people of Israel, as a cloud to 
cover the land ; it shall be in the 
latter days, and I will bring thee 
against my land, that the heathen may 
know me, when I shall be sanctified 
in thee, O Gog, before their eyes. 

17 Thus saith the Lord God ; Art 
thou he of whom I have spoken in 
old time by my servants the proph- 
ets of Israel, which prophesied in 
those days many years, that I would 
bring thee against them ? 

18 And it shall come to pass at 
the same time when Gog shall come 
against the land of Israel, saith the 
Lord God, that my fury shall come 
up in my face. 

19 For in my jealousy and in the 
fire of my wrath have I spoken, 
Surely in that day there shall be a 
great shaking in the land of Israel ; 

20 So that the fishes of the sea, 
and the fowls of the heaven, and the 
beasts of the field, and all creeping 
things that creep upon the earth, and 
all the men that are upon the face of 
the earth, shall shake at my presence, 
and the mountains shall be thrown 
down, and the steep places shall fall, 
and every wall shall fall to the ground. 

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GooVs judgment 



EZEKIEL. 



upon Gog, 



2 1 And I will call for a sword against 
1 him throughout all my mountains, 

saith the Lord God : every man's 
sword shall be against his brother. 

22 And I will plead against him 
with pestilence and with blood ; and 
I will rain upon him, and upon his 
bands, and upon the many people that 
are with him, an overflowing rain, and 
great hailstones, fire, and brimstone. 

23 Thus will I magnify myself, and 
sanctify myself; and I will be known 
in the eyes of many nations, and they 
shall know that I am the Lord. 

CHAPTER XXXIX. 

1 God's judgment upon Gog. 8 Israel's victory. 1 1 Gog's 
burial in Hamon-gog. 17 The feast of the fowls. 23 
Israel, having been plagued for their sins, shall be 
gathered again with eternal favour. 

THEREFORE, thou son of man, 
prophesy against Gog, and say, 
Thus saith the Lord God ; Behold, 
I am against thee, O Gog, the chief 
prince of Meshech and Tubal : 

2 And I will turn thee back, and 
leave but the sixth part of thee, 
and will cause thee to come up from 
the north parts, and will bring thee 
upon the mountains of Israel : 

3 And I will smite thy bow out of 
thy left hand, and will cause thine 
arrows to fall out of thy right hand. 

4 Thou shalt fall upon the moun- 
tains of Israel, thou, and all thy 
bands, and the people that is with 
thee: I will give thee unto the rav- 
enous birds of every sort, and to the 
beasts of the field, to be devoured. 

5 Thou shalt fall upon the open 
field : for I have spoken it, saith the 
Lord God. 

6 And I will send a fire on Magog, 
and among them that dwell care- 
lessly in the isles : and they shall 
know that I am the Lord. 

7 So will I make my holy name 
known in the midst of my people 
Israel ; and I will not let them pol- 
lute my holy name any more : and 
the heathen shall know that I am 
the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. 

8 U Behold, it is come, and it is 

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done, saith the Lord God ; this is 
the day whereof I have spoken. 

9 And they that dwell in the cities 
of Israel shall go forth, and shall set 
on fire and burn the weapons, both 
the shields and the bucklers, the 
bows and the arrows, and the hand- 
staves, and the spears, and they shall 
burn them with fire seven years : 

10 So that they shall take no wood 
out of the field, neither cut down 
any out of the forests ; for they shall 
burn the weapons with fire : and 
they shall spoil those that spoiled 
them, and rob those that robbed 
them, saith the Lord God. 

11 If And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that I will give unto Gog a 
place there of graves in Israel, the 
valley of the passengers on the east 
of the sea ; and it shall stop the 
noses of the passengers : and there 
shall they bury Gog and all his mul- 
titude: and they shall call it, The 
valley of Hamon-gog. 

12 And seven months shall the 
house of Israel be burying of them, 
that they may cleanse the land. 

13 Yea, all the people of the land 
shall bury them; and it shall be to 
them a renown the day that I shall 
be glorified, saith the Lord God. 

14 And they shall sever out men 
of continual employment, passing 
through the land, to bury with the 
passengers those that remain upon 
the face of the earth, to cleanse it : 
after the end of seven months shall 
they search. 

15 And the passengers that pass 
through the land, when any seeth a 
man's bone, then shall he set up 
a sign by it, till the buriers have 
buried it in the valley of Hamon-gog. 

16 And also the name of the city 
shall be Hamonah. Thus shall they 
cleanse the land. 

17 If And, thou son of man, thus 
saith the Lord God ; Speak unto 
every feathered fowl, and to every 
beast of the field, Assemble your- 
selves, and come ; gather yourselves 



The feast of the fowls. 



EZEKIEL. EzekieTs vision of a city. 



on every side to my sacrifice that I 
do sacrifice for you, even a great 
sacrifice upon the mountains of Is- 
rael, that ye may eat flesh, and 
drink blood. 

18 Ye shall eat the flesh of the 
mighty, and drink the blood of the 
princes of the earth, of rams, of 
lambs, and of goats, of bullocks, all 
of them fatlings of Bashan. 

19 And ye shall eat fat till ye be 
full, and drink blood till ye be drunk- 
en, of my sacrifice which I have sac- 
rificed for you. 

20 Thus ye shall be filled at my 
table with horses and chariots, with 
mighty men, and with all men of 
war, saith the Lord God. 

21 And I will set my glory among 
the heathen, and all the heathen 
shall see my judgment that I have 
executed, and my hand that I have 
laid upon them. 

22 So the house of Israel shall 
know that I am the Lord their God 
from that day and forward. 

23 TT And the heathen shall know 
that the house of Israel went into 
captivity for their iniquity : because 
they trespassed against me, there- 
fore hid I my face from them, and 
gave them into the hand of their 
enemies ; so fell they all by the sword. 

24 According to their uncleanness 
and according to their transgressions 
have I done unto them, and hid my 
face from them. 

25 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God; Now will I bring again the 
captivity of Jacob, and have mercy 
upon the whole house of Israel, and 
will be jealous for my holy name ; 

26 After that they have borne their 
shame, and all their trespasses where- 
by they have trespassed against me, 
when they dwelt safely in their land, 
and none made them afraid. 

27 When I have brought them 
again from the people, and gathered 
them out of their enemies' lands, and 
am sanctified in them in the sight of 
many nations ; 



28 Then shall they know that I am 
the Lord their God, which caused 
them to be led into captivity among 
the heathen : but I have gathered 
them unto their own land, and have 
left none of them any more there. 

29 Neither will I hide my face any 
more from them : for I have poured 
out my Spirit upon the house of Is- 
rael, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTEK XL. 

1 The time, manner, and end of the vision. 6 The de- 
scription, of the east gate, 20 of the north gate, 24 of 
the south gate, 32 of the east gate, 85 and of the north 
gate. 39 Eight tables. 44 The chambers. 48 The 
porch of the house. 

IN the ^ve and twentieth year of 
our captivity, in the beginning 
of the year, in the tenth day of the 
month, in the fourteenth year after 
that the city was smitten, in the self- 
same day the hand of the Lord was 
upon me, and brought me thither. 

2 In the visions of God brought he 
me into the land of Israel, and set 
me upon a very high mountain, by 
which was as the frame of a city on 
the south. 

3 And he brought me thither, and, 
behold, there was a man, whose ap- 
pearance was like the appearance of 
brass, with a line of flax in his hand, 
and a measuring reed ; and he stood 
in the gate. 

4 And the man said unto me, Son 
of man, behold with thine eyes, and 
hear with thine ears, and set thine 
heart upon all that I shall shew 
thee ; for to the intent that I might 
shew them unto thee art thou brought 
hither : declare all that thou seest to 
the house of Israel. 

5 And behold a wall on the out- 
side of the house round about, and 
in the man's hand a measuring reed 
of six cubits long by the cubit and a 
handbreadth : so he measured the 
breadth of the building, one reed; 
and the height, one reed. 

6 If Then came he unto the gate 
which looketh toward the east, and 
went up the stairs thereof, and meas- 
ured the threshold of the gate, which 

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was one reed broad ; and the other 
threshold of the gate, which was one 
reed broad. 

7 And every little chamber was one 
reed long, and one reed broad ; and 
between the little chambers were five 
cubits ; and the threshold of the gate 
by the porch of the gate within was 
one reed. 

8 He measured also the porch of 
the gate within, one reed. 

9 Then measured he the porch of 
the gate, eight cubits ; and the posts 
thereof, two cubits ; and the porch of 
the gate was inward. 

10 And the little chambers of the 
gate eastward were three on this side, 
and three on that side; they three 
were of one measure: and the posts 
had one measure on this side and on 
that side. 

11 And he measured the breadth 
of the entry of the gate, ten cubits ; 
and the length of the gate, thirteen 
cubits. 

12 The space also before the little 
chambers was one cubit on this side, 
and the space was one cubit on that 
side: and the little chambers were 
six cubits on this side, and six cubits 
on that side. 

13 He measured then the gate from 
the roof of one little chamber to the 
roof of another : the breadth was five 
and twenty cubits, door against door. 

14 He made also posts of three- 
score cubits, even unto the post of 
the court round about the gate. 

15 And from the face of the gate 
of the entrance unto the face of the 
porch of the inner gate ivere fifty 
cubits. 

16 And there were narrow win- 
dows to the little chambers, and to 
their posts within the gate round 
about, and likewise to the arches : 
and windows were round about in- 
ward : and upon each post were palm 
trees. 

17 Then brought he me into the 
outward court, and, lo, there were 
chambers, and a pavement made 

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for the court round about : thirty 
chambers were upon the pavement. 

18 And the pavement by the side 
of the gates over against the length 
of the gates was the lower pavement. 

19 Then he measured the breadth 
from the forefront of the lower gate 
unto the forefront of the inner court 
without, a hundred cubits eastward 
and northward. 

20 IT And the gate of the outward 
court that looked toward the north, 
he measured the length thereof, and 
the breadth thereof. 

21 And the little chambers thereof 
were three on this side and three on 
that side ; and the posts thereof and 
the arches thereof were after the 
measure of the first gate : the length 
thereof was fifty cubits, and the 
breadth five and twenty cubits. 

22 And their windows, and their 
arches, and their palm trees, were 
after the measure of the gate that 
looketh toward the east; and they 
went up unto it by seven steps ; and 
the arches thereof were before them. 

23 And the gate of the inner court 
ivas over against the gate toward the 
north, and toward the east; and he 
measured from gate to gate a hun- 
dred cubits. 

24 IT After that he brought me to- 
ward the south, and behold a gate 
toward the south : and he measured 
the posts thereof, and the arches 
thereof, according to these measures. 

25 And there were windows in it 
and in the arches thereof round about, 
like those windows : the length was 
fifty cubits, and the breadth five and 
twenty cubits. 

26 And there were seven steps to go 
up to it, and the arches thereof tvere 
before them : and it had palm trees, 
one on this side, and another on that 
side, upon the posts thereof. 

27 And there was a gate in the in- 
ner court toward the south: and he 
measured from gate to gate toward 
the south a hundred cubits. 

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ner court by the south gate : and he 
measured the south gate according 
to these measures ; 

29 And the little chambers thereof, 
and the posts thereof, and the arches 
thereof, according to these measures : 
and there were windows in it and in 
the arches thereof round about : it 
was fifty cubits long, and five and 
twenty cubits broad. 

30 And the arches round about ivere 
five and twenty cubits long, and five 
cubits broad. 

31 And the arches thereof were to- 
ward the outer court ; and palm trees 
were upon the posts thereof: and the 
going up to it had eight steps. 

32 TT And he brought me into the 
inner court toward the east : and he 
measured the gate according to these 
measures. 

33 And the little chambers there- 
of, and the posts thereof, and the 
arches thereof, ivere according to these 
measures : and there were windows 
therein and in the arches thereof 
round about : it was fifty cubits long, 
and five and twenty cubits broad. 

34 And the arches thereof were to- 
ward the outward court; and palm 
trees were upon the posts thereof, on 
this side, and on that side: and the 
going up to it had eight steps. 

35 H And he brought me to the 
north gate, and measured it accord- 
ing to these measures ; 

36 The little chambers thereof, the 
posts thereof, and the arches thereof, 
and the windows to it round about: 
the length ivas fifty cubits, and the 
breadth five and twenty cubits. 

37 And the posts thereof were to- 
ward the outer court ; and palm trees 
were upon the posts thereof, on this 
side, and on that side : and the going 
up to it had eight steps. 

38 And the chambers and the en- 
tries thereof were by the posts of the 
gates, where they washed the burnt 
offering. 

39 if And in the porch of the gate 
were two tables on this side, and two 

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tables on that side, to slay thereon 
the burnt offering and the sin offer- 
ing and the trespass offering. 

40 And at the side without, as one 
goeth up to the entry of the north 
gate, were two tables ; and on the 
other side, which was at the porch 
of the gate, were two tables. 

41 Four tables were on this side, 
and four tables on that side, by the 
side of the gate ; eight tables, where- 
upon they slew their sacrifices. 

42 And the four tables were of 
hewn stone for the burnt offering, of 
a cubit and a half long, and a cubit 
and a half broad, and one cubit 
high: whereupon also they laid the 
instruments wherewith they slew the 
burnt offering and the sacrifice. 

43 And within were hooks, a hand 
broad, fastened round about: and upon 
the tables was the flesh of the offering. 

44 1[ And without the inner gate 
were the chambers of the singers in 
the inner court, which was at the 
side of the north gate ; and their 
prospect was toward the south : one 
at the side of the east gate having 
the prospect toward the north. 

45 And he said unto me, This 
chamber, whose prospect is toward 
the south, is for the priests, the 
keepers of the charge of the house. 

46 And the chamber whose pros- 
pect is toward the north is for the 
priests, the keepers of the charge of 
the altar : these are the sons of Zadok 
among the sons of Levi, which come 
near to the Lord to minister unto him. 

47 So he measured the court, a 
hundred cubits long, and a hundred 
cubits broad, foursquare ; and the 
altar that was before the house. 

48 IT And he brought me to the 
porch of the house, and measured 
each post of the porch, five cubits on 
this side, and five cubits on that 
side: and the breadth of the gate 
ivas three cubits on this side, and 
three cubits on that side. 

49 The length of the porch was 
twenty cubits, and the breadth eleven 

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cubits ; and he brought ?ne by the 
steps whereby they went up to it: 
and there were pillars by the posts, one 
on this side, and another on that side. 

CHAPTER XL1. 

The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the 
temple. 

AFTERWARD he brought me to 
. the temple, and measured the 
posts, six cubits broad on the one 
side, and six cubits broad on the 
other side, which was the breadth of 
the tabernacle. 

2 And the breadth of the door was 
ten cubits ; and the sides of the door 
were five cubits on the one side, and 
five cubits on the other side : and he 
measured the length thereof, forty cu- 
bits, and the breadth, twenty cubits. 

3 Then went he inward, and meas- 
ured the post of the door, two cu- 
bits ; and the door, six cubits; and 
the breadth of the door, seven cubits. 

4 So he measured the length there- 
of, twenty cubits ; and the breadth, 
twenty cubits, before the temple : 
and he said unto me, This is the 
most holy place. 

5 After he measured the wall of the 
house, six cubits ; and the breadth of 
every side chamber, four cubits, round 
about the house on every side. 

6 And the side chambers were 
three, one over another, and thirty 
in order ; and they entered into the 
wall which was of the house for the 
side chambers round about, that they 
might have hold, but they had not 
hold in the wall of the house. 

7 And there was an enlarging, 
and a winding about still upward to 
the side chambers : for the winding 
about of the house went still upward 
round about the house : therefore the 
breadth of the house was still upward, 
and so increased from the lowest 
chamber to the highest by the midst. 

8 I saw also the height of the house 
round about : the foundations of the 
side chambers were a full reed of six 
great cubits. 

9 The thickness of the wall, which 

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was for the side chamber without, 
was five cubits : and that which was 
left was the place of the side cham- 
bers that were within. 

10 And between the chambers was 
the wideness of twenty cubits round 
about the house on every side. 

11 And the doors of the side cham- 
bers were toward the place that was 
left, one door toward the north, and 
another door toward the south: and 
the breadth of the place that was left 
was five cubits round about. 

12 Now the building that was be- 
fore the separate place at the end 
toward the west was seventy cubits 
broad ; and the wall of the building 
ivas five cubits thick round about, 
and the length thereof ninety cubits. 

13 So he measured the house, a 
hundred cubits long; and the sepa- 
rate place, and the building, with the 
walls thereof, a hundred cubits long ; 

14 Also the breadth of the face of 
the house, and of the separate place 
toward the east, a hundred cubits. 

15 And he measured the length of 
the building over against the sepa- 
rate place which was behind it, and 
the galleries thereof on the one side 
and on the other side, a hundred 
cubits, with the inner temple, and 
the porches of the court ; 

16 The door posts, and the narrow 
windows, and the galleries round 
about on their three stories, over 
against the door, ceiled with wood 
round about, and from the ground 
up to the windows, and the windows 
were covered ; 

17 To that above the door, even 
unto the inner house, and without, 
and by all the wall round about 
within and without, by measure. 

18 And it was made with cherubim 
and palm trees, so that a palm tree 
was between a cherub and a cherub : 
and every cherub had two faces ; 

19 So that the face of a man was 
toward the palm tree on the one side, 
and the face of a young lion toward 
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was made through all the house 
round about. 

20 From the ground unto above the 
door were cherubim and palm trees 
made, and on the wall of the temple. 

21 The posts of the temple were 
squared, and the face of the sanctu- 
ary; the appearance of the one as 
the appearance of the other. 

22 The altar of wood was three 
cubits high, and the length thereof 
two cubits ; and the corners thereof, 
and the length thereof, and the walls 
thereof, were of wood: and he said 
unto me, This is the table that is 
before the Lord. 

23 And the temple and the sanc- 
tuary had two doors. 

24 And the doors had two leaves 
apiece, two turning leaves ; two leaves 
for the one door, and two leaves for 
the other door. 

25 And there were made on them, 
on the doors of the temple, cheru- 
bim and palm trees, like as were 
made upon the walls ; and there were 
thick planks upon the face of the 
porch without. 

26 And there were narrow windows 
and palm trees on the one side and 
on the other side, on the sides of the 
porch, and upon the side chambers of 
the house, and thick planks. 

CHAPTEE XLIL 

1 The chambers for the priests. \% The use thereof 19 
The measures of the outward court. 

THEN he brought me forth into 
the outer court, the way toward 
the north : and he brought me into 
the chamber that teas over against 
the separate place, and which was 
before the building toward the north. 

2 Before the length of a hundred 
cubits was the north door, and the 
breadth was fifty cubits. 

3 Over against the twenty cubits 
which were for the inner court, and 
over against the pavement which 
was for the outer court, was gallery 
against gallery in three stories. 

4 And before the chambers ivas a 
walk of ten cubits breadth inward, 



a way of one cubit ; and their doors 
toward the north. 

5 Now the upper chambers were 
shorter : for the galleries were higher 
than these, than the lower, and than 
the middlemost of the building. 

6 For they were in three stories, but 
had not pillars as the pillars of the 
courts : therefore the building was 
straitened more than the lowest and 
the middlemost from the ground. 

7 And the wall that tvas without 
over against the chambers, toward 
the outer court on the forepart of the 
chambers, the length thereof was 
fifty cubits. 

8 For the length of the chambers 
that were in the outer court was fifty 
cubits : and, lo, before the temple 
were a hundred cubits. 

9 And from under these chambers 
was the entry on the east side, as one 
goeth into them from the outer court. 

10 The chambers were in the thick- 
ness of the wall of the court toward 
the east, over against the separate 
place, and over against the building. 

11 And the way before them was 
like the appearance of the chambers 
which were toward the north, as long 
as they, and as broad as they : and 
all their goings out were both ac- 
cording to their fashions, and accord- 
ing to their doors. 

12 And according to the doors of 
the chambers that ivere toward the 
south was a door in the head of the 
way, even the way directly before 
the wall toward the east, as one 
enter eth into them. 

13 % Then said he unto me, The 
north chambers and the south cham- 
bers, which are before the separate 
place, they be holy chambers, where 
the priests that approach unto the 
Lord shall eat the most holy things : 
there shall they lay the most holy 
things, and the meat offering, and 
the sin offering, and the trespass of- 
fering ; for the place is holy. 

14 When the priests enter therein, 
then shall they not go out of the 

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holy place into the outer court, but 
there they shall lay their garments 
wherein they minister ; for they are 
holy; and shall put on other gar- 
ments, and shall approach to those 
things which are for the people. 

15 Now when he had made an end 
of measuring the inner house, he 
brought me forth toward the gate 
whose prospect is toward the east, 
and measured it round about. 

16 He measured the east side with 
the measuring reed, fcvQ hundred 
reeds, with the measuring reed round 
about. 

17 He measured the north side, 
five hundred reeds, with the meas- 
uring reed round about. 

18 He measured the south side, 
five hundred reeds, with the meas- 
uring reed. 

19 If He turned about to the west 
side, and measured five hundred 
reeds, with the measuring reed. 

20 He measured it by the four 
sides : it had a wall round about, five 
hundred reeds long, and five hundred 
broad, to make a separation between 
the sanctuary and the profane place. 

CHAPTER XLIIL 

1 TIic returning of the glory of God into the temple. 1 
The sin of Israel hindered God's presence. 10 The 
prophet ezhorteth them to repentance, and observation 
of the law of the house. 13 The measures, 18 and the 
ordinances of the altar. 

AFTERWARD he brought me to 
. the gate, even the gate that 
looketh toward the east : 

2 And, behold, the glory of the 
God of Israel came from the way of 
the east: and his voice was like a 
noise of many waters : and the earth 
shined with his glory. 

3 And it was according to the ap- 
pearance of the vision which I saw, 
even according to the vision that I 
saw when I came to destroy the 
city: and the visions were like the 
vision that I saw by the river Che- 
bar; and I fell upon my face. 

4 And the glory of the Lord came 
into the house by the way of the gate 
whose prospect is toward the east. 

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5 So the spirit took me up, and 
brought me into the inner court; 
and, behold, the glory of the Lord 
filled the house. 

6 And I heard him speaking unto 
me out of the house; and the man 
stood by me. 

7 If And he said unto me, Son of 
man, the place of my throne, and 
the place of the soles of my feet, 
where I will dwell in the midst of 
the children of Israel for ever, and 
my holy name, shall the house of 
Israel no more defile, neither they, 
nor their kings, by their whoredom, 
nor by the carcasses of their kings in 
their high places. 

8 In their setting of their threshold 
by my thresholds, and their post by 
my posts, and the wall between me 
and them, they have even defiled 
my holy name by their abominations 
that they have committed : wherefore 
I have consumed them in mine anger. 

9 Now let them put away their 
whoredom, and the carcasses of their 
kings, far from me, and I will dwell 
in the midst of them for ever. 

10 If Thou son of man, shew the 
house to the house of Israel, that they 
may be ashamed of their iniquities : 
and let them measure the pattern. 

11 And if they be ashamed of all 
that they have done, shew them the 
form of the house, and the fashion 
thereof, and the goings out thereof, 
and the comings in thereof, and all 
the forms thereof, and all the ordi- 
nances thereof, and all the forms 
thereof, and all the laws thereof: and 
write it in their sight, that they may 
keep the whole form thereof, and all 
the ordinances thereof, and do them. 

12 This is the law of the house; ■ 
Upon the top of the mountain the 
whole limit thereof round about shall 
be most holy. Behold, this is the 
law of the house. 

13 1f And these are the measures 
of the altar after the cubits : The 
cubit is a cubit and a handbreadth ; 
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the breadth a cubit, and the border 
thereof by the edge thereof round 
about shall be a span ; and this shall 
be the higher place of the altar. 

14 And from the bottom upon the 
ground even to the lower settle shall 
be two cubits, and the breadth one 
cubit ; and from the lesser settle even 
to the greater settle shall be four cu- 
bits, and the breadth one cubit. 

lo So the altar shall be four cubits ; 
and from the altar and upward shall 
be four horns. 

16 And the altar shall be twelve 
cubits, long, twelve broad, square in 
the four squares thereof. 

17 And the settle shall be fourteen 
cubits long and fourteen broad in the 
four squares thereof; and the border 
about it shall be half a cubit ; and 
the bottom thereof shall be a cubit 
about ; and his stairs shall look to- 
ward the east. 

18 If And he said unto me, Son 
of man, thus saith the Lord God ; 
These are the ordinances of the altar 
in the day when they shall make it, 
to offer burnt offerings thereon, and 
to sprinkle blood thereon. 

19 And thou shalt give to the 
priests the Levites that be of the 
seed of Zadok, which approach unto 
me, to minister unto me, saith the 
Lord God, a young bullock for a 
sin offering. 

20 And thou shalt take of the 
blood thereof, and put it on the four 
horns of it, and on the four corners 
of the settle, and upon the border 
round about : thus shalt thou cleanse 
and purge it. 

21 Thou shalt take the bullock 
also of the sin offering, and he shall 
burn it in the appointed place of the 
house, without the sanctuary. 

22 And on the second day thou 
shalt offer a kid of the goats without 
blemish for a sin offering ; and they 
shall cleanse the altar, as they did 
cleanse it with the bullock. 

23 When thou hast made an end 
of cleansing it, thou shalt offer a 



young bullock without blemish, and a 
ram out of the flock without blemish. 

24 And thou shalt offer them be- 
fore the Lord, and the priests shall 
cast salt upon them, and they shall 
offer them up for a burnt offering 
unto the Lord. 

25 Seven days shalt thou prepare 
every day a goat for a sin offering : 
they shall also prepare a young bul- 
lock, and a ram out of the flock, with- 
out blemish. 

26 Seven days shall they purge 
the altar and purify it ; and they 
shall consecrate themselves. 

27 And when these days are ex- 
pired, it shall be, that upon the 
eighth day, and so forward, the 
priests shall make your burnt of- 
ferings upon the altar, and your 
peace offerings ; and I will accept 
you, saith the Lord God. 

GHAPTEE XLIY. 

1 The east gate assigned only to the prince. 4 The priests 
reproved for polluting of the sanctuary. 9 Idolaters 
uncapable of the priest's office. 1 5 The sons of Zadok 
are accepted thereto. 11 Ordinances for the priests. 

THEN he brought me ba.ck the 
way of the gate of the outward 
sanctuary which looketh toward the 
east ; and it was shut. 

2 Then said the Lord unto me ; 
This gate shall be shut, it shall not 
be opened, and no man shall enter 
in by it ; because the Lord the God 
of Israel hath entered in by it, there- 
fore it shall be shut. 

3 It is for the prince ; the prince, 
he shall sit in it to eat bread before 
the Lord ; he shall enter by the way 
of the porch of that gate, and shall 
go out by the way of the same. 

4 % Then brought he me the way 
of the north gate before the house : 
and I looked, and, behold, the glory 
of the Lord filled the house of the 
Lord : and I fell upon my face. 

5 And the Lord said unto me, 
Son of man, mark well, and behold 
with thine eyes, and hear with thine 
ears all that I say unto thee concern- 
ing all the ordinances of the house of 

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the Lord, and all the laws thereof; 
and mark well the entering in of 
the house, with every going forth 
of the sanctuary. 

6 And thou shalt say to the re- 
bellious, even to the house of Israel, 
Thus saith the Lord God ; O ye 
house of Israel, let it suffice you 
of all your abominations, 

7 In that ye have brought into my 
sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised 
in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, 
to be in my sanctuary, to pollute 
it, even my house, when ye offer 
my bread, the fat and the blood, 
and they have broken my covenant 
because of all your abominations. 

8 And ye have not kept the charge 
of mine holy things : but ye have 
set keepers of my charge in my 
sanctuary for yourselves. 

9 If Thus saith the Lord God ; No 
stranger, uncircumcised in heart, nor 
uncircumcised in flesh, shall enter 
into my sanctuary, of any stranger 
that is among the children of Israel. 

10 And the Levites that are gone 
away far from me, when Israel went 
astray, which went astray away from 
me after their idols ; they shall even 
bear their iniquity. 

11 Yet they shall be ministers in 
my sanctuary, having charge at the 
gates of the house, and ministering 
to the house : they shall slay the 
burnt offering and the sacrifice for 
the people, and they shall stand 
before them to minister unto them. 

12 Because they ministered unto 
them before their idols, and caused 
the house of Israel to fall into ini- 
quity ; therefore have I lifted up mine 
hand against them, saith the Lord God, 
and they shall bear their iniquity. 

13 And they shall not come near 
unto me, to do the office of a priest 
unto me, nor to come near to any 
of my holy things, in the most holy 
place : but they shall bear their 
shame, and their abominations which 
they have committed. 

14 But I will make them keepers 

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of the charge of the house, for all 
the service thereof, and for all that 
shall be done therein. 

15 H But the priests the Levites, 
the sons of Zadok, that kept the 
charge of my sanctuary when the 
children of Israel went astray from 
me, they shall come near to me to 
minister unto me, and they shall 
stand before me to offer unto me the 
fat and the blood, saith the Lord God : 

16 They shall enter into my sanc- 
tuary, and they shall come near to 
my table, to minister unto me, and 
they shall keep my charge. 

17 IT And it shall come to pass, 
that when they enter in at the gates 
of the inner court, they shall be 
clothed with linen garments ; and no 
wool shall come upon them, while 
they minister in the gates of the 
inner court, and within. 

18 They shall have linen bonnets 
upon their heads, and shall have 
linen breeches upon their loins ; they 
shall not gird themselves with any 
thing that causeth sweat. 

19 And when they go forth into 
the outer court, even into the outer 
court to the people, they shall put 
off their garments wherein they min- 
istered, and lay them in the holy 
chambers, and they shall put on other 
garments ; and they shall not sanctify 
the people with their garments. 

20 Neither shall they shave their 
heads, nor suffer their locks to grow 
long ; they shall only poll their heads. 

21 Neither shall any priest drink 
wine, when they enter into the inner 
court. 

22 Neither shall they take for their 
wives a widow, nor her that is put 
away : but they shall take maidens 
of the seed of the house of Israel, or 
a widow that had a priest before. 

23 And they shall teach my people 
the difference between the holy and 
profane, and cause them to discern 
between the unclean and the clean, i 

24 And in controversy they shall 
stand in judgment ; and thev shall 



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of the land. 



judge it according to my judgments : 
and they shall keep my laws and 
my statutes in all mine assemblies ; 
and they shall hallow my sabbaths. 

25 And they shall come at no dead 
person to defile themselves : but for 
father, or for mother, or for son, or 
for daughter, for brother, or for sister 
that hath had no husband, they may 
defile themselves. 

26 And after he is cleansed, they 
shall reckon unto him seven days. 

27 And in the day that he goeth 
into the sanctuary, unto the inner 
court, to minister in the sanctuary, 
he shall offer his sin offering, saith 
the Lord God. 

28 And it shall be unto them for an 
inheritance ; I am their inheritance : 
and ye shall give them no possession 
in Israel ; I am their possession. 

29 They shall eat the meat offer- 
ing, and the sin offering, and the 
trespass offering ; and every dedi- 
cated thing in Israel shall be theirs. 

30 And the first of all the first- 
fruits of all things, and every obla- 
tion of all, of every sort of your obla- 
tions, shall be the priest's : ye shall 
also give unto the priest the first of 
your dough, that he may cause the 
blessing to rest in thine house. 

31 The priests shall not eat of any 
thing that is dead of itself, or torn, 
whether it be fowl or beast. 

CHAPTER XLY. 

1 The portion of land for the sanctuary, 6 for the city, 
V and for the prince. 9 Ordinances for the prince. 

MOREOVER, when ye shall di- 
vide by lot the land for inheri- 
tance, ye shall offer an oblation unto 
the Lord, a holy portion of the land : 
the length shall he the length of five 
and twenty thousand reeds, and the 
breadth shall be ten thousand. This 
shall be holy in all the borders there- 
of round about. 

2 Of this there shall be for the 
sanctuary five hundred in length, 
with five hundred in breadth, square 
round about ; and fifty cubits round 
about for the suburbs thereof. 



3 And of this measure shalt thou 
measure the length of five and 
twenty thousand, and the breadth 
of ten thousand : and in it shall be 
the sanctuary and the most holy 
place. 

4 The holy portion of the land shall 
be for the priests the ministers of 
the sanctuary, which shall come near 
to minister unto the Lord: and it 
shall be a place for their houses, and 
a holy place for the sanctuary. 

5 And the five and twenty thou- 
sand of length, and the ten thousand 
of breadth, shall also the Levites, the 
ministers of the house, have for them- 
selves, for a possession for twenty 
chambers. 

6 If And ye shall appoint the pos- 
session of the city ^ve thousand 
broad, and five and twenty thousand 
long, over against the oblation of 
the holy portion : it shall be for the 
whole house of Israel. 

7 If And a portion shall be for the 
prince on the one side and on the 
other side of the oblation of the holy 
portion, and of the possession of the 
city, before the oblation of the holy 
portion, and before the possession of 
the city, from the west side westward, 
and from the east side eastward : and 
the length shall be over against one of 
the portions, from the west border 
unto the east border. 

8 In the land shall be his possession 
in Israel : and my princes shall no 
more oppress my people ; and the rest 
of the land shall they give to the house 
of Israel according to their tribes. 

9 If Thus saith the Lord God ; Let 
it suffice you, O princes of Israel : 
remove violence and spoil, and exe- 
cute judgment and justice, take away 
your exactions. from my people, saith 
the Lord God. 

10 Ye shall have just balances, and 
a just ephah, and a just bath. 

11 The ephah and the bath shall 
be of one measure, that the bath may 
contain the tenth part of a homer, 
and the ephah the tenth part of a 

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homer : the measure thereof shall be 
after the homer. 

12 And the shekel shall be twenty 
gerahs : twenty shekels, five and 
twenty shekels, fifteen shekels, shall 
be your man eh. 

13 This is the oblation that ye shall 
offer ; the sixth part of an ephah of 
a homer of wheat, and ye shall give 
the sixth part of an ephah of a homer 
of barley : 

14 Concerning the ordinance of 
oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the 
tenth part of a bath out of the cor, 
which is a homer of ten baths; for 
ten baths are a homer : 

15 And one lamb out of the flock, 
out of two hundred, out of the fat 
pastures of Israel ; for a meat offer- 
ing, and for a burnt offering, and for 
peace offerings, to make reconcilia- 
tion for them, saith the Lord God. 

16 All the people of the land shall 
give this oblation for the prince in 
Israel. 

17 And it shall be the prince's 
part to give burnt offerings, and meat 
offerings, and drink offerings, in the 
feasts, and in the new moons, and in 
the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the 
house of Israel : he shall prepare the 
sin offering, and the meat offering, 
and the burnt offering, and the peace 
offerings, to make reconciliation for 
the house of Israel. 

18 Thus saith the Lord God; In 
the first month, in the first day of the 
month, thou shalt take a young bul- 
lock without blemish, and cleanse the 
sanctuary : 

19 And the priest shall take of the 
blood of the sin offering, and put it 
upon the posts of the house, and upon 
the four corners of the settle of the 
altar, and upon the posts of the gate 
of the inner court. 

20 And so thou shalt do the seventh 
day of the month for every one that 
erreth, and for him that is simple : so 
shall ye reconcile the house. 

21 In the first month, in the four- 
teenth day of the month, ye shall have 

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the passover, a feast of seven days ; 
unleavened bread shall be eaten. 

22 And upon that day shall the 
prince prepare for himself and for all 
the people of the land a bullock for 
a sin offering. 

23 And seven days of the feast he 
shall prepare a burnt offering to the 
Lord, seven bullocks and seven rams 
without blemish daily the seven days ; 
and a kid of the goats daily for a sin 
offering. 

24 And he shall prepare a meat 
offering of an ephah for a bullock, 
and an ephah for a ram, and a hin 
of oil for an ephah. 

25 In the seventh month, in the 
fifteenth day of the month, shall he 
do the like in the feast of the seven 
days, according to the sin offering, 
according to the burnt offering, and 
according to the meat offering, and 
according to the oil. 

CHAPTER XLVI. 

1 Ordinances for the prince in his worship, 9 and for the 
people. 16 An order for the prince's inheritance. 19 
The courts for boiling and baking. 

THUS saith the Lord God; The 
gate of the inner court that look- 
eth toward the east shall be shut the 
six working days; but on the sab- 
bath it shall be opened, and in the day 
of the new moon it shall be opened. 

2 And the prince shall enter by 
the way of the porch of that gate 
without, and shall stand by the post 
of the gate, and the priests shall pre- 
pare his burnt offering and his peace 
offerings, and he shall worship at the 
threshold of the gate : then he shall 
go forth; but the gate shall not be 
shut until the evening. 

3 Likewise the people of the land 
shall worship at the door of this gate 
before the Lord in the sabbaths and 
in the new moons. 

4 And the burnt offering that the 
prince shall offer unto the Lord in the 
sabbath day shall be six lambs without 
blemish, and a ram without blemish. 

5 And the meat offering shall be an 
ephah for a ram, and the meat offer- 



and for the people 



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in their worship. 



ing for the lambs as he shall be able 
to give, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 

6 And in the day of the new moon 
it shall be a young bullock without 
blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: 
they shall be without blemish. 

7 And he shall prepare a meat of- 
fering, an ephah for a bullock, and 
an ephah for a ram, and for the lambs 
according as his hand shall attain 
unto, and a hin of oil to an ephah. 

8 And when the prince shall enter, 
he shall go in by the way of the 
porch of that gate, and he shall go 
forth by the way thereof. 

9 If But when the people of the 
land shall come before the Lord 
in the solemn feasts, he that enter- 
eth in by the way of the north 
gate to worship shall go out by the 
way of the south gate ; and he that 
entereth by the way of the south 
gate shall go forth by the way of 
the north gate : he shall not return by 
the way of the gate whereby he came 
in, but shall go forth over against it. 

10 And the prince in the midst of 
them, when they go in, shall go in; 
and when they go forth, shall go 
forth. 

11 And in the feasts and in the 
solemnities the meat offering shall be 
an ephah to a bullock, and an ephah 
to a ram, and to the lambs as he is 
able to give, and a hin of oil to an 
ephah. 

12 Now when the prince shall pre- 
pare a voluntary burnt offering or 
peace offerings voluntarily unto the 
Lord, one shall then open him the 
gate that looketh toward the east, 
and he shall prepare his burnt offer- 
ing and his peace offerings, as he did 
on the sabbath day : then he shall go 
forth; and after his going forth one 
shall shut the gate. 

13 Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt 
offering unto the Lord of a lamb of 
the first year without blemish : thou 
shalt prepare it every morning. 

14 And thou shalt prepare a meat 
offering for it every morning, the 



sixth part of an ephah, and the third 
part of a hin of oil, to temper with 
the fine flour; a meat offering con- 
tinually by a perpetual ordinance 
unto the Lord. 

15 Thus shall they prepare the 
lamb, and the meat offering, and the 
oil, every morning for a continual 
burnt offering. 

16 IT Thus saith the Lord God; 
If the prince give a gift unto any of 
his sons, the inheritance thereof shall 
be his sons'; it shall be their posses- 
sion by inheritance. 

17 But if he give a gift of his in- 
heritance to one of his servants, then 
it shall be his to the year of liberty ; 
after, it shall return to the prince : but 
his inheritance shall be his sons' for 
them. 

18 Moreover the prince shall not 
take of the people's inheritance by 
oppression, to thrust them out of 
their possession ; but he shall give 
his sons inheritance out of his own 
possession ; that my people be not 
scattered every man from his posses- 
sion. 

19 % After he brought me through 
the entry, which was at the side of 
the gate, into the holy chambers of 
the priests, which looked toward the 
north : and, behold, there was a place 
on the two sides westward. 

20 Then said he unto me, This is 
the place where the priests shall boil 
the trespass offering and the sin 
offering, where they shall bake the 
meat offering; that they bear them 
not out into the outer court, to sanc- 
tify the people. 

21 Then he brought me forth into 
the outer court, and caused me to 
pass by the four corners of the court ; 
and, behold, in every corner of the 
court there was a court. 

22 In the four corners of the court 
there were courts joined of forty cubits 
long and thirty broad : these four 
corners were of one measure. 

23 And there was a row of building 
round about in them, round about 

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the holy waters. 



them four, and it was made with boiling 
places under the rows round about. 

24 Then said he unto me, These 
are the places of them that boil, 
where the ministers of the house 
shall boil the sacrifice of the people. 

CHAPTER XLVII. 

1 The vision of the holy waters. 6 The virtue of them. 
13 The borders of the land. 22 The division of it 
by lot. 

AFTERWARD he brought me 
. again unto the door of the 
house ; and, behold, waters issued 
out from under the threshold of the 
house eastward : for the forefront of 
the house stood toward the east, and 
the waters came down from under, 
from the right side of the house, at 
the south side of the altar. 

2 Then brought he me out of the 
way of the gate northward, and led 
me about the way without unto the 
outer gate by the way that looketh 
eastward ; and, behold, there ran out 
waters on the right side. 

3 And when the man that had the 
line in his hand went forth eastward, 
he measured a thousand cubits, and 
he brought me through the waters ; 
the waters were to the ankles. 

4 Again he measured a thousand, 
and brought me through the waters ; 
the waters were to the knees. Again 
he measured a thousand, and brought 
me through; the waters were to the 
loins. 

5 Afterward he measured a thou- 
sand ; and it was a river that I could 
not pass over: for the waters were 
risen, waters to swim in, a river that 
could not be passed over. 

6 % And he said unto me, Son of 
man, hast thou seen this ? Then he 
brought me, and caused me to return 
to the brink of the river. 

7 Now when I had returned, be- 
hold, at the bank of the river were 
very many trees on the one side and 
on the other. 

8 Then said he unto me, These 
waters issue out toward the east 
country, and go down into the des- 

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ert, and go into the sea : which being 
brought forth into the sea, the waters 
shall be healed. 

9 And it shall come to pass, that 
every thing that liveth, which mov- 
eth, whithersoever the rivers shall 
come, shall live : and there shall be a 
very great multitude of fish, because 
these waters shall come thither : for 
they shall be healed ; and every thing 
shall live whither the river cometh. 

10 And it shall come to pass, that 
the fishers shall stand upon it from 
En-gedi even unto En-eglaim ; they 
shall be a place to spread forth nets ; 
their fish shall be according to their 
kinds, as the fish of the great sea, 
exceeding many. 

11 But the miry places thereof and 
the marshes thereof shall not be 
healed ; they shall be given to salt. 

12 And by the river upon the bank 
thereof, on this side and on that side, 
shall grow all trees for meat, whose 
leaf shall not fade, neither shall the 
fruit thereof be consumed: it shall 
bring forth new fruit according to 
his months, because their waters they 
issued out of the sanctuary : and the 
fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the 
leaf thereof for medicine. 

13 ^T Thus saith the Lord God; 
This shall be the border, whereby ye 
shall inherit the land according to 
the twelve tribes of Israel : Joseph 
shall have two portions. 

14 And ye shall inherit it, one as 
well as another : concerning the which 
I lifted up mine hand to give it unto 
your fathers : and this land shall fall 
unto you for inheritance. 

15 And this shall be the border of 
the land toward the north side, from 
the great sea, the way of Hethlon, as 
men go to Zedad ; 

16 Hamath, Berothah, Sibraim, 
which is between the border of Da- 
mascus and the border of Hamath ; 
Hazar-hatticon, which is by the coast 
of Hauran. 

17 And the border from the sea 
shall be Hazar-enan, the border of 






The borders of the land. 



EZEKIEL. 



The portions of the tribes. 



Damascus, and the north northward, 
and the horder of Hamath. And this 
is the north side. 

18 And the east side ye shall meas- 
ure from Hauran, and from Damas- 
cus, and from Gilead, and from the 
land of Israel by Jordan, from the 
horder unto the east sea. And this 
is the east side. 

19 And the south side southward, 
from Tamar even to the waters of 
strife in Kadesh, the river to the 
great sea. And this is the south side 
southward. 

20 The west side also shall be the 
great sea from the border, till a man 
come oyer against Hamath. This is 
the west side. 

21 So shall ye divide this land unto 
you according to the tribes of Israel. 

22 ^T And it shall come to pass, 
that ye shall divide it by lot for an 
inheritance unto you, and to the 
strangers that sojourn among you, 
which shall beget children among 
you : and they shall be unto you as 
born in the country among the chil- 
dren of Israel ; they shall have inher- 
itance with you among the tribes of 
Israel. 

23 And it shall come to pass, that 
in what tribe the stranger sojourneth, 
there shall ye give him his inherit- 
ance, saith the Lord God. 

CHAPTER XLYIIL 

1, 23 The portions of the twelve tribes, 8 of the sanctuary, 
15 of the city and suburbs, 21 and of the prince. 30 
The dimensions and gates of the city. 

NOW these are the names of the 
tribes. From the north end to 
the coast of the way of Hethlon, as 
one goeth to Hamath, Hazar-enau, 
the border of Damascus northward, 
to the coast of Hamath ; for these 
are his sides east and west ; a portion 
for Dan. 

2 And by the border of Dan, from 
the east side unto the west side, a 
'portion for Asher. 

3 And by the border of Asher, from 
the east side even unto the west side, 
a portion for Naphtali. 



4 And by the border of Naphtali, 
from the east side unto the west side, 
a portion for Manasseh. 

5 And by the border of Manasseh, 
from the east side unto the west side, 
a portion for Ephraim. 

6 And by the border of Ephraim, 
from the east side even unto the west 
side, a portion for Reuben. 

7 And by the border of Reuben, 
from the east side unto the west side, 
a portion for Judah. 

8 IT And by the border of Judah, 
from the east side unto the west side, 
shall be the offering which ye shall 
offer of five and twenty thousand 
reeds in breadth, and in length as 
one of the other parts, from the east 
side unto the west side : and the 
sanctuary shall be in the midst of it. 

9 The oblation that ye shall offer 
unto the Lord shall be of five and 
twenty thousand in length, and of 
ten thousand in breadth. 

10 And for them, even for the 
priests, shall be this holy oblation ; 
toward the north five and twenty 
thousand in length, and toward the 
west ten thousand in breadth, and 
toward the east ten thousand in 
breadth, and toward the south five 
and twenty thousand in length : and 
the sanctuary of the Lord shall be in 
the midst thereof. 

11 It shall be for the priests that 
are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; 
which have kept my charge, which 
went not astray when the children 
of Israel went astray, as the Levites 
went astray. 

12 And this oblation of the land 
that is offered shall be unto them a 
thing most holy by the border of the 
Levites. 

13 And over against the border of 
the priests, the Levites shall have fixe 
and twenty thousand in length, and 
ten thousand in breadth: all the 
length shall be five and twenty thou- 
sand, and the breadth ten thousand. 

14 And they shall not sell of it, 
neither exchange, nor alienate the 

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The gates of the city. 



firstfruits of the land : for it is holy 
unto the Lord. 

15 IT And the five thousand, that 
are left in the breadth over against 
the five and twenty thousand, shall 
be a profane place for the city, for 
dwelling, and for suburbs: and the 
city shall be in the midst thereof. 

16 And these shall be the measures 
thereof; the north side four thou- 
sand and five hundred, and the south 
side four thousand and five hundred, 
and on the east side four thousand and 
five hundred, and the west side four 
thousand and five hundred. 

17 And the suburbs of the city 
shall be toward the north two hun- 
dred and fifty, and toward the south 
two hundred and fifty, and toward the 
east two hundred and fifty, and toward 
the west two hundred and fifty. 

18 And the residue in length over 
against the oblation of the holy por- 
tion shall be ten thousand eastward, 
and ten thousand westward : and it 
shall be over against the oblation of 
the holy portion; and the increase 
thereof shall be for food unto them 
that serve the city. 

19 And they that serve the city shall 
serve it out of all the tribes of Israel. 

20 All the oblation shall be five and 
twenty thousand by five and twenty 
thousand : ye shall offer the holy 
oblation foursquare, with the posses- 
sion of the city. 

21 TT And the residue shall be for 
the prince, on the one side and on 
the other of the holy oblation, and 
of the possession of the city, over 
against the five and twenty thousand 
of the oblation toward the east bor- 
der, and westward over against the 
five and twenty thousand toward the 
west border, over against the portions 
for the prince : and it shall be the 
lioJy oblation; and the sanctuary 
of the house shall be in the midst 
thereof. 

22 Moreover, from the possession of 
the Levites, and from the possession 
of the city, being in the midst of that 

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which is the prince's, between the 
border of Judah and the border of 
Benjamin, shall be for the prince. 

23 As for the rest of the tribes, 
from the east side unto the west side, 
Benjamin shall have & portion. 

24 And by the border of Benjamin, 
from the east side unto the west side, 
Simeon shall have a portion. 

25 And by the border of Simeon, 
from the east side unto the west side, 
Issachar a portion. 

26 And by the border of Issachar, 
from the east side unto the west side, 
Zebulun a portion. 

27 And by the border of Zebulun, 
from the east side unto the west side, 
Gad a portion. 

28 And by the border of Gad, at 
the south side southward, the border 
shall be even from Tamar unto the 
waters of strife in Kadesh, and to 
the river toward the great sea. 

29 This is the land which ye shall 
divide by lot unto the tribes of Israel 
for inheritance, and these are their 
portions, saith the Lord God. 

30 ^T And these are the goings out 
of the city on the north side, four 
thousand and five hundred measures. 

31 And the gates of the city shall 
be after the names of the tribes of 
Israel : three gates northward ; one 
gate of Reuben, one gate of Judah, 
one gate of Levi. 

32 And at the east side four thou- 
sand and five hundred : and three 
gates ; and one gate of Joseph, one 
gate of Benjamin, one gate of Dan. 

33 And at the south side four thou- 
sand and five hundred measures : and 
three gates ; one gate of Simeon, 
one gate of Issachar, one gate of 
Zebulun. 

34 At the west side four thousand 
and five hundred, with their three 
gates ; one gate of Gad, one gate of 
Asher, one gate of Naphtali. 

35 It was round about eighteen 
thousand measures : and the name of 
the city from that day shall be. The 
Lord is there. 



THE 



BOOK OF DANIEL 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Jehoiakim' s captivity. 3 Ashpenaz taheth Daniel, 
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. 8 They refusing 
the king's portion do prosper with pulse and water. 17 
Their excellency in wisdom. 

IN the third year of the reign of 
Jehoiakim king of Judah came 
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon un- 
to Jerusalem, and besieged it. 

2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim 
king of Judah into his hand, with part 
of the vessels of the house of God: 
which he carried into the land of 
Shinar to the house of his god ; and 
he brought the vesse]s into the treas- 
ure house of his god. 

3 If And the king spake unto Ash- 
penaz the master of his eunuchs, that 
he should bring certain of the chil- 
dren of Israel, and of the king's seed, 
and of the princes ; 

4 Children in whom was no blem- 
ish, but well favoured, and skilful in 
all wisdom, and cunning in knowl- 
edge, and understanding science, and 
such as had ability in them to stand 
in the king's palace, and whom they 
might teach the learning and the 
tongue of the Chaldeans. 

5 And the king appointed them a 
daily provision of the king's meat, 
and of the wine which he drank : so 
nourishing them three years, that at 
the end thereof they might stand be- 
fore the king. 

6 Now among these were of the 
children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah, 
Mishael, and Azariah : 

7 Unto whom the prince of the 
eunuchs gave names : for he gave 
unto Daniel the name of Belteshaz- 
zar ; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach ; 
and to Mishael, of Meshach ; and to 
Azariah, of Abed-nego. 

8 If But Daniel purposed in his 
heart that he would not defile himself 
with the portion of the king's meat, 



nor with the wine which he drank : 
therefore he requested of the prince 
of the eunuchs that he might not de- 
file himself. 

9 Now God had brought Daniel 
into favour and tender love with the 
prince of the eunuchs. 

10 And the prince of the eunuchs 
said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the 
king, who hath appointed your meat 
and your drink: for why should he 
see your faces worse liking than the 
children which are of your sort ? then 
shall ye make me endanger my head 
to the king. 

11 Then said Daniel to Melzar, 
whom the prince of the eunuchs had 
set over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, 
and Azariah, 

12 Prove thy servants, I beseech 
thee, ten days ; and let them give us 
pulse to eat, and water to drink. 

13 Then let our countenances be 
looked upon before thee, and the 
countenance of the children that eat 
of the portion of the king's meat : and 
as thou seest, deal with thy servants. 

14 So he consented to them in this 
matter, and proved them ten days. 

15 And at the end of ten days their 
countenances appeared fairer and 
fatter in flesh than all the children 
which did eat the portion of the 
king's meat. 

16 Thus Melzar took away the 
portion of their meat, and the wine 
that they should drink ; and gave 
them pulse. 

17 If As for these four children, 
God gave them knowledge and skill 
in all learning and wisdom : and 
Daniel had understanding in all 
visions and dreams. 

18 Now at the end of the days that 
the king had said he should bring 
them in, then the prince of the eu- 

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forgetteth his dream. 



nuchs brought them in before Nebu- 
chadnezzar. 

19 And the king communed with 
them ; and among them all was found 
none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, 
and Azariah: therefore stood they 
before the king. 

20 And in all matters of wisdom 
and understanding, that the king in- 
quired of them, he found them ten 
times better than all the magicians 
and astrologers that were in all his 
realm. 

21 And Daniel continued even unto 
the first year of king Cyrus. 

CHAPTEK II. 

1 Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, requireth it of 
the Chaldeans, by promises and threatenings. 10 They 
acknowledging their inability are judged to die. 14 
Daniel obtaining some respite findeth the dream. 19 
He blesseth God. 24 He staying the decree is brought 
to the king. 31 The dream. 36 The interpretation. 
46 DaniePs advancement. 

AND in the second year of the 
. reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebu- 
chadnezzar dreamed dreams, where- 
with his spirit was troubled, and his 
sleep brake from him. 

2 Then the king commanded to call 
the magicians, and the astrologers, 
and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, 
for to shew the king his dreams. So 
they came and stood before the king. 

3 And the king said unto them, I 
have dreamed a dream, and my spirit 
was troubled to know the dream. 

4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the 
king in Syriac, O king, live for ever : 
tell thy servants the dream, and we 
will shew the interpretation. 

5 The king answered and said to 
the Chaldeans, The thing is gone 
from me : if ye will not make known 
unto me the dream, with the inter- 
pretation thereof, ye shall be cut in 
pieces, and your houses shall be made 
a dunghill. 

6 But if ye shew the dream, and 
the interpretation thereof, ye shall 
receive of me gifts and rewards and 
great honour: therefore shew me the 
dream, and the interpretation thereof. 

7 They answered again and said, 
Let the king tell his servants the 

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dream, and we will shew the inter- 
pretation of it. 

8 The king answered and said, I 
know of certainty that ye would 
gain the time, because ye see the 
thing is gone from me. 

9 Bat if ye will not make known 
unto me the dream, there is but one 
decree for you : for ye have prepared 
lying and corrupt words to speak be- 
fore me, till the time be changed : 
therefore tell me the dream, and I 
shall know that ye can shew me the 
interpretation thereof. 

10 If The Chaldeans answered be- 
fore the king, and said, There is not 
a man upon the earth that can shew 
the king's matter: therefore there is 
no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked 
such things at any magician, or as- 
trologer, or Chaldean. 

11 And it is a rare thing that the 
king requireth, and there is none 
other that can shew it before the king, 
except the gods, whose dwelling is 
not with flesh. 

12 For this cause the king was 
angry and very furious, and com- 
manded to destroy all the wise men 
of Babylon. 

13 And the decree went forth that 
the wise men should be slain ; and 
they sought Daniel and his fellows 
to be slain. 

14 IT Then Daniel answered with 
counsel and wisdom to Arioch the 
captain of the king's guard, which 
was gone forth to slay the wise men 
of Babylon : 

15 He answered and said to Arioch 
the king's captain, Why is the decree 
so hasty from the king ? Then Arioch 
made the thing known to Daniel. 

16 Then Daniel went in, and de- 
sired of the king that he would give 
him time, and that he would shew 
the king the interpretation. 

17 Then Daniel went to his house, 
and made the thing known to Hana- 
niah, Mishael, and Azariah, his com- 
panions : 

18 That they would desire mercies 



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DANIEL. 



the king's dream. 



of the God of heaven concerning this 
secret ; that Daniel and his fellows 
should not perish with the rest of the 
wise men of Bahylon. 

19 If Then was the secret revealed 
unto Daniel in a night vision. Then 
Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 

20 Daniel answered and said, Bless- 
ed be the name of God for ever and 
ever : for wisdom and might are his : 

21 And he changeth the times and 
the seasons : he removeth kings, and 
setteth up kings : he giveth wisdom 
unto the wise, and knowledge to them 
that know understanding : 

22 He revealeth the deep and se- 
cret things : he knoweth what is in 
the darkness, and the light dwelleth 
with him. 

23 I thank thee, and praise thee, 
O thou God of my fathers, who hast 
given me wisdom and might, and hast 
made known unto me now what we de- 
sired of thee : for thou hast now made 
known unto us the king's matter. 

24 If Therefore Daniel went in 
unto Arioch, whom the king had 
ordained to destroy the wise men of 
Babylon : he went and said thus 
unto him ; Destroy not the wise men 
of Babylon : bring me in before the 
king, and I will shew unto the king 
the interpretation. 

25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel 
before the king in haste, and said 
thus unto him, I have found a man 
of the captives of Judah, that will 
make known unto the king the inter- 
pretation. 

26 The king answered and said to 
Daniel, whose name was Belteshaz- 
zar, Art thou able to make known 
unto me the dream which I have 
seen, and the interpretation thereof? 

27 Daniel answered in the pres- 
ence of the king, and said, The 
secret which the king hath demanded 
cannot the wise men, the astrologers, 
the magicians, the soothsayers, shew 
unto the king ; 

28 But there is a God in heaven 
that revealeth secrets, and maketh 



known to the king Nebuchadnezzar 
what shall be in the latter days. Thy 
dream, and the visions of thy head 
upon thy bed, are these ; 

29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts 
came into thy mind upon thy bed, 
what should come to pass hereafter : 
and he that revealeth secrets maketh 
known to thee what shall come to pass. 

30 But as for me, this secret is 
not revealed to me for any wisdom 
that I have more than any living, 
but for their sakes that shall make 
known the interpretation to the king, 
and that thou mightest know the 
thoughts of thy heart. 

31 If Thou, O king, sawest, and 
behold a great image. This great 
image, whose brightness was excel- 
lent, stood before thee ; and the form 
thereof was terrible. 

32 This image's head was of fine 
gold, his breast and his arms of silver, 
his belly and his thighs of brass, 

33 His legs of iron, his feet part of 
iron and part of clay. 

34 Thou sawest till that a stone was 
cut out without hands, which smote the 
image upon his feet that were of iron 
and clay, and brake them to pieces. 

35 Then was the iron, the clay, 
the brass, the silver, and the gold, 
broken to pieces together, and be- 
came like the chaff of the summer 
threshingfloors ; and the wind car- 
ried them away, that no place was 
found for them : and the stone that 
smote the image became a great moun- 
tain, and filled the whole earth. 

36 If This is the dream; and we 
will tell the interpretation thereof 
before the king. 

37 Thou, O king, art a king of 
kings : for the God of heaven hath 
given thee a kingdom, power, and 
strength, and glory. 

38 And wheresoever the children 
of men dwell, the beasts of the field 
and the fowls of the heaven hath 
he given into thine hand, and hath 
made thee ruler over them all. Thou 
art this head of gold. 

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Shadrach, Meshach, and 



39 And after thee shall arise another 
kingdom inferior to thee, and another 
third kingdom of brass, which shall 
bear rule over all the earth. 

40 And the fourth kingdom shall 
be strong as iron : forasmuch as iron 
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all 
things : and as iron that breaketh 
all these, shall it break in pieces 
and bruise. 

41 And whereas thou sawest the 
feet and toes, part of potters' clay, 
and part of iron, the kingdom shall 
be divided ; but there shall be in it 
of the strength of the iron, foras- 
much as thou sawest the iron mixed 
with miry clay. 

42 And as the toes of the feet were 
part of iron, and part of clay, so the 
kingdom shall be partly strong, and 
partly broken. 

43 And whereas thou sawest iron 
mixed with miry clay, they shall 
mingle themselves with the seed of 
men : but they shall not cleave one 
to another, even as iron is not mixed 
with clay. 

44 And in the days of these kings 
shall the God of heaven set up a 
kingdom, which shall never be de- 
stroyed : and the kingdom shall not 
be left to other people, but it shall 
break in pieces and consume all 
these kingdoms, and it -shall stand 
for ever. 

45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that 
the stone was cut out of the moun- 
tain without hands, and that it brake 
in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, 
the silver, and the gold ; the great 
God hath made known to the king 
what shall come to pass hereafter: 
and the dream is certain, and the 
interpretation thereof sure. 

46 H Then the king Nebuchad- 
nezzar fell upon his face, and wor- 
shipped Daniel, and commanded that 
they should offer an oblation and 
sweet odours unto him. 

47 The king answered unto Daniel, 
and said, Of a truth it is, that your 
God is a God of gods, and a Lord of 

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kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing 
thou couldest reveal this secret. 

48 Then the king made Daniel 
a great man, and gave him many 
great gifts, and made him ruler over 
the whole province of Babylon, and 
chief of the governors over all the 
wise men of Babylon. 

49 Then Daniel requested of the 
king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, 
and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the 
province of Babylon : but Daniel sat 
in the gate of the king. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 Nebuchadnezzar dedicateth a golden image in Dura. 
8 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego are accused for 
not worshipping the image. 13 They, being threat- 
ened, make a good confession. 19 God delivereth them 
out of the furnace. 26 Nebuchadnezzar seeing the 
miracle blesseth God. 

NEBUCHADNEZZAR the king 
made an image of gold, whose 
height ivas threescore cubits, and the 
breadth thereof six cubits : he set 
it up in the plain of Dura, in the 
province of Babylon. 

2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king 
sent to gather together the princes, 
the governors, and the captains, the 
judges, the treasurers, the counsel- 
lors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers 
of the provinces, to come to the dedi- 
cation of the image which Nebuchad- 
nezzar the king had set up. 

3 Then the princes, the governors, 
and captains, the judges, the treas- 
urers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, 
and all the rulers of the provinces, 
were gathered together unto the ded- 
ication of the image that Nebuchad- 
nezzar the king had set up ; and 
they stood before the image that 
Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 

4 Then a herald cried aloud, To 
you it is commanded, O people, na- 
tions, and languages, 

5 That at what time ye hear the 
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, 
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all 
kinds of music, ye fall down and 
worship the golden image that Neb- 
uchadnezzar the king hath set up : 

6 And whoso falleth not down and 



Abed-nego walk unhurt 



DANIEL. 



in the midst of the fire. 



worshippeth shall the same hour be 
cast into the midst of a burning fiery 
furnace. 

7 Therefore at that time, when all 
the people heard the sound of the cor- 
net, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and 
all kinds of music, all the people, the 
nations, and the languages, fell down 
and worshipped the golden image that 
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. 

8 If Wherefore at that time certain 
Chaldeans came near, and accused 
the Jews. 

9 They spake and said to the king 
Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. 

10 Thou, O king, hast made a de- 
cree, that every man that shall hear 
the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, 
sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and 
all kinds of music, shall fall down 
and worship the golden image : 

11 And whoso falleth not down and 
worshippeth, that he should be cast 
into the midst of a burning fiery fur- 
nace. 

12 There are certain Jews whom 
thou hast set over the affairs of the 
province of Babylon, Sha.drach, Me- 
shach, and Abed-nego ; these men, 
O king, have not regarded thee : they 
serve not thy gods, nor worship the 
golden image which thou hast set up. 

13 Uf Then Nebuchadnezzar in his 
rage and fury commanded to bring 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 
Then they brought these men before 
the king. 

14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said 
unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, 
Meshach, and Abed-nego ? do not 
ye serve my gods, nor worship the 
golden image which I have set up ? 

15 Now if ye be ready that at 
what time ye hear the sound of the 
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, 
and dulcimer, and all kinds of mu- 
sic, ye fall down and worship the 
image which I have made ; tvell : but 
if ye worship not, ye shall be cast the 
same hour into the midst of a burning 
fiery furnace ; and who is that God 
that shall deliver you out of my hands ? 

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16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed- 
nego, answered and said to the king, 
O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not care- 
ful to answer thee in this matter. 

17 If it be so, our God whom we 
serve is able to deliver us from the 
burning fiery furnace, and he will 
deliver us out of thine hand, O king. 

18 But if not, be it known unto 
thee, O king, that we will not serve 
thy gods, nor worship the golden 
image which thou hast set up. 

19 ^f Then was Nebuchadnezzar 
full of fury, and the form of his 
visage was changed against Sha- 
drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego : 
therefore he spake, and commanded 
that they should heat the furnace 
one seven times more than it was 
wont to be heated. 

20 And he commanded the most 
mighty men that were in his army 
to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abed-nego, and to cast them into 
the burning fiery furnace. 

21 Then these men were bound in 
their coats, their hosen, and their 
hats, and their other garments, and 
were cast into the midst of the burn- 
ing fiery furnace. 

22 Therefore because the king's 
commandment was urgent, and the 
furnace exceeding hot, the flame of 
the fire slew those men that took up 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego. 

23 And these three men, Shadrach, 
Meshach, and Abed-nego, fell down 
bound into the midst of the burning 
fiery furnace. 

24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king 
was astonied, and rose up in haste, 
and spake, and said unto his coun- 
sellors, Did not we cast three men 
bound into the midst of the fire ? 
They answered and said unto the 
king, True, O king. 

25 He answered and said, Lo, I 
see four men loose, walking in the 
midst of the fire, and they have no 
hurt ; and the form of the fourth is 
like the Son of God. 

26 Tf Then Nebuchadnezzar camo 

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DANIEL. 



relateth his dream. 



near to the mouth of the burning 
fiery furnace, and spake, and said, 
Shadrach, Meshach, mid Abed-nego, 
ye servants of the most high God, 
come forth, and come hither. Then 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
came forth of the midst of the fire. 

27 And the princes, governors, and 
captains, and the king's counsellors, 
being gathered together, saw these 
men, upon whose bodies the fire 
had no power, nor was a hair of 
their head singed, neither were their 
coats changed, nor the smell of fire 
had passed on them. 

28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, 
and said, Blessed be the God of 
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, 
who hath sent his angel, and deliv- 
ered his servants that trusted in 
him, and have changed the king's 
word, and yielded their bodies, that 
they might not serve nor worship 
any god, except their own God. 

29 Therefore I make a decree, That 
every people, nation, and language, 
which speak any thing amiss against 
the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and 
Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, 
and their houses shall be made a 
dunghill ; because there is no other 
God that can deliver after this sort. 

30 Then the king promoted Sha- 
drach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in 
the province of Babylon. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 Nebuchadnezzar confesseth God's kingdom, 4 maketh 
relation of his dreams, which the magicians could not 
interpret. 8 Daniel heareth the dream. 19 He in- 
terpreted it. 28 The story of the event. 

IVyEBUCHADNEZZAR the king, 
.UN unto all people, nations, and 
languages, that dwell in all the earth; 
Peace be multiplied unto you. 

2 I thought it good to shew the 
signs and wonders that the high 
God hath wrought toward me. 

3 How great are his signs! and 
how mighty are his wonders! his 
kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, 
and his dominion is from generation 
to generation. 

4 If I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest 

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in mine house, and flourishing in my 
palace : 

5 I saw a dream which made me 
afraid, and the thoughts upon my 
bed and the visions of my head 
troubled me. 

6 Therefore made I a decree to 
bring in all the wise men of Bab- 
ylon before me, that they might make 
known unto me the interpretation of 
the dream. 

7 Then came in the magicians, the 
astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the 
soothsayers : and I told the dream 
before them ; but they did not make 
known unto me the interpretation 
thereof. 

8 If But at the last Daniel came 
in before me, whose name was Bel- 
teshazzar, according to the name of 
my god, and in whom is the spirit 
of the holy gods : and before him I 
told the dream, saying, 

9 O Belteshazzar, master of the 
magicians, because I know that the 
spirit of the holy gods is in thee, 
and no secret troubleth thee, tell me 
the visions of my dream that I have 
seen, and the interpretation thereof. 

10 Thus were the visions of mine 
head in my bed ; I saw, and behold 
a tree in the midst of the earth, and 
the height thereof was great. 

11 The tree grew, and was strong, 
and the height thereof reached unto 
heaven, and the sight thereof to the 
end of all the earth : 

12 The leaves thereof were fair, 
and the fruit thereof much, and in 
it was meat for all : the beasts of the 
field had shadow under it, and the 
fowls of the heaven dwelt in the 
boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed 
of it. 

13 I saw in the visions of my head 
upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher 
and a holy one came down from 
heaven ; 

14 He cried aloud, and said thus, 
Hew down the tree, and cut off his 
branches, shake off his leaves, and 
scatter his fruit : let the beasts get 



Daniel interpreteth 



DANIEL. 



the dream. 



away from under it, and the fowls 
from his branches : 

15 Nevertheless, leave the stump of 
his roots in the earth, even with a 
band of iron and brass, in the tender 
grass of the field ; and let it be wet 
with the dew of heaven, and let his 
portion be with the beasts in the grass 
of the earth : 

16 Let his heart be changed from 
man's, and let a beast's heart be given 
unto him; and let seven times pass 
over him. 

17 This matter is by the decree of 
the watchers, and the demand by the 
word of the holy ones : to the intent 
that the living may know that the 
Most High ruleth in the kingdom of 
men, and giveth it to whomsoever he 
will, and setteth up over it the basest 
of men. 

18 This dream I king Nebuchad- 
nezzar have seen. Now thou, O 
Belteshazzar, declare the interpreta- 
tion thereof, forasmuch as all the 
wise men of my kingdom are not 
able to make known unto me the 
interpretation : but thou art able ; for 
the spirit of the holy gods is in thee. 

19 TT Then Daniel, whose name was 
Belteshazzar, was astonied for one 
hour, and his thoughts troubled him. 
The king spake, and said, Belte- 
shazzar, let not the dream, or the 
interpretation thereof, trouble thee. 
Belteshazzar answered and said, My 
lord, the dream be to them that hate 
thee, and the interpretation thereof 
to thine enemies. 

20 The tree that thou sawest, which 
grew, and was strong, whose height 
reached unto the heaven, and the 
sight thereof to all the earth ; 

2 1 Whose leaves were fair, and the 
fruit thereof much, and in it was 
meat for all ; under which the beasts 
of the field dwelt, and upon whose 
branches the fowls of the heaven had 
their habitation : 

22 It is thou, O king, that art 
grown and become strong : for thy 
greatness is grown, and reacheth unto 



heaven, and thy dominion to the end 
of the earth. 

23 And whereas the king saw a 
watcher and a holy one coming 
down from heaven, and saying, Hew 
the tree down, and destroy it; yet 
leave the stump of the roots thereof 
in the earth, even with a band of iron 
and brass, in the tender grass of the 
field ; and let it be wet with the dew 
of heaven, and let his portion be with 
the beasts of the field, till seven times 
pass over him ; 

24 This is the interpretation, O 
king, and this is the decree of the 
Most High, which is come upon my 
lord the king : 

25 That they shall drive thee from 
men, and thy dwelling shall be with 
the beasts of the field, and they shall 
make thee to eat grass as oxen, and 
they shall wet thee with the dew of 
heaven, and seven times shall pass over 
thee, till thou know that the Most 
High ruleth in the kingdom of men, 
and giveth it to whomsoever he will. 

26 And whereas they commanded 
to leave the stump of the tree roots ; 
thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee, 
after that thou shalt have known that 
the heavens do rule. 

27 Wherefore, O king, let my 
counsel be acceptable unto thee, and 
break off thy sins by righteousness, 
and thine iniquities by shewing mercy 
to the poor ; if it may be a lengthen- 
ing of thy tranquillity. 

28 ^[ All this came upon the king 
Nebuchadnezzar. 

29 At the end of twelve months he 
walked in the palace of the kingdom 
of Babylon. 

30 The king spake, and said, Is not 
this great Babylon, that I have built 
for the house of the kingdom by the 
might of my power, and for the hon- 
our of my majesty? 

3 1 While the word was in the king's 
mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, 
saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to 
thee it is spoken; The kingdom is 
departed from thee. 

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The handwriting 



32 And they shall drive thee from 
men, and thy dwelling shall be with 
the beasts of the field : they shall 
make thee to eat grass as oxen, and 
seven times shall pass over thee, un- 
til thou know that the Most High 
ruleth in the kingdom of men, and 
giveth it to whomsoever he will. 

33 The same hour was the thing 
fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and 
he was driven from men, and did eat 
grass as oxen, and his body was wet 
with the dew of heaven, till his hairs 
were grown like eagles' feathers, and 
his nails like birds' claws. 

34 And at the end of the days I 
Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes 
unto heaven, and mine understand- 
ing returned unto me, and I blessed 
the Most High, and I praised and 
honoured him that liveth for ever, 
whose dominion is an everlasting 
dominion, and his kingdom is from 
generation to generation : 

35 And all the inhabitants of the 
earth are reputed as nothing:- and 
he doeth according to his will in the 
army of heaven, and among the in- 
habitants of the earth : and none can 
stay his hand, or say unto him, What 
doest thou ? 

36 At the same time my reason 
returned unto me ; and for the glory 
of my kingdom, mine honour and 
brightness returned unto me ; and 
my counsellors and my lords sought 
unto me ; and I was established in 
my kingdom, and excellent majesty 
was added unto me. 

37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise 
and extol and honour the King of 
heaven, all whose works are truth, 
and his ways judgment: and those 
that walk in pride he is able to abase. 

CIIAPTEE Y. 

1 Behhazzar's impious feast. 5 A handwriting, nn- 
known to the magicians, troubleth the king. 10 At the 
commendation of the queen Daniel is brought. 17 He, 
reproving the king of pride and idolatry, 25 readcth 
and interpretelh the writing, 80 The monarchy is 
translated to the Medea. 

BELSHAZZAR the king made 
a great feast to a thousand of 
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his lords, and drank wine before the 
thousand. 

2 Belshazzar, while he tasted the 
wine, commanded to bring the golden 
and silver vessels which his father 
Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the 
temple which was in Jerusalem ; that 
the king and his princes, his wives and 
his concubines, might drink therein. 

3 Then they brought the golden 
vessels that were taken out of the 
temple of the house of God which 
was at Jerusalem ; and the king and 
his princes, his wives . and his con- 
cubines, drank in them. 

4 They drank wine, and praised 
the gods of gold, and of silver, of 
brass, of iron, of wood, and of stone. 

5 IT In the same hour came forth 
fingers of a man's hand, and wrote 
over against the candlestick upon the 
plaster of the wall of the king's 
palace : and the king saw the part 
of the hand that wrote. 

6 Then the king's countenance was 
changed, and his thoughts troubled 
him, so that the joints of his loins 
were loosed, and his knees smote one 
against another. 

7 The king cried aloud to bring in 
the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and 
the soothsayers. And the king spake, 
and said to the wise men of Babylon, 
Whosoever shall read this writing, and 
shew me the interpretation thereof, 
shall be clothed with scarlet, and have ' 
a chain of gold about his n eck, and shall 
be the third ruler in the kingdom. 

8 Then came in all the king's wise 
men : but they could not read the 
writing, nor make known to the king 
the interpretation thereof. 

9 Then was king Belshazzar great- 
ly troubled, and his countenance was 
changed in him, and his lords were 
astonied. 

10 IT Now the queen, by reason of 
the words of the king and his lords, 
came into the banquet house : and the 
queen spake and said, O king, live for 
ever : let not thy thoughts trouble thee, 
nor let thy countenance be changed : 



upon the wall. 



DANIEL. 



Daniel explaineth it. 



11 There is a man in thy kingdom, 
in whom is the spirit of the holy gods ; 
and in the days of thy father light and 
understanding and wisdom, like the 
wisdom of the gods, was found in him ; 
whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy 
father, the king, / say, thy father, 
made master of the magicians, astrol- 
ogers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers ; 

12 Forasmuch as an excellent 
spirit, and knowledge, and under- 
standing, interpreting of dreams, and 
shewing of hard sentences, and dissolv- 
ing of doubts, were found in the same 
Daniel, whom the king named Belte- 
shazzar : now let Daniel be called, and 
he will shew the interpretation. 

13 Then was Daniel brought in 
before the king. And the king spake 
and said unto Daniel, Art thou that 
Daniel, which art of the children of 
the captivity of Judah, whom the king 
my father brought out of Jewry? 

14 I have even heard of thee, that 
the spirit of the gods is in thee, and 
that light and understanding and ex- 
cellent wisdom is found in thee. 

15 And now the wise men, the 
astrologers, have been brought in be- 
fore me, that they should read this 
writing, and make known unto me 
the interpretation thereof: but they 
could not shew the interpretation of 
the thing : 

16 And I have heard of thee, that 
thou canst make interpretations, and 
dissolve doubts : now if thou canst 
read the writing, and make known to 
me the interpretation thereof, thou 
shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have 
a chain of gold about thy neck, and 
shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. 

17 If Then Daniel answered and 
said before the king, Let thy gifts be 
to thyself, and give thy rewards to 
another ; yet I will read the writing 
unto the king, and make known to 
him the interpretation. 

18 thou king, the most high God 
gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a 
kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and 
honour : 



19 And for the majesty that he 
gave him, all people, nations, and 
languages, trembled and feared be- 
fore him : whom he would he slew ; 
and whom he would he kept alive ; 
and whom he would he set up ; and 
whom he would he put down. 

20 But when his heart was lifted up, 
and his mind hardened in pride, he was 
deposed from his kingly throne, and 
they took his glory from him : 

21 And he was driven from the 
sons of men ; and his heart was made 
like the beasts, and his dwelling was 
with the wild asses : they fed him 
with grass like oxen, and his body 
was wet with the dew of heaven ; till 
he knew that the most high God 
ruled in the kingdom of men, and 
that he appointeth over it whomso- 
ever he will. 

22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, 
hast riot humbled thine heart, though 
thou knewest all this ; 

23 But hast lifted up thyself against 
the Lord of heaven ; and they have 
brought the vessels of his house be- 
fore thee, and thou and thy lords, 
thy wives and thy concubines, have 
drunk wine in them ; and thou hast 
praised the gods of silver, and gold, 
of brass, iron, wood, and stone, which 
see not, nor hear, nor know : and the 
God in whose hand thy breath is, and 
whose are all thy ways, hast thou not 
glorified : 

24 Then was the part of the hand 
sent from him ; and this writing was 
written. 

25 If And this is the writing that was 
written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, 
UPHARSIN. 

26 This is the interpretation of the 
thing : MENE ; God hath numbered 
thy kingdom, and finished it. 

27 TEKEL ; Thou art weighed in 
the balances, and art found wanting. 

28 PERES ; Thy kingdom is di- 
vided, and given to the Medes and 
Persians. 

29 Then commanded Belshazzar, 
and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, 

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He is cast into 



and put a chain of gold about his 
neck, and made a proclamation 
concerning him, that he should be 
the third ruler in the kingdom. 

30 ^T In that night was Belshazzar 
the king of the Chaldeans slain. 

31 And Darius the Median took 
the kingdom, being- about threescore 
and two years old. 

CHAPTEK VL 

1 Daniel is made chief of the presidents. 4 They con- 
spiring against him obtain an idolatrous decree. 10 
Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the 
lions' den. 18 Daniel is saved. 24 His adversaries 
devoured, 25 and God magnified by a decree. 

IT pleased Darius to set over the 
kingdom a hundred and twenty 
princes, which should be over the 
whole kingdom ; 

2 And over these three presidents ; 
of whom Daniel was first : that the 
princes might give accounts unto 
them, and the king should have no 
damage. 

3 Then this Daniel was preferred 
above the presidents and princes, 
because an excellent spirit ivas in 
him; and the king thought to set him 
over the whole realm. 

4 \ Then the presidents and princes 
sought to find occasion against Daniel 
concerning the kingdom ; but they 
could find none occasion nor fault; 
forasmuch as he was faithful, neither 
was there any error or fault found in 
him. 

5 Then said these men, We shall 
not find any occasion against this 
Daniel, except we find it against him 
concerning the law of his God. 

6 Then these presidents and princes 
assembled together to the king, and 
said thus unto him, King Darius, live 
lor ever. 

7 All the presidents of the kingdom, 
the governors, and the princes, the 
counsellors, and the captains, have 
••on si 1 1 ted together to establish a royal 
statute, and to make a firm decree, 
1 hat whosoever shall ask a petition of 
any God or man for thirty days, save 
of thee, O king, he shall be cast into 
the den of lions. 

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8 Now, O king, establish the de- 
cree, and sign the writing, that it be 
not changed, according to the law of 
the Medes and Persians, which alter- 
eth not. 

9 Wherefore king Darius signed 
the writing and the decree. 

10 TT Now when Daniel knew that 
the writing was signed, he went into 
his house ; and, his windows being 
open in his chamber toward Jeru- 
salem, he kneeled upon his knees 
three times a day, and prayed, and 
gave thanks before his God, as he 
did aforetime. 

11 Then these men assembled, and 
found Daniel praying and making 
supplication before his God. 

12 Then they came near, and spake 
before the king concerning the king's 
decree ; Hast thou not signed a de- 
cree, that every man that shall ask 
a petition of any God or man within 
thirty days, save of thee, O king, 
shall be cast into the den of lions ? The 
king answered and said, The thing is 
true, according to the law of the Medes 
and Persians, which altereth not. 

13 Then answered they and said 
before the king, That Daniel, which 
is of the children of the captivity of 
Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor 
the decree that thou hast signed, but 
maketh his petition three times a day. 

14 Then the king, when he heard 
these words, was sore displeased with 
himself, and set his heart on Daniel to 
deliver him : and he laboured till the 
going down of the sun to deliver him. 

15 Then these men assembled unto 
the king, and said unto the king, 
Know, O king, that the law of the 
Medes and Persians is, That no 
decree nor statute which the king 
establisheth may be changed. 

16 Then the king commanded, and 
they brought Daniel, and cast him 
into the den of lions. Now the king 
spake and said unto Daniel, Thy 
God whom thou servest continually, 
he will deliver thee. 

17 And a stone was brought, and 



the lions 1 den. 



DANIEL. 



Vision of four beasts. 



laid upon the mouth of the den ; and 
the king sealed it with his own sig- 
net, and with the signet of his lords ; 
that the purpose might not be chang- 
ed concerning Daniel. 

18 IT Then the king went to his 
palace, and passed the night fasting : 
neither were instruments of music 
brought before him: and his sleep 
went from him. 

19 Then the king arose very early 
in the morning, and went in haste 
unto the den of lions. * 

20 And when he came to the den, 
he cried with a lamentable voice unto 
Daniel : and the king spake and said 
to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the 
living God, is thy God, whom thou 
servest continually, able to deliver 
thee from the lions ? 

21 Then said Daniel unto the king, 
O king, live for ever. 

22 My God hath sent his angel, 
and hath shut the lions' mouths, that 
they have not hurt me: forasmuch 
as before him innocency was found 
in me ; and also before thee, O king, 
have I done no hurt. 

23 Then was the king exceeding 
glad for him, and commanded that 
they should take Daniel up out of 
the den. So Daniel was taken up 
out of the den, and no manner of 
hurt was found upon him, because 
he believed in his God. 

24 ^1 And the king commanded, 
and they brought those men which 
had accused Daniel, and they cast 
them into the den of lions, them, 
their children, and their wives ; and 
the lions had the mastery of them, and 
brake all their bones in pieces or ever 
they came at the bottom of the den. 

25 IT Then king Darius wrote unto 
all people, nations, and languages, 
that dwell in all the earth ; Peace be 
multiplied unto you. 

26 I make a decree, That in every 
dominion of my kingdom men trem- 
ble and fear before the God of Dan- 
iel: for he is the living God, and 
steadfast forever, and his kingdom that 



which shall not be destroyed, and his 
dominion shall be even unto the end. 

27 He delivereth and rescueth, and 
he worketh signs and wonders in 
heaven and in earth, who hath deliver- 
ed Daniel from the power of the lions. 

28 So this Daniel prospered in the 
reign of Darius, and in the reign of 
Cyrus the Persian. 

CHAPTEE VII. 

1 Daniel's vision of four beasts. 9 Of God's kingdom. 
15 The interpretation thereof. 

IN the first year of Belshazzar king 
of Babylon, Daniel had a dream 
and visions of his head upon his bed : 
then he wrote the dream, and told the 
sum of the matters. 

2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in 
my vision by night, and, behold, the 
four winds of the heaven strove upon 
the great sea. 

3 And four great beasts came up 
from the sea, diverse one from an- 
other. 

4 The first ivas like a lion, and 
had eagle's wings : I beheld till the 
wings thereof were plucked, and it 
was lifted up from the earth, and 
made stand upon the feet as a man, 
and a man's heart was given to it. 

5 And behold another beast, a 
second, like to a bear, and it raised 
up itself on one side, and it had three 
ribs in the mouth of it between the 
teeth of it : and they said thus unto 
it, Arise, devour much flesh. 

6 After this I beheld, and lo an- 
other, like a leopard, which had upon 
the back of it four wings of a fowl ; 
the beast had also four heads ; and 
dominion was given to it. 

7 After this I saw in the night 
visions, and behold a fourth beast, 
dreadful and terrible, and strong 
exceedingly ; and it had great iron 
teeth : it devoured and brake in 
pieces, and stamped the residue with 
the feet of it : and it icas diverse from 
all the beasts that were before it ; 
and it had ten horns. 

8 I considered the horns, and, be- 
hold, there came up among them 

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DANIEL. 



The vision interpreted. 



another little horn, before whom 
there were three of the first horns 
plucked up by the roots : and, be- 
hold, in this horn were eyes like the 
eyes of man, and a mouth speaking 
great things. 

9 If I beheld till the thrones were 
east down, and the Ancient of days 
did sit, whose garment was white as 
snow, and the hair of his head like 
the pure wool : his throne was like 
the fiery flame, and his wheels as 
burning fire. 

10 A fiery stream issued and came 
forth from before him: thousand 
thousands ministered unto him, and 
ten thousand times ten thousand 
stood before him : the judgment Was 
set, and the books were opened. 

11 I beheld then, because of the 
voice of the great words which the 
horn spake: I beheld even till the beast 
was slain, and his body destroyed, and 
given to the burning flame. 

12 As concerning the rest of the 
beasts, they had their dominion taken 
away : yet their lives were prolonged 
for a season and time. 

13 I saw in the night visions, and, 
behold, one like the Son of man came 
with the clouds of heaven, and came 
to the Ancient of days, and they 
brought him near before him. 

14 And there was given him do- 
minion, and glory, and a kingdom, that 
all people, nations, and languages, 
should serve him : his dominion is 
an everlasting dominion, which shall 
not pass away, and his kingdom that 
which shall not be destroyed. 

15 H I Daniel was grieved in my 
spirit in the midst of my body, and 
the visions of my head troubled me. 

16 I came near unto one of them 
that stood by, and asked him the 
truth of all this. So he told me, and 
made me know the interpretation of 
the things. 

17 These great beasts, which are 
lour, are four kings, which shall arise 
out of the earth. 

18 But the saints of the Most High 

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shall take the kingdom, and possess 
the kingdom for ever, even for ever 
and ever. 

19 Then I would know the truth of 
the fourth beast, which was diverse 
from all the others, exceeding dread- 
ful, whose teeth were of iron, and 
his nails of brass ; which devoured, 
brake in pieces, and stamped the 
residue with his feet ; 

20 And of the ten horns that were 
in his head, and of the other which 
came up, and before whom three 
fell; even of that horn that had 
eyes, and a mouth that spake very 
great things, whose look was more 
stout than his fellows. 

21 I beheld, and the same horn 
made war with the saints, and pre- 
vailed against them ; 

22 Until the Ancient of days came, 
and judgment was given to the saints 
of the Most High ; and the time came 
that the saints possessed the kingdom. 

23 Thus he said, The fourth beast 
shall be the fourth kingdom upon 
earth, which shall be diverse from 
all kingdoms, and shall devour the 
whole earth, and shall tread it down, 
and break it in pieces. 

24 And the ten horns out of this 
kingdom are ten kings that shall arise : 
and another shall rise after them ; and 
he shall be diverse from the first, and 
he shall subdue three kings. 

25 And he shall speak great words 
against the Most High, and shall 
wear out the saints of the Most High, 
and think to change times and laws : 
and they shall be given into his hand 
until a time and times and the divi- 
ding of time. 

26 But the judgment shall sit. and 
they shall take away his dominion, to 
consume and to destroy^ unto the end. 

27 And the kingdom and domin- 
ion, and the greatness of the king- 
dom under the whole heaven, shall 
be given to the people of the saints 
of the Most High, whose kingdom is 
an everlasting kingdom, and all do- 
minions shall serve and obey him. 



DanieVs vision of 



DANIEL. 



the ram and he goat. 



28 Hitherto is the end of the matter. 
As for me Daniel, my cogitations 
much troubled me, and my counte- 
nance changed in me : but I kept 
the matter in my heart. 

CHAPTEE YIII. 

1 DanieVs vision of the ram and he goat. 13 The two 
thousand three hundred days of sacrifice. 15 Gabriel 
comforteth Daniel, and interpreteth the vision. 

IN the third year of the reign of 
king Belshazzar a vision appear- 
ed unto me, even unto me Daniel, 
after that which appeared unto me 
at the first. 

2 And I saw in a vision; and it 
came to pass, when I saw, that I was 
at Shushan in the palace, which is in 
the province of Elam ; and I saw in a 
vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 

3 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and 
saw, and, behold, there stood before 
the river a ram which had two horns : 
and the two horns were high ; but 
one was higher than the other, and 
the higher came up last. 

4 1 saw the ram pushing westward, 
and northward, and southward ; so 
that no beasts might stand before him, 
neither was there any that could de- 
liver out of his hand ; but he did ac- 
cording to his will, and became great. 

5 And as I was considering, be- 
hold, a he goat came from the west 
on the face of the whole earth, and 
touched not the ground : and the goat 
had a notable horn between his eyes. 

6 And he came to the ram that had 
two horns, which I had seen standing 
before the river, and ran unto him in 
the fury of his power. 

7 And I saw him come close unto 
the ram, and he was moved with chol- 
er against him, and smote the ram, 
and brake his two horns : and there 
was no power in the ram to stand 
before him, but he cast him down to 
the ground, and stamped upon him : 
and there was none that could deliv- 
er the ram out of his hand. 

8 Therefore the he goat waxed very 
great : and when he was strong, the 
great horn was broken; and for it 



came up four notable ones toward 
the four winds of heaven. 

9 And out of one of them came forth 
a little horn, which waxed exceeding 
great, toward the south, and toward the 
east, and toward the pleasant land. 

10 And it waxed great, even to the 
host of heaven ; and it cast down 
some of the host and of the stars to 
the ground, and stamped upon them. 

11 Yea, he magnified himself even 
to the prince of the host, and by him 
the daily sacrifice was taken away, 
and the place of his sanctuary was 
cast down. 

12 And a host was given him 
against the daily sacrifice by reason 
of transgression, and it cast down the 
truth to the ground ; and it practised, 
and prospered. 

13 If Then I heard one saint speak- 
ing, and another saint said unto that 
certain saint which spake, How long 
shall be the vision concerning the daily 
sacrifice, and the transgression of des- 
olation, to give both the sanctuary 
and the host to be trodden under foot ? 

14 And he said unto me, Unto two 
thousand and three hundred days ; 
then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. 

15 IT And it came to pass, when I, 
even I Daniel, had seen the vision, 
and sought for the meaning, then, 
behold, there stood before me as the 
appearance of a man. 

16 And I heard a man's voice be- 
tween the banks of Ulai, which call- 
ed, and said, Gabriel, make this man 
to understand the vision. 

17 So he came near where I stood : 
and when he came, I was afraid, and 
fell upon my face : but he said unto 
me, Understand, O son of man : for at 
the time of the end shall be the vision. 

18 Now as he was speaking with 
me, I was in a deep sleep on my face 
toward the ground: but he touched 
me, and set me upright. 

19 And he said, Behold, I will 
make thee know what shall be in 
the last end of the indignation : for at 
the time appointed the end shall be. 

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The vision interpreted. 



DANIEL. 



Daniel 1 s confession 



20 The ram which thou sawest 
having two horns are the kings of 
Media and Persia. 

21 And the rough goat is the king 
of Grecia : and the great horn that is 
between his eyes is the first king. 

22 Now that being broken, whereas 
four stood up for it, four kingdoms 
shall stand up out of the nation, but 
not in his power. 

23 And in the latter time of their 
kingdom, when the transgressors are 
come to the full, a king of fierce coun- 
tenance, and understanding dark sen- 
tences, shall stand up. 

24 And his power shall be mighty, 
but not by his own power: 'and he 
shall destroy wonderfully, and shall 
prosper, and practise, and shall destroy 
the mighty and the holy people. 

25 And through his policy also he 
shall cause craft to prosper in his 
hand ; and he shall magnify himself 
in his heart, and by peace shall de- 
stroy many: he shall also stand up 
against the Prince of princes ; but 
he shall be broken without hand. 

26 And the Vision of the evening 
and the morning which was told is 
true : wherefore shut thou up the 
vision ; for it shall be for many days. 

27 And I Daniel fainted, and was 
sick certain days ; afterward I rose 
up, and did the king's business ; and 
I was astonished at the vision, but 
none understood it. 

CHAPTEK IX. 

1 Daniel, considering the time of the captivity, 3 makcth 
confession of sin*, 16 and prayeth for the restoration of 
Jerusalem. 20 Gabriel informeth h im of the seventy weeks. 

IN the first year of Darius the son 
of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the 
Medes, which was made king over 
the realm of the Chaldeans ; 

2 In the first year of his reign, I 
Daniel understood by books the 
number of the years, whereof the 
word of the Lord came to Jeremiah 
the prophet, that he would accom- 
plish seventy years in the desolations 
of Jerusalem. 

3 If And I set my face unto the 

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Lord God, to seek by prayer and sup- 
plications, with fasting, and sack- 
cloth, and ashes : 

4 And I prayed unto the Lord my 
God, and made my confession, and 
said, O Lord, the great and dreadful 
God, keeping the covenant and mercy 
to them that love him, and to them 
that keep his commandments ; 

5 We have sinned, and have com- 
mitted iniquity, and have done wick- 
edly, and have rebelled, even by de- 
parting from thy precepts and from 
thy judgments : 

6 Neither have we hearkened un- 
to thy servants the prophets, which 
spake in thy name to our kings, our 
princes, and our fathers, and to all 
the people of the land. 

7 O Lord, righteousness belongeth 
unto thee, but unto us confusion of 
faces, as at this day ; to the men of 
Judah, and to the inhabitants of Je- 
rusalem, and unto all Israel, that are 
near, and that are far off, through all 
the countries whither thou hast driven 
them, because of their trespass that 
they have trespassed against thee. 

8 O Lord, to us belongeth confusion 
of face, to our kings, to our princes, 
and to our fathers, because we have 
sinned against thee. 

9 To the Lord our God belong mer- 
cies and forgivenesses, though we have 
rebelled against him ; 

10 Neither have we obeyed the 
voice of the Lord our God, to walk 
in his laws, which he set before us 
by his servants the prophets. 

11 Yea, all Israel have transgress, 
ed thy law, even by departing, that 
they might not obey thy voice ; there- 
fore the curse is poured upon us, and 
the oath that is written in the law of 
Moses the servant of God, because 
we have sinned against him. 

12 And he hath confirmed his words, 
which he spake against us, and against 
our judges that j ndged us, by bringing 
upon us a great evil : for under the 
whole heaven hath not been done as 
hath been done upon Jerusalem. 



and prayer. 



DANIEL. 



Of the seventy weeks. 



13 As it is written in the law of 
Moses, all this evil is come upon us : 
yet made we not our prayer before 
the Lord our God, that we might 
turn from our iniquities, and under- 
stand thy truth. 

14 Therefore hath the Lord watch- 
ed upon the evil, and brought it upon 
us : for the Lord our God is right- 
eous in all his works which he doeth : 
for we obeyed not his voice. 

15 And now, O Lord our God, that 
hast brought thy people forth out of 
the land of Egypt with a mighty 
hand, and hast gotten thee renown, 
as at this day ; we have sinned, we 
have done wickedly. 

16 IT O Lord, according to all thy 
righteousness, I beseech thee, let 
thine anger and thy fury be turned 
away from thy city Jerusalem, thy 
holy mountain : because for our sins, 
and for the iniquities of our fathers, 
Jerusalem and thy people are become 
a reproach to all that are about us. 

17 Now therefore, O our God, hear 
the prayer of thy servant, and his 
supplications, and cause thy face to 
shine upon thy sanctuary that is des- 
olate, for the Lord's sake. 

18 O my God, incline tbine ear, 
and hear ; open thine eyes, and be- 
hold our desolations, and the city 
which is called by thy name : for 
we do not present our supplications 
before thee for our righteousnesses, 
but for thy great mercies. 

19 Lord, hear ; O Lord, forgive ; 

Lord, hearken and do ; defer not, 
for thine own sake, O my God: for 
thy city and thy people are called by 
thy name. 

20 ^[ And while I was speaking, 
and praying, and confessing my sin 
and the sin of my people Israel, and 
presenting my supplication before 
the Lord my God for the holy 
mountain of my God ; 

21 Yea, while I teas speaking in 
prayer, even the man Gabriel, whom 

1 had seen in the vision at the be- 
ginning, being caused to fly swiftly, 



touched me about the time of the 
evening oblation. 

22 And he informed me, and talked 
with me, and said, O Daniel, I am 
now come forth to give thee skill and 
understanding. 

23 At the beginning of thy sup- 
plications the commandment came 
forth, and I am come to shew thee ; 
for thou art greatly beloved : there- 
fore understand the matter, and con- 
sider the vision. 

24 Seventy weeks are determined 
upon thy people and upon thy holy 
city, to finish the transgression, and 
to make an end of sins, and to make 
reconciliation for iniquity, and to 
bring in everlasting righteousness, 
and to seal up the vision and proph- 
ecy, and to anoint the Most Holy. 

25 Know therefore and understand, 
that from the going forth of the com- 
mandment to restore and to build 
Jerusalem, unto the Messiah the 
Prince, shall be seven weeks, and 
threescore and two weeks : the street 
shall be built again, and the wall, 
even in troublous times. 

26 And after threescore and two 
weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but 
not for himself: and the people of 
the prince that shall come shall de- 
stroy the city and the sanctuary ; 
and the end thereof shall be with a 
flood, and unto the end of the war 
desolations are determined. 

27 And he shall confirm the cov- 
enant with many for one week : and 
in the midst of the week he shall 
cause the sacrifice and the oblation 
to cease, and for the overspreading 
of abominations he shall make it des- 
olate, even until the consummation, 
and that determined shall be poured 
upon the desolate. 

CHAPTEE X. 

1 Daniel having humbled himself see th a vision. 10 Be- 
ing troubled with fear he is comforted by the avge!. 

IN the third year of Cyrus king of 
Persia a thing was revealed unto 
Daniel, whose name was called Bel- 
teshazzar; and the thing ivas true, 
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Daniel seeth a glorious vision. DANIEL. An angel comforteth him. 



but the time appointed was long : 
and he understood the thing, and 
had understanding of the vision. 

2 In those days I Daniel was 
mourning three full weeks. 

3 I ate no pleasant bread, neither 
came flesh nor wine in my mouth, 
neither did I anoint myself at all, till 
three whole weeks were fulfilled. 

4 And in the four and twentieth 
day of the first month, as I was by 
the side of the great river, which is 
Hiddekel ; 

5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, and 
looked, and behold a certain man 
clothed in linen, whose loins were 
girded with fine gold of Uphaz : 

6 His body also was like the beryl, 
and his face as the appearance of 
lightning, and his eyes as lamps of 
fire, and his arms and his feet like 
in colour to polished brass, and the 
voice of his words like the voice of a 
multitude. 

7 And I Daniel alone saw the 
vision : for the men that were with 
me saw not the vision ; but a great 
quaking fell upon them, so that they 
fled to hide themselves. 

8 Therefore I was left alone, and 
saw this great vision, and there 
remained no strength in me : for my 
comeliness was turned in me into cor- 
ruption, and I retained no strength. 

9 Yet heard I the voice of his 
words : and when I heard the voice 
of his words, then was I in a deep 
sleep on my face, and my face to- 
ward the ground. 

10 IT And, behold, a hand touched 
me, which set me upon my knees 
and upon the palms of my hands. 

11 And he said unto me, O Daniel, 
a man greatly beloved, understand 
the words that I speak unto thee, and 
stand upright : for unto thee am I now 
sent. And when he had spoken this 
word unto me, I stood trembling. 

12 Then said he unto me, Fear not, 
Daniel : for from the first day that 
thou didst set thine heart to under- 
stand, and to chasten thyself before 

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thy God, thy words were heard, and 
I am come for thy words. 

13 But the prince of the kingdom of 
Persia withstood me one and twenty 
days-: but, lo, Michael, one of the 
chief princes, came to help me ; and 
I remained there with the kings of 
Persia. 

14 Now I am come to make thee 
understand what shall befall thy 
people in the latter days : for yet 
the vision is for many days. 

15 And when he had spoken such 
words unto me, I set my face toward 
the ground, and I became dumb. 

16 And, behold, one like the simil- 
itude of the sons of men touched 
my lips : then I opened my mouth, 
and spake, and said unto him that 
stood before me, O my lord, by the 
vision my sorrows are turned upon 
me, and I have retained no strength. 

17 For how can the servant of this 
my lord talk with this my lord ? for 
as for me, straightway there remain- 
ed no strength in me, neither is there 
breath left in me. 

18 Then there came again and 
touched me one like the appearance 
of a man, and he strengthened me, 

19 And said, O man greatly belov- 
ed, fear not : peace be unto thee ; be 
strong, yea, be strong. And when he 
had spoken unto me, I was strength- 
ened, and said, Let my lord speak ; 
for thou hast strengthened me. 

20 Then said he, Knowest thou 
wherefore I come unto thee ? and now 
will I return to fight with the prince of 
Persia : and when I am gone forth, lo, 
the prince of Grecia shall come. 

21 But I will shew thee that which 
is noted in the Scripture of truth : and 
there is none that holdeth with me in 
these things, but Michael your prince. 

CHAPTEE XL 

1 The overthrow of Persia by the king of Grecia. 5 
Leagues and conflicts between the kings of the south 
and of the north. 30 The invasion and tyranny of 
the Romans. 

A LSO I in the first year of Darius 
.xjL the Mede, even I, stood to con- 
firm and to strengthen him. 



The overthrow of Persia, 



DANIEL. 



Leagues and conflicts. 



2 And now will I shew thee the 
truth. Behold, there shall stand up 
yet three kings in Persia; and the 
fourth shall be far richer than they 
all : and by his strength through his 
riches he shall stir up all against the 
realm of Grrecia. 

3 And a mighty king shall stand 
up, that shall rule with great domin- 
ion, and do according to his will. 

4 And when he shall stand up, his 
kingdom shall he broken, and shall 
be divided toward the four winds of 
heaven ; and not to his posterity, nor 
according to his dominion which he 
ruled : for his kingdom shall be pluck- 
ed up, even for others besides those. 

5 IT And the king of the south shall 
be strong, and one of his princes; 
and he shall be strong above him, 
and have dominion ; his dominion 
shall be a great dominion. 

6 And in the end of years they 
shall join themselves together; for 
the king's daughter of the south 
shall come to the king of the north 
to make an agreement : but she shall 
not retain the power of the arm ; nei- 
ther shall he stand, nor his arm : but 
she shall be given up, and they that 
brought her, and he that begat her, 
and he that strengthened her in these 
times. 

7 But out of a branch of her roots 
shall one stand up in his estate, 
which shall come with an army, and 
shall enter into the fortress of the 
king of the north, and shall deal 
against them, and shall prevail : 

8 And shall also carry captives into 
Egypt their gods, with their princes, 
and with their precious vessels of sil- 
ver and of gold; and he shall continue 
more years than the king of the 
north. 

9 So the king of the south shall 
come into his kingdom, and shall re- 
turn into his own land. 

10 But his sons shall be stirred 
up, and shall assemble a multitude 
of great forces: and one shall cer- 
tainly come, and overflow, and pass 



through : then shall he return, and 
be stirred up, even to his fortress. 

11 And the /king of the south shall 
be moved with choler, and shall 
come forth and fight with him, even 
with the king of the north : and he 
shall set forth a great multitude ; but 
the multitude shall be given into his 
hand. 

12 And when he hath taken away 
the multitude, his heart shall be 
lifted up ; and he shall cast down 
many ten thousands : but he shall 
not be strengthened by it. 

13 For the king of the north shall 
return, and shall set forth a multi- 
tude greater than the former, and 
shall certainly come after certain 
years with a great army and with 
much riches. 

14 And in those times there shall 
many stand up against the king of 
the south : also the robbers of thy 
people shall exalt themselves to es- 
tablish the vision; but they shall 
fall. 

15 So the king of the north shall 
come, and cast up a mount, and take 
the most fenced cities : and the arms 
of the south shall not withstand, nei- 
ther his chosen people, neither shall 
there be any strength to withstand. 

16 But he that cometh against him 
shall do according to his own will, and 
none shall stand before him : and he 
shall stand in the glorious land, which 
by his hand shall be consumed. 

1 7 He shall also set his face to enter 
with the strength of his whole king- 
dom, and upright ones with him; 
thus shall he do: and he shall give 
him the daughter of women, cor- 
rupting her : but she shall not stand 
on his side, neither be for him. 

18 After this shall he turn his face 
unto the isles, and shall take many : 
but a prince for his own behalf shall 
cause the reproach offered by him to 
cease ; without his own reproach he 
shall cause it to turn upon him. 

19 Then he shall turn his face to- 
ward the fort of his own land : but 

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The invasion and 



he shall stumble and fall, and not be 
found. 

20 Then shall stand up in his 
estate a raiser of taxes in the glory 
of the kingdom : but within few days 
he shall be destroyed, neither in auger, 
nor in battle. 

21 And in his estate shall stand 
up a vile person, to whom they shall 
not give the honour of the kingdom : 
but he shall come in peaceably, and 
obtain the kingdom by flatteries. 

22 And with the arms of a flood 
shall they be overflown from before 
him, and shall be broken ; yea, also 
the prince of the covenant. 

23 And after the league made with 
him he shall work deceitfully: for 
he shall come up, and shall become 
strong with a small people. 

24 He shall enter peaceably even 
upon the fattest places of the prov- 
ince ; and he shall do that which 
his fathers have not done, nor his 
fathers' fathers ; he shall scatter 
among them the prey, and spoil, 
and riches : yea, and he shall fore- 
cast his devices against the strong 
holds, even for a time. 

*2o And he shall stir up his power 
and his courage against the king of 
the south with a great army; and 
the king of the south shall be stirred 
up to battle with a very great and 
mighty army ; but he shall not stand : 
for they shall forecast devices against 
him. 

26 Yea, they that feed of the por- 
tion of his meat shall destroy him, 
and his army shall overflow: and 
many shall fall down slain. 

27 And both these kings' hearts 
shall be to do mischief, and they shall 
speak lies at one table ; but it shall 
not prosper : for yet the end shall be 
at the time appointed. 

28 Then shall he return into his 
land with great riches ; and his heart 
shall be against the holy covenant; 
and he shall do exploits, and return 
to his own land. 

29 At the time appointed he shall 

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return, and come toward the south; 
but it shall not be as the former, oi 
as the latter. 

30 H For the ships of Chittim shall 
come against him: therefore he shall 
be grieved, and return, and have in- 
dignation against the holy covenant : 
so shall he do ; he shall even return, 
and have intelligence with them that 
forsake the holy covenant. 

31 And arms shall stand on his part, 
and they shall pollute the sanctuary 
of strength, and shall take away the 
daily sacrifice, and they shall place the 
abomination that maketh desolate. 

32 And such as do wickedly against 
the covenant shall he corrupt by 
flatteries : but the people that do 
know their God shall be strong, and 
do exploits. 

33 And they that understand among 
the people shall instruct many : yet 
they shall fall by the sword, and by 
flame, by captivity, and by spoil, 
many days. 

34 Now when they shall fall, they 
shall be holpen with a little help : 
but many shall cleave to them with 
flatteries. 

35 And some of them of under- 
standing shall fall, to try them, and 
to purge, and to make them white, 
even to the time of the end : because 
it is yet for a time appointed. 

36 And the king shall do accord- 
ing to his will ; and he shall exalt 
himself, and magnify himself above 
every god, and shall speak marvel- 
lous things against the God of gods, 
and shall prosper till the indignation 
be accomplished : for that that is de- 
termined shall be done. 

37 Neither shall he regard the 
God of his fathers, nor the desire of 
women, nor regard any god : for he 
shall magnify himself above all. 

38 But in his estate shall he hon- 
our the God of forces : and a god 
whom his fathers knew not shall he 
honour with gold, and silver, and with 
precious stones, and pleasant things. 

39 Thus shall he do in the most 



tyranny of the Romans. 



DANIEL. 



Daniel heareth the times. 



strong- holds with a strange god, 
whom he shall acknowledge and in- 
crease with glory.: and he shall 
cause them to rule over many, and 
shall divide the land for gain. 

40 And at the time of the end shall 
the king of the south push at him : 
and the king of the north shall come 
against him like a whirlwind, with 
chariots, and with horsemen, and 
with many ships ; and he shall enter 
into the countries, and shall overflow 
and pass over. 

41 He shall enter also into the 
glorious land, and many countries 
shall be overthrown : but these shall 
escape out of his hand, even Edom, 
and Moab, and the chief of the chil- 
dren of Amnion. 

42 He shall stretch forth his hand 
also upon the countries : and the 
land of Egypt shall not escape. 

43 But he shall have power over 
the treasures of gold and of silver, 
and over all the precious things of 
Egypt: and the Libyans and the 
Ethiopians shall be at his steps. 

44 But tidings out of the east and 
out of the north shall trouble him : 
therefore he shall go forth with great 
fury to destroy, and utterly to make 
away many. 

45 And he shall plant the taberna- 
cles of his palace between the seas 
in the glorious holy mountain ; yet 
he shall come to his end, and none 
shall help him. 

CHAPTEK XII. 

1 Michael shall deliver Israel from their troubles. 5 
Daniel is informed of the times. 

AND at that time shall Michael 
. stand up, the great prince which 
standeth for the children of thy peo- 
ple : and there shall be a time of 
trouble, such as never was since 
there was a nation even to that same 
time : and at that time thy people 
shall be delivered, every one that 
shall be found written in the book. 

2 And many of them that sleep in 
the dust of the earth shall awake, 



some to everlasting life, and some to 
shame and everlasting contempt. 

3 And they that be wise shall shine 
as the brightness of the firmament ; 
and they that turn many to righteous- 
ness, as the stars for ever and ever. 

4 But thou, O Daniel, shut up the 
words, and seal the book, even to 
the time of the end: many shall run 
to .and fro, and knowledge shall be 
increased. 

5 IT Then I Daniel looked, and, be- 
hold, there stood other two, the one 
on this side of the bank of the river, 
and the other on that side of the bank 
of the river. 

6 And one said to the man clothed 
in linen, which was upon the waters 
of the river, How long shall it be to 
the end of these wonders ? 

7 And I heard the man clothed in 
linen, which was upon the waters of 
the river, when he held up his right 
hand and his left hand unto heaven, 
and sware by him that liveth for ever, 
that it shall be for a time, times, and 
a half; and when he shall have 
accomplished to scatter the power of 
the holy people, all these things shall 
be finished. 

8 And I heard, but I understood 
not : then said I, O my Lord, what 
shall be the end of these things ? 

9 And he said, Go thy way, Daniel : 
for the words are closed up and seal- 
ed till the time of the end. 

10 Many shall be purified, and 
made white, and tried ; but the 
wicked shall do wickedly : and none 
of the wicked shall understand ; but 
the wise shall understand. 

11 And from the time that the daily 
sacrifice shall be taken away, and the 
abomination that maketh desolate 
set up, there shall be a thousand two 
hundred and ninety days. 

12 Blessed is he that waiteth, and 
cometh to the thousand three hun- 
dred and five and thirty days. 

13 But go thou thy way till the end 
be : for thou shalt rest, and stand in 
thy lot at the end of the days. 

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HOSEA. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Hosea, to shew God's judgment for spiritual whore- 
dom, taketh Gomer, 4 and hath by her Jezreel, 6 
Lo-ruhamah, 8 and Lo-ammi. 10 The restoration of 
Judah and Israel. 

THE word of the Lord that came 
unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in 
the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, 
and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and 
in the days of Jeroboam the son of 
Joash, king of Israel. 

2 The beginning of the word of 
the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord 
said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a 
wife of whoredoms and children of 
whoredoms : for the land hath com- 
mitted great whoredom, departing 
from the Lord. 

3 So he went and took Gomer the 
daughter of Diblaim ; which con- 
ceived, and bare him a son. 

4 And the Lord said unto him, 
Call his name Jezreel ; for yet a 
little while, and I will avenge the 
blood of Jezreel upon the house of 
Jehu, and will cause to cea'se the 
kingdom of the house of Israel. 

5 And it shall come to pass at that 
day, that I will break the bow of Is- 
rael in the valley of Jezreel. 

6 1[ And she conceived again, and 
bare a daughter. And God said unto 
him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah : 
for I will no more have mercy upon 
the house of Israel ; but I will utterly 
take them away. 

7 But I will have mercy upon the 
house of Judah, and will save them by 
the Lord their God, and will not save 
them by bow, nor by sword, nor by 
battle, by horses, nor by horsemen. 

8 If Now when she had weaned 
Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare 
a son. 

9 Then said God, Call his name 
Lo-ammi : for ye are not my people, 
and I will not be your God. 

10 If Yet the number of the chil- 
dren of Israel shall be as the sand of 
the sea, which cannot be measured 

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nor numbered ; and it shall come to 
pass, that in the place where it was 
said unto them, Ye are not my peo- 
ple^ there it shall be said unto them, 
Ye are the sons of the living God. 

1 1 Then shall the children of Judah 
and the children of Israel be gather- 
ed together, and appoint themselves 
one head, and they shall come up 
out of the land : for great shall he 
the day of Jezreel. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 The idolatry of the people. 6 Gods judgments against 
them. 14 His promises of reconciliation with them. 

SAY ye unto your brethren, Amnii ; 
and to your sisters, Ruhamah. 

2 Plead with your mother, plead ; 
for she is not my wife, neither am I 
her husband : let her therefore put 
away her whoredoms out of her 
sight, and her adulteries from be- 
tween her breasts; 

3 Lest I strip her naked, and set her 
as in the day that she was born, and 
make her as a wilderness, and set her 
like a dry land, and slay her with thirst. 

4 And I will not have mercy upon 
her children ; for they be the chil- 
dren of whoredoms. 

5 For their mother hath played the 
harlot : she that conceived them hath 
done shamefully ; for she said, I will 
go after my lovers, that give me my 
bread and my water, my wool and 
my flax, mine oil and my drink. 

6 If Therefore, behold, I will hedge 
up thy way with thorns, and make a 
wall, that she shall not find her paths. 

7 And she shall follow after her 
lovers, but she shall not overtake them ; 
and she shall seek them, but shall not 
find them : then shall she say, I will 
go and return to my first husband ; for 
then was it better with me than now. 

8 For she did not know that I gave 
her corn, and wine, and oil, and mul- 
tiplied her silver and gold, which they 
prepared for Baal. 

9 Therefore will I return, and take 



God's promises 



HOSEA. 



of reconciliation. 



away my corn in the time thereof, 
and my wine in the season thereof, 
and will recover my wool and my 
flax given to cover her nakedness. 

10 And now will I discover her lewd- 
ness in the sight of her lovers, and none 
shall deliver her out of mine hand. 

Ill will also cause all her mirth to 
cease, her feast days, her new moons, 
and her sabbaths, and all her solemn 
feasts. 

12 And I will destroy her vines 
and her fig trees, whereof she hath 
said, These are my rewards that my 
lovers have given me : and I will 
make them a forest, and the beasts 
of the field shall eat them. 

13 And I will visit upon her the 
days of Baalim, wherein she burned 
incense to them, and she decked 
herself with her earrings and her 
jewels, and she went after her lovers, 
and forgat me, saith the Lord. 

14 IT Therefore, behold, I will allure 
her, and bring her into the wilder- 
ness, and speak comfortably unto her. 

15 And I will give her her vine- 
yards from thence, and the valley of 
Achor for a door of hope : and she 
shall sing there, as in the days of her 
youth, and as in the day when she 
came up out of the land of Egypt. 

16 And it shall be at that day, saith 
the Lord, that thou shalt call me 
Ishi ; and shalt call me no more Baali. 

1 7 For I will take away the names 
of Baalim out of her mouth, and 
they shall no more be remembered 
by their name. 

18 And in that day will I make a 
covenant for them with the beasts 
of the field, and with the fowls of 
heaven, and with the creeping things 
of the ground : and I will break the 
bow and the sword and the battle 
out of the earth, and will make them 
to lie down safely. 

19 And I will betroth thee unto me 
for ever ; yea, I will betroth thee unto 
me in righteousness, and in judgment, 
and in lovingkindness, and in mercies. 

20 1 will even betroth thee unto me 
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in faithfulness: and thou shalt know 
the Lord. 

21 And it shall come to pass in that 
day, I will hear, saith the Lord, I 
will hear the heavens, and they shall 
hear the earth ; 

22 And the earth shall hear the 
corn, and the wine, and the oil ; and 
they shall hear Jezreel. 

23 And I will sow her unto me in 
the earth; and I will have mercy up- 
on her that had not obtained mercy; 
and I will say to them which were 
not my people, Thou art my people ; 
and they shall say, Thou art my God. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 By the expiation of an adulteress, 4 is shewed the deso- 
lation of Israel before their restoration. 

THEN said the Lord unto me, 
Go yet, love a woman beloved of 
her friend, yet an adulteress, accord- 
ing to the love of the Lord toward 
the children of Israel, who look to 
other gods, and love flagons of wine. 

2 So I bought her to me for fifteen 
pieces of silver, and for a homer of 
barley, and a half homer of barley : 

3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt 
abide for me many days ; thou shalt 
not play the harlot, and thou shalt 
not be for another man : so will I 
also be for thee. 

4 For the children of Israel shall 
abide many days without a king, and 
without a prince, and without a sacri- 
fice, and without an image, and with- 
out an ephod, and without teraphim : 

5 Afterward shall the children of 
Israel return, and seek the Lord 
their God, and David their king ; 
and shall fear the Lord and his 
goodness in the latter days. 

CHAPTEE IV. 

1 God's judgments against the sins of the people, 6 arid 
of the priests, 1 2 and against -their idolatry. 15 Judah 
is exhorted to take warning by Israel's calamity. 

HEAR the word of the Lord, ye 
children of Israel : for the Lord 
hath a controversy with the inhab- 
itants of the land, because there is no 
truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of 
God in the land. 

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God's judgments against 



HOSEA, 



the sins of the people. 



2 By swearing, and lying, and kill- 
ing, and stealing, and committing 
adultery, they break out, and blood 
toucheth blood. 

3 Therefore shall the land mourn, 
and every one that dwelleth therein 
shall languish, with the beasts of the 
field, and with the fowls of heaven ; 
yea, the fishes of the sea also shall 
be taken away. 

4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove 
another : for thy people are as they 
that strive with the priest. 

5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the 
day, and the prophet also shall fall 
with thee in the night, and I will 
destroy thy mother. 

6 If My people are destroyed for 
lack of knowledge: because thou 
hast rejected knowledge, I will also 
reject thee, that thou shalt be no 
priest to me : seeing thou hast for- 
gotten the law of thy God, I will 
also forget thy children. 

7 As they were increased, so they 
sinned against me : therefore will I 
change their glory into shame. 

8 They eat up the sin of my 
people, and they set their heart 
on their iniquity. 

9 And there shall be, like people, like 
priest: and I will punish them for their 
ways, and reward them their doings. 

10 For they shall eat, and not have 
enough: they shall commit whore- 
dom, and shall not increase : because 
they have left off to take heed to the 
Lord. 

11 Whoredom and wine and new 
wine take away the heart. 

12 If My people ask counsel at their 
stocks, and their staff declareth unto 
them : for the spirit of whoredoms 
hath caused them to err, and they have 
gone a whoring from under their God. 

13 They sacrifice upon the tops of 
the mountains, and burn incense upon 
the hills, under oaks and poplars 
and elms, because the shadow there- 
of is good : therefore your daughters 
shall commit whoredom, and your 
spouses shall commit adultery. 

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14 I will not punish your daughters 
when they commit whoredom, noi 
your spouses when they commit adul- 
tery : for themselves are separated 
with whores, and they sacrifice with 
harlots : therefore the people that 
doth not understand shall fall. 

15 IT Though thou, Israel, play the 
harlot, yet let not Judah offend ; and 
come not ye unto Giigal, neither go 
ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The 
Lord liveth. 

1 6 For Israel slideth back as a back- 
sliding heifer : now the Lord will feed 
them as a lamb in a large place. 

17 Ephraim is joined to idols : let 
him alone. 

18 Their drink is sour: they have 
committed whoredom continually : 
her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. 

19 The wind hath bound her up 
in her wings, and they shall be asha- 
med because of their sacrifices. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 God's judgments against the priests, the people, and the 
princes of Israel, for their manifold sins, 15 until 
they repent. 

HEAR ye this, O priests ; and 
hearken, ye house of Israel ; 
and give ye ear, O house of the king ; 
for judgment is toward you, because 
ye have been a snare on Mizpah, 
and a net spread upon Tabor. 

2 And the revolters are profound 
to make slaughter, though I have 
been a rebuker of them all. 

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel 
is not hid from me: for now, O 
Ephraim, thou committest whore- 
dom, and Israel is defiled. 

4 They will not frame their doings 
to turn unto their God : for the spirit 
of whoredoms is in the midst of them, 
and they have not known the Lord. 

5 And the pride of Israel doth tes- 
tify to his face : therefore shall Israel 
and Ephraim fall in their iniquity ; 
Judah also shall fall with them. 

6 They shall go with their flocks and 
with their herds to seek the Lord ; 
but they shall not find him; he hath 
withdrawn himself from them. 



God's judgments 



HOSEA. 



against Israel. 



7 They have dealt treacherously 
against the Lord ; for they have be- 
gotten strange children : now shall a 
month devour them with their por- 
tions. 

8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, 
and the trumpet in Raman : cry aloud 
at Beth-aven, after thee,0 Benjamin. 

9 Ephraim shall he desolate in the 
day of rebuke : among the tribes of 
Israel have I made known that which 
shall surely be. 

10 The princes of Judah were like 
them that remove the bound : there- 
fore I will pour out my wrath upon 
them like water. 

11 Ephraim is oppressed and bro- 
ken in judgment, because he willing- 
ly walked after the commandment. 

12 Therefore will I be unto Ephra- 
im as a moth, and to the house of 
Judah as rottenness. 

13 When Ephraim saw his sick- 
ness, and Judah saw his wound, then 
went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and 
sent to king Jareb : yet could he not 
heal you, nor cure you of your wound. 

14 For 1 will be unto Ephraim as 
a lion, and as a young lion to the 
house of Judah : I, even I, will tear 
and go away; I will take away, and 
none shall rescue him. 

15 If I will go and return to my 
place, till they acknowledge their of- 
fence, and seek my face: in their af- 
fliction they will seek me early. 

CHAPTER YI. 

1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 A complaint of their 
untoivardness and iniquity. 

COME, and let us return unto the 
Lord : for he hath torn, and he 
will heal us ; he hath smitten, and 
he will bind us up. 

2 After two days will he revive us : 
in the third day he will raise us up, 
and we shall live in his sight. 

3 Then shall we know, if we fol- 
low on to know the Lord : his going 
forth is prepared as the morning ; and 
he shall come unto us as the rain, as the 
latter and former rain unto the earth. 

4 1f O Ephraim, what shall I do 



unto thee ? O Judah, what shall I 
do unto thee ? for your goodness is 
as a morning cloud, and as the early 
dew it goeth away. 

5 Therefore have I hewed them by 
the prophets ; I have slain them by 
the words of my mouth : and thy judg- 
ments are as the light that goeth forth. 

6 For I desired mercy, and not sac- 
rifice; and the knowledge of God 
more than burnt offerings. 

7 But they like men have trans- 
gressed the covenant : there have 
they dealt treacherously against me. 

8 Gilead is a city of them that work 
iniquity, and is polluted with blood. 

9 And as troops of robbers wait for 
a man, so the company of priests mur- 
der in the way by consent : for they 
commit lewdness. 

10 I have seen a horrible thing in 
the house of Israel : there is the whore- 
dom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. 

11 Also, O Judah, he hath set a 
harvest for thee, when I returned the 
captivity of my people. 

CHAPTER YII. 

1 A reproof of manifold sins. 1 1 God's wrath against 
them for their hypocrisy. 

WHEN I would have healed 
Israel, then the iniquity of 
Ephraim was discovered, and the 
wickedness of Samaria : for they com- 
mit falsehood ; and the thief cometh 
in, and the troop of robbers spoileth 
without. 

2 And they consider not in their 
hearts that I remember all their wick- 
edness : now their own doings have 
beset them about; they are before 
my face. 

3 They make the king glad with 
their wickedness, and the princes with 
their lies. 

4 They are all adulterers, as an 
oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth 
from raising after he hath kneaded 
the dough, until it be leavened. 

5 In the day of our king, the princes 
have made him sick with bottles of 
wine ; he stretched out his hand with 
scorners. 

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HOSEA. 



manifold sins. 



6 For they have made ready their 
heart like an oven, while they lie in 
wait: their baker sleepeth all the 
night ; in the morning it burnetii as 
a flaming fire. 

7 They are all hot as an oven, and 
have devoured their judges ; all their 
kings are fallen : there is none among 
them that calleth unto me. 

8 Ephraim, he hath mixed himself 
among the people ; Ephraim is a cake 
not turned. 

9 Strangers have devoured his 
strength, and he knoweth it not: 
yea, gray hairs are here and there 
upon him, yet he knoweth not. 

10 And the pride of Israel testi- 
fieth to his face: and they do not 
return to the Lord their God, nor 
seek him for all this. 

11 H Ephraim also is like a silly 
dove without heart: they call to 
Egypt, they go to Assyria. 

12 When they shall go, I will 
spread my net upon them ; I will 
bring them down as the fowls of the 
heaven ; I will chastise them, as their 
congregation hath heard. 

13 Woe unto them ! for they have 
fled from me : destruction unto them ! 
because they have transgressed against 
me : though I have redeemed them, 
yet they have spoken lies against me. 

14 And they have not cried unto 
me with their heart, when they howl- 
ed upon their beds : they assemble 
themselves for corn and wine, and 
they rebel against me. 

15 Though I have bound and 
strengthened their arms, yet do they 
imagine mischief against me. 

16 They return, but not to the Most 
High : they are like a deceitful bow: 
their princes shall fall by the sword for 
the rage of their tongue : this shall be 
their derision in the land of Egypt. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1, 12 Destruction is threatened for their impiety, 5 and 
idolatry. 

SiET the trumpet to thy mouth. 
He shall come as an eagle against 
the house of the Lord, because they 

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have transgressed my covenant, and 
trespassed against my law. 

2 Israel shall cry unto me, My 
God, we know thee. 

3 Israel hath cast off the thing that 
is good : the enemy shall pursue him. 

4 They have set up kings, but not 
by me : they have made princes, and 
I knew it not: of their silver and 
their gold have they made them idols, 
that they may be cut off. 

5 T[ Thy calf, O Samaria, hath 
cast thee off; mine anger is kindled 
against them : how long will it be 
ere they attain to innocency? 

6 For from Israel was it also : the 
workman made it ; therefore it is not 
God : but the calf of Samaria shall 
be broken in pieces. 

7 For they have sown the wind, 
and they shall reap the whirlwind : 
it hath no stalk : the bud shall yield 
no meal : if so be it yield, the stran- 
gers shall swallow it up. 

8 Israel is swallowed up: now 
shall they be among the Gentiles as 
a vessel wherein is no pleasure. 

9 For they are gone up to As- 
syria, a wild ass alone by himself: 
Ephraim hath hired lovers. 

10 Yea, though they have hired 
among the nations, now will I gather 
them, and they shall sorrow a little 
for the burden of the king of princes. 

11 Because Ephraim hath made 
many altars to sin, altars shall be 
unto him to sin. 

12 I have written to him the great 
things of my law, but they were 
counted as a strange thing. 

13 They sacrifice flesh for the sac- 
rifices of mine offerings, and eat it ; 
but the Lord accepteth them not; 
now will he remember their iniquity, 
and visit their sins : they shall return 
to Egypt. 

14 For Israel hath forgotten his 
Maker, and buildeth temples; and 
Judah hath multiplied fenced cities : 
but I will send a fire upon his cit- 
ies, and it shall devour the palaces 
thereof. 



The distress and 



HOSEA. 



captivity of Israel. 



CHAPTER IX. 

The distress and captivity of Israel for their sins and 
idolatry. 

REJOICE not, O Israel, for joy, as 
other people : for thou hast gone 
a whoring from thy God, thou hast 
loved a reward upon every cornfloor. 

2 The floor and the winepress shall 
not feed them, and the new wine shall 
fail in her. 

3 They shall not dwell in the Lord's 
land; hut Ephraim shall return to 
Egypt, and they shall eat unclean 
things in Assyria. 

4 They shall not offer wine offerings 
to the Lord, neither shall they he pleas- 
ing unto him : their sacrifices shall be 
unto them as the bread of mourners ; 
all that eat thereof shall he polluted : 
for their bread for their soul shall not 
come into the house of the Lord. 

5 What will ye do in the solemn 
day, and in the day of the feast of 
the Lord ? 

6 For, lo, they are gone because 
of destruction: Egypt shall gather 
them up, Memphis shall bury them : 
the pleasant places for their silver, 
nettles shall possess them: thorns 
shall be in their tabernacles. 

7 The days of visitation are come, 
the days of recompense are come ; 
Israel shall know it : the prophet is 
a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for 
the multitude of thine iniquity, and 
the great hatred. 

8 The watchman of Ephraim was 
with my God : but the prophet is a 
snare of a fowler in all his ways, and 
hatred in the house of his God. 

9 They have deeply corrupted them- 
selves, as in the days of Gibeah: 
therefore he will remember their ini- 
quity, he will visit their sins. 

10 I' found Israel like grapes in 
the wilderness ; I saw your fathers as- 
the first ripe in the fig tree at her first 
time : but they went to Baal-peor, and 
separated themselves unto that shame ; 
and their abominations were accord- 
ing as they loved. 

1 1 As for Ephraim, their glory shall 



fly away like a bird, from the birth, 
and from the womb, and from the 
conception. 

12 Though they bring up their chil- 
dren, yet will I bereave them, that there 
shall not be a man left : yea, woe also 
to them when I depart from them ! 

13 Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, is 
planted in a pleasant place : but 
Ephraim shall bring forth his chil- 
dren to the murderer. 

14 Give them, O Lord : what wilt 
thou give ? give them a miscarrying 
womb and dry breasts. 

15 All their wickedness is in Gil- 
gal : for there I hated them : for the 
wickedness of their doings I will drive 
them out of mine house, I will love 
them no more : all their princes are 
revolters. 

16 Ephraim is smitten, their root 
is dried up, they shall bear no fruit : 
yea, though they bring forth, yet will 
I slay even the beloved fruit of their 
womb. 

17 My God will cast them away, 
because they did not hearken unto 
him: and they shall be wanderers 
among the nations. 

CHAPTER X. 

Israel is reproved and threatened for their impiety and 
idolatry. 

ISRAEL is an empty vine, he bring- 
eth forth fruit unto himself: ac- 
cording to the multitude of his fruit 
he hath increased the altars ; accord- 
ing to the goodness of his land they 
have made goodly images. 

2 Their heart is divided ; now shall 
they be found faulty: he shall break 
down their altars, he shall spoil their 
images. 

3 For now they shall say, We have 
no king, because we feared not the 
Lord ; what then should a king do 
to us? 

4 They have spoken words, swear- 
ing falsely in making a covenant : 
thus judgment springeth up as hem- 
lock in the furrows of the field. 

5 The inhabitants of Samaria shall 
fear because of the calves of Beth- 

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HOSEA. 



and ingratitude. 



aven: for the people thereof shall 
mourn over it, and the priests thereof 
that rejoiced on it, for the glory there- 
of, because it is departed from it. 

6 It shall be also carried unto As- 
syria for a present to king Jareb: 
Ephraim shall receive shame, and 
Israel shall be ashamed of his own 
counsel. 

7 As for Samaria, her king is cut 
off as the foam upon the water. 

8 The high places also of Aven, 
the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed : 
the thorn and the thistle shall come 
up on their altars ; and they shall 
say to the mountains, Cover us ; and 
to the hills, Fall on us. 

9 O Israe], thou hast sinned from 
the days of Gibeah : there they stood : 
the battle in Gibeah against the chil- 
dren of iniquity did not overtake them. 

10 It is in my desire that I should 
chastise them; and the people shall 
be gathered against them, when they 
shall bind themselves in their two 
furrows. 

1 1 And Ephraim is as a heifer that 
is taught, and loveth to tread out the 
corn ; but I passed over upon her fair 
neck : I will make Ephraim to ride ; 
Judah shall plough, and Jacob shall 
break his clods. 

12 Sow to yourselves in righteous- 
ness, reap in mercy; break up your 
fallow ground : for it is time to seek 
the Lord, till he come and rain right- 
eousness upon you. 

13 Ye have ploughed wickedness, 
ye have reaped iniquity ; ye have eat- 
en the fruit of lies : because thou didst 
trust in thy way, in the multitude of 
thy mighty men. 

14 Therefore shall a tumult arise 
among thy people, and all thy for- 
tresses shall be spoiled, as Shalman 
spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of bat- 
tle: the mother was dashed in pieces 
upon her children. 

15 So shall Beth-el do unto you 
because of your great wickedness : in 
a morning shall the king of Israel 
utterly be cut off. 

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CHAPTER XL 

1 The ingratitude of Israel unto God for his benefits. 5 
His judgment. 8 God's mercy toward them. 

WHEN Israel was a child, then 
I loved him, and called my 
son out of Egypt. 

2 As they called them, so they 
went from them : they sacrificed unto 
Baalim, and burned incense to graven 
images. 

3 I taught Ephraim also to go, 
taking them by their arms ; but they 
knew not that I healed them. 

4 I drew them with cords of a man, 
with bands of love : and I was to them 
as they that take off the yoke on their 
jaws, and I laid meat unto them. 

5 If He shall not return into the land 
of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be his 
king, because they refused to return. 

6 And the sword shall abide on his 
cities, and shall consume his branches, 
and devour them, because of their 
own counsels. 

7 And my people are bent to back- 
sliding from me : though they called 
them to the Most High, none at all 
would exalt him. 

8 How shall I give thee up, Ephra- 
im ? how shall I deliver thee, Israel ? 
how shall I make thee as Admah ? 
how shall I set thee as Zeboim ? mine 
heart is turned within me, my repent- 
ings are kindled together. 

9 I will not execute the fierceness 
of mine anger, I will not return to 
destroy Ephraim : for I am God, and 
not man ; the Holy One in the midst 
of thee : and I will not enter into the 
city. 

10 They shall walk after the Lord : 
he shall roar like a lion : when he 
shall roar, then the children shall 
tremble from the west. 

11 They shall tremble as a bird 
out of Egypt, and as a dove out of 
the land of Assyria : and I will place 
them in their houses, saith the Lord. 

12 Ephraim compasseth me about 
with lies, and the house of Israel with 
deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with 
God, and is faithful with the saints. 



Ephraim 's sins 



HOSEA. 



and idolatry. 



CHAPTEK XII. 

1 A reproof of Ephraim, Judah, and Jacob. 3 By for- 
mer favours he exhorteth to repentance. 7 Ephraim 's 
sins provoke God. 

EPHR AIMfeedeth on wind,and fol- 
loweth after the east wind : he 
daily increaseth lies and desolation ; 
and they do make a covenant with the 
Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt. 

2 The Lord hath also a controversy 
with Judah, and will punish Jacob 
according to his ways ; according to 
his doings will he recompense him. 

3 ^T He took his brother by the heel 
in the womb, and by his strength he 
had power with God: 

4 Yea, he had power over the an- 
gel, and prevailed : he wept, and made 
supplication unto him : he found him 
in Beth-el,and there he spake with us ; 

5 Even the Lord God of hosts; 
the Lord is his memorial. 

6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: 
keep mercy and judgment, and wait 
on thy God continually. 

7 If He is a merchant, the balances 
of deceit are in his hand : he loveth 
to oppress. 

8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am 
become rich, I have found me out 
substance : in all my labours they shall 
find none iniquity in me that were sin. 

9 And I that am the Lord thy 
God from the land of Egypt will yet 
make thee to dwell in tabernacles, 
as in the days of the solemn feast. 

10 I have also spoken by the proph- 
ets, and I have multiplied visions, 
and used similitudes, by the ministry 
of the prophets. 

1 1 Is there iniquity in Gilead ? sure- 
ly they are vanity: they sacrifice bull- 
ocks in Gilgal ; yea, their altars are 
as heaps in the furrows of the fields. 

12 And Jacob fled into the country 
of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, 
and for a wife he kept sheep. 

13 And by a prophet the Lord 
brought Israel out of Egypt, and by 
a prophet was he preserved. 

14 Ephraim provoked him to anger 
most bitterly: therefore shall he leave 



his blood upon him, and his reproach 
shall his Lord return unto him. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

1 Ephraim's glory, by reason of idolatry, vanisheth. 5 
God's anger for their unkindness. 9 A promise of 
God's mercy. 15 A judgment for rebellion. 

WHENEphraim spake trembling, 
he exalted himself in Israel ; 
but when he offended in Baal, he died. 

2 And now they sin more and 
more, and have made them molten 
images of their silver, and idols ac- 
cording to their own understanding, 
all of it the work of the craftsmen : 
they say of them, Let the men that 
sacrifice kiss the calves. 

3 T her efore they shall be as the morn- 
ing cloud, and as the early dew that 
passeth away, as the chaff that is driv- 
en with the whirlwind out of the floor, 
and as the smoke out of the chimney. 

4 Yet I am the Lord thy God from 
the land of Egypt, and thou shalt 
know no god but me : for there is no 
saviour beside me. 

5 IT I did know thee in the wilder- 
ness, in the land of great drought. 

6 According to their pasture, so 
were they filled ; they were filled, 
and their heart was exalted ; there- 
fore have they forgotten me. 

7 Therefore I will be unto them as 
a lion : as a leopard by the way will 
I observe them: 

8 I will meet them as a bear that 
is bereaved of her whelps, and will 
rend the caul of their heart, and 
there will I devour them like a lion : 
the wild beast shall tear them. 

9 Tf O Israel, thou hast destroyed 
thyself; but in me is thine help. 

10 I will be thy king: where is any 
other that may save thee in all thy 
cities? and thy judges of whom thou 
saidst, Give me a king and princes ? 

Ill gave thee a king in mine anger, 
and took him away in my wrath. 

12 The iniquity of Ephraim is 
bound up ; his sin is hid. 

13 The sorrows of a travailing wo- 
man shall come upon him : he is an 
unwise son ; for he should not stay 

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to repentance. 



long in the place of the breaking forth 
of children. 

14 I will ransom them from the 
power of the grave ; I will redeem 
them from death : O death, I will be 
thy plagues ; O grave, I will be thy 
destruction: repentance shall be hid 
from mine eyes. 

15 IT Though he be fruitful among 
his brethren, an east wind shall come, 
the wind of the Lord shall come up 
from the wilderness, and his spring 
shall become dry, and his fountain 
shall be dried up : he shall spoil the 
treasure of all pleasant vessels. 

16 Samaria shall become desolate; 
for she hath rebelled against her God : 
they shall fall by the sword : their in- 
fants shall be dashed in pieces,and their 
women with child shall be ripped up. 

CHAPTEE XIY. 

1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 A promise of God's 
blessing. 

O ISRAEL, return unto the Lord 
thy God; for thou hast fallen 
by thine iniquity. 

2 Take with you words, and turn to 
the Lord : say unto him, Take away all 
iniquity, and receive us graciously : so 
will we render the calves of our lips. 



3 Asshur shall not save us; we 
will not ride upon horses: neither 
will we say any more to the work 
of our hands, Ye are our gods : for in 
thee the fatherless findeth mercy. 

4 1f I will heal their backsliding, 
I will love them freely: for mine 
anger is turned away from him. 

5 I will be as the dew unto Israel : 
he shall grow as the lily, and cast 
forth his roots as Lebanon. 

6 His branches shall spread, and 
his beauty shall be as the olive tree, 
and his smell as Lebanon. 

7 They that dwell under his shad- 
ow shall return ; they shall revive 
as the corn, and grow as the vine: 
the scent thereof shall be as the wine 
of Lebanon. 

8 Ephraim shall say, What have I 
to do any more with idols? I have 
heard him, and observed him : I am 
like a green fir tree. From me is 
thy fruit found. 

9 Who is wise, and he shall un- 
derstand these things ? prudent, and 
he shall know them? for the ways 
of the Lord are right, and the just 
shall walk in them : but the trans- 
gressors shall fall therein. 



JOEL. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Joel, declaring sundry judgments of God, exhortcth to 
observe them, 8 and to mourn. 14 He prescribeth a 
fast for complaint. 

^I^HE word of the Lord that came 
JL to Joel the son of Pethuel. 

2 Hear this, ye old men, and give 
ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. 
Hath this been in your days, or even 
in the days of your fathers ? 

3 Tell ye your children of it, and 
let your children tell their children, 
and their children another generation. 

4 That which the palmerworrn hath 
left hath the locust eaten ; and that 
which the locust hath left hath the 

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cankerworm eaten ; and that which 
the cankerworm hath left hath the 
caterpillar eaten. 

5 Awake, ye drunkards, and weep ; 
and howl, all ye drinkers of wine, 
because of the new wine ; for it is cut 
off from your mouth. 

6 For a nation is come up upon 
my land, strong, and without number, 
whose teeth are the teeth of a lion, and 
he hath the cheek teeth of a great lion. 

7 He hath laid my vine waste, and 
barked my Hg tree: he hath made 
it clean bare, and cast it away ; the 
branches thereof are made white. 

8 If Lament like a virgin girded 



Joel prescribeth a fast. 



JOEL. 



God's judgments. 



with sackcloth for the husband of her 
youth. 

9 The meat offering and the drink 
offering is cut off from the house of 
the Lord ; the priests, the Lord's 
ministers, mourn. 

10 The field is wasted, the land 
mourneth ; for the corn is wasted : 
the new wine is dried up, the oil lan- 
guished. 

11 Be ye ashamed, O ye husband- 
men ; howl, O ye vinedressers, for 
the wheat and for the barley ; because 
the harvest of the field is perished. 

12 The vine is dried up, and the fig 
tree languisheth ; the pomegranate 
tree, the palm tree also, and the 
apple tree, even all the trees of the 
field, are withered : because joy is 
withered away from the sons of 
men. 

13 Gird yourselves, and lament, ye 
priests : howl, ye ministers of the 
altar : come, lie all night in sack- 
cloth, ye ministers of my God : for 
the meat offering and the drink offer- 
ing is withholden from the house of 
your God. 

14 IT Sanctify ye a fast, call a 
solemn assembly, gather the elders 
and all the inhabitants of the land 
into the house of the Lord your God, 
and cry unto the Lord, 

15 Alas for the day ! for the day of 
the Lord is at hand, and as a destruc- 
tion from the Almighty shall it come. 

16 Is not the meat cut off before 
our eyes, yea, joy and gladness from 
the house of our God ? 

17 The seed is rotten under their 
clods, the garners are laid desolate, 
the barns are broken down ; for the 
corn is withered. 

18 How do the beasts groan ! the 
herds of cattle are perplexed, because 
they have no pasture ; yea, the flocks 
of sheep are made desolate. 

19 Lord, to thee will I cry : for 
the fire hath devoured the pastures of 
the wilderness, and the flame hath 
burned all the trees of the field. 

20 The beasts of the field cry also 



unto thee : for the rivers of waters 
are dried up, and the fire hath de- 
voured the pastures of the wilder- 
ness. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 He sheweth unto Zion the terribleness of God's judg- 
ment. 12 He exhorteth to repentance, 15 prescribeth a 
fast, 18 promiseth a blessing thereon. 21 He cmnfurl- 
eth Zion with present, 28 and future blessings. 

BLOW ye the trumpet in Zion, 
and sound an alarm in my holy 
mountain : let all the inhabitants 
of the land tremble : for the day of the 
Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand ; 

2 A day of darkness and of gloomi- 
ness, a day of clouds and of thick 
darkness, as the morning spread upon 
the mountains : a great people and a 
strong ; there hath not been ever the 
like, neither shall be any more after it, 
even to the years of many generations. 

3 A fire devoureth before them ; 
and behind them a flame burnetii : 
the land is as the garden of Eden 
before them, and behind them a des- 
olate wilderness ; yea, and nothing 
shall escape them. 

4 The appearance of them is as the 
appearance of horses ; and as horse- 
men, so shall they run. 

5 Like the noise of chariots on the 
tops of mountains shall they leap, 
like the noise of a flame of fire that 
devoureth the stubble, as a strong 
people set in battle array. 

6 Before their face the people shall 
be much pained : all faces shall gather 
blackness. 

7 They shall run like mighty men ; 
they shall climb the wall like men 
of war ; and they shall march every 
one on his ways, and they shall not 
break their ranks : 

8 Neither shall one thrust another ; 
they shall walk every one in his 
path : and ivhen they fall upon the 
sword, they shall not be wounded. 

9 They shall run to and fro in the 
city; they shall run upon the wall, 
they shall climb up upon the houses ; 
they shall enter in at the windows 
like a thief. 

10 The earth shall quake before 

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Joel exhorteth to repentance. JOEL. 



He comforteth Zion. 



them ; the heavens shall tremble : the 
sun and the moon shall be dark, and 
the stars shall withdraw their shining: 

11 And the Lord shall utter his 
voice before his army : for his camp 
is very great : for he is strong that 
executeth his word : for the day of 
the Lord is great and very terrible ; 
and who can abide it ? 

12 IT Therefore also now, saith the 
Lord, turn ye even to me with all 
your heart, and with fasting, and 
with weeping, and with mourning : 

13 And rend your heart, and not 
your garments, and turn unto the 
Lord your God : for he is gracious 
and merciful, slow to anger, and of 
great kindness, and repenteth him of 
the evil. 

1 4 Who knoweth if he will return and 
repent, and leave a blessing behind 
him ; even a meat offering and a drink 
offering unto the Lord your God ? 

15 If Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanc- 
tify a fast, call a solemn assembly : 

16 Gather the people, sanctify the 
congregation, assemble the elders, 
gather the children, and those that 
suck the breasts : let the bridegroom 
go forth of his chamber, and the bride 
out of her closet. 

17 Let the priests, the ministers of 
the Lord, weep between the porch 
and the altar, and let them say, Spare 
thy people, O Lord, and give not 
thine heritage to reproach, that the 
heathen should rule over them : 
wherefore should they say among the 
people, Where is their God ? 

18 If Then will the Lord be jealous 
for his land, and pity his people. 

19 Yea, the Lord will answer and 
say unto his people, Behold, I will 
send you corn, and wine, and oil, and 
ye shall be satisfied therewith : and 
I will no more make you a reproach 
among the heathen : 

20 But I will remove far off from 
you the northern army, and will 
drive him into a land barren and 
desolate, with his face toward the 
east sea, and his hinder part toward 

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the utmost sea, and his stink shall 
come up, and his ill savour shall come 
up, because he hath done great things. 

2 1 If Fear not, O land ; be glad 
and rejoice : for the Lord will do 
great things. 

22 Be not afraid, ye beasts of the 
field : for the pastures of the wilder- 
ness do spring, for the tree beareth 
her fruit, the fig tree and the vine do 
yield their strength. 

23 Be glad then, ye children of 
Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your 
God : for he hath given you the for- 
mer rain moderately, and he will 
cause to come down for you the rain, 
the former rain, and the latter rain in 
the first month. 

24 And the floors shall be full of 
wheat, and the fats shall overflow 
with wine and oil. 

25 And I will restore to you the 
years that the locust hath eaten, the 
canker worm, and the caterpillar, and 
the palmerworm, my great army 
which I sent among you. 

26 And ye shall eat in plenty, and 
be satisfied, and praise the name of 
the Lord your God, that hath dealt 
wondrously with you : and my people 
shall never be ashamed. 

27 And ye shall know that I am in 
the midst of Israel, and that I am the 
Lord your God, and none else : and 
my people shall never be ashamed. 

28 ^f And it shall come to pass 
afterward, that I will pour out my 
Spirit upon all flesh ; and your sons 
and your daughters shall prophesy, 
your old men shall dream dreams, 
your young men shall see visions : 

29 And also upon the servants and 
upon the handmaids in those days 
will I pour out my Spirit. 

30 And I will shew wonders in the 
heavens and in the earth, blood, and 
fire, and pillars of smoke. 

31 The sun shall be turned into 
darkness, and the moon into blood, 
before the great and the terrible day 
of the Lord come. 

32 And it shall come to pass, that 



God's judgments against 



JOEL. 



the enemies of his people. 



whosoever shall call on the name of 
the Lord shall he delivered: for in 
mount Zion and in Jerusalem shall 
he deliverance, as the Lord hath 
said, and in the remnant whom the 
Lord shall call. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 God's judgments against the enemies of his people. 9 
God ivill be known in his judgment. 18 His blessing 
upon the church. 

FOR, hehold, in those days, and in 
that time, when I shall bring again 
the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, 

2 I will also gather all nations, and 
will bring them down into the valley 
of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with 
them there for my people and for my 
heritage Israel, whom they have scat- 
tered among the nations, and parted 
my land. 

3 And they have cast lots for my 
people ; and have given a boy for a 
harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that 
they might drink. 

4 Yea, and what have ye to do with 
me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the 
coasts of Palestine? will ye render 
me a recompense ? and if ye recom- 
pense me, swiftly and speedily will 
I return your recompense upon your 
own head ; 

5 Because ye have taken my silver 
and my gold, and have carried into your 
temples my goodly pleasant things : 

6 The children also of Judah and 
the children of Jerusalem have ye 
sold unto the Grecians, that ye might 
remove them far from their border. 

7 Behold, I will raise them out of 
the place whither ye have sold them, 
and will return your recompense 
upon your own head : 

8 And I will sell your sons and 
your daughters into the hand of the 
children of Judah, and they shall 
sell them to the Sabeans, to a people 
far off: for the Lord hath spoken it. 

9 *[[ Proclaim ye this among the 
Gentiles ; Prepare war, wake up the 
mighty men, let all the men of war 
draw near ; let them come up : 

10 Beat your ploughshares into 



swords, and your pruninghooks into 
spears : let the weak say, I am strong. 

11 Assemble yourselves, and come, 
all ye heathen, and gather yourselves 
together round about: thither cause 
thy mighty ones to come down, O 
Lord. 

12 Let the heathen be wakened, 
and come up to the valley of Jehosh- 
aphat: for there will I sit to judge 
all the heathen round about. 

13 Put ye in the sickle, for the har- 
vest is ripe : come, get you down ; 
for the press is full, the fats over- 
flow ; for their wickedness is great. 

14 Multitudes, multitudes in the 
valley of decision: for the day of 
the Lord is near in the valley of de- 
cision. 

15 The sun and the moon shall be 
darkened, and the stars shall with- 
draw their shining. 

16 The Lord also shall roar out 
of Zion, and utter his voice from 
Jerusalem ; and the heavens and the 
earth shall shake : but the Lord will 
be the hope of his people, and the 
strength of the children of Israel. 

17 So shall ye know that I am the 
Lord your God dwelling in Zion, my 
holy mountain : then shall Jerusalem 
be holy, and there shall no strangers 
pass through her any more. 

18 IT And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the mountains shall 
drop down new wine, and the hills 
shall flow with milk, and all the 
rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, 
and a fountain shall come forth of the 
house of the Lord, and shall water 
the valley of Shittim. 

19 Egypt shall be a desolation, and 
Edom shall be a desolate wilderness, 
for the violence against the children 
of Judah, because they have shed 
innocent blooa in their land. 

20 But Judah shall dwell for ever, 
and Jerusalem from generation to 
generation. 

21 For I will cleanse their blood 
that I have not cleansed : for the 
Lord dwelleth in Zion. 

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AMOS 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Amos sheweth God's judgment upon Syria, 6 upon the 
Philistines, 9 upon Tyrus, 11 upon Edom, 13 upon 
Amnion. 

THE words of Amos, who was 
among the herdmen of Tekoa, 
which he saw concerning- Israel in 
the days of Uzziah king of Judah, 
and in the days of Jeroboam the son 
of Joash king of Israel, two years be- 
fore the earthquake. 

2 And he said, The Lord will roar 
from Zion, and utter his voice from 
Jerusalem ; and the habitations of 
the shepherds shall mourn, and the 
top of Carmel shall wither. 

3 Thus saith the Lord; For three 
transgressions of Damascus, and for 
four, I will not turn away the 'punish- 
ment thereof; because they have 
threshed Gilead with threshing in- 
struments of iron : 

4 But I will send a fire into the 
house of Hazael, which shall devour 
the palaces of Ben-hadad. 

5 I will break also the bar of Damas- 
cus, and cut off the inhabitant from 
the plain of Aven , and him that holdeth 
the sceptre from the house of Eden : 
and the people of Syria shall go into 
captivity unto Kir, saith the Lord. 

6 IT Thus saith the Lord; For 
three transgressions of Gaza, and for 
four, I will not turn away the punish- 
ment thereof; because they carried 
away captive the whole captivity, to 
deliver them up to Edom: 

7 But I will send a fire on the wall 
of Gaza, which shall devour the pal- 
aces thereof: 

8 And I will cut ofT the inhabitant 
from Ashdod, and him that holdeth 
the sceptre from Ashkelon, and I will 
turn mine hand against Ekron : and 
the remnant of the Philistines shall 
perish, saith the Lord God. 

9 If Thus saith the Lord; For 
three transgressions of Tyrus, and 

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for four, I will not turn away the 
punishment thereof; because they 
delivered up the whole captivity to 
Edom, and remembered not the bro- 
therly covenant : 

10 But I will send a fire on the 
wall of Tyrus, which shall devour the 
palaces thereof. 

11 If Thus saith the Lord; For 
three transgressions of Edom, and for 
four, I will not turn away the punish- 
ment thereof; because he did pursue 
his brother with the sword, and did 
cast off all pity, and his anger did 
tear perpetually, and he kept his 
wrath for ever : 

12 But I will send a fire upon Te- 
man, which shall devour the palaces 
of Bozrah. 

13 % Thus saith the Lord; For 
three transgressions of the children 
of Amnion, and for four, I will not 
turn away the punishment thereof; 
because they have ripped up the 
women with child, of Gilead, that they 
might enlarge their border : 

14 But I will kindle a fire in the 
wall of Babbah, and it shall devour 
the palaces thereof, with shouting in 
the day of battle, with a tempest in 
the day of the whirlwind : 

15 And their king shall go into 
captivity, he and his princes together, 
saith the Lord. 

CHAPTEK II. 

1 God's wrath against Moab, 4 upon Judah, 6 and 
upon Israel. 9 God complain eth of their unthank- 
fulness. 

THUS saith the Lord ; For three 
transgressions of Moab, and for 
four, 1 will not turn away the punish- 
ment thereof; because he burned the 
bones of the king of Edom into lime : 

2 But I will send a fire upon Moab, 
and it shall devour the palaces of 
Kirioth: and Moab shall die with 
tumult, with shouting, and with the 
sound of the trumpet : 



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3 And I will cut off the judge from 
the midst thereof, and will slay all 
the princes thereof with him, saith 
the Lord. 

4 IT Thus saith the Lord; For 
three transgressions of Judah, and 
for four, I will not turn away the pun- 
ishment thereof; because they have 
despised the law of the Lord, and 
have not kept his commandments, 
and their lies caused them to err, after 
the which their fathers have walked : 

5 But I will send a fire upon Ju- 
dah, and it shall devour the palaces 
of Jerusalem. 

6 If Thus saith the Lord; For 
three transgressions of Israel, and 
for four, I will not turn away the 
punishment thereof; because they 
sold the righteous for silver, and the 
poor for a pair of shoes ; 

7 That pant after the dust of the 
earth on the head of the poor, and turn 
aside the way of the meek : and a 
man and his father will go in unto the 
same maid, to profane my holy name : 

8 And they lay themselves down upon 
clothes laid to pledge by every altar, 
and they drink the wine of the con- 
demned in the house of their god. 

9 1f Yet destroyed I the Amorite 
before them, whose height was like 
the height of the cedars, and he was 
strong as the oaks ; yet I destroyed 
his fruit from above, and his roots 
from beneath. 

10 Also I brought you up from 
the land of Egypt, and led you forty 
years through the wilderness, to pos- 
sess the land of the Amorite. 

11 And I raised up of your sons for 
prophets, and of your young men for 
Nazarites. Is it not even thus, O ye 
children of Israel ? saith the Lord. 

12 But ye gave the Nazarites wine 
to drink ; and commanded the proph- 
ets, saying, Prophesy not. 

13 Behold, I am pressed under 
you, as a cart is pressed that is full 
of sheaves. 

14 Therefore the flight shall perish 
from the swift, and the strong shall 



not strengthen his force, neither shall 
the mighty deliver himself: 

15 Neither shall he stand that 
handleth the bow; and he that is 
swift of foot shall not deliver him- 
self : neither shall he that rideth the 
horse deliver himself. 

16 And he that is courageous among 
the mighty shall flee away naked in 
that day, saith the Lord. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 The necessity of God 's judgment against Israel. 9 The 
publication of it, with the causes thereof. 

HEAR this word that the Lord 
hath spoken against you, O 
children of Israel, against the whole 
family which I brought up from the 
land of Egypt, saying, 

2 You only have I known of all the 
families of the earth : therefore I will 
punish you for all your iniquities. 

3 Can two walk together, except 
they be agreed ? 

4 Will a lion roar in the forest, 
when he hath no prey ? will a young 
lion cry out of his den, if he have 
taken nothing ? 

5 Can a bird fall in a snare upon 
the earth, where no gin is for him ? 
shall one take up a snare from the 
earth, and have taken nothing at all ? 

6 Shall a trumpet be blown in the 
city, and the people not be afraid? 
shall there be evil in a city, and the 
Lord hath not done it ? 

7 Surely the Lord God will do 
nothing, but he revealeth his secret 
unto his servants the prophets. 

8 The lion hath roared, who will not 
fear? the Lord God hath spoken, 
who can but prophesy ? 

9 If Publish in the palaces at Ash- 
dod, and in the palaces in the land of 
Egypt, and say, Assemble yourselves 
upon the mountains of Samaria, and 
behold the great tumults in the midst 
thereof, and the oppressed in the 
midst thereof. 

10 For they know not to do right, 
saith the Lord, who store up violence 
and robbery in their palaces. 

11 Therefore thus saith the Lord 

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for divers sins. 



God ; An adversary there shall be 
even round about the land ; and he 
shall bring- down thy strength from 
thee, and thy palaces shall be spoiled. 

12 Thus saith the Lord; As the 
shepherd taketh out of the mouth of 
the lion two legs, or a piece of an 
ear; so shall the children of Israel 
be taken out that dwell in Samaria 
in the corner of a bed, and in Da- 
mascus in a couch. 

13 Hear ye, and testify in the house 
of Jacob, saith the Lord God, the 
God of hosts, 

14 That, in the day that I shall visit 
the transgressions of Israel upon him, 
I will also visit the altars of Beth-el : 
and the horns of the altar shall be 
cut off, and fall to the ground. 

15 And I will smite the winter 
house with the summer house ; and 
the houses of ivory shall perish, and 
the great houses shall have an end, 
saith the Lord. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 He reproveth Israel for oppression, 4 for idolatry, 6 
and for their incorrigibleness. 

HEAR this word, ye kine of Ba- 
shan, that are in the mountain 
of Samaria, which oppress the poor, 
which crush the needy, which say to 
their masters, Bring, and let us drink. 

2 The Lord God hath sworn by 
his holiness, that, lo, the days shall 
come upon you, that he will take you 
away with hooks, and your posterity 
with fishhooks. 

3 And ye shall go out at the 
breaches, every cow at that which is 
before her; and ye shall cast them 
into the palace, saith the Lord. 

4 If Come to Beth-el, and trans- 
gress ; at Gilgal multiply transgres- 
sion ; and bring your sacrifices every 
morning, and your tithes after three 
years : 

5 And offer a sacrifice of thanks- 
giving with leaven, and proclaim and 
publish the free offerings : for this 
liketh you, O ye children of Israel, 
saith the Lord God. 

6 ^1 And I also have given you 

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cleanness of teeth in all your cities, 
and want of bread in all your places : 
yet have ye not returned unto me, 
saith the Lord. 

7 And also I have withholden the 
rain from you, when there were yet 
three months to the harvest: and I 
caused it to rain upon one city, and 
caused it not to rain upon another 
city: one piece was rained upon, 
and the piece whereupon it rained 
not withered. 

8 So two or three cities wandered 
unto one city, to drink water; but 
they were not satisfied : yet have ye 
not returned unto me, saith the Lord. 

9 I have smitten you with blasting 
and mildew : when your gardens and 
your vineyards and your fig trees and 
your olive trees increased, the palmer- 
worm devoured them : yet have ye 
not returned unto me, saith the Lord. 

10 I have sent among you the pes- 
tilence after the manner of Egypt: 
your young men have I slain with 
the sword, and have taken away your 
horses; and I have made the stink 
of your camps to come up unto your 
nostrils: yet have ye not returned 
unto me, saith the Lord. 

11 I have overthrown some of you, 
as God overthrew Sodom and Gomor- 
rah, and ye were as a firebrand pluck- 
ed out of the burning : yet have ye 
not returned unto me, saith the Lord. 

12 Therefore thus will I do unto 
thee, O Israel : and because I will 
do this unto thee, prepare to meet 
thy God, O Israel. 

13 For, lo, he that formeth the 
mountains, and createth the wind, 
and declareth unto man what is his 
thought, that maketh the morning 
darkness, and treadeth upon the high 
places of the earth, The Lord, The 
God of hosts, is his name. 

CHAPTER V. 

1 A lamentation for Israel. 4 An exhortation to repent- 
ance. 21 God rejecteth their hypocritical service. 

HEAR ye this word which I take 
up against you, even a lamen- 
tation, O house of Israel. 



An exhortation 



AMOS. 



to repentance. 



2 The virgin of Israel is fallen ; 
she shall no more rise : she is for- 
saken upon her land; there is none 
to raise her up. 

3 For thus saith the Lord God ; The 
city that went out by a thousand 
shall leave a hundred, and that 
which went forth by a hundred shall 
leave ten, to the house of Israel. 

4 *[]" For thus saith the Lord unto 
the house of Israel, Seek ye me, and 
ye shall live : 

5 But seek not Beth-el, nor enter 
into Gilgal, and pass not to Beer- 
sheha: for Gilgal shall surely go 
into captivity, and Beth-el shall come 
to nought. 

6 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live ; 
lest he break out like fire in the house 
of Joseph, and devour it, and there 
be none to quench it in Beth-el. 

7 Ye who turn judgment to worm- 
wood, and leave off righteousness in 
the earth, 

8 Seek him that maketh the seven 
stars and Orion, and turneth the shad- 
ow of death into the morning, and 
maketh the day dark with night : 
that calleth for the waters of the sea, 
and poureth them out upon the face 
of the earth : The Lord is his name : 

9 That strengtheneth the spoiled 
against the strong, so that the spoiled 
shall come against the fortress. 

10 They hate him that rebuketh in 
the gate, and they abhor him that 
speaketh uprightly. 

11 Forasmuch therefore as your 
treading is upon the poor, and ye 
take from him burdens of wheat : 
ye have built houses of hewn stone, 
but ye shall not dwell in them ; ye 
have planted pleasant vineyards, but 
ye shall not drink wine of them. 

12 For I know your manifold trans- 
gressions and your mighty sins : they 
afflict the just, they take a bribe, and 
they turn aside the poor in the gate 
from their right. 

13 Therefore the prudent shall keep 
silence in that time ; for it is an evil 
time. 



14 Seek good, and not evil, that 
ye may live : and so the Lord, the 
God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye 
have spoken. 

15 Hate the evil, and love the 
good, and establish judgment in the 
gate: it may be that the Lord God 
of hosts will be gracious unto the 
remnant of Joseph. 

16 Therefore the Lord, the God of 
hosts, the Lord, saith thus ; Wailing 
shall be in all streets ; and they shall 
say in all the highways, Alas ! alas ! 
and they shall call the husbandman 
to mourning, and such as are skilful 
of lamentation to wailing. 

17 And in all vineyards shall be 
wailing : for I will pass through thee, 
saith the Lord. 

18 Woe unto you that desire the 
day of the Lord ! to what end is it 
for you? the day of the Lord is 
darkness, and not light. 

19 As if a man did flee from a lion, 
and a bear met him; or went into 
the house, and leaned his hand on 
the wall, and a serpent bit him. 

20 Shall not the day of the Lord be 
darkness, and not light? even very 
dark, and no brightness in it ? 

21 IT I hate, I despise your feast 
days, and I will not smell in your 
solemn assemblies. 

22 Though ye offer me burnt offer- 
ings and your meat offerings, I will 
not accept them ; neither will I re- 
gard the peace offerings of your fat 
beasts. 

23 Take thou away from me the 
noise of thy songs ; for I will not 
hear the melody of thy viols. 

24 But let judgment run down as 
waters, and righteousness as a mighty 
stream. 

25 Have ye offered unto me sacri- 
fices and offerings in the wilderness 
forty years, O house of Israel ? 

26 But ye have borne the taberna- 
cle of your Moloch and Chiun your 
images, the star of your god, which 
ye made to yourselves. 

27 Therefore will I cause you to 

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Israel } s wantonness 



AMOS. 



shall he plagued. 



go into captivity beyond Damascus, 
saith the Lord, whose name is The 
God of hosts. 

CHAPTEK VL 

1 TJie wantonness of Israel, 7 shall be plagued with deso- 
lation, 12 and their incorrigibleness. 

WOE to them that are at ease in 
Zion, and trust in the mountain 
of Samaria, which are named chief 
of the nations, to whom the house of 
Israel came ! 

2 Pass ye unto Calneh, and. see ; 
and from thence go ye to Hamath 
the great : then go down to Gath of 
the Philistines : he they better than 
these kingdoms? or their border 
greater than your border ? 

3 Ye that put far away the evil 
day, and cause the seat of violence 
to come near ; 

4 That lie upon beds of ivory, 
and stretch themselves upon their 
couches, and eat the lambs out of 
the flock, and the calves out of the 
midst of the stall ; 

5 That chant to the sound of the 
viol, and invent to themselves instru- 
ments of music, like David ; 

6 That drink w r ine in bowls, and 
anoint themselves with the chief 
ointments : but they are not grieved 
for the affliction of Joseph. 

7 TT Therefore now shall they go 
captive with the first that go cap- 
tive, and the banquet of them that 
stretched themselves shall be re- 
moved. 

8 The Lord God hath sworn by him- 
self, saith the Lord the God of hosts, 
I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and 
hate his palaces : therefore will I de- 
liver up the city with all that is therein. 

9 And it shall come to pass, if there 
remain ten men in one house, that 
they shall die. 

10 And a man's uncle shall take 
him up, and he that burneth him, to 
bring out the bones out of the house, 
and shall say unto him that is by the 
sides of the house, Is there yet any 
with thee ? and he shall say, No. 
Then shall he say, Hold thy tongue : 

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for we may not make mention of the 
name of the Lord. 

11 For, behold, the Lord com- 
mandeth, and he will smite the great 
house with breaches, and the little 
house with clefts. 

12 T Shall horses run upon the 
rock ? will one plough there with oxen ? 
for ye have turned judgment into 
gall, and the fruit of righteousness 
into hemlock : 

13 Ye which rejoice in a thing of 
nought, which say, Have we not taken 
to us horns by our own strength ? 

14 But, behold, I will raise up 
against you a nation, O house of 
Israel, saith the Lord the God of 
hosts ; and they shall afflict you from 
the entering in of Hamath unto the 
river of the wilderness. 

CHAPTER YII. 

1 The judgments of the grasshoppers, 4 and of the fire, 
are diverted by the prayer of Amos. 7 By the wall of 
a plumbline is signified the rejection of Israel. 10 
Amaziah complaineth of Amos. 14 Amos sheweth his 
calling, 16 and Amaziah 's judgment. 

THUS hath the Lord God shewed 
unto me ; and, behold, he formed 
grasshoppers in the beginning of the 
shooting up of the latter growth ; and, 
lo, it ivas the latter growth after the 
king's mowings. 

2 And it came to pass, that when 
they had made an end of eating the 
grass of the land, then I said, O Lord 
God, forgive, I beseech thee : by 
whom shall Jacob arise? for he is 
small. 

3 The Lord repented for this: It 
shall not be, saith the Lord. 

4 IT Thus hath the Lord God shew- 
ed unto me : and, behold, the Lord 
God called to contend by fire, and 
it devoured the great deep, and did 
eat up a part. 

5 Then said I, O Lord God, cease, 
I beseech thee : by whom shall Jacob 
arise ? for he is small. 

6 The Lord repented for this : 
This also shall not be, saith the Lord 
God. 

7 IT Thus he shewed me : and, be- 
hold, the Lord stood upon a wall 



Rejection of Israel typified. AMOS. 



Oppression is reproved. 



made by a plumbline, with a plumb- 
line in his hand. 

8 And the Lord said unto me, 
Amos, what seest thou ? And I said, 
A plumbline. Then said the Lord, 
Behold, I will set a plumbline in the 
midst of my people Israel : I will not 
again pass by them any more : 

9 And the high places of Isaac 
shall be desolate, and the sanctua- 
ries of Israel shall be laid waste; 
and I will rise against the house of 
Jeroboam with the sword. 

10 IT Then Amaziah the priest of 
Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of 
Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired 
against thee in the midst of the house 
of Israel : the land is not able to bear 
all his words. 

11 For thus Amos saith, Jeroboam 
shall die by the sword, and Israel 
shall surely be led away captive out 
of their own land. 

12 Also Amaziah said unto Amos, 

thou seer, go, flee thee away into 
the land of Judah, and there eat 
bread, and prophesy there : 

13 But prophesy not again any 
more at Beth-el : for it is the king's 
chapel, and it is the king's court. 

14 ^T Then answered Amos, and 
said to Amaziah, I was no prophet, 
neither was I a prophet's son; but 

1 was a herdman, and a gatherer 
of sycamore fruit : 

15 And the Lord took me as I 
followed the flock, and the Lord 
said unto me, Go, prophesy unto 
my people Israel. 

16 IT Now therefore hear thou the 
word of the Lord: Thou sayest, 
Prophesy not against Israel, and 
drop not thy vjord against the house 
of Isaac. 

17 Therefore thus saith the Lord; 
Thy wife shall be a harlot in the 
city, and thy sons and thy daughters 
shall fall by the sword, and thy land 
shall be divided by line ; and thou 
shalt die in a polluted land: and 
Israel shall surely go into captivity 
forth of his land. 

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CHAPTER VIII. 

1 By a basket of summer fruit is skewed the propinquity 
of Israel's end. 4 Oppression is reproved. 11 A 
famine of the word threatened. 

THUS hath the Lord God shewed 
unto me : and behold a basket 
of summer fruit. 

2 And he said, Amos, what seest 
thou ? And I said, A basket of sum- 
mer fruit. Then said the Lord unto 
me, The end is come upon my people 
of Israel ; I will not again pass by 
them any more. 

3 And the songs of the temple 
shall be howlings in that day, saith 
the Lord God: there shall be many 
dead bodies in every place ; they 
shall cast them forth with silence. 

4 If Hear this, O ye that swallow 
up the needy, even to make the poor 
of the land to fail, 

5 Saying, When will the new moon 
be gone, that we may sell corn ? and 
the sabbath, that we may set forth 
wheat, making the ephah small, and 
the shekel great, and falsifying the 
balances by deceit ? 

6 That we may buy the poor for sil- 
ver, and the needy for a pair of shoes ; 
yea, and sell the refuse of the wheat ? 

7 The Lord hath sworn by the 
excellency of Jacob, Surely I will 
never forget any of their works. 

8 Shall not the land tremble for 
this, and every one mourn that 
dwelleth therein ? and it shall rise 
up wholly as a flood; and it shall 
be cast out and drowned, as by the 
flood of Egypt. 

9 And it shall come to pass in that 
day, saith the Lord God, that I will 
cause the sun to go down at noon, 
and I will darken the earth in.: the 
clear day : 

10 And I will turn your feasts into 
mourning, and all your songs into 
lamentation ; and I will bring up 
sackcloth upon all loins, and bald- 
ness upon every head ; and I will 
make it as the mourning of an only 
son, and the end thereof as a bitter 
day. 

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The certainty of 



AMOS. 



Israel's desolation. 



11 IT Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord God, that I will send a 
famine in the land, not a famine of 
bread, nor a thirst for water, but of 
hearing the words of the Lord : 

12 And they shall wander from sea 
to sea, and from the north even to 
the east, they shall run to and fro 
to seek the word of the Lord, and 
shall not find it. 

13 In that day shall the fair virgins 
and young men faint for thirst. 

14 They that swear by the sin of 
Samaria, and say, Thy god, O Dan, 
liveth; and, The manner of Beer- 
sheba liveth; even they shall fall, 
and never rise up again. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 The certainty of the desolation. 1 1 The restoring of 
the tabernacle of David. 

I SAW the Lord standing upon 
the altar: and he said, Smite 
the lintel of the door, that the posts 
may shake: and cut them in the 
head, all of them; and I will slay 
the last of them with the sword : he 
that fleeth of them shall not flee 
away, and he that escapeth of them 
shall not be delivered. 

2 Though they dig into hell, thence 
shall mine hand take them ; though 
they climb up to heaven, thence will 
I bring them down : 

3 And though they hide themselves 
in the top of Carmel, I will search 
and take them out thence; and 
though they be hid from my sight 
in the bottom of the sea, thence will 
I command the serpent, and he shall 
bite them : 

4 And though they go into captiv- 
ity before their enemies, thence will 
I command the sword, and it shall 
slay them : and I will set mine eyes 
upon them for evil, and not for good. 

5 And the Lord God of hosts is he 
that toucheth the land, and it shall 
melt, and all that dwell therein shall 
mourn: and it shall rise up wholly 
like a flood; and shall be drowned, 
as by the flood of Egypt. 

It is he that buildeth his stories 
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in the heaven, and hath founded his 
troop in the earth; he that calleth 
for the waters of the sea, and poureth 
them out upon the face of the earth : 
The Lord is his name. 

7 Are ye not as children of the 
Ethiopians unto me, O children of 
Israel ? saith the Lord. Have not 
I brought up Israel out of the land 
of Egypt ? and the Philistines from 
Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir ? 

8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord God 
are upon the sinful kingdom, and I 
will destroy it from off the face of 
the earth; saving that I will not 
utterly destroy the house of Jacob, 
saith the Lord. 

9 For, lo, I will command, and I 
will sift the house of Israel among 
all nations, like as corn is sifted in a 
sieve, yet shall not the least grain 
fall upon the earth. 

10 All the sinners of my people 
shall die by the sword, which say, 
The evil shall not overtake nor pre 
vent us. 

11 H In that day will I raise up the 
tabernacle of David that is fallen, 
and close up the breaches thereof; 
and I will raise up his ruins, and I 
will build it as in the days of old : 

12 That they may possess the rem- 
nant of Edom, and of all the heathen, 
which are called by my name, saith 
the Lord that doeth this. 

13 Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that the ploughman shall 
overtake the reaper, and the treader 
of grapes him that soweth seed ; and 
the mountains shall drop sweet wine, 
and all the hills shall melt. 

14 And I will bring again the 
captivity of my people of Israel, 
and they shall build the waste cities, 
and inhabit them; and they shall 
plant vineyards, and drink the wine 
thereof; they shall also make gar- 
dens, and eat the fruit of them. 

15 And I will plant them upon their 
land, and they shall no more be pull- 
ed up out of their land which I have 
given them, saith the Lord thy God. 



OBADIAH. 



1 The destruction of Edom, % for their pride, 10 and for 
their wrong unto Jacob. 17 The salvation and victory 
of Jacob. 

THE vision of Obadiah. Thus 
saith the Lord God concerning 
Edom ; We have heard a rumour from 
the Lord, and an ambassador is sent 
among the heathen, Arise ye, and let 
us rise up against her in battle. 

2 Behold, I have made thee small 
among the heathen : thou art greatly 
despised. 

3 If The pride of thine heart hath 
deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the 
clefts of the rock, whose habitation is 
high ; that saith in his heart, Who 
shall bring me down to the ground ? 

4 Though thou exalt thyself as the 
eagle, and though thou set thy nest 
among the stars, thence will I bring 
thee down, saith the Lord. 

5 If thieves came to thee, if rob- 
bers by night, (how art thou cut off!) 
would they not have stolen till they 
had enough? if the grapegatherers 
came to thee, would they not leave 
some grapes ? 

6 How are the things of Esau 
searched out! how are his hidden 
things sought up ! 

7 All the men of thy confederacy 
have brought thee even to the bor- 
der : the men that were at peace with 
thee have deceived thee, and prevailed 
against thee ; they that eat thy bread 
have laid a wound under thee : there is 
none understanding in him. 

8 Shall I not in that day, saith the 
Lord, even destroy the wise men out 
of Edom, and understanding out of 
the mount of Esau ? 

9 And thy mighty men, O Teman, 
shall be dismayed, to the end that 
every one of the mount of Esau may 
be cut off by slaughter. 

10 IT For thy violence against thy 
brother Jacob shame shall cover thee, 
and thou shalt be cut off for ever. 



11 In the day that thou stoodest 
on the other side, in the day that the 
strangers carried away captive his 
forces, and foreigners entered into his 
gates, and cast lots upon Jerusalem, 
even thou wast as one of them. 

12 But thou shouldest not have 
looked on the day of thy brother in 
the day that he became a stranger ; 
neither shouldest thou have rejoiced 
over the children of Judah in the day 
of their destruction ; neither should- 
est thou have spoken proudly in the 
day of distress. 

13 Thou shouldest not have enter- 
ed into the gate of my people in the 
day of their calamity; yea, thou 
shouldest not have looked on their 
affliction in the day of their calamity, 
nor have laid hands on their substance 
in the day of their calamity ; 

1 4 Neither shouldest thou have stood 
in the crossway, to cut off those of his 
that did escape; neither shouldest 
thou have delivered up those of his 
that did remain in the day of distress. 

15 For the day of the Lord is near 
upon all the heathen : as thou hast done, 
it shall be done unto thee : thy reward 
shall return upon thine own head. 

16 For as ye have drunk upon my 
holy mountain, so shall all the heathen 
drink continually; yea,theyshall drink, 
and they shall swallow down, and they 
shall be as though they had not been. 

17 IT But upon mount Zion shall 
be deliverance, and there shall be 
holiness; and the house of Jacob 
shall possess their possessions. 

18 And the house of Jacob shall 
be a fire, and the house of Joseph a 
flame, and the house of Esau for stub- 
ble, and they shall kindle in them, 
and devour them ; and there shall not 
be any remaining of the house of 
Esau ; for the Lord hath spoken it. 

19 And they o/the south shall pos- 
sess the mount of Esau; and they 

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He is cast into the sea. 



o/the plain, the Philistines : and they 
shall possess the fields of Ephraim, 
and the fields of Samaria : and Ben- 
jamin shall possess Gilead. 

20 And the captivity of this host 
of the children of Israel shall possess 
that of the Canaanites, even unto Za- 



rephath ; and the captivity of Jeru- 
salem, which is in Sepharad, shall 
possess the cities of the south. 

21 And saviours shall come up on 
mount Zion to judge the mount of 
Esau ; and the kingdom shall be the 
Lord's. 



JONAH. 



CHAPTEE I. 

1 Jonah, sent to Nineveh, fleeth to Tarshish. 4 He is 
bewrayed by a tempest, 11 thrown into the sea, 17 and 
swallowed by a fish: 

NOW the word of the Lord came 
unto Jonah the son of Amittai, 
saying, 

2 Arise, go to Nineveh, that great 
city, and cry against it; for their 
wickedness is come up before me. 

3 But Jonah rose up to flee unto 
Tarshish from the presence of the 
Lord, and went down to Joppa ; and 
he found a ship going to Tarshish: 
so he paid the fare thereof, and went 
down into it, to go with them unto 
Tarshish from the presence of the 
Lord. 

4 H But the Lord sent out a great 
wind into the sea, and there was a 
mighty tempest in the sea, so that 
the ship was like to be broken. 

5 Then the mariners were afraid, 
and cried every man unto his god, 
and cast forth the wares that were 
in the ship into the sea, to lighten it 
of them. But Jonah was gone down 
into the sides of the ship; and he 
lay, and was fast asleep. 

6 So the shipmaster came to him, 
and said unto him, What meanest 
thou, O sleeper ? arise, call upon thy 
God, if so be that God will think 
upon us, that we perish not. 

7 And they said every one to his 
fellow, Come, and let us cast lots, 
that we may know for whose cause 
this evil is upon us. So they cast 
lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. 

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8 Then said they unto him, Tell us, 
we pray thee, for whose cause this evil 
is upon us ; What is thine occupation ? 
and whence comest thou ? what is thy 
country ? and of what people arJthou ? 

9 And he said unto them, I am a 
Hebrew; and I fear the Lord, the 
God of heaven, which hath made the 
sea and the dry land. 

10 Then were the men exceedingly 
afraid, and said unto him, Why hast 
thou done this ? For the men knew 
that he fled from the presence of the 
Lord, because he had told them. 

1 1 IT Then said they unto him, What 
shall we do unto thee, that the sea 
may be calm unto us? for the sea 
wrought, and was tempestuous. 

12 And he said unto them, Take 
me up, and cast me forth into the 
sea; so shall the sea be calm unto 
you: for I know that for my sake 
this great tempest is upon you. 

13 Nevertheless the men rowed 
hard to bring it to the land; but 
they could not : for the sea wrought, 
and was tempestuous against them. 

14 Wherefore they cried unto the 
Lord, and said, We beseech thee, O 
Lord, we beseech thee, let us not 
perish for this man's life, and lay not 
upon us innocent blood : for thou, O 
Lord, hast done as it pleased thee. 

15 So they took up Jonah, and cast 
him forth into the sea: and the sea 
ceased from her raging. 

16 Then the men feared the Lord 
exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice 
unto the Lord, and made vows. 



The prayer of Jonah. 



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The Ninevites repent. 



17 IT Now the Lord had prepared 
a great fish to swallow up Jonah. 
And Jonah was in the belly of the 
fish three days and three nights. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 The prayer of Jonah. 10 He is delivered from the fish. 

THEN Jonah prayed unto the 
Lord his God out of the fish's 
belly, 

2 And said, I cried by reason of 
mine affliction unto the Lord, and 
he heard me ; out of the belly of hell 
cried I, and thou heardest my voice. 

3 For thou hadst cast me into the 
deep, in the midst of the seas ; and 
the floods compassed me about: all 
thy billows and thy waves passed 
over me. 

4 Then I said, I am cast out of thy 
sight; yet I will look again toward 
thy holy temple. 

5 The waters compassed me about, 
even to the soul : the depth closed me 
round about, the weeds were wrapped 
about my head. 

6 I went down to the bottoms of 
the mountains ; the earth with her 
bars was about me for ever : yet hast 
thou brought up my life from cor- 
ruption, O Lord my God. 

7 When my soul fainted within me 
I remembered the Lord: and my 
prayer came in unto thee, into thine 
holy temple. 

8 They that observe lying vanities 
forsake their own mercy. 

9 But I will sacrifice unto thee with 
the voice of thanksgiving ; I will 
pay that that I have vowed. Salva- 
tion is of the Lord. 

10 IT And the Lord spake unto the 
fish, and it vomited out Jonah upon 
the dry land. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 Jonah, sent again, preacheth to the Ninevites. 5 Upon 
their repentance, 10 God repenteth. 

A ND the word of the Lord came 
ix unto Jonah the second time, 
saying, 

2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that 
great city, and preach unto it the 
preaching that I bid thee. 



3 So Jonah arose, and went unto 
Nineveh, according to the word of the 
Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceed- 
ing great city of three days' journey. 

4 And Jonah began to enter into 
the city a day's journey, and he 
cried, and said, Yet forty days, and 
Nineveh shall be overthrown. 

5 IT So the people of Nineveh be- 
lieved God, and proclaimed a fast, and 
put on sackcloth, from the greatest of 
them even to the least of them. 

6 For word came unto the king of 
Nineveh, and he arose from his 
throne, and he laid his robe from 
him, and covered him with sackcloth, 
and sat in ashes. 

7 And he caused it to be proclaim- 
ed and published through Nineveh 
by the decree of the king and his 
nobles, saying, Let neither man nor 
beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : 
let them not feed, nor drink water : 

8 But let man and beast be covered 
with sackcloth, and cry mightily 
unto God: yea, let them turn every 
one from his evil way, and from the 
violence that is in their hands. 

9 Who can tell if God will turn 
and repent, and turn away from his 
fierce anger, that we perish not ? 

10 IT And God saw their works, 
that they turned from their evil way ; 
and God repented of the evil, that he 
had said that he would do unto them ; 
and he did it not. 

CHAPTER IT. 

1 Jonah, repining at God's mercy, 4 is reproved by the 
type of a gourd. 

BUT it displeased Jonah exceed- 
ingly, and he was very angry. 

2 And he prayed unto the Lord, 
and said, I pray thee, O Lord, was 
not this my saying, when I was yet 
in my country? Therefore I fled 
before unto Tarshish : for I knew that 
thou art a gracious God, and merciful, 
slow to anger, and of great kindness, 
and repentest thee of the evil. 

3 Therefore now, O Lord, take, I 
beseech thee, my life from me ; for 
it is better for me to die than to live. 

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the type of a gourd. 



4 IT Then said the Lord, Doest 
thou well to be angry ? 

5 So Jonah went out of the city, 
and sat on the east side of the city, 
and there made him a booth, and sat 
under it in the shadow, till he might 
see what would become of the city. 

6 And the Lord God prepared a 
gourd, and made it to come up over 
Jonah, that it might be a shadow 
over his head, to deliver him from 
his grief. So Jonah was exceeding 
glad of the gourd. 

7 But God prepared a worm when 
the morning rose the next day, and 
it smote the gourd that it withered. 

8 And it came to pass, when the 
sun did arise, that God prepared a 
vehement east wind ; and the sun 



beat upon the head of Jonah, that 
he fainted, and wished in himself 
to die, and said, It is better for me 
to die than to live. 

9 And God said to Jonah, Doest 
thou well to be angry for the gourd ? 
And he said, I do well to be angry, 
even unto death. 

10 Then said the Lord, Thou hast 
had pity on the gourd, for the which 
thou hast not laboured, neither 
madest it grow ; which came up in 
a night, and perished in a night : 

11 And should not I spare Nin- 
eveh, that great city, wherein are 
more than sixscore thousand per- 
sons that cannot discern between 
their right hand and their left hand •, 
and also much cattle ? 



MICAH 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Micah shcweth the wrath of God against Jacob for 
idolatry. 10 He exhorteth to mourning. 

THE word of the Lord that came 
to Micah the Morasthite in the 
days of Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, 
kings of Judah, which he saw con- 
cerning Samaria and Jerusalem. 

2 Hear, all ye people ; hearken, 
O earth, and all that therein is : and 
let the Lord God be witness against 
you, the Lord from his holy temple. 

3 For, behold, the Lord cometh 
forth out of his place, and will come 
down, and tread upon the high places 
of the earth. 

4 And the mountains shall be 
molten under him, and the valleys 
shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, 
and as the waters that are poured 
down a steep place. 

5 For the transgression of Jacob is 
all this, and for the sins of the house 
of Israel. What is the transgression 
of Jacob ? is it not Samaria ? and 
what are the high places of Judah ? 
are they not Jerusalem ? 

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6 Therefore I will make Samaria as 
a heap of the field, and as plantings 
of a vineyard : and I will pour down 
the stones thereof into the valley, 
and I will discover the foundations 
thereof. 

7 And all the graven images thereof 
shall be beaten to pieces, and all the 
hires thereof shall be burned with 
the fire, and all the idols thereof will 
I lay desolate : for she gathered it of 
the hire of a harlot, and they shall 
return to the hire of a harlot. 

8 Therefore I will wail and howl, 
I will go stripped and naked : I will 
make a wailing like the dragons, and 
mourning as the owls. 

9 For her wound is incurable ; for 
it is come unto Judah ; he is come 
unto the gate of my people, even to 
Jerusalem. 

10 % Declare ye it not at Gath, 
weep ye not at all : in the house of 
Aphrah roll thyself in the dust. 

11 Pass ye away, thou inhabitant 
of Saphir, having thy shame naked ; 
the inhabitant of Zaanan came not 



Against oppression. 



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Heiproof of injustice. 



forth in the mourning of Beth-ezel ; 
he shall receive of you his standing. 

12 For the inhabitant of Maroth 
waited carefully for good : hut evil 
came down from the Lord unto the 
gate of Jerusalem. 

13 O thou inhabitant of Lachish, 
bind the chariot to the swift beast : 
she is the beginning of the sin to the 
daughter of Zion : for the transgres- 
sions of Israel were found in thee. 

14 Therefore shalt thou give pres- 
ents to Moresheth-gath : the houses 
of Achzib shall he a lie to the kings 
of Israel. 

15 Yet will I hring an heir unto 
thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah : 
he shall come unto Adullam the 
glory of Israel. 

16 Make thee bald, and poll thee 
for thy delicate children ; enlarge 
thy baldness as the eagle ; for they 
are gone into captivity from thee. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 Against oppression. 4 A lamentation. * A reproof of in- 
justice and idolatry. 1 2 A promise of restoring Jacob. 

WOE to them that devise iniqui- 
ty, and work evil upon their 
beds ! when the morning is light, 
they practise it, because it is in the 
power of their hand. 

2 And they covet fields, and take 
them by violence : and houses, and 
take them away : so they oppress a 
man and his house, even a man and 
his heritage. 

3 Therefore thus saith the Lord ; 
Behold, against this family do I 
devise an evil, from which ye shall 
not remove your necks ; neither shall 
ye go haughtily : for this time is evil. 

4 IT In that day shall one take up a 
parable against you, and lament with 
a doleful lamentation, and say, We be 
utterly spoiled : he hath changed the 
portion of my people : how hath he 
removed it from me ! turning away 
he hath divided our fields. 

5 Therefore thou shalt have none 
that shall cast a cord by lot in the 
congregation of the Lord. 

6 Prophesy ye not, say they to them 



that prophesy : they shall not proph- 
esy to them, that they shall not take 
shame. 

7 If O thou that art named The 
house of Jacob, is the Spirit of the 
Lord straitened ? are these his do- 
ings ? do not my words do good to 
him that walketh uprightly ? 

8 Even of late my people is risen 
up as an enemy : ye pull off the robe 
with the garment from them that pass 
by securely as men averse from war. 

9 The women of my people have ye 
cast out from their pleasant houses ; 
from their children have ye taken 
away my glory for ever. 

10 Arise ye, and depart; for this 
is not your rest: because it is pol- 
luted, it shall destroy you, even with 
a sore destruction. 

11 If a man walking in the spirit 
and falsehood do lie, saying, I will 
prophesy unto thee of wine and of 
strong drink; he shall even be the 
prophet of this people. 

12 IT I will surely assemble, O 
Jacob, all of thee; I will surely 
gather the remnant of Israel ; I will 
put them together as the sheep of 
Bozrah, as the flock in the midst 
of their fold : they shall make great 
noise by reason of the multitude of 
men. 

13 The breaker is come up before 
them : they have broken up, and 
have passed through the gate, and 
are gone out by it; and their king 
shall pass before them, and the Lord 
on the head of them. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 The cruelty of the princes. 5 The falsehood of the 
prophets. 8 The security of them both. 

A ND I said, Hear, I pray you, O 
Xjl heads of Jacob, and ye princes 
of the house of Israel ; Is it not for 
you to know judgment ? 

2 Who hate the good, and love the 
evil ; who pluck off their skin from 
off them, and their flesh from off 
their bones ; 

3 Who also eat the flesh of my 
people, and flay their skin from off 

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Christ 1 s kingdom foretold, 



them ; and they break their bones, 
and chop them in pieces, as for the 
pot, and as flesh within the caldron. 

4 Then shall they cry unto the 
Lord, but he will not hear them : 
he will even hide his face from them 
at that time, as they have behaved 
themselves ill in their doings. 

5 IT Thus saith the Lord concern- 
ing the prophets that make my peo- 
ple err, that bite with their teeth, 
and cry, Peace ; and he that putteth 
not into their mouths, they even pre- 
pare war against him : 

6 Therefore night shall be unto 
you, that ye shall not have a vision ; 
and it shall be dark unto you, that 
ye shall not divine ; and the sun 
shall go down over the prophets, 
and the day shall be dark over them. 

7 Then shall the seers be ashamed, 
and the diviners confounded : yea, 
they shall all cover their lips ; for 
there is no answer of God. 

8 11 But truly I am full of power 
by the Spirit of the Lord, and of 
judgment, and of might, to declare 
unto Jacob his transgression, and to 
Israel his sin. 

9 Hear this, I pray you, ye heads 
of the house of Jacob, and princes 
of the house of Israel, that abhor 
judgment, and pervert all equity. 

10 They build up Zion with blood, 
and Jerusalem with iniquity. 

11 The heads thereof judge for re- 
ward, and the priests thereof teach for 
hire, and the prophets thereof divine 
for money : yet will they lean upon the 
Lord, and say, Is not the Lord among 
us ? none evil can come upon us. 

12 Therefore shall Zion for your 
sake be ploughed as a field, and Jeru- 
salem shall become heaps, and the 
mountain of the house as the high 
places of the forest. 

CIIAPTEE IY. 

I The glory, 3 peace, 8 kingdom, 11 and victory of the 
church. 

BUT in the last days it shall come 
to pass, that the mountain of the 
house of the Lord shall be establish- 
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ed in the top of the mountains, and 
it shall be exalted above the hills ; 
and people shall flow unto it. 

2 And many nations shall come, 
and say, Come, and let us go up to 
the mountain of the Lord, and to 
the house of the God of Jacob ; and 
he will teach us of his ways, and 
we will walk in his paths: for the 
law shall go forth of Zion, and the 
word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

3 If And he shall judge among 
many people, and rebuke strong na- 
tions afar off; and they shall beat 
their swords into ploughshares, and 
their spears into pruninghooks : na- 
tion shall not lift up a sword against 
nation, neither shall they learn war 
any more. 

4 But they shall sit every man un- 
der his vine and under his fig tree ; 
and none shall make them afraid : for 
the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath 
spoken it. 

5 For all people will walk every 
one in the name of his god, and we 
will walk in the name of the Lord 
our God for ever and ever. 

6 In that day, saith the Lord, will 
I assemble her that halteth, and I 
will gather her that is driven out, and 
her that I have afflicted ; 

7 And I will make her that halted 
a remnant, and her that was cast far 
off a strong nation : and the Lord 
shall reign over them in mount 
Zion from henceforth, even for ever. 

8 If And thou, O tower of the flock, 
the strong hold of the daughter of 
Zion, unto thee shall it come, even 
the first dominion ; the kingdom shall 
come to the daughter of Jerusalem. 

9 Now why dost thou cry out aloud ? 
is there no king in thee ? is thy coun- 
sellor perished ? for pangs have taken 
thee as a woman in travail. 

10 Be in pain, and labour to bring 
forth, O daughter of Zion, like a wo- 
man in travail : for now shalt thou go 
forth out of the city, and thou shalt 
dwell in the field, and thou shalt go 
even to Babylon ; there shalt thou be 



and the place 



MICAH. 



of his nativity. 



delivered ; there the Lord shall redeem 
thee from the hand of thine enemies. 

11 IT Now also many nations are 
gathered against thee, that say, Let 
her be defiled, and let our eye look 
upon Zion. 

12 But they know not the thoughts 
of the Lord, neither understand they 
his counsel : for he shall gather them 
as the sheaves into the floor. 

13 Arise and thresh, O daughter 
of Zion ; for I will make thine horn 
iron, and I will make thy hoofs brass : 
and thou shalt beat in pieces many 
people: and I will consecrate their 
gain unto the Lord, and their sub- 
stance unto the Lord of the whole 
earth. 

CHAPTEE V. 

1 The birth of Christ. 4 His kingdom. 8 His eon- 
quest. 

NOW gather thyself in troops, O 
daughter of troops : he hath laid 
siege against us : they shall smite 
the judge of Israel with a rod upon 
the cheek. 

2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephratah, 
though thou be little among the thou- 
sands of Judah, yet out of thee shall 
he come forth unto me that is to be 
ruler in Israel; whose goings forth 
have been from of old, from everlast- 
ing. 

3 Therefore will he give them up, 
until the time that she which trav- 
aileth hath brought forth: then the 
remnant of his brethren shall return 
unto the children of Israel. 

4 IT And he shall stand and feed 
in the strength of the Lord, in the 
majesty of the name of the Lord his 
God ; and they shall abide : for now 
shall he be great unto the ends of 
the earth. 

5 And this man shall be the peace, 
when the Assyrian shall come into 
our land : and when he shall tread 
in our palaces, then shall we raise 
against him seven shepherds, and 
eight principal men. 

6 And they shall waste the land 
of Assyria with the sword, and the 



land of Nimrod in the entrances 
thereof: thus shall he deliver us 
from the Assyrian, when he cometh 
into our land, and when he treadeth 
within our borders. 

7 And the remnant of Jacob shall 
be in the midst of many people as 
a dew from the Lord, as the showers 
upon the grass, that tarrieth not for 
man, nor waiteth for the sons of men. 

8 If And the remnant of Jacob shall 
be among the Gentiles in the midst 
of many people, as a lion among the 
beasts of the forest, as a young lion 
among the flocks of sheep : who, if 
he go through, both treadeth down, 
and teareth in pieces, and none can 
deliver. 

9 Thine hand shall be lifted up 
upon thine adversaries, and all thine 
enemies shall be cut off. 

10 And it shall come to pass in that 
day, saith the Lord, that I will cut off 
thy horses out of the midst of thee, 
and I will destroy thy chariots : 

1 1 And I will cut off the cities of 
thy land, and throw down all thy 
strong holds : 

12 And I will cut off witchcrafts 
out of thine hand ; and thou shalt 
have no more soothsayers : 

13 Thy graven images also will I 
cut off, and thy standing images out 
of the midst of thee ; and thou shalt 
no more worship the work of thine 
hands. 

14 And I will pluck up thy groves 
out of the midst of thee : so will I 
destroy thy cities. 

15 And I will execute vengeance 
in anger and fury upon the heathen, 
such as they have not heard. 

CHAPTEE VI. 

1 God's controversy for unhindness, 6 for ignorance, 10 
for injustice, 16 and for idolatry. 

HEAR ye now what the Lord 
saith ; Arise, contend thou be- 
fore the mountains, and let the hills 
hear thy voice. 

2 Hear ye, O mountains, the 
Lord's controversy, and ye strong 
foundations of the earth : for the 
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with his people. 



Lord hath a controversy with his 
people, and he will plead with Israel. 

3 O my people, what have I done 
unto thee ? and wherein have I wea- 
ried thee ? testify against me. 

4 For I brought thee up out of the 
land of Egypt, and redeemed thee 
out of the house of servants ; and 
I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, 
and Miriam. 

5 O my people, remember now 
what Balak king of Moab consulted, 
and what Balaam the son of Beor 
answered him from Shittim unto 
Gil gal ; that ye may know the right- 
eousness of the Lord. 

6 If Wherewith shall I come before 
the Lord, and bow myself before 
the high God ? shall I come before 
him with burnt offerings, with calves 
of a year old ? 

7 Will the Lord be pleased with 
thousands of rams, or with ten thou- 
sands of rivers of oil ? shall I give 
my firstborn for my transgression, 
the fruit of my body for the sin of 
my soul ? 

8 He hath shewed thee, O man, 
what is good; and what doth the 
Lord require of thee, but to do 
justly, and to love mercy, and to 
walk humbly with thy God ? 

9 The Lord's voice crieth unto the 
city, and the man of wisdom shall 
see thy name : hear ye the rod, and 
who hath appointed it. 

10 IT Are there yet the treasures of 
wickedness in the house of the wick- 
ed, and the scant measure that is 
abominable ? 

11 Shall I count them pure with 
the wicked balances, and with the 
bag of deceitful weights ? 

12 For the rich men thereof are 
full of violence, and the inhabitants 
thereof have spoken lies, and their 
tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 

13 Therefore also will I make thee 
sick in smiting thee, in making thee 
desolate because of thy sins. 

14 Thou shalt eat, but not be sat- 
isfied ; and thy casting down shall 

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be in the midst of thee ; and thou 
shalt take hold, but shalt not deliv- 
er ; and that which thou deliverest 
will I give up to the sword. 

15 Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt 
not reap ; thou shalt tread the olives, 
but thou shalt not anoint thee with 
oil ; and sweet wine, but shalt not 
drink wine. 

16 IT For the statutes of Omri are 
kept, and all the works of the house 
of Ahab, and ye walk in their coun- 
sels ; that I should make thee a des- 
olation, and the inhabitants thereof 
a hissing: therefore ye shall bear 
the reproach of my people. 

CHAPTEK VII. 

1 The church, complaining of her small number, 3 and 
the general corruption, 5 putteth her. confidence not in 
man, but in God. 8 She triumpheth over her enemies. 
14 God comforteth her by promises, 16 by confusion 
of the enemies, 18 and by his mercies. 

WOE is me! for I am as when 
they have gathered the sum- 
mer fruits, as the grape gleanings of 
the vintage : there is no cluster to eat : 
my soul desired the first ripe fruit. 

2 The good man is perished out 
of the earth ; and there is none up- 
right among men: they all lie in 
wait for blood ; they hunt every 
man his brother with a net. 

3 If That they may do evil with 
both hands earnestly, the prince 
asketh, and the judge asketh for a 
reward ; and the great man, he ut- 
tereth his mischievous desire : so they 
wrap it up. 

4 The best of them is as a brier: the 
most upright is sharper than a thorn 
hedge : the day of thy watchmen and' 
thy visitation cometh ; now shall be 
their perplexity. 

5 If Trust ye not in a friend, put 
ye not confidence in a guide: keep 
the doors of thy mouth from her that 
lieth in thy bosom. 

6 For the son dishonoureth the fa- 
ther, the daughter riseth up against 
her mother, the daughter in law 
against her mother in law ; a man's 
enemies are the men of his own 
house. 



God's mercies 



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to his people. 



7 Therefore I will look unto the 
Lord ; I will wait for the God of my 
salvation : my God will hear me. 

8 TT Rejoice not against me, O mine 
enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; 
when I sit in darkness, the Lord 
shall be a light unto me. 

9 I will hear the indignation of the 
Lord, because I have sinned against 
him, until he plead my cause, and ex- 
ecute judgment for me : he will bring 
me forth to the light, and I shall be- 
hold his righteousness. 

10 Then she that is mine enemy 
shall see it, and shame shall cover 
her which said unto me, Where is 
the Lord thy God ? mine eyes shall 
behold her : now shall she be trodden 
down as the mire of the streets. 

11 In the day that thy walls are to 
be built, in that day shall the decree 
be far removed. 

12 In that day also he shall come 
even to thee from Assyria, and from 
the fortified cities, and from the for- 
tress even to the river, and from sea 
to sea, and from mountain to moun- 
tain. 

13 Notwithstanding, the land shall 
be desolate because of them that 
dwell therein, for the fruit of their 
doings. 



14 *H Feed thy people with thy rod, 
the flock of thine heritage, which 
dwell solitarily in the wood, in the 
midst of Carmel : let them feed in 
Bashan and Gilead, as in the days 
of old. 

15 According to the days of thy 
coming out of the land of Egypt will 
I shew unto him marvellous things. 

16 If The nations shall see and be 
confounded at all their might : they 
shall lay their hand upon their mouth, 
their ears shall be deaf. 

17 They shall lick the dust like 
a serpent, they shall move out of 
their holes like worms of the earth : 
they shall be afraid of the Lord our 
God, and shall fear because of thee. 

18 Who is a God like unto thee, 
that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth 
by the transgression of the remnant 
of his heritage ? he retaineth not his 
anger for ever, because he delighteth 
in mercy. 

19 He will turn again, he will have 
compassion upon us ; he will subdue 
our iniquities ; and thou wilt cast all 
their sins into the depths of the sea. 

20 Thou wilt perforin the truth to 
Jacob, and the mercy to Abraham, 
which thou hast sworn unto our fa- 
thers from the days of old. 



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CHAPTEE I. 

The majesty of God in goodness to his people, and sever- 
ity against his enemies. 

THE burden of Nineveh. The 
book of the vision of Nahum 
the Elkoshite. 

2 God is jealous, and the Lord re- 
vengeth ; the Lord revengeth, and 
is furious ; the Lord will take ven- 
geance on his adversaries, and he 
reserveth wrath for his enemies. 

3 The Lord is slow to anger, and 
great in power, and will not at all 



acquit the ivicked : the Lord hath 
his way in the whirlwind and in the 
storm, and the clouds are the dust of 
his feet. 

4 He rebuketh the sea, and ma- 
keth it dry, and drieth up all the 
rivers: Bashan languisheth, and 
Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon 
languisheth. 

5 The mountains quake at him, and 
the hills melt, and the earth is burn- 
ed at his presence, yea, the world, and 
all that dwell therein. 

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God against Nineveh. 



6 Who can stand before his indig- 
nation? and who can abide in the 
fierceness of his anger? his fury is 
poured out like fire, and the rocks 
are thrown down by him. 

7 The Lord is good, a strong hold 
in the day of trouble ; and he know- 
eth them that trust in him. 

8 But with an overrunning flood he 
will make an utter end of the place 
thereof, and darkness shall pursue 
his enemies. 

9 What do ye imagine against the 
Lord? he will make an utter end: 
affliction shall not rise up the second 
time. 

10 For while they be folden togeth- 
er as thorns, and while they are 
drunken as drunkards, they shall be 
devoured as stubble fully dry. 

11 There is one come out of thee, 
that imagineth evil against the Lord, 
a wicked counsellor. 

12 Thus saith the Lord; Though 
they be quiet, and likewise many, yet 
thus shall they be cut down, when 
he shall pass through. Though I 
have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee 
no more. 

13 For now will I break his yoke 
from off thee, and will burst thy 
bonds in sunder. 

14 And the Lord hath given a com- 
mandment concerning thee, that no 
more of thy name be sown : out of 
the house of thy gods will I cut off 
the graven image and the molten 
image : I will make thy grave ; for 
thou art vile. 

15 Behold upon the mountains 
the feet of him that bringeth good 
tidings, that publisheth peace ! O 
Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, per- 
form thy vows : for the wicked shall 
no more pass through thee; he is 
utterly cut off. 

CHAPTER II. 

The frarful and victorious armies of God against 
Nineveh. 

HE that dasheth in pieces is come 
up before thy face: keep the 
munition, watch the way, make 
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thy loins strong, fortify thy power 
mightily. 

2 For the Lord hath turned away 
the excellency of Jacob, as the ex- 
cellency of Israel: for the emptiers 
have emptied them out, and marred 
their vine branches. 

3 The shield of his mighty men is 
made red, the valiant men are in 
scarlet: the chariots shall be with 
flaming torches in the day of his 
preparation, and the fir trees shall be 
terribly shaken. 

4 The chariots shall rage in the 
streets, they shall justle one against 
another in the broad ways: they 
shall seem like torches, they shall 
run like the lightnings. 

5 He shall recount his worthies : 
they shall stumble in their walk; 
they shall make haste to the wall 
thereof, and the defence shall be 
prepared. 

6 The gates of the rivers shall be 
opened, and the palace shall be dis- 
solved. 

7 And Huzzab shall be led away 
captive, she shall be brought up, and 
her maids shall lead her as with the 
voice of doves, tabering upon their 
breasts. 

8 But Nineveh is of old like a pool 
of water: yet they shall flee away. 
Stand, stand, shall they cry ; but none 
shall look back. 

9 Take ye the spoil of silver, take 
the spoil of gold: for there is none 
end of the store and glory out of all 
the pleasant furniture. 

10 She is empty, and void, and 
waste: and the heart melteth, and 
the knees smite together, and much 
pain is in all loins, and the faces of 
them all gather blackness. 

11 Where is the dwelling of the 
lions, and the feeding place of the 
young lions, where the lion, even the 
old lion, walked, and the lion's whelp, 
and none made them afraid ? 

^2 The lion did tear in pieces 
enough for his whelps, and stran- 
gled for his lionesses, and filled his 



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of Nineveh foretold. 



holes with prey, and his dens with 
ravin. 

13 Behold, I am against thee, saith 
the Lord of hosts, and I will burn 
her chariots in the smoke, and the 
sword shall devour thy young lions : 
and I will cut off thy prey from the 
earth, and the voice of thy messen- 
gers shall no more be heard. 

CHAPTEK III. 

The miserable ruin of Nineveh. 

WOE to the bloody city ! it is all 
full of lies and robbery; the 
prey departeth not ; 

2 The noise of a whip, and the 
noise of the rattling of the wheels, 
and of the prancing horses, and of 
the jumping chariots. 

3 The horseman lifteth up both 
the bright sword and the glittering 
spear: and there is a multitude of 
slain, and a great number of car- 
casses ; and there is none end of their 
corpses; they stumble upon their 
corpses : 

4 Because of the multitude of the 
whoredoms of the well favoured har- 
lot, the mistress of witchcrafts, that 
(selleth nations through her whore- 
doms, and families through her witch- 
crafts. 

5 Behold, I am against thee, saith 
the Lord of hosts; and I will dis- 
cover thy skirts upon thy face, and 
I will shew the nations thy naked- 
ness, and the kingdoms thy shame. 

6 And I will cast abominable filth 
upon thee, and make thee vile, and 
will set thee as a gazingstock. 

7 And it shall come to pass, that 
all they that look upon thee shall 
flee from thee, and say, Nineveh is 
laid waste: who will bemoan her? 
whence shall I seek comforters for 
thee ? 

8 Art thou better than populous 
No, that was situate among the riv- 
ers, that had the waters round about 
it, whose rampart was the sea, and 
her wall was from the sea ? 

9 Ethiopia and Egypt were her 



strength, and it was infinite ; Put 
and Lubim were thy helpers. 

10 Yet was she carried away, she 
went into captivity : her young chil- 
dren also were dashed in pieces at 
the top of all the streets : and they 
cast lots for her honourable men, and 
all her great men were bound in 
chains. 

11 Thou also shalt be drunken: 
thou shalt be hid, thou also shalt 
seek strength because of the enemy. 

12 All thy strong holds shall be 
like fig trees with the first ripe figs : 
if they be shaken, they shall even 
fall into the mouth of the eater. 

13 Behold, thy people in the midst 
of thee are women : the gates of thy 
land shall be set wide open unto 
thine enemies : the fire shall devour 
thy bars. 

14 Draw thee waters for the siege, 
fortify thy strong holds : go into clay, 
and tread the mortar, make strong 
the brickkiln. 

15 There shall the fire devour 
thee; the sword shall cut thee off, 
it shall eat thee up like the canker- 
worm: make thyself many as the 
cankerworm, make thyself many as 
the locusts. 

16 Thou hast multiplied thy mer- 
chants above the stars of heaven: 
the cankerworm spoileth, and fleeth 
away. 

17 Thy crowned are as the locusts, 
and thy captains as the great grass- 
hoppers, which camp in the hedges 
in the cold day, but when the sun 
ariseth they flee away, and their 
place is not known where they are. 

18 Thy shepherds slumber, O king 
of Assyria: thy nobles shall dwell 
in the dust : thy people is scattered 
upon the mountains, and no man 
gathereth them. 

19 There is no healing of thy bruise ; 
thy wound is grievous : all that hear 
the bruit of thee shall clap the hands 
over thee : for upon whom hath not 
thy wickedness passed continually ? 

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HABAKKUK 



CHAPTEE I. 

1 Unto Habakkuk, complaining of the iniquity of the 
land, 5 is shewed the fearful vengeance by the Chal- 
deans. 12 He complaineth that vengeance should be 
executed by them who are far worse. 

THE burden which Habakkuk the 
prophet did see. 

2 O Lord, how long shall I cry, 
and thou wilt not hear ! even cry out 
unto thee of violence, and thou wilt 
not save ! 

3 Why dost thou shew me iniquity, 
and cause me to behold grievance ? 
for spoiling and violence are before 
me: and there are that raise up strife 
and contention. 

4 Therefore the law is slacked, and 
judgment doth never go forth: for 
the wicked doth compass about the 
righteous ; therefore wrong judgment 
proceedeth. 

5 If Behold ye among the heathen, 
and regard, and wonder marvellous- 
ly: for I will work a work in your 
days, which ye will not believe, 
though it be told you. 

6 For, lo, I raise up the Chaldeans, 
that bitter and hasty nation, which 
shall march through the breadth of 
the land, to possess the dwelling- 
places that are not theirs. 

7 They are terrible and dreadful : 
their judgment and their dignity shall 
proceed of themselves. 

8 Their horses also are swifter than 
the leopards, and are more fierce than 
the evening wolves: and their horse- 
men shall spread themselves, and their 
horsemen shall come from far ; they 
shall fly as the eagle iftohasteth to eat. 

9 They shall come all for violence : 
their faces shall sup up as the east 
wind, and they shall gather the cap- 
tivity as the sand. 

10 And they shall scoff at the kings, 
and the princes shall be a scorn unto 
them : they shall deride every strong 
hold ; for they shall heap dust, and 
take it. 

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11 Then shall his mind change, and 
he shall pass over, and offend, im- 
puting this his power unto his god. 

12 ^f Art thou not from everlast- 
ing, O Lord my God, mine Holy 
One ? We shall not die. O Lord, 
thou hast ordained them for judg- 
ment ; and, O mighty God, thou hast 
established them for correction. 

13 Thou art of purer eyes than to 
behold evil, and canst not look on 
iniquity: wherefore lookestthou upon 
them that deal treacherously, and 
holdest thy tongue when the wicked 
devoureth the man that is more right- 
eous than he ? 

14 And makest men as the fishes 
of the sea, as the creeping things, 
that have no ruler over them? 

15 They take up all of them with 
the angle, they catch them in their 
net, and gather them in their drag : 
therefore they rejoice and are glad. 

16 Therefore they sacrifice unto 
their net, and burn incense unto their 
drag; because by them their portion 
is fat, and their meat plenteous. 

17 Shall they therefore empty their 
net, and not spare continually to slay 
the nations ? 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 Unto Habakkuk, waiting for an answer, is shewed that 
he must wait by faith. 5 The judgment upon the 
Chaldean for unsatiableness, 9 for covetousness, 12 for 
cruelty, 15 for drunkenness, 18 and for idolatry. 

I WILL stand upon my watch, 
and set me upon the tower, and 
will watch to see what he will say 
unto me, and what I shall answer 
when I am reproved. 

2 And the Lord answered me, and 
said, Write the vision, and make it 
plain upon tables, that he may run 
that readeth it. 

3 For the vision is yet for an ap- 
pointed time, but at the end it shall 
speak, and not lie : though it tarry, 
wait for it ; because it will surely 
come, it will not tarry. 



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HABAKKUK. 



of the Chaldeans. 



4 Behold, his soul which is lifted 
up is not upright in him : hut the 
just shall live by his faith. 

5 If Yea also, because he trans- 
gresseth by wine, he is a proud man, 
neither keepeth at home, who en- 
largeth his desire as hell, and is as 
death, and cannot be satisfied, but 
gathereth unto him all nations, and 
heapeth unto him all people : 

6 Shall not all these take up a 
parable against him, and a taunting 
proverb against him, and say, Woe 
to him that increaseth that which is 
not his! how long? and to him that 
ladeth himself with thick clay ! 

7 Shall they not rise up suddenly 
that shall bite thee, and awake that 
shall vex thee, and thou shalt be for 
booties unto them ? 

8 Because thou hast spoiled many 
nations, all the remnant of the people 
shall spoil thee ; because of men's 
blood, and for the violence of the 
land, of the city, and of all that 
dwell therein. 

9 H Woe to him that coveteth an 
evil covetousness to his house, that he 
may set his nest on high, that he may 
be delivered from the power of evil ! 

10 Thou hast consulted shame to 
thy house by cutting off many people, 
and hast sinned against thy soul. 

11 For the stone shall cry out of 
the wall, and the beam out of the 
timber shall answer it. 

12 IT Woe to him that buildeth a 
town with blood, and establisheth a 
city by iniquity ! 

13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of 
hosts that the people shall labour 
in the very fire, and the people shall 
weary themselves for very vanity? 

14 For the earth shall be filled with 
the knowledge of the glory of the 
Lord, as the waters cover the sea. 

15 IT Woe unto him that giveth his 
neighbour drink, that puttest thy 
bottle to him, and makest him 
drunken also, that thou mayest look 
on their nakedness ! 

16 Thou art filled with shame for 



glory: drink thou also, and let thy 
foreskin be uncovered : the cup of 
the Lord's right hand shall be turn- 
ed unto thee, and shameful spewing 
shall be on thy glory. 

17 For the violence of Lebanon 
shall cover thee, and the spoil of 
beasts, which made them afraid, be- 
cause of men's blood, and for the 
violence of the land, of the city, and 
of all that dwell therein. 

18 *[T What profiteth the graven 
image that the maker thereof hath 
graven it; the molten image, and a 
teacher of lies, that the maker of his 
work trusteth therein, to make dumb 
idols ? 

19 Woe unto him that saith to the 
wood, Awake; to the dumb stone, 
Arise, it shall teach ! Behold, it is 
laid over with gold and silver, and 
there is no breath at all in the midst 
of it. 

20 But the Lord is in his holy 
temple : let all the earth keep silence 
before him. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 Habakkuk in his prayer trembleth at God's majesty. 
17 The confidence of his faith. 

A PRAYER of Habakkuk the 
prophet upon Shigionoth. 

2 O Lord, I have heard thy speech, 
and was afraid : O Lord, revive thy 
work in the midst of the years, in 
the midst of the years make known ; 
in wrath remember mercy. 

3 God came from Teman, and the 
Holy One from mount Paran. Selah. 
His glory covered the heavens, and 
the earth was full of his praise. 

4 And his brightness was as the 
light; he had horns coming out of 
his hand : and there was the hiding 
of his power. 

5 Before him went the pestilence, 
and burning coals went forth at his feet 

6 He stood, and measured the 
earth : he beheld, and drove asun- 
der the nations ; and the everlasting 
mountains were scattered, the per- 
petual hills did bow: his ways are 
everlasting. 

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confidence of his faith. 



7 I saw the tents of Cushan in 
affliction : and the curtains of the 
land of Midian did tremble. 

8 Was the Lord displeased against 
the rivers ? was thine anger against the 
rivers ? was thy wrath against the sea, 
that thou didst ride upon thine horses 
and thy chariots of salvation? 

9 Thy bow was made quite naked, 
according to the oaths of the tribes, 
even thy word. Selah. Thou didst 
cleave the earth with rivers. 

10 The mountains saw thee, and 
they trembled : the overflowing of the 
water passed by : the deep uttered his 
voice, and lifted up his hands on high. 

11 The sun and moon stood still in 
their habitation : at the light of thine 
arrows they went, and at the shining 
of thy glittering spear. 

12 Thou didst march through the 
land in indignation, thou didst thresh 
the heathen in anger. 

13 Thou wentest forth for the salva- 
tion of thy people, even for salvation 
with thine anointed; thou wound- 
edst the head out of the house of the 
wicked, by discovering the founda- 
tion unto the neck. Selah. 



14 Thou didst strike through with 
his staves the head of his villages: 
they came out as a whirlwind to 
scatter me : their rejoicing was as to 
devour the poor secretly. 

15 Thou didst walk through the 
sea with thine horses, through the 
heap of great waters. 

16 When I heard, my belly trem- 
bled ; my lips quivered at the voice : 
rottenness entered into my bones, 
and I trembled in myself, that I 
might rest in the day of trouble: 
when he cometh up unto the people, 
he will invade them with his troops. 

17 If Although the fig tree shall 
not blossom, neither shall fruit be in 
the vines ; the labour of the olive 
shall fail, and the fields shall yield 
no meat; the flock shall be cut off 
from the fold, and there shall be no 
herd in the stalls : 

18 Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I 
will joy in the God of my salvation. 

19 The Lord God is my strength, 
and he will make my feet like hinds' 
feet, and he will make me to walk 
upon mine high places. To the chief 
singer on my stringed instruments. 



ZEPHANIAH. 



CHAPTER I. 

God's severe judgment against Judahfor divers sins. 

THE word of the Lord which 
came unto Zephaniah the son of 
Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son 
of Amariah, the son of Hizkiah, in 
the days of Josiah the son of Amon, 
king of Judah. 

2 I will utterly consume all 
things from off the land, saith the 
Lord. 

3 I will consume man and beast ; 
I will consume the fowls of the heav- 
en, and the fishes of the sea, and the 
stumblingblocks with the wicked; 
and I will cut off man from off the 
land, saith the Lord. 

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4 I will also stretch out mine hand 
upon Judah, and upon all the inhab- 
itants of Jerusalem ; and I will cut 
off the remnant of Baal from this 
place, and the name of the Chema- 
rim with the priests ; 

5 And them that worship the host of 
heaven upon the housetops ; and them 
that worship and that swear by the 
Lord, and that swear by Malcham ; 

6 And them that are turned back 
from the Lord ; and those that have 
not sought the Lord, nor inquired 
for him. 

7 Hold thy peace at the presence 
of the Lord God: for the day of 
the Lord is at hand: for the Lord 



Judgments against Judah. ZEPHANIAH. Exhortation to repentance. 



hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath 
hid his guests. 

8 And it shall come to pass in the 
day of the Lord's sacrifice, that I 
will punish the princes, and the 
king's children, and all such as are 
clothed with strange apparel. 

9 In the same day also will I 
punish all those that leap on the 
threshold, which fill their masters' 
houses with violence and deceit. 

10 And it shall come to pass in that 
day, saith the Lord, that there shall 
be the noise of a cry from the fish 
gate, and a howling from the second, 
and a great crashing from the hills. 

11 Howl, ye inhabitants of Mak- 
tesh, for all the merchant people are 
cut down ; all they that bear silver 
are cut off. 

12 And it shall come to pass at 
that time, that I will search Jerusalem 
with candles, and punish the men 
that are settled on their lees : that 
say in their heart, The Lord will 
not do good, neither will he do evil. 

13 Therefore, their goods shall be- 
come a booty, and their houses a 
desolation : they shall also build 
houses, but not inhabit them; and 
they shall plant vineyards, but not 
drink the wine thereof. 

14 The great day of the Lord is near, 
it is near, and hasteth greatly, even the 
voice of the day of the Lord : the 
mighty man shall cry there bitterly. 

15 That day is a day of wrath, a 
day of trouble and distress, a day 
of wasteness and desolation, a day of 
darkness and gloominess, a day of 
clouds and thick darkness, 

16 A day of the trumpet and alarm 
against the fenced cities, and against 
the high towers. 

17 And I will bring distress up- 
on men, that they shall walk like 
blind men, because they have sinned 
against the Lord : and their blood 
shall be poured out as dust, and 
their flesh as the dung. 

18 Neither their silver nor their 
gold shall be able to deliver them in 

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the day of the Lord's wrath ; but 
the whole land shall be devoured by 
the fire of his jealousy: for he shall 
make even a speedy riddance of all 
them that dwell in the land. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 An exhortation to repentance. 4 The judgment of the 
Philistines, 8 of Moab and Amnion, 12 of Ethiopia 
and Assyria. 

GATHER yourselves together, 
yea, gather together, O nation 
not desired ; 

2 Before the decree bring forth, 
before the day pass as the chaff, be- 
fore the fierce anger of the Lord 
come upon you, before the day of the 
Lord's anger come upon you. 

3 Seek ye the Lord, all ye meek 
of the earth, which have wrought his 
judgment ; seek righteousness, seek 
meekness : it may be ye shall be hid 
in the day of the Lord's anger. 

4 IT P°r Gaza shall be forsaken, 
and Ashkelon a desolation : they 
shall drive out Ashdod at the noon- 
day, and Ekron shall be rooted up. 

5 Woe unto the inhabitants of the 
sea coast, the nation of the Chereth- 
ites ! the word of the Lord is against 
you ; O Canaan, the land of the Phi- 
listines, I will even destroy thee, that 
there shall be no inhabitant. 

6 And the sea coast shall be dwell- 
ings and cottages for shepherds, and 
folds for flocks. 

7 And the coast shall be for the 
remnant of the house of Judah ; they 
shall feed thereupon : in the houses 
of Ashkelon shall they lie down in 
the evening : for the Lord their God 
shall visit them, and turn away their 
captivity. 

8 1f I have heard the reproach of 
Moab, and the revilings of the chil- 
dren of Ammon, whereby they have 
reproached my people, and magni- 
fied themselves against their border. 

9 Therefore, as I live, saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
Surely Moab shall be as Sodom, and 
the children of Ammon as Gomor- 
rah, even the breeding of nettles, and 

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of Jerusalem. 



saltpits, and a perpetual desolation : 
the residue of my people shall spoil 
them, and the remnant of my people 
shall possess them. 

10 This shall they have for their 
pride, because they have reproached 
and magnified themselves against the 
people of the Lord of hosts. 

11 The Lord will be terrible unto 
them : for he will famish all the gods 
of the earth ; and men shall worship 
him, every one from his place, even 
all the isles of the heathen. 

12 IT Ye Ethiopians also, ye shall 
be slain by my sword. 

13 And he will stretch out his hand 
against the north, and destroy Assyria; 
and will make Nineveh a desolation, 
and dry like a wilderness. 

14 And flocks shall lie down in the 
midst of her, all the beasts of the 
nations : both the cormorant and 
the bittern shall lodge in the upper 
lintels of it ; their voice shall sing in 
the windows ; desolation shall be in 
the thresholds : for he shall uncover 
the cedar work. 

15 This is the rejoicing city that 
dwelt carelessly, that said in her 
heart, I am, and there is none besides 
me : how is she become a desolation, 
a place for beasts to lie down in ! 
every one that passeth by her shall 
hiss, and wag his hand. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 A sharp reproof of Jerusalem for divers si7is. 8 An 
exhortation to wait for the restoration of Israel, 14 and 
to rejoice for their salvation by God. 

WOE to her that is filthy and 
polluted, to the oppressing city ! 

2 She obeyed not the voice ; she 
received not correction ; she trusted 
not in the Lord ; she drew not near 
to her God. 

3 Her princes within her are roar- 
ing lions ; her judges are evening 
wolves ; they gnaw not the bones till 
the morrow. 

4 Her prophets are light and treach- 
erous persons : her priests have pol- 
luted the sanctuary, they have done 
violence to the law. 

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5 The just Lord is in the midst 
thereof ; he will not do iniquity : 
every morning doth he bring his 
judgment to light, he faileth not ; 
but the unjust knoweth no shame. 

6 I have cut off the nations : their 
towers are desolate ; I made their 
streets waste, that none passeth by : 
their cities are destroyed, so that 
there is no man, that there is none 
inhabitant. 

7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, 
thou wilt receive instruction ; so their 
dwelling should not be cut off, how- 
soever I punished them : but they rose 
early, and corrupted all their doings. 

8 IT Therefore wait ye upon me, 
saith the Lord, until the day that I 
rise up to the prey : for my determi- 
nation is to gather the nations, that 
I may assemble the kingdoms, to 
pour upon them mine indignation, 
even all my fierce anger : for all the 
earth shall be devoured with the fire 
of my jealousy. 

9 For then will I turn to the peo- 
ple a pure language, that they may 
all call upon the name of the Lord, 
to serve him with one consent. 

10 From beyond the rivers of 
Ethiopia my suppliants, even the 
daughter of my dispersed, shall 
bring mine offering. 

11 In that day shalt thou not be 
ashamed for all thy doings, wherein 
thou hast transgressed against me : 
for then I will take away out of the 
midst of thee them that rejoice in 
thy pride, and thou shalt no more 
be haughty because of my holy 
mountain. 

12 I will also leave in the midst of 
thee an afflicted and poor people, 
and they shall trust in the name of 
the Lord. 

13 The remnant of Israel shall not 
do iniquity, nor speak lies ; neither 
shall a deceitful tongue be found in 
their mouth : for they shall feed and 
lie down, and none shall make them 
afraid. 

14 IT Sing, O daughter of Zion ; 



Haggai inciteth to the 



HAGGAI. 



rebuilding of the temple. 



shout, O Israel ; be glad and rejoice 
with all the heart, O daughter of 
Jerusalem. 

15 The Lord hath taken away thy 
judgments, he hath cast out thine 
enemy: the King of Israel, even the 
Lord, is in the midst of thee : thou 
shalt not see evil any more. 

16 In that day it shall be said to 
Jerusalem, Fear thou not : and to 
Zion, Let not thine hands be slack. 

17 The Lord thy God in the midst 
of thee is mighty ; he will save, he 
will rejoice over thee with joy; he 
will rest in his love, he will joy over 
thee with singing. 



18 I will gather them that are sor- 
rowful for the solemn assembly, who 
are of thee, to whom the reproach of 
it was a burden. 

19 Behold, at that time I will undo 
all that afflict thee : and I will save 
her that halteth, and gather her that 
was driven out ; and I will get them 
praise and fame in every land where 
they have been put to shame. 

20 At that time will I bring you 
again, even in the time that I gather 
you : for I will make you a name and 
a praise among all people of the earth, 
when I turn back your captivity be- 
fore your eyes, saith the Lord. 



HAGGAI 



CHAPTER I. 



1 Haggai reproveth the people for neglecting the building 
of the house. 7 He inciteth them to the building. 12 He 
promiseth God's assistance to them being forward. 

IN the second year of Darius the 
king, in the sixth month, in the 
first day of the month, came the word 
of the Lord by Haggai the prophet 
unto Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, 
governor of Judah, and to Joshua 
the son of Josedech, the high priest, 
saying, 

2 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, 
saying, This people say, The time is 
not come, the time that the Lord's 
house should be built. 

3 Then came the word of the Lord 
by Haggai the prophet, saying, 

4 Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell 
in your ceiled houses, and this house 
lie waste? 

5 Now therefore thus saith the Lord 
of hosts ; Consider your ways. 

6 Ye have sown much, and bring 
in little ; ye eat, but ye have not 
enough ; ye drink, but ye are not 
filled with drink ; ye clothe you, but 
there is none warm ; and he that 
earneth wages, earneth wages to put 
it into a bag with holes. 



7 If Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
Consider your ways. 

8 Go up to the mountain, and bring 
wood, and build the house; and I 
will take pleasure in it, and I will be 
glorified, saith the Lord. 

9 Ye looked for much, and, lo, it 
came to little ; and when ye brought 
it home, I did blow upon it. Why ? 
saith the Lord of hosts. Because of 
mine house that is waste, and ye run 
every man unto his own house. 

10 Therefore the heaven over you 
is stayed from dew, and the earth is 
stayed from her fruit. 

11 And I called for a drought upon 
the land, and upon the mountains, 
and upon the corn, and upon the new 
wine, and upon the oil, and upon that 
which the ground bringeth forth, and 
upon men, and upon cattle, and upon 
all the labour of the hands. 

12 IT Then Zerubbabel the son of 
Shealtiel, and Joshua the son of Jo- 
sedech, the high priest, with all the 
remnant of the people, obeyed the 
voice of the Lord their God, and 
the words of Haggai the prophet, as 
the Lord their God had sent him, and 
the people did fear before the Lord. 

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The glory of the 



HAGGAI. 



second temple. 



13 Then spake Haggai the Lord's 
messenger in the Lord's message 
unto the people, saying, I am with 
yon, saith the Lord. 

14 And the Lord stirred up the 
spirit of Zerubbabel the son of She- 
altiel, governor of Judah, and the 
spirit of Joshua the son of Josedech, 
the high priest, and the spirit of all 
the remnant of the people ; and they 
came and did work in the house of 
the Lord of hosts, their G-od, 

15 In the four and twentieth day of 
the sixth month, in the second year of 
Darius the king. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 He encourageth the people to the work, by promise of 
greater glory to the second temple than was in the first. 
10 In the type of holy things andunclean he sheweth their 
sins hindered the work. 20 God's promise to Zerubbabel. 

IN the seventh month, in the one 
and twentieth day of the month, 
came the word of the Lord by the 
prophet Haggai, saying, 

2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the 
son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, 
and to Joshua the son of Josedech, 
the high priest, and to the residue of 
the people, saying, 

3 Who is left among you that saw 
this house in her first glory ? and how 
do ye see it now? is it not in your eyes 
in comparison of it as nothing ? 

4 Yet now be strong, O Zerubba- 
bel, saith the Lord; and be strong, 
O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high 
priest; and be strong, all ye people 
of the land, saith the Lord, and 
work: for I am with you, saith the 
Lord of hosts : 

5 According to the word that I cov- 
en anted with you when ye came out 
of Egypt, so my Spirit remaineth 
among you : fear ye not. 

6 For thus saith the Lord of 
hosts ; Yet once, it is a little while, 
and I will shake the heavens, and 
the earth, and the sea, and the dry 
land ; 

7 And I will shake all nations, and 
the Desire of all nations shall come : 
and I will fill this house with glory, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

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8 The silver is mine, and the gold 
is mine, saith the Lord of hosts. 

9 The glory of this latter house shall 
be greater than of the former, saith the 
Lord of hosts : and in this place will I 
give peace, saith the Lord of hosts. 

10 TT In the four and twentieth day 
of the ninth month, in the second year 
of Darius, came the word of the Lord 
by Haggai the prophet, saying, 

11 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 
Ask now the priests concerning the 
law, saying, 

12 If one bear holy flesh in the skirt 
of his garment, and with his skirt do 
touch bread, or pottage, or wine, or 
oil, or any meat, shall it be holy? And 
the priests answered and said, No. 

13 Then said Haggai, If one that is 
unclean by a dead body touch any of 
these, shall it be unclean ? And the 
priests answered and said, It shall be 
unclean. 

14 Then answered Haggai, and said, 
So is this people, and so is this nation 
before me, saith the Lord ; and so is 
every work of their hands ; and that 
which they offer there is unclean. 

15 And now, I pray you, consider 
from this day and upward, from be- 
fore a stone was laid upon a stone in 
the temple of the Lord : 

16 Since those days were, when 
one came to a heap of twenty meas- 
ures, there were but ten : when one 
came to the pressfat for to draw out 
fifty vessels out of the press, there 
were but twenty. 

17 I smote you with blasting and 
with mildew and with hail in all the 
labours of your hands ; yet ye turned 
not to me, saith the Lord. 

18 Consider now from this day and 
upward, from the four and twentieth 
day of the ninth month, even from the 
day that the foundation of the Lord's 
temple was laid, consider it. 

19 Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, 
as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and 
the pomegrauate, and the olive tree, 
hath not brought forth : from this day 

I will I bless you. 



Exhortation to repentance. ZECHARIAH. The vision of the horses. 



20 1T And again the word of the Lord 
came unto Haggai in the four and 
twentieth day of the month, saying, 

21 Speak to Zerubbabel, governor 
of Judah, saying, I will shake the 
heavens and the earth ; 

22 And I will overthrow the throne 
of kingdoms, and I will destroy the 
strength of the kingdoms of the hea- 
then ; and I will overthrow the char- 



iots, and those that ride in them; 
and the horses and their riders shall 
come down, every one by the sword 
of his brother. 

23 In that day, saith the Lord of 
hosts, will I take thee, O Zerubbabel, 
my servant, the son of Shealtiel, saith 
the Lord, and will make thee as a 
signet : for I have chosen thee, saith 
the Lord of hosts. 



ZECHARIAH. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Zechariah exhorteth to repentance. 1 The vision of 
the horses. 12 At the prayer of the angel comfortable 
promises are made to Jerusalem. 18 The vision of the 
four horns, and the four carpenters. 

IN the eighth month, in the second 
year of Darius, came the word of 
the Lord unto Zechariah, the son of 
Berechiah, the son of Iddo the proph- 
et, saying, 

2 The Lord hath been sore dis- 
pleased with your fathers. 

3 Therefore say thou unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; Turn 
ye unto me, saith the Lord of hosts, 
and I will turn unto you, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

4 Be ye not as your fathers, unto 
whom the former prophets have cried, 
saying, Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
Turn ye now from your evil ways, 
and from your evil doings : but they 
did not hear, nor hearken unto me, 
saith the Lord. 

5 Your fathers, where are they ? and 
the prophets, do they live for ever ? 

6 But my words and my statutes, 
which I commanded my servants the 
prophets, did they not take hold of 
your fathers ? and they returned and 
said, Like as the Lord of hosts thought 
to do unto us, according to our ways, 
and according to our doings, so hath 
he dealt with us. 

7 1[ Upon the four and twentieth 
day of the eleventh month, which is 



the month Sebat, in the second year 
of Darius, came the word of the Lord 
unto Zechariah, the son of Berechiah, 
the son of Iddo the prophet, saying, 

8 I saw by night, and behold a 
man riding upon a red horse, and he 
stood among the myrtle trees that 
were in the bottom ; and behind him 
were there red horses, speckled, and 
white. 

9 Then said I, O my lord, what are 
these ? And the angel that talked 
with me said unto me, I will shew 
thee what these be. 

10 And the man that stood among 
the myrtle trees answered and said, 
These are they whom the Lord hath 
sent to walk to and fro through the 
earth. 

11 And they answered the angel 
of the Lord that stood among the 
myrtle trees, and said, We have 
walked to and fro through the earth, 
and, behold, all the earth sitteth still, 
and is at rest. 

12 IF Then the angel of the Lord 
answered and said, O Lord of hosts, 
how long wilt thou not have mercy 
on Jerusalem and on the cities of 
Judah, against which thou hast had 
indignation these threescore and ten 
years ? 

13 And the Lord answered the 
angel that talked with me with good 
words and comfortable words. 

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Promises to Jerusalem. 



ZECHAMAH. 



Redemption of Zion. 



14 So the angel that communed 
with me said unto me, Cry thou, say- 
ing, Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; I 
am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion 
with a great jealousy. 

15 And I am very sore displeased 
with the heathen that are at ease : 
for I was but a little displeased, and 
they helped forward the affliction. 

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord; 
I am returned to Jerusalem with 
mercies : my house shall be built in 
it, saith the Lord of hosts, and a line 
shall be stretched forth upon Jerusa- 
lem. 

17 Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the 
Lord of hosts ; My cities through 
prosperity shall yet be spread abroad ; 
and the Lord shall yet comfort Zion, 
and shall yet choose Jerusalem. 

18 IT Then lifted I up mine eyes, 
and saw, and behold four horns. 

19 And I said unto the angel that 
talked with me, What be these ? And 
he answered me, These are the horns 
which have scattered Judah, Israel, 
and Jerusalem. 

20 And the Lord shewed me four 
carpenters. 

21 Then said I, What come these 
to do ? And he spake, saying, These 
are the horns which have scattered 
Judah, so that no man did lift up his 
head : but these are come to fray 
them, to cast out the horns of the 
Gentiles, which lifted up their horn 
over the land of Judah to scatter it. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 God, in the care of Jerusalem, sendeth to measure it. 
C The redemption of Zion. 10 The promise of God's 
presence. 

I LIFTED up mine eyes again, and 
looked, and behold a man with a 
measuring line in his hand. 

2 Then said I, Whither goest thou ? 
And he said unto me, To measure 
Jerusalem, to see what is the breadth 
thereof, and what is the length there- 
of. 

3 And, behold, the angel that talk- 
ed with me went forth, and another 
angel went out to meet him, 

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4 And said unto him, Run, speak 
to this young man, saying, Jerusalem 
shall be inhabited as towns without 
walls for the multitude of men and 
cattle therein : 

5 For I, saith the Lord, will be 
unto her a wall of fire round about, 
and will be the glory in the midst of 
her. 

6 IT Ho, ho, come forth, and flee 
from the land of the north, saith the 
Lord: for I have spread you abroad 
as the four winds of the heaven, saith 
the Lord. 

7 Deliver thyself, O Zion, that 
dwellest with the daughter of Baby- 
lon. 

8 For thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
After the glory hath he sent me unto 
the nations which spoiled you : for he 
that toucheth you, toucheth the apple 
of his eye. 

9 For, behold, I will shake mine 
hand upon them, and they shall be a 
spoil to their servants : and ye shall 
know that the Lord of hosts hath 
sent me. 

10 If Sing and rejoice, O daughter 
of Zion: for, lo, I come, and I will 
dwell in the midst of thee, saith the 
Lord. 

1 1 And many nations shall be join ed 
to the Lord in that day, and shall be 
my people: and I will dwell in the 
midst of thee, and thou shalt know 
that the Lord of hosts hath sent me 
unto thee. 

12 And the Lord shall inherit Judah 
his portion in the holy land, and shall 
choose Jerusalem again. 

13 Be silent, O all flesh, before the 
Lord : for he is raised up out of his 
holy habitation. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 Under the type of Joshua, the restoration of the church, 
8 Christ the Branch is promised. 

AND he shewed me Joshua the 
jlX high priest standing before the 
angel of the Lord, and Satan stand- 
ing at his right hand to resist him. 

2 And the Lord said unto Satan, 
The Lord rebuke thee, O Satan; 



Vision of the 



ZECHARIAH. 



golden candlestick. 



even the Lord that hath chosen 
Jerusalem rebuke thee : is not this a 
brand plucked out of the fire ? 

3 Now Joshua was clothed with 
filthy garments, and stood before the 
angel. 

4 And he answered and spake unto 
those that stood before him, saying, 
Take away the filthy garments from 
him. And unto him he said, Behold, 
I have caused thine iniquity to pass 
from thee, and I will clothe thee with 
change of raiment. 

5 And I said, Let them set a fair 
mitre upon his head. So they set a 
fair mitre upon his head, and clothed 
him with garments. And the angel 
of the Lord stood by. 

6 And the angel of the Lord pro- 
tested unto Joshua, saying, 

7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; If 
thou wilt walk in my ways, and if 
thou wilt keep my charge, then thou 
shalt also judge my house, and shalt 
also keep my courts, and I will give 
thee places to walk among these that 
stand by. 

8 Hear now, O Joshua the high 
priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit 
before thee : for they are men won- 
dered at : for, behold, I will bring 
forth my servant the BRANCH. 

9 For behold the stone that I have 
laid before Joshua ; upon one stone 
shall be seven eyes : behold, I will en- 
grave the graving thereof, saith the 
Lord of hosts, and I will remove the 
iniquity of that land in one day. 

10 In that day, saith the Lord of 
hosts, shall ye call every man his 
neighbour under the vine and under 
the fig tree. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 By the golden candlestick is foreshewed the good suc- 
cess of ZerubbabeVs foundation. 11 By the two olive 
trees the two anointed ones. 

A ND the angel that talked with 
-£x. me came again, and waked me, 
as a man that is wakened out of his 
sleep, 

2 And said unto me, What seest 
thou? And I said, I have looked, and 



behold a candlestick all of gold, with 
a bowl upon the top of it, and his 
seven lamps thereon, and seven pipes 
to the seven lamps, which are upon 
the top thereof: 

3 And two olive trees by it, one 
upon the right side of the bowl, and 
the other upon the left side thereof. 

4 So I answered and spake to the 
angel that talked with me, saying, 
What are these, my lord ? 

5 Then the angel that talked with 
me answered and said unto me, 
Knowest thou not what these be ? 
And I said, No, my lord. 

6 Then he answered and spake un- 
to me, saying, This is the word of the 
Lord unto Zerubbabel, saying, Not 
by might, nor by power, but by my 
Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts. 

7 Who art thou, O great moun- 
tain ? before Zerubbabel thou shalt 
become a plain : and he shall bring 
forth the headstone thereof with shout- 
ings, crying, Grace, grace unto it. 

8 Moreover the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

9 The hands of Zerubbabel have 
laid the foundation of this house ; 
his hands shall also finish it ; and 
thou shalt know that the Lord of 
hosts hath sent me unto you. 

10 For who hath despised the day 
of small things ? for they shall re- 
joice, and shall see the plummet in 
the hand of Zerubbabel with those 
seven ; they are the eyes of the 
Lord, which run to and fro through 
the whole earth. 

11 IT Then answered I, and said 
unto him, What are these two olive 
trees upon the right side of the can- 
dlestick and upon the left side there- 
of? 

12 And I answered again, and said 
unto him, What be these two olive 
branches, which through the two 
golden pipes empty the golden oil 
out of themselves ? 

13 And he answered me and said, 
Knowest thou not what these be? 
And I said, No, my lord. 

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Vision of a flying roll. ZE CHAM AH. Vision of the four chariots. 



14 Then said he, These are the two 
anointed ones, that stand by the 
Lord of the whole earth. 

CHAPTER V. 

I By the flying roll is shewed the curse of thieves and 
swearers. 5 By a woman pressed in an ephah, the final 
damnation of Babylon. 

THEN I turned, and lifted up mine 
eyes, and looked, and behold a 
flying roll. 

2 And he said unto me, What seest 
thou? And I answered, I see a flying 
roll; the length thereof^ twenty cu- 
bits, and the breadth thereof ten cubits. 

3 Then said he unto me, This is 
the curse that goeth forth over the 
face of the whole earth : for every 
one that stealeth shall be cut off as 
on this side according to it ; and every 
one that sweareth shall be cut off as 
on that side according to it. 

4 I will bring it forth, saith the 
Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into 
the house of the thief, and into the 
house of him that sweareth falsely by 
my name : and it shall remain in the 
midst of his house, and shall consume 
it with the timber thereof and the 
stones thereof. 

5 If Then the angel that talked with 
me went forth, and said unto me, 
Lift up now thine eyes, and see what 
is this that goeth forth. 

6 And I said, What is it ? And he 
said, This is. an ephah that goeth 
forth. He said moreover, This is their 
resemblance through all the earth. 

7 And, behold, there was lifted up 
a talent of lead : and this is a wo- 
man that sitteth in the midst of the 
ephah. 

8 And he said, This is wickedness. 
And he cast it into the midst of the 
ephah ; and he cast the weight of 
lead upon the mouth thereof. 

9 Then lifted I up mine eyes, and 
looked, and, behold, there came out 
two women, and the wind was in 
their wings ; for they had wings like 
the wings of a stork : and they lifted 
np the ephah between the earth and 
the heaven. 

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10 Then said I to the angel that 
talked with me, Whither do these 
bear the ephah ? 

11 And he said unto me, To build 
it a house in the land of Shinar : 
and it shall be established, and set 
there upon her own base. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 The vision of the four chariots. 9 By the crowns of 
Joshua are shewed the temple and kingdom of Christ 
the Branch. 

AND I turned, and lifted up mine 
. eyes, and looked, and, behold, 
there came four chariots out from 
between two mountains ; and the 
mountains were mountains of brass. 

2 In the first chariot were red 
horses ; and in the second chariot 
black horses ; 

3 And in the third chariot white 
horses ; and in the fourth chariot 
grizzled and bay horses. 

4 Then I answered and said unto 
the angel that talked with me, What 
are these, my lord ? 

5 And the angel answered and said 
unto me, These are the four spirits 
of the heavens, which go forth from 
standing before the Lord of all the 
earth. 

6 The black horses which are there- 
in go forth into the north country ; 
and the white go forth after them ; 
and the grizzled go forth toward the 
south country. 

7 And the bay went forth, and 
sought to go that they might walk to 
and fro through the earth : and he 
said, Get you hence, walk to and fro 
through the earth. So they walked 
to and fro through the earth. 

8 Then cried he upon me, and 
spake unto me, saying, Behold, these 
that go toward the north country 
have quieted my spirit in the north 
country. 

9 if And the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

10 Take of them of the captivity, 
even of Heldai, of Tobijah, and of 
Jedaiah, which are come from Bab- 
ylon, and come thou the same day, 



Christ the Branch typified. ZECHARIAH. 



Hypocrisy reproved. 



and go into the house of Josiah the 
son of Zephaniah ; 

11 Then take silver and gold, and 
make crowns, and set them upon the 
head of Joshua the son of Josedech, 
the high priest ; 

12 And speak unto him, saying, 
Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, 
saying, Behold the man whose name 
is The BRANCH ; and he shall grow 
up out of his place, and he shall build 
the temple of the Lord: 

13 Even he shall build the temple 
of the Lord ; and he shall bear the 
glory, and shall sit and rule upon 
his throne ; and he shall be a priest 
upon his throne : and the counsel of 
peace shall be between them both. 

14 And the crowns shall be to He- 
lem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, 
and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for 
a memorial in the temple of the Lord. 

15 And they that are far off shall 
come and build in the temple of the 
Lord, and ye shall know that the 
Lord of hosts hath sent me unto 
you. And this shall come to pass, 
if ye will diligently obey the voice of 
the Lord your God. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 The captives inquire of fasting. 4 Zechariah re- 
■ proveth their fasting. 8 Sin the cause of their cap- 
tivity. 

AND it came to pass in the fourth 
. year of king Darius, that the 
word of the Lord came unto Zecha- 
riah in the fourth day of the ninth 
month, even in Chisleu ; 

2 When they had sent unto the 
house of God Sherezer and Regem- 
melech, and their men, to pray before 
the Lord, 

3 And to speak unto the priests 
which were in the house of the Lord 
of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, 
Should I weep in the fifth month, 
separating myself, as I have done 
these so many years ? 

4 If Then came the word of the 
Lord of hosts unto me, saying, 

5 Speak unto all the people of the 
land, and to the priests, saying, 



When ye fasted and mourned in the 
fifth and seventh month, even those 
seventy years, did ye at all fast unto 
me, even to me ? 

6 And when ye did eat, and when 
ye did drink, did not ye eat for your- 
selves, and drink for yourselves ? 

7 Should ye not hear the words 
which the Lord hath cried by the 
former prophets, when Jerusalem 
was inhabited and in prosperity, and 
the cities thereof round about her, 
when men inhabited the south and 
the plain? 

8 IT And the word of the Lord 
came unto Zechariah, saying, 

9 Thus speaketh the Lord of hosts, 
saying, Execute true judgment, and 
shew mercy and compassions every 
man to his brother : 

10 And oppress not the widow, nor 
the fatherless, the stranger, nor the 
poor ; and let none of you imagine evil 
against his brother in your heart. 

1 1 But they refused to hearken, and 
pulled away the shoulder, and stopped 
their ears, that they should not hear. 

12 Yea, they made their hearts as 
an adamant stone, lest they should 
hear the law, and the words which 
the Lord of hosts hath sent in his 
Spirit by the former prophets : there- 
fore came a great wrath from the 
Lord of hosts. 

13 Therefore it is come to pass, that 
as he cried, and they would not hear ; 
so they cried, and I would not hear, 
saith the Lord of hosts : 

14 But I scattered them with a 
whirlwind among all the nations 
whom they knew not. Thus the land 
was desolate after them, that no man 
passed through nor returned : for they 
laid the pleasant land desolate. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

1 The restoration of Jerusalem. 9 They arc encouraged 
to the building by God's favour to them. 16 Good 
works are required of them. 18 Joy and enlargement 
are promised. 

GAIN the word of the Lord of 
hosts came to me, saying, 
2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 
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Restoration of Jerusalem. ZE CHAM AH. Enlargement promised. 



I was jealous for Zion with great 
jealousy, and I was jealous for her 
with great fury. 

3 Thus saith the Lord ; I am re- 
turned unto Zion, and will dwell in 
the midst of Jerusalem : and Jeru- 
salem shall be called A city of truth ; 
and the mountain of the Lord of 
hosts, The holy mountain. 

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
There shall yet old men and old 
women dwell in the streets of Jeru- 
salem, and every man with his stafT 
in his hand for very age. 

5 And the streets of the city shall 
be full of boys and girls playing in 
the streets thereof. 

6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; If 
it be marvellous in the eyes of the 
remnant of this people in these days, 
should it also be marvellous in mine 
eyes ? saith the Lord of hosts. 

7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
Behold, I will save my people from 
the east country, and from the west 
country ; 

8 And I will bring them, and they 
shall dwell in the midst of Jerusalem : 
and they shall be my people, and I 
will be their God, in truth and in 
righteousness. 

9 If Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
Let your hands be strong, ye that 
hear in these days these words by 
the mouth of the prophets, which 
were in the day that the foundation 
of the house of the Lord of hosts 
was laid, that the temple might be 
built. 

10 For before these days there was 
no hire for man, nor any hire for 
beast; neither was there any peace 
to him that went out or came in be- 
cause of the affliction : for I set all men 
every one against his neighbour. 

11 But now I will not be unto the 
residue of this people as in the former 
days, saith the Lord of hosts. 

12 For the seed shall be prosper- 
ous ; the vine shall give her fruit, and 
the ground shall give her increase, 
and the heavens shall give their dew; 

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and I will cause the remnant of this 
people to possess all these things. 

13 And it shall come to pass, that 
as ye were a curse among the hea- 
then, O house of Judah, and house 
of Israel ; so will I save you, and ye 
shall be a blessing : fear not, but let 
your hands be strong. 

14 For thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
As I thought to punish you, when 
your fathers provoked me to wrath, 
saith the Lord of hosts, and I re- 
pented not : 

15 So again have I thought in 
these days to do well unto Jerusalem 
and to the house of Judah : fear ye 
not. 

16 IT These are the things that ye 
shall do; Speak ye every man the 
truth to his neighbour; execute the 
judgment of truth and peace in your 
gates : 

17 And let none of you imagine 
evil in your hearts against his neigh- 
bour ; and love no false oath : for 
all these are things that I hate, saith 
the Lord. 

18 % And the word of the Lord of 
hosts came unto me, saying, 

19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
The fast of the fourth month, and 
the fast of the fifth, and the fast of 
the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, 
shall be to the house of Judah joy and 
gladness, and cheerful feasts; there- 
fore love the truth and peace. 

20 Thus saith the Lord of hosts ; 
It shall yet come to pass, that there 
shall come people, and the inhabi- 
tants of many cities : 

2 1 And the inhabitants of one city 
shall go to another, saying, Let us go 
speedily to pray before the Lord, and 
to seek the Lord of hosts : I will go 
also. 

22 Yea, many people and strong 
nations shall come to seek the Lord 
of hosts in Jerusalem, and to pray 
before the Lord. 

23 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; 
In those days it shall come to pass, 
that ten men shall take hold out of 



Christ's coming foretold. ZECHARIAH. God's promises of victory. 



all languages of the nations, even 
shall take hold of the skirt of him 
that is a Jew, saying, We will go with 
you: for we have heard that God is 
with you. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 God defendeth his church. 9 Zion is exhorted to re- 
joice for the coming of Christ, and his peaceable king- 
dom. 1 2 God's promises of victory and defence. 

THE burden of the word of the 
Lord in the land of Hadrach, 
and Damascus shall he the rest there- 
of: when the eyes of man, as of all 
the tribes of Israel, shall be toward 
the Lord. 

2 And Hamath also shall border 
thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though 
it be very wise. 

3 And Tyrus did build herself a 
strong hold, and heaped up silver as 
the dust, and fine gold as the mire of 
the streets. 

4 Behold, the Lord will cast her 
out, and he will smite her power in 
the sea; and she shall be devoured 
with fire. 

5 Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; 
Gaza also shall see it, and be very 
sorrowful, and Ekron ; for her expec- 
tation shall be ashamed; and the 
king shall perish from Gaza, and 
Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. 

6 And a bastard shall dwell in 
Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride 
of the Philistines. 

7 And I will take away his blood 
out of his mouth, and his abomina- 
tions from between his teeth : but he 
that remaineth, even he, shall be for 
our God, and he shall be as a gov- 
ernor in Judah, and Ekron as a Jeb- 
usite. 

8 And I will encamp about mine 
house because of the army, because 
of him that passeth by, and because 
of him that returneth: and no op- 
pressor shall pass through them any 
more : for now have I seen with mine 
eyes. 

9 ^[ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of 
Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusa- 
lem: behold, thy King cometh unto 



thee : he is just, and having salva- 
tion ; lowly, and riding upon an ass, 
and upon a colt the foal of an ass. 

10 And I will cut off the chariot 
from Ephraim, and the horse from 
Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall 
be cut off: and he shall speak peace 
unto the heathen : and his dominion 
shall be from sea even to sea, and 
from the river even to the ends of the 
earth. 

11 As for thee also, by the blood 
of thy covenant I have sent forth thy 
prisoners out of the pit wherein is no 
water. 

12 H Turn you to the strong hold, 
ye prisoners of hope : even to day do 
I declare that I will render double 
unto thee ; 

13 When I have bent Judah for me, 
filled the bow with Ephraim, and 
raised up thy sons, O Zion, against 
thy sons, O Greece, and made thee 
as the sword of a mighty man. 

14 And the Lord shall be seen over 
them, and his arrow shall go forth as 
the lightning: and the Lord God 
shall blow the trumpet, and shall go 
with whirlwinds of the south. 

15 The Lord of hosts shall defend 
them; and they shall devour, and 
subdue with sling stones ; and they 
shall drink, and make a noise as 
through wine; and they shall be 
filled like bowls, and as the corners 
of the altar. 

16 And the Lord their God shall 
save them in that day as the flock of 
his people : for they shall be as the 
stones of a crown, lifted up as an 
ensign upon his land. 

17 For how great is his goodness, 
and how great is his beauty! corn 
shall make the young men cheerful, 
and new wine the maids. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 God is to be sought unto, and not idols. 5 As he 
visited his flock for sin, so he will save and restore 
them. 

SK ye of the Lord rain in the 
time of the latter rain ; so the 
Lord shall make bright clouds, and 
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God is to be sought unto. ZE CHAM AH. Destruction of Jerusalem. 



give them showers of rain, to every- 
one grass in the field. 

2 For the idols have spoken vanity, 
and the diviners have seen a lie, and 
have told false dreams ; they comfort 
in vain : therefore they went their way 
as a flock, they were troubled, be- 
cause there was no shepherd. 

3 Mine anger was kindled against 
the shepherds, and I punished the 
goats : for the Lord of hosts hath 
visited his flock the house of Judah, 
and hath made them as his goodly 
horse in the battle. 

4 Out of him came forth the cor- 
ner, out of him the nail, out of him 
the battle bow, out of him every op- 
pressor together. 

5 IT And they shall be as mighty 
men, which tread down their enemies 
in the rnire of the streets in the bat- 
tle : and they shall fight, because the 
Lord is with them, and the riders on 
horses shall be confounded. 

6 And I will strengthen the house 
of Judah, and I will save the house 
of Joseph, and I will bring them 
again to place them ; for I have 
mercy upon them: and they shall 
be as though I had not cast them 
off: for I am the Lord their God, 
and will hear them. 

7 And they of Ephraim shall be 
like a mighty man, and their heart 
shall rejoice as through wine : yea, 
their children shall see it, and be glad ; 
their heart shall rejoice in the Lord. 

8 I will hiss for them, and gather 
them; for I have redeemed them: 
and they shall increase as they have 
increased. 

9 And I will sow them among the 
people : and they shall remember me 
in far countries ; and they shall live 
with their children, and turn again. 

10 I will bring them again also 
out of the land of Egypt, and gather 
them out of Assyria ; and I will 
bring them into the land of Gilead 
and Lebanon ; and j)lace shall not be 
found for them. 

11 And he shall pass through the 

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sea with affliction, and shall smite 
the waves in the sea, and all the 
deeps of the river shall dry up : and 
the pride of Assyria shall be brought 
down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall 
depart away. 

12 And I will strengthen them in 
the Lord; and they shall walk up 
and down in his name, saith the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 The destruction of Jerusalem. 3 The elect being cared 
for, the rest are rejected. 10 The staves of Beauty and 
Bands broken by the rejection of Christ. 1 5 Tlie type 
and curse of a foolish shepherd. 

OPEN thy doors, O Lebanon, that 
the fire may devour thy cedars. 

2 Howl, fir tree; for the cedar is 
fallen ; because the mighty are spoil- 
ed : howl, O ye oaks of Bashan ; for 
the forest of the vintage is come 
down. 

3 If There is a voice of the howling 
of the shepherds ; for their glory is 
spoiled : a voice of the roaring of 
young lions ; for the pride of Jordan 
is spoiled. 

4 Thus saith the Lord my God ; 
Feed the flock of the slaughter ; 

5 Whose possessors slay them, and 
hold themselves not guilty : and they 
that sell them say, Blessed be the 
Lord ; for I am rich : and their own 
shepherds pity them not. 

6 For I will no more pity the in- 
habitants of the land, saith the Lord : 
but, lo, I will deliver the men every 
one into his neighbour's hand, and 
into the hand of his king : and they 
shall smite the land, and out of their 
hand I will not deliver them. 

7 And I will feed the flock of 
slaughter, even you, O poor of the 
flock. And I took unto me two 
staves ; the one I called Beauty, and 
the other I called Bands ; and I fed 
the flock. 

8 Three shepherds also I cut off in 
one month ; and my soul loathed 
them, and their soul also abhorred 
me. 

9 Then said I, I will not feed you : 
that that dieth, let it die; and that 



Type of a foolish shepherd. ZE CHART AH. The restoring of Judah. 



that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; 
and let the rest eat every one the 
flesh of another. 

10 If And I took my staff, even 
Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I 
might break my covenant which I 
had made with all the people. 

1 1 And it was broken in that day : 
and so the poor of the flock that 
waited upon me knew that it was 
the word of the Lord. 

12 And I said unto them, If ye 
think good, give me my price; and 
if not, forbear. So they weighed for 
my price thirty pieces of silver. 

13 And the Lord said unto me, 
Cast it unto the potter : a goodly 
price that I was prized at of them. 
And I took the thirty pieces of silver, 
and cast them to the potter in the 
house of the Lord. 

14 Then I cut asunder mine other 
staff, even Bands, that I might break 
the brotherhood between Judah and 
Israel. 

15 1f And the Lord said unto me, 
Take unto thee yet the instruments 
of a foolish shepherd. 

16 For, lo, I will raise up a shep- 
herd in the land, which shall not visit 
those that be cut off, neither shall 
seek the young one, nor heal that 
that is broken, nor feed that that 
standeth still: but he shall eat the 
flesh of the fat, and tear their claws 
in pieces. 

17 Woe to the idol shepherd that 
leaveth the flock ! the sword shall be 
upon his arm, and upon his right eye : 
his arm shall be clean dried up, 
and his right eye shall be utterly 
darkened. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 Jerusalem a cup of trembling to herself, 3 and a bur- 
densome stone to her adversaries. 6 The victorious 
restoring of Judah. 9 The repentance of Jerusalem. 

THE burden of the word of the 
Lord for Israel, saith the Lord, 
which stretcheth forth the heavens, 
and layeth the foundation of the 
earth, and formeth the spirit of man 
within him. 



2 Behold, I will make Jerusalem 
a cup of trembling unto all the people 
round about, when they shall be in the 
siege both against Judah and against 
Jerusalem. 

3 % And in that day will I make 
Jerusalem a burdensome stone for all 
people: all that burden themselves 
with it shall be cut in pieces, though 
all the people of the earth be gather- 
ed together against it. 

4 In that day, saith the Lord, I will 
smite every horse with astonishment, 
and his rider with madness : and I 
will open mine eyes upon the house 
of Judah, and will smite every horse 
of the people with blindness. 

5 And the governors of Judah shall 
say in their heart, The inhabitants of 
Jerusalem shall be my strength in the 
Lord of hosts their God. 

6 If In that day will I make the 
governors of Judah like a hearth 
of fire among the wood, and like a 
torch of fire in a sheaf; and they 
shall devour all the people round 
about, on the right hand and on the 
left: and Jerusalem shall be inhab- 
ited again in her own place, even in 
Jerusalem. 

7 The Lord also shall save the 
tents of Judah first, that the glory 
of the house of David and the glory 
of the inhabitants of Jerusalem do 
not magnify themselves against Ju- 
dah. 

8 In that day shall the Lord de- 
fend the inhabitants of Jerusalem; 
and he that is feeble among them 
at that day shall be as David ; and 
the house of David shall be as God, 
as the angel of the Lord before 
them. 

9 If And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that I will seek to destroy 
all the nations that come against 
Jerusalem. 

10 And I will pour upon the house 
of David, and upon the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and 
of supplications : and they shall look 
upon me whom they have pierced, 

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Christ's death foretold. 



and they shall mourn for him, as 
one mourneth for his only son, and 
shall be in bitterness for him, as 
one that is in bitterness for his first- 
born. 

11 In that day shall there be a 
great mourning in Jerusalem, as the 
mourning of Hadadrimmon in the 
valley of Megiddon. 

12 And the land shall mourn, every 
family apart ; the family of the house 
of David apart, and their wives apart ; 
the family of the house of Nathan 
apart, and their wives apart ; 

13 The family of the house of Levi 
apart, and their wives apart; the 
family of Shimei apart, and their 
wives apart ; 

14 All the families that remain, 
every family apart, and their wives 
apart. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 The fountain of purgation for Jerusalem, 2 from 
idolatry, and false prophecy. 1 The death of Christy 
and the trial of a third part. 

IN that day there shall be a foun- 
tain opened to the house of David 
and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem 
for sin and for uncleanness. 

2 IT And it shall come to pass in 
that day, saith the Lord of hosts, 
that I will cut oft" the names of the 
idols out of the land, and they shall 
no more be remembered : and also 
I will cause the prophets and the un- 
clean spirit to pass out of the land. 

3 And it shall come to pass, that 
when any shall yet prophesy, then 
his father and his mother that begat 
hi in shall say unto him, Thou shalt 
not live ; for thou speakest lies in 
the name of the Lord : and his fa- 
ther and his mother that begat him 
shall Hi rust him through when he 
prophesieth. 

4 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the prophets shall 
be ashamed every one of his vision, 
when he hath prophesied ; neither 
shall they wear a rough garment to 
deceive : 

5 But he shall say, I am no pro- 

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phet, I am a husbandman ; for man 
taught me to keep cattle from my 
youth. 

6 And one shall say unto him,What 
are these wounds in thine hands? 
Then he shall answer, Those with 
which I was wounded in the house 
of my friends. 

7 H Awake, O sword, against my 
Shepherd, and against the man that 
is my fellow, saith the Lord of hosts : 
smite the Shepherd, and the sheep 
shall be scattered : and I will turn 
mine hand upon the little ones. 

8 And it shall come to pass, that 
in all the land, saith the Lord, two 
parts therein shall be cut off and 
die ; but the third shall be left 
therein. 

9 And I will bring the third part 
through the fire, and will refine 
them as silver is refined, and will 
try them as gold is tried : they shall 
call on my name, and I will hear 
them : I will say, It is my people : 
and they shall say, The Lord is my 
God. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

1 The destroyers of Jerusalem destroyed. 4 The coming 
of Christ, and the graces of his kingdom. 12 
The plague of Jerusalem's enemies. 16 The remnant 
shall turn to the Lord, 20 and their spoils shall be 
holy. 

BEHOLD, the day of the Lord 
cometh, and thy spoil shall be 
divided in the midst of thee. 

2 For I will gather all nations 
against Jerusalem to battle ; and the 
city shall be taken, and the houses 
rifled, and the women ravished ; and 
half of the city shall go forth into 
captivity, and the residue of the 
people shall not be cut off from the 
city. 

3 Then shall the Lord go forth, 
and fight against those nations, as 
when he fought in the day of battle. 

4 IT And his feet shall stand in that 
day upon the mount of Olives, which 
is before Jerusalem on the east, and 
the mount of Olives shall cleave in 
the midst thereof toward the east and 
toward the west, and there shall be 



The plague of 



ZECHARIAH. 



Jerusalem's enemies. 



a very great valley ; and half of the 
mountain shall remove toward the 
north, and half of it toward the 
south. 

5 And ye shall flee to the valley of 
the mountains ; for the valley of the 
mountains shall reach unto Azal: 
yea, ye shall flee, like as ye fled 
from before the earthquake in the 
days of Uzziah king of Judah : and 
the Lord my God shall come, and 
all the saints with thee. 

6 And it shall come to pass in that 
day, that the light shall not be clear, 
nor dark : 

7 But it shall be one day which 
shall be known to the Lord, not 
day, nor night: but it shall come 
to pass, that at evening time it shall 
be light. 

8 And it shall be in that day, that 
living waters shall go out from Je- 
rusalem; half of them toward the 
former sea, and half of them toward 
the hinder sea: in summer and in 
winter shall it be. 

9 And the Lord shall be King over 
all the earth : in that day shall there 
be one Lord, and his name one. 

10 All the land shall be turned as 
a plain from Geba to Rimmon south 
of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted 
up, and inhabited in her place, from 
Benjamin's gate unto the place of 
the first gate, unto the corner gate, 
and from the tower of Hananeel unto 
the king's winepresses. 

11 And men shall dwell in it, and 
there shall be no more utter destruc- 
tion ; but Jerusalem shall be safely 
inhabited. 

12 If And this shall be the plague 
wherewith the Lord will smite all 
the people that have fought against 
Jerusalem; Their flesh shall con- 
sume away while they stand upon 
their feet, and their eyes shall con- 
sume away in their holes, and their 
tongue shall consume away in their 
mouth. 

13 And it shall come to pass in 



that day, that a great tumult from 
the Lord shall be among them ; and 
they shall lay hold every one on the 
hand of his neighbour, and his hand 
shall rise up against the hand of his 
neighbour. 

14 And Judah also shall fight at 
Jerusalem; and the wealth of all 
the heathen round about shall be 
gathered together, gold, and silver, 
and apparel, in great abundance. 

15 And so shall be the plague of 
the horse, of the mule, of the camel, 
and of the ass, and of all the beasts 
that shall be in these tents, as this 
plague. 

16 IT And it shall come to pass, 
that every one that is left of all the 
nations which came against Jerusa- 
lem, shall even go up from year to 
year to worship the King, the Lord 
of hosts, and to keep the feast of 
tabernacles. 

17 And it shall be, that whoso will 
not come up of all the families of the 
earth unto Jerusalem to worship the 
King, the Lord of hosts, even upon 
them shall be no rain. 

18 And if the family of Egypt go 
not up, and come not, that have 
no rain; there shall be the plague, 
wherewith the Lord will smite the 
heathen that come not up to keep 
the feast of tabernacles. 

19 This shall be the punishment 
of Egypt, and the punishment of all 
nations that come not up to keep the 
feast of tabernacles. 

20 If In that day shall there be up- 
on the bells of the horses, HOLINESS 
UNTO THE LORD ; and the pots 
in the Lord's house shall be like the 
bowls before the altar. 

21 Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and 
in Judah shall be holiness unto the 
Lord of hosts : and all they that 
sacrifice shall come and take of 
them, and seethe therein : and in 
that day there shall be no more the 
Canaanite in the house of the Lord 
of hosts. 

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MALACHI 



CHAPTEE I. 

1 Malachi complaineth of Israel's unkindness. 6 Of 
their irreligiousness, 1 2 and profaneness. 

THE burden of the word of the 
Lord to Israel by Malachi. 

2 I have loved you, saith the Lord. 
Yet ye say, "Wherein hast thou loved 
us? Was not Esau Jacob's brother? 
saith the Lord : yet I loved Jacob, 

3 And I hated Esau, and laid his 
mountains and his heritage waste for 
the dragons of the wilderness. 

4 Whereas Edom saith, We are 
impoverished, but we will return and 
build the desolate places ; thus saith 
the Lord of hosts, They shall build, 
but I will throw down; and they 
shall call them, The border of wicked- 
ness, and, The people against whom 
the Lord hath indignation for ever. 

o And your eyes shall see, and ye 
shall say, The Lord will be magnified 
from the border of Israel. 

6 *tT A son honoureth his father, and 
a servant his master : if then I be a 
father, where is mine honour? and if I 
be a master, where is my fear? saith 
the Lord of hosts unto you, O priests, 
that despise my name. And ye say, 
Wherein have we despised thy name ? 

7 Ye offer polluted bread upon mine 
altar ; and ye say, Wherein have we 
polluted thee? In that ye say, The 
table of the Lord is contemptible. 

8 And if ye offer the blind for sac- 
rifice, is it not evil? and if ye offer 
the lame and sick, is it not evil ? 
offer it now unto thy governor ; will 
he be pleased with thee, or accept thy 
person? saith the Lord of hosts. 

9 And now, I pray you, beseech 
. God that he will be gracious unto 

us: this hath been by your means: 
will he regard your persons? saith 
the Lord of hosts. 

10 Who is there even among you 
that would shut the doors for nought? 
neither do ye kindle fire on mine 

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altar for nought. I have no pleas- 
ure in you, saith the Lord of hosts, 
neither will I accept an offering at 
your hand. 

11 For, from the rising of the sun 
even unto the going down of the 
same, my name shall be great among 
the Gentiles ; and in every place in- 
cense shall be offered unto my name, 
and a pure offering: for my name 
shall be great among the heathen, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

12 IT But ye have profaned it, in 
that ye say, The table of the Lord 
is polluted ; and the fruit thereof, 
even his meat, is contemptible. 

13 Ye said also, Behold, what a 
weariness is it ! and ye have snuffed 
at it, saith the Lord of hosts ; and ye 
brought that which was torn, and the 
lame, and the sick ; thus ye brought 
an offering: should I accept this of 
your hand ? saith the Lord. 

14 But cursed be the deceiver, which 
hath in his flock a male, and voweth, 
and sacrificeth unto the Lord a cor- 
rupt thing: for I am a great King, 
saith the Lord of hosts, and my name 
is dreadful among the heathen. 

CHAPTEK II. 

1 He sharply reproveth the priests for neglecting their 
covenant, 1 1 and the people for idolatry, 14 for adul- 
tery, 17 and for infidelity. 

A ND now, O ye priests, this com- 
XJL mandment is for you. 

2 If ye will not hear, and if ye will 
not lay it to heart, to give glory unto 
my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I 
will even send a curse upon you, and 
I will curse your blessings: yea, I 
have cursed them already, because 
ye do not lay it to heart. 

3 Behold, I will corrupt your seed, 
and spread dung upon your faces, 
even the dung of your solemn feasts ; 
and one shall take you away with it. 

4 And ye shall know that I have 
sent this commandment unto you, 



The people reproved. 



MALACHI 



Majesty of Christ. 



that my covenant might be with 
Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. 

5 My covenant was with him of 
life and peace ; and I gave them to him 
for the fear wherewith he feared me, 
and was afraid before my name. 

6 The law of truth was in his 
mouth, and iniquity was not found 
in his lips: he walked with me in 
peace and equity, and did turn many 
away from iniquity. 

7 For the priest's lips should keep 
knowledge, and they should seek 
the law at his mouth : for he is the 
messenger of the Lord of hosts. 

8 But ye are departed out of the 
way; ye have caused many to stumble 
at the law; ye have corrupted the cov- 
enant of Levi, saith the Lord of hosts. 

9 Therefore have I also made you 
contemptible and base before all the 
people, according as ye have not 
kept my ways, but have been partial 
in the law. 

10 Have we not all one father? 
hath not one God created us ? why 
do we deal treacherously every man 
against his brother, by profaning the 
covenant of our fathers ? 

11 If Judah hath dealt treacherous- 
ly, and an abomination is committed 
in Israel and in Jerusalem ; for Judah 
hath profaned the holiness of the 
Lord which he loved, and hath mar- 
ried the daughter of a strange god. 

12 The Lord will cut off the man 
that doeth this, the master and the 
scholar, out of the tabernacles of 
Jacob, and him that offereth an offer- 
ing unto the Lord of hosts. 

13 And this have ye done again, 
covering the altar of the Lord with 
tears, with weeping, and with crying 
out, insomuch that he regardeth not 
the offering any more, or receive th it 
with good will at your hand. 

14 If Yet ye say, Wherefore ? Be- 
cause the Lord hath been witness 
between thee and the wife of thy 
youth, against whom thou hast dealt 
treacherously : yet is she thy compan- 
ion, and the wife of thy covenant. 

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15 And did not he make one ? Yet 
had he the residue of the Spirit. And 
wherefore one ? That he might seek 
a godly seed. Therefore take heed to 
your spirit, and let none deal treach- 
erously against the wife of his youth. 

16 For the Lord, the God of Is- 
rael, saith that he hateth putting 
away : for one covereth violence with 
his garment, saith the Lord of hosts : 
therefore take heed to your spirit, 
that ye deal not treacherously. 

17 If Ye have wearied the Lord 
with your words. Yet ye say, Where- 
in have we wearied him ? When ye 
say, Every one that doeth evil is good 
in the sight of the Lord, and he de- 
lighteth in them ; or, Where is the 
God of judgment? 

CHAPTER III. 

1 Of the messenger, majesty, and grace of Christ. 1 Of 
the rebellion, 8 sacrilege, 13 and infidelity of the 
people. 16 The promise of blessing to them that fear 
God. 

BEHOLD, I will send my mes- 
senger, and he shall prepare 
the way before me: and the Lord, 
whom ye seek, shall suddenly come 
to his temple, even the messenger of 
the covenant, whom ye delight in: 
behold, he shall come, saith the Lord 
of hosts. 

2 But who may abide the day of 
his coming? and who shall stand 
when he appeareth ? for he is like a 
refiner's fire, and like fullers' soap : 

3 And he shall sit as a refiner 
and purifier of silver: and he shall 
purify the sons of Levi, and purge 
them as gold and silver, that they 
may offer unto the Lord an offering 
in righteousness. 

4 Then shall the offering of Judah 
and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the 
Lord, as in the days of old, and as 
in former years. 

5 And I will come near to you to 
judgment; and I will be a swift 
witness against the sorcerers, and 
against the adulterers, and against 
false swearers, and against those that 
oppress the hireling in his wages, the 
widow, and the fatherless, and that 

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turn aside the stranger from his right, 
and fear not me, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

6 For I am the Lord, I change 
not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are 
not consumed. 

7 IT Even from the days of your 
fathers ye are gone away from mine 
ordinances, and have not kept them. 
Return unto me, and I will return 
unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. But 
ye said, Wherein shall we return ? 

8 IT Will a man rob God? Yet 
ye have robbed me. But ye say, 
Wherein have we robbed thee? In 
tithes and offerings. 

9 Ye are cursed with a curse : for 
ye have robbed me, even this whole 
nation. 

10 Bring ye all the tithes into the 
storehouse, that there may be meat in 
mine house, and prove me now here- 
with, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will 
not open you the windows of heaven, 
and pour you out a blessing, that there 
shall not be room enough to receive it. 

11 And I will rebuke the devourer 
for your sakes, and he shall not 
destroy the fruits of your ground ; 
neither shall your vine cast her fruit 
before the time in the field, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

12 And all nations shall call you 
blessed : for ye shall be a delightsome 
land, saith the Lord of hosts. 

13 If Your words have been stout 
against me, saith the Lord. Yet ye 
say, What have we spoken so much 
against thee ? 

14 Ye have said, It is vain to serve 
God : and what profit is it that we 
have kept his ordinance, and that 
we have walked mournfully before 
the Lord of hosts ? 

15 And now we call the proud 
happy ; yea, they that work wicked- 
ness are set up ; yea, they that tempt 
God are even delivered. 

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16 If Then they that feared the 
Lord spake often one to another: 
and the Lord hearkened, and heard 
it, and a book of remembrance was 
written before him for them that fear- 
ed the Lord, and that thought upon 
his name. 

17 And they shall be mine, saith 
the Lord of hosts, in that day when 
I make up my jewels ; and I will 
spare them, as a man spareth his 
own son that serveth him. 

18 Then shall ye return, and dis- 
cern between the righteous and the 
wicked, between him that serveth 
God and him that serveth him not. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 God's judgment on the wicked, 2 and his blessing on 
the good. 4 He exhorteth to the study of the law, 5 
and telleth of Elijah's coming and office. 

FOR, behold, the day cometh, that 
shall burn as an oven ; and all 
the proud, yea, and all that do wick- 
edly, shall be stubble: and the day 
that cometh shall burn them up, saith 
the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave 
them neither root nor branch. 

2 If But unto you that fear my 
name shall the Sun of righteousness 
arise with healing in his wings ; and 
ye shall go forth, and grow up as 
calves of the stall. 

3 And ye shall tread down the wick- 
ed ; for they shall be ashes under the 
soles of your feet in the day that I 
shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts. 

4 If Remember ye the law of Mo- 
ses my servant, which I commanded 
unto him in Horeb for all Israel, with 
the statutes and judgments. 

5 If Behold, I will send you Elijah 
the prophet before the coming of the 
great and dreadful day of the Lord : 

6 And he shall turn the heart of the 
fathers to the children, and the heart 
of the children to their fathers, lest 
I come and smite the earth with a 
curse. 



THE END OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 



FAMILY RECORD. 



MARRIAGES. 



MARRIAGES. 






FAMILY RECORD. 



BIRTHS. 



BIRTHS. 



FAMILY RECORD. 



BIRTHS. 



BIRTHS. 



FAMILY RECORD, 



DEATHS. 



DEATHS. 



THE 



NEW TESTAMENT 



OF OUR 



LOUD AID SAYIOUK JESUS CHRIST 



TRANSLATED OUT OF 



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AND WITH THE FORMER 



TRANSLATIONS DILIGENTLY COMPARED AND REVISED. 



NEW YORK: 

AMERICAN BIBLE SOCIETY, 

INSTITUTED IN THE YEAR MDCCCXVI. 

1869. 



THE GOSPEL 



ACCORDING TO 



ST. MATTHEW 



CHAPTEE I. 

1 The genealogy of Christ from Abraham to Joseph. 18 
He was conceived by the Holy Ghost, and born of the 
Virgin Mary when she was espoused to Joseph. 19 
The angel satisfieth the misdeeming thoughts of Joseph, 
and interpretelh the names of Christ. 

THE book of the generation of 
Jesus Christ, the son of David, 
the son of Abraham. 

2 Abraham begat Isaac ; and Isaac 
begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas 
and his brethren; 

3 And Judas begat Phares and 
Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat 
Esrom; and Esrom begat Aram; 

4 And Aram begat Aminadab ; and 
Aminadab begat Naasson; and Na- 
asson begat Salmon ; 

5 And Salmon begat Booz of Ra- 
chab ; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth ; 
and Obed begat Jesse ; 

6 And Jesse begat David the king ; 
and David the king begat Solomon 
of her that had been the wife of Urias ; 

7 And Solomon begat Roboam; 
and Roboam begat Abia ; and Abia 
begat Asa ; 

8 And Asa begat Josaphat; and 
Josaphat begat Joram ; and Joram 
begat Ozias ; 

9 And Ozias begat Joatham ; and 
Joatham begat Achaz ; and Achaz 
begat Ezekias ; 

10 And Ezekias begat Manasses ; 
and Manasses begat Amon; and 
Amon begat Josias ; 

11 And Josias begat Jechonias and 
his brethren, about the time they 
were carried away to Babylon : 

12 And after they were brought to 
Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel ; 
and Salathiel begat Zorobabel ; 

13 And Zorobabel begat Abiud; 
and Abiud begat Eliakim ; and Elia- 
kim begat Azor ; 



14 And Azor begat Sadoc ; and Sadoc 
begat Achim; and Achim begat Eliud; 

15 And Eliud begat Eleazar; and 
Eleazar begat Matthan ; and Mat- 
than begat Jacob ; 

16 And Jacob begat Joseph the 
husband of Mary, of whom was born 
Jesus, who is called Christ. 

17 So all the generations from 
Abraham to David are fourteen ge- 
nerations ; and from David until the 
carrying away into Babylon are four- 
teen generations ; and from the car- 
rying away into Babylon unto Christ 
are fourteen generations. 

18 If Now the birth of Jesus Christ 
was on this wise : When as his mou- 
ther Mary was espoused to Joseph, be- 
fore they came together, she was found 
with child of the Holy Ghost. 

19 Then Joseph her husband, be- 
ing a just man, and not willing to 
make her a public example, was 
minded to put her away privily. 

20 But while he thought on these 
things, behold, the angel of the Lord 
appeared unto him in a dream, say- 
ing, Joseph, thou son of David, fear 
not to take unto thee Mary thy wife : 
for that which is conceived in her is 
of the Holy Ghost. 

21 And she shall bring forth a son, 
and thou shalt call his name JESUS : 
for he shall save his people from their 
sins. 

22 Now all this was done, that it 
might be fulfilled which was spoken 
of the Lord by the prophet, saying, 

23 Behold, a virgin shall be with 
child, and shall bring forth a son, 
and they shall call his name Em- 
manuel, which being interpreted is, 
God with us. 

24 Then Joseph being raised from 



The wise men worship Christ. ST. MATTHEW. Herod slaijeth the children, 

into the house, they saw the young 
child with Mary his mother, and fell 
down, and worshipped him: and 
when they had opened their trea- 
sures, they presented unto him gifts ; 
gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 

12 And being warned of God in a 
dream that they should not return to 
Herod, they departed into their own 
country another way. 

13 And when they were departed, 
behold, the angel of the Lord ap- 
peareth to Joseph in a dream, say- 
ing, Arise, and take the young child 
and his mother, and flee into Egypt, 
and be thou there until I bring thee 
word : for Herod will seek the young 
child to destroy him. 

14 When he arose, he took the 
young child and his mother by night, 
and departed into Egypt : 

15 And was there until the death 
of Herod: that it might be fulfilled 
which was spoken of the Lord by 
the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt 
have I called my son. 

16 ^T Then Herod, when he saw 
that he was mocked of the wise men, 
was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, 
and slew all the children that were 
in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts 
thereof, from two years old and under, 
according to the time which he had 
diligently inquired of the wise men. 

17 Then was fulfilled that which was 
spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, 

18 In Rama was there a voice 
heard, lamentation, and weeping, and 
great mourning, Rachel weeping for 
her children, and would not be com- 
forted, because they are not. 

19 IT But when Herod was dead, 
behold, an angel of the Lord appear- 
eth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, 

20 Saying, Arise, and take the 
young child and his mother, and go 
into the land of Israel : for they are 
dead which sought the young child's 
life. 

21 And he arose, and took the 
young child and his mother, and 
came into the land of Israel. 



sleep did as the angel of the Lord 
had bidden him, and took unto him 
his wife : 

25 And knew her not till she had 
brought forth her firstborn son : and 
he called his name JESUS. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 The ivisc men out of the east are directed to Christ 
by a star. 11 They worship him, and offer their pres- 
ents. 14 Joseph fleeth into Egypt, with Jesus and his 
mother. 16 Herod slayeth the children: 20 himself 
dieth. 23 Christ is brought back again into Galilee 
to Nazareth. 

NOW when Jesus was born in 
Bethlehem of Judea in the days 
of Herod the king, behold, there came 
wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 

2 Saying, Where is he that is born 
King of the Jews ? for we have seen 
his star in the east, and are come to 
worship him. 

3 When Herod the king had heard 
these things, he was troubled, and all 
Jerusalem with him. 

4 And when he had gathered all 
the chief priests and scribes of the 
people together, he demanded of them 
where Christ should be born. 

5 And they said unto him, In 
Bethlehem of Judea: for thus it is 
written by the prophet, 

6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land 
of Juda, art not the least among the 
princes of Juda: for out of thee shall 
come a Governor, that shall rule my 
people Israel. 

7 Then Herod, when he had pri- 
vily called the wise men, inquired of 
them diligently what time the star 
appeared. 

8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, 
and said, Go and search diligently for 
the young child ; and when ye have 
found him, bring me word again, that 
I may come and worship him also. 

9 When they had heard the king, 
they departed ; and, lo, the star, which 
they saw in the east, went before 
thein , ti 1 1 it came and stood over where 
the young child was. 

10 When they saw the star, they 
rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 

11 If And when they were come 

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Preaching of John Baptist. ST. MATTHEW. Christ baptized in Jordan. 



22 But when he heard that Arche- 
laus did reign in Judea in the room 
of his father Herod, he was afraid 
to go thither : notwithstanding, heing 
warned of God in a dream, he turned 
aside into the parts of Galilee : 

23 And he came and dwelt in a city- 
called Nazareth : that it might he ful- 
filled which was spoken hy the pro- 
phets, He shall he called a Nazarene. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 John preacketh : his office : life, and baptism. 7 He 
reprehendeth the Pharisees, i3 and baptizeth Christ 
in Jordan. 

IN those days came John the Bap- 
tist, preaching in the wilderness 
of Judea, 

2 And saying, Repent ye : for the 
kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

3 For this is he that was spoken 
of hy the prophet Esaias, saying, 
The voice of one crying in the wil- 
derness, Prepare ye the way of the 
Lord, make his paths straight. 

4 And the same John had his rai- 
ment of camel's hair, and a leathern 
girdle ahout his loins; and his meat 
was locusts and wild honey. 

5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, 
and all Judea, and all the region 
round ahout Jordan, 

6 And were baptized of him in 
Jordan, confessing their sins. 

7 ^T But when he saw many of the 
Pharisees and Sadducees come to his 
baptism, he said unto them, O genera- 
tion of vipers, who hath warned you to 
flee from the wrath to come ? 

8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet 
for repentance: 

9 And think not to say within 
yourselves, We have Abraham to 
our father: for I say unto you, that 
God is able of these stones to raise 
up children unto Abraham. 

10 And now also the axe is laid 
unto the root of the trees : therefore 
every tree which bringeth not forth 
good fruit is hewn down, and cast 
into the fire. 

Ill indeed baptize you with water 
unto repentance : but he that cometh 



after me is mightier than I, whose 
shoes I am not worthy to bear: he 
shall baptize you with the Holy- 
Ghost, and with fire: 

12 Whose fan is in his hand, aod 
he will thoroughly purge his floor, 
and gather his wheat into the garner ; 
but he will burn up the chaff with 
unquenchable fire. 

13 Tf Then cometh Jesus from 
Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be 
baptized of him. 

14 But John forbade him, saying, 
I have need to be baptized of thee, 
and comest thou to me ? 

15 And Jesus answering said unto 
him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus 
it becometh us to fulfil all righteous- 
ness. Then he suffered him. 

16 And Jesus, when he was bap- 
tized, went up straightway out of 
the water: and, lo, the heavens were 
opened unto him, and he saw the 
Spirit of God descending like a dove, 
and lighting upon him : 

17 And lo a voice from heaven, 
saying, This is my beloved Son, in 
whom I am well pleased. 

CHAPTEK IY. 

1 Christ fasteth, and is tempted. 11 The angels minister 
unto him. 13 He dwelleth in Capernaum, 17 begin- 
neth to preach, 18 calleth Peter, and Andrew, 21 
James, and John, 23 and. healeth all the diseased. 

THEN was Jesus led up of the 
Spirit into the wilderness to be 
tempted of the devil. 

2 And when he had fasted forty 
days and forty nights, he was after- 
ward a hungered. 

3 And when the tempter came to 
him, he said, If thou be the Son of 
God, command that these stones be 
made bread. 

4 But he answered and said, It is 
written, Man shall not live by bread 
alone, but by every word that pro- 
ceedeth out of the mouth of God. 

5 Then the devil taketh him up 
into the holy city, and settetli him 
on a pinnacle of the temple, 

6 And saith unto him, If thou be 
the Son of God, cast thyself down: 
for it is written, He shall give his 

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Christ is tempted. 



ST. MATTHEW. He healeth many diseased. 



angels charge concerning thee: and 
in their hands they shall bear thee 
up, lest at any time thou dash thy 
foot against a stone. 

7 Jesus said unto him, It is writ- 
ten again, Thou shalt not tempt the 
Lord thy God. 

8 Again, the devil taketh him up 
into an exceeding high mountain, 
and sheweth him all the kingdoms 
of the world, and the glory of them ; 

9 And saith unto him, All these 
things will I give thee, if thou wilt 
fall down and worship me. 

10 Then saith Jesus unto him, 
Get thee hence, Satan: for it is 
written, Thou shalt worship the Lord 
thy God, and him only shalt thou 
serve. 

11 Then the devil leaveth him, 
and, behold, angels came and mi- 
nistered unto him. 

12 IT Now when Jesus had heard 
that John was cast into prison, he 
departed into Galilee ; 

13 And leaving Nazareth, he came 
and dwelt in Capernaum, which is 
upon the sea coast, in the borders 
of Zabulon and Nephthalim : 

14 That it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by Esaias the prophet, 
saying, 

15 The land of Zabulon, and the 
land of Nephthalim, by the way of 
the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of 
the Gentiles ; 

16 The people which sat in dark- 
ness saw great light; and to them 
which sat in the region and shadow 
of death light is sprung up. 

17 IT From that time Jesus be- 
gan to preach, and to say, Repent: 
for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

18 IT And Jesus, walking by the 
sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, 
Simon called Peter, and Andrew his 
brother, casting a net into the sea: 
for they were fishers. 

19 And he saith unto them, Follow 
me, and I will make you fishers of men. 

20 And they straightway left their 
nets, and followed him. 

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21 And going on from thence, he 
saw other two brethren, James the 
son of Zebedee, and John his brother, 
in a ship with Zebedee their father, 
mending their nets; and he called 
them. 

22 And they immediately left the 
ship and their father, and followed 
him. 

23 IT And Jesus went about all 
Galilee, teaching in their syna- 
gogues, and preaching the gospel 
of the kingdom, and healing all 
manner of sickness and all manner 
of disease among the people. 

24 And his fame went throughout 
all Syria: and they brought unto 
him all sick people that were taken 
with divers diseases and torments, 
and those which were possessed with 
devils, and those which were luna- 
tic, and those that had the palsy; 
and he healed them. 

25 And there followed him great 
multitudes of people from Galilee, 
and from Decapolis, and from Jeru- 
salem, and from Judea, and from 
beyond Jordan. 

CHAPTEE Y. 

1 Christ beginneth his sermon in the mount : 3 declaring 
who are blessed, 13 who are the salt of the earth, 14 
the light of the world, the city on a hill, 15 the candle: 
IV that he came to fulfil the law. 21 What it is to 
kill, 27 to commit adultery, 33 to swear: 38 exhorteth 
to suffer wrong, 44 to love even our enemies, 48 and to 
labour after perfectness. 

AND seeing the multitudes, he 
went up into a mountain : and 
when he was set, his disciples came 
unto him : 

2 And he opened his mouth, and 
taught them, saying, 

3 Blessed are the poor in spirit: 
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

4 Blessed are they that mourn: 
for they shall be comforted. 

5 Blessed are the meek : for they 
shall inherit the earth. 

6 Blessed are they which do hun- 
ger and thirst after righteousness : for 
they shall be filled. 

7 Blessed are the merciful : for they 
shall obtain mercy. 



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8 Blessed are the pure in heart: 
for they shall see God. 

9 Blessed are the peacemakers : 
for they shall he called the children 
of God. 

10 Blessed are they which are per- 
secuted for righteousness' sake : for 
theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 

11 Blessed are ye, when men shall 
revile you, and persecute you, and 
shall say all manner of evil against 
you falsely, for my sake. 

12 Rejoice, and he exceeding glad: 
for great is your reward in heaven : 
for so persecuted they the prophets 
which were before you. 

13 IT Ye are the salt of the earth : 
but if the salt have lost his savour, 
wherewith shall it he salted ? it is 
thenceforth good for nothing, hut to 
be cast out, and to be trodden under 
foot of men. 

14 Ye are the light of the world. 
A city that is set on a hill cannot be 
hid. 

15 Neither do men light a candle, 
and put it under a bushel, but on a 
candlestick ; and it giveth light unto 
all that are in the house. 

16 Let your light so shine before 
men, that they may see your good 
works, and glorify your Father which 
is in heaven. 

17 IT Think not that I am come 
to destroy the law, or the prophets : I 
am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 

18 For verily I say unto you, Till 
heaven and earth pass, one jot or one 
tittle shall in no wise pass from the 
law, till all be fulfilled. 

19 Whosoever therefore shall break 
one of these least commandments, 
and shall teach men so, he shall be 
called the least in the kingdom of 
heaven : but whosoever shall do and 
teach them, the same shall be called 
great in the kingdom of heaven. 

20 For I say unto you, That ex- 
cept your righteousness shall exceed 
the righteousness of the scribes and 
Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. 



21 H Ye have heard that it was 
said by them of old time, Thou shalt 
not kill; and whosoever shall kill 
shall be in danger of the judgment : 

22 But I say unto you, That who- 
soever is angry with his brother 
without a cause shall be in danger 
of the judgment: and whosoever 
shall say to his brother, Raca, shall 
be in danger of the council : but 
whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall 
be in danger of hell fire. 

23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift 
to the altar, and there rememberest 
that thy brother hath aught against 
thee; 

24 Leave there thy gift before the 
altar, and go thy way ; first be recon- 
ciled to thy brother, and then come 
and offer thy gift. 

25 Agree with thine adversary 
quickly, while thou art in the way 
with him ; lest at any time the ad- 
versary deliver thee to the judge, 
and the judge deliver thee to the 
officer, and thou be cast into prison. 

26 Verily I say unto thee, Thou 
shalt by no means come out thence, 
till thou hast paid the uttermost 
farthing. 

27 If Ye have heard that it was 
said by them of old time, Thou shalt 
not commit adultery : 

28 But I say unto you, That who- 
soever looketh on a woman to lust 
after her hath committed adultery 
with her already in his heart. 

29 And if thy right eye offend 
thee, pluck it out, and cast it from 
thee : for it is profitable for thee that 
one of thy members should perish, 
and not that thy whole body should 
be cast into hell. 

30 And if thy right hand offend 
thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee : 
for it is profitable for thee that one 
of thy members should perish, and 
not that thy whole body should be 
cast into hell. 

31 It hath been said, Whosoever 
shall put away his wife, let him give 
her a writing of divorcement : 



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32 But I say unto you, That who- 
soever shall put away his wife, saving* 
for the cause of fornication, causeth 
her to commit adultery : and whoso- 
ever shall marry her that is divorced 
committeth adultery. 

33 IT Again, ye have heard that it 
hath heen said hy them of old time, 
Thou shalt not forswear thyself, hut 
shalt perform unto the Lord thine 
oaths : 

34 But I say unto you, Swear not 
at all ; neither hy heaven ; for it is 
God's throne : 

35 Nor hy the earth ; for it is his 
footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for 
it is the city of the great King. 

36 Neither shalt thou swear hy 
thy head, because thou canst not 
make one hair white or black. 

37 But let your communication be, 
Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for whatsoever 
is more than these cometh of evil. 

38 IT Ye have heard that it hath 
been said, An eye for an eye, and 
a tooth for a tooth : 

39 But I say unto you, That ye 
resist not evil : but whosoever shall 
smite thee on thy right cheek, turn 
to him the other also. 

40 And if any man will sue thee 
at the law, and take away thy coat, 
let him have thy cloak also. 

41 And whosoever shall compel 
thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 

42 Give to him that asketh thee, 
and from him that would borrow of 
thee turn not thou away. 

43 If Ye have heard that it hath 
been said, Thou shalt love thy neigh- 
bour, and hate thine enemy. 

44 But I say unto you, Love your 
enemies, bless them that curse you, 
do good to them that hate you, and 
pray for them which despitefully use 
von, and persecute you; 

4-5 That ye may be the children of 
your Father which is in heaven : for 
lie maketh his sun to rise on the evil 
and on the good, and sendeth rain on 
the just and on the unjust. 

4G For if ye love them which love 
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you, what reward have ye ? do not 
even the publicans the same ? 

47 And if ye salute your brethren 
only, what do ye more than others? 
do not even the publicans so ? 

48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as 
your Father which is in heaven is 
perfect. 

CHAPTEE VI. 

1 Christ continueth his sermon in the mount, speaking 
of alms, 5 prayer, 14 forgiving our brethren, 16 fast- 
ing, 19 where our treasure is to be laid up, 24 of 
serving God, and mammon: 25 exhorteth not to be 
careful for worldly things: 33 but to seek God's 
kingdom. 

TAKE heed that ye do not your 
alms before men, to be seen of 
them : otherwise ye have no reward 
of your Father which is in heaven. 

2 Therefore when thou doest thine 
alms, do not sound a trumpet before 
thee, as the hypocrites do in the syna- 
gogues and in the streets, that they 
may have glory of men. Verily I say 
unto you, They have their reward. 

3 But when thou doest alms, let 
not thy left hand know what thy 
right hand doeth: 

4 That thine alms may be in se- 
cret : and thy Father which seeth in se- 
cret himself shall reward thee openly. 

5 If And when thou prayest, thou 
shalt not be as the hypocrites are : 
for they love to pray standing in 
the synagogues and in the corners 
of the streets, that they may be seen 
of men. Verily I say unto you, They 
have their reward. 

6 But thou, when thou prayest, 
enter into thy closet, and when 
thou hast shut thy door, pray to 
thy Father which is in secret; and 
thy Father which seeth in secret shall 
reward thee openly. 

7 But when ye pray, use not vain 
repetitions, as the heathen do : for 
they think that they shall be heard 
for their much speaking. 

8 Be not ye therefore like unto 
them : for your Father knoweth what 
things ye have need of, before ye 
ask him. 

9 After this manner therefore pray 



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ye : Our Father which art in heaven, 
Hallowed he thy name. 

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will 
be done in earth, as it is in heaven. 

1 1 Give us this day our daily bread. 

12 And forgive us our debts, as we 
forgive our debtors. 

13 And lead us not into tempta- 
tion, but deliver us from evil: For 
thine is the kingdom, and the power, 
and the glory, for ever. Amen. 

14 For if ye forgive men their 
trespasses, your heavenly Father 
will also forgive you : 

15 But if ye forgive not men their 
trespasses, neither will your Father 
forgive your trespasses. 

16 % Moreover when ye fast, be 
not, as the hypocrites, of a sad coun- 
tenance : for they disfigure their 
faces, that they may appear unto 
men to fast. Verily I say unto you, 
They have their reward. 

17 But thou, when thou fastest, 
anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; 

18 That thou appear not unto men 
to fast, but unto thy Father which is 
in secret: and thy Father which seeth 
in secret shall reward thee openly. 

19 IT Lay not up for yourselves 
treasures upon earth, where moth 
and rust doth corrupt, and where 
thieves break through and steal : 

20 But lay up for yourselves trea- 
sures in heaven, where neither moth 
nor rust doth corrupt, and where 
thieves do not break through nor steal : 

21 For where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. 

22 The light of the body is the 
eye : if therefore thine eye be single, 
thy whole body shall be full of light. 

23 Butifthineeyebeevil,thywhole 
body shall be full of darkness. If there- 
fore the light that is in thee be dark- 
ness, how great is that darkness ! 

24 1f No man can serve two mas- 
ters : for either he will hate the one, 
and love the other ; or else he will 
hold to the one, and despise the other. 
Ye cannot serve God and mammon. 

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take 



no thought for your life, what ye 
shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor 
yet for your body, what ye shall put 
on. Is not the life more than meat, 
and the body than raiment ? 

26 Behold the fowls of the air : 
for they sow not, neither do they 
reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your 
heavenly Father feedeth them. Are 
ye not much better than they ? 

27 Which of you by taking thought 
can add one cubit unto his stature ? 

28 And why take ye thought for 
raiment ? Consider the lilies of the 
field, how they grow ; they toil not, 
neither do they spin : 

29 And yet I say unto you, That 
even Solomon in all his glory was 
not arrayed like one of these. 

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the 
grass of the field, which to day is, 
and to morrow is cast into the oven, 
shall he not much more clothe you, 

ye of little faith ? 

31 Therefore take no thought, say- 
ing, What shall we eat ? or, What 
shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal 
shall we be clothed ? 

32 (For after all these things do 
the Gentiles seek :) for your heavenly 
Father knoweth that ye have need 
of all these things. 

33 But seek ye first the kingdom 
of God, and his righteousness ; and all 
these things shall be added unto you. 

34 Take therefore no thought for 
the morrow : for the morrow shall 
take thought for the things of itself. 
Sufficient unto the day is the evil 
thereof. 

CHAPTER YII. 

1 Christ ending his sermon in the mount, reproveth rash 
judgment, 6 forbiddeth to cast holy things to dogs, T 

exhorteth to prayer, 13 to enter in at the strait gate, 
15 to beware of false prophets, 21 not to be hearers, 
but doers of the word: 24 like houses builded on a 
rock, 26 and not on the sand. 

JUDGE not, that ye be not 
judged. 
2 For with what j udgment ye j ad ge, 
ye shall be judged : and with what 
measure ye* mete, it shall be meas- 
ured to you again. 
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Christ's sermon 



ST. MATTHEW. 



on the mount. 



3 And why beholdest thou the 
mote that is in thy brother's eye, but 
considerest not the beam that is in 
thine own eye ? 

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy 
brother, Let me pull out the mote 
out of thine eye ; and, behold, a 
beam is in thine own eye ? 

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out 
the beam out of thine own eye ; and 
then shalt thou see clearly to cast 
out the mote out of thy brother's eye. 

6 IT Give not that which is holy 
unto the dogs, neither cast ye your 
pearls before swine, lest they trample 
them under their feet, and turn again 
and rend you. 

7 If Ask, and it shall be given you ; 
seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and 
it shall be opened unto you : 

8 For every one that asketh re- 
ceiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; 
and to him that knocketh it shall be 
opened. 

9 Or what man is there of you, whom 
if his son ask bread, will he give him 
a stone ? 

10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give 
him a serpent ? 

11 If ye then, being evil, know 
how to give good gifts unto your 
children, how much more shall your 
Father which is in heaven give good 
things to them that ask him ? 

12 Therefore all things whatsoever 
ye would that men should do to you, 
do ye even so to them : for this is the 
law and the prophets. 

13 If Enter ye in at the strait gate : 
for wide is the gate, and broad is the 
way, that leadeth to destruction, and 
many there be which go in thereat : 

14 Because strait is the gate, and 
narrow is the way, which leadeth 
unto life, and few there be that find it. 

1 5 If Beware of false prophets, which 
come to you in sheep's clothing, but 
inwardly they are ravening wolves. 

16 Ye shall know them by their 
fruits. Do men gather grapes of 
thorns, or figs of thistles ? 

1 7 Even so every good tree bringeth 

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forth good fruit ; but a corrupt tree 
bringeth forth evil fruit. 

18 A good tree cannot bring forth 
evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree 
bring forth good fruit. 

19 Every tree that bringeth not 
forth good fruit is hewn down, and 
cast into the fire. 

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye 
shall know them. 

21 If Not every one that saith unto 
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the 
kingdom of heaven; but he that 
doeth the will of my Father which 
is in heaven. 

22 Many will say to me in that day, 
Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied 
in thy name ? and in thy name have 
cast out devils ? and in thy name 
done many wonderful works ? 

23 And then will I profess unto 
them, I never knew you: depart 
from me, ye that work iniquity. 

24 If Therefore whosoever heareth 
these sayings of mine, and doeth 
them, I will liken him unto a wise 
man, which built his house upon a 
rock : 

25 And the rain descended, and 
the floods came, and the winds blew, 
and beat upon that house ; and it fell 
not : for it was founded upon a rock. 

26 And every one that heareth 
these sayings of mine, and doeth 
them not, shall be likened unto a 
foolish man, which built his house 
upon the sand : 

27 And the rain descended, and 
the floods came, and the winds blew, 
and beat upon that house ; and it 
fell : and great was the fall of it. 

28 And it came to pass, when Jesus 
had ended these sayings, the people 
were astonished at his doctrine : 

29 For he taught them as one hav- 
ing authority, and not as the scribes. 

CHAPTER VIII. 

2 Christ cleanseth the leper, 5 healeth the centurion's 
servant, 14 Peter's mother in law, 16 and many other 
diseased: 18 sheweth how he is to be followed: 23 
stilleth the tempest on the sea, 28 driveth the devils out 
of two men possessed, 31 and suffereth them to go into 
the swine. 



Christ cleanseth the leper. ST. MATTHEW. He stilleth the tempest 



WHEN he was come down from 
the mountain, great multitudes 
followed him. 

2 And, behold, there came a leper 
and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if 
thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 

3 And Jesus put forth his hand, 
and touched him, saying, I will ; he 
thou clean. And immediately his 
leprosy was cleansed. 

4 And Jesus saith unto him, See 
thou tell no man ; hut go thy way, 
shew thyself to the priest, and offer 
the gift that Moses commanded, for 
a testimony unto them. 

5 IT And when Jesus was entered 
into Capernaum, there came unto 
him a centurion, beseeching him, 

6 And saying, Lord, my servant 
lieth at home sick of the palsy, griev- 
ously tormented. 

7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will 
come and heal him. 

8 The centurion answered and 
said, Lord, I am not worthy that 
thou shouldest come under my roof: 
but speak the word only, and my 
servant shall be healed. 

9 For I am a man under authority, 
having soldiers under me : and I say 
to this man. Go, and he goeth; and 
to another, Come, and he cometh; 
and to my servant, Do this, and he 
doeth it. 

10 When Jesus heard it, he mar- 
velled, and said to them that followed, 
Verily I say unto you, I have not found 
so great faith, no, not in Israel. 

11 And I say unto you, That many 
shall come from the east and west, 
and shall sit down with Abraham, 
and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom 
of heaven: 

12 But the children of the king- 
dom shall be cast out into outer 
darkness : there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. 

13 And Jesus said unto the centu- 
rion, Go thy way ; and as thou hast 
believed, so be it done unto thee. 
And his servant was healed in the 
selfsame hour. 



14 ^T And when Jesus was come 
into Peter's house, he saw his wife's 
mother laid, and sick of a fever. 

15 And he touched her hand, and 
the fever left her: and she arose, 
and ministered unto them. 

16 IT When the even was come, 
they brought unto him many that 
were possessed with devils: and he 
cast out the spirits with his word, 
and healed all that were sick : 

1 7 That it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by Esaias the prophet, 
saying, Himself took our infirmities, 
and bare our sicknesses. 

18 IT Now when Jesus saw great 
multitudes about him, he gave com- 
mandment to depart unto the other 
side. 

19 And a certain scribe came, and 
said unto him, Master, I will follow 
thee whithersoever thou goest. 

20 And Jesus saith unto him, The 
foxes have holes, and the birds of 
the air have nests ; but the Son of 
man hath not where to lay his head. 

21 And another of his disciples 
said unto him, Lord, suffer me first 
to go and bury my father. 

22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow 
me ; and let the dead bury their dead. 

23 If And when he was entered 
into a ship, his disciples followed him. 

24 And, behold, there arose a great 
tempest in the sea, insomuch that 
the ship was covered with the waves : 
but he was asleep. 

25 And his disciples came to him, 
and awoke him, saying, Lord, save 
us : we perish. 

26 And he saith unto them, Why 
are ye fearful, O ye of little faith ? 
Then he arose, and rebuked the 
winds and the sea ; and there was a 
great calm. 

27 But the men marvelled, saying, 
What manner of man is this, that 
even the winds and the sea obey him ! 

28 IT And when he was come to the 
other side into the country of the 
Gergesenes, there met him two pos- 
sessed with devils, coming out of the 

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One sick of the palsy cured. ST. MATTHEW. 



Matthew is called. 



tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no 
man might pass by that way. 

29 And, behold, they cried out, 
saying, What have we to do with 
thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art 
thou come hither to torment us be- 
fore the time ? 

30 And there was a good way off 
from them a herd of many swine 
feeding. 

31 So the devils besought him, 
saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us 
to go away into the herd of swine. 

32 And he said unto them, Go. 
And when they were come out, they 
went into the herd of swine : and, 
behold, the whole herd of swine ran 
violently down a steep place into the 
sea, and perished in the waters. 

33 And they that kept them fled, 
and went their ways into the city, and 
told every thing, and what was be- 
fallen to the possessed of the devils. 

34 And, behold, the whole city 
came out to meet Jesus : and when 
they saw him, they besought him that 
he would depart out of their coasts. 

CHAPTER IX. 

2 Christ wiring one sick of the palsy, 9 calleth Matthew 
from the receipt of custom, 10 eateth with publicans 
and sinners, 14 defendeth his disciples for not fasting, 
20 cureth the bloody issue, 23 raiseth from death 
Jairus' daughter, 2*7 giveth sight to two blind men, 32 
healeth a dumb man possessed of a devil, 36 and hath 
compassion of the multitude. 

AND he entered into a ship, and 
passed over, and came into his 
own city. 

2 And, behold, they brought to him 
a man sick of the palsy, lying on a 
bed : and Jesus seeing their faith 
said unto the sick of the palsy ; 
Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be 
forgiven thee. 

3 And, behold, certain of the scribes 
said within themselves, This man 
blasphemeth. 

4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts 
said, Wherefore think ye evil in your 
hearts ? 

5 For whether is easier, to say, 
Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to 
say, Arise, and walk ? 

6 But that ye may know that the 

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Son of man hath power on earth to 
forgive sins, (then saith he to the 
sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up 
thy bed, and go unto thine house. 

7 And he arose, and departed to his 
house. 

8 But when the multitudes saw it, 
they marvelled, and glorified God, 
which had given such power unto 
men. 

9 If And as Jesus passed forth 
from thence, he saw a man, named 
Matthew, sitting at the receipt of 
custom : and he saith unto him, 
Follow me. And he arose, and fol- 
lowed him. 

10 If And it came to pass, as Jesus 
sat at meat in the house, behold, 
many publicans and sinners came and 
sat down with him and his disciples. 

11 And when the Pharisees saw 
it, they said unto his disciples, Why 
eateth your master with publicans 
and sinners? 

12 But when Jesus heard that, he 
said unto them, They that be whole 
need not a physician, but they that 
are sick. 

13 But go ye and learn what that 
meaneth, I will have mercy, and not 
sacrifice : for I am not come to call 
the righteous, but sinners to repent- 
ance. 

14 If Then came to him the disci- 
ples of John, saying, Why do we 
and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy 
disciples fast not ? 

15 And Jesus said unto them, Can 
the children of the bridechamber 
mourn, as long as the bridegroom is 
with them ? but the days will come, 
when the bridegroom shall be taken 
from them, and then shall they fast. 

16 No man putteth a piece of new 
cloth unto an old garment ; for that 
which is put in to fill it up taketh 
from the garment, and the rent is 
made worse. 

17 Neither do men put new wine 
into old bottles: else the bottles 
break, and the wine runneth out, 
and the bottles perish: but they 



Jairus' daughter raised. ST. MATTHEW. The apostles sent forth. 



put new wine into new bottles, and 
both are preserved. 

18 IT While he spake these things 
unto them, behold, there came a 
certain ruler, and worshipped him, 
saying, My daughter is even now 
dead : but come and lay thy hand 
upon her, and she shall live. 

19 And Jesus arose, and followed 
him, and so did his disciples. 

20 H And, behold, a woman, which 
was diseased with an issue of blood 
twelve years, came behind him, and 
touched the hem of his garment : 

21 For she said within herself, If 
I may but touch his garment, I shall 
be whole. 

22 But Jesus turned him about, 
and when he saw her, he said, 
Daughter, be of good comfort; thy 
faith hath made thee whole. And 
the woman was made whole from 
that hour. 

23 And when Jesus came into the 
ruler's house, and saw the minstrels 
and the people making a noise, 

24 He said unto them, Give place: 
for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. 
And they laughed him to scorn. 

25 But when the people were put 
forth, he went in, and took her by 
the hand, and the maid arose. 

26 And the fame hereof went 
abroad into all that land. 

27 IT And when Jesus departed 
thence, two blind men followed him, 
crying, and saying, Thou Son of Da- 
vid, have mercy on us. 

28 And when he was come into 
the house, the blind men came to 
him : and Jesus saith unto them, 
Believe ye that I am able to do this ? 
They said unto him, Yea, Lord. 

29 Then touched he their eyes, 
saying, According to your faith be 
it unto you. 

30 And their eyes were opened; 
and Jesus straitly charged them, 
saying, See that no man know it. 

31 But they, when they were de- 
parted, spread abroad his fame in 
all that country. 



32 H As they went out, behold, they 
brought to him a dumb man pos- 
sessed with a devil. 

33 And when the devil was cast 
out, the dumb spake : and the mul- 
titudes marvelled, saying, It was 
never so seen in Israel. 

34 But the Pharisees said, He 
casteth out devils through the prince 
of the devils. 

35 And Jesus went about all the 
cities and villages, teaching in their 
synagogues, and preaching the gospel 
of the kingdom, and healing every 
sickness and every disease among 
the people. 

36 If But when he saw the mul- 
titudes, he was moved with compas- 
sion on them, because they fainted, 
and were scattered abroad, as sheep 
having no shepherd. 

37 Then saith he unto his disciples, 
The harvest truly is plenteous, but 
the labourers are few; 

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of 
the harvest, that he will send forth 
labourers into his harvest. 

CHAPTEK X. 

1 Christ sendeth out his twelve apostles, enabling them 
with power to do miracles, 5 giveth them their charge, 
teacheth them, 16 comforteth them against persecu- 
tions: 40 and promiseth a blessing to those that receive 
them. 

AND when he had called unto 
him his twelve disciples, he 
gave them power against unclean 
spirits, to cast them out, and to 
heal all manner of sickness and all 
manner of disease. 

2 Now the names of the twelve 
apostles are these; The first, Simon, 
who is called Peter, and Andrew his 
brother; James the son of Zebedee, 
and John his brother ; 

3 Philip, and Bartholomew ; Tho- 
mas, and Matthew the publican; 
James the son of Alpheus, and Leb- 
beus, whose surname was Thaddeus : 

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas 
Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, 
and commanded them, saying, Go 
not into the way of the Gentiles, and 

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The twelve apostles 



ST. MATTHEW. 



receive their charge. 



into any city of the Samaritans enter 
ye not: 

6 But go rather to the lost sheep 
of the house of Israel. 

7 And as ye go, preach, saying, 
The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, 
raise the dead, cast out devils : freely 
ye have received, freely give. 

9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, 
nor hrass in your purses ; 

10 Nor scrip for your journey, 
neither two coats, neither shoes, nor 
yet staves : for the workman is 
worthy of his meat. 

11 And into whatsoever city or 
town ye shall enter, inquire who 
in it is worthy; and there abide till 
ye go thence. 

12 And when ye come into a 
house, salute it. 

13 And if the house be worthy, let 
your peace come upon it: but if it 
be" not worthy, let your peace re- 
turn to you. 

14 And whosoever shall not receive 
you, nor hear your words, when ye 
depart out of that house or city, shake 
off the dust of your feet. 

15 Verily I say unto you, It shall 
be more tolerable for the land of 
Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of 
judgment, than for that city. 

16 If Behold, I send you forth as 
sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye 
therefore wise as serpents, and harm- 
less as doves. 

17 But beware of men: for they 
will deliver you up to the councils, 
and they will scourge you in their 
synagogues; 

18 And ye shall be brought before 
governors and kings for my sake, 
for a testimony against them and the 
Gentiles. 

19 But when they deliver you up, 
take no thought how or what ye shall 
speak : for it shall be given you in that 
same hour what ye shall speak. 

20 For it is not ye that speak, but 
the Spirit of your Father which 
speaketh in you. 

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21 And the brother shall deliver up 
the brother to death, and the father 
the child : and the children shall rise 
up against their parents, and cause 
them to be put to death. 

22 And ye shall be hated of all 
men for my name's sake : but he that 
endureth to the end shall be saved. 

23 But when they persecute you in 
this city, flee ye into another: for 
verily I say unto you, Ye shall not 
have gone over the cities of Israel, 
till the Son of man be come. 

24 The disciple is not above his 
master, nor the servant above his lord. 

25 It is enough for the disciple 
that he be as his master, and the 
servant as his lord. If they have 
called the master of the house Beel- 
zebub, how much more shall they call 
them of his household ? 

26 Fear them not therefore : for 
there is nothing covered, that shall 
not be revealed ; and hid, that shall 
not be known. 

27 What I tell you in darkness, 
that speak ye in light: and what ye 
hear in the ear, that preach ye upon 
the housetops. 

28 And fear not them which kill the 
body, but are not able to kill the soul : 
but rather fear him which is able to 
destroy both soul and body in hell. 

29 Are not two sparrows sold for 
a farthing? and one of them shall 
not fall on the ground without your 
Father. 

30 But the very hairs of your head 
are all numbered. 

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of 
more value than many sparrows. 

32 Whosoever therefore shall con- 
fess me before men, him will I con- 
fess also before my Father which is 
in heaven. 

33 But whosoever shall deny me 
before men, him will I also deny be- 
fore my Father which is in heaven. 

34 Think not that I am come to 
send peace on earth: I came not to 
send peace, but a sword. 

35 For I am come to set a man 



John sendeth to Christ. ST. MATTHEW. Christ's testimony of John. 



at variance against his father, and 
the daughter against her mother, 
and the daughter in law against her 
mother in law. 

36 And a man's foes shall be they 
of his own household. 

37 He that loveth father or mother 
more than me is not worthy of me : 
and he that loveth son or daughter 
more than me is not worthy of me. 

. 38 And he that taketh not his 
cross, and followeth after me, is not 
worthy of me. 

39 He that findeth his life shall 
lose it: and he that loseth his life 
for my sake shall find it. 

40 TT He that receiveth you re- 
ceiveth me; and he that receiveth 
me receiveth him that sent me. 

41 He that receiveth a prophet in 
the name of a prophet shall receive 
a prophet's reward ; and he that re- 
ceiveth a righteous man in the name 
of a righteous man shall receive a 
righteous man's reward. 

42 And whosoever shall give to 
drink unto one of these little ones a 
cup of cold water only in the name 
of a disciple, verily I say unto you, 
he shall in no wise lose his reward. 

CHAPTER XL 

2 John sendeth his disciples to Christ. 1 Christ's testi- 
mony concerning John. 18 The opinion of the peo- 
ple, both concerning John and Christ. 20 Christ up- 
braideih the unthankf illness and unrepentance of 
Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum : 25 and prais- 
ing his Father's wisdom in revealing the gospel to the 
simple, 28 he calleth to him all such as feel the burden 
of their sins. 

AND it came to pass, when Jesus 
had made an end of command- 
ing his twelve disciples, he departed 
thence to teach and to preach in 
their cities. 

2 Now when John had heard in 
the prison the works of Christ, he 
sent two of his disciples, 

3 And said unto him, Art thou he 
that should come, or do we look for 
another ? 

4 Jesus answered and said unto 
them, Go and shew John again those 
things which ye do hear and see : 

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5 The Mind receive their sight, 
and the lame walk, the lepers are 
cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead 
are raised up, and the poor have the 
gospel preached to them. 

6 And Messed is he, whosoever 
shall not he offended in me. 

7 ^T And as they departed, Jesus 
hegan to say unto the multitudes 
concerning John, What went ye out 
into the wilderness to see ? A reed 
shaken with the wind ? 

8 But what went ye out for to see ? 
A man clothed in soft raiment ? he- 
hold, they that wear soft clothing are 
in kings' houses. 

9 But what went ye out for to 
see ? A prophet ? yea, I say unto 
you, and more than a prophet. 

10 For this is he, of whom it is 
written, Behold, I send my mes- 
senger hefore thy face, which shall 
prepare thy way before thee. 

11 Verily I say unto you, Among 
them that are horn of women there 
hath not risen a greater than John 
the Baptist : notwithstanding, he that 
is least in the kingdom of heaven is 
greater than he. 

12 And from the days of John the 
Baptist until now the kingdom of 
heaven suffereth violence, and the 
violent take it by force. 

13 For all the prophets and the 
law prophesied until John. 

14 And if ye will receive it, this 
is Elias, which was for to come. 

15 He that hath ears to hear, let 
him hear. 

16 If But whereunto shall I liken 
this generation ? It is like unto chil- 
dren sitting in the markets, and call- 
ing unto their fellows, 

17 And saying, We have piped 
unto you, and ye have not danced; 
we have mourned unto you, and ye 
have not lamented. 

18 For John came neither eating 
nor drinking, and they say, He hath 
a devil. 

19 The Son of man came eating 
and drinking, and they say, Behold 

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Woe on Capernaum. 



ST. MATTHEW. The Pharisees reproved. 



a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, 
a friend of publicans and sinners. 
But wisdom is justified of her chil- 
dren. 

20 IT Then began he to upbraid 
the cities wherein most of his mighty 
works were done, because they re- 
pented not : 

21 Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe 
unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the 
mighty works, which were done in 
you, had been done in Tyre and Si- 
don, they would have repented long 
ago in sackcloth and ashes. 

22 But I say unto you, It shall be 
more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon 
at the day of judgment, than for 
you. 

23 And thou, Capernaum, which 
art exalted unto heaven, shalt be 
brought down to hell : for if the 
mighty works, which have been 
done in thee, had been done in So- 
dom, it would have remained until 
this day. 

24 But I say unto you, That it 
shall be more tolerable for the land 
of Sodom in the day of judgment, 
than for thee. 

25 Tf At that time Jesus answered 
and said, I thank thee, O Father, 
Lord of heaven and earth, because 
thou hast hid these things from the 
wise and prudent, and hast revealed 
them unto babes. 

26 Even so, Father ; for so it 
seemed good in thy sight. 

27 All things are delivered unto 
me of my Father : and no man 
knoweth the Son, but the Father ; 
neither knoweth any man the Fa- 
ther, save the Son, and he to whom- 
soever the Son will reveal him. 

28 If Come unto me, all ye that 
labour and are heavy laden, and I 
will give you rest. 

29 Take my yoke upon you, and 
Learn of me; for I am meek and 
lowly in heart : and ye shall find 
rest unto your souls. 

30 For my yoke is easy, and my 
burden is light. 

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CHAPTEE XII. 

1 Christ reproveth the blindness of the Pharisees con- 
cerning the breach of the sabbath, 3 by Scriptures, 9 
by reason, 13 and by a miracle. 22 He henleth the 
man possessed that was blind and dumb. 3 1 Blasphemy 
against the Holy Ghost shall never be forgiven. 86 
Account shall be made of idle words. 38 He rebuheth 
the unfaithful, who seek after a sign: 49 and slteweth 
who is his brother, sister, and mother. 

AT that time Jesus went on the 
. sabbath day through the corn ; 
and his disciples were a hungered, 
and began to pluck the ears of corn, 
and to eat. 

2 But when the Pharisees saw it, 
they said unto him, Behold, thy dis- 
ciples do that which is not lawful to 
do upon the sabbath day. 

3 But he said unto them, Have ye 
not read what David did, when he 
was a hungered, and they that were 
with him; 

4 How he entered into the house 
of God, and did eat the shewbread, 
which was not lawful for him to eat, 
neither for them which were with 
him, but only for the priests ? 

5 Or have ye not read in the law, 
how that on the sabbath days the 
priests in the temple profane the 
sabbath, and are blameless ? 

6 But I say unto you, That in this 
place is one greater than the temple. 

7 But if ye had known what this 
meaneth, I will have mercy, and not 
sacrifice, ye would not have con- 
demned the guiltless. 

8 For the Son of man is Lord 
even of the sabbath day. 

9 And when he was departed thence, 
he went into their synagogue : 

10 If And, behold, there was a man 
which had his hand withered. And 
they asked him, saying, Is it lawful 
to heal on the sabbath days ? that 
they might accuse him. 

11 And he said unto them, What 
man shall there be among you, that 
shall have one sheep, and if it fall 
into a pit on the sabbath day, will 
he not lay hold on it, and lift it out ? 

12 How much then is a man better 
than a sheep ? Wherefore it is law- 
ful to do well on the sabbath days. 



The blind and dumb healed. ST. MATTHEW. 



Of blasphemy. 



1 3 Then saith he to the man, Stretch 
forth thine hand. And he stretched 
it forth ; and it was restored whole, 
like as the other. 

14 % Then the Pharisees went out, 
and held a council against him, how 
they might destroy him. 

15 But when Jesus knew it, he 
withdrew himself from thence : and 
great multitudes followed him, and 
he healed them all ; 

16 And charged them that they 
should not make him known : 

17 That it might he fulfilled which 
was spoken hy Esaias the prophet, 
saying, 

18 Behold my servant, whom I 
have chosen ; my heloved, in whom 
my soul is well pleased : I will put 
my Spirit upon him, and he shall 
shew judgment to the Gentiles. 

19 He shall not strive, nor cry ; 
neither shall any man hear his voice 
in the streets. 

20 A hruised reed shall he not 
break, and smoking flax shall he not 
quench, till he send forth judgment 
unto victory. 

21 And in his name shall the Gen- 
tiles trust. 

22 IT Then was Drought unto him 
one possessed with a devil, Wind, 
and dumb: and he healed him, inso- 
much that the blind and dumb hoth 
spake and saw. 

23 And all the people were amaz- 
ed, and said, Is not this the Son of 
David? 

24 But when the Pharisees heard 
it, they said, This fellow doth not 
cast out devils, but hy Beelzebub the 
prince of the devils. 

25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, 
and said unto them, Every kingdom 
divided against itself is brought to 
desolation; and every city or house 
divided against itself shall not stand : 

26 And if Satan cast out Satan, he 
is divided against himself; how shall 
then his kingdom stand ? 

27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out 
devils, hy whom do your children 



cast them out? therefore they shall 
be your judges. 

28 But if I cast out devils hy the 
Spirit of God, then the kingdom of 
God is come unto you. 

29 Or else, how can one enter into 
a strong man's house, and spoil his 
goods, except he first hind the strong- 
man? and then he will spoil his house. 

30 He that is not with me is against 
me ; and he that gathereth not with 
me scattereth abroad. 

31 If Wherefore I say unto you, 
All manner of sin and blasphemy 
shall be forgiven unto men: hut the 
blasphemy against the Holy Ghost 
shall not be forgiven unto men. 

32 And whosoever speaketh a word 
against the Son of man, it shall he 
forgiven him : but whosoever speak- 
eth against the Holy Ghost, it shall 
not be forgiven him, neither in this 
world, neither in the world to come. 

33 Either make the tree good, and 
his fruit good; or else make the tree 
corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for 
the tree is known hy his fruit. 

34 O generation of vipers, how can 
ye, being evil, speak good things? 
for out of the abundance of the heart 
the mouth speaketh. 

35 A good man out of the good 
treasure of the heart bringeth forth 
good things: and an evil man out of 
the evil treasure bringeth forth evil 
things. 

36 But I say unto you, That every 
idle word that men shall speak, they 
shall give account thereof in the day 
of judgment. 

37 For by thy words thou shaft 
be justified, and by thy words thou 
shaft be condemned. 

38 IT Then certain of the scribes 
and of the Pharisees answered, say- 
ing, Master, we would see a sign 
from thee. 

39 But he answered and said unto 
them, An evil and adulterous gene- 
ration seeketh after a sign ; and 
there shall no sign be given to it, 
but the sign of the prophet Jonas : 

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The sign of Jonas. 



ST. MATTHEW. 



Parable of the soiver. 



40 For as Jonas was three days and 
three nights in the whale's helly ; so 
shall the Son of man he three days and 
three nights in the heart of the earth. 

41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in 
judgment with this generation, and 
shall condemn it: because they re- 
pented at the preaching of Jonas ; and, 
behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 

42 The queen of the south shall 
rise up in the judgment with this 
generation, and shall condemn it: 
for she came from the uttermost parts 
of the earth to hear the wisdom of 
Solomon ; and, behold, a greater than 
Solomon is here. 

43 When the unclean spirit is gone 
out of a man, he walketh through dry 
places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 

44 Then he saith, I will return into 
my house from whence I came out ; 
and when he is come, he findeth it 
empty, swept, and garnished. 

45 Then goeth he, and taketh with 
himself seven other spirits more 
wicked than himself, and they enter 
in and dwell there : and the last state 
of that man is worse than the first. 
Even so shall it be also unto this 
wicked generation. 

46 If While he yet talked to the 
people, behold, his mother and his 
brethren stood without, desiring to 
speak with him. 

47 Then one said unto him, Behold, 
thy mother and thy brethren stand 
without, desiring to speak with thee. 

48 But he answered and said unto 
him that told him, Who is my mo- 
ther ? and who are my brethren ? 

49 And he stretched forth his hand 
toward his disciples, and said, Be- 
hold my mother and my brethren ! 

50 For whosoever shall do the will 
of my Father which is in heaven, the 
same is my brother, and sister, and 
mother. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

8 77/ e parable of the sower and the seed: 18 the exposi- 
tion of it. 2 1 The parable of the tares, 31 of the mus- 
tard seed, 88 of the leaven, 44 of the hidden treasure, 
45 of the peart, 47 of the drawnet cast into the sea: 53 
and how Christ is contemned of his own countrymen. 

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THE same day went Jesus out of 
the house, and sat by the sea 
side. 

2 And great multitudes were ga- 
thered together unto him, so that he 
went into a ship, and sat; and the 
whole multitude stood on the shore. 

3 And he spake many things unto 
them in parables, saying, Behold, a 
sower went forth to sow; 

4 And when he sowed, some seeds 
fell by the way side, and the fowls 
came and devoured them up : 

5 Some fell upon stony places, 
where they had not much earth : and 
forthwith they sprung up, because 
they had no deepness of earth : 

6 And when the sun was up, they 
were scorched ; and because they had 
no root, they withered away. 

7 And some fell among thorns ; and 
the thorns sprung up, and choked 
them : 

8 But other fell into good ground, 
and brought forth fruit, some a hun- 
dredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirty- 
fold. 

9 Who hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. 

10 And the disciples came, and 
said unto him, Why speakest thou 
unto them in parables ? 

11 He answered and said unto 
them, Because it is given unto you 
to know the mysteries of the king- 
dom of heaven, but to them it is not 
given. 

12 For whosoever hath, to him 
shall be given, and he shall have 
more abundance : but whosoever hath 
not, from him shall be taken away 
even that he hath. 

13 Therefore speak I to them in 
parables : because they seeing see 
not; and hearing they hear not, 
neither do they understand. 

14 And in them is fulfilled the 
prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By 
hearing ye shall hear, and shall not 
understand ; and seeing ye shall see, 
and shall not perceive : 

15 For this people's heart is waxed 



The exposition of it. 



ST. MATTHEW. Parable of the mustard seed. 



gross, and their ears are dull of hear- 
ing, and their eyes they have closed ; 
lest at any time they should see with 
their eyes, and hear with their ears, 
and should understand with their 
heart, and should he converted, and 
I should heal them. 

16 But blessed are your eyes, for 
they see : and your ears, for they hear. 

17 For verily I say unto you, That 
many prophets and righteous men 
have desired to see those things which 
ye see, and have not seen them ; and 
to hear those things which ye hear, 
and have not heard them. 

18 1[ Hear ye therefore the para- 
ble of the sower. 

19 When any one heareth the 
word of the kingdom, and under- 
standeth it not, then cometh the 
wicked one, and catcheth away that 
which was sown in his heart. This 
is he which received seed by the way 
side. 

20 But he that received the seed 
into stony places, the same is he that 
heareth the word, and anon with joy 
receiveth it ; 

21 Yet hath he not root in himself, 
but dureth for a while : for when 
tribulation or persecution ariseth 
because of the word, by and by he is 
offended. 

22 He also that received seed among 
the thorns is he that heareth the 
word ; and the care of this world, and 
the deceitfulness of riches, choke the 
word, and he becometh unfruitful. 

23 But he that received seed into 
the good ground is he that heareth 
the word, and understandeth it; 
which also beareth fruit, and bring- 
eth forth, some a hundredfold, some 
sixty, some thirty. 

24 IT Another parable put he forth 
unto them, saying, The kingdom of 
heaven is likened unto a man which 
sowed good seed in his field : 

25 But while men slept, his enemy 
came and sowed tares among the 
wheat, and went his way. 

26 But when the blade was sprung 



up, and brought forth fruit, then ap- 
peared the tares also. 

27 So the servants of the house- 
holder came and said unto him, Sir, 
didst not thou sow good seed in thy 
field ? from whence then hath it tares I 

28 He said unto them, An enemy 
hath done this. The servants said 
unto him, Wilt thou then that Ave 
go and gather them up ? 

29 But he said, Nay ; lest while ye 
gather up the tares, ye root up also 
the wheat with them. 

30 Let both grow together until the 
harvest : and in the time of harvest 
I will say to the reapers, Gather ye 
together first the tares, and bind 
them in bundles to burn them : but 
gather the wheat into my barn. 

31 % Another parable put he forth 
unto them, saying, The kingdom of 
heaven is like to a grain of mustard 
seed, which a man took, and sowed 
in his field : 

32 Which indeed is the least of all 
seeds : but when it is grown, it is 
the greatest among herbs, and be- 
cometh a tree, so that the birds of 
the air come and lodge in the branches 
thereof. 

33 ^f Another parable spake he 
unto them ; The kingdom of heaven 
is like unto leaven, which a woman 
took, and hid in three measures of 
meal, till the whole was leavened. 

34 All these things spake Jesus unto 
the multitude in parables ; and with- 
out a parable spake he not unto them : 

35 That it might be fulfilled which 
was spoken by the prophet, saying, 
I will open my mouth in parables ; 
I will utter things which have been 
kept secret from the foundation of 
the world. 

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude 
away, and went into the house : and 
his disciples came unto him, saying, 
Declare unto us the parable of the 
tares of the field. 

3 7 He answered and said unto them, 
He that soweth the good seed is the 
Son of man ; 

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Of the hidden treasure, Sfc. ST. MATTHEW. Herod's opinion of Christ. 



38 The field is the world ; the good 
seed are the children of the king- 
dom ; hut the tares are the children 
of the wicked one ; 

39 The enemy that sowed them is 
the devil ; the harvest is the end of the 
world ; and the reapers are the angels. 

40 As therefore the tares are ga- 
thered and hurned in the fire ; so 
shall it he in the end of this world. 

41 The Son of man shall send forth 
his angels, and they shall gather out 
of his kingdom all things that offend, 
and them which do iniquity ; 

42 And shall cast them into a fur- 
nace of fire : there shall be wailing 
and gnashing of teeth. 

43 Then shall the righteous shine 
forth as the sun in the kingdom of 
their Father. Who hath ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

44 IT Again, the kingdom of heaven 
is like unto treasure hid in a field ; 
the which when a man hath found, 
he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth 
and selleth all that he hath, and buy- 
eth that field. 

45 If Again, the kingdom of hea- 
ven is like unto a merchantman, 
seeking goodly pearls : 

46 Who, when he had found one 
pearl of great price, went and sold 
all that he had, and bought it. 

47 If Again, the kingdom of heaven 
is like unto a net, that was cast into 
the sea, and gathered of every kind : 

48 Which, when it was full, they 
drew to shore, and sat down, and 
gathered the good into vessels, but 
cast the bad away. 

49 So shall it be at the end of the 
world: the angels shall come forth, 
and sever the wicked from among 
the just, 

50 And shall cast them into the 
furnace of fire : there shall be wail- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. 

51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye 
understood all these things ? They 
say unto him, Yea, Lord. 

52 Then said he unto them, There- 
fore every scribe which is instructed 

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unto the kingdom of heaven, is like 
unto a man that is a householder, 
which bringeth forth out of his trea- 
sure things new and old. 

53 If And it came to pass, that when 
Jesus had finished these parables, he 
departed thence. 

54 And when he was come into his 
own country, he taught them in their 
synagogue, insomuch that they were 
astonished, and said, Whence hath 
this man this wisdom, and these 
mighty works ? 

55 Is not this the carpenter's son ? 
is not his mother called Mary ? and 
his brethren, James, and Joses, and 
Simon, and Judas ? 

56 And his sisters, are they not all 
with us ? Whence then hath this 
man all these things ? 

57 And they were offended in him. 
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet 
is not without honour, save in his own 
country, and in his. own house. 

58 And he did not many mighty 
works there because of their unbe- 
lief. 

CHAPTEK XIY. 

1 Herod's opinion of Christ. 3 Wherefore John Bap- 
tist was beheaded. 13 Jesus departeth into a desert 
place: 15 where he feedeth five thousand men with five 
loaves and two fishes: 22 he walketh on the sea to his 
disciples: 34 and landing at Gennesaret, hcaleth the 
sick by the touch of the hem of his garment. 

AT that time Herod the tetrarch 
heard of the fame of Jesus, 

2 And said unto his servants, This 
is John the Baptist ; he is risen from 
the dead ; and therefore mighty works 
do shew forth themselves in him. 

3 If For Herod had laid hold on 
John, and bound him, and put him 
in prison for Herodias' sake, his bro- 
ther Philip's wife. 

4 For John said unto him, It is 
not lawful for thee to have her. 

5 And when he would have put him 
to death, he feared the multitude, be- 
cause they counted him as a prophet. 

6 But when Herod's birthday was 
kept, the daughter gf Herodias danced 
before them, and pleased Herod. 

7 Whereupon he promised with an 



John the Baptist beheaded. ST. MATTHEW. Christ walheth on the sea. 



oath to give her whatsoever she 
would ask. 

8 And she, being before instructed 
of her mother, said, Give me here 
John Baptist's head in a charger. 

9 And the king was sorry : never- 
theless for the oath's sake, and them 
which sat with him at meat, he com- 
manded it to he given her. 

10 And he sent, and beheaded John 
in the prison. 

11 And his head was brought in 
a charger, and given to the damsel : 
and she brought it to her mother. 

12 And his disciples came, and took 
up the body, and buried it, and went 
and told Jesus. 

13 If AVhen Jesus heard of it, he de- 
parted thence by ship into a desert 
place apart : and when the people 
had heard thereof, they followed him 
on foot out of the cities. 

14 And Jesus went forth, and saw 
a great multitude, and was moved 
with compassion toward them, and 
he healed their sick. 

15 If And when it was evening, his 
disciples came to him, saying, This 
is a desert place, and the time is now 
past; send the multitude away, that 
they may go into the villages, and 
buy themselves victuals. 

16 But Jesus said unto them, They 
need not depart ; give ye them to eat. 

17 And they say unto him, We 
have here but five loaves, and two 
fishes. 

18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 

19 And he commanded the multi- 
tude to sit down on the grass, and 
took the five loaves, and the two 
fishes, and looking up to heaven, 
he blessed, and brake, and gave the 
loaves to his disciples, and the disci- 
ples to the multitude. 

20 And they did all eat, and were 
filled : and they took up of the frag- 
ments that remained twelve baskets 
full. 

21 And they that had eaten were 
about five thousand men, beside 
women and children. 



22 ^ And straightway Jesus con- 
strained his disciples to get into a 
ship, and to go before him unto the 
other side, while he sent the multi- 
tudes away. 

23 And when he had sent the 
multitudes away, he went up into a 
mountain apart to pray : and when 
the evening was come, he was there 
alone. 

24 But the ship was now in the 
midst of the sea, tossed with waves : 
for the wind was contrary. 

25 And in the fourth watch of the 
night Jesus went unto them, walk- 
ing on the sea. 

26 And when the disciples saw 
him walking on the sea, they were 
troubled, saying, It is a spirit ; and 
they cried out for fear. 

27 But straightway Jesus spake un- 
to them, saying, Be of good cheer ; 
it is I ; be not afraid. 

28 And Peter answered him and 
said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come 
unto thee on the water. 

29 And he said, Come. And when 
Peter was come down out of the ship, 
he walked on the water,to go to Jesus. 

30 But when he saw the wind 
boisterous, he was afraid ; and be- 
ginning to sink, he cried, saying, 
Lord, save me. 

31 And immediately Jesus stretch- 
ed forth his hand, and caught him, 
and said unto him, O thou of little 
faith, wherefore didst thou doubt I 

32 And when they were come into 
the ship, the wind ceased. 

33 Then they that were in the ship 
came and worshipped him, saying, 
Of a truth thou art the Son of God. 

34 If And when they were gone 
over, they came into the land of 
Gennesaret. 

35 And when the men of that 
place had knowledge of him, they 
sent out into all that country round 
about, and brought unto hnn all 
that were diseased ; 

36 And besought him that they 
might only touch the hem of his 

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Christ reproveth the 



ST. MATTHEW. 



scribes and Pharisees. 



garment : and as many as touched 
were made perfectly whole. 

CHAPTER XV. 

3 Christ reproveth the scribes and Pharisees for trans- 
gressing God's commandments through their own tra- 
ditions : 1 1 teacheth how that which goeth into the 
mouth doth not defile a man. 21 He healeth the daugh- 
ter of the woman of Canaan, 30 and other great mul- 
titudes: 32 and with seven loaves and a few little fishes 
feedeth four thousand men, beside women and children. 

THEN came to Jesus scribes and 
Pharisees, which were of Jeru- 
salem, saying, 

2 Why do thy disciples transgress 
the tradition of the elders ? for they 
wash not their hands when they eat 
bread. 

3 But he answered and said unto 
them, Why do ye also transgress 
the commandment of God by your 
tradition ? 

4 For God commanded, saying, 
Honour thy father and mother : and, 
He that curseth father or mother, let 
him die the death. 

5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say 
to his father or his mother, It is a 
gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be 
profited by me ; 

6 And honour not his father or 
his mother, he shall be free. Thus 
have ye made the commandment of 
God of none effect by your tradition. 

7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias 
prophesy of you, saying, 

8 This people draweth nigh unto 
me with their mouth, and honoureth 
me with their lips ; but their heart is 
far from me. 

9 But in vain they do worship me, 
teaching for doctrines the com- 
mandments of men. 

10 If And he called the multitude, 
and said unto them, Hear, and un- 
derstand : 

11 Not that which goeth into the 
mouth defileth a man ; but that 
which cometh out of the mouth, this 
defileth a man. 

12 Then came his disciples, and 
said unto him, Knowest thou that 
the Pharisees were offended, after 
-they heard this saying ? 

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13 But he answered and said, Every 
plant, which my heavenly Father hath 
not planted, shall be rooted up. 

14 Let them alone: they be blind 
leaders of the blind. And if the 
blind lead the blind, both shall fall 
into the ditch. 

15 Then answered Peter and said 
unto him, Declare unto us this pa- 
rable. 

16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet 
without understanding ? 

17 Do not ye yet understand, that 
whatsoever entereth in at the mouth 
goeth into the belly, and is cast out 
into the draught ? 

18 But those things which proceed 
out of the mouth come forth from the 
heart ; and they defile the man. 

19 For out of the heart proceed evil 
thoughts, murders, adulteries, forni- 
cations, thefts, false witness, blas- 
phemies : 

20 These are the things which de- 
file a man : but to eat with unwashen 
hands defileth not a man. 

21 If Then Jesus went thence, and 
departed into the coasts of Tyre and 
Sidon. ^ 

22 Ana, behold, a woman of Canaan 
came out of the same coasts, and 
cried unto him, saying, Have mercy 
on me, O Lord, thou Son of David ; 
my daughter is grievously vexed 
with a devil. 

23 But he answered her not a word. 
And his disciples came and be- 
sought him, saying, Send her away ; 
for she crieth after us. 

24 But he answered and said, I am 
not sent but unto the lost sheep of 
the house of Israel. 

25 Then came she and worshipped 
him, saying, Lord, help me. 

26 But he answered and said, It 
is not meet to take the children's 
bread, and to cast it to dogs. 

27 And she said, Truth, Lord : yet 
the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall 
from their masters' table. 

28 Then Jesus answered and said 
unto her, O woman, great is thy 



Christ feedeth four thousand. ST. MATTHEW. He warneth his disciples. 



faith: be it unto thee even as thou 
wilt. And her daughter was made 
whole from that very hour. 

29 And Jesus departed from thence, 
and came nigh unto the sea of Gali- 
lee; and went up into a mountain, 
and sat down there. 

30 And great multitudes came unto 
him, having with them those thativere 
lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many 
others, and cast them down at Jesus' 
feet ; and he healed them : 

31 Insomuch that the multitude 
wondered, when they saw the dumb 
to speak, the maimed to be whole, the 
lame to walk, and the blind to see : 
and they glorified the God of Israel. 

32 ^T Then Jesus called his dis- 
ciples unto him, and said, I have 
compassion on the multitude, be- 
cause they continue with me now 
three days, and have nothing to eat : 
and I will not send them away fast- 
ing, lest they faint in the way. 

33 And his disciples say unto him, 
Whence should we have so much 
bread in the wilderness, as to fill so 
great a multitude? 

34 And Jesus saithunto them, How 
many loaves have ye ? And they 
said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 

35 And he commanded the mul- 
titude to sit down on the ground. 

36 And he took the seven loaves 
and the fishes, and gave thanks, and 
brake them, and gave to his disciples, 
and the disciples to the multitude. 

37 And they did all eat, and were 
filled : and they took up of the broken 
meat that was left seven baskets full. 

38 And they that did eat were 
four thousand men, beside women 
and children. 

39 And he sent away the multi- 
tude, and took ship, and came into 
the coasts of Magdala. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

1 The Pharisees require a sign. 6 Jesus warneth his 
disciples of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sad- 
ducees. 13 The people's opinion of Christ, 16 and 
Peter's confession of him. 21 Jesus foresheweth his 
death, 23 reproving Peter for dissuading him from 
it : 24 and admonisheth those that will follow him, 
to bear the cross. 



THE Pharisees also with the Sad- 
ducees came, and tempting de- 
sired him that he would shew them 
a sign from heaven. 

2 He answered and said unto them, 
When it is evening, ye say, It will 
be fair weather : for the sky is red. 

3 And in the morning, It will be 
foul weather to day : for the sky is 
red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, 
ye can discern the face of the sky ; 
but can ye not discern the signs of 
the times ? 

4 A wicked and adulterous gene- 
ration seeketh after a sign ; and 
there shall no sign be given unto it, 
but the sign of the prophet Jonas. 
And he left them, and departed. 

5 And when his disciples were 
come to the other side, they had 
forgotten to take bread. 

6 % Then Jesus said unto them, 
Take heed and beware of the leaven 
of the Pharisees and of the Saddu- 
cees. 

7 And they reasoned among them- 
selves, saying, It is because we have 
taken no bread. 

8 Which when Jesus perceived, he 
said unto them, O ye of little faith, 
why reason ye among yourselves, 
because ye have brought no bread ? 

9 Do ye not yet understand, nei- 
ther remember the five loaves of the 
five thousand, and how many bas- 
kets ye took up ? 

10 Neither the seven loaves of the 
four thousand, and how many bas- 
kets ye took up ? 

11 How is it that ye do not under- 
stand that I spake it not to you con- 
cerning bread, that ye should beware 
of the leaven of the Pharisees and of 
the Sadducees ? 

12 Then understood they how that 
he bade them not beware of the leaven 
of bread, but of the doctrine of the 
Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 

13 IT When Jesus came into the 
coasts of Cesarea Philippi, he asked 
his disciples, saying, Whom do men 
say that I, the Son of man, am ? 

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Peter s confession of Christ. ST. MATTHEW. Christ's transfiguration. 



14 And they said, Some say that 
thou art John the Baptist; some, 
Elias ; and others, Jeremias, or one 
of the prophets. 

15 He saith unto them, But whom 
say ye that I am ? 

16 And Simon- Peter answered 
and said, Thou art the Christ, the 
Son of the living God. 

17 And Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon 
Bar-jona : for flesh and blood hath 
not revealed it unto thee, but my 
Father which is in heaven. 

18 And I say also unto thee, That 
thou art Peter, and upon this rock I 
will build my church ; and the gates 
of hell shall not prevail against it. 

19 And I will give unto thee the 
keys of the kingdom of heaven : and 
whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth 
shall be bound in heaven ; and what- 
soever thou shalt loose on earth shall 
be loosed in heaven. 

20 Then charged he his disciples 
that they should tell no man that he 
was Jesus the Christ. 

21 IT Prom that time forth began 
Jesus to shew unto his disciples, 
how that he must go unto Jerusa- 
lem, and suffer many things of the 
elders and chief priests and scribes, 
and be killed, and be raised again 
the third day. 

22 Then Peter took him, and be- 
gan to rebuke him, saying, Be it far 
from thee, Lord: this shall not be 
unto thee. 

' 23 But he turned, and said unto 
Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: 
thou art an offence unto me : for 
thou savourest not the things that be 
of God, but those that be of men. 

24 If Then said Jesus unto his dis- 
ciples, If any man will come after 
me, let him deny himself, and take 
up his cross, and follow me. 

25 For whosoever will save his life 
shall lose it : and whosoever will lose 
his life for my sake shall find it. 

26 For what is a man profited, if 
he shall gain the whole world, and 

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lose his own soul ? or what shall a 
man give in exchange for his soul? 

27 For the Son of man shall come 
in the glory of his Father with his 
angels ; and then he shall reward 
every man according to his works. 

28 Verily I say unto you, There 
be some standing here, which shall 
not taste of death, till they see the 
Son of man coming in his kingdom. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

1 The transfiguration of Christ. 14 He healeth the 
lunatic, 22 foretelleth his own passion, 24 and payeth 
tribute. 

AND after six days Jesus taketh 
Peter, James, and John his 
brother, and bringeth them up into 
a high mountain apart, 

2 And was transfigured before them: 
and his face did shine as the sun, and 
his raiment was white as the light. 

3 And, behold, there appeared un- 
to them Moses and Elias talking 
with him. 

4 Then answered Peter, and said 
unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to 
be here : if thou wilt, let us make 
here three tabernacles ; one for thee, 
and one for Moses, and one for Elias. 

5 While he yet spake, behold, a 
bright cloud overshadowed them : 
and behold a voice out of the cloud, 
which said, This is my beloved Son, 
in whom I am well pleased ; hear 
ye him. 

6 And when the disciples heard it, 
they fell on their face, and were sore 
afraid. 

7 And Jesus came and touched 
them, and said, Arise, and be not 
afraid. 

8 And when they had lifted up 
their eyes, they saw no man, save 
Jesus only. 

9 And as they came down from 
the mountain, Jesus charged them, 
saying, Tell the vision to no man, 
until the Son of man be risen again 
from the dead. 

10 And his disciples asked him, 
saying, Why then say the scribes 
that Elias must first come ? 



The lunatic healed. 



ST. MATTHEW. Christ teacheth humility. 



11 And Jesus answered and said 
unto them, Elias truly shall first 
come, and restore all things. 

12 But I say unto you, That Elias 
is come already, and they knew him 
not, but have done unto him what- 
soever they listed. Likewise shall 
also the Son of man suffer of them. 

13 Then the disciples understood 
that he spake unto them of John the 
Baptist. 

14 ^T And when they were come 
to the multitude, there came to him 
a certain man, kneeling down to him, 
and saying, 

15 Lord, have mercy on my son; 
for he is lunatic, and sore vexed: 
for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, 
and oft into the water. 

16 And I brought him to thy dis- 
ciples, and they could not cure him. 

17 Then Jesus answered and said, 
O faithless and perverse generation, 
how long shall I be with you 1 how 
long shall I suffer you ? bring him 
hither to me. 

18 And Jesus rebuked the devil ; 
and he departed out of him : and the 
child was cured from that very hour. 

19 Then came the disciples to 
Jesus apart, and said, Why could 
not we cast him out ? 

20 And Jesus said unto them, Be- 
cause of your unbelief: for verily I say 
unto you, If ye have faith as a grain 
of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this 
mountain, Remove hence to yonder 
place ; and it shall remove : and no- 
thing shall be impossible unto you. 

21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out 
but by prayer and fasting. 

22 IT And while they abode in 
Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The 
Son of man shall be betrayed into 
the hands of men : 

23 And they shall kill him, and 
the third day he shall be raised again. 
And they were exceeding sorry. 

24 IT And when they were come 
to Capernaum, they that received tri- 
bute money came to Peter, and said, 
Doth not your master pay tribute ? 



25 He saith, Yes. And when he 
was come into the house, Jesus 
prevented him, saying, What think- 
est thou, Simon? of whom do the 
kings of the earth take custom or 
tribute ? of their own children, or of 
strangers ? 

26 Peter saith unto him, Of stran- 
gers. Jesus saith unto him, Then 
are the children free. 

27 Notwithstanding, lest we should 
offend them, go thou to the sea, and 
cast a hook, and take up the fish 
that first cometh up ; and when 
thou hast opened his mouth, thou 
shalt find a piece of money: that 
take, and give unto them for me and 
thee. 

CHAPTER XYIII. 

1 Christ warneth his disciples to be humble and harm- 
less : 7 to avoid offences, and not to despise the little 
ones: 15 teacheth how we are to deal with our brethren, 
ivhen they offend us: 21 and how oft to forgive them: 
23 which lie setteth forth by a parable of the king, that 
took account of his servants, 32 and punished him, 
who shewed no mercy to his fellow. 

AT the same time came the dis- 
Jt\. ciples unto Jesus, saying, Who 
is the greatest in the kingdom of 
heaven? 

2 And Jesus called a little child unto 
him, and set him in the midst of them, 

3 And said, Verily I say unto you, 
Except ye be converted, and become 
as little children, ye shall not enter 
into the kingdom of heaven. 

4 Whosoever therefore shall hum- 
ble himself as this little child, the 
same is greatest in the kingdom of 
heaven. 

5 And whoso shall receive one such 
little child in my name receiveth me. 

6 But whoso shall offend one of 
these little ones which believe in 
me, it were better for him that a 
millstone were hanged about his 
neck, and that he were drowned in 
the depth of the sea. 

7 *H Woe unto the world because 
of offences! for it must needs be 
that offences come ; but woe to that 
man by whom the offence cometh ! 

8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy 
foot offend thee, cut them off, and 

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Touching offences. 



ST. MATTHEW. The unmerciful servant. 



cast them from thee : it is better for 
thee to enter into life halt or maimed, 
rather than having two hands or two 
feet to be cast into everlasting fire. 

9 And if thine eye offend thee, 
pluck it out, and cast it from thee : 
it is better for thee to enter into life 
with one eye, rather than having 
two eyes to be cast into hell fire. 

10 Take heed that ye despise not 
one of these little ones ; for I say 
unto you, That in heaven their an- 
gels do always behold the face of my 
Father which is in heaven. 

11 For the Son of man is come 
to save that which was lost. 

12 How think ye ? if a man have 
a hundred sheep, and one of them 
be gone astray, doth he not leave 
the ninety and nine, and goeth into 
the mountains, and seeketh that 
which is gone astray ? 

13 And if so be that he find it, 
verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth 
more of that sheep, than of the ninety 
and nine which went not astray. 

14 Even so it is not the will of 
your Father which is in heaven, that 
one of these little ones should perish. 

15 If Moreover if thy brother shall 
trespass against thee, go and tell him 
his fault between thee and him alone : 
if he shall hear thee, thou hast 
gained thy brother. 

16 But if he will not hear thee, 
then take with thee one or two more, 
that in the mouth of two or three 
witnesses every word may be esta- 
blished. 

1 7 And if he shall neglect to hear 
them, tell it unto the church : but 
if he neglect to hear the church, let 
him be unto thee as a heathen man 
and a publican. 

18 Verily I say unto you, What- 
soever ye shall bind on earth shall 
be bound in heaven ; and whatso- 
ever ye shall loose on earth shall be 
loosed in heaven. 

19 Again I say unto you, That 
if two of you shall agree on earth as 
touching any thing that they shall 

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ask, it shall be done for them of my 
Father which is in heaven. 

20 For where two or three are 
gathered together in my name, there 
am I in the midst of them. 

21 IT Then came Peter to him, and 
said, Lord, how oft shall my brother 
sin against me, and I forgive him? 
till seven times ? 

22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not 
unto thee, Until seven times : but, 
Until seventy times seven. 

23 ^[ Therefore is the kingdom of 
heaven likened unto a certain king, 
which would take account of his 
servants. 

24 And when he had begun to rec- 
kon, one was brought unto him, which 
owed him ten thousand talents. 

25 But forasmuch as he had not to 
pay, his lord commanded him to be 
sold, and his wife, and children, and 
all that he had, and payment to be 
made. 

26 The servant therefore fell down, 
and worshipped him, saying, Lord, 
have patience with me, and I will 
pay thee all. 

27 Then the lord of that servant 
was moved with compassion, and 
loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 

28 But the same servant went out, 
and found one of his fellow servants, 
which owed him a hundred pence : 
and he laid hands on him, and took 
him by the throat, saying, Pay me 
that thou owest. 

29 And his fellow servant fell down 
at his feet, and besought him, say- 
ing, Have patience with me, and I 
will pay thee all. 

30 And he would not: but went 
and cast him into prison, till he 
should pay the debt. 

31 So when his fellow servants saw 
what was done, they were very sorry, 
and came and told unto their lord all 
that was done. 

32 Then his lord, after that he had 
called him, said unto him, O thou 
wicked servant, I forgave thee all 
that debt, because thou desiredst me : 



Of divorce and marriage, ST. MATTHEW. How to attain eternal life. 



33 Shouldest not thou also have 
had compassion on thy fellow serv- 
ant, even as I had pity on thee ? 

34 And his lord was wroth, and 
delivered him to the tormentors, till 
he should pay all that was due unto 
him. 

35 So likewise shall my heavenly 
Father do also unto you, if ye from 
your hearts forgive not every one 
his hrother their trespasses. 

CHAPTEE XIX. 

2 Christ healeth the sick : 3 answereth the Pharisees con- 
cerning divorcement: 10 sheweth when marriage is 
necessary: 13 receiveth little children: 16 instructeth 
the yomig man how to attain eternal life, 20 and how 
to be perfect: 23 telleth his disciples how hard it is 
for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God, 27 
and promiseth reward to those that forsake any thing 
to follow him. 

AND it came to pass, that when 
Jesus had finished these say- 
ings, he departed from Galilee, and 
came into the . coasts of Judea be- 
yond Jordan ; 

2 And great multitudes followed 
him ; and he healed them there. 

3 If The Pharisees also came unto 
him, tempting him, and saying unto 
him, Is it lawful for a man to put 
away his wife for every cause ? 

4 And he answered and said unto 
them, Have ye not read, that he 
which made them at the beginning 
made them male and female, 

5 And said, For this cause shall a 
man leave father and mother, and 
shall cleave to his wife : and they 
twain shall be one flesh ? 

6 Wherefore they are no more 
twain, but one flesh. What there- 
fore God hath joined together, let 
not man put asunder. 

7 They say unto him, Why did 
Moses then command to give a 
writing of divorcement, and to put 
her away? 

8 He saith unto them, Moses be- 
cause of the hardness of your hearts 
suffered you to put away your wives : 
but from the beginning it was not so. 

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever 
shall put away his wife, except it be 
for fornication, and shall marry 



another, committeth adultery: and 
whoso marrieth her which is put 
away doth commit adultery. 

10 U His disciples say unto him, 
If the case of the man be so with his 
wife, it is not good to marry. 

11 But he said unto them, All 
men cannot receive this saying, save 
they to whom it is given. 

12 For there are some eunuchs, 
which were so born from their mo- 
ther's womb : and there are some 
eunuchs, which were made eunuchs 
of men : and there be eunuchs, which 
have made themselves eunuchs for the 
kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is 
able to receive it, let him receive it. 

13 If Then were there brought unto 
him little children, that he should 
put his hands on them, and pray: 
and the disciples rebuked them. 

14 But Jesus said, Suffer little 
children, and forbid them not, to 
come unto me ; for of such is the 
kingdom of heaven. 

15 And he laid his hands on them, 
and departed thence. 

16 IT And, behold, one came and 
said unto him, Good Master, what 
good thing shall I do, that I may 
have eternal life ? 

17 And he said unto him, Why 
callest thou me good ? there is none 
good but one, that is, God : but if 
thou wilt enter into life, keep the 
commandments. 

18 He saith unto him, Which? 
Jesus said, Thou shalt do no mur- 
der, Thou shalt not commit adul- 
tery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou 
shalt not bear false witness, 

19 Honour thy father and thy 
mother: and, Thou shalt love thy 
neighbour as thyself. 

20 The young man saith unto him, 
All these things have I kept from 
my youth up : what lack I yet ? 

21 Jesus said unto him, If thou 
wilt be perfect, go and sell that 
thou hast, and give to the poor, 
and thou shalt have treasure in 
heaven : and come and follow me. 

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The parable of 



ST. MATTHEW. 



the labourers. 



2 2 But when the young man heard 
that saying, he went away sorrow- 
ful : for he had great possessions. 

23 % Then said Jesus unto his 
disciples, Verily I say unto you, That 
a rich man shall hardly enter into 
the kingdom of heaven. 

24 And again I say unto you, It is 
easier for a camel to go through the 
eye of a needle, than for a rich man 
to enter into the kingdom of God. 

25 When his disciples heard it, 
they were exceedingly amazed, say- 
ing, Who then can he saved ? 

26 But Jesus heheld them, and 
said unto them, With men this is 
impossible ; hut with God all things 
are possible. 

27 TT Then answered Peter and 
said unto him, Behold, we have for- 
saken all, and followed thee ; what 
shall we have therefore ? 

2 8 And Jesus said unto them, Verily 
I say unto you, That ye which have 
followed me, in the regeneration 
when the Son of man shall sit in 
the throne of his glory, ye also shall 
sit upon twelve thrones, judging the 
twelve tribes of Israel. 

29 And every one that hath for- 
saken houses, or brethren, or sisters, 
or father, or mother, or wife, or chil- 
dren, or lands, for my name's sake, 
shall receive a hundredfold, and shall 
inherit everlasting life. 

30 But many that are first shall 
be last; and the last shall be first. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 Christ, by the similitude of the labourers in the vine- 
yard, shewetli that God is debtor unto no man : 17 
foretelleth his passion: 20 by answering the mother 
of Zebedce's children teacheth his disciples to be lowly: 
30 and giveth two blind men their sight. 

T^OR the kingdom of heaven is 
_ like unto a man that is a house- 
holder, which went out early in the 
morning to hire labourers into his 
vineyard. 

2 And when he had agreed with 
the labourers for a penny a day, he 
sent them into his vineyard. 

3 And he went out about the third 

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F 



hour, and saw others standing idle 
in the marketplace, 

4 And said unto them ; Go ye also 
into the vineyard, and whatsoever is 
right I will give you. And they went 
their way. 

5 Again he went out about the sixth 
and ninth hour, and did likewise. 

6 And about the eleventh hour 
he went out, and found others stand- 
ing idle, and saith unto them, Why 
stand ye here all the day idle ? 

7 They say unto him, Because no 
man hath hired us. He saith unto 
them, Go ye also into the vineyard ; 
and whatsoever is right, that shall ye 
receive. 

8 So when even was come, the lord 
of the vineyard saith unto his stew- 
ard, Call the labourers, and give 
theni their hire, beginning from the 
last unto the first. 

9 And when they came that were 
hired about the eleventh hour, they 
received every man a penny. 

10 But when the first came, they 
supposed that they should have re- 
ceived more; and they likewise re- 
ceived every man a penny. 

11 And when they had received 
it, they murmured against the good- 
man of the house, 

1 2 Saying, These last have wrought 
but one hour, and thou hast made 
them equal unto us, which have borne 
the burden and heat of the day. 

13 But he answered one of them, 
and said, Friend, I do thee no 
wrong : didst not thou agree with me 
for a penny ? 

14 Take that thine is, and go thy 
way : I will give unto this last, even 
as unto thee. 

15 Is it not lawful for me to do 
what I will with mine own ? Is thine 
eye evil, because I am good ? 

16 So the last shall be first, and 
the first last: for many be called, 
but few chosen. 

1 7 IT And Jesus going up to Jeru- 
salem took the twelve disciples apart 
in the way, and said unto them, 



Christ teacheth to be lowly. ST. MATTHEW. The blind restored to sight. 



18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; 
and the Son of man shall be be- 
trayed unto the chief priests and 
unto the scribes, and they shall con- 
demn him to death, 

19 And shall deliver him to the 
Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, 
and to crucify him : and the third 
day he shall rise again. 

20 1[ Then came to him the mother 
of Zebedee's children with her sons, 
worshipping him, and desiring a cer- 
tain thing of him. 

21 And he said unto her, What 
wilt thou ? She saith unto him, Grant 
that these my two sons may sit, the 
one on thy right hand, and the other 
on the left, in thy kingdom. 

22 But Jesus answered and said, 
Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye 
able to drink of the cup that I shall 
drink of, and to be baptized with the 
baptism that I am baptized with ? 
They say unto him, We are able. 

23 And he saith unto them, Ye 
shall drink indeed of my cup, and 
be baptized with the baptism that I 
am baptized with : but to sit on my 
right hand, and on my left, is not 
mine to give, but it shall be given to 
them for whom it is prepared of my 
Father. 

24 And when the ten heard it, they 
were moved with indignation against 
the two brethren. 

25 But Jesus called them unto him, 
and said, Ye know that the princes 
of the Gentiles exercise dominion 
over them, and they that are great 
exercise authority upon them. 

26 But it shall not be so among 
you: but whosoever will be great 
among you, let him be your minister ; 

27 And whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your servant : 

28 Even as the Son of man came 
not to be ministered unto, but to 
minister, and to give his life a ran- 
som for many. 

29 And as they departed from Je- 
richo, a great multitude followed him. 

30 IT And, behold, two blind men 



sitting by the way side, when they 
heard that Jesus passed by, cried 
out, saying, Have mercy on us, O 
Lord, thou Son of David. 

31 And the multitude rebuked 
them, because they should hold their 
peace : but they cried the more, 
saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, 
thou Son of David. 

32 And Jesns stood still, and called 
them, and said, What will ye that 
I shall do unto you ? 

33 They say unto him, Lord, that 
our eyes may be opened. 

34 So Jesus had compassion on 
them, and touched their eyes : and 
immediately their eyes received sight, 
and they followed him. 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 Christ rideth into Jerusalem upon an ass, 12 driveth 
the buyers and sellers out of the temple, 17 eurseth the 
jig tree, 23 putteth to silence the priests and ciders, 
28 and rebulceth them by the similitude of the two sons, 
83 and the husbandmen, who slew such as were sent 
unto them. 

AND when they drew nigh unto 
Jerusalem, and were come to 
Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, 
then sent Jesus two disciples, 

2 Saying unto them, Go into the 
village over against you, and straight- 
way ye shall find an ass tied, and a 
colt with her : loose them, and bring 
them unto me. 

3 And if any man say aught unto 
you, ye shall say, The Lord hath 
need of them ; and straightway he 
will send them. 

4 All this was done, that it might 
be fulfilled which was spoken by the 
prophet, saying, 

5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion. 
Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, 
meek, and sitting upon an ass, and 
a colt the foal of an ass. 

6 And the disciples went, and did 
as Jesus commanded them, 

7 And brought the ass, and the 
colt, and put on them their clothes, 
and they set him thereon. 

8 And a very great multitude spread 
their garments in the way ; others 
cut down branches from the trees, 
and strewed them in the way. 

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Christ's entry into Jerusalem. ST. MATTHEW. He rebuheth the priests. 



9 And the multitudes that went 
before, and that followed, cried, 
saying, Hosanna to the Son of 
David: Blessed is he that cometh 
in the name of the Lord ; Hosanna 
in the highest. 

10 And when he was come into 
Jerusalem, all the city was moved, 
saying, Who is this ? 

11 And the multitude said, This is 
Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of 
Galilee. 

12 1f And Jesus went into the 
temple of God, and cast out all them 
that sold and bought in the temple, 
and overthrew the tables of the 
money changers, and the seats of 
them that sold doves, 

13 And said unto them, It is writ- 
ten, My house shall be called the 
house of prayer ; but ye have made 
it a den of thieves. 

14 And the blind and the lame 
came to him in the temple ; and he 
healed them. 

15 And when the chief priests and 
scribes saw the wonderful things 
that he did, and the children crying 
in the temple, and saying, Hosanna 
to the Son of David ; they were sore 
displeased, 

16 And said unto him, Hearest 
thou what these say? And Jesus saith 
unto them, Yea ; have ye never read, 
Out of the mouth of babes and suck- 
lings thou hast perfected praise ? 

17 IT And he left them, and went 
out of the city into Bethany ; and 
he lodged there. 

18 Now in the morning, as he re- 
turned into the city, he hungered. 

19 And when he saw a tig tree in 
the way, he came to it, and found 
nothing thereon, but leaves only, 
and said unto it, Let no fruit grow 
on thee henceforward for ever. And 
presently the fig tree withered away. 

20 And when the disciples saw it, 
they marvelled, saying, How soon 
is the fig tree withered away ! 

21 Jesus answered and said unto 
them, Verily I say unto you, If ye 

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have faith, and doubt not, ye shall 
not only do this which is done to the 
fig tree, but also if ye shall say 
unto this mountain, Be thou re- 
moved, and be thou cast into the 
sea ; it shall be done. 

22 And all things, whatsoever ye 
shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall 
receive. 

23 ^f And when he was come intc 
the temple, the chief priests and 
the elders of the people came unto 
him as he was teaching, and said, 
By what authority doest thou these 
things? and who gave thee this 
authority ? 

24 And Jesus answered and said 
unto them, I also will ask you one 
thing, which if ye tell me, I in like 
wise will tell you by what authority 
I do these things. 

25 The baptism of John, whence 
was it? from heaven, or of men? 
And they reasoned with themselves, 
saying, If we shall say, From hea- 
ven ; he will say unto us, Why did 
ye not then believe him? 

26 But if we shall say, Of men; 
we fear the people ; for all hold 
John as a prophet. 

27 And they answered Jesus, and 
said, We cannot tell. And he said 
unto them, Neither tell I you by 
what authority I do these things. 

28 ^T But what think ye ? A certain 
man had two sons ; and he came 
to the first, and said, Son, go work 
to day in my vineyard. 

29 He answered and said, 1 will 
not ; but afterward he repented, and 
went. 

30 And he came to the second, 
and said likewise. And he answered 
and said, I go, sir ; and went not. 

31 Whether of them twain did the 
will of his father ? They say unto 
him, The first. Jesus saith unto 
them, Verily I say unto you, That 
the publicans and the harlots go into 
the kingdom of God before you. 

32 For John came unto you in the 
way of righteousness, and ye believed 



Parables of the husbandmen, ST. MATTHEW. 



and marriage feast. 



him not ; but the publicans and the 
harlots believed him : and ye, when 
ye had seen it, repented not after- 
ward, that ye might believe him. 

33 IT Hear another parable: There 
was a certain householder, which 
planted a vineyard, and hedged it 
round about, and digged a wine- 
press in it, and built a tower, and let 
it out to husbandmen, and went into 
a far country : 

34 And when the time of the fruit 
drew near, he sent his servants to 
the husbandmen, that they might re- 
ceive the fruits of it. 

35 And the husbandmen took his 
servants, and beat one, and killed 
another, and stoned another. 

36 Again, he sent other servants 
more than the first : and they did 
unto them likewise. 

37 But last of all he sent unto them 
his son, saying, They will reverence 
my son. 

38 But when the husbandmen saw 
the son, they said among themselves, 
This is the heir; come, let us kill 
him, and let us seize on his inherit- 
ance. 

39 And they caught him, and cast 
him out of the vineyard, and slew 
him. 

40 When the lord therefore of the 
vineyard cometh, what will he do 
unto those husbandmen ? 

41 They say unto him, He will 
miserably destroy those wicked men, 
and will let out his vineyard unto 
other husbandmen, which shall ren- 
der him the fruits in their seasons. 

42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye 
never read in the Scriptures, The 
stone which the builders rejected, the 
same is become the head of the cor- 
ner : this is the Lord's doing, and it 
is marvellous in our eyes ? 

43 Therefore say I unto you, The 
kingdom of God shall be taken from 
you, and given to a nation bringing 
forth the fruits thereof. 

44 And whosoever shall fall on this 
stone shall be broken : but on whom- 

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soever it shall fall, it will grind him 
to powder. 

45 And when the chief priests and 
Pharisees had heard his parables, 
they perceived that he spake of them. 

46 But when they sought to lay 
hands on him, they feared the multi- 
tude, because they took him for a 
prophet. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

1 The parable of the marriage of the king's son. 9 The 
vocation of the Gentiles. 12 The punishment of him 
that wanted the wedding garment. 15 Tribute ought 
to be paid to Cesar. 23 Christ confuteth the Sadducees 
for the resurrection: 34 answereth the lawyer, which 
is the first and great commandment: 41 and poseth 
the Pharisees about the Messias. 

AND Jesus answered and spake 
unto them again by parables, 
and said, 

2 The kingdom of heaven is like 
unto a certain king, which made a 
marriage for his son, 

3 And sent forth his servants to 
call them that were bidden to the 
wedding : and they would not come. 

4 Again, he sent forth other serv- 
ants, saying, Tell them which are 
bidden, Behold, I have prepared my 
dinner: my oxen and my fatlings 
are killed, and all things are ready : 
come unto the marriage. 

5 But they made light of it, and 
went their ways, one to his farm, 
another to his merchandise : 

6 And the remnant took his serv- 
ants, and entreated them spitefully, 
and slew them. 

7 But when the king heard thereof 
he was wroth : and he sent forth his 
armies, and destroyed those murder- 
ers, and burned up their city. 

8 Then saith he to his servants, 
The wedding is ready, but they 
which were bidden were not worthy. 

9 Go ye therefore into the high- 
ways, and as many as ye shall find, 
bid to the marriage. 

10 So those servants went out 
into the highways, and gathered to- 
gether all as many as they found, 
both bad and good : and the wed- 
ding was furnished with guests. 

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Of paying tribute. 



ST. MATTHEW. The Sadducees confuted. 



11 IF And when the king came in 
to see the guests, he saw there a 
man which had not on a wedding 
garment : 

12 And he saith unto him, Friend, 
how earnest thou in hither not hav- 
ing a wedding garment ? And he 
was speechless. 

13 Then said the king to the serv- 
ants, Bind him hand and foot, and 
take him away, and cast him into 
outer darkness ; there shall be weep- 
ing and gnashing of teeth. 

14 For many are called, but few 
are chosen. 

15 IF Then went the Pharisees, 
and took counsel how they might 
entangle him in his talk. 

16 And they sent out unto him 
their disciples with the Herodians, 
saying, Master, we know that thou 
art true, and teachest the way of 
God in truth, neither carest thou for 
any man : for thou regardest not the 
person of men. 

17 Tell us therefore, What think- 
est thou ? * Is it lawful to give tribute 
unto Cesar, or not ? 

18 But Jesus perceived their wick- 
edness, and said, Why tempt ye me, 
ye hypocrites ? 

19 Shew me the tribute money. 
And they brought unto him a penny. 

20 And he saith unto them, Whose 
is this image and superscription? 

21 They say unto him, Cesar's. 
Then saith he unto them, Render 
therefore unto Cesar the things 
which are Cesar's ; and unto God 
the things that are God's. 

22 When they had heard these 
words, they marvelled, and left him, 
and went their way. 

23 IF The same day came to him 
the Sadducees, which say that there 
is no resurrection, and asked him, 

24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If 
a man die, having no children, his 
brother shall marry his wife, and 
raise up seed unto his brother. 

25 Now there were with us seven 
brethren : and the first, when he had 

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married a wife, deceased, and, hav- 
ing no issue, left his wife unto his 
brother : 

26 Likewise the second also, and 
the third, unto the seventh. 

27 And last of all the woman died 
also. 

28 Therefore in the resurrection, 
whose wife shall she be of the seven ? 
for they all had her. 

29 Jesus answered and said unto 
them, Ye do err, not knowing the 
Scriptures, nor the power of God. 

30 For in the resurrection they 
neither marry, nor are given in mar- 
riage, but are as the angels of God 
in heaven. 

31 But as touching the resurrec- 
tion of the dead, have ye not read 
that which was spoken unto you by 
God, saying, 

32 I am the God of Abraham, and 
the God of Isaac, and the God of 
Jacob ? God is not the God of the 
dead, but of the living. 

33 And when the multitude heard 
this, they were astonished at his doc- 
trine. 

34 IF But when the Pharisees had 
heard that he had put the Sadducees to 
silence, they were gathered together. 

35 Then one of them, which was a 
lawyer, asked him a question, tempt- 
ing him, and saying, 

36 Master, which is the great com- 
mandment in the law ? 

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt 
love the Lord thy God with all thy 
heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy mind. 

38 This is the first and great com- 
mandment. 

39 And the second is like unto it, 
Thou shalt love thy neighbour as 
thyself. 

40 On these two commandments 
hang all the law and the prophets. 

41 IF While the Pharisees were 
gathered together, Jesus asked them, 

42 Saying, What think ye of 
Christ ? whose son is he? They say 
unto him, The son of David. 



The scribes and 



ST. MATTHEW. 



Pharisees reproved. 



43 He saith unto them, How then 
doth David in spirit call him Lord, 
saying, 

44 The Lord said unto my Lord, 
Sit thou on my right hand, till I make 
thine enemies thy footstool ? 

45 If David then call him Lord, 
how is he his son ? 

46 And no man was able to an- 
swer him a word, neither durst any 
man from that day forth ask him any 
more questions. 

CHAPTEK XXIII. 

1 Christ admonisheth the people to follow the good doc- 
trine, not the evil examples, of the scribes and Phari- 
sees. 5 His disciples must beware of their ambition. 
IS He denounceth eight woes against their hypocrisy 
and blindness : 34 and prophesieth of the destruction 
of Jerusalem. 

THEN spake Jesus to the multi- 
tude, and to his disciples, 

2 Saying, The scribes and the Pha- 
risees sit in Moses' seat : 

3 All therefore whatsoever they bid 
you observe, that observe and do; 
but do not ye after their works : for 
they say, and do not. 

4 For they bind heavy burdens and 
grievous to be borne, and lay them 
on men's shoulders ; but they them- 
selves will not move them with one 
of their fingers. 

5 But all their works they do for 
to be seen of men : they make broad 
their phylacteries, and enlarge the 
borders of their garments, 

6 And love the uppermost rooms 
at feasts, and the chief seats in the 
synagogues, 

7 And greetings in the markets, 
and to be called of men, Rabbi, 
Rabbi. 

8 But be not ye called Rabbi : for 
one is your Master, even Christ ; and 
all ye are brethren. 

9 And call no man your father up- 
on the earth : for one is your Father, 
which is in heaven. 

10 Neither be ye called masters : 
for one is your Master, even Christ. 

11 But he that is greatest among 
you shall be your servant. 

12 And whosoever shall exalt him- 



self shall be abased; and he that shall 
humble himself shall be exalted. 

13 TT But woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
shut up the kingdom of heaven 
against men: for ye neither go in 
yourselves, neither suffer ye them that 
are entering to go in. 

14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! for ye devour wi- 
dows' houses, and for a pretence make 
long prayer: therefore ye shall receive 
the greater damnation. 

15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea 
and land to make one proselyte ; and 
when he is made, ye make him two- 
fold more the child of hell than your- 
selves. 

16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, 
which say, Whosoever shall swear 
by the temple, it is nothing ; but 
whosoever shall swear by the gold of 
the temple, he is a debtor ! 

17 Ye fools and blind : for whether 
is greater, the gold, or the temple that 
sanctifieth the gold ? 

18 And, Whosoever shall swear by 
the altar, it is nothing ; but whoso- 
ever sweareth by the gift that is upon 
it, he is guilty. 

19 Ye fools and blind: for whether 
is greater, the gift, or the altar that 
sanctifieth the gift ? 

20 Whoso therefore shall swear by 
the altar, sweareth by it, and by all 
things thereon. 

21 And whoso shall swear by the 
temple, sweareth by it, and by him 
that dwelleth therein. 

22 And he that shall swear by 
heaven, sweareth by the throne of 
God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe 
of mint and anise and cummin, and 
have omitted the weightier matters 
of the law, judgment, mercy, and 
faith : these ought ye to have done, 
and not to leave the other undone. 

24 Ye blind guides, which strain 
at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 

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Woes against hypocrisy. ST. MATTHEW. Destruction of the tempi 



25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! for ye make clean 
the outside of the cup and of the plat- 
ter, but within they are full of extor- 
tion and excess. 

26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse 
first that which is within the cup and 
platter, that the outside of them may 
be clean also. 

27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! for ye are like 
unto whited sepulchres, which indeed 
appear beautiful outward, but are 
within full of dead men's bones, and 
of all uncleanness. 

28 Even so ye also outwardly ap- 
pear righteous unto men, but within 
ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 

29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pha- 
risees, hypocrites ! because ye build 
the tombs of the prophets, and gar- 
nish the sepulchres of the righteous, 

30 And say, If we had been in the 
days of our fathers, we would not 
have been partakers with them in the 
blood of the prophets. 

31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto 
yourselves, that ye are the children 
of them which killed the prophets. 

32 Fill ye up then the measure of 
your fathers. 

33 Ye serpents, ye generation of 
vipers, how can ye escape the dam- 
nation of hell ? 

34 H Wherefore, behold, I send 
unto you prophets, and wise men, 
and scribes : and some of them ye 
shall kill and crucify ; and some of 
them shall ye scourge in your syna- 
gogues, and persecute them from city 
to city : 

35 That upon you may come all 
the righteous blood shed upon the 
earth, from the blood of righteous 
Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son 
of Barachias, whom ye slew between 
the temple and the altar. 

36 Verily I say unto you, All these 
things shall come upon this genera- 
tion. 

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou 
that killest the prophets, and stonest 

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them which are sent unto thee, how 
often would I have gathered thy 
children together, even as a hen 
gathereth her chickens under her 
wings, and ye would not ! 

38 Behold, your house is left unto 
you desolate. 

39 For I say unto you, Ye shall 
not see me henceforth, till ye shall 
say, Blessed is he that cometh in the 
name of the Lord. 

CHAPTEE XXIY. 

1 Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple: 3 
what and how great calamities shall be before it : 29 
the signs of his coming to judgment. 36 And because 
that day and hour is unknown, 42 we ought to watch 
like good servants, expecting every moment our mas- 
ter's coming. 

AND Jesus went out, and depart- 
ed from the temple: and his 
disciples came to him for to shew 
him the buildings of the temple. 

2 And Jesus said unto them, See 
ye not all these things ? verily I say 
unto you, There shall not be left 
here one stone upon another, that 
shall not be thrown down. 

3 TT And as he sat upon the mount 
of Olives, the disciples came unto 
him privately, saying, Tell us, when 
shall these things be ? and what shall 
be the sign of thy coming, and of the 
end of the world ? 

4 And Jesus answered and said 
unto them, Take heed that no man 
deceive you. 

5 For many shall come in my name, 
saying, I am Christ; and shall de- 
ceive many. 

6 And ye shall hear of wars and 
rumours of wars : see that ye be 
not troubled : for all these things 
must come to pass, but the end is not 
yet. 

7 For nation shall rise against na- 
tion, and kingdom against kingdom : 
and there shall be famines, and pes- 
tilences, and earthquakes, in divers 
places. 

8 All these are the beginning of 
sorrows. 

9 Then shall they deliver you up 
to be afflicted, and shall kill you: 



The signs of Christ's ST. MATTHEW. coming to judgment. 



and ye shall be hated of all nations 
for my name's sake. 

10 And then shall many be offend- 
ed, and shall betray one another, 
and shall hate one another. 

11 And many false prophets shall 
rise, and shall deceive many. 

12 And because iniquity shall 
abound, the love of many shall wax 
cold. 

13 But he that shall endure unto 
the end, the same shall be saved. 

14 And this gospel of the kingdom 
shall be preached in all the world 
for a witness unto all nations; and 
then shall the end come. 

15 When ye therefore shall see the 
abomination of desolation, spoken of 
by Daniel the prophet, stand in the 
holy place, (whoso readeth, let him 
understand,) 

16 Then let them which be in 
Judea flee into the mountains : 

17 Let him which is on the house- 
top not come down to take any thing 
out of his house : 

18 Neither let him which is in the 
field return back to take his clothes. 

19 And woe unto them that are 
with child, and to them that give 
suck in those days ! 

20 But pray ye that your flight 
be not in the winter, neither on the 
sabbath day: 

21 For then shall be great tribu- 
lation, such as was not since the 
beginning of the world to this time, 
no, nor ever shall be. 

22 And except those days should 
be shortened, there should no flesh 
be saved: but for the elect's sake 
those days shall be shortened. 

23 Then if any man shall say unto 
you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; 
believe it not. 

24 For there shall arise false Christs, 
and false prophets, and shall shew 
great signs and wonders ; insomuch 
that, if it were possible, they shall 
deceive the very elect. 

25 Behold, I have told you before. 

26 Wherefore if they shall say unto 



you, Behold, he is in the desert ; go 
not forth: behold, he is in the secret 
chambers; believe it not. 

27 For as the lightning cometh out 
of the east, and shineth even unto 
the west ; so shall also the coming of 
the Son of man be. 

28 For wheresoever the carcass is, 
there will the eagles be gathered 
together. 

29 If Immediately after the tribu- 
lation of those days shall the sun be 
darkened, and the moon shall not 
give her light, and the stars shall fall 
from heaven, and the powers of the 
heavens shall be shaken : 

30 And then shall appear the 
sign of the Son of man in heaven : 
and then shall all the tribes of the 
earth mourn, and they shall see the 
Son of man coming in the clouds 
of heaven with power and great 
glory. 

31 And he shall send his angels 
with a great sound of a trumpet, and 
they shall gather together his elect 
from the four winds, from one end of 
heaven to the other. 

32 Now learn a parable of the fig 
tree ; When his branch is yet tender, 
and putteth forth leaves, ye know 
that summer is nigh : 

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall 
see all these things, know that it is 
near, even at the doors. 

34 Yerily I say unto you, This 
generation shall not pass, till all 
these things be fulfilled. 

35 Heaven and earth shall pass 
away, but my words shall not pass 
away. 

36 IT But of that day and hour 
knoweth no man, no, not the angels 
of heaven, but my Father only. 

37 But as the days of Noe were, so 
shall also the coming of the Son of 
man be. 

38 For as in the days that were 
before the flood they were eating 
and drinking, marrying and giving 
in marriage, until the day that Noe 
entered into the ark, 

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39 And knew not until the flood 
came, and took them all away; so 
shall also the coming of the Son of 
man be. 

40 Then shall two be in the field ; 
the one shall be taken, and the other 
left. 

41 Two women shall be grinding at 
the mill; the one shall be taken, 
and the other left. 

42 IT Watch therefore ; for ye know 
not what hour your Lord doth come. 

43 But know this, that if the 
goodman of the house had known 
in what watch the thief would come, 
he would have watched, and would 
not have suffered his house to be 
broken up. 

44 Therefore be ye also ready : for 
in such an hour as ye think not the 
Son of man cometh. 

45 Who then is a faithful and wise 
servant, whom his lord hath made 
ruler over his household, to give 
them meat in due season ? 

46 Blessed is that servant, whom 
his lord when he cometh shall find 
so doing. 

47 Verily I say unto you, That 
he shall make him ruler over all his 
goods. 

48 But and if that evil servant 
shall say in his heart, My lord de- 
layeth his coming ; 

49 And shall begin to smite his 
fellow servants, and to eat and drink 
with the drunken ; 

50 The lord of that servant shall 
come in a day when he looketh not 
for him, and in an hour that he is 
not aware of, 

51 And shall cut him asunder, and 
appoint him his portion with the 
hypocrites: there shall be weeping 
and gnashing of teeth. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

1 The parable of the ten virgins, 14 and of the talents. 
81 Also the description of the last judgment. 

THEN shall the kingdom of hea- 
ven be likened unto ten virgins, 
which took their lamps, and . went 
forth to meet the bridegroom. 

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2 And five of them were wise, and 
five were foolish. 

3 They that were foolish took their 
lamps, and took no oil with them : 

4 But the wise took oil in their 
vessels with their lamps. 

5 While the bridegroom tarried, 
they all slumbered and slept. 

6 And at midnight there was a cry 
made, Behold, the bridegroom com- 
eth ; go ye out to meet him. 

7 Then all those virgins arose, and 
trimmed their lamps. 

8 And the foolish said unto the 
wise, Give us of your oil; for our 
lamps are gone out. 

9 But the wise answered, saying, 
Not so; lest there be not enough for 
us and you : but go ye rather to them 
that sell, and buy for yourselves. 

10 And while they went to buy, 
the bridegroom came ; and they that 
were ready went in with him to the 
marriage : and the door was shut. 

11 Afterward came also the other 
virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 

12 But he answered and said, Ve- 
rily I say unto you, I know you not. 

13 Watch therefore ; for ye know 
neither the day nor the hour wherein 
the Son of man cometh. 

14 H" For the kingdom of heaven is 
as a man travelling into a far coun- 
try, who called his own servants, and 
delivered unto them his goods. 

15 And unto one he gave five 
talents, to another two, and to ano- 
ther one ; to every man according 
to his several ability; and straight- 
way took his journey. 

16 Then he that had received the 
five talents went and traded with 
the same, and made them other five 
talents. 

17 And likewise he that had receiv- 
ed two, he also gained other two. 

18 But he that had received one 
went and digged in the earth, and 
hid his lord's money. 

19 After a long time the lord of 
those servants cometh, and reckon- 
eth with them. 






and of the talents. 



ST. MATTHEW. Last judgment described. 



20 And so he that had received 
five talents came and Drought other 
five talents, saying, Lord, thou de- 
liveredst unto me five talents : he- 
hold, I have gained heside them five 
talents more. 

21 His lord said unto him, Well 
done, thou good and faithful servant : 
thou hast heen faithful over a few 
things, I will make thee ruler over 
many things : enter thou into the joy 
of thy lord. 

22 He also that had received two 
talents came and said, Lord, thou 
deliveredst unto me two talents : be- 
hold, I have gained two other talents 
beside them. 

23 His lord said unto him, Well 
done, good and faithful servant ; thou 
hast been faithful over a few things, 
I will make thee ruler over many 
things : enter thou into the joy of 
thy lord. 

24 Then he which had received 
the one talent came and said, Lord, 
I knew thee that thou art a hard 
man, reaping where thou hast not 
sown, and gathering where thou hast 
not strewed : 

25 And I was afraid, and went 
and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, 
there thou hast that is thine. 

26 His lord answered and said unto 
him, Thou wicked and slothful serv- 
ant, thou knewest that I reap where 
I sowed not, and gather where I 
have not strewed : 

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have 
put my money to the exchangers, and 
then at my coining I should have re- 
ceived mine own with usury. 

28 Take therefore the talent from 
him, and give it unto him which 
hath ten talents. 

29 For .unto every one that hath 
shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance : but from him that hath 
not shall be taken away even that 
which he hath. 

30 And cast ye the unprofitable ser- 
vant into outer darkness : there shall 
be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 



31 IT When the Son of man shall 
come in his glory, and all the holy 
angels with him, then shall he sit 
upon the throne of his glory : 

32 And before him shall be gather- 
ed all nations : and he shall separate 
them one from another, as a shepherd 
divideth his sheep from the goats : 

33 And he shall set the sheep on his 
right hand, but the goats on the left. 

34 Then shall the King say unto 
them on his right hand, Come, ye 
blessed of my Father, inherit the 
kingdom prepared for you from the 
foundation of the world : 

35 For I was a hungered, and ye 
gave me meat : I was thirsty, and ye 
gave me drink : I was a stranger, and 
ye took me in : 

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I 
was sick, and ye visited me : I was 
in prison, and ye came unto me. 

37 Then shall the righteous an- 
swer him, saying, Lord, when saw 
we thee a hungered, and fed thee? 
or thirsty, and gave thee drink ? 

38 When saw we thee a stranger, 
and took thee in? or naked, and 
clothed thee ? 

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or 
in prison, and came unto thee ? 

40 And the King shall answer and 
say unto them, Verily I say unto you, 
Inasmuch as ye have done it unto 
one of the least of these my brethren, 
ye have done it unto me. 

41 Then shall he say also unto 
them on the left hand, Depart from 
me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, 
prepared for the devil and his angels : 

42 For I was a hungered, and ye 
gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and 
ye gave me no drink : 

43 I was a stranger, and ye took 
me not in: naked, and ye clothed 
me not: sick, and in prison, and ye 
visited me not. 

44 Then shall they also answer 
him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee 
a hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, 
or naked, or sick, or in prison, and 
did not minister unto thee ? 

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A conspiracy against Christ. ST. MATTHEW. Christ eateth the passover. 



45 Then shall he answer them, 
saying, Verily I say unto you, Inas- 
much as ye did it not to one of the 
least of these, ye did it not to me. 

46 And these shall go away into 
everlasting punishment : hut the 
righteous into life eternal. 



CHAPTER XXVI. 

1 The rulers conspire against Christ. 6 The woman 
anointeth his head. 14 Judas selleth him. 17 Christ 
eateth the passover: 26 instituteth his holy supper.- 36 
prayeth in the garden : 47 and being betrayed with a 
kiss, 57 is carried to Caiaphas, 69 and denied of 
Peter. 

AND it came to pass, when Jesus 
had finished all these sayings, 
he said unto his disciples, 

2 Ye know that after two days is 
the feast of the passover, and the Son 
of man is betrayed to be crucified. 

3 Then assembled together the 
chief priests, and the scribes, and the 
elders of the people, unto the palace 
of the high priest, who was called 
Caiaphas, 

4 And consulted that they might 
take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 

5 But they said, Not on the feast 
day, lest there be an uproar among 
the people. 

6 If Now when Jesus was in Be- 
thany, in the house of Simon the 
leper, '* 

7 There came unto him a woman 
having an alabaster box of very pre- 
cious ointment, and poured it on his 
head, as he sat at meat. 

8 But when his disciples saw it, 
they had indignation, saying, To 
what purpose is this waste ? 

9 For this ointment might have 
been sold for much, and given to the 
poor. 

10 When Jesus understood it, he 
said unto them, Why trouble ye the 
woman ? for she hath wrought a 
good work upon me. 

11 For ye have the poor always with 
you ; but me ye have not always. 

12 For in that she hath poured 
this ointment on my body, she did 
it for my burial. 

13 Verily I say unto you, Where- 

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soever this gospel shall be preached 
in the whole world, there shall also 
this, that this woman hath done, be 
told for a memorial of her. 

14 1[ Then one of the twelve, call- 
ed Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief 
priests, 

15 And said unto them, What will 
ye give me, and I will deliver him 
unto you? And they covenanted 
with him for thirty pieces of silver. 

16 And from that time he sought 
opportunity to betray him. 

17 *fi Now the first day of the feast 
of unleavened bread the disciples 
came to Jesus, saying unto him, 
Where wilt thou that we prepare 
for thee to eat the passover ? 

18 And he said, Go into the city 
to such a man, and say unto him, 
The Master saith, My time is at 
hand ; I will keep the passover at 
thy house with my disciples. 

19 And the disciples did as Jesus 
had appointed them ; and they made 
ready the passover. 

20 Now when the even was come, 
he sat down with the twelve. 

21 And as they did eat, he said, 
Verily I say unto you, that one of 
you shall betray me. 

22 And they were exceeding sor- 
rowful, and began every one of them 
to say unto him, Lord, is it I ? 

23 And he answered and said, He 
that dippeth his hand with me in 
the dish, the same shall betray me. 

24 The Son of man goeth as it is 
written of him : but woe unto that 
man by whom the Son of man is 
betrayed ! it had been good for that 
man if he had not been born. 

25 Then Judas, which betrayed 
him, answered and said, Master, is it 
I ? He said unto him, Thou hast said. 

26 If And as they were eating, 
Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and 
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, 
and said, Take, eat ; this is my body. 

27 And he took the cup, and gave 
thanks, and gave it to them, saying, 
Drink ye all of it ; 



Christ's agony in the garden. ST. MATTHEW. Judas betrayeth Christ. 



28 For this is my blood of the new 
testament, which is shed for many 
for the remission of sins. 

29 But I say unto you, I will not 
drink henceforth of this fruit of the 
vine, until that day when I drink it 
new with you in my Father's king- 
dom. 

30 And when they had sung a 
hymn, they went out into the mount 
of Olives. 

31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All 
ye shall be offended because of me 
this night : for it is written, I will 
smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of 
the flock shall be scattered abroad. 

32 But after I am risen again, I 
will go before you into Galilee. 

33 Peter answered and said unto 
him, Though all men shall be of- 
fended because of thee, yet will I 
never be offended. 

34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I 
say unto thee, That this night, before 
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me 
thrice. 

35 Peter said unto him, Though I 
should die with thee, yet will I not 
deny thee. Likewise also said all 
the disciples. 

36 If Then cometh Jesus with them 
unto a place called G-ethsemane, and 
saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, 
while I go and pray yonder. 

37 And he took with him Peter and 
the two sons of Zebedee, and began 
to be sorrowful and very heavy. 

38 Then saith he unto them, My 
soul is exceeding sorrowful, even 
unto death : tarry ye here, and watch 
with me. 

39 And he went a little further, 
and fell on his face, and prayed, 
saying, O my Father, if it be possi- 
ble, let this cup pass from me : ne- 
vertheless, not as I will, but as thou 
wilt. 

40 And he cometh unto the dis- 
ciples, and findeth them asleep, and 
saith unto Peter, What, could ye not 
watch with me one hour ? 

41 Watch and pray, that ye enter 



not into temptation : the spirit in- 
deed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 

42 He went away again the second 
time, and prayed, saying, O my Fa- 
ther, if this cup may not pass away 
from me, except I drink it, thy will 
be done. 

43 And he came and found them 
asleep again : for their eyes were 
heavy. 

44 And he left them, and went 
away again, and prayed the third 
time, saying the same words. 

45 Then cometh he to his disci- 
ples, and saith unto them, Sleep on 
now, and take your rest : behold, the 
hour is at hand, and the Son of man 
is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 

46 Rise, let us be going : behold, 
he is at hand that doth betray me. 

47 ^f And while he yet spake, lo, 
Judas, one of the twelve, came, and 
with him a great multitude with 
swords and staves, from the chief 
priests and elders of the people. 

48 Now he that betrayed him gave 
them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I 
shall kiss, that same is he ; hold him 
fast. 

49 And forthwith he came to Je- 
sus, and said, Hail, Master ; and kiss- 
ed him. 

50 And Jesus said unto him, 
Friend, wherefore art thou come ? 
Then came they, and laid hands on 
Jesus, and took him. 

51 And, behold, one of them which 
were with Jesus stretched out his 
hand, and drew his sword, and struck 
a servant of the high priest, and 
smote off his ear. 

52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put 
up again thy sword into his place : 
for all they that take the sword shall 
perish with the sword. 

53 Thinkest thou that I cannot 
now pray to my Father, and he shall 
presently give me more than twelve 
legions of angels ? 

54 But how then shall the Scrip- 
tures be fulfilled, that thus it must 
be? 

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Christ carried to Caiaphas. ST. MATTHEW. Peter denieth Christ. 

and buffeted him; and others smote 
him with the palms of their hands, 

68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou 
Christ, Who is he that smote thee? 

69 ^T Now Peter sat without in the 
palace : and a damsel came unto 
him, saying, Thou also wast with 
Jesus of Galilee. 

70 But he denied before them all, 
saying, I know not what thou say- 
est. 

71 And when he was gone out into 
the porch, another maid saw him, 
and said unto them that were there. 
This fellow was also with Jesus of 
Nazareth. 

72 And again he denied with an 
oath, I do not know the man. 

73 And after a while came unto 
him they that stood by, and said to 
Peter, Surely thou also art one of 
them; for thy speech bewrayeth 
thee. 

74 Then began he to curse and to 
swear, saying, I know not the man. 
And immediately the cock crew. 

75 And Peter remembered the 
word of Jesus, which said unto him, 
Before the cock crow, thou shalt 
deny me thrice. And he went out, 
and wept bitterly. 



55 In that same hour said Jesus 
to the multitudes, Are ye come out 
as against a thief with swords and 
staves for to take me? I sat daily 
with you teaching in the temple, 
and ye laid no hold on me. 

56 But all this was done, that the 
Scriptures of the prophets might be 
fulfilled. Then all the disciples for- 
sook him, and fled. 

57 If And they that had laid hold 
on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas 
the high priest, where the scribes 
and the elders were assembled. 

58 But Peter followed him afar off 
unto the high priest's palace, and 
went in, and sat with the servants, to 
see the end. 

59 Now the chief priests, and 
elders, and all the council, sought 
false witness against Jesus, to put 
him to death ; 

60 But found none : yea, though 
many false witnesses came, yet found 
they none. At the last came two 
false witnesses, 

61 And said, This fellow said, I 
am able to destroy the temple of 
God, and to build it in three days. 

62 And the high priest arose, and 
said unto him, Answerest thou no- 
thing? what is it which these wit- 
ness against thee ? 

63 But Jesus held his peace. And 
the high priest answered and said 
unto him, I adjure thee by the living 
God, that thou tell us whether thou 
be the Christ, the Son of God. 

64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou 
hast said : nevertheless I say unto 
you, Hereafter shall ye see the Son 
of man sitting on the right hand of 
power, and coming in the clouds of 
heaven. 

65 Then the high priest rent his 
clothes, saying, He hath spoken blas- 
phemy ; what further need have we 
of witnesses ? behold, now ye have 
heard his blasphemy. 

66 What think ye? They answered 
and said, He is guilty of death. 

67 Then did they spit in his face, 

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CHAPTEE XXVII. 

1 Christ is delivered bound to Pilate. 3 Judas hangelh 
himself. 19 Pilate, admonished of his vnfe, 24 wash- 
elh his hands : 26 and looseth Barabbas. 29 Christ 
is crowned with thorns, 34 crucified, 40 reviled, 50 
dieth, and is buried: 66 his sepulchre is sealed, and 
watched. 

WHEN the morning was come, 
all the chief priests and elders 
of the people took counsel against 
Jesus to put him to death : 

2 And when they had bound him, 
they led him away, and delivered 
him to Pontius Pilate the governor. 

3 If Then Judas, which had be- 
trayed him, when he saw that he 
was condemned, repented himself, 
and brought again the thirty pieces 
of silver to the chief priests and 
elders, 

4 Saying, I have sinned in that 
I have betrayed the innocent blood. 



Christ before Pilate. 



ST. MATTHEW. Christ crowned with thorns. 



And they said, What is that to us ? 
see thou to that. 

5 And he cast down the pieces of 
silver in the temple, and departed, 
and went and hanged himself. 

6 And the chief priests took the sil- 
ver pieces, and said, It is not lawful 
for to put them into the treasury, 
because it is the price of blood. 

7 And they took counsel, and 
bought with them the potter's field, 
to bury strangers in. 

8 Wherefore that field was called, 
The field of blood, unto this day. 

9 Then was fulfilled that which 
was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, 
saying, And they took the thirty 
pieces of silver, the price of him 
that was valued, whom they of the 
children of Israel did value ; 

10 And gave them for the potter's 
field, as the Lord appointed me. 

11 And Jesus stood before the go- 
vernor : and the governor asked him, 
saying, Art thou the King of the 
Jews ? And Jesus said unto him, 
Thou sayest. 

12 And when he was accused of 
the chief priests and elders, he an- 
swered nothing. 

13 Then said Pilate unto him, 
Hearest thou not how many things 
they witness against thee ? 

14 And he answered him to never 
a word ; insomuch that the governor 
marvelled greatly. 

15 Now at that feast the governor 
was wont to release unto the people 
a prisoner, whom they would. 

16 And they had then a notable 
prisoner, called Barabbas. 

17 Therefore when they were 
gathered together, Pilate said unto 
them, Whom will ye that I release 
unto you ? Barabbas, or Jesus which 
is called Christ ? 

18 For he knew that for envy they 
had delivered him. 

19 If When he was set down on the 
judgment seat, his wife sent unto 
him, saying, Have thou nothing to 
do with that just man: for I have 



suffered many things this day in a 
dream because of him. 

20 But the chief priests and elders 
persuaded the multitude that they 
should ask Barabbas, and destroy 
Jesus. 

21 The governor answered and 
said unto them, Whether of the 
twain will ye that I release unto 
you ? They said, Barabbas. 

22 Pilate saith unto them, What 
shall I do then with Jesus which is 
called Christ ? They all say unto 
him, Let him be crucified. 

23 And the governor said, Why, 
what evil hath he done ? But they 
cried out the more, saying, Let him 
be crucified. 

24 IT When Pilate saw that he 
could prevail nothing, but that rather 
a tumult was made, he took water, 
and washed his hands before the 
multitude, saying, I am innocent of 
the blood of this just person : see ye 
to it. 

25 Then answered all the people, 
and said, His blood be on us, and on 
our children. 

26 If Then released he Barabbas 
unto them : and when he had scourg- 
ed Jesus, he delivered him to be cru- 
cified. 

27 Then the soldiers of the go- 
vernor took Jesus into the common 
hall, and gathered unto him the 
whole band of soldiers. 

28 And they stripped him, and 
put on him a scarlet robe. 

29 IT And when they had platted 
a crown of thorns, they put it upon 
his head, and a reed in his right 
hand : and they bowed the knee be- 
fore him, and mocked him, saying, 
Hail, King of the Jews ! 

30 And they spit upon him, and 
took the reed, and smote him on the 
head. 

31 And after that they had mocked 
him, they took the robe off from him, 
and put his own raiment on him, and 
led him away to crucify him. 

32 And as they came out, they 

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Christ's crucifixion, 



ST. MATTHEW. 



and death. 



found a man of Cyrene, Simon by 
name : him they compelled to bear 
his cross. 

33 And when they were come un- 
to a place called Golgotha, that is to 
say, a place of a skull, 

3 4 IT They gave him vinegar to drink 
mingled with gall : and when he had 
tasted thereof, he would not drink. 

35 And they crucified him, and 
parted his garments, casting lots : 
that it might be fulfilled which was 
spoken by the prophet, They parted 
my garments among them, and upon 
my vesture did they cast lots. 

36 And sitting down they watched 
him there ; 

37 And set up over his head his 
accusation written, THIS IS JESUS 
THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

38 Then were there two thieves 
crucified with him ; one on the right 
hand, and another on the left. 

39 % And they that passed by re- 
viled him, wagging their heads, 

40 And saying, Thou that de- 
stroyest the temple, and buildest it 
in three days, save thyself. If thou 
be the Son of God, come down from 
the cross. 

41 Likewise also the chief priests 
mocking him, with the scribes and 
elders, said, 

42 He saved others ; himself he 
cannot save. If he be the King of 
Israel, let him now come down from 
the cross, and we will believe him. 

43 He trusted in God ; let him de- 
liver him now, if he will have him : 
for he said, I am the Son of God. 

44 The thieves also, which were 
crucified with him, cast the same in 
his teeth. 

45 Now from the sixth hour there 
was darkness over all the land unto 
the ninth hour. 

46 And about the ninth hour Jesus 
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, 
Eli, lama sabachthani ? that is to say, 
My God, my God, why hast thou for- 
saken me ? 

47 Some of them that stood there, 

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when they heard that, said, This man 
calleth for Elias. 

48 And straightway one of them 
ran, and took a sponge, and filled it 
with vinegar, and put it on a reed, 
and gave him to drink. 

49 The rest said, Let be, let us see 
whether Elias will come to save him. 

50 \ Jesus, when he had cried 
again with a loud voice, yielded up 
the ghost. 

51 And, behold, the vail of the 
temple was rent in twain from the 
top to the bottom ; and the earth did 
quake, and the rocks rent ; 

52 And the graves were opened; 
and many bodies of the saints which 
slept arose, 

53 And came out of the graves after 
his resurrection, and went into the 
holy city, and appeared unto many. 

54 Now when the centurion, and 
they that were with him, watching 
Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those 
things that were done, they feared 
greatly, saying, Truly this was the 
Son of God. 

55 And many women were there 
beholding afar off, which followed 
Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto 
him: 

56 Among which was Mary Mag- 
dalene, and Mary the mother of 
James and Joses, and the mother of 
Zebedee's children. 

57 When the even was come, there 
came a rich man of Arimathea, 
named Joseph, who also himself was 
Jesus' disciple : 

58 He went to Pilate, and begged 
the body of Jesus. Then Pilate com- 
manded the body to be delivered. 

59 And when Joseph had taken 
the body, he wrapped it in a clean 
linen cloth, 

6 And laid it in his own new tomb, 
which he had hewn out in the rock : 
and he rolled a great stone to the door 
of the sepulchre, and departed. 

61 And there was Mary Magda- 
lene, and the other Mary, sitting 
over against the sepulchre. 



Christ's resurrection, 



ST. MATTHEW. 



and appearance. 



62 If Now the next day, that fol- 
lowed the day of the preparation, 
the chief priests and Pharisees came 
together unto Pilate, 

63 Saying, Sir, we rememher that 
that deceiver said, while he was yet 
alive, After three days I will rise 
again. 

64 Command therefore that the 
sepulchre he made sure until the 
third day, lest his disciples come hy 
night, and steal him away, and say 
unto the people, He is risen from the 
dead : so the last error shall he worse 
than the first. 

65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have 
a watch : go your way, make it as 
sure as ye can. 

66 So they went, and made the 
sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and 
setting a watch. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

1 Christ's resurrection is declared by an angel to the 
women. 9 He himself appeareth unto them. 11 The 
high priests give the soldiers money to say that he was 
stolen out of his sepulchre. 16 Christ appeareth to his 
disciples, 19 andsendeth them to baptize and teach all 
nations. 

IN the end of the sabhath, as it 
began to dawn toward the first 
day of the week, came Mary Magda- 
lene and the other Mary to see the 
sepulchre. 

2 And, behold, there was a great 
earthquake : for the angel of the Lord 
descended from heaven, and came 
and rolled back the stone from the 
door, and sat upon it. 

3 His countenance was like light- 
ning, and his raiment white as snow : 

4 And for fear of him the keepers 
did shake, and became as dead 
men. 

5 And the angel answered and said 
unto the women, Fear not ye : for I 
know that ye seek Jesus, which was 
crucified. 

6 He is not here : for he is risen, 
as he said. Come, see the place 
where the Lord lay. 

7 And go quickly, and tell his 
disciples that he is risen from the 
dead; and, behold, he goeth before 



you into Galilee ; there shall ye see 
him : lo, I have told you. 

8 And they departed quickly from 
the sepulchre with fear and great 
joy ; and did run to bring his disci- 
ples word. 

9 IT And as they went to tell his 
disciples, behold, Jesus met them, 
saying, All hail. And they came 
and held him by the feet, and wor- 
shipped him. 

10 Then said Jesus unto them, 
Be not afraid: go tell my brethren 
that they go into Galilee, and there 
shall they see me. 

11 TT Now when they were going, 
behold, some of the watch came 
into the city, and shewed unto the 
chief priests all the things that were 
done. 

12 And when they were assembled 
with the elders, and had taken coun- 
sel, they gave large money unto the 
soldiers, 

13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples 
came by night, and stole him away 
while we slept. 

14 And if this come to the gover- 
nor's ears, we will persuade him, and 
secure you. 

15 So they took the money, and 
did as they were taught: and this 
saying is commonly reported among 
the Jews until this day. 

16 % Then the eleven disciples 
went away into Galilee, into a moun- 
tain where Jesus had appointed 
them. 

17 And when they saw him, they 
worshipped him : but some doubted. 

18 And Jesus came and spake un- 
to them, saying, All power is given 
unto me in heaven and in earth. 

19 ^[ Go ye therefore, and teach all 
nations, baptizing them in the name 
of the Father, and of the Son, and 
of the Holy Ghost : 

20 Teaching them to observe all 
things whatsoever I have command- 
ed you : and, lo, I am with you al- 
way, even unto the end of the world. 
Amen. 

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THE GOSPEL 

ACCORDING TO 

ST. MARK 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The office of John the Baptist. 9 Jesus is baptized, 
12 tempted, ,'l4 he preacheth : 16 calleth Peter, Andrew, 
James and John: 23 healeth one that had a devil, 29 
Peter's mother in law, 32 many diseased persons, 41 
and cleanseth the leper. 

THE beginning of the gospel of 
Jesus Christ, the Son of God ; 

2 As it is written in the prophets, 
Behold, I send my messenger before 
thy face, which shall prepare thy 
way before thee. 

3 The voice of one crying in the 
wilderness, Prepare ye the way of 
the Lord, make his paths straight. 

4 John did baptize in the wilder- 
ness, and preach the baptism of re- 
pentance for the remission of sins. 

5 And there went out unto him 
all the land of Judea, and they of 
Jerusalem, and were all baptized of 
him in the river of Jordan, confessing 
their sins. 

6 And John was clothed with 
camel's hair, and with a girdle of 
a skin about his loins; and he did 
eat locusts and wild honey ; 

7 And preached, saying, There 
cometh one mightier than I after me, 
the latchet of whose shoes I am not 
worthy to stoop down and unloose. 

8 I indeed have baptized you with 
water : but he shall baptize you with 
the Holy Ghost. 

9 And it came to pass in those 
days, that Jesus came from Nazareth 
of Galilee, and was baptized of John 
in Jordan. 

10 And straightway coming up out 
of the water, he saw the heavens 
opened, and the Spirit like a dove 
descending upon him : 

11 And there came a voice from 
heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved 
Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

12 And immediately the Spirit 
driveth him into the wilderness. 

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13 And he was there in the wilder- 
ness forty days tempted of Satan; 
and was with the wild beasts ; and 
the angels ministered unto him. 

14 Now after that John was put 
in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, 
preaching the gospel of the kingdom 
of God, 

15 And saying, The time is fulfilled, 
and the kingdom of God is at hand : 
repent ye, and believe the gospel. 

16 Now as he walked by the sea 
of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew 
his brother casting a net into the sea : 
for they were fishers. 

17 And Jesus said unto them, 
Come ye after me, and I will make 
you to become fishers of men. 

18 And straightway they forsook 
their nets, and followed him. 

19 And when he had gone a little 
further thence, he saw James the son 
of Zebedee, and John his brother, 
who also were in the ship mending 
their nets. 

2 And straightway he called them : 
and they left their father Zebedee in 
the ship with the hired servants, and 
went after him. 

21 And they went into Caper-, 
naum ; and straightway on the sab- 
bath day he entered into the syna- 
gogue, and taught. 

22 And they were astonished at his 
doctrine : for he taught them as one that 
had authority, and not as the scribes. 

23 And there was in their syna- 
gogue a man with an unclean spirit ; 
and he cried out, 

24 Saying, Let us alone; what 
have we to do with thee, thou Jesus 
of Nazareth? art thou come to de- 
stroy us ? I know thee who thou art, 
the Holy One of God. 

25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, 
Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 



Christ healeth many 



ST. MARK. 



diseased persons. 



26 And when the unclean spirit 
had torn him, and cried with a loud 
voice, he came out of him. 

27 And they were all amazed, inso- 
much that they questioned among 
themselves, saying, What thing is 
this ? what new doctrine is this ? for 
with authority commandeth he even 
the unclean spirits, and they do obey 
him. 

28 And immediately his fame 
spread abroad throughout all the 
region round about Galilee. 

29 And forthwith, when they were 
come out of the synagogue, they en- 
tered into the house of Simon and 
Andrew, with James and John. 

30 But Simon's wife's mother lay 
sick of a fever; and anon they tell 
him of her. 

31 And he came and took her by 
the hand, and lifted her up; and im- 
mediately the fever left her, and she 
ministered unto them. 

32 And at even, when the sun did 
set, they brought unto him all that 
were diseased, and them that were 
possessed with devils. 

33 And all the city was gathered 
together at the door. 

34 And he healed many that were 
sick of divers diseases, and cast out 
many devils ; and suffered not the de- 
vils to speak, because they knew him. 

35 And in the morning, rising up a 
great while before day, he went out, 
and departed into a solitary place, 
and there prayed. 

36 And Simon and they that were 
with him followed after him. 

37 And when they had found him, 
they said unto him, All men seek for 
thee. 

38 And he said unto them, Let 
us go into the next towns, that I 
may preach there also : for therefore 
came I forth. 

39 And he preached in their syna- 
gogues throughout all Galilee, and 
cast out devils. 

40 And there came a leper to him, 
beseeching him, and kneeling down 



to him, and saying unto him, If thou 
wilt, thou canst make me clean. 

41 And Jesus, moved with com- 
passion, put forth his hand, and 
touched him, and saith unto him, 
I will ; be thou clean. 

42 And as soon as he had spoken, 
immediately the leprosy departed 
from him, and he was cleansed. 

43 And he straitly charged him, 
and forthwith sent him away ; 

44 And saith unto him, See thou 
say nothing to any man : but go thy 
way, shew thyself to the priest, and 
offer for thy cleansing those things 
which Moses commanded, for a testi- 
mony unto them. 

45 But he went out, and began 
to publish it much, and to blaze 
abroad the matter, insomuch that 
Jesus could no more openly enter 
into the city, but was without in 
desert places : and they came to him 
from every quarter. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Christ healeth one sick of the palsy, 14 calleth 
Matthew from the receipt of custom, 15 eateth with 
publicans and sinners, 18 excuseth his disciples for 
not fasting, 23 and for plucking the ears of com 
on the sabbath day. 

AND again he entered into Caper- 
naum after some days ; and it 
was noised that he was in the house. 

2 And straightway many were ga- 
thered together, insomuch that there 
was no room to receive them, no, not 
so much as about the door : and he 
preached the word unto them. 

3 And they come unto him, bring- 
ing one sick of the palsy, which was 
borne of four. 

4 And when they could not come 
nigh unto him for the press, they 
uncovered the roof where he was: 
and when they had broken it up, 
they let down the bed wherein the 
sick of the palsy lay. 

5 When Jesus saw their faith, he 
said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, 
thy sins be forgiven thee. 

6 But there were certain of the 
scribes sitting there, and reasoning 
in their hearts, 

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Matthew is called. 



ST. MARK. Christ excuseth his disciples. 



7 Why doth this man thus speak 
blasphemies? who can forgive sins 
but God only? 

8 And immediately, when Jesus 
perceived in his spirit that they so 
reasoned within themselves, he said 
unto them, Why reason ye these 
things in your hearts ? 

9 Whether is it easier to say to 
the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be 
forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and 
take up thy bed, and walk ? 

10 But that ye may know that the 
Son of man hath power on earth to 
forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of 
the palsy,) 

111 say unto thee, Arise, and take 
up thy bed, and go thy way into 
thine house. 

12 And immediately he arose, took 
up the bed, and went forth before 
them all ; insomuch that they were 
all amazed, and glorified God, say- 
ing, We never saw it on this fashion. 

13 And he went forth again by the 
sea side ; and all the multitude resort- 
ed unto him, and he taught them. 

14 And as he passed by, he saw 
Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at 
the receipt of custom, and said unto 
him, Follow me. And he arose and 
followed him. 

15 And it came to pass, that, as Jesus 
sat at meat in his house, many pub- 
licans and sinners sat also together 
with Jesus and his disciples ; for there 
were many, and they followed him. 

16 And when the scribes and Pha- 
risees saw him eat with publicans 
and sinners, they said unto his dis- 
ciples, How is it that he eateth and 
drinketh with publicans and sinners ? 

17 When Jesus heard it, he saith 
unto them, They that are whole have 
no need of the physician, but they that 
are sick : I came not to call the right- 
eous, but sinners to repentance. 

18 And the disciples of John and of 
the Pharisees used to fast : and they 
come and say unto him, Why do the 
disciples of John and of the Pharisees 
fast, but thy disciples fast not ? 

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19 And Jesus said unto them, Can 
the children of the bridechamber fast, 
while the bridegroom is with them ? 
as long as they have the bridegroom 
with them, they cannot fast. 

20 But the days will come, when 
the bridegroom shall be taken away 
from them, and then shall they fast 
in those days. 

21 No man also seweth a piece of 
new cloth on an old garment; else 
the new piece that filled it up taketh 
away from the old, and the rent is 
made worse. 

22 And no man putteth new wine 
into old bottles ; else the new wine 
doth burst the bottles, and the wine 
is spilled, and the bottles will be 
marred : but new wine must be put 
into new bottles. 

23 And it came to pass, that he went 
through the corn fields on the sabbath 
day ; and his disciples began, as they 
went, to pluck the ears of corn. 

24 And the Pharisees said unto him, 
Behold, why do they on the sabbath 
day that which is not lawful ? 

25 And he said unto them, Have 
ye never read what David did, when 
he had need, and was a hungered, he, 
and they that were with him ? 

26 How he went into the house 
of God in the days of Abiathar the 
high priest, and did eat the shew- 
bread, which is not lawful to eat 
but for the priests, and gave also 
to them which were with him ? 

27 And he said unto them, The 
sabbath was made for man, and not 
man for the sabbath : 

28 Therefore the Son of man is 
Lord also of the sabbath. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 Christ healeth the withered hand, 10 and many other 
■infirmities: 11 rebuketh the unclean spirits: 13 
chooseth his twelve apostles: 22 convinceth the blas- 
phemy of casting out devils by Beelzebub : 31 and 
sheweth who are his brother, sister, and mother. 

AND he entered again into the 
jLJL synagogue; and there was a 
man there which had a withered 
hand. 

2 And they watched him, whether 



The tvithered hand healed. ST. MARK. The twelve apostles chosen. 



he would heal him on the sahbath 
day ; that they might accuse him. 

3 And he saith unto the man which 
had the withered hand, Stand forth. 

4 And he saith unto them, Is it 
lawful to do good on the sabbath 
days, or to do evil ? to save life, or to 
kill ? But they held their peace. 

5 And when he had looked round 
about on them with anger, being 
grieved for the hardness of their 
hearts, he saith unto the man, 
Stretch forth thine hand. And he 
stretched it out : and his hand was 
restored whole as the other. 

6 And the Pharisees went forth, 
and straightway took counsel with 
the Herodians against him, how they 
might destroy him. 

7 But Jesus withdrew himself with 
his disciples to the sea : and a great 
multitude from Galilee followed him, 
and from Judea, 

8 And from Jerusalem, and from 
Idumea, and from beyond Jordan ; 
and they about Tyre and Sidon, a 
great multitude, when they had heard 
what great things he did, came unto 
him. 

9 And he spake to his disciples, 
that a small ship should wait on him 
because of the multitude, lest they 
should throng him. 

10 For he had healed many ; inso- 
much that they pressed upon him for 
to touch him, as many as had plagues. 

11 And unclean spirits, when they 
saw him, fell down before him, and 
cried, saying, Thou art the Son of 
God. 

12 And he straitly charged them 
that they should not make him 
known. 

13 And he goeth up into a mount- 
ain, and calleth unto him whom he 
would : and they came unto him. 

14 And he ordained twelve, that 
they should be with him, and that he 
might send them forth to preach, 

15 And to have power to heal sick- 
nesses, and to cast out devils : 

16 And Simon he surnamed Peter ; 

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17 And James the son of Zebedee, 
and John the brother of James ; and 
he surnamed them Boanerges, which 
is, The sons of thunder : 

18 And Andrew, and Philip, and 
Bartholomew, and Matthew, and 
Thomas, and James the son of Al- 
pheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon 
the Canaanite, 

19 And Judas Iscariot, which also 
betrayed him : and they went into a 
house. 

20 And the multitude cometh to- 
gether again, so that they could not 
so much as eat bread. 

21 And when his friends heard of 
it, they went out to lay hold on him * 
for they said, He is beside himself. 

22 ^t And the scribes which came 
down from Jerusalem said, He hath 
Beelzebub, and by the prince of the 
devils casteth he out devils. 

23 And he called them unto him, 
and said unto them in parables, How 
can Satan cast out Satan ? 

24 And if a kingdom be divided 
against itself, that kingdom cannot 
stand. 

25 And if a house be divided against 
itself, that house cannot stand. 

26 And if Satan rise up against 
himself, and be divided, he cannot 
stand, but hath an end. 

27 No man can enter into a strong 
man's house, and spoil his goods, ex- 
cept he will first bind the strong man ; 
and then he will spoil his house. 

28 Verily I say unto you, All sins 
shall be forgiven unto the sons of 
men, and blasphemies wherewith 
soever they shall blaspheme : 

29 But he that shall blaspheme 
against the Holy Ghost hath never 
forgiveness, but is in danger of eter- 
nal damnation : 

30 Because they said, He hath an 
unclean spirit. 

31 IT There came then his brethren 
and his mother, and, standing with- 
out, sent unto him, calling him. 

32 And the multitude sat about 
him, and they said unto him, Behold, 

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The parable of the sower, ST. MARK. and the meaning thereof. 



thy mother and thy brethren without 
seek for thee. 

33 And he answered them, saying, 
Who is my mother, or my brethren ? 

34 And he looked round about on 
them which sat about him, and said, 
Behold my mother and my brethren ! 

35 For whosoever shall do the will 
of God, the same is my brother, and 
my sister, and mother. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 The parable of the sower, 14 and the meaning thereof. 
21 We must communicate the light of our knowledge 
to others. 26 The "parable of the seed growing secretly, 
30 and of the mustard seed. 35 Christ stilleth the 
tempest on the sea. 

AND he began again to teach by 
the sea side : and there was ga- 
thered unto him a great multitude, 
so that he entered into a ship, and 
sat in the sea ; and the whole mul- 
titude was by the sea on the land. 

2 And he taught them many things 
by parables, and said unto them in 
his doctrine, 

3 Hearken ; Behold, there went 
out a sower to sow : 

4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, 
some fell by the way side, and the fowls 
of the air came and devoured it up. 

5 And some fell on stony ground, 
where it had not much earth; and 
immediately it sprang up, because it 
had no depth of earth : 

6 But when the sun was up, it was 
scorched ; and because it had no root, 
it withered away. 

7 And some fell among thorns, and 
the thorns grew up, and choked it, 
and it yielded no fruit. 

8 And other fell on good ground, 
and did yield fruit that sprang up and 
increased, and brought forth, some 
thirty, and some sixty, and some a 
hundred. 

9 And he said unto them, He that 
hath ears to hear, let him hear. 

10 And when he was alone, they 
that were about hirn with the twelve 
asked of him the parable. 

11 And he said unto them, Unto 
you it is given to know the mystery 
of the kingdom of God : but unto 

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them that are without, all these things 
are done in parables : 

12 That seeing they may see, and 
not perceive ; and hearing they may 
hear, and not understand ; lest at any 
time they should be converted, and 
their sins should be forgiven them. 

13 And he said unto them, Know 
ye not this parable ? and how then 
will ye know all parables ? 

14 IT The sower soweth the word. 

15 And these are they by the way 
side, where the word is sown; but 
when they have heard, Satan cometh 
immediately, and taketh away the 
word that was sown in their hearts. 

16 And these are they likewise 
which are sown on stony ground; 
who, when they have heard the word, 
immediately receive it with gladness ; 

17 And have no root in themselves, 
and so endure but for a time : after- 
ward, when affliction or persecution 
ariseth for the word's sake, immedi- 
ately they are offended. 

18 And these are they which are 
sown among thorns; such as hear 
the word, 

19 And the cares of this world, and 
the deceitfulness of riches, and the 
lusts of other things entering in, choke 
the word, and it becometh unfruitful. 

20 And these are they which are 
sown on good ground ; such as hear 
the word, and receive it, and bring 
forth fruit, some thirtyfold, some 
sixty, and some a hundred. 

21 TT And he said unto them, Is a 
candle brought to be put under a 
bushel, or under a bed ? and not to 
be set on a candlestick ? 

22 For there is nothing hid, which 
shall not be manifested ; neither was 
any thing kept secret, -but that it 
should come abroad. 

23 If any man have ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

24 And he said unto them, Take 
heed what ye hear. With what mea- 
sure ye mete, it shall be measured to 
you; and unto you that hear shall 
more be given. 



Parable of the mustard seed. ST. MARK. 



Christ casteth out devils. 



2d For he that hath, to him shall 
he given ; and he that hath not, from 
him shall he taken even that which 
he hath. 

26 IT And he said, So is the king- 
dom of God, as if a man should cast 
seed into the ground ; 

27 And should sleep, and rise night 
and day, and the seed should spring 
and grow up, he knoweth not how. 

28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit 
of herself; first the blade, then the ear, 
after that the full corn in the ear. 

29 But when the fruit is brought 
forth, immediately he putteth in the 
sickle, because the harvest is come. 

30 If And he said, Whereunto shall 
we liken the kingdom of God? or 
with what comparison shall we com- 
pare it ? 

31 It is like a grain of mustard 
seed, which, when it is sown in the 
earth, is less than all the seeds that 
be in the earth : 

32 But when it is sown, it grow- 
eth up, and becometh greater than 
all herbs, and shooteth out great 
branches ; so that the fowls of the 
air may lodge under the shadow of it. 

33 And with many such parables 
spake he the word unto them, as they 
were able to hear it. 

34 But without a parable spake he 
not unto them : and when they were 
alone, he expounded all things to his 
disciples. 

35 And the same day, when the 
even was come, he saith unto them, 
Let us pass over unto the other side. 

36 And when they had sent away 
the multitude, they took him even as 
he was in the ship. And there were 
also with him other little ships. 

37 And there arose a great storm 
of wind, and the waves beat into the 
ship, so that it was now full. 

38 And he*was in the hinder part of 
the ship, asleep on a pillow : and they 
awake him, and say unto him, Master, 
carest thou not that we perish ? 

39 And he arose, and rebuked the 
wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, 



be still. And the wind ceased, and 
there was a great calm. 

40 And he said unto them, "Why 
are ye so fearful ? how is it that ye 
have no faith ? 

41 And they feared exceedingly, 
and said one to another, What man- 
ner of man is this, that even the 
wind and the sea obey him ? 

CHAP TEE Y. 



1 Christ delivering the possessed of the legion of devils, 
13 they enter into the stoine. 25 He healeth the woman 
of the bloody issue, 35 and raiseth from death Jairus' 
daughter. 

AND they came over unto the 
other side of the sea, into the 
country of the Gadarenes. 

2 And when he was come out of 
the ship, immediately there met him 
out of the tombs a man with an un- 
clean spirit, 

3 Who had his dwelling among the 
tombs ; and no man could bind him, 
no, not with chains : 

4 Because that he had been often 
bound with fetters and chains, and the 
chains had been plucked asunder by 
him, and the fetters broken in pieces : 
neither could any man tame him. 

5 And always, night and day, he was 
in the mountains, and in the tombs, 
crying, and cutting himself with stones . 

6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, 
he ran and worshipped him, 

7 And cried with a loud voice, and 
said, What have I to do with thee, 
Jesus, thou Son of the most high 
God? I adjure thee by God, that 
thou torment me not. 

8 (For he said unto him, Come out 
of the man, thou unclean spirit.) 

9 And he asked him, What is thy 
name ? And he answered, saying, My 
name is Legion : for we are manv. 

10 And he besought him much 
that he would not send them away 
out of the country. 

11 Now there was there nigh unto 
the mountains a great herd of swine 
feeding. 

12 And all the devils besought him, 
saying, Send us into the swine, that 
we may enter into them. 

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Christ casteth out devils. 



ST. MAftK. 



The bloody issue healed. 



13 And forthwith Jesus gave them 
leave. And the unclean spirits went 
out, and entered into the swine ; 
and the herd ran violently down a 
steep place into the sea, (they were 
about two thousand,) and were 
choked in the sea. 

14 And they that fed the swine fled, 
and told it in the city, and in the 
country. And they went out to see 
what it was that was done. 

15 And they come to Jesus, and 
see him that was possessed with the 
devil, and had the legion, sitting, 
and clothed, and in his right mind ; 
and they were afraid. 

16 And they that saw it told them 
how it befell to him that was pos- 
sessed with the devil, and also con- 
cerning the swine. 

17 And they began to pray him to 
depart out of their coasts. 

18 And when he was come into 
the ship, he that had been possessed 
with the devil prayed him that he 
might be with him. 

19 Howbeit Jesus suffered him not, 
but saith unto him, Go home to thy 
friends, and tell them how great things 
the Lord hath done for thee, and hath 
had compassion on thee. 

20 And he departed, and began to 
publish in Decapolis how great things 
Jesus had done for him : and all men 
did marvel. 

21 And when Jesus was passed 
over again by ship unto the other 
side, much people gathered unto 
him ; and he was nigh unto the 
sea. 

22 And, behold, there cometh one 
of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus 
by name ; and when he saw him, he 
fell at his feet, 

23 And besought him greatly, say- 
ing, My little daughter lieth at the 
point of death : I pray thee, come and 
lay thy hands on her, that she may 
be healed; and she shall live. 

24 And Jesus went with him ; and 
much people followed him, and 
thronged him. 

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25 And a certain woman, which 
had an issue of blood twelve years, 

26 And had suffered many things 
of many physicians, and had spent 
all that she had, and was nothing 
bettered, but rather grew worse, 

27 When she had heard of Jesus, 
came in the press behind, and touch- 
ed his garment. 

28 For she said, If I may touch 
but his clothes, I shall be whole. 

29 And straightway the fountain 
of her blood was dried up ; and she 
felt in her body that she was healed 
of that plague. 

3 And Jesus, immediately knowing 
in himself that virtue had gone out of 
him, turned him about in the press, 
and said, Who touched my clothes ? 

31 And his disciples said unto him, 
Thou seest the multitude thronging 
thee, and sayest thou, Who touched 
me? 

32 And he looked round about to 
see her that had done this thing. 

33 But the woman fearing and 
trembling, knowing what was done 
in her, came and fell. down before 
him, and told him all the truth. 

34 And he said unto her, Daughter, 
thy faith hath made thee whole ; go 
in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 

35 While he yet spake, there came 
from the ruler of the synagogue's 
house certain which said, Thy daugh- 
ter is dead ; why troublest thou the 
Master any further ? 

36 As soon as Jesus heard the 
word that was spoken, he saith unto 
the ruler of the synagogue, Be not 
afraid, only believe. 

37 And he suffered no man to fol- 
low him, save Peter, and James, and 
John the brother of James. 

38 And he cometh to the house 
of the ruler of the synagogue, and 
seeth the tumult, and them that wept 
and wailed greatly. 

39 And when he was come in, he 
saith unto them, Why make ye this 
ado, and weep? the damsel is not 
dead, but sleepeth. 



Jairud daughter raised. 



ST. MARK. Divers opinions of Christ. 



40 And they laughed him to scorn. 
But when he had put them all out, 
he taketh the father and the mother 
of the damsel, and them that were 
with him, and entereth in where the 
damsel was lying. 

41 And he took the damsel by the 
hand, and said unto her, Talitha 
cumi ; which is, being interpreted, 
Damsel, (I say unto thee,) arise. 

42 And straightway the damsel 
arose, and walked ; for she was of the 
age of twelve years. And they were 
astonished with a great astonishment. 

43 And he charged them straitly 
that no man should know it; and 
commanded that something should 
be given her to eat. 



OHAPTEE YI. 



7 He giveth 
14 JDivers 



1 Christ is contemned of his countrymen, 
the twelve poioer over unclean spirits, 
opinions of Christ 18 John Baptist is beheaded, 29 
and buried. 30 The apostles return from preaching. 
34 The miracle of five loaves and hoo fishes. 45 
Christ walketh on the sea: 53 and healeth all that 
touch him. 

AND he went out from thence, 
and came into his own country ; 
and his disciples follow him. 

2 And when the sabbath day was 
come, he began to teach in the syna- 
gogue : and many hearing him were 
astonished, saying, From whence 
hath this man these things ? and 
what wisdom is this which is given 
unto him, that even such mighty 
works are wrought by his hands ? 

3 Is not this the carpenter, the son 
of Mary, the brother of James, and 
Joses, and of Juda, and Simon ? and 
are not his sisters here with us ? And 
they were offended at him. 

4 But Jesus said unto them, A 
prophet is not without honour, but 
in his own country, and among his 
own kin, and in his own house. 

5 And he could there do no mighty 
work, save that he laid his hands upon 
a few sick folk, and healed them. 

6 And he marvelled because of 
their unbelief. And he went round 
about the villages, teaching. 

7 *[[ And he called unto him the 



twelve, and began to send them forth 
by two and two ; and gave them 
power over unclean spirits ; 

8 And commanded them that they 
should take nothing for their journey, 
save a staff only ; no scrip, no bread, 
no money in their purse : 

9 But be shod with sandals ; and 
not put on two coats. 

10 And he said unto them, In what 
place soever ye enter into a house, 
there abide till ye depart from that 
place. 

11 And whosoever shall not receive 
you, nor hear you, when ye depart 
thence, shake off the dust under 
your feet for a testimony against 
them. Yerily I say unto you, It 
shall be more tolerable for Sodom 
and G-omorrah in the day of judg- 
ment, than for that city. 

12 And they went out, and preach- 
ed that men should repent. 

13 And they cast out many devils, 
and anointed with oil many that were 
sick, and healed them. 

14 And king Herod heard of him; 
(for his name was spread abroad ;) 
and he said, That John the Baptist 
was risen from the dead, and there- 
fore mighty works do shew forth 
themselves in him. 

15 Others said, That it is Elias. 
And others said, That it is a prophet, 
or as one of the prophets. 

16 But when Herod heard thereof 
he said, It is John, whom I beheaded : 
he is risen from the dead. 

17 For Herod himself had sent 
forth and laid hold upon John, and 
bound him in prison for Herodias' 
sake, his brother Philip's wife; for 
he had married her. 

18 For John had said unto Herod, 
It is not lawful for thee to have thy 
brother's wife. 

19 Therefore Herodias had a quar- 
rel against him, and would have 
killed him ; but she could not : 

20 For Herod feared John, know- 
ing that he was a just man and a 
holy, and observed him; and when 

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John the Baptist beheaded. ST. MARK. Christ feedeth five thousand. 



he heard him, he did many things, 
and heard him gladly. 

21 And when a convenient day 
was come, that Herod on his birth- 
day made a supper to his lords, high 
captains, and chief estates of Galilee ; 

22 And when the daughter of the 
said Herodias came in, and danced, 
and pleased Herod and them that sat 
with him, the king said unto the 
damsel, Ask of me whatsoever thou 
wilt, and I will give it thee. 

23 And he sware unto her, Whatso- 
ever thou shalt ask of me, I will give 
it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. 

24 And she went forth, and said 
unto her mother, What shall I ask ? 
And she said, The head of John the 
Baptist. 

25 And she came in straightway 
with haste unto the king, and asked, 
saying, I will that thou give me by 
and by in a charger the head of John 
the Baptist. 

26 And the king was exceeding 
sorry ; yet for his oath's sake, and 
for their sakes which sat with him, 
he would not reject her. 

27 And immediately the king sent 
an executioner, and commanded his 
head to be brought: and he went 
and beheaded him in the prison, 

28 And brought his head in a 
charger, and gave it to the damsel ; 
and the damsel gave it to her mother. 

29 And when his disciples heard 
of it, they came and took up his 
corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 

30 And the apostles gathered them- 
selves together unto Jesus, and told 
him all things, both what they had 
done, and what they had taught. 

31 And he said unto them, Come 
ye yourselves apart into a desert 
place, and rest a while: for there 
were many coming and going, and 
they had no leisure so much as to eat. 

32 And they departed into a desert 
place by ship privately. 

33 And the people saw them de- 
parting, and many knew him, and 
ran afoot thither out of all cities, and 

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outwent them, and came together 
unto him. 

34 And Jesus, when he came out, 
saw much people, and was moved 
with compassion toward them, be- 
cause they were as sheep not having 
a shepherd: and he began to teach 
them many things. 

35 And when the day was now far 
spent, his disciples came unto him, 
and said, This is a desert place, and 
now the time is far passed : 

36 Send them away, that they may 
go into the country round about, 
and into the villages, and buy them- 
selves bread : for they have nothing 
to eat. 

37 He answered and said unto 
them, Give ye them to eat. And 
they say unto him, Shall we go and 
buy two hundred pennyworth of 
bread, and give them to eat ? 

38 He saith unto them, How many 
loaves have ye ? go and see. And 
when they knew, they say, Five, 
and two fishes. 

39 And he commanded them to 
make all sit down by companies upon 
the green grass. 

40 And they sat down in ranks, by 
hundreds, and by fifties. 

41 And when he had taken the five 
loaves and the two fishes, he looked 
up to heaven, and blessed, and 
brake the loaves, and gave them to 
his disciples to set before them ; and 
the , two fishes divided he among 
them all. 

42 And they did all eat, and were 
filled. 

43 And they took up twelve baskets 
full of the fragments, and of the fishes. 

44 And they that did eat of the 
loaves were about Hve thousand men. 

45 And straightway he constrained 
his disciples to get into the ship, 
and to go to the other side before 
unto Bethsaida, while he sent away 
the people. 

46 And when he had sent them 
away, he departed into a mountain 
to pray. 



Christ walketh on the sea. 



ST. MARK. 



The Pharisees reproved. 



47 And when even was come, the 
ship was in the midst of the sea, and 
he alone on the land. 

48 And he saw them toiling in 
rowing; for the wind was contrary 
unto them: and ahout the fourth 
watch of the night he cometh unto 
them, walking upon the sea, and 
would have passed hy them. 

49 But when they saw him walk- 
ing upon the sea, they supposed it 
had been a spirit, and cried out : 

50 For they all saw him, and were 
troubled. And immediately he talk- 
ed with them, and saith unto them, 
Be of good cheer : it is I ; be not 
afraid. 

51 And he went up unto them into 
the ship ; and the wind ceased : and 
they were sore amazed in themselves 
beyond measure, and wondered. 

52 For they considered not the 
miracle of the loaves ; for their heart 
was hardened. 

53 And when they had passed over, 
they came into the land of Genne- 
saret, and drew to the shore. 

54 And when they were come out 
of the ship, straightway they knew 
him, 

55 And ran through that whole 
region round about, and began to 
carry about in beds those that were 
sick, where they heard he was. 

56 And whithersoever he entered, 
into villages, or cities, or country, 
they laid the sick in the streets, and 
besought him that they might touch 
if it were but the border of his gar- 
ment : and as many as touched him 
were made whole. 

CHAPTER VII 

1 The Pharisees find fault at the disciples for eating 
with unwashen hands. 8 They break the command- 
ment of God by the traditions of men. 14 Meat de- 
fileth not the man. 24 He healeth the Syrophenician 
woman's daughter of an unclean spirit, 31 and one 
that teas deaf and stammered in his speech. 

THEN came together unto him 
the Pharisees, and certain of the 
scribes, which came from Jerusalem. 
2 And when they saw some of his 
disciples eat bread with defiled, that 



is to say, with unwashen hands, they 
found fault. 

3 For the Pharisees, and all the 
Jews, except they wash their hands 
oft, eat not, holding the tradition of 
the elders. 

4 And when they come from the 
market, except they wash, they eat 
not. And many other things there 
be, which they have received to hold, 
as the washing of cups, and pots, 
brazen vessels, and of tables. 

5 Then the Pharisees and scribes 
asked him, Why walk not thy dis- 
ciples according to the tradition of 
the elders, but eat bread with un- 
washen hands ? 

6 He answered and said unto them, 
Well hath Esaias prophesied of you 
hypocrites, as it is written, This peo- 
ple honoureth me with their lips, but 
their heart is far from me. 

7 Howbeit in vain do they worship 
me, teaching for doctrines the com- 
mandments of men. 

8 Forlayingaside the commandment 
of God, ye hold the tradition of men, 
as the washing of pots and cups : and 
many other such like things ye do. 

9 And he said unto them, Full 
well ye reject the commandment of 
God, that ye may keep your own 
tradition. 

10 For Moses said, Honour thy 
father and thy mother ; and, Whoso 
curseth father or mother, let him die 
the death : 

11 But ye say, If a man shall say 
to his father or mother, It is Corban, 
that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever 
thou mightest be profited by me ; he 
shall be free. 

12 And ye suffer him no more to do 
aught for his father or his mother ; 

13 Making the word of God of none 
effect through your tradition, which 
ye have delivered: and many such 
like things do ye» 

14 IT And when he had called all 
the people unto him, he said unto 
them, Hearken unto me every one 
of you, and understand : 

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What defileth a man. 



ST. MARK. 



A deaf man healed. 



15 There is nothing from without 
a man, that entering into him can 
defile him: but the things which 
come out of him, those are they that 
defile the man. 

16 If any man have ears to hear, 
let him hear. 

17 And when he was entered into 
the house from the people, his disci- 
ples asked him concerning the para- 
ble. 

18 And he saith unto them, Are 
ye so without understanding also ? 
Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever 
thing from without entereth into the 
man, it cannot defile him ; 

19 Because it entereth not into his 
heart, but into the belly, and goeth out 
into the draught, purging all meats ? 

20 And he said, That which cometh 
out of the man, that defileth the 
man. 

21 For from within, out of the 
heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, 
adulteries, fornications, murders, 

22 Thefts, covetousness, wicked- 
ness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil 
eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : 

23 All these evil things come from 
within, and defile the man. 

24 If And from thence he arose, 
and went into the borders of Tyre 
and Sidon, and entered into a house, 
and would have no man know it : but 
he could not be hid. 

25 For a certain woman, whose 
young daughter had an unclean 
spirit, heard of him, and came and 
fell at his feet : 

26 The woman was a Greek, a 
Syrophenician by nation ; and she 
besought him that he would cast 
forth the devil out of her daughter. 

27 But Jesus said unto her, Let 
the children first be filled : for it is 
not meet to take the children's bread, 
and to cast it unto the dogs. 

28 And she answered and said 
unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs 
under the table eat of the children's 
crumbs. 

29 And he said unto her, For this 

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saying go thy way ; the devil is gone 
out of thy daughter. 

30 And when she was come to her 
house, she found the devil gone out, 
and her daughter laid upon the bed. 

31 H" And again, departing from 
the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he 
came unto the sea of Galilee, through 
the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 

32 And they bring unto him one 
that was deaf, and had an impedi- 
ment in his speech ; and they beseech 
him to put his hand upon him. 

33 And he took him aside from 
the multitude, and put his fingers 
into his ears, and he spit, and touched 
his tongue ; 

34 And looking up to heaven, he 
sighed, and saith unto him, Ephpha- 
tha, that is, Be opened. 

35 And straightway his ears were 
opened, and the string of his tongue 
was loosed, and he spake plain. 

36 And he charged them that they 
should tell no man : but the more he 
charged them, so much the more a 
great deal they published it ; 

37 And were beyond measure as- 
tonished, saying, He hath done all 
things well : he maketh both the deaf 
to hear, and the dumb to speak. 

CHAPTER Till. 

1 Christ feedeth the people mir-aculously : 10 refaseth 
to give a sign to the Pharisees: 14 admonisheth his 
disciples to beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and 
of the leaven of Herod: 22 giveth a blind man his 
sight: 27 acknowledged that he is the Christ, who 
should suffer and rise again : 34 and exhorteth to 
patience in persecution for the profession of the 



IN those days the multitude being 
very great, and having nothing 
to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto 
him, and saith unto them, 

2 I have compassion on the mul- 
titude, because they have now been 
with me three days, and have nothing 
to eat: 

3 And if I send them away fasting 
to their own houses, they will faint 
by the way : for divers of them came 
from far. 

4 And his disciples answered him, 
From whence can a man satisfy these 



Christ feedeth four thousand. ST. MARK. He giveth a blind man sight. 



men with bread here in the wilder- 
ness? 

5 And he asked them, How many 
loaves have ye ? And they said, Seven. 

6 And he commanded the people 
to sit down on the ground : and he 
took the seven loaves, and gave 
thanks, and brake, and gave to his 
disciples to set before them; and they 
did set them before the people. 

7 And they had a few small fish- 
es : and he blessed, and commanded 
to set them also before them. 

8 So they did eat, and were filled : 
and they took up of the broken meat 
that was left seven baskets. 

9 And they that had eaten were 
about four thousand: and he sent 
them away. 

10 IT And straightway he entered 
into a ship with his disciples, and 
came into the parts of Dalmanutha. • 

11 And the Pharisees came forth, 
and began to question with him, seek- 
ing of him a sign from heaven, tempt- 
ing him. 

12 And he sighed deeply in his 
spirit, and saith, Why doth this ge- 
neration seek after a sign ? verily I 
say unto you, There shall no sign be 
given unto this generation. 

13 And he left them, and entering 
into the ship again departed to the 
other side. 

1 4 IT Now the disciples had forgotten 
to take bread, neither had they in the 
ship with them more than one loaf. 

15 And he charged them, saying, 
Take heed, beware of the leaven of the 
Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod. 

16 And they reasoned among them- 
selves, saying, It is because we have 
no bread. 

17 And when Jesus knew it, he 
saith unto them, Why reason ye, be- 
cause ye have no bread ? perceive 
ye not yet, neither understand ? have 
ye your heart yet hardened ? 

18 Having eyes, see ye not ? and 
having ears, hear ye not ? and do ye 
not remember ? 

19 When I brake the five loaves 



among five thousand, how many bas- 
kets full of fragments took ye up ? 
They say unto him, Twelve. 

20 And when the seven among 
four thousand, how many baskets 
full of fragments took ye up ? And 
they said, Seven. 

21 And he said unto them, How 
is it that ye do not understand ? 

22 IT And he cometh to Bethsaida; 
and they bring a blind man unto 
him, and besought him to touch him. 

23 And he took the blind man by 
the hand, and led him out of the 
town ; and when he had spit on his 
eyes, and put his hands upon him, 
he asked him if he saw aught. 

24 And he looked up, and said, I 
see men as trees, walking. 

25 After that he put his hands 
again upon his eyes, and made him 
look up ; and he was restored, and 
saw every man clearly. 

26 And he sent him away to his 
house, saying, Neither go into the 
town, nor tell it to any in the town. 

27 IT And Jesus went out, and his 
disciples, into the towns of Cesarea 
Philippi : and by the way he asked his 
disciples, saying unto them, Whom 
do men say that I am ? 

28 And they answered, John the 
Baptist : but some say, Elias ; and 
others, One of the prophets. 

29 And he saith unto them, But 
whom say ye that I am ? And Peter 
answereth and saith unto him, Thou 
art the Christ. 

30 And he charged them that they 
should tell no man of him. 

31 And he began to teach them, 
that the Son of man must suffer 
many things, and be rejected of the 
elders, and of the chief priests, and 
scribes, and be killed, and after three 
days rise again. 

32 And he spake that saying open- 
ly. And Peter took him, and began 
to rebuke him. 

33 But when he had turned about 
and looked on his disciples, he re- 
buked Peter, saying, Get thee be- 

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The transfiguration of Christ. ST. MARK. 



Of the coming of Elias. 



hind me, Satan : for thou savourest 
not the things that be of God, but 
the things that be of men. 

34 1[ And when he had called the 
people unto him with his disciples 
also, he said unto them, Whosoever 
will come after me, let him deny 
himself, and take up his cross, and 
follow me. 

35 For whosoever will save his life 
shall lose it; but whosoever shall 
lose his life for my sake and the gos- 
pel's, the same shall save it. 

36 For what shall it profit a man, 
if he shall gain the whole world, 
and lose his own soul ? 

37 Or what shall a man give in 
exchange for his soul ? 

38 Whosoever therefore shall be 
ashamed of me and of my words, in 
this adulterous and sinful genera- 
tion, of him also shall the Son of 
man be ashamed, when he cometh 
in the glory of his Father with the 
holy angels. 

CHAPTEE IX. 

2 Jesur, is transfigured. 11 He instructeth his disciples 
concerning the coming of Elias: 14 casteth forth a 
dumb and deaf spirit: 30 foretelleth his death and 
resurrection: 33 exhorteth his disciples to humility: 
38 bidding them not to prohibit such as be not 
against them, nor to give offence to any of the faithful. 

AND he said unto them, Verily 
_ I say unto you, That there be 
some of them that stand here, which 
shall not taste of death, till they 
have seen the kingdom of God come 
with power. 

2 IT And after six days Jesus tak- 
eth with him Peter, and James, and 
John, and leadeth them up into 
a high mountain apart by them- 
selves : and he was transfigured be- 
fore them. 

3 And his raiment became shining, 
exceeding white as snow; so as no 
fuller on earth can white them. 

4 And there appeared unto them 
Elias with Moses: and they were 
talking with Jesus. 

5 And Peter answered and said to 
Jesus, Master, it is good for us to 
be here : and let us make three 

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tabernacles ; one for thee, and one 
for Moses, and one for Elias. 

6 For he wist not what to say; 
for they were sore afraid. 

7 And there was a cloud that over- 
shadowed them : and a voice came out 
of the cloud, saying, This is my be- 
loved Son : hear him. 

8 And suddenly, when they had 
looked round about, they saw no 
man any more, save Jesus only with 
themselves. 

9 And as they came down from the 
mountain, he charged them that they 
should tell no man what things they 
had seen, till the Son of man were 
risen from the dead. 

10 And they kept that saying with 
themselves, questioning one with an- 
other what the rising from the dead 
should mean. 

11 IT And they asked him, saying, 
Why say the scribes that Elias must 
first come ? 

12 And he answered and told 
them, Elias verily cometh first, and 
restoreth all things ; and how it is 
written of the Son of man, that he 
must suffer many things, and be set 
at nought. 

13 But I say unto you, That Elias 
is indeed come, and they have done 
unto him whatsoever they listed, as 
it is written of him. 

14 IT And when he came to his 
disciples, he saw a great multitude 
about them, and the scribes question- 
ing with them. 

15 And straightway all the people, 
when they beheld him, were greatly 
amazed, and running to him saluted 
him. 

16 And he asked the scribes, What 
question ye with them ? 

17 And one of the multitude an- 
swered and said, Master, I have 
brought unto thee my son, which 
hath a dumb spirit; 

18 And wheresoever he taketh him, 
he teareth him ; and he foameth, and 
gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth 
away: and I spake to thy disciples 



A dumb spirit cast out. 



ST. MARK. 



Exhortation to humility. 



that they should cast him out ; and 
they could not. 

19 He answereth him, and saith, 

faithless generation, how long 
shall I he with you ? how long shall 

1 suffer you ? hring him unto me. 

20 And they Drought him unto 
him : and when he saw him, straight- 
way the spirit tare him ; and he fell 
on the ground, and wallowed foaming. 

21 And he asked his father, How 
long" is it ago since this came unto 
him ? And he said, Of a child. 

2 2 And ofttimes it hath cast him into 
the fire, and into the waters, to destroy 
him : hut if thou canst do any thing, 
have compassion on us, and help us. 

23 Jesus said unto him, If thou 
canst helieve, all things are possible 
to him that helieveth. 

24 And straightway the father of 
the child cried out, and said with 
tears, Lord, I believe ; help thou 
mine unbelief. 

25 When Jesus saw that the people 
came running together, he rebuked 
the foul spirit, saying unto him, 
Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge 
thee, come out of him, and enter no 
more into him. 

26 And the spirit cried, and rent 
him sore, and came out of him : and 
he was as one dead ; insomuch that 
many said, He is dead. 

27 But Jesus took him by the hand, 
and lifted him up ; and he arose. 

28 And when he was come into 
the house, his disciples asked him 
privately, Why could not we cast 
him out ? 

29 And he said unto them, This 
kind can come forth by nothing, but 
by prayer and fasting. 

30 TT And they departed thence, 
and passed through Galilee ; and 
he would not that any man should 
know it. 

31 For he taught his disciples, and 
said unto them, The Son of man is 
delivered into the hands of men, and 
they shall kill him ; and after that he 
is killed, he shall rise the third day. 



32 But they understood not that 
saying, and were afraid to ask him. 

33 Tf And he came to Capernaum : 
and being in the house he asked 
them, What was it that ye disputed 
among yourselves by the way ? 

34 But they held their peace : for 
'by the way they had disputed among 
themselves, who should be the great- 
est. 

35 And he sat down, and called 
the twelve, and saith unto them, If 
any man desire to be first, the same 
shall be last of all, and servant of all. 

36 And he took a child, and set 
him in the midst of them : and when 
he had taken him in his arms, he 
said unto them, 

37 Whosoever shall receive one of 
such children in my name, receiveth 
me ; and whosoever shall receive me, 
receiveth not me, but him that sent 
me. 

38 1[ And John answered him, 
saying, Master, we saw one casting 
out devils in thy name, and he fol- 
loweth not us ; and we forbade him, 
because he followeth not us. 

39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not : 
for there is no man which shall do a 
miracle in my name, that can lightly 
speak evil of me. 

40 For he that is not against us is 
on our part. 

41 For whosoever shall give you a 
cup of water to drink in my name, 
because ye belong to Christ, verily I 
say unto you, he shall not lose his 
reward. 

42 And whosoever shall offend one 
of these little ones that believe in 
me, it is better for him that a mill- 
stone were hanged about his neck, 
and he were cast into the sea. 

43 And if thy hand offend thee, 
cut it off : it is better for thee to en- 
ter into life maimed, than having 
two hands to go into hell, into the 
fire that never shall be quenched : 

44 Where their worm dieth not, 
and the fire is not quenched. 

45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut 

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Of divorcement, 

it off: it is better for thee to enter 
halt into life, than having two feet 
to be cast into hell, into the fire that 
never shall be quenched : 

46 Where their worm dieth not, 
and the fire is not quenched. 

47 And if thine eye offend thee, 
pluck it out : it is better for thee to 
enter into the kingdom of God with 
one eye, than having two eyes to be 
cast into hell fire : 

48 Where their worm dieth not, 
and the fire is not quenched. 

49 For every one shall be salted 
with fire, and every sacrifice shall 
be salted with salt. 

50 Salt is good : but if the salt 
have lost his saltness, wherewith will 
ye season it ? Have salt in yourselves, 
and have peace one with another. 

CHAPTER X. 

2 Christ disputeth ioith the Pharisees touching divorce- 
ment: 13 blesseth the children that are brought unto 
him: 17 resoheth a rich man hoiv he mag inherit life 
everlasting: 23 telleth his disciples of the danger of 
riches: 28 promiseth rewards to them that forsake 
any thing for the gospel: 32 foretelleth his death and 
resurrection: 35 biddeth the two ambitious suitors to 
think rather of suffering with him : 46 and restoreth 
to Bartimeus his sight. 

AND he arose from thence, and 
cometh into the coasts of Judea 
by the farther side of Jordan : and the 
people resort unto him again ; and, as 
he was wont, he taught them again. 

2 If And the Pharisees came to 
him, and asked him, Is it lawful for 
a man to put away his wife ? tempt- 
ing him. 

3 And he answered and said unto 
them, What did Moses command you ? 

4 And they said, Moses suffered to 
write a bill of divorcement, and to 
put her away. 

5 And Jesus answered and said 
unto them, For the hardness of your 
heart he wrote you this precept. 

6 But from the beginning of the 
creation God made them male and 
female. 

7 For this cause shall a man leave 
his father and mother, and cleave to 
his wife ; 

8 And they twain shall be one 

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ST. MARK. How to attain eternal life. 



flesh : so then they are no more 
twain, but one flesh. 

9 What therefore God hath joined 
together, let not man put asunder. 

10 And in the house his disciples 
asked him again of the same matter. 

11 And he saith unto them, Who- 
soever shall put away his wife, and 
marry another, committeth adultery 
against her. 

12 And if a woman shall put away 
her husband, and be married to an- 
other, she committeth adultery. 

13 IT And they brought young chil- 
dren to him, that he should touch 
them ; and his disciples rebuked 
those that brought them. 

14 But when Jesus saw it, he 
was much displeased, and said unto 
them, Suffer the little children to 
come unto me, and forbid them not ; 
for of such is the kingdom of God. 

15 Verily I say unto you, Whoso- 
ever shall not receive the kingdom 
of God as a little child, he shall not 
enter therein. 

16 And he took them up in his 
arms, put his hands upon them, and 
blessed them. 

17 IT And when he was gone forth 
into the way, there came one run- 
ning, and kneeled to him, and asked 
him, Good Master, what shall I do 
that I may inherit eternal life ? 

18 And Jesus said unto him, Why 
callest thou me good ? there is none 
good but one, that is, God. 

19 Thou knowest the command- 
ments, Do not commit adultery, Do 
not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear 
false witness, Defraud not, Honour 
thy father and mother. 

20 And he answered and said un- 
to him, Master, all these have I ob- 
served from my youth. 

21 Then Jesus beholding him loved 
him, and said unto him, One thing 
thou lackest : go thy way, sell what- 
soever thou hast, and give to the 
poor, and thou shalt have treasure in 
heaven : and come, take up the cross* 
and follow me. 



Christ foretelleth 



ST. MARK. 



his own death. 



22 And he was sad at that saying, 
and went away grieved : for he had 
great possessions. 

23 ^f And Jesus looked round about, 
and saith unto his disciples, How 
hardly shall they that have riches 
enter into the kingdom of God ! 

24 And the disciples were astonish- 
ed at his words. But Jesus answer- 
eth again, and saith unto them, 
Children, how hard is it for them 
that trust in riches to enter into the 
kingdom of God ! 

25 It is easier for a camel to go 
through the eye of a needle, than 
for a rich man to enter into the 
kingdom of God. 

26 And they were astonished out 
of measure, saying among them- 
selves, Who then can he saved ? 

27 And Jesus looking upon them 
saith, With men it is impossible, but 
not with God : for with God all 
things are possible. 

28 IT Then Peter began to say unto 
him, Lo, we have left all, and have 
followed thee. 

29 And Jesus answered and said, 
Verily I say unto you, There is no 
man that hath left house, or brethren, 
or sisters, or father, or mother, or 
wife, or children, or lands, for my 
sake, and the gospel's, 

30 But he shall receive a hun- 
dredfold now in this time, houses, 
and brethren, and sisters, and mo- 
thers, and children, and lands, with 
persecutions ; and in the world to 
come eternal life. 

31 But many that are first shall 
be last ; and the last first. 

32 IT And they were in the way 
going up to Jerusalem ; and Jesus 
went before them : and they were 
amazed ; and as they followed, they 
were afraid. And he took again 
the twelve, and began to tell them 
what things should happen unto 
him, 

33 Saying, Behold, we go up to 
Jerusalem ; and the Son of man 
shall be delivered unto the chief 



priests, and unto the scribes ; and 
they shall condemn him to death, and 
shall deliver him to the Gentiles : 

34 And they shall mock him, and 
shall scourge him, and shall spit 
upon him, and shall kill him ; and 
the third day he shall rise again. 

35 11 And James and John, the 
sons of Zebedee, come unto him, say- 
ing, Master, we would that thou 
shouldest do for us whatsoever we 
shall desire. 

36 And he said unto them, What 
would ye that I should do for you ? 

37 They said unto him, Grant 
unto us that we may sit, one on 
thy right hand, and the other on thy 
left hand, in thy glory. 

38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye 
know not what ye ask : can ye drink 
of the cup that I drink of? and be 
baptized with the baptism that I am 
baptized with? 

39 And they said unto him, We 
can. And Jesus said unto them, Ye 
shall indeed drink of the cup that I 
drink of; and with the baptism that 
I am baptized withal shall ye be 
baptized : 

40 But to sit on my right hand 
and on my left hand is not mine 
to give ; but it shall be given to them 
for whom it is prepared. 

41 And when the ten heard it, 
they began to be much displeased 
with James and John. 

42 But Jesus called them to him, 
and saith unto them, Ye know that 
they which are accounted to rule 
over the Gentiles exercise lordship 
over them ; and their great ones ex- 
ercise authority upon them. 

43 But so shall it not be among 
you: but whosoever will be great 
among you, shall be your minister : 

44 And whosoever of you will be 
the chiefest, shall be servant of all. 

45 For even the Son of man came 
not to be ministered unto, but to mi- 
nister, and to give his life a ransom 
for many. 

46 IT And they came to Jericho : 

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Christ s entry into Jerusalem. ST. MARK. 



The fruitless Jig tree. 



and as he went out of Jericho with 
his disciples and a great number 
of people, blind Bartimeus, the son 
of Timeus, sat by the highway side 
begging. 

47 And when he heard that it was 
Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry 
out, and say, Jesus, thou Son of David, 
have mercy on me. 

48 And many charged him that he 
should hold his peace : but he cried 
the more a great deal, Thou Son of 
David, have mercy on me. 

49 And Jesus stood still, and com- 
manded him to be called. And they 
call the blind man, saying unto him, 
Be of good comfort, rise ; he calleth 
thee. 

50 And he, casting away his gar- 
ment, rose, and came to Jesus. 

51 And Jesus answered and said 
unto him, What wilt thou that I 
should do unto thee ? The blind 
man said unto him, Lord, that I 
might receive my sight. 

52 And Jesus said unto him, Go 
thy way ; thy faith hath made thee 
whole. And immediately he re- 
ceived his sight, and followed Jesus 
in the way. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 Christ rideth with triumph into Jerusalem : 12 curseth 
the fruitless leafy tree: 15 purgeth the temple: 20 
exhorteth his disciples to steadfastness of faith, and 
to forgive their enemies: 2Y and defendeth the lawful- 
ness of his actions, by the witness of John, who was a 
man sent of God. 

AND when they came nigh to 
Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and 
Bethany, at the mount of Olives, he 
sendeth forth two of his disciples, 

2 And saith unto them, Go your 
way into the village over against 
you : and as soon as ye be entered 
into it, ye shall find a colt tied, 
whereon never man sat ; loose him, 
and bring him. 

3 And if any man say unto you, 
Why do ye this ? say ye that the 
Lord hath need of him ; and straight- 
way he will send him hither. 

4 And they went their way, and 
found the colt tied by the door 

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without in a place where two ways 
met ; and they loose him. 

5 And certain of them that stood 
there said unto them, What do ye, 
loosing the colt ? 

6 And they said unto them even 
as Jesus had commanded : and they 
let them go. 

7 And they brought the colt to 
Jesus, and cast their garments on 
him ; and he sat upon him. 

8 And many spread their garments 
in the way; and others cut down 
branches off the trees, and strewed 
them in the way. 

9 And they that went before, and 
they that followed, cried, saying, 
Hosanna ; Blessed is he that cometh 
in the name of the Lord : 

10 Blessed be the kingdom of our 
father David, that cometh in the name 
of the Lord : Hosanna in the highest. 

11 And Jesus entered into Jeru- 
salem, and into the temple : and 
when he had looked round about 
upon all things, and now the even- 
tide was come, he went out unto 
Bethany with the twelve. 

12 IT And on the morrow, when 
they were come from Bethany, he 
was hungry : 

13 And seeing a Hg tree afar off 
having leaves, he came, if haply he 
might find any thing thereon : and 
when he came to it, he found no- 
thing but leaves ; for the time of figs 
was not yet. 

14 And Jesus answered and said 
unto it, No man eat fruit of thee here- 
after for ever. And his disciples 
heard it. 

15 If And they come to Jerusalem: 
and Jesus went into the temple, and 
began to cast out them that sold 
and bought in the temple, and 
overthrew the tables of the money 
changers, and the seats of them that 
sold doves ; 

16 And would not suffer that any 
man should carry any vessel through 
the temple. 

17 And he taught, saying unto 



Exhortation to steadfastness. ST. MARK. 



Parable of the vineyard. 



them, Is it not written, My house 
shall be called of all nations the 
house of prayer ? but ye have made 
it a den of thieves. 

18 And the scribes and chief priests 
heard it, and sought how they might 
destroy him: for they feared him, 
because all the people was astonish- 
ed at his doctrine. 

19 And when even was come, he 
went out of the city. 

20 If And in the morning, as they 
passed by, they saw the fig tree dried 
up from the roots. 

21 And Peter calling to remem- 
brance saith unto him, Master, be- 
hold, the fig tree which thou cursedst 
is withered away. 

22 And Jesus answering saith unto 
them, Have faith in God. 

23 For verily I say unto you, That 
whosoever shall say unto this moun- 
tain, Be thou removed, and be thou 
cast into the sea; and shall not 
doubt in his heart, but shall believe 
that those things which he saith 
shall come to pass ; he shall have 
whatsoever he saith. 

24 Therefore I say unto you, 
What things soever ye desire, when 
ye pray, believe that ye receive them, 
and ye shall have them. 

25 And when ye stand praying, 
forgive, if ye have aught against 
any; that your Father also which 
is in heaven may forgive you your 
trespasses. 

26 But if ye do not forgive, neither 
will your Father which is in heaven 
forgive your trespasses. 

27 IT And they come again to Je- 
rusalem : and as he was walking in 
the temple, there come to him the 
chief priests, and the scribes, and 
the elders, 

28 And say unto him, By what 
authority doest thou these things? 
and who gave thee this authority 
to do these things ? 

29 And Jesus answered and said 
unto them, I will also ask of you 
one question, and answer me, and I 



do 



will tell you by what authority I 
these things. 

30 The baptism of John, was it 
from heaven, or of men ? answer me. 

31 And they reasoned with them- 
selves, saying, If we shall say, From 
heaven ; he will say, Why then did 
ye not believe him ? 

32 But if we shall say, Of men ; 
they feared the people : for all men 
counted John, that he was a prophet 
indeed. 

33 And they answered and said 
unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And 
Jesus answering saith unto them, 
Neither do I tell you by what au- 
thority I do these things. 

CHAPTEK XII. 

1 In a parable of the vineyard let out to unthankful 
husbandmen, Christ foretelleth the reprobation of the 
Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles. 13 He avoideth 
the snare of the Pharisees and Herodians about paying 
tribute to Cesar: 18 convinceth the error of the Sad- 
ducees, who denied the resurrection : 28 resolveth the 
scribe, who questioned of the first commandment: 35 
refuteth the opinion that the scribes held of Christ: 
38 bidding the people to beware of their ambition and 
hypocrisy: 41 and commendeth the poor widow for her 
two mites, above all. 



unto 



AND he began to speak 
them by parables. A certain 
man planted a vineyard, and set a 
hedge about it, and digged a place 
for the winefat, and built a tower, 
and let it out to husbandmen, and 
went into a far country. 

2 And at the season he sent to the 
husbandmen a servant, that he might 
receive from the husbandmen of the 
fruit of the vineyard. 

3 And they caught him, and beat 
him, and sent him away empty. 

4 And again he sent unto them 
another servant; and at him they 
cast stones, and wounded him in the 
head, and sent him away shamefully 
handled. 

5 And again he sent another ; and 
him they killed, and many others ; 
beating some, and killing some. 

6 Having yet therefore one son, 
his well beloved, he sent him also 
last unto them, saying, They will 
reverence my son. 

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Of paying tribute. 



ST. MARK. 



The Sadducees confuted. 



7 But those husbandmen said 
among themselves, This is the heir ; 
come, let us kill him, and the inhe- 
ritance shall he ours. 

8 And they took him, and killed 
him, and cast him out of the vine- 
yard. 

9 What shall therefore the lord 
of the vineyard do ? he will come 
and destroy the husbandmen, and 
will give the vineyard unto others. 

10 And have ye not read this 
Scripture; The stone which the 
builders rejected is become the head 
of the corner: 

11 This was the Lord's doing, and 
it is marvellous in our eyes ? 

12 And they sought to lay hold 
on him, but feared the people; for 
they knew that he had spokeil the 
parable against them : and they left 
him, and went their way. 

13 IT And they send unto him 
certain of the Pharisees and of the 
Herodians, to catch him in his words. 

14 And when they were come, 
they say unto him, Master, we know 
that thou art true, and carest for no 
man ; for thou regardest not the per- 
son of men, but teachest the way of 
God in truth: Is it lawful to give 
tribute to Cesar, or not ? 

15 Shall we give, or shall we not 
give ? But he, knowing their hypo- 
crisy, said unto them, Why tempt 
ye me ? bring me a penny, that I 
may see it. 

16 And they brought it. And he 
saith unto them, Whose is this image 
and superscription ? And they said 
unto him, Cesar's. 

17 And Jesus answering said unto 
them, Render to Cesar the things 
that are Cesar's, and to God the 
things that are God's. And they 
marvelled at him. 

18 If Then come unto him the Sad- 
ducees, which say there is no resurrec- 
tion ; and they asked him, saying, 

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, 
If a man's brother die, and leave 
his wife behind him, and leave no 

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children, that his brother should take 
his wife, and raise up seed unto his 
brother. 

20 Now there were seven brethren: 
and the first took a wife, and dying 
left no seed. 

21 And the second took her, and 
died, neither left he any seed: and 
the third likewise. 

22 And the seven had her, and left 
no seed : last of all the woman died 
also. 

23 In the resurrection therefore, 
when they shall rise, whose wife 
shall she be of them ? for the seven 
had her to wife. 

24 And Jesus answering said unto 
them, Do ye not therefore err, be- 
cause ye know not the Scriptures, 
neither the power of God ? 

25 For when they shall rise from 
the dead, they neither marry, nor 
are given in marriage ; but are as 
the angels which are in heaven. 

26 And as touching the dead, that 
they rise; have ye not read in the 
book of Moses, how in the bush God 
spake unto him, saying, I am the 
God of Abraham, and the God of 
Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? 

27 He is not the God of the dead, 
but the God of the living : ye there- 
fore do greatly err. 

28 If And one of the scribes came, 
and having heard them reasoning 
together, and perceiving that he had 
answered them well, asked him, 
Which is the first commandment 
of all ? 

29 And Jesus answered him, The 
first of all the commandments is, 
Hear, O Israel ; The Lord our God 
is one Lord : 

30 And thou shalt love the Lord 
thy God with all thy heart, and with 
all thy soul, and with all thy mind, 
and with all thy strength : this is the 
first commandment. 

31 And the second is like, namely 
this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour 
as thyself. There is none other 
commandment greater than these. 



The poor widoiv's mites. 



ST. MARK. Destruction of the temple. 



32 And the scribe said unto him. 
Well, Master, thou hast said the 
truth : for there is one God ; and 
there is none other but he : 

33 And to love him with all the 
heart, and with all the understand- 
ing, and with all the soul, and with 
all the strength, and to love his 
neighbour as himself, is more than all 
whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 

34 And when Jesus saw that he 
answered discreetly, he said unto 
him, Thou art not far from the 
kingdom of God. And no man after 
that durst ask him any question. 

35 IT And Jesus answered and said, 
while he taught in the temple, How 
say the scribes that Christ is the 
son of David ? 

36 For David himself said by the 
Holy Ghost, The Lord said to my 
Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till 
I make thine enemies thy footstool. 

37 David therefore himself calleth 
him Lord ; and whence is he then 
his son? And the common people 
heard him gladly. 

38 If And he said unto them in 
Ms doctrine, Beware of the scribes, 
which love to go in long clothing, and 
love salutations in the marketplaces, 

39 And the chief seats in the syna- 
gogues, and the uppermost rooms at 
feasts : 

40 Which devour widows' houses, 
and for a pretence make long pray- 
ers : these shall receive greater dam- 
nation. 

41 1[ And Jesus sat over against the 
treasury, and beheld how the people 
cast money into the treasury: and 
many that were rich cast in much. 

A2 And there came a certain poor 
widow, and she threw in two mites, 
which make a farthing. 

43 And he called unto him his dis- 
ciples, and saith unto them, Verily I 
say unto you, That this poor widow 
hath cast more in, than all they which 
have cast into the treasury : 

44 For all they did cast in of their 
abundance ; but she of her want 

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did cast in all that she had, even al] 
her living. 

CHAPTEE XIII. 

1 Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple : 9 the 
persecutions for the gospel: 10 that the gospel must be 
preached to all nations : 14 that great calamities shall 
happen to the Jews : 24 and the manner of his coming 
to judgment: 32 the hour whereof being Jcnotcn to 
none, every man is to watch and pray, that we be not 
found unprovided, when he cometh to each one par- 
ticularly by death. 

AND as he went out of the temple, 
one of his disciples saith unto 
him, Master, see what manner of 
stones and what buildings are here ! 

2 And Jesus answering said unto 
him, Seest thou these great build- 
ings? there shall not be left one 
stone upon another, that shall not be 
thrown down. 

3 And as he sat upon the mount 
of Olives, over against the temple, 
Peter and James and John and An- 
drew asked him privately, 

4 Tell us, when shall these things 
be ? and what shall be the sign when 
all these things shall be fulfilled ? 

5 And Jesus answering them began 
to say, Take heed lest any man de- 
ceive you : 

6 For many shall come in my 
name, saying, I am Christ ; and shall 
deceive many. 

7 And when ye shall hear of wars 
and rumours of wars, be ye not 
troubled : for such things must needs 
be ; but the end shall not be yet. 

8 For nation shall rise against na- 
tion, and kingdom against kingdom : 
and there shall be earthquakes in 
divers places, and there shall be 
famines and troubles : these are the 
beginnings of sorrows. 

9 *[f But take heed to yourselves : 
for they shall deliver you up to coun- 
cils ; and in the synagogues ye shall 
be beaten : and ye shall be brought 
before rulers and kings for my sake, 
for a testimony against them. 

10 And the gospel must first be 
published among all nations. 

11 But when they shall lead you, 
and deliver you up, take no thought 
beforehand what ye shall speak, 

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The signs of 



ST. MARK. 



Christ's second coming. 



neither do ye premeditate : but 
whatsoever shall be given you in 
that hour, that speak ye : for it is not 
ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 

12 Now the brother shall betray 
the brother to death, and the fa- 
ther the son ; and children shall 
rise up against their parents, and 
shall cause them to be put to death. 

13 And ye shall be hated of all 
men for my name's sake: but he 
that shall endure unto the end, the 
same shall be saved. 

14 IT But when ye shall see the 
abomination of desolation, spoken of 
by Daniel the prophet, standing where 
it ought not, (let him that readeth un- 
derstand,) then let them that be in 
Judea flee to the mountains : 

15 And let him that is on the 
housetop not go down into the 
house, neither enter therein, to take 
any thing out of his house : 

16 And let him that is in the 
field not turn back again for to 
take up his garment. 

17 But woe to them that are with 
child, and to them that give suck in 
those days ! 

18 And pray ye that your flight be 
not in the winter. 

1 9 For in those days shall be afflic- 
tion, such as was not from the begin- 
ning of the creation which God created 
unto this time, neither shall be. 

20 And except that the Lord had 
shortened those days, no flesh should 
be saved : but for the elect's sake, 
whom he hath chosen, he hath 
shortened the days. 

21 And then if any man shall say 
to you, Lo, here is Christ ; or, lo, he 
is there ; believe him not : 

22 For false Christs and false pro- 
phets shall rise, and shall shew signs 
and wonders, to seduce, if it were 
possible, even the elect. 

23 But take ye heed : behold, I 
have foretold you all things. 

24 11" But in those days, after that 
tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, 
and the moon shall not give her light, 

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25 And the stars of heaven shall 
fall, and the powers that are in hea- 
ven shall be shaken. 

26 And then shall they see the Son 
of man coming in the clouds with 
great power and glory. 

27 And then shall he send his 
angels, and shall gather together 
his elect from the four winds, from 
the uttermost part of the earth to 
the uttermost part of heaven. 

28 Now learn a parable of the fig 
tree : When her branch is yet tender, 
and putteth forth leaves, ye know 
that summer is near : 

29 So ye in like manner, when ye 
shall see these things come to pass, 
know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 

30 Verily I say unto you, that this 
generation shall not pass, till all 
these things be done. 

3 1 Heaven and earth shall pass away: 
but my words shall not pass away. 

32 IT But of that day and that hour 
knoweth no man, no, not the angels 
which are in heaven, neither the Son, 
but the Father. 

33 Take ye heed, watch and pray : 
for ye know not when the time is. 

34 For the Son of man is as a man 
taking a far journey, who left his 
house, and gave authority to his ser- 
vants, and to every man his work, 
and commanded the porter to watch. 

35 Watch ye therefore: for ye 
know not when the master of the 
house cometh, at even, or at mid- 
night, or at the cockcrowing, or in 
the morning : 

36 Lest coming suddenly he find 
you sleeping. 

37 And what I say unto you I say 
unto all, Watch. 

CHAPTER XIV. 

1 A conspiracy against Christ. 3 Precious ointment 
is poured on Ms head by a woman. 10 Judas selleth 
his Master for money. 1 2 Christ himself foretelleth 
how he shall be betrayed of one of his disciples : 22 
after the passover prepared, and eaten, institutcth. his 
supper: 26 declareth aforehand the flight of all his 
disciples, and Peter's denial. 43 Judas betray eth him 
with a kiss. 46 He is apprehended in the garden, 53 
falsely accused, and impiously condemned of the Jews' 
council: 65 shamefully abused by them : 66 arid thrice 
denied of Peter. 



A conspiracy against Christ. ST. MARK. Christ eateth the passover. 



AFTER two days was the feast of 
the passover, and of unleavened 
bread : and the chief priests and the 
scribes sought how they might take 
him by craft, and put him to death. 

2 But they said, Not on the feast 
day, lest there be an uproar of the 
people. 

3 1T And being in Bethany, in the 
house of Simon the leper, as he sat 
at meat, there came a woman hav- 
ing an alabaster box of ointment 
of spikenard very precious ; and she 
brake the box, and poured it on his 
head. 

4 And there were some that had 
indignation within themselves, and 
said, Why was this waste of the oint- 
ment made ? 

5 For it might have been sold for 
more than three hundred pence, and 
have been given to the poor. And 
they murmured against her. 

6 And Jesus said, Let her alone ; 
why trouble ye her ? she hath wrought 
a good work on me. 

7 For ye have the poor with you 
always, and whensoever ye will ye 
may do them good: but me ye have 
not always. 

8 She hath done what she could : 
she is come aforehand to anoint my 
body to the burying. 

9 Verily I say unto you, Where- 
soever this gospel shall be preached 
throughout the whole world, this 
also that she hath done shall be 
spoken of for a memorial of her. 

10 % And Judas Iscariot, one 
of the twelve, went unto the chief 
priests, to betray him unto them. 

11 And when they heard it, 
they were glad, and promised to 
give him money. And he sought 
how he might conveniently betray 
him. 

12 IT And the first day of unlea- 
vened bread, when they killed the 
passover, his disciples said unto him, 
Where wilt thou that we go and 
prepare that thou mayest eat the 
passover ? 



13 And he sendeth forth two of 
his disciples, and saith unto them, 
Go ye into the city, and there shall 
meet you a man bearing a pitcher of 
water : follow him. 

14 And wheresoever he shall go m, 
say ye to the goodman of the house, 
The Master saith, Where is the 
guestchamber, where I shall eat the 
passover with my disciples ? 

15 And he will shew you a large 
upper room furnished and prepared : 
there make ready for us. 

16 And his disciples went forth, 
and came into the city, and found as 
he had said unto them : and they 
made ready the passover. 

17 And in the evening he cometh 
with the twelve. 

18 And as they sat and did eat, 
Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, 
One of you which eateth with me 
shall betray me. 

19 And they began to be sorrow- 
ful, and to say unto him one by one, 
Is it I ? and another said. Is it I ? 

20 And he answered and said unto 
them, It is one of the twelve, that 
dippeth with me in the dish. 

21 The Son of man indeed goeth, 
as it is written of him : but woe to 
that man by whom the Son of man 
is betrayed ! good were it for that 
man if he had never been born. 

22 IT And as they did eat, Jesus 
took bread, and blessed, and brake 
it, and gave to them, and said, Take, 
eat ; this is my body. 

23 And he took the cup, and when 
he had given thanks, he gave it to 
them : and they all drank of it. 

24 And he said unto them, This is 
my blood of the new testament, 
which is shed for many. 

25 Verily I say unto you, I will 
drink no more of the fruit of the 
vine, until that day that I drink it 
new in the kingdom of God. 

26 IT And when they had sung a 
hymn, they went out into the mount 
of Olives. 

27 And Jesus saith unto them, All 

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Christ's agony in the garden. ST. MARK. 



He is falsely accused. 



ye shall be offended because of me 
this night: for it is written, I will 
smite the Shepherd, and the sheep 
shall be scattered. 

28 But after that I am risen, I will 
go before you into Galilee. 

29 But Peter said unto him, Al- 
though all shall be offended, yet will 
not I. 

3 And Jesus saith unto him, Verily 
I say unto thee, That this day, even 
in this night, before the cock crow 
twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 

31 But he spake the more vehe- 
mently, If I should die with thee, 
I will not deny thee in any wise. 
Likewise also said they all. 

32 And they came to a place which 
was named Gethsemane : and he 
saith to his disciples, Sit ye here, 
while I shall pray. 

33 And he taketh with him Peter 
and James and John, and began to be 
sore amazed, and to be very heavy ; 

34 And saith unto them, My soul 
is exceeding sorrowful unto death : 
tarry ye here, and watch. 

35 And he went forward a little, 
and fell on the ground, and prayed 
that, if it were possible, the hour 
might pass from him. 

36 And he said, Abba, Father, all 
things are possible unto thee ; take 
away this cup from me : nevertheless, 
not what I will, but what thou wilt. 

37 And he cometh, and findeth 
them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, 
Simon, sleepest thou? couldest not 
thou watch one hour ? 

38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye en- 
ter into temptation. The spirit truly 
is ready, but the flesh is weak. 

39 And again he went away, and 
prayed, and spake the same words. 

40 And when he returned, he 
found them asleep again, (for their 
eyes were heavy,) neither wist they 
what to answer him. 

41 And he cometh the third time, 
and saith unto them, Sleep on now, 
and take your rest: it is enough, 
the hour is come ; behold, the Son 

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of man is betrayed into the hands 
of sinners. 

42 Rise up, let us go ; lo, he that 
betrayeth me is at hand. 

43 IT And immediately, while he 
yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the 
twelve, and with him a great multi- 
tude with swords and staves, from 
the chief priests and the scribes and 
the elders. 

44 And he that betrayed him had 
given them a token, saying, Whom- 
soever I shall kiss, that same is he ; 
take him, and lead him away safely. 

45 And as soon as he was come, he 
goeth straightway to him, and saith, 
Master, Master ; and kissed him. 

46 Tf And they laid their hands on 
him, and took him. 

47 And one of them that stood by 
drew a sword, and smote a servant 
of the high priest, and cut off his ear. 

48 And Jesus answered and said 
unto them, Are ye come out, as 
against a thief, with swords and with 
staves to take me ? 

49 I was daily with you in the tem- 
ple teaching, and ye took me not : 
but the Scriptures must be fulfilled. 

50 And they all forsook him, and 
fled. 

51 And there followed him a cer- 
tain young man, having a linen cloth 
cast about his naked body ; and the 
young men laid hold on him : 

52 And he left the linen cloth, and 
fled from them naked. 

53 IT And they led Jesus away to 
the high priest : and with him were 
assembled all the chief priests and 
the elders and the scribes. 

54 And Peter followed him afar 
off, even into the palace of the high 
priest : and he sat with the servants, 
and warmed himself at the fire. 

55 And the chief priests and all the 
council sought for witness against 
Jesus to put him to death ; and found 
none. 

56 For many bare false witness 
against him, but their witness agreed 
not together. 



Peter denieth Christ. 



ST. MARK. Christ accused before Pilate. 



5 7 And there arose certain, and bare 
false witness against him, saying, 

58 We heard him say, I will de- 
stroy this temple that is made with 
hands, and within three days I will 
build another made without hands. 

59 But neither so did their witness 
agree together. 

60 And the high priest stood up in 
the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, 
Answerest thou nothing ? what is it 
which these witness against thee ? 

61 But he held his peace, and 
answered nothing. Again the high 
priest asked him, and said unto him, 
Art thou the Christ, the Son of the 
Blessed? 

62 And Jesus said, I am : and ye 
shall see the Son of man sitting on 
the right hand of power, and coming 
in the clouds of heaven. 

63 Then the high priest rent his 
clothes, and saith, What need we 
any further witnesses ? 

64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: 
what think ye ? And they all con- 
demned him to be guilty of death. 

65 And some began to spit on him, 
and to cover his face, and to buffet 
him, and to say unto him, Prophesy : 
and the servants did strike him with 
the palms of their hands. 

66 If And as Peter was beneath in 
the palace, there cometh one of the 
maids of the high priest : 

6 7 And when she saw Peter warm- 
ing himself, she looked upon him, 
and said, And thou also wast with 
Jesus of Nazareth. 

68 But he denied, saying, I know 
not, neither understand I what thou 
sayest. And he went out into the 
porch ; and the cock crew. 

69 And a maid saw him again, and 
began to say to them that stood by, 
This is one of them. 

70 And he denied it again. And 
a little after, they that stood by said 
again to Peter, Surely thou art one of 
them : for thou art a Galilean, and 
thy speech agreeth thereto. 

71 But he began to curse and to 



swear, saying, I know not this man 
of whom ye speak. 

72 And the second time the cock 
crew. And Peter* called to mind the 
word that Jesus said unto him, Be- 
fore the cock crow twice, thou shalt 
deny me thrice. And when he 
thought thereon, he wept. 

CHAPTEE XV. 

1 Jesus brought bound, and accused before Pilate. 15 
Upon the clamour of the common people, the murderer 
Barabbas is loosed, and Jesus delivered up to be cru- 
cified. Vl He is crowned with thorns, 19 spit on, and 
mocked: 21 fainteth in bearing his cross : 27 hangeth 
between two thieves: 29 suffereth the triumphing re- 
proaches of the Jews: 39 but confessed by the centur- 
ion to be the Son of God: 43 and is honourably buried 
by Joseph. 

AND straightway in the morning 
the chief priests held a consul- 
tation with the elders and scribes 
and the whole council, and bound 
Jesus, and carried him, away, and 
delivered him to Pilate. 

2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou 
the King of the Jews ? And he an- 
swering said unto him, Thou sayest it. 

3 And the chief priests accused 
him of many things ; but he an- 
swered nothing. 

4 And Pilate asked him again, saying, 
Answerest thou nothing? behold how 
many things they witness against thee. 

5 But Jesus yet answered nothing ; 
so that Pilate marvelled. 

6 Now at that feast he released unto 
them one prisoner, whomsoever they 
desired. 

7 And there was one named Barab- 
bas, which lay bound with them that 
had made insurrection with him, who 
had committed murder in the insur- 
rection. 

8 And the multitude crying aloud 
began to desire him to do as he had 
ever done unto them. 

9 But Pilate answered them, say- 
ing, Will ye that I release unto you 
the King of the Jews ? 

10 For he knew that the chief 
priests had delivered him for envy. 

11 But the chief priests moved the 
people, that he should rather release 
Barabbas unto them. 

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The crucifixion and 



ST. MARK. 



death of Christ. 



12 And Pilate answered and said 
again unto them, What will ye then 
that I shall do unto him whom ye 
call the King of the Jews ? 

13 And they cried out again, Cru- 
cify him. 

14 Then Pilate said unto them, 
Why, what evil hath he done ? And 
they cried out the more exceedingly, 
Crucify him. 

15 Tf[ And so Pilate, willing to con- 
tent the people, released Barabhas 
unto them, and delivered Jesus, when 
he had scourged him, to he crucified. 

16 And the soldiers led him away 
into the hall, called Pretorium ; and 
they call together the whole band. 

17 And they clothed him with 
purple, and platted a crown of thorns, 
and put it about his head, 

18 And began to salute him, Hail, 
King of the Jews ! 

19 And they smote him on the 
head with a reed, and did spit upon 
him, and bowing their knees wor- 
shipped him. 

20 And when they had mocked 
him, they took off the purple from 
him, and put his own clothes on 
him, and led him out to crucify him. 

21 And they compel one Simon a 
Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out 
of the country, the father of Alex- 
ander and Rufus, to bear his cross. 

22 And they bring him unto the 
place Golgotha, which is, being in- 
terpreted, The place of a skull. 

23 And they gave him to drink 
wine mingled with myrrh : but he 
received it not. 

24 And when they had crucified 
him, they parted his garments, cast- 
ing lots upon them, what every man 
should take. 

25 And it was the third hour, and 
they crucified him. 

26 And the superscription of his 
accusation was written over, THE 
KING OF THE JEWS. 

27 And with him they crucify two 
thieves; the one on his right hand, 
and the other on his left. 

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28 And the Scripture was fulfilled, 
which saith, And he was numbered 
with the transgressors. 

29 And they that passed by railed 
on him, wagging their heads, and 
saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the 
temple, and buildest it in three days, 

30 Save thyself, and come down 
from the cross. 

31 Likewise also the chief priests 
mocking said among themselves with 
the scribes, He saved others ; himself 
he cannot save. 

32 Let Christ the King of Israel 
descend now from the cross, that we 
may see and believe. And they that 
were crucified with him reviled him. 

33 And when the sixth hour was 
come, there was darkness over the 
whole land until the ninth hour. 

34 And at the ninth hour Jesus 
cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, 
Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, 
being interpreted, My God, my God, 
why hast thou forsaken me ? 

35 And some of them that stood 
by, when they heard it, said, Behold, 
he calleth Elias. 

36 And one ran and filled a sponge 
full of vinegar, and put it on a reed, 
and gave him to drink, saying, Let 
alone ; let us see whether Elias will 
come to take him down. 

37 And Jesus cried with a loud 
voice, and gave up the ghost. 

38 And the vail of the temple was 
rent in twain from the top to the 
bottom. 

39 IT And when the centurion, 
which stood over against him, saw 
that he so cried out, and gave up 
the ghost, he said, Truly this man 
was the Son of God. 

40 There were also women looking 
on afar off: among whom was Mary 
Magdalene, and Mary the mother of 
James the less and of Joses, and 
Salome ; 

41 Who also, when he was in Gali- 
lee, followed him, and ministered unto 
him ; and many other women which 
came up with him unto Jerusalem. 



Christ's resurrection. 



ST. MARK. 



and ascension into heaven. 



42 IT And now when the even was 
come, hecause it was the preparation, 
that is, the day "before the sahhath, 

43 Joseph of Arimathea, an honour- 
able counsellor, which also waited 
for the kingdom of God, came, and 
went in boldly unto Pilate, and 
craved the body of Jesus. 

44 And Pilate marvelled if he were 
already dead : and calling unto him 
the centurion, he asked him whether 
he had been any while dead. 

45 And when he knew it of the cen- 
turion, he gave the body to Joseph. 

46 And he bought fine linen, and 
took him down, and wrapped him 
in the linen, and laid him in a 
sepulchre which was hewn out of a 
rock, and rolled a stone unto the 
door of the sepulchre. 

47 And Mary Magdalene and Mary 
the mother of Joses beheld where he 
was laid. 

CHAPTEE XVI. 

1 An angel declareth the resurrection of Christ to three 
women. 9 Christ himself appeareth to Mary Mag- 
dalene: 12 to two going into the country: 14 then to 
the apostles, 15 whom he sendeth forth to preach the 
gospel: 19 and ascendeth into heaven. 

AND when the sabbath was past, 
Mary Magdalene, and Mary the 
mother of James, and Salome, had 
bought sweet spices, that they might 
come and anoint him. 

2 And very early in the morning, the 
first day of the week, they came unto 
the sepulchre at the rising of the sun. 

3 And they said among themselves, 
Who shall roll us away the stone 
from the door of the sepulchre ? 

4 And when they looked, they 
saw that the stone was rolled away : 
for it was very great. 

5 And entering into the sepulchre, 
they saw a young man sitting on the 
right side, clothed in a long white 
garment ; and they were affrighted. 

6 And he saith unto them, Be not 
affrighted: ye seek Jesus of Naza- 
reth, which was crucified : he is risen ; 
he is not here: behold the place 
where they laid him. 

7 But go your way, tell his disci- 



ples and Peter that he goeth before 
you into Galilee : there shall ye see 
him, as he said unto you. 

8 And they went out quickly, and 
fled from the sepulchre; for they 
trembled and were amazed: neither 
said they any thing to any man; 
for they were afraid. 

9 IT Now when Jesus was risen 
early the first day of the week, he 
appeared first to Mary Magdalene, out 
of whom he had cast seven devils. 

10 And she went and told them 
that had been with him, as they 
mourned and wept. 

11 And they, when they had heard 
that he was alive, and had been seen 
of her, believed not. 

12 IT After that he appeared in an- 
other form unto two of them, as they 
walked, and went into the country. 

13 And they went and told it unto 
the residue : neither believed they 
them. 

14 IT Afterward he appeared unto 
the eleven as they sat at meat, and 
upbraided them with their unbelief 
and hardness of heart, because they 
believed not them which had seen 
him after he was risen. 

lo And he said unto them, Go ye 
into all the world, and preach the 
gospel to every creature. 

16 He that believeth and is bap- 
tized shall be saved; but he that 
believeth not shall be damned. 

17 And these signs shall follow 
them that believe ; In my name shall 
they cast out devils ; they shall speak 
with new tongues ; 

18 They shall take up serpents ; and 
if they drink any deadly thing, it shall 
not hurt them ; they shall lay hands 
on the sick, and they shall recover. 

19 IT So then, after the Lord had 
spoken unto them, he was received 
up into heaven, and sat on the right 
hand of God. 

20 And they went forth, and 
preached every where, the Lord 
working with them, and confirming 
the word with signs following. Amen. 

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THE GOSPEL 



ACCORDING TO 



ST. LUKE. 



CHAPTEE I. 

1 The preface of Luke to his whole gospel. 5 TJie con- 
ception of John the Baptist, 26 and of Christ. 39 
The prophecy of Elisabeth, and of Mary, concerning 
Christ. 5*7 The nativity and circumcision of John. 
67 The prophecy ofZacharias, both of Christ, 76 and 
of John. 

FORASMUCH as many have 
taken in hand to set forth in 
order a declaration of those things 
which are most surely helieved 
among us, 

2 Even as they delivered them unto 
us, which from the beginning were 
eyewitnesses, and ministers of the 
word ; 

3 It seemed good to me also, hav- 
ing had perfect understanding of all 
things from the very first, to write 
unto thee in order, most excellent 
Theophilus, 

4 That thou mightest know the 
certainty of those things, wherein 
thou hast been instructed. 

5 IT JTIHERE was in the days of 

A Herod, the king of Judea, 
a certain priest named Zacharias, of 
the course of Abia : and his wife was 
of the daughters of Aaron, and her 
name was Elisabeth. 

6 And they were both righteous 
before God, walking in all the com- 
mandments and ordinances of the 
Lord blameless. 

7 And they had no child, because 
that Elisabeth was barren ; and they 
both were now well stricken in years. 

8 And it came to pass, that, while 
he executed the priest's office before 
God in the order of his course, 

9 According to the custom of the 
priest's office, his lot was to burn 
incense when he went into the tem- 
ple of the Lord. 

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10 And the whole multitude of the 
people were praying without at the 
time of incense. 

11 And there appeared unto him 
an angel of the Lord standing on the 
right side of the altar of incense. 

12 And when Zacharias saw him, he 
was troubled, and fear fell upon him. 

13 But the angel said unto him, 
Fear not, Zacharias : for thy prayer 
is heard ; and thy wife Elisabeth 
shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt 
call his name John. 

14 And thou shalt have joy and 
gladness ; and many shall rejoice at 
his birth. 

15 For he shall be great in the 
sight of the Lord, and shall drink 
neither wine nor strong drink ; and 
he shall be filled with the Holy 
Ghost, even from his mother's womb. 

16 And many of the children of 
Israel shall he turn to the Lord their 
God. 

17 And he shall go before him 
in the spirit and power of Elias, to 
turn the hearts of the fathers to the 
children, and the disobedient to the 
wisdom of the just ; to make ready a 
people prepared for the Lord. 

18 And Zacharias said unto the 
angel, Whereby shall I know this ? 
for I am an old man, and my wife 
well stricken in years. 

19 And the angel answering said 
unto him, I am Gabriel, that stand 
in the presence of God ; and am sent 
to speak unto thee, and to shew thee 
these glad tidings. 

20 And, behold, thou shalt be 
dumb, and not able to speak, until 
the day that these things shall be 
performed, because thou believest 



The angeTs visit to Mary. ST. LUKE. 



The salutation of Mary. 



not my words, which shall be fulfilled 
in their season. 

21 And the people waited for Za- 
charias, and marvelled that he tarried 
so long in the temple. 

22 And when he came out, he could 
not speak unto them : and they per- 
ceived that he had seen a vision in the 
temple ; for he beckoned unto them, 
and remained speechless. 

23 And it came to pass, that, as 
soon as the days of his ministration 
were accomplished, he departed to 
his own house. 

24 And after those days his wife 
Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself 
five months, saying, 

25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with 
me in the days wherein he looked on 
me, to take away my reproach among 
men. 

2 6 And in the sixth month the angel 
Gabriel was sent from God unto a city 
of Galilee, named Nazareth, 

27 To a virgin espoused to a man 
whose name was Joseph, of the house 
of David ; and the virgin's name was 
Mary. 

28 And the angel came in unto her, 
and said, Hail, thou that art highly 
favoured, the Lord is with thee: 
blessed art thou among women. 

29 And when she saw him, she was 
troubled at his saying, and cast in her 
mind what manner of salutation this 
should be. 

30 And the angel said unto her, 
Fear not, Mary : for thou hast found 
favour with God. 

31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive 
in thy womb, and bring forth a son, 
and shalt call his name JESUS. 

32 He shall be great, and shall be 
called the Son of the Highest; and the 
Lord God shall give unto him the 
throne of his father David : 

33 And he shall reign over the 
house of Jacob for ever ; and of his 
kingdom there shall be no end. 

34 Then said Mary unto the angel, 
How shall this be, seeing I know not 
a man? 



35 And the angel answered and 
said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall 
come upon thee, and the power of 
the Highest shall overshadow thee : 
therefore also that holy thing which 
shall be born of thee shall be called 
the Son of God. 

36 And, behold, thy cousin Elisa- 
beth, she hath also conceived a son 
in her old age ; and this is the sixth 
month with her, who was called barren. 

37 For with God nothing shall be 
impossible. 

38 And Mary said, Behold the 
handmaid of the Lord ; be it unto 
me according to thy word. And the 
angel departed from her. 

39 And Mary arose in those days, 
and went into the hill country with 
haste, into a city of Juda; 

40 And entered into the house of 
Zacharias, and saluted Elisabeth. 

41 And it came to pass, that, when 
Elisabeth heard the salutation of Ma- 
ry, the babe leaped in her womb ; and 
Elisabeth was filled with the Holy 
Ghost: 

42 And she spake out with a loud 
voice, and said, Blessed art thou 
among women, and blessed is the fruit 
of thy womb. 

43 And whence is this to me, that 
the mother of my Lord should come 
to me ? 

44 For, lo, as soon as the voice of 
thy salutation sounded in mine ears, 
the babe leaped in my womb for joy. 

45 And blessed is she that believed : 
for there shall be a performance of 
those things which were told her from 
the Lord. 

46 And Mary said, My soul doth 
magnify the Lord, 

47 And my spirit hath rejoiced in 
God my Saviour. 

48 For he hath regarded the low 
estate of his handmaiden : for, be- 
hold, from henceforth all generations 
shall call me blessed. 

49 For he that is mighty hath done 
to me great things ; and holy is his 
name. 

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50 And his mercy is on them that 
fear him from generation to genera- 
tion. 

51 He hath shewed strength with 
his arm ; he hath scattered the proud 
in the imagination of their hearts. 

52 He hath put down the mighty 
from their seats, and exalted them of 
low degree. 

53 He hath filled the hungry with 
good things; and the rich he hath 
sent empty away. 

54 He hath holpen his servant Is- 
rael, in rememhrance of his mercy ; 

55 As he spake to our fathers, to 
Abraham, and to his seed for ever. 

56 And Mary abode with her about 
three months, and returned to her 
own house. 

57 Now Elisabeth's full time came 
that she should be delivered; and 
she brought forth a son. 

58 And her neighbours and her 
cousins heard how the Lord had 
shewed great mercy upon her ; and 
they rejoiced with her. 

59 And it came to pass, that on the 
eighth day they came to circumcise 
the child ; and they called him Zacha- 
rias, after the name of his father. 

60 And his mother answered and 
said, Not so ; but he shall be called 
John. 

61 And they said unto her, There 
is none of thy kindred that is called 
by this name. 

62 And they made signs to his 
father, how he would have him called. 

63 And he asked for a writing 
table, and wrote, saying, His name 
is John. And they marvelled all. 

64 And his mouth was opened im- 
mediately, and his tongue loosed, and 
he spake, and praised God. 

65 And fear came on all that 
dwelt round about them: and all 
these sayings were noised abroad 
throughout all the hill country of 
Judea. 

66 And all they that heard them 
laid them up in their hearts, saying, 
"What manner of child shall this be ! 

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And the hand of the Lord was with 
him. 

67 And his father Zacharias was 
filled with the Holy Ghost, and pro- 
phesied, saying, 

68 Blessed be the Lord God of Is- 
rael ; for he hath visited and redeem- 
ed his people, 

69 And hath raised up a horn of 
salvation for us in the house of his 
servant David ; 

70 As he spake by the mouth of 
his holy prophets, which have been 
since the world began : 

71 That we should be saved from 
our enemies, and from the hand of 
all that hate us ; 

72 To perform the mercy promised 
to our fathers, and to remember his 
holy covenant ; 

73 The oath which he sware to 
our father Abraham, 

74 That he would grant unto us, 
that we, being delivered out of the 
hand of our enemies, might serve him 
without fear, 

75 In holiness and righteousness 
before him, all the days of our life. 

76 And thou, child, shalt be called 
the prophet of the Highest : for thou 
shalt go before the face of the Lord 
to prepare his ways ; 

77 To give knowledge of salvation 
unto his people by the remission of 
their sins, 

78 Through the tender mercy of 
our God ; whereby the dayspring 
from on high hath visited us, 

79 To give light to them that sit 
in darkness and in the shadow of 
death, to guide our feet into the way 
of peace. 

80 And the child grew, and waxed 
strong in spirit, and was in the de- 
serts till the day of his shewing unto 
Israel. 

CIIAPTEK II. 

1 Augustus taxeth all the Roman empire. 6 The nativ- 
ity of Christ. 8 One angel relateth it to the shep- 
herds: 13 many sing praises to God for it. 21 Christ 
is circumcised. 22 Mary purified. 28 Simeon and 
Anna prophesy of Christ: 40 who increaseth in wis- 
dom y 46 questioneth in the temple with the doctors, 51 
and is obedient to his parents, 



The birth of Christ. 



ST. LUKE. 



His circumcision. 



AND it came to pass in those 
days, that there went out a 
decree from Cesar Augustus, that all 
the world should he taxed. 

2 ( And this taxing was first made 
when Cyrenius was governor of 
Syria.) 

3 And all went to he taxed, every 
one into his own city. 

4 And Joseph also went up from 
Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, 
into Judea, unto the city of David, 
which is called Bethlehem, (hecause 
he was of the house and lineage of 
David,) 

5 To he taxed with Mary his 
espoused wife, heing great with child. 

6 And so it was, that, while they 
were there, the days were accom- 
plished that she should he delivered. 

7 And she Drought forth her first- 
horn son, and wrapped him in swad- 
dling clothes, and laid him in a 
manger ; hecause there was no room 
for them in the inn. 

8 And there were in the same 
country shepherds ahiding in the 
field, keeping watch over their flock 
by night. 

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord 
came upon them, and the glory of 
the Lord shone round about them ; 
and they were sore afraid. 

10 And the angel said unto them, 
Fear not: for, behold, I bring you 
good tidings of great joy, which shall 
be to all people. 

11 For unto you is born this day 
in the city of David a Saviour, which 
is Christ the Lord. 

12 And this shall be a sign unto 
you; Ye shall find the babe wrap- 
ped in swaddling clothes, lying in a 
manger. 

13 And suddenly there was with 
the angel a multitude of the hea- 
venly host praising God, and saying, 

14 Glory to God in the highest, 
and on earth peace, good will toward 
men. 

15 And it came to pass, as the 
angels were gone away from them 



into heaven, the shepherds said one 
to another, Let us now go even unto 
Bethlehem, and see this thing which 
is come to pass, which the Lord hath 
made known unto us. 

16 And they came with haste, and 
found Mary and Joseph, and the babe 
lying in a manger. 

17 And when they had seen it, they 
made known abroad the saying which 
was told them concerning this child. 

18 And all they that heard it won- 
dered at those things which were told 
them by the shepherds. 

19 But Mary kept all these things, 
and pondered them in her heart. 

20 And the shepherds returned, 
glorifying and praising God for all 
the things that they had heard and 
seen, as it was told unto them. 

21 And when eight days were ac- 
complished for the circumcising of the 
child, his name was called JESUS, 
which was so named of the angel be- 
fore he was conceived in the womb. 

22 And when the days of her pu- 
rification according to the law of Mo- 
ses were accomplished, they brought 
him to Jerusalem, to present him to 
the Lord ; 

23 (As it is written in the law of 
the Lord, Every male that openeth 
the womb shall be called holy to the 
Lord ;) 

24 And to offer a sacrifice accord- 
ing to that which is said in the law 
of the Lord, A pair of turtledoves, or 
two young pigeons. 

25 And, behold, there was a man 
in Jerusalem, whose name ivas Si- 
meon ; and the same man was just 
and devout, waiting for the consola- 
tion of Israel : and the Holy Ghost 
was upon him. 

26 And it was revealed unto him 
by the Holy Ghost, that he should 
not see death, before he had seen the 
Lord's Christ. 

27 And he came by the Spirit into 
the temple : and when the parents 
brought in the child Jesus, to do for 
him after the custom of the law, 

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The preaching and 



28 Then took he him up in his 
arms, and hlessed God, and said, 

29 Lord, now lettest thou thy ser- 
vant depart in peace, according to 
thy word : 

30 For mine eyes have seen thy 
salvation, 

31 Which thou hast prepared be- 
fore the face of all people ; 

32 A light to lighten the Gentiles, 
and the glory of thy people Israel. 

33 And Joseph and his mother 
marvelled at those things which were 
spoken of him. 

34 And Simeon blessed them, and 
said unto Mary his mother, Behold, 
this child is set for the fall and rising 
again of many in Israel ; and for a 
sign which shall be spoken against ; 

35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce 
through thy own soul also;) that 
the thoughts of many hearts may be 
revealed. 

36 And there was one Anna, a pro- 
phetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of 
the tribe of Aser : she was of a great 
age, and had lived with a husband 
seven years from her virginity ; 

37 And she was a widow of about 
fourscore and four years, which de- 
parted not from the temple, but 
served God with fastings and prayers 
night and day. 

38 And she coming in that instant 
gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, 
and spake of him to all them that 
looked for redemption in Jerusalem. 

39 And when they had performed 
all things according to the law of the 
Lord, they returned into Galilee, to 
their own city Nazareth. 

40 And the child grew, and waxed 
strong in spirit, filled with wisdom ; 
and the grace of God was upon him. 

41 Now his parents went to Jeru- 
salem every year at the feast of the 
passover. 

42 And when he was twelve years 
old, they went up to Jerusalem after 
the custom of the feast. 

43 And when they had fulfilled 
the days, as they returned, the child 

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Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; 
and Joseph and his mother knew not 
of it. 

44 But they, supposing him to have 
been in the company, went a day's 
journey; and they sought him 
among their kinsfolk and acquaint- 
ance. 

45 And when they found him not, 
they turned back again to Jerusalem, 
seeking him. 

46 And it came to pass, that after 
three days they found him in the 
temple, sitting in the midst of the 
doctors, both hearing them, and ask- 
ing them questions. 

47 And all that heard him were 
astonished at his understanding and 
answers. 

48 And when they saw him, they 
were amazed : and his mother said 
unto him, Son, why hast thou thus 
dealt with us ? behold, thy father and 
I have sought thee sorrowing. 

49 And he said unto them, How 
is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not 
that I must be about my Father's 
business ? 

50 And they understood not the 
saying which he spake unto them. 

51 And he went down with them, 
and came to Nazareth, and was sub- 
ject unto them : but his mother kept 
all these sayings in her heart. 

52 And Jesus increased in wisdom 
and stature, and in favour with God 
and man. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 The preaching and baptism of John: 15 his testimony 
of Christ. 20 Herod, imprisoneth John. 21 Christ 
baptized, receiveth testimony from heaven. 23 The 
age, and genealogy of Christ from Joseph upwards. 

NOW in the fifteenth year of the 
reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius 
Pilate being governor of Judea, and 
Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and 
his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea 
and of the region of Trachonitis, and 
Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, 

2 Annas and Caiaphas being the 
high priests, the word of God came 
unto John the son of Zacharias in 
the wilderness. 



baptism of John. 



ST. LUKE. 



His testimony of Christ. 



3 And he came into all the country 
about Jordan, preaching the baptism 
of repentance for the remission of 
sins ; 

4 As it is written in the book of 
the words of Esaias the prophet, 
saying, The voice of one crying in 
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way 
of the Lord, make his paths straight. 

5 Every valley shall be filled, and 
every mountain and hill shall be 
brought low ; and the crooked shall 
be made straight, and the rough 
ways shall be made smooth ; 

6 And all flesh shall see the salva- 
tion of God. 

7 Then said he to the multitude 
that came forth to be baptized of 
him, O generation of vipers, who 
hath warned you to flee from the 
wrath to come ? 

8 Bring forth therefore fruits wor- 
thy of repentance, and begin not 
to say within yourselves, We have 
Abraham to our father : for I say 
unto you, That God is able of these 
stones to raise up children unto 
Abraham. 

9 And now also the axe is laid 
unto the root of the trees : every 
tree therefore which bringeth not 
forth good fruit is hewn down, and 
cast into the fire. 

10 And the people asked him, say- 
ing, What shall we do then ? 

11 He answereth and saith unto 
them, He that hath two coats, let 
him impart to him that hath none ; 
and he that hath meat, let him do 
likewise. 

12 Then came also publicans to 
be baptized, and said unto him, Mas- 
ter, what shall we do ? 

13 And he said unto them, Exact 
no more than that which is appoint- 
ed you. 

14 And the soldiers likewise de- 
manded of him, saying, And what 
shall we do ? And he said unto 
them, Do violence to no man, nei- 
ther accuse any falsely ; and be con- 
tent with your wages. 



15 And as the people were in ex- 
pectation, and all men mused in 
their hearts of John, whether he 
were the Christ, or not ; 

16 John answered, saying unto 
them all, I indeed baptize you with 
water ; but one mightier than I 
cometh, the latchet of whose shoes 
I am not worthy to unloose : he 
shall baptize you with the Holy 
Ghost and with fire : 

17 Whose fan is in his hand, and 
he will thoroughly purge his floor, 
and will gather the wheat into his 
garner ; but the chaff he will burn 
with fire unquenchable. 

18 And many other things in his 
exhortation preached he unto the 
people. 

19 But Herod the tetrarch, being 
reproved by him for Herodias his 
brother Philip's wife, and for all the 
evils which Herod had done, 

20 Added yet this above all, that 
he shut up John in prison. 

21 Now when all the people were 
baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus 
also being baptized, and praying, 
the heaven was opened, 

22 And the Holy Ghost descended 
in a bodily shape like a dove upon 
him, and a voice came from heaven, 
which said, Thou art my beloved 
Son ; in thee I am well pleased. 

23 And Jesus himself began to be 
about thirty years of age, being (as 
was supposed) the son of Joseph, 
which was the son of Heli, 

24 Which was the son of Matthat, 
which was the son of Levi, which 
was the son of Melchi, which was 
the son of Janna, which was the son 
of Joseph, 

25 Which was the son of Mattathias, 
which was the son of Amos, which was 
the son of Naum, which was the son 
of Esli, which was the son of Nagge, 

26 Which was the son of Maath, 
which was the son of Mattathias, 
which was the son of Semei, which 
was the son of Joseph, which was 
the son of Juda, 

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27 Which was the son of Joanna, 
which was the son of Rhesa, which 
was the son of Zorobabel, which was 
the son of Salathiel, which was the 
son of Neri, 

28 Which was the son of Melchi, 
which was the son of Addi, which 
was the son of Cosam, which was 
the son of Elmodam, which was the 
son of Er, 

29 Which was the son of Jose, 
which was the son of Eliezer, which 
was the son of Jorim, which was the 
son of Matthat, which was the son 
of Levi, 

30 Which was the son of Simeon, 
which was the son of Juda, which 
was the son of Joseph, which was 
the son of Jonan, which was the son 
of Eliakim, 

31 Which was the son of Melea, 
which was the son of Menan, which 
was the son of Mattatha, which was 
the son of Nathan, which was the son 
of David, 

32 Which was the son of Jesse, 
which was the son of Obed, which 
was the son of Booz, which was the 
son of Salmon, which was the son of 
Naasson, 

33 Which was the son of Aminadab, 
which was the son of Aram, which 
was the son of Esrom, which was 
the son of Phares, which was the son 
of Juda, 

34 Which was the son of Jacob, 
which was the son of Isaac, which 
was the son of Abraham, which was 
the son of Thara, which was the son 
of Nachor, 

35 Which was the son of Saruch, 
which was the son of Ragau, which 
was the son of Phalec, which was 
the son of Heber, which was the son 
of Sala, 

36 Which was the son of Cainan, 
which was the son of Arphaxad, 
which was the son of Sem, which 
was the son of Noe, which was the 
son of Lamech, 

3 7 Which was the son of Mathusala, 
which was the son of Enoch, which 
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was the son of Jared, which was the 
son of Maleleel, which was the son 
of Cainan, 

38 Which was the son of Enos, 
which was the son of Seth, which was 
the son of Adam, which was the son 
of God. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 The temptation and fasting of Christ. 13 He over- 
cometh the devil: 14 beginneth to preach. 16 The 
people of Nazareth admire his gracious, words. 33 
He cureth one possessed of a devil, 38 Peter's mother 
in law, 40 and divers other sick persons. 41 The 
devils acknowledge Christ, and are reproved for it. 43 
He preacheth through the cities. 

AND Jesus being full of the Holy- 
Ghost returned from Jordan, 
and was led by the Spirit into the 
wilderness, 

2 Being forty days tempted of the 
devil. And in those days he did eat 
nothing : and when they were ended, 
he afterward hungered. 

3 And the devil said unto him, If 
thou be the Son of God, command 
this stone that it be made bread. 

4 And Jesus answered him, say- 
ing, It is written, That man shall 
not live by bread alone, but by every 
word of God. 

5 And the devil, taking him up 
into a high mountain, shewed unto 
him all the kingdoms of the world 
in a moment of time. 

6 And the devil said unto him, 
All this power will I give thee, and 
the glory of them : for that is deli- 
vered unto me ; and to whomsoever 
I will, I give it. 

7 If thou therefore wilt worship 
me, all shall be thine. 

8 And Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Get thee behind me, 
Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt 
worship the Lord thy God, and him 
only shalt thou serve. 

9 And he brought him to Jeru- 
salem, and set him on a pinnacle of 
the temple, and said unto him, If 
thou be the Son of God, cast thyself 
down from hence : 

10 For it is written, He shall give 
his angels charge over thee, to keep 
thee: 



Christ be ginneth to preach. ST. LUKE, 



He casteth out a devil. 



11 And in their hands they shall 
bear thee up, lest at any time thou 
dash thy foot against a stone. 

12 And Jesus answering said unto 
him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt 
the Lord thy God. 

13 And when the devil had ended 
all the temptation, he departed from 
him for a season. 

14 IT And Jesus returned in the 
power of the Spirit into Galilee: 
and there went out a fame of him 
through all the region round about. 

15 And he taught in their syna- 
gogues, being glorified of all. 

16 IT And he came to Nazareth, 
where he had been brought up: 
and, as his custom was, he went 
into the synagogue on the sabbath 
day, and stood up for to read. 

17 And there was delivered unto 
him the book of the prophet Esaias. 
And when he had opened the book, 
he found the place where it was 
written, 

18 The Spirit of the Lord is upon 
me, because he hath anointed me 
to preach the gospel to the poor ; he 
hath sent me to heal the broken- 
hearted, to preach deliverance to 
the captives, and recovering of sight 
to the blind, to set at liberty them 
that are bruised, 

19 To preach the acceptable year 
of the Lord. 

20 And he closed the book, and 
he gave it again to the minister, and 
sat down. And the eyes of all them 
that were in the synagogue were 
fastened on him. 

21 And he began to say unto 
them, This day is this Scripture 
fulfilled in your ears. 

22 And all bare him witness, and 
wondered at the gracious words which 
proceeded out of his mouth. And they 
said, Is not this Joseph's son ? 

23 And he said unto them, Ye 
will surely say unto me this proverb, 
Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever 
we have heard done in Capernaum, 
do also here in thy country. 



24 And he said, Verily I say unto 
you, No prophet is accepted in his 
own country. 

25 But I tell you of a truth, many 
widows were in Israel in the days 
of Elias, when the heaven was shut 
up three years and six months, when 
great famine was throughout all the 
land ; 

26 But unto none of them was 
Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city 
of Sidon, unto a woman that was a 
widow. 

27 And many lepers were in Israel 
in the time of Eliseus the prophet ; 
and none of them was cleansed, 
saving Naaman the Syrian. 

28 And all they in the synagogue, 
when they heard these things, were 
filled with wrath, 

29 And rose up, and thrust him 
out of the city, and led him unto 
the brow of the hill whereon their 
city was built, that they might cast 
him down headlong. 

30 But he, passing through the 
midst of them, went his way, 

31 And came down to Capernaum, 
a city of Galilee, and taught them 
on the sabbath days. 

3 2 And they were astonished at his 
doctrine : for his word was with power. 

33 TT And in the synagogue there 
was a man, which had a spirit of an 
unclean devil, and cried out with a 
loud voice, 

34 Saying, Let us alone ; what 
have we to do with thee, thou Jesus 
of Nazareth ? art thou come to de- 
stroy us? I know thee who thou 
art ; the Holy One of God. 

35 And Jesus rebuked him, say- 
ing, Hold thy peace, and come out 
of him. And when the devil had 
thrown him in the midst, he came 
out of him, and hurt him not. 

36 And they were all amazed, and 
spake among themselves, saying, 
What a word is this ! for with au- 
thority and power he commandeth 
the unclean spirits, and they come 
out. 

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Peter s mother in law healed. ST. LUKE. Miraculous draught of fishes. 



37 And the fame of him went out 
into every place of the country round 
about. 

38 IT And he arose out of the syn- 
agogue, and entered into Simon's 
house. And Simon's wife's mother 
was taken with a great fever ; and 
they besought him for her. 

39 And he stood over her, and 
rebuked the fever; and it left her: 
and immediately she arose and mi- 
nistered unto them. 

40 If Now when the sun was set- 
ting, all they that had any sick 
with divers diseases brought them 
unto him ; and he laid his hands on 
every one of them, and healed them. 

41 And devils also came out of 
many, crying out, and saying, Thou 
art Christ the Son of God. And 
he rebuking them suffered them not 
to speak : for they knew that he was 
Christ. 

42 And when it was day, he de- 
parted and went into a desert place : 
and the people sought him, and 
came unto him, and stayed him, 
that he should not depart from them. 

43 And he said unto them, I must 
preach the kingdom of God to other 
cities also : for therefore am I sent. 

44 And he preached in the syna- 
gogues of Galilee. 

CHAPTEE Y. 

1 Christ teacheth the people out of Peter's ship^ 4 in 
a miraculous taking of fishes, sheweth how he will 
make him and his partners fishers of men: 12 cleans- 
cth the leper: 16 prayeth in the viilderness: 18 
healcth one sick of the palsy: 27 calleth Matthew 
the publican: 29 ealeth with sinners, as being the 
physician of souls: 84 foretelleth the fastings and 
afflictions of the apostles after his ascension : 36 and 
likeneth fainthearted and weak disciples to old bottles 
and worn garments. 

AN D it came to pass, that, as the 
people pressed upon him to 
hear the word of God, he stood by 
the lake of Gennesaret, 

2 And saw two ships standing by 
the lake: but the fishermen were 
gone out of them, and were washing 
their nets. 

3 And he entered into one of 
the ships, which was Simon's, and 
prayed him that he would thrust 

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out a little from the land. And he 
sat down, and taught the people out 
of the ship. 

4 Now when he had left speaking, 
he said unto Simon, Launch out into 
the deep, and let down your nets for 
a draught. 

5 And Simon answering said unto 
him, Master, we have toiled all the 
night, and have taken nothing: 
nevertheless at thy word I will let 
down the net. 

6 And when they had this done, 
they inclosed a great multitude of 
fishes : and their net brake. 

7 And they beckoned unto their 
partners, which were in the other 
ship, that they should come and help 
them. And they came, and filled 
both the ships, so that they began to 
sink. 

8 When Simon Peter saw it, he 
fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, 
Depart from me; for I am a sinful 
man, O Lord. 

9 For he was astonished, and all 
that were with him, at the draught 
of the fishes which they had taken : 

10 And so ivas also James, and 
John, the sons of Zebedee, which 
were partners with Simon. And Je- 
sus said unto Simon, Fear not ; from 
henceforth thou shalt catch men. 

11 And when they had brought 
their ships to land, they forsook all, 
and followed him. 

12 If And it came to pass, when 
he was in a certain city, behold a man 
full of leprosy ; who seeing Jesus fell 
on his face, and besought him, say- 
ing, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst 
make me clean. 

13 And he put forth his hand, and 
touched him, saying, I will : be thou 
clean. And immediately the leprosy 
departed from him. 

14 And he charged him to tell no 
man : but go, and shew thyself to the 
priest, and offer for thy cleansing, 
according as Moses commanded, for 
a testimony unto them. 

15 But so much the more went 



Christ healeth the palsy. 



ST. LUKE 



He excuseth his disciples. 



there a fame abroad of him: and 
great multitudes came together to 
hear, and to be healed by him of 
their infirmities. 

16 H And he withdrew himself 
into the wilderness, and prayed. 

17 And it came to pass on a certain 
day, as he was teaching, that there 
were Pharisees and doctors of the 
law sitting by, which were come out 
of every town of Galilee, and Judea, 
and Jerusalem: and the power of 
the Lord was present to heal them. 

IS IT And, behold, men brought in 
a bed a man which was taken with a 
palsy : and they sought means to bring 
him in, and to lay him before him. 

19 And when they could not find 
by what way they might bring him 
in because of the multitude, they 
went upon the housetop, and let him 
down through the tiling with his 
couch into the midst before Jesus. 

20 And when he saw their faith, 
he said unto him, Man, thy sins are 
forgiven thee. 

21 And the scribes and the Phari- 
sees began to reason, saying, Who is 
this which speaketh blasphemies? 
Who can forgive sins, but God alone? 

22 But when Jesus perceived their 
thoughts, he answering said unto 
them, What reason ye in your hearts ? 

23 Whether is easier, to say, Thy 
sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Rise 
up and walk ? 

24 But that ye may know that the 
Son of man hath power upon earth 
to forgive sins, (he said unto the sick 
of the palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, 
and take up thy couch, and go into 
thine house. 

25 And immediately he rose up 
before them, and took up that where- 
on he lay, and departed to his own 
house, glorifying God. 

26 And they were all amazed, and 
they glorified God, and were filled 
with fear, saying, We have seen 
strange things to day. 

2 7 H And after these things he went 
forth, and saw a publican, named 
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Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom : 
and he said unto him, Follow me. 

28 And he left all, rose up, and 
followed him. 

29 And Levi made him a great 
feast in his own house : and there 
was a great company of publicans and 
of others that sat down with them. 

, 30 But their scribes and Pharisees 
murmured against his disciples, say- 
ing, Why do ye eat and drink with 
publicans and sinners ? 

31 And Jesus answering said unto 
them, They that are whole need not 
a physician ; but they that are sick. 

32 I came not to call the righteous, 
but sinners to repentance. 

33 IT And they said unto him, Why 
do the disciples of John fast often, 
and make prayers, and likewise the 
disciples of the Pharisees; but thine 
eat and drink ? 

34 And he said unto them, Can ye 
make the children of the bridechamber 
fast, whilethebridegroomiswith them? 

35 But the days will come, when 
the bridegroom shall be taken away 
from them, and then shall they fast 
in those days. 

36 IT And he spake also a parable 
unto them ; No man putteth a piece of 
a new garment upon an old ; if other- 
wise, then both the new maketh a 
rent, and the piece that was taken out 
of the new agreeth not with the old. 

37 And no man putteth new wine 
into old bottles ; else the new wine 
will burst the bottles, and be spilled, 
and the bottles shall perish. 

38 But new wine must be put into 
new bottles ; and both are preserved. 

39 No man also having drunk old 
wine straightway desireth new; for 
he saith, The old is better. 

CHAPTER VI 

1 Christ reproveth the Pharisees' blindness about the 
observation of the sabbath, by Scripttire, reason, 
and miracle: 13 chooseth twelve apostles: 17 healeth 
the diseased: 20 preacheth to his disciples before the 
people of blessings and curses: 27 how we must love 
our enemies: 46 and join the obedience of good works 
to the hearing of the word: lest in the evil day of 
temptation we fall like a house built upon the face of 
the earth, without any foundation. 

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Christ reproveth the Pharisees. ST. LUKE. The twelve apostles chosen. 



AND it came to pass on the se- 
cond sabbath after the first, 
that he went through the corn fields ; 
and his disciples plucked the ears of 
corn, and did eat, rubbing them, in 
their hands. 

2 And certain of the Pharisees 
said unto them, Why do ye that 
which is not lawful to do on the 
sabbath days ? 

3 And Jesus answering them said, 
Have ye not read so much as this, 
what David did, when himself was 
a hungered, and they which were 
with him ; 

4 How he went into the house of 
God, and did take and eat the shew- 
bread, and gave also to them that 
were with him ; which it is not law- 
ful to eat but for the priests alone ? 

5 And he said unto them, That 
the Son of man is Lord also of the 
sabbath. 

6 And it came to pass also on an- 
other sabbath, that he entered into 
the synagogue and taught : and there , 
was a man whose right hand was 
withered. 

7 And the scribes and Pharisees 
watched him, whether he would heal 
on the sabbath day ; that they might 
find an accusation against him. 

8 But he knew their thoughts, and 
said to the man which had the withered 
hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the 
midst. And he arose and stood forth. 

9 Then said Jesus unto them, I 
will ask you one thing ; Is it lawful 
on the sabbath days to do good, or to 
do evil? to save life, or to destroy it? 

10 And looking round about upon 
them all, he said unto the man, 
Stretch forth thy hand. And he did 
so : and his hand was restored whole 
as the other. 

11 And they were filled with mad- 
ness ; and communed one with ano- 
ther what they might do to Jesus. 

12 And it came to pass in those 
days, that he went out into a mount- 
ain to pray, and continued all night 
in prayer to God. 

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13 IT And when it was day, he 
called unto him his disciples : and 
of them he chose twelve, whom also 
he named apostles ; 

14 Simon, (whom he also named 
Peter,) and Andrew his brother, 
James and John, Philip and Bartho- 
lomew, j 

15 Matthew and Thomas, James 
the son of Alpheus, and Simon called 
Zelotes, 

16 And Judas the brother of James, 
and Judas Iscariot, which also was 
the traitor. 

17 IT And he came down with 
them, and stood in the plain, and 
the company of his disciples, and a 
great multitude of people out of all 
Judea and Jerusalem, and from the 
sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which 
came to hear him, and to be healed 
of their diseases ; 

18 And they that were vexed with 
unclean spirits : and they were healed. 

19 And the whole multitude sought 
to touch him : for there went virtue 
out of him, and healed them all. 

20 If And he lifted up his eyes on 
his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye 
poor: for yours is the kingdom of 
God. 

21 Blessed are ye that hunger now : 
for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye 
that weep now : for ye shall laugh. 

22 Blessed are ye, when men shall 
hate you, and when they shall se- 
parate you from their company, and 
shall reproach you, and cast out ypur 
name as evil, for the Son of man's 
sake. 

23 Rejoice ye in that day, and 
leap for joy: for, behold, your re- 
ward is great in heaven: for in the 
like manner did their fathers unto 
the prophets. 

24 But woe unto you that are 
rich ! for ye have received your con- 
solation. 

25 Woe unto you that are full ! 
for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you 
that laugh now ! for ye shall mourn 
and weep. 



Of loving our enemies. 



ST. LUKE. 



Of doing the word. 



26 Woe unto you, when all men 
shall speak well of you ! for so did 
their fathers to the false prophets. 

27 IT But I say unto you which 
hear, Love your enemies, do good to 
them which hate you, 

28 Bless them that curse you, and 
pray for them which despitefully use 
you. 

29 And unto him that smiteth thee 
on the one cheek offer also the other ; 
and him that taketh away thy cloak 
forbid not to take thy coat also. 

30 Give to every man that asketh 
of thee ; and of him that taketh away 
thy goods ask them not again. 

31 And as ye would that men 
should do to you, do ye also to them 
likewise. 

32 For if ye love them which 
love you, what thank have ye ? 
for sinners also love those that love 
them. 

33 And if ye do good to them 
which do good to you, what thank 
have ye ? for sinners also do even the 
same. 

34 And if ye lend to them of whom 
ye hope to receive, what thank have 
ye ? for sinners also lend to sinners, 
to receive as much again. 

35 But love ye your enemies, and 
do good, and lend, hoping for nothing 
again ; and your reward shall be 
great, and ye shall be the children of 
the Highest : for he is kind unto the 
unthankful and to the evil. 

36 Be ye therefore merciful, as 
your Father also is merciful. 

37 Judge not, and ye shall not be 
judged: condemn not, and ye shall 
not be condemned : forgive, and ye 
shall be forgiven : 

38 Give, and it shall be given un- 
to you ; good measure, pressed down, 
and shaken together, and running 
over, shall men give into your bosom. 
For with the same measure that ye 
mete withal it shall be measured to 
you again. 

39 And he spake a parable unto 
them ; Can the blind lead the blind ?. 



shall they not both fall into the 
ditch ? 

40 The disciple is not above his 
master : but every one that is perfect 
shall be as his master. 

41 And why beholdest thou the 
mote that is in thy brother's eye, but 
perceivest not the beam that is in 
thine own eye ? 

42 Either how canst thou say to 
thy brother, Brother, let me pull out 
the mote that is in thine eye, when 
thou thyself beholdest not the beam 
that is in thine own eye ? Thou 
hypocrite, cast out first the beam 
out of thine own eye, and then shalt 
thou see clearly to pull out the mote 
that is in thy brother's eye. 

43 For a good tree bringeth not 
forth corrupt fruit ; neither doth a 
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 

44 For every tree is known by his 
own fruit. For of thorns men do not 
gather figs, nor of a bramble bush 
gather they grapes. 

45 A good man out of the good 
treasure of his heart bringeth forth 
that which is good ; and an evil man 
out of the evil treasure of his heart 
bringeth forth that which is evil : for 
of the abundance of the heart his 
mouth speaketh. 

46 1f And why call ye me, Lord, 
Lord, and do not the things which I 
say? 

47 Whosoever cometh to me, and 
heareth my sayings, and doeth them, 
I will shew you to whom he is like : 

48 He is like a man which built a 
house, and digged deep, and laid the 
foundation on a rock : and when the 
flood arose, the stream beat vehe- 
mently upon that house, and could 
not shake it ; for it was founded up- 
on a rock. 

49 But he that heareth, and doeth 
not, is like a man that without a 
foundation built a house upon ' the 
earth ; against which the stream did 
beat vehemently, and immediately it 
fell ; and the ruin of that house was 
great. 

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The centurion's faith. 



ST. LUKE 



The widow's son raised. 



CHAPTEK VII. 

1 Christ Jin deth a greater faith in the centurion a Gen- 
tile, than in any of the Jews: 10 healeth his servant 
being absent: 11 raiseth from death the widow's son 
at Nain: 19 answer eth John's messengers with the 
declaration of his miracles : 24 testifieth to the -people 
what opinion he held of John: 30 inveigheth against 
the Jews, who with neither the manners of John nor 
of Jesus could be won: 36 and sheweth by occasion of 
Mary Magdalene, how he is a friend to sinners, not to 
maintain them in sins, but to forgive them their sins, 
upon their faith and repentance. 

NOW when he had ended all his 
sayings in the audience of the 
people, he entered into Capernaum. 

2 And a certain centurion's serv- 
ant, who was dear unto him, was 
sick, and ready to die. 

3 And when he heard of Jesus, he 
sent unto him the elders of the Jews, 
beseeching him that he would come 
and heal his servant. 

4 And when they came to Jesus, 
they besought him instantly, saying, 
That he was worthy for whom he 
should do this : 

5 For he loveth our nation, and 
he hath built us a synagogue. 

6 Then Jesus went with them. 
And when he was now not far from 
the house, the centurion sent friends 
to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble 
not thyself; for I am not worthy that 
thou shouldest enter under my roof: 

7 Wherefore neither thought I 
myself worthy to come unto thee: 
but say in a word, and my servant 
shall be healed. 

8 For I also am a man set under 
authority, having under me soldiers, 
and I say unto one, Go, and he go- 
eth ; and to another, Come, and he 
cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, 
and he doeth it. 

9 When Jesus heard these things, 
he marvelled at him, and turned him 
about, and said unto the people that 
followed him, I say unto you, I have 
not found so great faith, no, not in 
Israel. 

16 And they that were sent, re- 
turning to the house, found the serv- 
ant whole that had been sick. 

1 1 IT And it came to pass the day 
after, that he went into a city called 
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Nain ; and many of his disciples 
went with him, and much people. 

12 Now when he came nigh to 
the gate of the city, behold, there 
was a dead man carried out, the only 
son of his mother, and she was a 
widow : and much people of the city 
was with her. 

13 And when the Lord saw her, 
he had compassion on her, and said 
unto her, Weep not. 

14 And he came and touched the 
bier : and they that bare him stood 
still. And he said, Young man, I 
say unto thee, Arise. 

15 And he that was dead sat up, 
and began to speak. And he deli- 
vered him to his mother. 

16 And there came a fear on all: 
and they glorified God, saying, That 
a great prophet is risen up among 
us ; and, That God hath visited his 
people. 

17 And this rumour of him went 
forth throughout all Judea, and 
throughout all the region round 
about. 

18 And the disciples of John shew- 
ed him of all these things. 

19 1[ And John calling unto him 
two of his disciples sent them to Je- 
sus, saying, Art thou he that should 
come ? or look we for another ? 

20 When the men were come un- 
to him, they said, John Baptist hath 
sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou 
he that should come ? or look we for 
another ? 

21 And in that same hour he cured 
many of their infirmities and plagues, 
and of evil spirits ; and unto many 
that were blind he gave sight. 

22 Then Jesus answering said un- 
to them, Go your way, and tell John 
what things ye have seen and heard ; 
how that the blind see, the lame 
walk, the lepers are cleansed, the 
deaf hear, the dead are raised, to 
the poor the gospel is preached. 

23 And blessed is he, whosoever 
shall not be offended in me. 

24 IT And when the messengers of 



Christ's testimony of John. ST. LUKE. 



Christ's feet anointed. 



John were departed, he began to 
speak unto the people concerning 
John, What went ye out into the 
wilderness for to see ? A reed shaken 
with the wind? 

25 But what went ye out for to 
see ? A man clothed in soft raiment ? 
Behold, they which are gorgeously 
apparelled, and live delicately, are 
in kings' courts. 

26 But what went ye out for to 
see ? A prophet ? Yea, I say unto 
you, and much more than a prophet. 

2 7 This is he, of whom it is written, 
Behold, I send my messenger before 
thy face, which shall prepare thy 
way before thee. 

28 For I say unto you, Among 
those that are born of women there 
is not a greater prophet than John 
the Baptist : but he that is least in the 
kingdom of God is greater than he. 

29 And all the people that heard 
him, and the publicans, justified God, 
being baptized with the baptism of 
John. 

30 But the Pharisees and lawyers 
rejected the counsel of God against 
themselves, being not baptized of him. 

31 IT And the Lord said, Where- 
unto then shall I liken the men of 
this generation? and to what are 
they like ? 

32 They are like unto children sit- 
ting in the marketplace, and calling 
one to another, and saying, We have 
piped unto you, and ye have not 
danced ; we have mourned to you, 
and ye have not wept. 

33 For John the Baptist came 
neither eating bread nor drinking 
wine ; and ye say, He hath a devil. 

34 The Son of man is come eating 
and drinking ; and ye say, Behold a 
gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a 
friend of publicans and sinners ! 

35 But wisdom is justified of all 
her children. 

36 If And one of the Pharisees 
desired him that he would eat with 
him. And he went into the Pha- 
risee's house, and sat down to meat. 



37 And, behold, a woman in the 
city, which was a sinner, when she 
knew that Jesus sat at meat in the 
Pharisee's house, brought an alabas- 
ter box of ointment, 

38 And stood at his feet behind 
him weeping, and began to wash his 
feet with tears, and did wipe them 
with the hairs of her head, and kiss- 
ed his feet, and anointed them with 
the ointment. 

39 Now when the Pharisee which 
had bidden him saw it, he spake 
within himself, saying, This man, if 
he were a prophet, would have known 
who and what manner of woman this 
is that toucheth him; for she is a 
sinner. 

40 And Jesus answering said unto 
him, Simon, I have somewhat to say 
unto thee. And he saith, Master, 
say on. 

41 There was a certain creditor 
which had two debtors : the one 
owed five hundred pence, and the 
other fifty. 

42 And when they had nothing to 
pay, he frankly forgave them both. 
Tell me therefore, which of them 
will love him most ? 

43 Simon answered and said, I 
suppose that he, to whom he forgave 
most. And he said unto him, Thou 
hast rightly judged. 

44 And he turned to the woman, 
and said unto Simon, Seest thou this 
woman ? I entered into thine house, 
thou gavest me no water for my feet : 
but she hath washed my feet with 
tears, and wiped them with the hairs 
of her head. 

45 Thou gavest me no kiss : but 
this woman, since the time I came 
in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. 

46 My head with oil thou didst not 
anoint : but this woman hath anoint- 
ed my feet with ointment. 

47 Wherefore I say unto thee, Her 
sins, which are many, are forgiven ; 
for she loved much: but to whom 
little is forgiven, the same loveth 
little. 

8,1 



The parable of the sower, ST. LUKE. 



and of the candle. 



48 And he said unto her, Thy sins 
are forgiven. 

49 And they that sat at meat with 
him began to say within themselves, 
Who is this that forgiveth sins also ? 

50 And he said to the woman, Thy 
faith hath saved thee ; go in peace. 

CHAPTEE VIII. 

3 Women minister unto Christ of their substance. 4 
Christ, after he had preached from place to place, at- 
tended with his apostles, propoundeth the parable of 
the sower, 16 and of the candle: 21 declareth who are 
his mother, and brethren: 22 rebuketh the winds: 26 
casteth the legion of devils out of the man into the 
herd of swine : Si is rejected of the Gadarenes : 43 
healeth the woman of her bloody issue, 49 and raiseth 
from death Jairus' daughter. 

AND it came to pass afterward, 
. that he went throughout every 
city and village, preaching and shew- 
ing the glad tidings of the kingdom 
of God : and the twelve were with 
him, 

2 And certain women, which had 
been healed of evil spirits and infir- 
mities, Mary called Magdalene, out 
of whom went seven devils, 

3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza 
Herod's steward, and Susanna, and 
many others, which ministered unto 
him of their substance. 

4 1f And when much people were 
gathered together, and were come to 
him out of every city, he spake by a 
parable : 

5 A sower went out to sow his 
seed : and as he sowed, some fell 
by the way side ; and it was trodden 
down, and the fowls of the air de- 
voured it. 

6 And some fell upon a rock ; and 
as soon as it was sprung up, it 
withered away, because it lacked 
moisture. 

7 And some fell among thorns ; 
and the thorns sprang up with it, 
and choked it. 

8 And other fell on good ground, 
and sprang up, and bare fruit a hun- 
dredfold. And when he had said 
these things, he cried, He that hath 
ears to hear, let him hear. 

9 And his disciples asked him, 
saying, What might this parable.be ? 

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10 And he said, Unto you it is 
given to know the mysteries of the 
kingdom of God: but to others in 
parables; that seeing they might 
not see, and hearing they might not 
understand. 

11 Now the parable is this : The 
seed is the word of God. 

12 Those by the way side are they 
that hear; then cometh the devil, 
and taketh away the word out of 
their hearts, lest they should believe 
and be saved. 

1 3 They on the rock are they, which, 
when they hear, receive the word 
with joy ; and these have no root, 
which for a while believe, and in 
time of temptation fall away. 

14 And that which fell among 
thorns are they, which, when they 
have heard, go forth, and are choked 
with cares and riches and pleasures 
of this life, and bring no fruit to per- 
fection. 

15 But that on the good ground 
are they, which in an honest and 
good heart, having heard the word, 
keep it, and bring forth fruit with 
patience. 

16 If No man, when he hath lighted 
a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or 
putteth it under a bed ; but setteth 
it on a candlestick, that they which 
enter in may see the light. 

17 For nothing is secret, that shall 
not be made manifest; neither any 
thing hid, that shall not be known 
and come abroad. 

18 Take heed therefore how ye 
hear: for whosoever hath, to him 
shall be given ; and whosoever hath 
not, from him shall be taken even 
that which he seemeth to have. 

19 1[ Then came to him his mother 
and his brethren, and could not come 
at him for the press. 

20 And it was told him by certain 
which said, Thy mother and thy 
brethren stand without, desiring to 
see thee. 

21 And he answered and said unto 
them, My mother and my brethren 



Christ stilleth a tempest. 



ST. LUKE. The legion of devils cast out. 



are these which hear the word of 
God, and do it. 

22 TT Now it came to pass on a 
certain day, that he went into a ship 
with his disciples : and he said unto 
them, Let us go over unto the other 
side of the lake. And they launched 
forth. 

23 But as they sailed, he fell asleep : 
and there came down a storm of wind 
on the lake ; and they were rilled with 
water, and were in jeopardy. 

24 And they came to him, and 
awoke him, saying, Master, Master, 
we perish. Then he arose, and re- 
buked the wind and the raging of the 
water: and they ceased, and there 
was a calm. 

25 And he said unto them, "Where 
is your faith ? And they being afraid 
wondered, saying one to another, 
What manner of man is this ! for he 
commandeth even the winds and wa- 
ter, and they obey him. 

26 IT And they arrived at the 
country of the Gadarenes, which is 
over against Galilee. 

27 And when he went forth to 
land, there met him out of the city 
a certain man, which had devils long 
time, and ware no clothes, neither 
abode in any house, but in the tombs. 

28 When he saw Jesus, he cried 
out, and fell down before him, and 
with a loud voice said, What have I 
to "do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of 
God most high ? I beseech thee, tor- 
ment me not. 

29 (For he had commanded the 
unclean spirit to come out of the 
man. For oftentimes it had caught 
him: and he was kept bound with 
chains and in fetters ; and he brake 
the bands, and was driven of the 
devil into the wilderness.) 

30 And Jesus asked him, saying, 
What is thy name ? And he said, 
Legion: because many devils were 
entered into him. 

31 And they besought him that he 
would not command them to go out 
into the deep. 



32 And there was there a herd of 
many swine feeding on the mountain : 
and they besought him that he would 
suffer them to enter into them. And 
he suffered them. 

33 Then went the devils out of the 
man, and entered into the swine : 
and the herd ran violently down a 
steep place into the lake, and were 
choked. 

34 When they that fed them saw 
what was done, they fled, and went and 
told it in the city and in the country. 

35 Then they went out to see what 
was done; and came to Jesus, and 
found the man, out of whom the 
devils were departed, sitting at the 
feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right 
mind : and they were afraid. 

36 They also which saw it told 
them by what means he that was 
possessed of the devils was healed. 

37 If Then the whole multitude of 
the country of the Gadarenes round 
about besought him to depart from 
them ; for they were taken with great 
fear : and he went up into the ship, 
and returned back again. 

38 Now the man, out of whom the 
devils were departed, besought him 
that he might be with him : but Je- 
sus sent him away, saying, 

39 Return to thine own house, and 
shew how great things God hath 
done unto thee. And he went his 
way, and published throughout the 
whole city how great things Jesus 
had done unto him. 

40 And it came to pass, that, when 
Jesus was returned, the people gladly 
received him : for they were all wait- 
ing for him. 

41 If And, behold, there came a 
man named Jairus, and he was a ruler 
of the synagogue ; and he fell down 
at Jesus' feet, and besought him that 
he would come into his house : 

42 For he had one only daughter, 
about twelve years of age, and she 
lay a dying. But as he went the 
people thronged him. 

.43 IT And a woman having an issue 
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of blood twelve years, which had 
spent all her living upon physicians, 
neither could be healed of any, 

44 Came behind him, and touched 
the border of his garment : and imme- 
diately her issue of blood stanched. 

45 And Jesus said, Who touched 
me? When all denied, Peter and 
they that were with him said, Master, 
the multitude throng thee and press 
thee, and sayest thou, Who touched 
me? 

. 46 And Jesus said, Somebody hath 
touched me : for I perceive that vir- 
tue is gone out of me. 

47 And when the woman saw that 
she was not hid, she came trembling, 
and falling down before him, she de- 
clared unto him before all the peo- 
ple for what cause she had touched 
him, and how she was healed im- 
mediately. 

48 And he said unto her, Daughter, 
be of good comfort: thy faith hath 
made thee whole ; go in peace. 

49 H While he yet spake, there 
cometh one from the ruler of the 
synagogue's house, saying to him, 
Thy daughter is dead ; trouble not 
the Master. 

50 But when Jesus heard it, he an- 
swered him, saying, Fear not: believe 
only, and she shall be made whole. 

51 And when he came into the 
house, he suffered no man to go in, 
save Peter, and James, and John, 
and the father and the mother of the 
maiden. 

52 And all wept, and bewailed her: 
but he said, Weep not; she is not 
dead, but sleepeth. 

53 And they laughed him to scorn, 
knowing that she was dead. 

54 And he put them all out, and 
took her by the hand, and called, 
saying, Maid, arise. 

55 And her spirit came again, and 
she arose straightway : and he com- 
manded to give her meat. 

56 And her parents were astonish- 
ed : but he charged thern that they 
should tell no man what was done. 

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CHAPTER IX. 

1 Christ sendeth his apostles to work miracles, and to 
preach. 7 Herod desired to see Christ. 17 Christ 
feedeth jive thousand: 18 inquireth what opinion the 
world had of him : foretelleth his passion : 23 pro- 
poseth to all the pattern of his patience. 28 Tlie 
transfiguration. 37 He healeth the lunatic : 43 again 
forewarneth his disciples of Jiis passion : 46 commend- 
eth humility: 51 biddeth them to shew mildness to- 
wards all, without desire of revenge. 57 Divers would 
follow him, but upon conditions. 

THEN he called his twelve dis- 
ciples together, and gave them 
power and authority over all devils, 
and to cure diseases. 

2 And he sent them to preach the 
kingdom of God, and to heal the 
sick. 

3 And he said unto them, Take 
nothing for your journey, neither 
staves, nor scrip, neither bread, nei- 
ther money ; neither have two coats 
apiece. 

4 And whatsoever house ye enter 
into, there abide, and thence depart. 

5 And whosoever will not receive 
you, when ye go out of that city, 
shake off the very dust from your 
feet for a testimony against them. 

6 And they departed, and went 
through the towns, preaching the 
gospel, and healing every where. 

7 IT Now Herod the tetrarch heard 
of all that was done by him : and he 
was perplexed, because that it was 
said of some, that John was risen 
from the dead ; 

8 And of some, that Elias had ap- 
peared ; and of others, that one* of 
the old prophets was risen again. 

9 And Herod said, John have I be- 
headed ; but who is this, of whom I 
hear such things ? And he desired 
to see him. 

10 IT And the apostles, when they 
were returned, told him all that they 
had done. And he took them, and 
went aside privately into a desert 
place belonging to the city called 
Bethsaida. 

11 And the people, when they 
knew it, followed him: and he re- 
ceived them, and spake unto them 
of the kingdom of God, and healed 
them that had need of healing. 



Christ feedeth Jive thousand. ST. LUKE. 



His transfiguration. 



1 2 And when the day began to wear 
away, then came the twelve, and said 
unto him, Send the multitude away, 
that they may go into the towns and 
country round about, and lodge, and 
get victuals: for we are here in a 
desert place. 

13 But he said unto them, Give 
ye them to eat. And they said, We 
have no more but five loaves and two 
fishes ; except we should go and buy 
meat for all this people. 

14 For they were about five thou- 
sand men. And he said to his disci- 
ples, Make them sit down by fifties in 
a company. 

15 And they did so, and made them 
all sit down. 

16 Then he took the five loaves 
and the two fishes , and looking up to 
heaven, he blessed them, and brake, 
and gave to the disciples to set before 
the multitude. 

17 And they did eat, and were all 
filled : and there was taken up of 
fragments that remained to them 
twelve baskets. 

18 ^T And it came to pass, as he 
was alone praying, his disciples were 
with him ; and he asked them, saying, 
Whom say the people that I am ? 

19 They answering said, John the 
Baptist; but some say, Elias ; and 
others say, that one of the old pro- 
phets is risen again. 

20 He said unto them, But whom 
say ye that I am? Peter answering 
said, The Christ of God. 

21 And he straitly charged them, 
and commanded them to tell no man 
that thing; 

22 Saying, The Son of man must 
suffer many things, and be rejected 
of the elders and chief priests and 
scribes, and be slain, and be raised 
the third day. 

23 IT And he said to them all, If 
any man will come after me, let him 
deny himself, and take up his cross 
daily, and follow me. 

24 For whosoever will save his life 
shall lose it: but whosoever will lose 



his life for my sake, the same shall 
save it. 

25 For what is a man advantaged, 
if he gain the whole world, and lose 
himself, or be cast away? 

26 For whosoever shall be ashamed 
of me and of my words, of him shall 
the Son of man be ashamed, when he 
shall come in his own glory, and in his 
Father's, and of the holy angels. 

27 But I tell you of a truth, there 
be some standing here, which shall 
not taste of death, till they see the 
kingdom of God. 

28 ^[ And it came to pass about 
an eight days after these sayings, he 
took Peter and John and James, and 
went up into a mountain to pray. 

29 And as he prayed, the fashion of 
his countenance was altered, and his 
raiment was white and glistering. 

30 And, behold, there talked with 
him two men, which were Moses and 
Elias : 

31 Who appeared in glory, and 
spake of his decease which he should 
accomplish at Jerusalem. 

3 2 But Peter and they that were with 
him were heavy with sleep: and when 
they were awake, they saw his glory, 
and the two men that stood with him. 

33 And it came to pass, as they 
departed from him, Peter said unto 
Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be 
here : and let us make three taber- 
nacles ; one for thee, and one for 
Moses, and one for Elias : not know- 
ing what he said. 

34 While he thus spake, there 
came a cloud, and overshadowed 
them : and they feared as they entered 
into the cloud. 

35 And there came a voice out of 
the cloud, saying, This is my beloved 
Son : hear him. 

36 And when the voice was past, 
Jesus was found alone. And they 
kept it close, and told no man in 
those days any of those things which 
they had seen. 

37 If And it came to pass, that on 
the next day, when they were come 
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down from the hill, much people met 
him. 

38 And, behold, a man of the 
company cried out, saying, Master, I 
beseech thee, look upon my son ; for 
he is mine only child. 

39 And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and 
he suddenly crieth out ; and it teareth 
him that he foameth again, and bruis- 
ing him, hardly departeth from him. 

40 And I besought thy disciples to 
cast him out ; and they could not. 

41 And Jesus answering said, O 
faithless and perverse generation, 
how long shall I be with you, and 
suffer you ? Bring thy son hither. 

42 And as he was yet a coming, 
the devil threw him down, and tare 
him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean 
spirit, and healed the child, and de- 
livered him again to his father. 

43 IT And they were all amazed at 
the mighty power of God. But while 
they wondered every one at all things 
which Jesus did, he said unto his 
disciples, 

44 Let these sayings sink down in- 
to your ears : for the Son of man shall 
be delivered into the hands of men. 

45 But they understood not this 
saying, and it was hid from them, 
that they perceived it not: and they 
feared to ask him of that saying. 

46 If Then there arose a reasoning 
among them, which of them should 
be greatest. 

47 And Jesus, perceiving the 
thought of their heart, took a child, 
and set him by him, 

48 And said unto them, Whoso- 
ever shall receive this child in my 
name receiveth me ; and whosoever 
shall receive me, receiveth him that 
sent me : for he that is least among 
you all, the same shall be great. 

49 If And John answered and said, 
Master, we saw one casting out devils 
in thy name; and we forbade him, 
because he followeth not with us. 

50 And Jesus said unto him, For- 
bid him not : for he that is not against 
us is for us. 

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51 If And it came to pass, when 
the time was come that he should 
be received up, he steadfastly set his 
face to go to Jerusalem, 

52 And sent messengers before his 
face : and they went, and entered 
into a village of the Samaritans, to 
make ready for him. 

53 And they did not receive him, 
because his face was as though he 
would go to Jerusalem. 

54 And when his disciples James 
and John saw this, they said, Lord, 
wilt thou that we command fire to 
come down from heaven, and con- 
sume them, even as Elias did ? 

55 But he turned, and rebuked 
them, and said, Ye know not what 
manner of spirit ye are of. 

56 For the Son of man is not come 
to destroy men's lives, but to save 
them. And they went to another 
village. 

57 If And it came to pass, that, 
as they went in the way, a certain 
man said unto him, Lord, I will fol- 
low thee whithersoever thou goest. 

58 And Jesus said unto him, Foxes 
have holes, and birds of the air have 
nests ; but the Son of man hath not 
where to lay his head. 

59 And he said unto another, Fol- 
low me. But he said, Lord, suffer 
me first to go and bury my father. 

60 Jesus said unto him, Let the 
dead bury their dead ; but go thou 
and preach the kingdom of God. 

61 And another also said, Lord, I 
will follow thee ; but let me first go 
bid them farewell, which are at home 
at my house. 

62 And Jesus said unto him, No 
man, having put his hand to the 
plough, and looking back, is fit for 
the kingdom of God. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 Christ sendeth out at once seventy disciples to work 
miracles, and to preach: 1*7 admonisheth them to be 
humble, and wherein to rejoice: 21 thanketh his Father 
for his grace: 23 magnifieth the happy estate of his 
church: 25 teacheth the lawyer how to attain eternal 
life, and to take every one for his neighbour that need- 
e'th his mercy: 41 reprchendeth Martha, and com- 
mendeth Mary her sister. 






Seventy disciples sent forth, ST. LUKE, 



They return with joy. 



AFTER these things the Lord ap- 
. pointed other seventy also, and 
sent them two and two before his 
face into every city and place, whi- 
ther he himself would come. 

2 Therefore said he unto them, 
The harvest truly is great, but the 
labourers are few : pray ye therefore 
the Lord of the harvest, that he 
would send forth labourers into his 
harvest. 

3 Go your ways: behold, I send 
you forth as lambs among wolves. 

4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, 
nor shoes : and salute no man by the 
way. 

5 And into whatsoever house ye en- 
ter, first say, Peace be to this house. 

6 And if the son of peace be there, 
your peace shall rest upon it : if not, 
it shall turn to you again. 

7 And in the same house remain, 
eating and drinking such things as 
they give : for the labourer is worthy of 
his hire. Go not from house to house. 

8 And into whatsoever city ye 
enter, and they receive you, eat such 
things as are set before you : 

9 And heal the sick that are there- 
in, and say unto them, The kingdom 
of God is come nigh unto you. 

10 But into whatsoever city ye 
enter, and they receive you not, go 
your ways out into the streets of the 
same, and say, 

11 Even the very dust of your 
city, which cleaveth on us, we do 
wipe off against you : notwithstand- 
ing, be ye sure of this, that the king- 
dom of God is come nigh unto you. 

12 But I say unto you, that it shall 
be more tolerable in that day for 
Sodom, than for that city. 

13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe 
unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the migh- 
ty works had been done in Tyre and 
Sidon, which have been done in you, 
they had a great while ago repented, 
sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 

14 But it shall be more tolerable 
for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, 
than for you. 



15 And thou, Capernaum, which 
art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust 
down to hell. 

1 6 He that heareth you heareth me ; 
and he that despiseth you despiseth 
me ; and he that despiseth me de- 
spiseth him that sent me. 

17 I" And the seventy returned 
again with joy, saying, Lord, even 
the devils are subject unto us through 
thy name. 

18 And he said unto them, 1 beheld 
Satan as lightning fall from heaven. 

19 Behold, I give unto you power 
to tread on serpents and scorpions, 
and over all the power of the enemy ; 
and nothing shall by any means hurt 
you. 

20 Notwithstanding, in this rejoice 
not, that the spirits are subject unto 
you ; but rather rejoice, because your 
names are written in heaven. 

21 ^[ In that hour Jesus rejoiced in 
spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Fa- 
ther, Lord of heaven and earth, that 
thou hast hid these things from the 
wise and prudent, and hast revealed 
them unto babes : even so, Father ; 
for so it seemed good in thy sight. 

22 All things are delivered to me 
of my Father : and no man knoweth 
who the Son is, but the Father ; and 
who the Father is, but the Son, and 
he to whom the Son will reveal him. 

23 TT And he turned him unto his 
disciples, and said privately, Blessed 
are the eyes which see the things 
that ye see : 

24 For I tell you, that many pro- 
phets and kings have desired to see 
those things which ye see, and have 
not seen them; and to hear those 
things which ye hear, and have not 
heard them. 

25 1[ And, behold, a certain lawyer 
stood up, and tempted him, saying, 
Master, what shall I do to inherit 
eternal life? 

26 He said unto him, What is writ- 
ten in the law ? how readest thou ? 

27 And he answering said, Thou 
shalt love the Lord thy God with all 

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thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
with all thy strength, and with all thy 
mind ; and thy neighbour as thyself. 

28 And he said unto him, Thou 
hast answered right: this do, and 
thou shalt live. 

29 But he, willing to justify him- 
self, said unto Jesus, And who is my 
neighbour ? 

30 And Jesus answering said, A 
certain man went down from Jeru- 
salem to Jericho, and fell among 
thieves, which stripped him of his 
raiment, and wounded him, and de- 
parted, leaving him half dead. 

31 And by chance there came 
down a certain priest that way ; and 
when he saw him, he passed by on 
the other side. 

32 And likewise a Levite, when he 
was at the place, came and looked on 
him, and passed by on the other side. 

33 But a certain Samaritan, as he 
journeyed, came where he was ; and 
when he saw him, he had compassion 
on him, 

34 And went to him, and bound 
up his wounds, pouring in oil and 
wine, and set him on his own beast, 
and brought him to an inn, and took 
care of him. 

35 And on the morrow when he 
departed, he took out two pence, and 
gave them to the host, and said unto 
him, Take care of him : and what- 
soever thou spendest more, when I 
come again, I will repay thee. 

36 Which now of these three, 
thinkest thou, was neighbour unto 
him that fell among the thieves ? 

37 And he said, He that shewed 
mercy on him. Then said Jesus un- 
to him, Go, and do thou likewise. 

38 *[T Now it came to pass, as they 
went, that he entered into a certain 
village : and a certain woman named 
Martha received him into her house. 

39 And she had a sister called 
Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, 
and heard his word. 

40 But Martha was cumbered about 
much serving, and came to him, and 

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ST. LUKE. Christ teacheth to pray. 

said, Lord, dost thou not care that 
my sister hath left me to serve alone ? 
bid her therefore that she help me. 

41 And Jesus answered and said un- 
to her, Martha, Martha, thou art care- 
ful and troubled about many things : 

42 But one thing is needful; and 
Mary hath chosen that good part, 
which shall not be taken away from 
her. 

CHAPTEK XL 

1 Christ teacheth to pray, and th at instantly : 1 1 assuring 
that God so will give us good things. 14 He, casting 
out a dumb devil, rebuketh the blasphemous Pharisees : 
28 and sheweth who are blessed: 29 preacheth to the 
people, 37 and reprehendeth the outward shew of holi- 
ness in the Pharisees, scribes, and lawyers. 

ND it came to pass, that, as he 

was praying in a certain place, 

when he ceased, one of his disciples 

said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, 

as John also taught his disciples. 

2 And he said unto them, When 
ye pray, say, Our Father which art 
in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. 
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be 
done, as in heaven, so in earth. 

3 Give us day by day our daily 
bread. 

4 And forgive us our sins ; for we 
also forgive every one that is indebt- 
ed to us. And lead us not into 
temptation ; but deliver us from evil. 

5 And he said unto them, Which 
of you shall have a friend, and shall 
go unto him at midnight, and say 
unto him, Friend, lend me three 
loaves ; 

6 For a friend of mine in his jour- 
ney is come to me, and I have no- 
thing to set before him ? 

7 And he from within shall answer 
and say, Trouble me not: the door 
is now shut, and my children are 
with me in bed; I cannot rise and 
give thee. 

8 I say unto you, Though he will 
not rise and give him, because he is 
his friend, yet because of his impor- 
tunity he will rise and give him as 
many as he needeth. 

9 And I say unto you, Ask, and 
it shall be given you ; seek, and ye 



He casteth out a devil. 



ST. LUKE. Who are the truly blessed. 



shall find; knock, and it shall be 
opened unto you. 

10 For every one that asketh re- 
ceiveth ; and he that seeketh find- 
eth; and to him that knocketh it 
shall be opened. 

11 If a son shall ask bread of any 
of you that is a father, will he give 
him a stone ? or if he ash a fish, will 
he for a fish give him a serpent ? 

12 Or if he shall ask an egg, will 
he offer him a scorpion ? 

13 If ye then, being evil, know 
how to give good gifts unto your 
children ; how much more shall your 
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit 
to them that ask him? 

14 If And he was casting out a 
devil, and it was dumb. And it 
came to pass, when the devil was 
gone out, the dumb spake ; and the 
people wondered. 

15 But some of them said, He 
casteth out devils through Beelze- 
bub the chief of the devils. 

16 And others, tempting him, 
sought of him a sign from heaven. 

17 But he, knowing their thoughts, 
said unto them, Every kingdom di- 
vided against itself is brought to de- 
solation ; and a house divided against 
a house falleth. 

18 If Satan also be divided against 
himself, how shall his kingdom stand? 
because ye say that I cast out devils 
through Beelzebub. 

19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out 
devils, by whom do your sons cast 
them out ? therefore shall they be 
your judges. 

20 But if I with the finger of God 
cast out devils, no doubt the king- 
dom of God is come upon you. 

21 When a strong man armed 
keepeth his palace, his goods are in 
peace : 

22 But when a stronger than he 
shall come upon him, and overcome 
him, he taketh from him all his ar- 
mour wherein he trusted, and divi- 
deth his spoils. 

23 He that is not with me is 



against me; and he that gathereth 
not with me scattereth. 

24 When the unclean spirit is gone 
out of a man, he walketh through dry 
places, seeking rest ; and finding 
none, he saith, I will return unto my 
house whence I came out. 

25 And when he cometh, he find- 
eth it swept and garnished. 

26 Then goeth he, and taketh to 
him seven other spirits more wicked 
than himself ; and they enter in, and 
dwell there: and the last state of 
that man is worse than the first. 

27 1[ And it came to pass, as he 
spake these things, a certain woman 
of the company lifted up her voice, 
and said unto him, Blessed is the 
womb that bare thee, and the paps 
which thou hast sucked. 

28 But he said, Yea, rather, bless- 
ed are they that hear the word of 
God, and keep it. 

29 If And when the people were 
gathered thick together, he began 
to say, This is an evil generation : 
they seek a sign; and there shall 
no sign be given it, but the sign of 
Jonas the prophet. 

30 For as Jonas was a sign unto 
the Ninevites, so shall also the Son 
of man be to this generation. 

31 The queen of the south shall 
rise up in the judgment with the 
men of this generation, and con- 
demn them : for she came from the 
utmost parts of the earth to hear the 
wisdom of Solomon ; and, behold, a 
greater than Solomon is here. 

32 The men of Nineveh shall rise 
up in the judgment with this gene- 
ration, and shall condemn it : for 
they repented at the preaching of 
Jonas ; and, behold, a greater than 
Jonas is here. 

33 No man, when he hath lighted 
a candle, putteth it in a secret place, 
neither under a bushel, but on a 
candlestick, that they which come 
in may see the light. 

34 The light of the body is the 
eye: therefore when thine eye is 

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ST. LUKE, 



and lawyers reproved. 



single, thy whole body also is full of 
light ; but when thine eye is evil, thy 
body also is full of darkness. 

35 Take heed therefore, that the 
light which is in thee be not darkness. 

36 If thy whole body therefore be 
full of light, having no part dark, 
the whole shall be full of light, as 
when the bright shining of a candle 
doth give thee light. 

37 IT And as he spake, a certain 
Pharisee besought him to dine with 
him : and he went in, and sat down 
to meat. 

38 And when the Pharisee saw it, 
he marvelled that he had not first 
washed before dinner. 

39 And the Lord said unto him, 
Now do ye Pharisees make clean the 
outside of the cup and the platter ; 
but your inward part is full of raven- 
ing and wickedness. 

40 Ye fools, did not he, that made 
that which is without, make that 
which is within also ? 

41 But rather give alms of such 
things as ye have ; and, behold, all 
things are clean unto you. 

42 But woe unto you, Pharisees ! 
for ye tithe mint and rue and all 
manner of herbs, and pass over judg- 
ment and the love' of God: these 
ought ye to have done, and not to 
leave the other undone. 

43 Woe unto you, Pharisees ! for 
ye love the uppermost seats in the 
synagogues, and greetings in the 
markets. 

44 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are as 
graves which appear not, and the 
men that walk over them are not 
aware of them. 

45 H Then answered one of the 
lawyers, and said unto him, Master, 
thus saying thou reproachest us also. 

46 And he said, Woe unto you 
also, ye lawyers ! for ye lade men 
with burdens grievous to be borne, 
and ye yourselves touch not the 
burdens with one of your fingers. 

47 Woe unto you ! for ye build 

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the sepulchres of the prophets, and 
your fathers killed them. 

48 Truly ye bear witness that ye 
allow the deeds of your fathers : for 
they indeed killed them, and ye 
build their sepulchres. 

49 Therefore also said the wisdom 
of God, I will send them prophets 
and apostles, and some of them they 
shall slay and persecute : 

50 That the blood of all the pro- 
phets, which was shed from the 
foundation of the world, may be re- 
quired of this generation ; 

51 From the blood of Abel unto 
the blood of Zacharias, which pe- 
rished between the altar and the 
temple: verily I say unto you, It 
shall be required of this generation. 

52 Woe unto you, lawyers ! for ye 
have taken away the key of know- 
ledge : ye entered not in yourselves, 
and them that were entering in ye 
hindered. 

53 And as he said these things 
unto them, the scribes and the Pha- 
risees began to urge him vehemently, 
and to provoke him to speak of many 
things : 

54 Laying wait for him, and seek- 
ing to catch something out of his 
mouth, that they might accuse him. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 Christ preacheth to his disciples to avoid hypocrisy, 
and fearfulness in publishing his doctrine : 1 3 warneth 
the people to beware of covetousness, by the parable of 
the rich man who set up greater barns. 22 We must 
not be over careful of earthly things, 31 but seek the 
kingdom of God, 33 give alms, 36 be ready at a knock 
to open to our Lord whensoever he cometh. 41 Christ's 
ministers are to see to their charge, 49 and look for 
persecution. 54 The people must take this time of 
grace, 58 because it is a fearful thing to die without 
reconciliation. 

IN the mean time, when there 
were gathered together an in- 
numerable multitude of people, in- 
somuch that they trode one upon 
another, he began to say unto his 
disciples first of all, Beware ye of 
the leaven of the Pharisees, which 
is hypocrisy. 

2 For there is nothing covered, 
that shall not be revealed; neither 
hid, that shall not be known. 



To avoid hypocrisy. 



ST. LUKE. Against worldly carefulness. 



3 Therefore, whatsoever ye have 
spoken in darkness shall be heard 
in the light ; and that which ye have 
spoken in the ear in closets shall be 
proclaimed upon the housetops. 

4 And I say unto you my friends, 
Be not afraid of them that kill the 
body, and after that have no more 
that they can do. 

5 But I will forewarn you whom 
ye shall fear : Fear him, which after 
he hath killed hath power to cast into 
hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. 

6 Are not five sparrows sold for 
two farthings, and not one of them 
is forgotten before God ? 

7 But even the very hairs of your 
head are all numbered. Fear not 
therefore : ye are of more value than 
many sparrows. 

8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever 
shall confess me before men, him 
shall the Son of man also confess 
before the angels of God : 

9 But he that denieth me before 
men shall be denied before the an- 
gels of God. 

10 And whosoever shall speak a 
word against the Son of man, it shall 
be forgiven him : but unto him that 
blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost 
it shall not be forgiven. 

11 And when they bring you unto 
the synagogues, and unto magistrates, 
and powers, take ye no thought how 
or what thing ye shall answer, or 
what ye shall say : 

12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach 
you in the same hour what ye ought 
to say. 

13 IT And one of the company 
said unto him, Master, speak to my 
brother, that he divide the inherit- 
ance with me. 

14 And he said unto him, Man, 
who made me a judge or a divider 
over you ? 

15 And he said unto them, Take 
heed, and beware of covetousness : 
for a man's life consisteth not in 
the abundance of the things which 
he possesseth. 



16 And he spake a parable unto 
them, saying, The ground of a cer- 
tain rich man brought forth plenti- 
fully : 

17 And he thought within himself, 
saying, What shall I do, because I 
have no room where to bestow my 
fruits? 

18 And he said, This will I do: 
I will pull down my barns, and build 
greater ; and there will I bestow all 
my fruits and my goods. 

19 And I will say to my soul, 
Soul, thou hast much goods laid up 
for many years ; take thine ease, 
eat, drink, and be merry. 

20 But God said unto him, Thou 
fool, this night thy soul shall be re- 
quired of thee: then whose shall 
those things be, which thou hast 
provided ? 

21 So is he that layeth up trea- 
sure for himself, and is not rich 
toward God. 

22 1T And he said unto his disci- 
ples, Therefore I say unto you, Take 
no thought for your life, what ye 
shall eat ; neither for the body, what 
ye shall put on. 

23 The life is more than meat, 
and the body is more than raiment. 

24 Consider the ravens: for they 
neither sow nor reap ; which neither 
have storehouse nor barn ; and God 
feedeth them: how much more are 
ye better than the fowls ? 

25 And which of you with taking 
thought can add to his stature one 
cubit? 

26 If ye then be not able to do 
that thing which is least, why take 
ye thought for the rest? 

27 Consider the lilies how they 
grow: they toil not, they spin not; 
and yet I say unto you, that Solo- 
mon in all his glory was not arrayed 
like one of these. 

28 If then God so clothe the grass, 
which is to day in the field, and to 
morrow is cast into the oven ; how 
much more will he clothe you, O ye 
of little faith? 

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ST. LUKE. Duty of Chrisfs ministers. 



29 And seek not ye what ye shall 
eat, or what ye shall drink, neither 
be ye of doubtful mind. 

30 For all these things do the na- 
tions of the world seek after: and 
your Father knoweth that ye have 
need of these things. 

31 If But rather seek ye the king- 
dom of God; and all these things 
shall be added unto you. 

32 Fear not, little flock ; for it is 
your Father's good pleasure to give 
you the kingdom. 

33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; 
provide yourselves bags which wax 
not old, a treasure in the heavens 
that faileth not, where no thief ap- 
proacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 

34 For where your treasure is, 
there will your heart be also. 

35 Let your loins be girded about, 
and your lights burning; 

36 And ye yourselves like unto 
men that wait for their lord, when 
he will return from the wedding; 
that, when he cometh and knocketh, 
they may open unto him immedi- 
ately. 

37 Blessed are those servants, whom 
the lord when he cometh shall find 
watching : verily I say unto you, that 
he shall gird himself, and make them 
to sit down to meat, and will come 
forth and serve them. 

38 And if he shall come in the 
second watch, or come in the third 
watch, and find them so, blessed are 
those servants. 

39 And this know, that if the 
goodman of the house had known 
what hour the thief would come, 
he would have watched, and not 
have suffered his house to be broken 
through. 

40 Be ye therefore ready also : for 
the Son of man cometh at an hour 
when ye think not. 

41 If Then Peter said unto him, 
Lord, speakest thou this parable unto 
us, or even to all ? 

42 And the Lord said, Who then 
is that faithful and wise steward, 

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whom his lord shall make ruler over 
his household, to give them their por- 
tion of meat in due season ? 

43 Blessed is that servant, whom 
his lord when he cometh shall find 
so doing. 

44 Of a truth I say unto you, that 
he will make him ruler over all that 
he hath. 

45 But and if that servant say in 
his heart, My lord delayeth his com- 
ing ; and shall begin to beat the men- 
servants and maidens, and to eat and 
drink, and to be drunken ; 

46 The lord of that servant will 
come in a day when he looketh not 
for him, and at an hour when he is 
not aware, and will cut him in sun- 
der, and will appoint him his portion 
with the unbelievers. 

47 And that servant, which knew 
his lord's will, and prepared not him- 
self, neither did according to his will, 
shall be beaten with many stripes. 

48 But he that knew not, and did 
commit things worthy of stripes, shall 
be beaten with few stripes. For unto 
whomsoever much is given, of him 
shall be much required ; and to whom 
men have committed much, of him 
they will ask the more. 

49 H" I am come to send fire on 
the earth ; and what will I, if it be 
already kindled ? 

50 But I have a baptism to be 
baptized with ; and how am I strait- 
ened till it be accomplished ! 

51 Suppose ye that I am come to 
give peace on earth ? I tell you, 
Nay ; but rather division : 

52 For from henceforth there shall 
be five in one house divided, three 
against two, and two against three. 

53 The father shall be divided 
against the son, and the son against 
the father ; the mother against the 
daughter, and the daughter against 
the mother; the mother in law 
against her daughter in law, and the 
daughter in law against her mother 
in law. 

54 1[ And he said also to the people, 



Christ preacheth repentance. ST. LUKE. 



Crooked woman healed. 



When ye see a cloud rise out of the 
west, straightway ye say, There 
cometh a shower ; and so it is. 

55 And when ye see the south 
wind blow, ye say, There will he 
heat ; and it cometh to pass. 

56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern 
the face of the sky and of the earth ; 
hut how is it that ye do not discern 
this time ? 

51 Yea, and why even of your- 
selves judge ye not what is right ? 

58 If When thou goest with thine 
adversary to the magistrate, as thou 
art in the way, give diligence that 
thou mayest he delivered from him ; 
lest he hale thee to the judge, and 
the judge deliver thee to the officer, 
and the officer cast thee into prison. 

59 I tell thee, thou shalt not de- 
part thence, till thou hast paid the 
very last mite. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

1 Christ preacheth, repentance upon the punishment of 
the Galileans, and others. 6 The fruitless fig tree 
may not stand. 11 He healelh the crooked woman: 
18 sheweth the powerful working of the word in the 
hearts of his chosen, by the parable of the grain of 
■mustard seed, and of leaven : 24 exhorteth to enter in 
at the strait gate, 31 and reproveth Herod and Jeru- 
salem. 

THERE were present at that sea- 
son some that told him of the 
Galileans, whose blood Pilate had 
mingled with their sacrifices. 

2 And Jesus answering said unto 
them, Suppose ye that these Galile- 
ans were sinners above all the Gali- 
leans, because they suffered such 
things ? 

3 I tell you, Nay : but, except ye 
repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 

4 Or those eighteen, upon whom 
the tower in Siloam fell, and slew 
them, think ye that they were sin- 
ners above all men that dwelt in 
Jerusalem ? 

5 I tell you, Nay : but, except ye 
repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 

6 If He spake also this parable ; 
A certain man had a fig tree planted 
in his vineyard ; and he came and 
sought fruit thereon, and found none. 

7 Then said he unto the dresser 

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of his vineyard, Behold, these three 
years I come seeking fruit on this 
fig tree, and find none : cut it down ; 
why cumbereth it the ground ? 

8 And he answering said unto him, 
Lord, let it alone this year also, till I 
shall dig about it, and dung it : 

9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if 
not, then after that thou shalt cut it 
down. 

10 And he was teaching in one of 
the synagogues on the sabbath. 

11 If And, behold, there was a wo- 
man which had a spirit of infirmity 
eighteen years, and was bowed to- 
gether, and could in no wise lift up 
herself. 

12 And when Jesus saw her, he 
called her to him, and said unto her, 
Woman, thou art loosed from thine 
infirmity. 

13 And he laid his hands on 
her : and immediately she was made 
straight, and glorified God. 

14 And the ruler of the synagogue 
answered with indignation, because 
that Jesus had healed on the sab- 
bath day, and said unto the people, 
There are six days in which men 
ought to work: in them therefore 
come and be healed, and not on the 
sabbath day. 

15 The Lord then answered him, 
and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not 
each one of you on the sabbath loose 
his ox or his ass from the stall, and 
lead him away to watering ? 

16 And ought not this woman, 
being a daughter of Abraham, whom 
Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen 
years, be loosed from this bond on 
the sabbath day ? 

17 And when he had said these 
things, all his adversaries were 
ashamed : and all the people rejoiced 
for all the glorious things that were 
done by him. 

18 TT Then said he, Unto what is 
the kingdom of G od like ? and where* 
unto shall I resemble it ? 

19 It is like a grain of mustard 
seed, which a man took, and cast 

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ST. LUKE. Christ healeth the dropsy. 



into his garden; and it grew, and 
waxed a great tree ; and the fowls of 
the air lodged in the branches of it. 

20 And again he said, Whereunto 
shall I liken the kingdom of God ? 

2 1 It is like leaven, which a woman 
took and hid in three measures of 
meal, till the whole was leavened. 

22 And he went through the cities 
and villages, teaching, and journey- 
ing toward Jerusalem. 

23 Then said one unto him, Lord, 
are there few that be saved ? And 
he said unto them, 

24 If Strive to enter in at the strait 
gate : for many, I say unto you, will 
seek to enter in, and shall not be 
able. 

25 When once the master of the 
house is risen up, and hath shut to 
the door, and ye begin to stand with- 
out, and to knock at the door, say- 
ing, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and 
he shall answer and say unto you, I 
know you not whence ye are : 

26 Then shall ye begin to say, 
We have eaten and drunk in thy 
presenoe, and thou hast taught in 
our streets. 

27 But he shall say, I tell you, 
I know you not whence ye are; 
depart from me, all ye workers of 
iniquity. 

28 There shall be weeping and 
gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see 
Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and 
all the prophets, in the kingdom of 
God, and you yourselves thrust out. 

29 And they shall come from the 
east, and/rom the west, and from the 
north, and from the south, and shall 
sit down in the kingdom of God. 

30 And, behold, there are last 
which shall be first; and there are 
first which shall be last. 

31 IT The same day there came 
certain of the Pharisees, saying unto 
him, Get thee out, and depart hence ; 
for Herod will kill thee. 

32 And he said unto them, Go ye, 
and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out 
devils, and I do cures to day and to 

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morrow, and the third day I shall be 
perfected. 

33 Nevertheless I must walk to 
day, and to morrow, and the day 
following: for it cannot be that a 
prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 

34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which 
killest the prophets, and stonest them 
that are sent unto thee ; how often 
would I have gathered thy children 
together, as a hen doth gather her 
brood under her wings, and ye would 
not ! 

35 Behold, your house is left unto 
you desolate : and verily I say unto 
you, Ye shall not see me, until the 
time come when ye shall say, Blessed 
is he that cometh in the name of the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER X1Y. 

2 Christ healeth the dropsy on the sabbath: 1 teacheth 
humility: 12 to feast the poor : 15 under the parable 
of the great supper, sheweth how worldly minded men, 
who contemn the word of God, shall be shut out of 
heaven. 25 Those who will be his disciples, to bear 
their cross must make their accounts aforehand, lest 
with shame they revolt from him afterward, 34 and 
become altogether unprofitable, like salt that hath lost 
his savour. 

AND it came to pass, as he went 
. into the house of one of the 
chief Pharisees to eat bread on the 
sabbath day, that they watched him. 

2 And, behold, there was a certain 
man before him which had the dropsy. 

3 And Jesus answering spake unto 
the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is 
it lawful to heal on the sabbath day ? 

4 And they held their peace. And 
he took him, and healed him, and 
let him go ; 

5 And answered them, saying, 
Which of you shall have an ass or 
an ox fallen into a pit, and will not 
straightway pull him out on the 
sabbath day ? 

6 And they could not answer him 
again to these things. 

7 TT And he put forth a parable to 
those which were bidden, when he 
marked how they chose out the chief 
rooms ; saying unto them, 

8 When thou art bidden of any man 
to a wedding, sit not down in the 



Parable of the great supper. ST. LUKE. 



Of bearing the cross. 



highest room ; lest a more honourable 
man than thou be bidden of him ; 

9 And he that bade thee and him 
come and say to thee, Give this man 
place ; and thou begin with shame 
to take the lowest room. 

10 But when thou art bidden, go 
and sit down in the lowest room; 
that when he that bade thee cometh, 
he may say unto thee, Friend, go up 
higher: then shalt thou have wor- 
ship in the presence of them that sit 
at meat with thee. 

1 1 For whosoever exalteth himself 
shall be abased; and he that hum- 
bleth himself shall be exalted. 

12 % Then said he also to him 
that bade him, When thou makest 
a dinner or a supper, call not thy 
friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy 
kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours ; 
lest they also bid thee again, and a 
recompense be made thee. 

1 3 But when thou makest a feast, 
call the poor, the maimed, the lame, 
the blind : 

14 And thou shalt be blessed ; for 
they cannot recompense thee : for 
thou shalt be recompensed at the 
resurrection of the just. 

15 IT And when one of them that 
sat at meat with him heard these 
things, he said unto him, Blessed is 
he that shall eat bread in the king- 
dom of God. 

16 Then said he unto him, A cer- 
tain man made a great supper, and 
bade many: 

17 And sent his servant at supper 
time to say to them that were bid- 
den, Come; for all things are now 
ready. 

18 And they all with one consent 
began to make excuse. The first said 
unto him, I have bought a piece of 
ground, and I must needs go and see 
it : I pray thee have me excused. 

1 9 And another said, I have bought 
five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove 
them : I pray thee have me excused. 

20 And another said, I have married 
a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 



21 So that servant came, and 
shewed his lord these things. Then 
the master of the house being angry 
said to his servant, Go out quickly 
into the streets and lanes of the city, 
and bring in hither the poor, and 
the maimed, and the halt, and the 
blind. 

22 And the servant said, Lord, it 
is done as thou hast commanded, and 
yet there is room. 

23 And the lord said unto the 
servant, Go out into the highways 
and hedges, and compel them to come 
in, that my house may be filled. 

24 For I say unto you, That none 
of those men which were bidden 
shall taste of my supper. 

25 If And there went great multi- 
tudes with him : and he turned, and 
said unto them, 

26 If any man come to me, and 
hate not his father, and mother, and 
wife, and children, and brethren, and 
sisters, yea, and his own life also, he 
cannot be my disciple. 

27 And whosoever doth not bear 
his cross, and come after me, cannot 
be my disciple. 

28 For which of you, intending to 
build a tower, sitteth not down first, 
and counteth the cost, whether he 
have sufficient to finish it ? 

29 Lest haply, after he hath laid 
the foundation, and is not able to 
finish it, all that behold it begin to 
mock him, 

30 Saying, This man began to 
build, and was not able to finish. 

31 Or what king, going to make 
war against another king, sitteth not 
down first, and consulteth whether 
he be able with ten thousand to meet 
him that cometh against him with 
twenty thousand ? 

32 Or else, while the other is yet 
a great way off, he sendeth an am- 
bassage, and desireth conditions of 
peace. 

33 So likewise, whosoever he be 
of you that forsaketh not all that he 
hath, he cannot be my disciple. 

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Parable of the lost sheep, 



ST. LUKE. 



and of the prodigal son. 



34 IT Salt is good : but if the salt 
have lost his savour, wherewith shall 
it be seasoned ? 

35 It is neither fit for the land, 
nor yet for the dunghill; but men 
cast it out. He that hath ears to 
hear, let him hear. 

CHAPTER XV. 

1 The parable of the lost sheep : 8 of the piece of silver: 
11 of the prodigal son. 

THEN drew near unto him all 
the publicans and sinners for to 
hear him. 

2 And the Pharisees and scribes 
murmured, saying, This man re- 
ceiveth sinners, and eateth with 
them. 

3 If And he spake this parable 
unto them, saying, 

4 What man of you, having a 
hundred sheep, if he lose one of 
them, doth not leave the ninety 
and nine in the wilderness, and 
go after that which is lost, until he 
find it ? 

5 And when he hath found it, he 
layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 

6 And when he cometh home, he 
calleth together his friends and neigh- 
bours, saying unto them, Rejoice 
with me ; for I have found my sheep 
which was lost. 

7 I say unto you, that likewise joy 
shall be in heaven over one sinner 
that repenteth, more than over nine- 
ty and nine just persons, which need 
no repentance. 

8 If Either what woman having 
ten pieces of silver, if she lose one 
piece, doth not light a candle, and 
sweep the house, and seek diligently 
till she find it? 

9 And when she hath found it, she 
calleth her friends and her neigh- 
bours together, saying, Rejoice with 
me ; for I have found the piece 
which I had lost. 

10 Likewise, I say unto you, there 
is joy in the presence of the angels 
of God over one sinner that re- 
penteth. 

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11 If And he said, A certain man 
had two sons : 

12 And the younger of them said 
to his father, Father, give me the 
portion of goods that falleth to me. 
And he divided unto them his living. 

13 And not many days after the 
younger son gathered all together, 
and took his journey into a far coun- 
try, and there wasted his substance 
with riotous living. 

14 And when he had spent all, 
there arose a mighty famine in that 
land ; and he began to be in want. 

15 And he went and joined him- 
self to a citizen of that country ; and 
he sent him into his fields to feed 
swine. 

16 And he would fain have filled 
his belly with the husks that the 
swine did eat: and no man gave 
unto him. . 

17 And when he came to himself, 
he said, How many hired servants 
of my father's have bread enough 
and to spare, and I perish with hun- 
ger! 

18 I will arise and go to my father, 
and will say unto him, Father, I have 
sinned against heaven, and before 
thee, 

19 And am no more worthy to be 
called thy son: make me as one of 
thy hired servants. 

20 And he arose, and came to his 
father. But when he was yet a 
great way off, his father saw him, 
and had compassion, and ran, and 
fell on his neck, and kissed him. 

21 And the son said unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against hea- 
ven, and in thy sight, and am no 
more worthy to be called thy son. 

22 But the father said to his 
servants, Bring forth the best robe, 
and put it on him; and put a ring 
on his hand, and shoes on his feet : 

23 And bring hither the fatted 
calf, and kill it ; and let us eat, and 
be merry : 

24 For this my son was dead, 
and is alive again; he was lost, and 



The unjust steward. 



ST. LUKE, 



The Pharisees reproved. 



is found. And they began to be 
merry. 

25 Now his elder son was in the 
field : and as he came and drew nigh 
to the house, he heard music and 
dancing. 

26 And he called one of the serv- 
ants, and asked what these things 
meant. 

27 And he said unto him, Thy 
brother is come ; and thy father hath 
killed the fatted calf, because he 
hath received him safe and sound. 

28 And he was angry, and would 
not go in : therefore came his father 
out, and entreated him. 

29 And he answering said to his 
father, Lo, these many years do I 
serve thee, neither transgressed I at 
any time thy commandment; and 
yet thou never gavest me a kid, 
that I might make merry with my 
friends : 

30 But as soon as this thy son 
was come, which hath devoured thy 
living with harlots, thou hast killed 
for him the fatted calf. 

31 And he said unto him, Son, 
thou art ^ver with me, and all that 
I have is thine. 

32 It was meet that we should 
make merry, and be glad : for this 
thy brother was dead, and is alive 
again ; and was lost, and is found. 

CHAPTEK XVI. 



1 The parable of the unjust steward. 14 Christ reproveth 
the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees. 19 The rich 
glutton, and Lazarus the ' 



AND he said also unto his disci- 
. pies, There was a certain rich 
man, which had a steward; and the 
same was accused unto him that he 
had wasted his goods. 

2 And he called him, and said 
unto him, How is it that I hear this 
of thee ? give an account of thy 
stewardship ; for thou mayest be no 
longer steward. 

3 Then the steward said within 
himself, What shall I do? for my 
lord taketh away from me the stew- 



ardship : I cannot dig ; to beg I am 
ashamed. 

4 I am resolved what to do, that, 
when I am put out of the steward- 
ship, they may receive me into their 
houses. 

5 So he called every one of his 
lord's debtors unto him, and said 
unto the first, How much owest 
thou unto my lord ? 

6 And he said, A hundred mea- 
sures of oil. And he said unto him, 
Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, 
and write fifty. 

7 Then said he to another, And 
how much owest thou ? And he said, 
A hundred measures of wheat. And 
he said unto him, Take thy bill, and 
write fourscore. 

8 And the lord commended the 
unjust steward, because he had done 
wisely : for the children of this world 
are in their generation wiser than 
the children of light. 

9 And I say unto you, Make to 
yourselves friends of the mammon 
of unrighteousness ; that, when ye 
fail, they may receive you into ever- 
lasting habitations. 

10 He that is faithful in that 
which is least is faithful also in 
much : and he that is unjust in the 
least is unjust also in much. 

11 If therefore ye have not been 
faithful in the unrighteous mammon, 
who will commit to your trust the 
true riches ? 

12 And if ye have not been faith- 
ful in that which is another man's, 
who shall give you that which is 
your own ? 

13 IT No servant can serve two 
masters : for either he will hate the 
one, and love the other ; or else he 
will hold to the one, and despise 
the other. Ye cannot serve God 
and mammon. 

14 And the Pharisees also, who 
were covetous, heard all these things : 
and they derided him. 

15 And he said unto them, Ye are 
they which justify yourselves before 

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The poiver of faith. 



men ; but God knoweth your hearts : 
for that which is highly esteemed 
among men is abomination in the 
sight of God. 

16 The law and the prophets were 
until John : since that time the 
kingdom pf God is preached, and 
every man presseth into it. 

17 And it is easier for heaven and 
earth, to pass, than one tittle of the 
law to fail. 

18 Whosoever putteth away his 
wife, and marrieth another, com- 
mitteth adultery : and whosoever 
marrieth her that is put away from 
her husband committeth adultery. 

19 % There was a certain rich 
man, which was clothed in purple 
and fine linen, and fared sumptu- 
ously every day : 

20 And there was a certain beggar 
named Lazarus, which was laid at 
his gate, full of sores, 

21 And desiring to be fed with 
the crumbs which fell from the rich 
man's table : moreover the dogs 
came and licked his sores. 

22 And it came to pass, that the 
beggar died, and was carried by the 
angels into Abraham's bosom: the 
rich man also died, and was buried; 

2 3 And in hell he lifted up his eyes, 
being in torments, and seeth Abra- 
ham afar off, and Lazarus in his 
bosom. 

24 And he cried and said, Father 
Abraham, have mercy on me, and 
send Lazarus, that he may dip the 
tip of his finger in water, and cool 
my tongue; for I am tormented in 
this flame. 

25 But Abraham said, Son, remem- 
ber that thou in thy lifetime receiv- 
edst thy good things, and likewise 
Lazarus evil things : but now he is 
comforted, and thou art tormented. 

26 And beside all this, between 
us and you there is a great gulf fixed : 
so that they which would pass from 
hence to you cannot ; neither can 
they pass to us, that would come 
from thence. 

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27 Then he said, I pray thee 
therefore, father, that thou wouldest 
send him to my father's house : 

28 For I have five brethren ; thai 
he may testify unto them, lest they 
also come into this place of torment. 

29 Abraham saith unto him, They 
have Moses and the prophets ; let 
them helar them. 

30 And he said, Nay, father Abra- 
ham : but if one went unto them 
from the dead, they will repent. 

31 And he said unto him, If they 
hear not Moses and the prophets, 
neither will they be persuaded, 
though one rose from the dead. 

CHAPTEE XVII. 

1 Christ teacheth to avoid occasions of offence. 3 One 
to forgive another. 6 The power of faith. 7 How we 
are bound to God, and not he to us. 11 He healeth 
ten lepers. 22 Of the kingdom of God, and the com- 
ing of the Son of man. 

THEN said he unto the disciples, 
It is impossible but that offences 
will come : but woe unto him, through 
whom they come ! 

2 It were better for him that a 
millstone were hanged about his 
neck, and he cast into the sea, than 
that he should offend one of these 
little ones. 

3 IT Take heed to yourselves : If 
thy brother trespass against thee, 
rebuke him; and if he repent, for- 
give him. 

4 And if he trespass against thee 
seven times in a day, and seven 
times in a day turn again to thee, 
saying, I repent ; thou shalt forgive 
him. 

5 And the apostles said unto the 
Lord, Increase our faith. 

6 And the Lord said, If ye had 
faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye 
might say unto this sycamine tree, 
Be thou plucked up by the root, and 
be thou planted in the sea ; and it 
should obey you. 

7 But which of you, having a 
servant ploughing or feeding cattle, 
will say unto him by and by, when 
he is come from the field, Go and 

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Christ healeth ten lepers. 



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Of Christ's coming. 



8 And will not rather say unto him, 
Make ready wherewith I may sup, 
and gird thyself, and serve me, till I 
have eaten and drunken ; and after- 
ward thou shalt eat and drink ? 

9 Doth he thank that servant he- 
cause he did the things that were 
commanded him ? I trow not. 

10 So likewise ye, when ye shall 
have done all those things which are 
commanded you, say, We are unpro- 
fitable servants: we have done that 
which was our duty to do. 

11 IT And it came to pass, as he 
went to Jerusalem, that he passed 
through the midst of Samaria and 
Galilee. 

12 And as he entered into a certain 
village, there met him ten men that 
were lepers, which stood afar off: 

13 And they lifted up their voices, 
and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy 
on us. 

14 And when he saw them, he 
said unto them, Go shew yourselves 
unto the priests. And it came to 
pass, that, as they went, they were 
cleansed. 

15 And one of them, when he saw 
that he was healed, turned hack, and 
with a loud voice glorified God, 

16 And fell down on his face at 
his feet, giving him thanks : and he 
was a Samaritan. 

17 And Jesus answering said, Were 
there not ten cleansed ? but where 
are the nine? 

18 There are not found that re- 
turned to give glory to God, save 
this stranger. 

19 And he said unto him, Arise, 
go thy way : thy faith hath made 
thee whole. 

20 IT And when he was demanded 
of the Pharisees, when the kingdom 
of God should come, he answered 
them and said, The kingdom of God 
cometh not with observation : 

21 Neither shall they say, Lo here ! 
or, lo there ! for, behold, the kingdom 
of God is within you. 

22 And he said unto the disciples, 



The days will come, when ye shall 
desire to see one of the days of 
the Son of man, and ye shall not 
see it. 

23 And they shall say to you, See 
here ; or, see there : go not after 
them, nor follow them. 

24 For as the lightning, that light- 
eneth out of the one part under 
heaven, shineth unto the other part 
under heaven ; so shall also the Son 
of man be in his day. 

25 But first must he suffer many 
things, and be rejected of this gene- 
ration. 

26 And as it was in the days of 
Noe, so shall it be also in the days 
of the Son of man. 

27 They did eat, they drank, they 
married wives, they were given in 
marriage, until the day that Noe 
entered into the ark, and the flood 
came, and destroyed them all. 

28 Likewise also as it was in the 
days of Lot; they did eat, they 
drank, they bought, they sold, they 
planted, they builded ; 

29 But the same day that Lot 
went out of Sodom it rained fire and 
brimstone from heaven, and destroy- 
ed them all. 

30 Even thus shall it be in the 
day when the Son of man is re- 
vealed. 

31 In that day, he which shall be 
upon the housetop, and his stuff in 
the house, let him not come down 
to take it away: and he that is in 
the field, let him likewise not return 
back. 

32 Remember Lot's wife. 

33 Whosoever shall seek to save 
his life shall lose it; and whoso- 
ever shall lose his life shall preserve 
it. 

34 I tell you, in that night there 
shall be two men in one bed ; the 
one shall be taken, and the other 
shall be left. 

35 Two ivomen shall be grinding 
together ; the one shall be taken, and 
the other left. 

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36 Two men shall be in the field ; 
the one shall be taken, and the other 
left. 

37 And they answered and said 
unto him, Where, Lord? And he 
said unto them, Wheresoever the 
body is, thither will the eagles be 
gathered together. 

CHAPTEE XYIII. 

3 Of the importunate widow. 9 Of the Pharisee and 
the publican. 15 Children brought to Christ. 18^4 
ruler that would follow Christ, but is hindered by his 
riches. 28 The reward of them that leave all for his 
sake. 31 He foresheweth his death, 35 and restoreth a 
blind man to his sight. 

AND he spake a parable unto 
. them to this end, that men 
ought always to pray, and not to 
faint ; 

2 Saying, There was in a city a 
judge, which feared not God, neither 
regarded man : 

3 And there was a widow in that 
city ; and she came unto him, saying, 
Avenge me of mine adversary. 

4 And he would not for a while : 
but afterward he said within himself, 
Though I fear not God, nor regard 
man; 

5 Yet because this widow trou- 
.. bleth me, I will avenge her, lest 

,by her continual coming she weary 
me. 

6 And the Lord said, Hear what 
the unjust judge saith. 

7 And shall not God avenge his 
own elect, which cry day and night 
unto him, though he bear long with 
them ? 

8 I tell you that he will etvenge 
them speedily. Nevertheless, when 
the Son of man cometh, shall he 
find faith on the earth ? 

9 And he spake this parable unto 
certain which trusted in themselves 
that they were righteous, and despis- 
ed others : 

10 Two men went up into the 
temple to pray; the one a Pharisee, 
and the other a publican. 

11 The Pharisee stood and prayed 
thus with himself, God, I thank thee, 
that I am not as other men are, ex- 

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tortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even 
as this publican. 

12 I fast twice in the week, I give 
tithes of all that I possess. 

13 And the publican, standing afar 
off, would not lift up so much as his 
eyes unto heaven, but smote upon 
his breast, saying, God be merciful 
to me a sinner. 

14 I tell you, this man went down 
to his house justified rather than 
the other: for every one that ex- 
alteth himself shall be abased ; and 
he that humbleth himself shall be 
exalted. 

15 And they brought unto him 
also infants, that he would touch 
them : but when his disciples saw it, 
they rebuked them. 

16 But Jesus called them unto 
him, and said, Suffer little children 
to come unto me, and forbid them 
not: for of such is the kingdom of 
God. 

17 Yerily I say unto you, Whoso- 
ever shall not receive the kingdom 
of God as a little child shall in no 
wise enter therein. 

18 And a certain ruler asked him, 
saying, Good Master, what shall I do 
to inherit eternal life ? 

19 And Jesus said unto him, Why 
callest thou me good ? none is good 
save one, that is, God. 

20 Thou knowest the command- 
ments, Do not commit adultery, Do 
not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear 
false witness, Honour thy father and 
thy mother. 

21 And he said, All these have I 
kept from my youth up. 

22 Now when Jesus heard these 
things, he said unto him, Yet lackest 
thou one thing: sell all that thou 
hast, and distribute unto the poor, 
and thou shalt have treasure in hea- 
ven : and come, follow me. 

23 And when he heard this, he 
was very sorrowful : for he was very 
rich. 

24 And when Jesus saw that he 
was very sorrowful, he said, How 



He foretelleth his death. 



ST. LUKE 



Christ visiteth Zaccheus. 



hardly shall they that have riches 
enter into the kingdom of God ! 

25 For it is easier for a camel to 
go through a needle's eye, than for a 
rich man to enter into the kingdom 
of God. 

26 And they that heard it said, 
Who then can he saved ? 

27 And he said, The things which 
are impossible with men are possible 
with God. 

28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have 
left all, and followed thee. 

29 And he said unto them, Verily 
I say unto you, There is no man 
that hath left house, or parents, or 
brethren, or wife, or children, for the 
kingdom of God's sake, 

30 Who shall not receive manifold 
more in this present time, and in the 
world to come life everlasting. 

31 If Then he took unto him the 
twelve, and said unto them, Behold, 
we go up to Jerusalem, and all things 
that are written by the prophets con- 
cerning the Son of man shall be ac- 
complished. 

32 For he shall be delivered unto 
the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, 
and spitefully entreated, and spitted 
on: 

33 And they shall scourge him, and 
put him to death ; and the third day 
he shall rise again. 

34 And they understood none of 
these things : and this saying was 
hid from them, neither knew they 
the things which were spoken. 

35 ^f And it came to pass, that 
as he was come nigh unto Jericho, 
a certain blind man sat by the way 
side begging : 

36 And hearing the multitude pass 
by, he asked what it meant. 

37 And they told him, that Jesus 
of Nazareth passeth by. 

38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, 
thou Son of David, have mercy on 
me. 

39 And they which went before re- 
buked him, that he should hold his 
peace : but he cried so much the more, 



Thou Son of David, have mercy on 
me. 

40 And Jesus stood, and com- 
manded him to be brought unto him : 
and when he was come near, he asked 
him, 

41 Saying, What wilt thou that I 
shall do unto thee? And he said, 
Lord, that I may receive my sight. 

42 And Jesus said unto him, Re- 
ceive thy sight : thy faith hath saved 
thee. 

43 And immediately he received 
his sight, and followed him, glorify- 
ing God : and all the people, when 
they saw it, gave praise unto God. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 Of Zaccheus a publican. 11 The ten pieces of money. 
28 Christ rideth into Jerusalem with triumph: 41 
weepeth over it: 45 driveth the buyers and sellers out 
of the temple: 47 teaching daily in it. The riders 
would have destroyed him, but for fear of the people. 

AND Jesus entered and passed 
. through Jericho. 

2 And, behold, there was a man 
named Zaccheus, which was the chief 
among the publicans, and he was rich. 

3 And he sought to see Jesus who 
he was ; and could not for the press, 
because he was little of stature. 

4 And he ran before, and climbed 
up into a sycamore tree to see him ; 
for he was to pass that way. 

5 And when Jesus came to the 
place, he looked up, and saw him, 
and said unto him, Zaccheus, make 
haste, and come down ; for to day I 
must abide at thy house. 

6 And he made haste, and came 
down, and received him joyfully. 

7 And when they saw it, they all mur- 
mured, saying, That he was gone to 
be guest with a man that is a sinner. 

8 And Zaccheus stood, and said 
unto the Lord ; Behold, Lord, the 
half of my goods I give to the poor ; 
and if I have taken any thing from 
any man by false accusation, I re- 
store him fourfold. 

9 And Jesus said unto him, This 
day is salvation come to this house, 
forasmuch as he also is a son of 
Abraham. 

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ST. LUKE. Christ rideth into Jerusalem. 



10 For the Son of man is come 
to seek and to save that which was 
lost. 

11 And as they heard these things, 
he added and spake a parable, be- 
cause he was nigh to Jerusalem, and 
because they thought that the king- 
dom of God should immediately ap- 
pear. 

12 He said therefore, A certain 
nobleman went into a far country 
to receive for himself a kingdom, 
and to return. 

13 And he called his ten servants, 
and delivered them ten pounds, and 
said unto them, Occupy till I come. 

14 But his citizens hated him, and 
sent a message after him, saying, 
We will not have this man to reign 
over us. 

15 And it came to pass, that when 
he was returned, having received the 
kingdom, then he commanded these 
servants to be called unto him, to 
whom he had given the money, that 
he might know how much every man 
had gained by trading. 

16 Then came the first, saying, 
Lord, thy pound hath gained ten 
pounds. 

17 And he said unto him, Well, 
thou good servant: because thou 
hast been faithful in a very little, 
have thou authority over ten cities. 

18 And the second came, saying, 
Lord, thy pound hath gained Hve 
pounds. 

19 And he said likewise to him, 
Be thou also over five cities. 

20 And another came, saying, Lord, 
behold, here is thy pound, which I 
have kept laid up in a napkin : 

21 For I feared thee, because thou 
art an austere man : thou takest up 
that thou layedst not down, and 
reapest that thou didst not sow. 

22 And he saith unto him, Out of 
thine own mouth will I judge thee, 
thou wicked servant. Thou knewest 
that I was an austere man, taking up 
that I laid not down, and reaping 
that I did not sow : 

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23 Wherefore then.gavest not thou 
my money into the bank, that at my 
coming I might have required mine 
own with usury ? 

24 And he said unto them that 
stood by, Take from him the pound, 
and give it to him that hath ten 
pounds. 

25 (And they said unto him, Lord, 
he hath ten pounds.) 

26 For I say unto you, That unto 
every one which hath shall be given ; 
and from him that hath not, even 
that he hath shall be taken away 
from him. 

27 But those mine enemies, which 
would not that I should reign over 
them, bring hither, and slay them be- 
fore me. 

28 % And when he had thus spoken, 
he went before, ascending up to Je- 
rusalem. 

29 And it came to pass, when he 
was come nigh to Bethphage and 
Bethany, at the mount called the 
mount of Olives, he sent two of his 
disciples, 

30 Saying, Go ye into the village 
over against you; in the which at 
your entering ye shall find a colt 
tied, whereon yet never man sat: 
loose him, and bring him hither. 

31 And if any man ask you, Why 
do ye loose him? thus shall ye say 
unto him, Because the Lord hath 
need of him. 

32 And they that were sent went 
their way, and found even as he had 
said unto them. 

33 And as they were loosing the 
colt, the owners thereof said unto 
them, Why loose ye the colt ? 

34 And they said, The Lord hath 
need of him. 

35 And they brought him to Jesus : 
and they cast their garments upon 
the colt, and they set Jesus thereon. 

36 And as he went, they spread 
their clothes in the way. 

37 And when he was come nigh, 
even now at the descent of the mount 
of Olives, the whole multitude of the 



He weepeth over it. 



ST. LUKE. 



Parable of the vineyard. 



disciples began to rejoice and praise 
G-od with a loud voice for all the 
mighty works that they had seen ; 

38 Saying, Blessed be the King 
that cometh in the name of the 
Lord : peace in heaven, and glory in 
the highest. 

39 And some of the Pharisees 
from among the multitude said unto 
him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 

40 And he answered and said unto 
them, I tell you that, if these should 
hold their peace, the stones would 
immediately cry out. 

41 TT And when he was come 
near, he beheld the city, and wept 
over it, 

42 Saying, If thou hadst known, 
even thou, at least in this thy day, 
the things which belong unto thy 
peace ! but now they are hid from 
thine eyes. 

43 For the days shall come upon 
thee, that thine enemies shall cast a 
trench about thee, and compass thee 
round, and keep thee in on every 
side, 

44 And shall lay thee even with 
the ground, and thy children within 
thee ; and they shall not leave in 
thee one stone upon another ; be- 
cause thou knewest not the time of 
thy visitation. 

45 And he went into the temple, 
and began to cast out them that sold 
therein, and them that bought; 

46 Saying unto them, It is written, 
My house is the house of prayer ; but 
ye have made it a den of thieves. 

47 And he taught daily in the 
temple. But the chief priests and 
the scribes and the chief of the peo- 
ple sought to destroy him, 

48 And could not find what they 
might do : for all the people were 
very attentive to hear him. 

CHAPTEK XX. 

1 Christ avoucheth his authority by a question of John's 
baptism. 9 The parable of the vineyard. 19 Of giv- 
ing tribute to Cesar. 27 He convinceth the Saddu- 
cees that denied the resurrection. 41 How Christ is 
the Son of David. 45 He warneth his disciples to be- 
ware of the scribes. 



A ND it came to pass, that on one 
J_JL of those days, as he taught the 
people in the temple, and preached 
the gospel, the chief priests and the 
scribes came upon him with the 
elders, 

2 And spake unto him, saying, 
Tell us, by what authority doest thou 
these things ? or who is he that gave 
thee this authority? 

3 And he answered and said unto 
them, I will also ask you one thing ; 
and answer me : 

4 The baptism of John, was it 
from heaven, or of men ? 

5 And they reasoned with them- 
selves, saying, If we shall say, 
From heaven; he will say, Why 
then believed ye him not ? 

6 But and if we say, Of men , 
all the people will stone us : for they 
be persuaded that John was a pro- 
phet. 

7 And they answered, that they 
could not tell whence it was. 

8 And Jesus said unto them, Nei- 
ther tell I you by what authority I 
do these things. 

9 Then began he to speak to the 
people this parable; A certain man 
planted a vineyard, and let it forth 
to husbandmen, and went into a far 
country for a long time. 

10 And at the season he sent a 
servant to the husbandmen, that they 
should give him of the fruit of the 
vineyard : but the husbandmen beat 
him, and sent him away empty. 

11 And again he sent another 
servant: and they beat him also, 
and entreated him shamefully, and 
sent him away empty. 

12 And again he sent a third: and 
they wounded him also, and cast him 
out. 

13 Then said the lord of the vine- 
yard, What shall I do ? I will send 
my beloved son : it may be they will 
reverence him when they see him. 

14 But when the husbandmen saw 
him, they reasoned among them- 
selves, saying, This is the heir: come, 

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The Sadducees confuted. 



let us kill him, that the inheritance 
may be ours. 

15 So they cast him out of the 
vineyard, and killed him. What 
therefore shall the lord of the vine- 
yard do unto them ? 

16 He shall come and destroy 
these husbandmen, and shall give 
the vineyard to others. And when 
they heard it, they said, God forbid. 

17 And he beheld them, and said, 
What is this then that is written, 
The stone which the builders reject- 
ed, the same is become the head of 
the corner ? 

18 Whosoever shall fall upon that 
stone shall be broken ; but on whom- 
soever it shall fall, it will grind him 
to powder. 

19 If And the chief priests and 
the scribes the same hour sought to 
lay hands on him ; and they feared 
the people: for they perceived that 
he had spoken this parable against 
them. 

20 And they watched him, and 
sent forth spies, which should feign 
themselves just men, that they might 
take hold of his words, that so they 
might deliver him unto the power 
and authority of the governor. 

21 And they asked him, saying, 
Master, we know that thou sayest 
and teachest rightly, neither accept- 
est thou the person of any, but teach- 
est the way of God truly : 

22 Is it lawful for us to give tri- 
bute unto Cesar, or no ? 

23 But he perceived their crafti- 
ness, and said unto them, Why tempt 
ye me ? 

24 Shew me a penny. Whose 
image and superscription hath it? 
They answered and said, Cesar's. 

25 And he said unto them, Render 
therefore unto Cesar the things which 
be Cesar's, and unto God the things 
which be God's. 

26 And they could not take hold 
of his words before the people : and 
they marvelled at his answer, and 
held their peace. 

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27 If Then came to him certain of 
the Sadducees, which deny that there 
is any resurrection; and they asked 
him, 

28 Saying, Master, Moses wrote 
unto us, If any man's brother die, 
having a wife, and he die without 
children, that his brother should take 
his wife, and raise up seed unto his 
brother. 

29 There were therefore seven 
brethren : and the first took a wife, 
and died without children. 

30 And the second took her to wife, 
and he died childless. 

31 And the third took her ; and 
in like manner the seven also : and 
they left no children, and died. 

32 Last of all the woman died 
also. 

33 Therefore in the resurrection 
whose wife of them is she? for seven 
had her to wife. 

34 And Jesus answering said unto 
them, The children of this world 
marry, and are given in marriage : 

35 But they which shall be ac- 
counted worthy to obtain that world, 
and the resurrection from the dead, 
neither marry, nor are given in mar- 
riage : 

36 Neither can they die any more : 
for they are equal unto the angels ; 
and are the children of God, being 
the children of the resurrection. 

37 Now that the dead are raised, 
even Moses shewed at the bush, 
when he calleth the Lord the God 
of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, 
and the God of Jacob. 

38 For he is not a God of the dead, 
but of the living: for all live unto 
him. 

39 \ Then certain of the scribes 
answering said, Master, thou hast 
well said. 

40 And after that they durst not 
ask him any question at all. 

41 And he said unto them, How 
say they that Christ is David's son ? 

42 And David himself saith in 
the book of Psalms, The Lord said 



Christ foretelleth the 



ST. LUKE. 



destruction of Jerusalem. 



unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right 
hand, 

43 Till I make thine enemies thy 
footstool. 

44 David therefore calleth him 
Lord, how is he then his son ? 

45 IT Then in the audience of all 
the people he said unto his disci- 
ples, 

46 Beware of the scribes, which 
desire to walk in long rohes, and love 
greetings in the markets, and the 
highest seats in the synagogues, and 
the chief rooms at feasts ; 

47 Which devour widows' houses, 
and for a shew make long prayers : 
the same shall receive greater dam- 
nation. 

CHAPTEK XXI. 

1 Christ commendeth the poor widow. 5 He foretelleth 
the destruction of the temple, and of the city Jerusa- 
lem: 25 the signs also which shall be before the last 
day. 34 He exhorteth them to be watchful. 

AND he looked up, and saw the 
. rich men casting their gifts into 
the treasury. 

2 And he saw also a certain poor 
widow casting in thither two mites. 

3 And he said, Of a truth I say 
unto you, that this poor widow hath 
cast in more than they all : 

4 For all these have of their abun- 
dance cast in unto the offerings of 
Grod : but she of her penury hath 
cast in all the living that she had. 

5 IT And as some spake of the 
temple, how it was adorned with 
goodly stones and gifts, he said, 

6 As for these things which ye 
behold, the days will come, in the 
which there shall not be left one 
stone upon another, that shall not be 
thrown down. 

7 And they asked him, saying, 
Master, but when shall these things 
be ? and what sign will there be when 
these things shall come to pass ? 

8 And he said, Take heed that ye 
be not deceived : for many shall come 
in. my name, saying, I am Christ; 
and the time draweth near: go ye 
not therefore after them. 

9 But when ye shall hear of wars 



and commotions, be not terrified: 
for these things must first come to 
pass; but the end is not by and 

10 Then said he unto them, Nation 
shall rise against nation, and king- 
dom against kingdom: 

11 And great earthquakes shall be 
in divers places, and famines, and 
pestilences ; and fearful sights and 
great signs shall there be from hea- 
ven. 

12 But before all these, they shall 
lay their hands on you, and perse- 
cute you, delivering you up to the 
synagogues, and into prisons, being 
brought before kings and rulers for 
my name's sake. 

13 And it shall turn to you for a 
testimony. 

1 4 Settle it therefore in your hearts, 
not to meditate before what ye shall 
answer : 

15 For I will give you a mouth 
and wisdom, which all your adver- 
saries shall not be able to gainsay 
nor resist. 

16 And ye shall be betrayed both 
by parents, and brethren, and kins- 
folks, and friends ; and some of you 
shall they cause to be put to death. 

1 7 And ye shall be hated of all men 
for my name's sake. 

18 But there shall not a hair of 
your head perish. 

1 9 In your patience possess ye your 
souls. 

20 And when ye shall see Jeru- 
salem compassed with armies, then 
know that the desolation thereof is 
nigh. 

21 Then let them which are in 
Judea flee to the mountains ; and let 
them which are in the midst of it 
depart out; and let not them that 
are in the countries enter thereinto. 

22 For these be the days of ven- 
geance, that all things which are 
written may be fulfilled. 

23 But woe unto them that are 
with child, and to them that give 
suck, in those days ! for there shall 

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be great distress in the land, and 
wrath upon this people. 

24 And they shall fall by the edge 
of the sword, and shall be led away 
captive into all nations : and Jeru- 
salem shall be trodden down of the 
G entiles, until the times of the Gen- 
tiles be fulfilled. 

25 ^ And there shall be signs in 
the sun, and in the moon, and in the 
stars ; and upon the earth distress of 
nations, with perplexity ; the sea and 
the waves roaring ; 

26 Men's hearts failing them for 
fear, and for looking after those things 
which are coming on the earth : for 
the powers of heaven shall be sha- 
ken. 

27 And then shall they see the Son 
of man coming in a cloud with power 
and great glory. 

28 And when these things begin to 
come to pass, then look up, and lift 
up your heads ; for your redemption 
draweth nigh. 

29 And he spake to them a para- 
ble ; Behold the fig tree, and all the 
trees ; 

30 When they now shoot forth, 
ye see and know of your own 
selves that summer is now nigh at 
hand. 

31 So likewise ye, when ye see 
these things come to pass, know ye 
that the kingdom of God is nigh at 
hand. 

32 Verily I say unto you, This 
generation shall not pass away, till 
all be fulfilled. 

33 Heaven and earth shall pass 
away ; but my words shall not pass 
away. 

34 II And take heed to yourselves, 
lest at any time your hearts be 
overcharged with surfeiting, and 
drunkenness, and cares of this life, 
and so that day come upon you un- 
awares. 

35 For as a snare shall it come on 
all them that dwell on the face of 
the whole earth. 

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray 

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always, that ye may be accounted 
worthy to escape all these things 
that shall come to pass, and to stand 
before the Son of man. 

37 And in the daytime he was 
teaching in the temple ; and at 
night he went out, and abode in the 
mount that is called the mount of 
Olives. 

38 And all the people came early 
in the morning to him in the temple, 
for to hear him. 

CHAPTEE XXII. 

1 The Jews conspire against Christ. 3 Satan prepareth 
Judas to betray him. V The apostles prepare the 
passover. 19 Christ instituteth his holy supper, 21 
covertly foretelleth of the traitor, 24 dehorteth the rest 
of his apostles from ambition, 3 1 assureth Peter his 
faith should not fail: 34 and yet he should deny him 
thrice. 39 He prayeth in the mount, and sweateth 
blood, 47 is betrayed with a kiss : 50 he healeth Mal- 
chus' ear, 54 he is thrice denied of Peter, 63 shame- 
fully abused, 66 and confesseth himself to be the Son 
of God. 

NOW the feast of unleavened 
bread drew nigh, which is called 
the passover. 

2 And the chief priests and scribes 
sought how they might kill him ; for 
they feared the people. 

3 % Then entered Satan into Judas 
surnamed Iscariot, being of the num. 
ber of the twelve. 

4 And he went his way, and com- 
muned with the chief priests and cap- 
tains, how he might betray him unto 
them. 

5 And they were glad, and cove- 
nanted to give him money. 

6 And he promised, and sought 
opportunity to betray him unto them 
in the absence of the multitude. 

7 1T Then came the day of unlea- 
vened bread, when the passover must 
be killed. 

8 And he sent Peter and John, 
saying, Go and prepare us the pass- 
over, that we may eat. 

9 And they said unto him, Where 
wilt thou that we prepare ? 

10 And he said unto them, Behold, 
when ye are entered into the city, 
there shall a man meet you, bearing 
a pitcher of water ; follow him into 
the house where he entereth in. 



The holy supper instituted. ST. LUKE. 



Peter's denial foretold. 



il And ye shall say unto the 
goodman of the house, The Master 
saith unto thee, Where is the guest- 
chamber, where I shall eat the pass- 
over with my disciples ? 

12 And he shall shew you a large 
upper room furnished : there make 
ready. 

13 And they went, and found as 
he had said unto them : and they 
made ready the passover. 

14 And when the hour was come, 
he sat down, and the twelve apostles 
with him. 

15 And he said unto them, With 
desire I have desired to eat this 
passover with you before I suffer : 

16 For I say unto you, I will not 
any more eat thereof, until it be ful- 
filled in the kingdom of God. 

17 And he took the cup, and gave 
thanks, and said, Take this, and di- 
vide it among yourselves : 

18 For I say unto you, I will not 
drink of the fruit of the vine, until 
the kingdom of God shall come. 

19 ^T And he took bread, and gave 
thanks, and brake it, and gave unto 
them, saying, This is my body which 
is given for you : this do in remem- 
brance of me. 

20 Likewise also the cup after 
supper, saying, This cup is the new 
testament in my blood, which is shed 
for you. 

21 IT But, behold, the hand of him 
that betrayeth me is with me on the 
table. 

22 And truly the Son of man goeth, 
as it was determined : but woe unto 
that man by whom he is betrayed ! 

23 And they began to inquire 
among themselves, which of them 
it was that should do this thing. 

24 % And there was also a strife 
among them, which of them should 
be accounted the greatest. 

25 And he said unto them, The 
kings of the Gentiles exercise lord- 
ship over them ; and they that exer- 
cise authority upon them are called 
benefactors. 



26 But ye shall not be so : but he 
that is greatest among you, let him 
be as the younger ; and he that is 
chief, as he that doth serve. 

27 For whether is greater, he that 
sitteth at meat, or he that serveth ? 
is not he that sitteth at meat ? but 1 
am among you as he that serveth. 

28 Ye are they which have conti- 
nued with me in my temptations. 

29 And I appoint unto you a king- 
dom, as my Father hath appointed 
unto me ; 

30 That ye may eat and drink at 
my table in my kingdom, and sit on 
thrones judging the twelve tribes of 
Israel. 

31 *[[ And the Lord said, Simon, 
Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to 
have you, that he may sift you as 
wheat : 

32 But I have prayed for thee, 
that thy faith fail not: and when 
thou art converted, strengthen thy 
brethren. 

33 And he said unto him, Lord, 1 
am ready to go with thee, both into 
prison, and to death. 

34 And he said, I tell thee, Peter, 
the cock shall not crow this day, 
before that thou shalt thrice deny 
that thou knowest me. 

35 And he said unto them, When 
I sent you without purse, and scrip, 
and shoes, ]acked ye any thing? 
And they said, Nothing. 

36 Then said he unto them, But 
now, he that hath a purse, let him 
take it, and likewise his scrip : and 
he that hath no sword, let him sell 
his garment, and buy one. 

37 For I say unto you, that this 
that is written must yet be accom- 
plished in me, And he was reck- 
oned among the transgressors : for 
the things concerning me have an 
end. 

38 And they said, Lord, behold, 
here are two swords. And he said 
unto them, It is enough. 

39 If And he came out, and went, 
as he was wont, to the mount of 

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Peter denieth him. 



Olives ; and his disciples also fol- 
lowed him. 

40 And when he was at the place, 
he said unto them, Pray that ye enter 
not into temptation. 

41 And he was withdrawn from 
them about a stone's cast, and kneel- 
ed down, and prayed, 

42 Saying, Father, if thou be will- 
ing, remove this cup from me : ne- 
vertheless, not my will, but thine, be 
done. 

43 And there appeared an angel 
unto him from heaven, strengthening 
him. 

44 And being in an agony he pray- 
ed more earnestly: and his sweat 
was as it were great drops of blood 
falling down to the ground. 

45 And when he rose up from 
prayer, and was come to his disciples, 
he found them sleeping for sorrow, 

46 And said unto them, Why sleep 
ye ? rise and pray, lest ye enter into 
temptation. 

47 % And while he yet spake, be- 
hold a multitude, and he that was 
called Judas, one of the twelve, went 
before them, and drew near unto 
Jesus to kiss him. 

48 But Jesus said unto him, Judas, 
betrayest thou the Son of man with 
a kiss ? 

49 When they which were about 
him saw what would follow, they said 
unto him, Lord, shall we smite with 
the sword ? 

50 *ft And one of them smote the 
servant of the high priest, and cut off 
his right ear. 

51 And Jesus answered and said, 
Suffer ye thus far. And he touched 
his ear, and healed him. 

52 Then Jesus said unto the chief 
priests, and captains of the temple, 
and the elders, which were come to 
him, Be ye come out, as against a 
thief, with swords and staves ? 

53 When I was daily with you in 
the temple, ye stretched forth no 
hands against me : but this is your 
hour, and the power of darkness. 

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54 IT Then took they him, and led 
him, and brought him into the high 
priest's house. And Peter followed 
afar off. 

55 And when they had kindled a 
fire in the midst of the hall, and were 
set down together, Peter sat down 
among them. 

56 But a certain maid beheld him 
as he sat by the fire, and earnestly 
looked upon him, and said, This man 
was also with him. 

57 And he denied him, saying, 
Woman, I know him not. 

58 And after a little while another 
saw him, and said, Thou art also of 
them. And Peter said, Man, I am 
not. 

59 And about the space of one 
hour after another confidently affirm- 
ed, saying, Of a truth this fellow 
also was with him ; for he is a Gali- 
lean. 

60 And Peter said, Man, I know 
not what thou sayest. And imme- 
diately, while he yet spake, the cock 
crew. 

61 And the Lord turned, and looked 
upon Peter. And Peter remembered 
the word of the Lord, how he had 
said unto him, Before the cock crow, 
thou shalt deny me thrice. 

62 And Peter went out, and wept 
bitterly. 

63 Tf And the men that held Jesus 
mocked him, and smote him. 

64 And when they had blindfolded 
him, they struck him on the face, and 
asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is 
it that smote thee ? 

65 And many other things blas- 
phemously spake they against him. 

66 ^ And as soon as it was day, 
the elders of the people and the chief 
priests and the scribes came together, 
and led him into their council, say- 
ing, 

67 Art thou the Christ? tell us. 
And he said unto them, If I tell you, 
ye will not believe : 

68 And if I also ask you, ye will 
not answer me, nor let me go. 



Jesus accused before Pilate. ST. LUKE, 



Barabbas is released. 



A 1 



69 Hereafter shall the Son of man 
sit on the right hand of the power of 
God. 

70 Then said they all, Art thou 
then the Son of God ? And he said 
unto them, Ye say that I am. 

71 And they said, What need we 
any further witness ? for we ourselves 
have heard of his own mouth. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 Jesus is accused before Pilate, and sent to Herod. 8 
Herod mocketh him. 12 Herod and Pilate are made 
friends. 13 Barabbas is desired of the people, and is 
loosed by Pilate, and Jesus is given, to be crucified. 
27 He telleth the women, that lament him, the destruc- 
tion of Jerusalem : 34 prayeth for his enemies. 39 
Two evil doers are crucified with him. 46 His death. 
50 His burial. 

ND the whole multitude of them 
arose, and led him unto Pilate. 

2 And they began to accuse him, 
saying, We found this fellow per- 
verting the nation, and forbidding to 
give tribute to Cesar, saying that he 
himself is Christ a king. 

3 And Pilate asked him, saying, 
Art thou the King of the Jews ? And 
he answered him and said, Thou 
sayest it. 

4 Then said Pilate to the chief 
priests and to the people, I find no 
fault in this man. 

5 And they were the more fierce, 
saying, He stirreth up the people, 
teaching throughout all Jewry, begin- 
ning from Galilee to this place. 

6 When Pilate heard of Galilee, 
he asked whether the man were a 
Galilean. 

7 And as soon as he knew that he 
belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, 
he sent him to Herod, who himself 
also was at Jerusalem at that time. 

8 If And when Herod saw Jesus, 
he was exceeding glad: for he was 
desirous to see him of a long season, 
because he had heard many things 
of him; and he hoped to have seen 
some miracle done by him. 

9 Then he questioned with him in 
many words ; but he answered him 
nothing. 

10 And the chief priests and scribes 
stood and vehemently accused him. 

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11 And Herod with his men of war 
set him at nought, and mocked him, 
and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, 
and sent him again to Pilate. 

12 IT And the same day Pilate and 
Herod were made friends together; 
for before they were at enmity be- 
tween themselves. 

13 IT And Pilate, when he had 
called together the chief priests and 
the rulers and the people, 

14 Said unto them, Ye have brought 
this man unto me, as one that per- 
verteth the people ; and, behold, I, 
having examined him before you, 
have found no fault in this man 
touching those things whereof ye 
accuse him : 

15 No, nor yet Herod: for I sent 
you to him ; and, lo, nothing worthy 
of death is done unto him. 

16 I will therefore chastise him, 
and release him. 

17 (For of necessity he must re- 
lease one unto them at the feast.) 

18 And they cried out all at once, 
saying, Away with this man, and 
release unto us Barabbas : 

19 (Who for a certain sedition 
made in the city, and for murder, 
was cast into prison.) 

20 Pilate therefore, willing to re- 
lease Jesus, spake again to them. 

21 But they cried, saying, Crucify 
him, crucify him. 

22 And he said unto them the third 
time, Why, what evil hath he done ? 
I have found no cause of death in 
him: I will therefore chastise him, 
and let him go. 

23 And they were instant with loud 
voices, requiring that he might be 
crucified : and the voices of them 
and of the chief priests prevailed. 

24 And Pilate gave sentence that 
it should be as they required. 

25 And he released unto them him 
that for sedition and murder was cast 
into prison, whom they had desired ; 
but he delivered Jesus to their will. 

26 And as they led him away, they 
laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyre- 

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ST. LUKE. 



His death, burial, 



nian, coming out of the country, and 
on him they laid the cross, that he 
might hear it after Jesus. 

27 IT And there followed him a great 
company of people, and of women, 
which also hewailed and lamented 
him. 

28 But Jesus turning unto them 
said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep 
not for me, hut weep for yourselves, 
and for your children. 

29 For, hehold, the days are coming, 
in the which they shall say, Blessed 
are the Darren, and the womhs that 
never hare, and the paps which never 
gave suck. 

30 Then shall they hegin to say to 
the mountains, Fall on us; and to 
the hills, Cover us. 

31 For if they do these things in a 
green tree, what shall be done in the 
dry? 

32 And there were also two others, 
malefactors, led with him to be put 
to death. 

33 And when they were come to 
the place, which is called Calvary, 
there they crucified him, and the 
malefactors, one on the right hand, 
and the other on the left. 

34 IT Then said Jesus, Father, for- 
give them ; for they know not what 
they do. And they parted his rai- 
ment, and cast lots. 

35 And the people stood beholding. 
And the rulers also with them de- 
rided him, saying, He saved others ; 
let him save himself, if he be Christ, 
the chosen of God. 

36 And the soldiers also mocked 
him, coming to him, and offering him 
vinegar, 

37 And saying, If thou be the King 
of the Jews, save thyself. 

38 And a superscription also was 
written over him in letters of Greek, 
and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS 
THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

39 If And one of the malefactors 
which were hanged railed on him, 
saying, If thou be Christ, save thy- 
self and us. 

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40 But the other answering rebuk- 
ed him, saying, Dost not thou fear 
God, seeing thou art in the same con- 
demnation ? 

41 And we indeed justly ; for we 
receive the due reward of our deeds : 
but this man hath done nothing 
amiss. 

42 And he said unto Jesus, Lord, 
remember me when thou comest into 
thy kingdom. 

43 And Jesus said unto him, Verily 
I say unto thee, To day shalt thou 
be with me in paradise. 

44 And it was about the sixth 
hour, and there was a darkness 
over all the earth until the ninth 
hour. 

45 And the sun was darkened, and 
the vail of the temple was rent in 
the midst. 

46 IT And when Jesus had cried 
with a loud voice, he said, Father, 
into thy hands I commend my spirit : 
and having said thus, he gave up the 
ghost. 

47 Now when the centurion saw 
what was done, he glorified God, 
saying, Certainly this was a right- 
eous man. 

48 And all the people that came 
together to that sight, beholding the 
things which were done, smote their 
breasts, and returned. 

49 And all his acquaintance, and 
the women that followed him from 
Galilee, stood afar off, beholding 
these things. 

50 % And, behold, there was a man 
named Joseph, a counsellor; and he 
vms a good man, and a just : 

51 (The same had not consented 
to the counsel and deed of them:) 
he was of Arimathea, a city of the 
Jews; who also himself waited for 
the kingdom of God. 

52 This man went unto Pilate, 
and begged the body of Jesus. 

53 And he took it down, and 
wrapped it in linen, and laid it in a 
sepulchre that was hewn in stone, 
wherein never man before was laid. 



and resurrection. 

54 And that day was the prepara- 
tion, and the sabbath drew on. 

55 And the women also, which 
came with him from Galilee, follow- 
ed after, and beheld the sepulchre, 
and how his body was laid. 

56 And they returned, and pre- 
pared spices and ointments ; and 
rested the sabbath day according to 
the commandment. 

CHAPTEK XXIY. 

1 Christ's resurrection is declared by two angels to the 
women that come to the sepulchre. 9 These report it 
to others. 13 Christ himself appeareth to the two dis- 
ciples that went to Emmaus: 36 aftenuards he ap- 
peareth to the apostles, and reproveth their unbelief: 
4*7 giveth them a charge: 49 promiseth the Holy 
Ghost: 51 and so ascendeth into heaven. 

NOW upon the first day of the 
week, very early in the morn- 
ing, they came unto the sepulchre, 
bringing the spices which they had 
prepared, and certain others with 
them. 

2 And they found the stone rolled 
away from the sepulchre. 

3 And they entered in, and found 
not the body of the Lord Jesus. 

4 And it came to pass, as they 
were much perplexed thereabout, be- 
hold, two men stood by them in shin- 
ing garments : 

5 And as they were afraid, and 
bowed down their faces to the earth, 
they said unto them, Why seek ye 
the living among the dead ? 

6 He is not here, but is risen : 
remember how he spake unto you 
when he was yet in Gralilee, 

7 Saying, The Son of man must 
be delivered into the hands of sinful 
men, and be crucified, and the third 
day rise again. 

8 And they remembered his words, 

9 And returned from the sepul- 
chre, and told all these things unto 
the eleven, and to all the rest. 

10 It was Mary Magdalene, and 
Joanna, and Mary the mother of 
James, and other women that were 
with them, which told these things 
unto the apostles. 

31 And their words seemed to 



ST. LUKE. He appeareth to two disciples. 



them as idle tales, and they believed 
them not. 

12 Then arose Peter, and ran unto 
the sepulchre; and stooping down, 
he beheld the linen clothes laid by 
themselves, and departed, wondering 
in himself at that which was come 
to pass. 

13 IT And, behold, two of them 
went that same day to a village call- 
ed Emmaus, which was from Jeru- 
salem about threescore furlongs. 

14 And they talked together of all 
these things which had happened. 

15 And it came to pass, that, 
while they communed together and 
reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, 
and went with them. 

16 But their eyes were holden 
that they should not know him. 

17 And he said unto them, What 
manner of communications are these 
that ye have one to another, as ye 
walk, and are sad ? 

18 And the one of them, whose 
name was Cleopas, answering said 
unto him, Art thou only a stranger 
in Jerusalem, and hast not known 
the things which are come to pass 
there in these days ? 

19 And he said unto them, What 
things ? And they said unto him, Con- 
cerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was 
a prophet mighty in deed and word 
before God and all the people : 

20 And how the chief priests and 
our rulers delivered him to be con- 
demned to death, and have crucified 
him. 

21 But we trusted that it had 
been he which should have redeem- 
ed Israel : and beside all this, to day 
is the third day since these things 
were done. 

22 Yea, and certain women also 
of our company made us astonished, 
which were early at the sepulchre ; 

23 And when they found not his 
body, they came, saying, that they 
had also seen a vision of angels, 
which said that he was alive. 

24 And certain of them which were* 

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with us went to the sepulchre, and 
found it even so as the women had 
said : but him they saw not. 

25 Then he said unto them, O 
fools, and slow of heart to believe all 
that the prophets have spoken : 

26 Ought not Christ to have suf- 
fered these things, and to enter into 
his glory ? 

27 And beginning at Moses and 
all the prophets, he expounded unto 
them in all the Scriptures the things 
concerning himself. 

28 And they drew nigh unto the 
village, whither they went : and he 
made as though he would have gone 
further. 

29 But they constrained him, say- 
ing, Abide with us ; for it is toward 
evening, and the day is far spent. 
And he went in to tarry with 
them. 

30 And it came to pass, as he sat 
at meat with them, he took bread, 
and blessed it, and brake, and gave 
to them. 

31 And their eyes were opened, 
and they knew him ; and he vanish- 
ed out of their sight. 

32 And they said one to another, 
Did not our heart burn within us, 
while he talked with us by the way, 
and while he opened to us the Scrip- 
tures ? 

33 And they rose up the same 
hour, and returned to Jerusalem, 
and found the eleven gathered to- 
gether, and them that were with 
them, 

34 Saying, The Lord is risen indeed, 
and hath appeared to Simon. 

35 And they told what things were 
done in the way, and how he was 
known of them in breaking of bread. 

36 !"• And as they thus spake, 
Jesus himself stood in the midst of 
them, and saith unto them, Peaoe be 
unto you. 

37 But they were terrified and 
affrighted, and supposed that they 
had seen a spirit. 

33 And he said unto them, Why are 
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ye troubled? and why do thoughts 
arise in your hearts ? 

39 Behold my hands and my feet, 
that it is I myself: handle me, and 
see ; for a spirit hath not flesh and 
bones, as ye see me have. 

40 And when he had thus spoken, 
he shewed them his hands and his 
feet. 

41 And while they yet believed not 
for joy, and wondered, he said unto 
them, Have ye here any meat ? 

42 And they gave him a piece of a 
broiled fish, and of a honeycomb. 

43 And he took it, and did eat 
before them. 

44 And he said unto them, These 
are the words which I spake unto 
you, while I was yet with you, that 
all things must be fulfilled, which 
were written in the law of Moses, 
and in the prophets, and in the 
psalms, concerning me. 

45 Then opened he their under- 
standing, that they might under- 
stand the Scriptures, 

46 And said unto them, Thus it 
is written, and thus it behooved Christ 
to suffer, and to rise from the dead 
the third day : 

47 And that repentance and re- 
mission of sins should be preached in 
his name among all nations, begin- 
ning at Jerusalem. 

48 And ye are witnesses of these 
things. 

49 Tf And, behold, I send the pro- 
mise of my Father upon you: but 
tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, 
until ye be endued with power from 
on high. 

50 H~ .And he led them out as far 
as to Bethany, and he lifted up his 
hands, and blessed them. 

51 And it came to pass, while he 
blessed them, he was parted from 
them, and carried up into heaven. 

52 And they worshipped him, and 
returned to Jerusalem with great joy : 

53 And were continually in the 
temple, praising and blessing God. 
Amen. 



THE GOSPEL 



ACCORDING TO 



ST. JOHN 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The divinity, humanity, and office of Jems Christ. 15 
The testimony of John. 39 The calling of Andrew, 
Peter, &c. 

IN the beginning was the Word, 
and the Word was with God, and 
the Word was God. 

2 The same was in the beginning 
with God. 

3 All things were made by him ; 
and without him was not any thing 
made that was made. 

4 In him was life; and the life 
was the light of men. 

5 And the light shineth in dark- 
ness ; and the darkness comprehend- 
ed it not. 

6 \ There was a man sent from 
God, whose name was John. 

7 The same came for a witness, 
to bear witness of the Light, that all 
men through him might believe. 

8 He was not that Light, but was 
sent to bear witness of that Light. 

9 That was the true Light, which 
lighteth every man that cometh into 
the world. 

10 He was in the world, and the 
world was made by him, and the 
world knew him not. 

11 He came unto his own, and 
his own received him not. 

12 But as many as received him, 
to them gave he power to become 
the sons of God, even to them that 
believe on his name : 

13 Which were born, not of blood, 
nor of the will of the flesh, nor of 
the will of man, but of God. 

14 And the Word was made flesh, 
and dwelt among us, (and we beheld 
his glory, the glory as of the only 
begotten of the Father,) full of grace 
and truth. 



15 IT John bare witness of him, 
and cried, saying, This was he of 
whom I spake, He that cometh after 
me is preferred before me ; for he 
was before me. 

16 And of his fulness have all we 
received, and grace for grace. 

17 For the law was given by Mo- 
ses, but grace and truth came by 
Jesus Christ. 

18 No man hath seen God at any 
time ; the only begotten Son, which 
is in the bosom of the Father, he 
hath declared him. 

19 If And this is the record of 
John, when the Jews sent priests 
and Levites from Jerusalem to ask 
him, Who art thou ? 

2 And he confessed,and denied not; 
but confessed, I am not the Christ. 

21 And they asked him, What 
then ? Art thou Elias ? And he 
saith, I am not. Art thou that Pro- 
phet ? And he answered, No. 

22 Then said they unto him, Who 
art thou ? that we may give an an- 
swer to them that sent us. What 
sayest thou of thyself ? 

23 He said, I am the voice of one 
crying in the wilderness, Make 
straight the way of the Lord, as 
said the prophet Esaias. 

24 And they which were sent 
were of the Pharisees. 

25 And they asked him, and said 
unto him, Why baptizest thou then, 
if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, 
neither that Prophet ? 

26 John answered them, saying, I 
baptize with water: but there standeth 
one among you, whom ye know not ; 

27 He it is, who coming after me 
is preferred before me, whose shoe's 
latchet I am not worthy to unloose. 

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John's testimony of Christ. ST. JOHN. The calling of Philip, Sfc. 



28 These things were done in Be- 
thabara beyond Jordan, where John 
was baptizing. 

29 IT The next day John seeth 
Jesus coming unto him, and saith, 
Behold the Lamb of God, which tak- 
eth away the sin of the world ! 

30 This is he of whom I said, After 
me cometh a man which is preferred 
before me ; for he was before me. 

31 And I knew him not : but that 
he should be made manifest to Israel, 
therefore am I come baptizing with 
water. 

32 And John bare record, saying, I 
saw the Spirit descending from heaven 
like a dove, and it abode upon him. 

33 And I knew him not : but he 
that sent me to baptize with water, 
the same said unto me, Upon whom 
thou shalt see the Spirit descending, 
and remaining on him, the same is 
he which baptizeth with the Holy 
Ghost. 

34 And I saw, and bare record 
that this is the Son of God. 

35 If Again the next day after, 
John stood, and two of his disciples ; 

36 And looking upon Jesus as he 
walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb 
of God! 

37 And the two disciples heard 
him speak, and they followed Jesus. 

38 Then Jesus turned, and saw 
them following, and saith unto them, 
What seek ye ? They said unto him, 
Rabbi, (which is to say, being inter- 
preted, Master,) where dwellest thou? 

39 He saith unto them, Come and 
see. They came and saw where he 
dwelt, and abode with him that day : 
for it was about the tenth hour. 

40 One of the two which heard 
John speak, and followed him, was 
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 

41 He first findeth his own bro- 
ther Simon, and saith unto him, We 
have found the Messias, which is, 
being interpreted, the Christ. 

42 And he brought him to Jesus. 
And when Jesus beheld him, he said, 
Thou art Simon the son of Jona : 

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thou shalt be called Cephas, which 
is by interpretation, A stone. 

43 If The day following Jesus would 
go forth into Galilee, and findeth Phi- 
lip, and saith unto him, Follow me. 

44 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, 
the city of Andrew and Peter. 

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and 
saith unto him, We have found him, 
of whom Moses in the law, and the 
prophets, did write, Jesus of Naza- 
reth, the son of Joseph. 

46 And Nathanael said unto him, 
Can there any good thing come out 
of Nazareth ? Philip saith unto him, 
Come and see. 

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to 
him, and saith of him, Behold an Is- 
raelite indeed, in whom is no guile ! 

48 Nathanael saith unto him, 
Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus 
answered and said unto him, Before 
that Philip called thee, when thou 
wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 

49 Nathanael answered and saith 
unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son 
of God ; thou art the King of Israel. 

50 Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Because I said unto thee, I saw 
thee under the fig tree, believest 
thou ? thou shalt see greater things 
than these. 

51 And he saith unto him, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye 
shall see heaven open, and the angels 
of God ascending and descending 
upon the Son of man. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Christ turneth water into wine, 12 departeth into 
Capernaum, and to Jerusalem, 14 where he purc/eth 
the temple of buyers and sellers. 19 He foretelleth 
his death and resurrection. 23 Many believed because 
of his miracles, but he woidd not trust himself with 
them. 

AND the third day there was a 
marriage in Cana of Galilee; 
and the mother of Jesus was there : 

2 And both Jesus was called, and 
his disciples, to the marriage. 

3 And when they wanted wine, 
the mother of Jesus saith unto him, 
They have no wine. 

4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, 



Water turned into tvine. 



ST. JOHN. Christ teacheth Nicodemus. 



what have I to do with thee ? mine 
hour is not yet come. 

5 His mother saith unto the servants, 
Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. 

6 And there we're set there six 
waterpots of stone, after the manner 
of the purifying of the Jews, contain- 
ing two or three firkins apiece. 

7 Jesus saith unto them, Fill the 
waterpots with water. And they fill- 
ed them up to the hrim. 

8 And he saith unto them, Draw 
out now, and hear unto the governor 
of the feast. And they hare it. 

9 When the ruler of the feast had 
tasted the water that was made wine, 
and knew not whence it was, (hut 
the servants which drew the water 
knew,) the governor of the feast 
called the bridegroom, 

10 And saith unto him, Every man 
at the beginning doth set forth good 
wine ; and when men have well drunk, 
then that which is worse : but thou 
hast kept the good wine until now. 

11 This beginning of miracles did 
Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and mani- 
fested forth his glory ; and his dis- 
ciples believed on him. 

12 TT After this he went down to 
Capernaum, he, and his mother, and 
his brethren, and his disciples ; and 
they continued there not many days. 

13 IT And the Jews' passover was 
at hand, and Jesus went up to Jeru- 
salem, 

14 And found in the temple those 
that sold oxen and sheep and doves, 
and the changers of money sitting : 

15 And when he had made a scourge 
of small cords, he drove them all out 
of the temple, and the sheep, and the 
oxen ; and poured out the changers' 
money, and overthrew the tables ; 

16 And said unto them that sold 
doves, Take these things hence; 
make not my Father's house a house 
of merchandise. 

17 And his disciples remembered 
that it was written, The zeal of thine 
house hath eaten me up. 

18 If Then answered the Jews and 



said unto him, What sign shewest 
thou unto us, seeing that thou doest 
these things ? 

19 Jesus answered and said unto 
them, Destroy this temple, and in 
three days I will raise it up. 

20 Then said the Jews, Forty and 
six years was this temple in building, 
and wilt thou rear it up in three days ? 

21 But he spake of the temple of 
his body. 

22 When therefore he was risen 
from the dead, his disciples remem- 
bered that he had said this unto 
them ; and they believed the Scripture, 
and the word which Jesus had said. 

23 % Now when he was in Jerusa- 
lem at the passover, in the feast day, 
many believed in his name, when 
they saw the miracles which he did. 

24 But Jesus did not commit him- 
self unto them, because he knew all 
men, 

25 And needed not that any should 
testify of man ; for he knew what 
was in man. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 Christ teacheth Nicodemus the necessity of regenera- 
tion. 14 Of faith in his death. 16 The great love 
of God towards the world. 18 Condemnation for un- 
belief. 23 Tire baptism, witness and doctrine of John 
concerning Christ. 

THERE was a man of the Pha- 
risees, named Nicodemus, a ruler 
of the Jews : 

2 The same came to Jesus by night, 
and said unto him, Rabbi, we know 
that thou art a teacher come from 
God: for no man can do these mi- 
racles that thou doest, except God 
be with him. 

3 Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
Except a man be born again, he 
cannot see the kingdom of God. 

4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How 
can a man be born when he is old ? 
can he enter the second time into 
his mother's womb, and be born ? 

5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I 
say unto thee, Except a man be born 
of water and of the Spirit, he cannot 
enter into the kingdom of God. 

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The baptism of John. 



6 That which is born of the flesh 
is flesh; and that which is born of 
the Spirit is spirit. 

7 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 
Ye must be born again. 

8 The wind bloweth where it listeth, 
and thou hearest the sound thereof, 
but canst not tell whence it cometh, 
and whither it goeth : so is every 
one that is born of the Spirit. 

9 Nicodemus answered and said 
unto him, How can these things be ? 

10 Jesus answered and said unto 
him, Art thou a master of Israel, 
and knowest not these things ? 

11 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
We speak that we do know, and 
testify that we have seen ; and ye 
receive not our witness. 

12 If I have told you earthly things, 
and ye believe not, how shall ye be- 
lieve, if I tell you of heavenly things ? 

13 And no man hath ascended up 
to heaven, but he that came down 
from heaven, even the Son of man 
which is in heaven. 

14 If And as Moses lifted up the 
serpent in the wilderness, even so 
must the Son of man be lifted up : 

15 That whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, but have eter- 
nal life. 

16 IT For God so loved the world, 
that he gave his only begotten Son, 
that whosoever believeth in him 
should not perish, but have ever- 
lasting life. 

17 For God sent not his Son into 
the world to condemn the world ; but 
that the world through him might 
be saved. 

18 TT He that believeth on him is 
not condemned : but he that believ- 
eth not is condemned already, because 
he hath not believed in the name of 
the only begotten Son of God. 

19 And this is the condemnation, 
that light is come into the world, 
and men loved darkness rather than 
light, because their deeds were evil. 

20 For every one that doeth evil 
hateth the light, neither cometh to 

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the light, lest his deeds should be 
reproved. 

21 But he that doeth truth cometh 
to the light, that his deeds may be 
made manifest, that they are wrought 
in God. 

22 ^T After these things came Jesus 
and his disciples into the land of 
Judea; and there he tarried with 
them, and baptized. 

23 IT And John also was baptizing 
in Enon near to Salim, because there 
was much water there : and they 
came, and were baptized. 

24 For John was not yet cast into 
prison. 

25 IT Then there arose a question 
between some of John's disciples and 
the Jews about purifying. 

26 And they came unto John, and 
said unto him, Rabbi, he that was 
with thee beyond Jordan, to whom 
thou barest witness, behold, the same 
baptizeth, and all men come to him. 

27 John answered and said, A man 
can receive nothing, except it be 
given him from heaven. 

28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, 
that I said, I am not the Christ, but 
that I am sent before him. 

29 He that hath the bride is the 
bridegroom: but the friend of the 
bridegroom, which standeth and hear- 
eth him, rejoiceth greatly because of 
the bridegroom's voice : this my joy 
therefore is fulfilled. 

30 He must increase, but I must 
decrease. 

31 He that cometh from above is 
above all : he that is of the earth is 
earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he 
that cometh from heaven is above all. 

32 And what he hath seen and 
heard, that he testifieth ; and no man 
receiveth his testimony. 

33 He that hath received his testi- 
mony hath set to his seal that God 
is true. 

34 For he whom God hath sent 
speaketh the words of God: for God 
giveth not the Spirit by measure 
unto him. 



Christ talketh with 



ST. JOHN. 



a woman of Samaria. 



3-5 The Father loveth the Son, and 
hath given all things into his hand. 

36 He that believeth on the Son 

hath everlasting life: and he that 

believeth not the Son shall not see 

life ; but the wrath of God abideth 

on him. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 Christ talketh with a woman of Samaria, and reveal- 
eth himself unto her. 27 His disciples marvel. 31 
He declareth to them his zeal to God's glory. 39 
Many Samaritans believe on him. 43 He departeth 
into Galilee, and healeth the ruler's son that lay sick 
at Capernaum. 

WHEN therefore the Lord knew 
how the Pharisees had heard 
that Jesus made and baptized more 
disciples than John, 

2 (Though Jesus himself baptized 
not, but his disciples,) 

3 He left Judea, and departed 
again into Galilee. 

4 And he must needs go through 
Samaria. 

5 Then cometh he to a city of Sa- 
maria, which is called Sychar, near 
to the parcel of ground that Jacob 
gave to his son Joseph. 

6 Now Jacob's well was there. 
Jesus therefore, being wearied with 
his journey, sat thus on the well: 
and it was about the sixth hour. 

7 There cometh a woman of Sa- 
maria to draw water: Jesus saith 
unto her, Give me to drink. 

8 (For his disciples were gone away 
unto the city to buy meat.) 

9 Then saith the woman of Samaria 
unto him, How is it that thou, being a 
Jew, askest drink of me, which am a 
woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have 
no dealings with the Samaritans. 

10 Jesus answered and said unto 
her, If thou knewest the gift of God, 
and who it is that saith to thee, Give 
me to drink; thou wouldest have 
asked of him, and he would have 
given thee living water. 

11 The woman saith unto him, 
Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, 
and the well is deep : from whence 
then hast thou that living water ? 

12 Art thou greater than our fa- 
ther Jacob, which gave us the well, 



and drank thereof himself, and his 
children, and his cattle ? 

13 Jesus answered and said unto 
her, Whosoever drinketh of this wa- 
ter shall thirst again : 

14 But whosoever drinketh of the 
water that I shall give him shall ne- 
ver thirst ; but the water that I shall 
give him shall be in him a well of 
water springing up into everlasting 
life. 

15 The woman saith unto him, Sir, 
give me this water, that I thirst not, 
neither come hither to draw. 

16 Jesus saith unto her, Go, call 
thy husband, and come hither. 

17 The woman answered and said, 
I have no husband. Jesus said unto 
her, Thou hast well said, I have no 
husband : 

18 For thou hast had five husbands; 
and he whom thou now hast is not thy 
husband: in that saidst thou truly. 

19 The woman saith unto him, Sir, 
I perceive that thou art a prophet. 

20 Our fathers worshipped in this 
mountain ; and ye say, that in Jeru- 
salem is the place where men ought 
to worship. 

21 Jesus saith unto her, "Woman, 
believe me, the hour cometh, when 
ye shall neither in this mountain, nor 
yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. 

22 Ye worship ye know not what : 
we know what we worship ; for sal- 
vation is of the Jews. 

23 But the hour cometh, and now 
is, when the true worshippers shall 
worship the Father in spirit and in 
truth : for the Father seeketh such 
to worship him. 

24 God is a Spirit : and they that 
worship him must worship him in 
spirit and in truth. 

25 The woman saith unto him, I 
know that Messias cometh, which is 
called Christ: when he is come, he 
will tell us all things. 

26 Jesus saith unto her, I that 
speak unto thee am he. 

27 IT And upon this came his dis- 
ciples, and marvelled that he talked 

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Christ's zeal for God's glory. ST. JOHN. 



A nobleman's son, and 



with the woman : yet no man said, 
"What seekest thou ? or, Why talkest 
thou with her ? 

28 The woman then left her water- 
pot, and went her way into the city, 
and saith to the men, 

29 Come, see a man, which told 
me all things that ever I did : is not 
this the Christ ? 

30 Then they went out of the city, 
and came unto him. 

3 1 If In the mean while his disciples 
prayed him, saying, Master, eat. 

32 But he said unto them, I have 
meat to eat that ye know not of. 

33 Therefore said the disciples one 
to another, Hath any man Drought 
him aught to eat ? 

34 Jesus saith unto them, My meat 
is to do the will of him that sent 
me, and to finish his work. 

35 Say not ye, There are yet four 
months, and then cometh harvest? 
hehold, I say unto you, Lift up your 
eyes, and look on the fields ; for they 
are white already to harvest. 

36 And he that reapeth receiveth 
wages, and gathereth fruit unto life 
eternal : that both he that soweth 
and he that reapeth may rejoice to- 
gether. 

3 7 And herein is that saying true, 
One soweth, and another reapeth. 

38 I sent you to reap that where- 
on ye bestowed no labour : other men 
laboured, and ye are entered into 
their labours. 

39 IT And many of the Samaritans 
of that city believed on him for the 
saying of the woman, which testified, 
He told me all that ever I did. 

40 So when the Samaritans were 
come unto him, they besought him 
that he would tarry with them : and 
he abode there two days. 

41 And many more believed be- 
cause of his own word ; 

42 And said unto the woman, Now 
we believe, not because of thy say- 
ing : for we have heard him our- 
selves, and know that this is indeed 
the Christ, the Saviour of the world. 

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43 ^T Now after two days he depart- 
ed thence, and went into Galilee. 

44 For Jesus himself testified, 
that a prophet hath no honour in his 
own country. 

45 Then when he was come into 
Galilee, the Galileans received him, 
having seen all the things that he 
did at Jerusalem at the feast: for 
they also went unto the feast. 

46 So Jesus came again into C ana of 
Galilee,wherehemadethewaterwine. 
And there was a certain nobleman, 
whose son was sick at Capernaum. 

47 When he heard that Jesus was 
come out of Judea into Galilee, he 
went unto him, and besought him that 
he would come down, and heal his son : 
for he was at the point of death. 

48 Then said Jesus unto him, Ex- 
cept ye see signs and wonders, ye 
will not believe. 

49 The nobleman saith unto him, 
Sir, come down ere my child die. 

50 Jesus saith unto him, Go thy 
way ; thy son liveth. And the man be- 
lieved the word that Jesus had spoken 
unto him, and he went his way. 

51 And as he was now going down, 
his servants met him, and told him, 
saying, Thy son liveth. 

52 Then inquired he of them the 
hour when he began to amend. And 
they said unto him, Yesterday at the 
seventh hour the fever left him. 

53 So the father knew that it ivas 
at the same hour, in the which Jesus 
said unto him, Thy son liveth : and 
himself believed, and his whole house. 

54 This is again the second mira- 
cle that Jesus did, when he was 
come out of Judea into Galilee. 

CHAPTER V. 

1 Jesus on the sabbath day cureth him that was diseased 
eight and thirty years. 10 The Jews therefore cavil, 
and persecute him for it. 17 He answereth for himself, 
and reproveth them, shewing by the testimony of his 
Father, 32 of John, 36 of his works, 39 and of the 
Scriptures, who he is. 

AFTER this there was a feast of 
. the Jews ; and Jesus went up 
to Jerusalem. 

2 Now there is at Jerusalem by the 



an impotent man healed. 



ST. JOHN. 



He reproveth the Jews. 



sheep market a pool, which is call- 
ed in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, 
having five porches. 

3 In these lay a great multitude of 
impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, 
waiting for the moving of the water. 

4 For an angel went down at a 
certain season into the pool, and trou- 
bled the water: whosoever then first 
after the troubling of the water step- 
ped in was made whole of whatsoever 
disease he had. 

5 And a certain man was there, 
which had an infirmity thirty and 
eight years. 

6 When Jesus saw him lie, and 
knew that he had been now a long 
time in that case, he saith unto him, 
Wilt thou be made whole ? 

7 The impotent man answered him, 
Sir, I have no man, when the water 
is troubled, to put me into the pool : 
but while I am coming, another 
steppeth down before me. 

8 Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take 
up thy bed, and walk. 

9 And immediately the man was 
made whole, and took up his bed, 
and walked : and on the same day 
was the sabbath. 

10 *[[ The Jews therefore said unto 
him that was cured, It is the sabbath 
day : it is not lawful for thee to carry 
thy bed. 

11 He answered them, He that 
made me whole, the same said unto 
me. Take up thy bed, and walk. 

12 Then asked they him, What man 
is that which said unto thee, Take 
up thy bed, and walk ? 

13 And he that was healed wist 
not who it was : for Jesus had con- 
veyed himself away, a multitude 
being in that place. 

14 Afterward Jesus findeth him in 
the temple, and said unto him, Behold, 
thou art made whole : sin no more, lest 
a worse thing come unto thee. 

15 The man departed, and told the 
Jews that it was Jesus, which had 
made him whole. 

16 And therefore did the Jews per- 



secute Jesus, and sought to slay him, 
because he had done these things on 
the sabbath day. 

17 If But Jesus answered them, My 
Father worketh hitherto, and I work. 

18 Therefore the Jews sought the 
more to kill him, because he not 
only had broken the sabbath, but 
said also that God was his Father, 
making himself equal with God. 

19 Then answered Jesus and said 
unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, The Son can do nothing of him- 
self, but what he seeth the Father 
do : for what things soever he doeth, 
these also doeth the Son likewise. 

20 For the Father loveth the Son, 
and sheweth him all things that him- 
self doeth : and he will shew him 
greater works than these, that ye may 
marvel. 

21 For as the Father raiseth up 
the dead, and quickeneth them; even 
so the Son quickeneth whom he will. 

22 For the Father judgeth no man, 
but 'hath committed all judgment 
unto the Son: 

23 That all men should honour the 
Son, even as they honour the Fa- 
ther. He that honoureth not the 
Son honoureth not the Father which 
hath sent him. 

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
He that heareth my word, and be- 
lieveth on him that sent me, hath 
everlasting life, and shall not come 
into condemnation ; but is passed 
from death unto life. 

25 Verily, verily,- 1 say unto you, 
The hour is coming, and now is, 
when the dead shall hear the voice 
of the Son of God : and they that 
hear shall live. 

26 For as the Father hath life in 
himself; so hath he given to the 
Son to have life in himself; 

27 And hath given him authority 
to execute judgment also, because 
he is the Son of man. 

28 Marvel not at this: for the hour 
is coming, in the which all that are 
in the graves shall hear his voice, 

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ST. JOHN. 



He feedeth Jive thousand. 



29 And shall come forth; they that 
have done good, unto the resurrection 
of life ; and they that have done evil, 
unto the resurrection of damnation. 

30 I can of mine own self do no- 
thing: as I hear, I judge: and my 
judgment is just ; because I seek not 
mine own will, but the will of the 
Father which hath sent me. 

31 If I bear witness of myself, my 
witness is not true. 

32 H There is another that bear- 
eth witness of me ; and I know that 
the witness which he witnesseth of 
me is true. 

33 Ye sent unto John, and he bare 
witness unto the truth. 

34 But I receive not testimony 
from man: but these things I say, 
that ye might be saved. 

35 He was a burning and a shining 
light: and ye were willing for a 
season to rejoice in his light. 

36 T[ But I have greater witness 
than that of John : for the works 
which the Father hath given me to 
finish, the same works that I do, 
bear witness of me, that the Father 
hath sent me. 

37 And the Father himself, which 
hath sent me, hath borne witness of 
me. Ye have neither heard his voice 
at any time, nor seen his shape. 

38 And ye have not his word abid- 
ing in you : for whom he hath sent, 
him ye believe not. 

39 ^[ Search the Scriptures ; for in 
them ye think ye have eternal life : 
and they are they which testify of me. 

40 And ye will not come to me, 
that ye might have life. 

41 I receive not honour from men. 

42 But I know you, that ye have 
not the love of God in you. 

43 I am come in my Father's name, 
and ye receive me not : if another 
shall come in his own name, him 
ye will receive. 

44 How can ye believe, which re- 
ceive honour one of another, and 
seek not the honour that cometh from 
God only ? 

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45 Do not think that I will accuse 
you to the Father : there is one that 
accuseth you, even Moses, in whom 
ye trust. 

46 For had ye believed Moses, ye 
would have believed me : for he 
wrote of me. 

47 But if ye believe not his writ- 
ings, how shall ye believe my words ? 

CHAPTEK VI 

1 Christ feedeth Jive thousand men toith five loaves and 
two fishes. 15 Thereupon the people would have made 
him king. 16 But withdrawing himself, he walketh 
on the sea to his disciples: 26 reproveth the people 
flocking after him, and all the fleshly hearers of his 
word: 32 declareth himself to be the bread of life to 
believers. 66 Many disciples depart from him. 68 
Peter confesseth him. 10 Judas is a devil. 

AFTER these things Jesus went 
. over the sea of Galilee, which 
is the sea of Tiberias. 

2 And a great multitude followed 
him, because they saw his miracles 
which he did on them that were 
diseased. 

3 And Jesus went up into a moun- 
tain, and there he sat with his dis- 
ciples. 

4 And the passover, a feast of the 
Jews, was nigh. 

5 % When Jesus then lifted up his 
eyes, and saw a great company come 
unto him, he saith unto Philip, 
Whence shall we buy bread, that 
these may eat ? 

6 And this he said to prove him : 
for he himself knew what he would do. 

7 Philip answered him, Two hun- 
dred pennyworth of bread is not 
sufficient for them, that every one 
of them may take a little. 

8 One of his disciples, Andrew, Si- 
mon Peter's brother, saith unto him, 

9 There is a lad here, which hath 
five barley loaves, and two small fishes : 
but what are they among so many? 

10 And Jesus said, Make the men 
sit down. Now there was much grass 
in the place. So the men sat down, 
in number about five thousand. 

11 And Jesus took the loaves ; and 
when he had given thanks, he dis- 
tributed to the disciples, and the dis- 
ciples to them that were set down : 



Christ tvalketh on the sea. 



ST. JOHN. 



The Jews ash a sign. 



and likewise of the fishes as much as 
they would. 

12 When they were filled, he said 
unto his disciples, Gather up the 
fragments that remain, that nothing 
be lost. 

13 Therefore they gathered them 
together, and filled twelve baskets 
with the fragments of the five barley 
loaves, which remained over and 
above unto them that had eaten. 

14 Then those men, when they 
had seen the miracle that Jesus did, 
said, This is of a truth that Prophet 
that should come into the world. 

15 IT When Jesus therefore per- 
ceived that they would come and 
take him by force, to make him a 
king, he departed again into a moun- 
tain himself alone. 

16 And when even was now come, 
his disciples went down unto the sea, 

17 And entered into a ship, and 
went over the sea toward Caperna- 
um. And it was now dark, and Je- 
sus was not come to them. 

18 And the sea arose by reason of 
a great wind that blew. 

19 So when they had rowed about 
five and twenty or thirty furlongs, 
they see Jesus walking on the sea, 
and drawing nigh unto the ship : and 
they were afraid. 

20 But he saith unto them, It is 
I ; be not afraid. 

21 Then they willingly received 
him into the ship : and immediately 
the ship was at the land whither 
they went. 

22 ^[ The day following, when the 
people, which stood on the other side 
of the sea, saw that there was none 
other boat there, save that one where- 
into his disciples were entered, and 
that Jesus went not with his disci- 
ples into the boat, but that his disci- 
ples were gone away alone ; 

23 Howbeit there came other boats 
from Tiberias nigh unto the place 
where they did eat bread, after that 
the Lord had given thanks : 

24 When the people therefore saw 



that Jesus was not there, neither his 
disciples, they also took shipping, and 
came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. 

25 And when they had found him 
on the other side of the sea, they 
said unto him, Rabbi, when earnest 
thou hither ? 

26 Jesus answered them and said, 
Yerily, verily, I say unto you, Ye 
seek me, not because ye saw the 
miracles, but because ye did eat of 
the loaves, and were filled. 

27 Labour not for the meat which 
perisheth, but for that meat which 
endureth unto everlasting life, which 
the Son of man shall give unto you : 
for him hath God the Father sealed. 

28 Then said they unto him, What 
shall we do, that we might work the 
works of God ? 

29 Jesus answered and said unto 
them, This is the work of God, that 
ye believe on him whom he hath sent. 

30 They said therefore unto him, 
What sign shewest thou then, that 
we may see, and believe thee ? what 
dost thou work ? 

31 Our fathers did eat manna in 
the desert ; as it is written, He gave 
them bread from heaven to eat. 

32 Then Jesus said unto them, 
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses 
gave you not that bread from hea- 
ven ; but my Father giveth you the 
true bread from heaven. 

33 For the bread of God is he 
which cometh down from heaven, 
and giveth life unto the world. 

34 Then said they unto him, Lord, 
evermore give us this bread. 

35 And Jesus said unto them, I am 
the bread of life: he that cometh to 
me shall never hunger ; and he that 
believeth on me shall never thirst. 

36 But I said unto you, That ye 
also have seen me, and believe not. 

37 All that the Father giveth me 
shall come to me ; and him that com- 
eth to me I will in no wise cast out. 

38 For I came down from heaven, 
not to do mine own will, but the will 
of him that sent me. 

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Christ the bread of life. 



ST. JOHN. 



Peter confesseth Christ. 



39 And this is the Father's will 
which hath sent me, that of all 
which he hath given me I should 
lose nothing, hut should raise it up 
again at the last day. 

40 And this is the will of him that 
sent me, that every one which seeth 
the Son, and believeth on him, may 
have everlasting life : and I will raise 
him up at the last day. 

41 The Jews then murmured at 
him, because he said, I am the bread 
which came down from heaven. 

42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, 
the son of Joseph, whose father and 
mother we know ? how is it then that 
he saith, I came down from heaven ? 

43 Jesus therefore answered and 
said unto them, Murmur not among 
yourselves. 

44 No man can come to me, ex- 
cept the Father which hath sent me 
draw him : and I will raise him up at 
the last day. 

45 It is written in the prophets, 
And they shall be all taught of God. 
Every man therefore that hath heard, 
and hath learned of the Father, com- 
eth unto me. 

46 Not that any man hath seen 
the Father, save he which is of God, 
he hath seen the Father. 

47 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
He that believeth on me hath ever- 
lasting life. 

48 I am that bread of life. 

49 Your fathers did eat manna in 
the wilderness, and are dead. 

50 This is the bread which Com- 
eth down from heaven, that a man 
may eat thereof, and not die. 

51 I am the living bread which 
came down from heaven : if any 
man eat of this bread, he shall live 
for ever : and the bread that I will 
give is my flesh, which I will give 
for the life of the world. 

52 The Jews therefore strove 
among themselves, saying, How can 
this man give us his flesh to eat ? 

53 Then Jesus said unto them, Ve- 
rily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye 

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eat the flesh of the Son of man, and 
drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 

54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and 
drinketh my blood, hath eternal life ; 
and I will raise him up at the last day. 

55 For my flesh is meat indeed, 
and my blood is drink indeed. 

56 He that eateth my flesh, and 
drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, 
and I in him. 

57 As the living Father hath sent 
me, and I live by the Father ; so he 
that eateth me, even he shall live by 
me. 

58 This is that bread which came 
down from heaven : not as your fa- 
thers did eat manna, and are dead : 
he that eateth of this bread shall live 
for ever. 

59 These things said he in the syn- 
agogue, as he taught in Capernaum. 

60 Many therefore of his disciples, 
when they had heard this, said, This 
is a hard saying ; who can hear it? 

61 When Jesus knew in himself 
that his disciples murmured at it, he 
said unto them, Doth this offend you ? 

62 What and if ye shall see the Son 
of man ascend up where he was before? 

63 It is the Spirit that quickeneth ; 
the flesh profiteth nothing : the words 
that I speak unto you, they are spirit, 
and they are life. 

64 But there are some of you that 
believe not. For Jesus knew from 
the beginning who they were that be- 
lieved not, and who should betray him. 

65 And he said, Therefore said I 
unto you, that no man can come unto 
me, except it were given unto him 
Qf my Father. 

66 IT From that time many of his 
disciples went back, and walked no 
more with him. 

67 Then said Jesus unto the 
twelve, Will ye also go away? 

68 Then Simon Peter answered 
him, Lord, to whom shall we go? 
thou hast the words of eternal life. 

69 And we believe and are sure 
that thou art that Christ, the Son of 
the living God. 



Jesus reproveth his kinsmen. ST. JOHN. He teacheth in the temple. 



70 Jesus answered them, Have not 
I chosen you twelve, and one of you 
is a devil ? 

71 He spake of Judas Iscariot the 
son of Simon: for he it was that 
should betray him, being one of the 
twelve. 

CHAPTER YII. 

1 Jesus reproveth the ambition and boldness of his kins- 
men: 10 goelh up from Galilee to the feast of taber- 
nacles: 14 teacheth in the temple. 40 Divers opin- 
ions of him among the people. 45 The Pharisees are 
angry that their officers took him not, and chide with 
Nicodemus for taking his part. 

AFTER these things Jesus walk- 
. ed in Galilee : for he would 
not walk in Jewry, because the Jews 
sought to kill him. 

2 Now the Jews' feast of taberna- 
cles was at hand. 

3 His brethren therefore said unto 
him, Depart hence, and go into Ju- 
dea, that thy disciples also may see 
the works that thou doest. 

4 For there is no man that doeth 
any thing in secret, and he himself 
seeketh to be known openly. If thou 
do these things, shew thyself to the 
world. 

5 For neither did his brethren be- 
lieve in him. 

6 Then Jesus said unto them, My 
time is not yet come : but your time 
is always ready. 

7 The world cannot hate you ; but 
me it hateth, because I testify of it, 
that the works thereof are evil. 

8 Go ye up unto this feast : I go 
not up yet unto this feast ; for my 
time is not yet full come. 

9 "When he had said these words 
unto them, he abode still in Galilee. 

10 If But when his brethren were 
gone up, then went he also up unto 
the feast, not openly, but as it were 
in secret. 

11 Then the Jews sought him at 
the feast, and said, Where is he? 

12 And there was much murmur- 
ing among the people concerning 
him : for some said, He is a good 
man : others said, Nay ; but he de- 
ceiveth the people. 



13 Howbeit no man spake openly 
of him for fear of the Jews. 

14 IT Now about the midst of the 
feast Jesus went up into the temple, 
and taught. 

15 And the Jews marvelled, say- 
ing, How knoweth this man letters, 
having never learned ? 

16 Jesus answered them, and said, 
My doctrine is not mine, but his that 
sent me. 

17 If any man will do his will, he 
shall know of the doctrine, whether 
it be of God, or whether I speak of 
myself. 

18 He that speaketh of himself 
seeketh his own glory : but he that 
seeketh his glory that sent him, the 
same is true, and no unrighteousness 
is in him. 

19 Did not Moses give you the law, 
and yet none of you keepeth the law ? 
Why go ye about to kill me ? 

20 The people answered and said, 
Thou hast a devil : who goeth about 
to kill thee ? 

21 Jesus answered and said unto 
them, I have done one work, and ye 
all marvel. 

22 Moses therefore gave unto you 
circumcision; (not because it is of 
Moses, but of the fathers ;) and ye on 
the sabbath day circumcise a man. 

23 If a man on the sabbath day 
receive circumcision, that the law of 
Moses should not be broken; are ye 
angry at me, because I have made a 
man every whit whole on the sab- 
bath day ? 

24 Judge not according to the ap- 
pearance, but judge righteous judg- 
ment. 

25 Then said some of them of 
Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they 
seek to kill ? 

26 But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and 
they say nothing unto him. Do the 
rulers know indeed that this is the 
very Christ? 

27 Howbeit we know this man 
whence he is : but when Christ com- 
eth, no man knoweth whence he is. 

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Christ teacheth 



ST. JOHN. 



in the temple. 



28 Then cried Jesus in the temple 
as he taught, saying, Ye ho-th know 
me, and ye know whence I am : and 
I am not come of myself, hut he that 
sent me is true, whom ye know not. 

29 But I know him ; for I am from 
him, and he hath sent me. 

30 Then they sought to take him: 
but no man laid hands on him, he- 
cause his hour was not yet come. 

31 And many of the people believ- 
ed on him, and said, When Christ 
cometh, will he do more miracles than 
these which this man hath done ? 

32 If The Pharisees heard that the 
people murmured such things concern- 
ing him ; and the Pharisees and the 
chief priests sent officers to take him. 

33 Then said Jesus unto them, 
Yet a little while am I with you, and 
then I go unto him that sent me. 

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall 
not find me : and where I am, thither 
ye cannot come. 

35 Then said the Jews among 
themselves, Whither will he go, 
that we shall not find him ? will he 
go unto the dispersed among the 
Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles ? 

36 What manner of saying is this 
that he said, Ye shall seek me, and 
shall not find me : and where I am, 
thither ye cannot come ? 

37 In the last day, that great day 
of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, 
saying, If any man thirst, let him 
come unto me, and drink. 

38 He that helieveth on me, as the 
Scripture hath said, out of his helly 
shall flow rivers of living water. 

39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, 
which they that believe on him 
should receive : for the Holy Ghost 
was not yet given; because that 
Jesus was not yet glorified.) 

40 U Many of the people therefore, 
when they heard this saying, said, 
Of a truth this is the Prophet. 

41 Others said, This is the Christ. 
But some said, Shall Christ come 
out of Galilee ? 

42 Hath not the Scripture said, 

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That Christ cometh of the seed of 
David, and out of the town of Beth- 
lehem, where David was ? 

43 So there was a division among 
the people because of him. 

44 And some of them would have 
taken him; but no man laid hands 
on him. 

45 If Then came the officers to the 
chief priests and Pharisees ; and they 
said unto them, Why have ye not 
brought him ? 

46 The officers answered, Never 
man spake like this man. 

47 Then answered them the Phari- 
sees, Are ye also deceived ? 

48 Have any of the rulers or of 
the Pharisees believed on him ? 

49 But this people who knoweth 
not the law are cursed. 

50 Nicodemus saith unto them, 
(he that came to Jesus by night, 
being one of them,) 

51 Doth our law judge any man, 
before it hear him, and know what 
he doeth ? 

52 They answered and said unto 
him, Art thou also of Galilee ? 
Search, and look : for out of Galilee 
ariseth no prophet. 

53 And every man went unto his 
own house. 

CHAPTER TI1L 

1 Christ delivereth the woman taken in adultery. 12 
He preacheth himself the light of the world, andjusti- 
fetli his doctrine: 33 answereth the Jews that boasted 
of Abraham, 59 and conveyeth himself from their 
cruelty. 

JESUS went unto the mount of 
Olives. 

2 And early in the morning he 
came again into the temple, and all 
the people came unto him ; and he 
sat down, and taught them. 

3 And the scribes and Pharisees 
brought unto him a woman taken in 
adultery; and when they had set 
her in the midst, 

4 They say unto him, Master, this 
woman was taken in adultery, in the 
very act. 

5 Now Moses in the law commanded 



The adulteress delivered. 



ST. JOHN. Christ justifieth his doctrine. 



us, that such should be stoned : but 
what sayest thou ? 

6 This they said, tempting him, 
that they might have to accuse him. 
But Jesus stooped down, and with 
his finger wrote on the ground, as 
though he heard them not. 

7 So when they continued asking 
him, he lifted up himself, and said unto 
them, He that is without sin among 
you, let him first cast a stone at her. 

8 And again he stooped down, 
and wrote on the ground. 

9 And they which heard it, being 
convicted by their own conscience, 
went out one by one, beginning at 
the eldest, even unto the last: and 
Jesus was left alone, and the woman 
standing in the midst. 

10 When Jesus had lifted up him- 
self, and saw none but the woman, 
he said unto her, Woman, where are 
those thine accusers ? hath no man 
condemned thee ? 

11 She said, No man, Lord. And 
Jesus said unto her, Neither do I 
condemn thee : go, and sin no more. 

12 H Then spake Jesus again unto 
them, saying, I am the light of the 
world: he that followeth me shall 
not walk in darkness, but shall have 
the light of life. 

13 The Pharisees therefore said 
unto him, Thou bearest record of 
thyself; thy record is not true. 

14 Jesus answered and said unto 
them, Though I bear record of my- 
self, yet my record is true: for I 
know whence I came, and whither 
I go ; but ye cannot tell whence I 
come, and whither I go. 

15 Ye judge after the flesh; I 
judge no man. 

16 And yet if I judge, my judg- 
ment is true: for I am not alone, 
but I and the Father that sent me. 

17 It is also written in your law, 
that the testimony of two men is true. 

18 I am one that bear witness of 
myself, and the Father that sent me 
beareth witness of me. 

1 9 Then said they unto him, Where 

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is thy Father ? Jesus answered, Ye 
neither know me, nor my Father: 
if ye had known me, ye should have 
known my Father also. 

20 These words spake Jesus in the 
treasury, as he taught in the temple : 
and no man laid hands on him; for 
his hour was not yet come. 

21 Then said Jesus again unto 
them, I go my way, and ye shall 
seek me, and shall die in your sins : 
whither I go, ye cannot come. 

22 Then said the Jews, Will he kill 
himself? because he saith, Whither 
I go, ye cannot come. 

23 And he said unto them, Ye are 
from beneath ; I am from above : ye 
are of this world ; I am not of this 
world. 

24 I said therefore unto you, that 
ye shall die in your sins : for if ye 
believe not that I am he, ye shall die 
in your sins. 

25 Then said they unto him, Who 
art thou ? And Jesus saith unto 
them, Even the same that I said unto 
you from the beginning. 

26 I have many things to say and 
to judge of you : but he that sent me is 
true ; and I speak to the world those 
things which I have heard of him. 

27 They understood not that he 
spake to them of the Father. 

28 Then said Jesus unto them, 
When ye have lifted up the Son of 
man, then shall ye know that I am 
he, and that I do nothing of myself; 
but as my Father hath taught me, I 
speak these things. 

29 And he that sent me is with 
me : the Father hath not left me 
alone ; for I do always those things 
that please him. 

30 As he spake these words, many 
believed on him. 

31 Then said Jesus to those Jews 
which believed on him, If ye continue 
in my word, then are ye my disciples 
indeed ; 

32 And ye shall know the truth, 
and the truth shall make you free. 

33 If They answered him, We be 

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Christ reproveth 



ST. JOHN. 



the Jews 9 boasting. 



Abraham's seed, and were never in 
bondage to any man: how sayest 
thou, Ye shall be made free ? 

34 Jesus answered them, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Whosoever 
committeth sin is the servant of sin. 

35 And the servant abideth not 
in the house for ever: but the Son 
abideth ever. 

36 If the Son therefore shall make 
you free, ye shall be free indeed. 

37 I know that ye are Abraham's 
seed ; but ye seek to kill me, because 
my word hath no place in you. 

38 I speak that which I have seen 
with my Father: and ye do that 
which ye have seen with your father. 

39 They answered and said unto 
him, Abraham is our father. Jesus 
saith unto them, If ye were Abra- 
ham's children, ye would do the 
works of Abraham. 

40 But now ye seek to kill me, a 
man that hath told you the truth, 
which I have heard of God : this did 
not Abraham. 

41 Ye do the deeds of your father. 
Then said they to him, We be not 
born of fornication ; we have one 
Father, even God. 

42 Jesus said unto them, If God 
were your Father, ye would love me : 
for I proceeded forth and came from 
God ; neither came I of myself, but 
he sent me. 

43 Why do ye not understand my 
speech ? even because ye cannot hear 
my word. 

44 Ye are of your father the devil, 
and the lusts of your father ye will 
do : he was a murderer from the 
beginning, and abode not in the 
truth, because there is no truth in 
him. When he speaketh a lie, he 
speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, 
and the father of it. 

45 And because I tell you the truth, 
ye believe me not. 

46 Which of you convinceth me of 
sin? And if I say the truth, why 
do ye not believe me? 

47 He that is of God heareth God's 

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words: ye therefore hear them not, 
because ye are not of God. 

48 Then answered the Jews, and 
said unto him, Say we not well that 
thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil? 

49 Jesus answered, I have not a 
devil ; but I honour my Father, and 
ye do dishonour me. 

50 And I seek not mine own glory : 
there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 

51 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
If a man keep my saying, he shall 
never see death. 

52 Then said the Jews unto him, 
Now we know that thou hast a devil. 
Abraham is dead, and the prophets ; 
and thou sayest, If a man keep my 
saying, he shall never taste of death. 

53 Art thou greater than our father 
Abraham, which is dead ? and the 
prophets are dead: whom iriakest 
thou thyself ? 

54 Jesus answered, If I honour 
myself, my honour is nothing : it 
is my Father that honoureth me ; of 
whom ye say, that he is your God: 

55 Yet ye have not known him; 
but I know him : and if I should say, 
I know him not, I shall be a liar like 
unto you : but I know him, and keep 
his saying. 

56 Your father Abraham rejoiced 
to see my day : and he saw it, and 
was glad. 

57 Then said the Jews unto him, 
Thou art not yet fifty years old, and 
hast thou seen Abraham ? 

58 Jesus said unto them, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Before Abra- 
ham was, I am. 

59 Then took they up stones to cast 
at him: but Jesus hid himself, and 
went out of the temple, going through 
the midst of them, and so passed by. 

CHAPTEE IX. 

1 The man that was born blind restored to sight. 8 He 
is brought to the Pharisees. 18 They are offended at 
it, and excommunicate him : 35 but he is received of 
Jesus, and confesseth him. 39 Who they are whom 
Christ enlightcneth. 

AND as Jesus passed by, he saw 
, a man which was blind from 
his birth. 



The man born blind 



ST. JOHN. 



restored to sight. 



2 And his disciples asked him, say- 
ing, Master, who did sin, this man, or 
his parents, that he was horn "blind ? 

3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this 
man sinned, nor his parents : but that 
the works of God should be made 
manifest in him. 

4 I must work the works of him that 
sent me, while it is day : the night 
cometh, when no man can work. 

5 As long as I am in the world, I 
am the light of the world. 

6 When he had thus spoken, he 
spat on the ground, and made clay 
of the spittle, and he anointed the 
eyes of the blind man with the clay, 

7 And said unto him, Go, wash 
in the pool of Siloam, (which is by 
interpretation, Sent.) He went his 
way therefore, and washed, and came 
seeing. 

8 % The neighbours therefore, and 
they which before had seen him that 
he was blind, said, Is not this he that 
sat and begged ? 

9 Some said, This is he : others 
said, He is like him : but he said, I 
am he. 

10 Therefore said they unto him, 
How were thine eyes opened ? 

11 He answered and said, A man 
that is called Jesus made clay, and 
anointed mine eyes, and said unto 
me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and 
wash : and I went and washed, and I 
received sight. 

1 2 Then said they unto him, Where 
is he ? He said, I know not. 

13 % They brought to the Phari- 
sees him that aforetime was blind. 

14 And it was the sabbath day 
when Jesus made the clay, and open- 
ed his eyes. 

15 Then again the Pharisees also 
asked him how he had received his 
sight. He said unto them, He put 
clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, 
and do see. 

16 Therefore said some of the 
Pharisees, This man is not of God, 
because he keepeth not the sabbath 
day. Others said, How can a man that 



is a sinner do such miracles ? And 
there was a division among them. 

17 They say unto the blind man 
again, What sayest thou of him, that 
he hath opened thine eyes ? He said> 
He is a prophet. 

18 But the Jews did not believe 
concerning him, that he had been 
blind, and received his sight, until 
they called the parents of him that 
had received his sight. 

19 And they asked them, saying, Is 
this your son, who ye say was born 
blind ? how then doth he now see ? 

20 His parents answered them and 
said, We know that this is our son, 
and that he was born blind : 

21 But by what means he now 
seeth, we know not; or who hath 
opened his eyes, we know not: he 
is of age ; ask him : he shall speak 
for himself. 

22 These words spake his parents, 
because they feared the Jews : for 
the Jews had agreed already, that 
if any man did confess that he was 
Christ, he should be put out of the 
synagogue. 

23 Therefore said his parents, He 
is of age ; ask him. 

24 Then again called they the 
man that was blind, and said unto 
him, Give God the praise : we know 
that this man is a sinner. 

25 He answered and said, Whether 
he be a sinner or no, I know not : 
one thing I know, that, whereas I 
was blind, now I see. 

26 Then said they to him again, 
What did he to thee ? how opened 
he thine eyes? 

27 He answered them, I have told 
you already, and ye did not hear: 
wherefore would ye hear it again ? 
will ye also be his disciples ? 

28 Then they reviled him, and 
said, Thou art his disciple ; but we 
are Moses' disciples. 

29 We know that God spake unto 
Moses : as for this fellow, we know 
not from whence he is. 

30 The man answered and said 

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Christ is the door, 



ST. JOHN. 



and the good shepherd. 



unto them, Why herein is a marvel- 
lous thing, that ye know not from 
whence he is, and yet he hath opened 
mine eyes. 

31 Now we know that God heareth 
not sinners : hut if any man he a 
worshipper of God, and doeth his 
will, him he heareth. 

32 Since the world "began was it 
not heard that any man opened the 
eyes of one that was horn Mind. 

33 If this man were not of God, 
he could do nothing. 

34 They answered and said unto 
him, Thou wast altogether horn in 
sins, and dost thou teach us ? And 
they cast him out. 

35 Jesus heard that they had cast 
him out; and when he had found 
him, he said unto him, Dost thou 
helieve on the Son of God ? 

36 He answered and said, Who is 
he, Lord, that I might helieve on him? 

37 And Jesus said unto him, Thou 
hast hoth seen him, and it is he that 
talketh with thee. 

38 And he said, Lord, I helieve. 
And he worshipped him. 

39 Tf And Jesus said, For judg- 
ment I am come into this world, 
that they which see not might see ; 
and that they which see might he 
made hlind. 

40 And some of the Pharisees which 
were with him heard these words, and 
said unto him, Are we hlind also ? 

41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were 
blind, ye should have no sin: hut 
now ye say, We see ; therefore your 
sin remaineth. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 Christ is the door, and the good shepherd. 19 Divers 
opinions of him. 24 He proveth by his works that he 
is Christ the Son of God: 39 escapeth the Jews, 40 and 
went again beyond Jordan, where many believed on 
him. 

VERILY, verily, I say unto you, 
He that entereth not by the 
door into the sheepfold, but climbeth 
up some other way, the same is a 
thief and a robber. 

2 But he that entereth in by the 
door is the shepherd of the sheep. 
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3 To him the porter openeth ; and 
the sheep hear his voice: and he 
calleth his own sheep by name, and 
leadeth them out. 

4 And when he putteth forth his 
own sheep, he goeth before them, 
and the sheep follow him : for they 
know his voice. 

5 And a stranger will they not fol- 
low, but will flee from him ; for they 
know not the voice of strangers. 

6 This parable spake Jesus unto 
them ; but they understood not what 
things they were which he spake 
unto them. 

7 Then said Jesus unto them again, 
Yerily, verily, I say unto you, I am 
the door of the sheep. 

8 All that ever came before me are 
thieves and robbers : but the sheep 
did not hear them. 

9 I am the door : by me if any man 
enter in, he shall be saved, and shall 
go in and out, and find pasture. 

10 The thief cometh not, but for to 
steal, and to kill, and to destroy: 
I am come that they might have life, 
and that they might have it more 
abundantly. 

11 I am the good shepherd: the 
good shepherd giveth his life for the 
sheep. 

12 But he that is a hireling, and 
not the shepherd, whose own the 
sheep are not, seeth the wolf com- 
ing, and leaveth the sheep, and 
fleeth ; and the wolf catcheth them, 
and scattereth the sheep. 

13 The hireling fleeth, because he 
is a hireling, and careth not for the 
sheep. 

14 I am the good shepherd, and 
know my sheep, and am known of 
mine. 

15 As the Father knoweth me, 
even so know I the Father : and I 
lay down my life for the sheep. 

16 And other sheep I have, which 
are not of this fold : them also I must 
bring, and they shall hear my voice; 
and there shall be one fold, and one 
shepherd. 



Christ asserteth his 



ST. JOHN. 



unity with the Father. 



17 Therefore doth my Father love 
me, hecause I lay down my life, that 
I might take it again. 

18 No man taketh it from me, bnt I 
lay it down of myself. I have power 
to lay it down, and I have power to 
take it again. This commandment 
have I received of my Father. 

19 TT There was a division there- 
fore again among the Jews for these 
sayings. 

20 And many of them said, He 
hath a devil, and is mad ; why hear 
ye him ? 

21 Others said, These are not the 
words of him that hath a devil. Can 
a devil open the eyes of the blind ? 

22 IT And it was at Jerusalem the 
feast of the dedication, and it was 
winter. 

23 And Jesus walked in the tem- 
ple in Solomon's porch. 

24 Then came the Jews round 
about him, and said unto him, How 
long dost thou make us to doubt ? If 
thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. 

25 Jesus answered them, I told 
you, and ye believed not : the works 
that I do in my Father's name, they 
bear witness of me. 

26 But ye believe not, because ye 
are not of my sheep, as I said unto 
you. 

27 My sheep hear my voice, and I 
know them, and they follow me : 

28 And I give unto them eternal 
life; and they shall never perish, 
neither shall any man pluck them 
out of my hand. 

29 My Father, which gave them 
me, is greater than all ; and no man 
is able to pluck them out of my 
Father's hand. 

30 I and my Father are one. 

31 Then the Jews took up stones 
again to stone him. 

32 Jesus answered them, Many 
good works have I shewed you from 
my Father ; for which of those works 
do ye stone me ? 

33 The Jews answered him, say- 
ing, For a good work we stone thee 



not ; but for blasphemy ; and because 
that thou, being a man, makest thy- 
self God. 

34 Jesus answered them, Is it not 
written in your law, I said, Ye are 
gods? 

35 If he called them gods, unto 
whom the word of God came, and 
the Scripture cannot be broken; 

36 Say ye of him, whom the Fa- 
ther hath sanctified, and sent into 
the world, Thou blasphemest; be- 
cause I said, I am the Son of God ? 

37 If I do not the works of my 
Father, believe me not. 

38 But if I do, though ye believe 
not me, believe the works ; that ye 
may know, and believe, that the 
Father is in me, and I in him. 

39 Therefore they sought again to 
take him ; but he escaped out of their 
hand, 

40 And went away again beyond 
Jordan into the place where John at 
first baptized ; and there he abode. 

41 And many resorted unto him, 
and said, John did no miracle: but 
all things that John spake of this 
man were true. 

42 And many believed on him 
there. 

CHAPTEE XL 

1 Christ raiseth Lazarus, four days'buried, 45 Many 
Jews believe. 4*7 The high priests and Pharisees 
gather a council against Christ. 49 Caiaphas proph- 
esieth. 54 Jesus hid himself. 55 At the passover they 
inquire after him, and lay wait for him. 

NOW a certain man was sick, 
named Lazarus, of Bethany, the 
town of Mary and her sister Martha. 

2 (It was that Mary which anoint- 
ed the Lord with ointment, and 
wiped his feet with her hair, whose 
brother Lazarus was sick.) 

3 Therefore his sisters sent unto 
him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom 
thou lovest is sick. 

4 When Jesus heard that, he said. 
This sickness is not unto death, but 
for the glory of God, that the Son 
of God might be glorified thereby. 

5 Now Jesus loved Martha, and 
her sister, and Lazarus. 

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Christ raiseth Lazarus 



ST. JOHN. 



from the dead. 



6 When he had heard therefore 
that he was sick, he abode two days 
still in the same place where he was. 

7 Then after that saith he to his 
disciples, Let us go into Judea again. 

8 His disciples say unto him, Mas- 
ter, the Jews of late sought to stone 
thee ; and goest thou thither again ? 

9 Jesus answered, Are there not 
twelve hours in the day ? If any man 
walk in the day, he stumbleth not, be- 
cause he seeth the light of this world. 

10 But if a man walk in the night, 
he stumbleth, because there is no 
light in him. 

11 These things said he : and 
after that he saith unto them, Our 
friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, 
that I may awake him out of sleep. 

12 Then said his disciples, Lord, 
if he sleep, he shall do well. 

13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his 
death : but they thought that he had 
spoken of taking of rest in sleep. 

14 Then said Jesus unto them 
plainly, Lazarus is dead. 

15 And I am glad for your sakes 
that I was not there, to the intent 
ye may believe ; nevertheless let us 
go unto him. 

16 Then said Thomas, which is 
called Didymus, unto his fellow dis- 
ciples, Let us also go, that we may 
die with him. 

17 Then when Jesus came, he 
found that he had lain in the grave 
four days already. 

18 Now Bethany was nigh unto Je- 
rusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: 

19 And many of the Jews came to 
Martha and Mary, to comfort them 
concerning their brother. 

20 Then Martha, as soon as she 
heard that Jesus was coming, went 
and met him: but Mary sat still in 
the house. 

21 Then said Martha unto Jesus, 
Lord, if thou hadst been here, my 
brother had not died. 

22 But I know, that even now, 
whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, 
God will give it thee. 

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23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy bro- 
ther shall rise again. 

24 Martha saith unto him, I know 
that he shall rise again in the resur- 
rection at the last day. 

25 Jesus said unto her, I am the 
resurrection, and the life : he that be- 
lieveth in me, though he were dead, 
yet shall he live : 

26 And whosoever liveth and be- 
lieveth in me shall never die. Be- 
lievest thou this ? 

27 She saith unto him, Yea, Lord : 
I believe that thou art the Christ, the 
Son of God, which should come into 
the world. 

28 And when she had so said, she 
went her way, and called Mary her 
sister secretly, saying, The Master is 
come, and calleth for thee. 

29 As soon as she heard that, she 
arose quickly, and came unto him. 

30 Now Jesus was not yet come 
into the town, but was in that place 
where Martha met him. 

31 The Jews then which were with 
her in the house, and comforted her, 
when they saw Mary, that she rose 
up hastily and went out, followed 
her, saying, She goeth unto the 
grave to weep there. 

32 Then when Mary was come 
where Jesus was, and saw him, she 
fell down at his feet, saying unto 
him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, 
my brother had not died. 

33 When Jesus therefore saw her 
weeping, and the Jews also weeping 
which came with her, he groaned in 
the spirit, and was troubled, 

34 And said, Where have ye laid 
him? They say unto him, Lord, 
come and see. 

35 Jesus wept. 

36 Then said the Jews, Behold 
how he loved him ! 

37 And some of them said, Could 
not this man, which opened the 
eyes of the blind, have caused that 
even this man should not have 
died? 

38 Jesus therefore again groaning 



Many Jews believe, 



ST. JOHN. Mary anointeth Jesus' feet. 



in himself cometh to the grave. It 
was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. 

39 Jesus said, Take ye away the 
stone. Martha, the sister of him that 
was dead, saith unto him, Lord, hy 
this time he stinketh: for he hath 
been dead four days. 

40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not 
unto thee, that, if thou wouldest be- 
lieve, thou shouldest see the glory of 
God? 

41 Then they took away the stone 
from the place where the dead was 
laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, 
and said, Father, I thank thee that 
thou hast heard me. 

42 And I knew that thou hearest 
me always : but because of the people 
which stand by I said it, that they 
may believe that thou hast sent me. 

43 And when he thus had spoken, 
he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, 
come forth. 

44 And he that was dead came 
forth, bound hand and foot with grave- 
clothes ; and his face was bound about 
with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, 
Loose him, and let him go. 

45 Then many of the Jews which 
came to Mary, and had seen the things 
which Jesus did, believed on him. 

46 But some of them went their 
ways to the Pharisees, and told them 
what things Jesus had done. 

47 ^T Then gathered the chief 
priests and the Pharisees a council, 
and said, What do we ? for this man 
doeth many miracles. 

48 If we let him thus alone, all 
men will believe on him ; and the 
Romans shall come and take away 
both our place and nation. 

49 And one of them, named Caia- 
phas, being the high priest that same 
year, said unto them, Ye know no- 
thing at all, 

50 Nor consider that it is expedient 
for us, that one man should die for 
the people, and that the whole nation 
perish not. 

51 And this spake he not of him- 
self: but being high priest that year, 



he prophesied that Jesus should die 
for that nation ; 

52 And not for that nation only, 
but that also he should gather toge- 
ther in one the children of God that 
were scattered abroad. 

53 Then from that day forth they 
took counsel together for to put him 
to death. 

54 Jesus therefore walked no more 
openly among the Jews ; but went 
thence unto a country near to the wil- 
derness, into a city called Ephraim, 
and there continued with his disciples. 

55 IF And the Jews' passover was 
nigh at hand : and many went out of 
the country up to Jerusalem before 
the passover, to purify themselves. 

56 Then sought they for Jesus, and 
spake among themselves, as they 
stood in the temple, What think ye, 
that he will not come to the feast ? 

57 Now both the chief priests and 
the Pharisees had given a command- 
ment, that, if any man knew where 
he were, he should shew it, that they 
might take him. 

CHAPTEE XII. 

1 Jesus excuseth Mary anointing his feet. 9 The people 
flock to see Lazarus. 10 The high priests consult to 
kill him. 12 Christ rideth into Jerusalem. 20 Greeks 
desire to see Jesus. 23 He foretelleth his death. 3*7 
TJie Jews are generally blinded: 42 yet many chief 
rulers believe, but do not confess him: 44 therefore 
Jesus calleth earnestly for confession of faith. 

THEN Jesus six days before the 
passover came to Bethany, where 
Lazarus was which had been dead, 
whom he raised from the dead. 

2 There they made him a supper ; 
and Martha served : but Lazarus was 
one of them that sat at the table with 
him. ' 

3 Then took Mary a pound of oint- 
ment of spikenard, very costly, and 
anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped 
his feet with her hair : and the house 
was filled with the odour of the oint- 
ment. 

4 Then saith one of his disciples, 
Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, which 
should betray him, 

5 Why was not this ointment sold 

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Christ rideth into Jerusalem. ST. JOHN. 



He foretelleth his death. 



for three hundred pence, and given 
to the poor ? 

6 This he said, not that he cared 
for the poor ; but because he was a 
thief, and had the bag, and bare 
what was put therein. 

7 Then said Jesus, Let her alone : 
against the day of my burying hath 
she kept this. 

8 For the poor always ye have with 
you ; but me ye have not always. 

9 Much people of the Jews there- 
fore knew that he was there : and 
they came not for Jesus' sake only, 
but that they might see Lazarus also, 
whom he had raised from the dead. 

10 Tl But the chief priests con- 
sulted that they might put Lazarus 
also to death ; 

11 Because that by reason of him 
many of the Jews went away, and 
believed on Jesus. 

12 ^f On the next day much peo- 
ple that were come to the feast, 
when they heard that Jesus was 
coming to Jerusalem, 

13 Took branches of palm trees, 
and went forth to meet him, and 
cried, Hosanna : Blessed is the King 
of Israel that cometh in the name of 
the Lord. 

14 And Jesus, when he had found 
a young ass, sat thereon; as it is 
written, 

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion: 
behold, thy King cometh, sitting on 
an ass's colt. 

16 These things understood not 
his disciples at the first : but when 
Jesus was glorified, then remembered 
they that these things were written 
of him, and that they had done these 
things unto him. 

17 The people therefore that was 
with him when he called Lazarus 
out of his grave, and raised him from 
the dead, bare record. 

18 For this cause the people also 
met him, for that they heard that he 
had done this miracle. 

19 The Pharisees therefore said 
among themselves, Perceive ye how 

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ye prevail nothing ? behold, the 
world is gone after him. 

20 1T And there were certain Greeks 
among them that came up to worship 
at the feast : 

21 The same came therefore to 
Philip, which was of Bethsaida of 
Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, 
we would see Jesus. 

22 Philip cometh and telleth An- 
drew : and again Andrew and Philip 
tell Jesus. 

23 If- And Jesus answered them, 
saying, The hour is come, that the 
Son of man should be glorified. 

24 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
Except a corn of wheat fall into the 
ground and die, it abideth alone : but 
if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. 

25 He that loveth his life shall lose 
it ; and he that hateth his life in this 
world shall keep it unto life eternal. 

26 If any man serve me, let him 
follow me; and where I am, there shall 
also my servant be : if any man serve 
me, him will my Father honour. 

27 Now is my soul troubled ; and 
what shall I say ? Father, save me 
from this hour : but for this cause 
came I unto this hour. 

28 Father, glorify thy name. Then 
came there a voice from heaven, say- 
ing, I have both glorified it, and will 
glorify it again. 

29 The people therefore that stood 
by, and heard it, said that it thunder- 
ed : others said, An angel spake to him. 

30 Jesus answered and said, This 
voice came not because of me, but 
for your sakes. 

31 Now is the judgment of this 
world : now shall the prince of this 
world be cast out. 

32 And I, if I be lifted up from the 
earth, will draw all men unto me. 

33 This he said, signifying what 
death he should die. 

34 The people answered him, We 
have heard out of the law that Christ 
abideth for ever: and how sayest 
thou, The Son of man must be lifted 
up ? who is this Son of man ? 



The Jew£ blindness. 



ST. JOHN. 



Exhortation to humility. 



35 Then Jesus said unto them, 
Yet a little while is the light with 
you. Walk while ye have the light, 
lest darkness come upon you: for he 
that walketh in darkness knoweth 
not whither he goeth. 

36 While ye have light, "believe in 
the light, that ye may he the child- 
ren of light. These things spake 
Jesus, and departed, and did hide 
himself from them. 

37 IT But though he had done so 
many miracles hefore them, yet they 
believed not on him : 

38 That the saying of Esaias the 
prophet might he fulfilled, which he 
spake, Lord, who hath believed our 
report ? and to whom hath the arm 
of the Lord been revealed ? 

3 9 Therefore they could not be] ie ve, 
because that Esaias said again, 

40 He hath blinded their eyes, 
and hardened their heart ; that they 
should not see with their eyes, nor 
understand with their heart, and be 
converted, and I should heal them. 

41 These things said Esaias, when 
he saw his glory, and spake of him. 

42 % Nevertheless among the chief 
rulers also many believed on him ; 
hut because of the Pharisees they 
did not confess him, lest they should 
be put out of the synagogue : 

43 For they loved the praise of 
men more than the praise of God. 

44 If Jesus cried and said, He that 
belie veth on me, belie veth not on me, 
but on him that sent me. 

45 And he that seeth me seeth him 
that sent me. 

46 I am come a light into the 
world, that whosoever believeth on 
me should not abide in darkness. 

47 And if any man hear my words, 
and believe not, I judge him not : for 
I came not to judge the world, but to 
save the world. 

48 He that rejecteth me, and re- 
ceiveth not my words, hath one that 
judgeth him : the word that I have 
spoken, the same shall judge him in 
the last day. 



49 For I have not spoken of my- 
self; but the Father which sent me, 
he gave me a commandment, what I 
should say, and what I shouM speak. 

50 And I know that his command- 
ment is life everlasting : whatsoever 
I speak therefore, even as the Father 
said unto me, so I speak. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

1 Jesus washeth the di»ciples' feet: exhorteth them to 
humility and charity. 1 8 Heforetelleth, and discovereth 
to John by a token, that judas should betray him: 
31 commandeth them to love one another, S6 and fore- 
warneth Peter of his denial. 

NOW before the feast of the pass- 
over, when Jesus knew that his 
hour was come that he should depart 
out of this world unto the Father, 
having loved his own which were in 
the world, he loved them unto the 
end. 

2 And supper being ended, the 
devil having now put into the heart 
of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to be- 
tray him ; 

3 Jesus knowing that the Father 
had given all things into his hands, 
and that he was come from God, and 
went to God ; 

4 He riseth from supper, and laid 
aside his garments ; and took a tow- 
el, and girded himself. 

5 After that he poureth water into 
a basin, and began to wash the dis- 
ciples' feet, and to wipe them with 
the towel wherewith he was girded. 

6 Then cometh he to Simon Peter : 
and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost 
thou wash my feet ? 

7 Jesus answered and said unto 
him, What I do thou knowest not 
now ; but thou shalt know hereafter. 

8 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt 
never wash my feet. Jesus answered 
him, If I wash thee not, thou hast no 
part with me. 

9 Simon Peter saith unto him, 
Lord, not my feet only, but also my 
hands and my head. 

10 Jesus saith to him, He that is 
washed needeth not save to wash his 
feet, but is clean every whit : and ye 
are clean, but not all. 

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Christ foretelleth the traitor. ST. JOHN. 



Christ comforteth 



11 For he knew who should be- 
tray him ; therefore said he, Ye are 
not all clean. 

1 2 So after he had washed their feet, 
and had taken his garments, and was 
set down again, he said unto them, 
Know ye what I have done to you ? 

13 Ye call me Master and Lord: 
and ye say well ; for so I am. 

14 If I then, your Lord and Master, 
have washed your feet ; ye also ought 
to wash one another's feet. 

15 For I have given you an ex- 
ample, that ye should do as I have 
done to you. 

16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
The servant is not greater than his 
lord ; neither he that is sent greater 
than he that sent him. 

17 If ye know these things, happy 
are ye if ye do them. 

18 ^ I speak not of you all: I 
know whom I have chosen: but 
that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 
He that eateth bread with me hath 
lifted up his heel against me. 

19 Now I tell you before it come, 
that, when it is come to pass, ye may 
believe that I am he. 

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
He that receiveth whomsoever I send 
receiveth me ; and he that receiveth 
me receiveth him that sent me. 

21 When Jesus had thus said, he 
was troubled in spirit, and testified, 
and said, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, that one of you shall betray me. 

22 Then the disciples looked one on 
another, doubting of whom he spake. 

23 Now there was leaning on Je- 
sus' bosom one of his disciples, whom 
Jesus loved. 

24 Simon Peter therefore beckoned 
to him, that he should ask who it 
should be of whom he spake. 

25 He then lying on Jesus' breast 
saith unto him, Lord, who is it ? 

26 Jesus answered, He it is, to 
whom I shall give a sop, when I have 
clipped it. And when he had dipped 
the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, 
the son of Simon. 

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27 And after the sop Satan entered 
into him. Then said Jesus unto him, 
That thou doest, do quickly. 

28 Now no man at the table knew 
for what intent he spake this unto him. 

29 For some of them thought, be- 
cause Judas had the bag, that Jesus 
had said unto him, Buy those things 
that we have need of against the 
feast; or, that he should give some- 
thing to the poor. 

30 He then, having received the 
sop, went immediately out; and it 
was night. 

31 IT Therefore, when he was gone 
out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man 
glorified, and God is glorified in him. 

32 If God be glorified in him, God 
shall also glorify him in himself, and 
shall straightway glorify him. 

33 Little children, yet a little while 
I am with you. Ye shall seek me ; and 
as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, 
ye cannot come ; so now I say to you. 

34 A new commandment I give 
unto you, That ye love one another ; 
as I have loved you, that ye also love 
one another. 

35 By this shall all men know that 
ye are my disciples, if ye have love 
one to another. 

36 T[ Simon Peter said unto him, 
Lord, whither goest thou ? Jesus an- 
swered him, Whither I go, thou canst 
not follow me now ; but thou shalt 
follow me afterwards. 

37 Peter said unto him, Lord, why 
cannot I follow thee now ? I will lay 
down my life for thy sake. 

38 Jesus answered him, Wilt thou 
lay down thy life for my sake ? Ve- 
rily, verily, I say unto thee, The cock 
shall not crow, till thou hast denied 
me thrice. 



CHAPTEK XIV. 

1 Christ comforteth his disciples with the hope of heaven : 
6 professeih himself the way, the truth, and the life, 
and one with the Father: 13 assureth their prayers in 
his name to be effectual: 15 requesteih love and obe- 
dience, 16 promiseth the Holy Ghost the Comforter, 
2*7 and leaveth his peace with them. 

LET not your heart be troubled : ye 
believe in God, believe also in me. 



his disciples. 



ST. JOHN. The Holy Ghost promised. 



2 In my Father's house are many 
mansions : if it were not so, I would 
have told you. I go to prepare a 
place for you. 

3 And if I go and prepare a place 
for you, I will come again, and re- 
ceive you unto myself; that where 
1 am, there ye may be also. 

4 And whither I go ye know, and 
the way ye know. 

5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, 
we know not whither thou goest; 
and how can we know the way ? 

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the 
way, the truth, and the life : no man 
cometh unto the Father, hut by me. 

7 If ye had known me, ye should 
have known my Father also : and 
from henceforth ye know him, and 
have seen him. 

8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew 
us the Father, and it sufficeth us. 

9 Jesus saith unto him, Have I 
been so long time with you, and yet 
hast thou not known me, Philip ? he 
that hath seen me hath seen the 
Father ; and how say est thou then, 
Shew us the Father ? 

10 Believest thou not that I am in 
the Father, and the Father in me ? the 
words that I speak unto you I speak 
not of myself: but the Father that 
dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 

11 Believe me that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me : or else 
believe me for the very works' sake. 

12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
He that believeth on me, the works 
that I do shall he do also ; and great- 
er works than these shall he do ; be- 
cause I go unto my Father. 

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in 
my name, that will I do, that the 
Father may be glorified in the Son. 

14 If ye shall ask any thing in my 
name, I will do it. 

15 H If ye love me, keep my com- 
mandments. 

16 And I will pray the Father, and 
he shall give you another Comforter, 
that he may abide with you for ever ; 

17 Even the Spirit of truth ; whom 



the world cannot receive, because it 
seeth him not, neither knoweth him : 
but ye know him ; for he dwelleth 
with you, and shall be in you. 

18 1 will not leave you comfortless : 
I will come to you. 

19 Yet a little while, and the world 
seeth me no more ; but ye see me : 
because I live, ye shall live also. 

20 At that day ye shall know that 
I am in my Father, and ye in me, 
and I in you. 

2 1 He that hath my commandments, 
and keepeth them, he it is that loveth 
me : and he that loveth me shall be 
loved of my Father, and I will love him, 
and will manifest myself to him. 

22 Judas saith unto him, not Isca- 
riot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt 
manifest thyself unto us, and not 
unto the world ? 

23 Jesus answered and said unto 
him, If a man love me, he will keep 
my words : and my Father will love 
him, and we will come unto him, 
and make our abode with him. 

24 He that loveth me not keepeth 
not my sayings : and the word which 
ye hear is not mine, but the Father's 
which sent me. 

25 These things have I spoken unto 
you, being yet present with you. 

26 But the Comforter, tvhich is the 
Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 
send in my name, he shall teach 
you all things, and bring all things 
to your remembrance, whatsoever I 
have said unto you. 

27 Peace I leave with you, my 
peace I give unto you : not as the 
world giveth, give I unto you. Let 
not your heart be troubled, neither 
let it be afraid. 

28 Ye have heard how I said un- 
to you, I go away, and come again 
unto you. If ye loved me, ye would 
rejoice, because I said, I go unto the 
Father : for my Father is greater 
than I. 

29 And now I have told you before 
it come to pass, that, when it is come 
to pass, ye might believe. 

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The mutual love between 



ST. JOHN. 



Christ and his members. 



30 Hereafter I will not talk much 
with you : for the prince of this world 
cometh, and hath nothing in me. 

31 But that the world may know 
that I love the Father ; and as the 
Father gave me commandment, even 
so I do. Arise, let us go hence. 

CHAPTER XV. 

1 The consolation and mutual love between Christ and 
his members, under the parable of the vine. IS A 
comfort in the hatred and persecution of the world. 
26 The office of the Holy Ghost, and of the apostles. 

I AM the true vine, and my Father 
is the husbandman. 

2 Every branch in me that beareth 
not fruit he taketh away : and every 
branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth 
it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 

3 Now ye are clean through the 
word which I have spoken unto you. 

4 Abide in me, and I in you. As 
the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, 
except it abide in the vine ; no more 
can ye, except ye abide in me. 

5 1 am the vine, ye are the branches. 
He that abideth in me, and I in him, 
the same bringeth forth much fruit ; 
for without me ye can do nothing. 

6 If a man abide not in me, he is 
cast forth as a branch, and is withered; 
and men gather them, and cast them 
into the fire, and they are burned. 

7 If ye abide in me, and my words 
abide in you, ye shall ask what ye 
will, and it shall be done unto you. 

8 Herein is my Father glorified, 
that ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye 
be my disciples. 

9 As the Father hath loved me, so 
have I loved you : continue ye in my 
love. 

10 If ye keep my commandments, 
ye shall abide in my love ; even as I 
have kept my Father's command- 
ments, and abide in his love. 

1 1 These things have I spoken unto 
you, that my joy might remain in 
you, and that your joy might be full. 

12 This is my commandment, That 
ye love one another, as I have loved 
you. 

13 Greater love hath no man than 

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this, that a man lay down his life for 
his friends. 

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do 
whatsoever I command you. 

15 Henceforth I call you not ser- 
vants ; for the servant knoweth not 
what his lord doeth : but I have 
called you friends ; for all things 
that I have heard of my Father I 
have made known unto you. 

16 Ye have not chosen me, but I 
have chosen you, and ordained you, 
that ye should go and bring forth 
fruit, and that your fruit should re- 
main ; that whatsoever ye shall ask 
of the Father in my name, he may 
give it you. 

17 These things I command you, 
that ye love one another. 

18 If the world hate you, ye know 
that it hated me before it hated you. 

19 If ye were of the world, the 
world would love his own ; but be- 
cause ye are not of the world, but I 
have chosen you out of the world, 
therefore the world hateth you. 

20 Remember the word that I said 
unto you, The servant is not greater 
than his lord. If they have perse- 
cuted me, they will also persecute 
you ; if they have kept my saying, 
they will keep yours also. 

21 But all these things will they do 
unto you for my name's sake, because 
they know not him that sent me. 

22 If I had not come and spoken 
unto them, they had not had sin ; but 
now they have no cloak for their sin. 

23 He that hateth me hateth my 
Father also. 

24 If I had not done among them 
the works which none other man 
did, they had not had sin : but now 
have they both seen and hated both 
me and my Father. 

25 But this cometh to pass, that the 
word might be fulfilled that is written 
in their law, They hated me without 
a cause. 

26 But when the Comforter is come, 
whom I will send unto you from the 
Father, even the Spirit of truth, which 



The promise of 



ST. JOHN. 



the Holy Ghost. 



proceedeth from the Father, he shall 
testify of me : 

27 And ye also shall bear witness, 
because ye have been with me from 
the beginning. 

CHAPTEK XYI. 

1 Christ comforteth his disciples against tribulation by 
the promise of the Holy Ghost, and by his resurrection 
and ascension: 23 assureth their prayers made in his 
name to be acceptable to his Father. 33 Peace in 
Christ, and in the world affliction. 

THESE things have I spoken unto 
you, that ye should not be offended. 

2 They ' shall put you out of the 
synagogues : yea, the time cometh, 
that whosoever killeth you will think 
that he doeth God service. 

3 And these things will they do 
unto you, because they have not 
known the Father, nor me. 

4 But these things have I told you, 
that when the time shall come, ye may 
remember that I told you of them. 
And these things I said not unto you at 
the beginning, because I was with you. 

5 But now I go my way to him 
that sent me ; and none of you 
asketh me, Whither goest thou ? 

6 But because I have said these 
things unto you, sorrow hath filled 
your heart. 

7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth ; 
It is expedient for you that I go away : 
for if I go not away, the Comforter 
will not come unto you ; but if I de- 
part, I will send him unto you. 

8 And when he is come, he will 
reprove the world of sin, and of 
righteousness, and of judgment: 

9 Of sin, because they believe not 
on me; 

10 Of righteousness, because I go to 
my Father, and ye see me no more ; 

11 Of judgment, because the prince 
of this world is judged. 

1 2 I have yet many things to say un- 
to you, but ye cannot bear them now. 

13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of 
truth, is come, he will guide you into 
all truth : for he shall not speak of 
himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, 
that shall he speak : and he will shew 
you things to come. 



14 He shall glorify me : for he shall 
receive of mine, and shall shew^ unto 
you. 

15 All things that the Father hath 
are mine : therefore said I, that he 
shall take of mine, and shall shew it 
unto you. 

16 A little while, and ye shall not 
see me : and again, a little while, and 
ye shall see me, because I go to the 
Father. 

17 Then said some of his disciples 
among themselves, What is this that 
he saith unto us, A little while, and 
ye shall not see me : and again, a 
little while, and ye shall see me : and, 
Because I go to the Father ? 

18 They said therefore, What is 
this that he saith, A little while ? 
we cannot tell what he saith. 

19 Now Jesus knew that they were 
desirous to ask him, and said unto 
them, Do ye inquire among your- 
selves of that I said, A little while, 
and ye shall not see me : and again, 
a little while, and ye shall see me ? 

20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
That ye shall weep and lament, but 
the world shall rejoice ; and ye shall 
be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall 
be turned into joy. 

2 1 A woman when she is in travail 
hath sorrow, because her hour is 
come : but as soon as she is deliver- 
ed of the child, she remembereth no 
more the anguish, for joy that a man 
is born into the world. 

22 And ye now therefore have sor- 
row: but I will see you again, and 
your heart shall rejoice, and your 
joy no man taketh from you. 

23 And in that day ye shall ask 
me nothing. Verily, verily, I say 
unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask 
the Father in my name, he will give 
it you. 

24 Hitherto have ye asked nothing 
in my name: ask, and ye shall re- 
ceive, that your joy may be full. 

25 These things have I spoken 
unto you in proverbs : but the time 
cometh, when I shall no more speak 

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Christ prayeth 



ST. JOHN. 



for his apostles, 



unto you in proverbs, but I shall 
shew you plainly of the Father. 

26 At that day ye shall ask in my 
name : and I say not unto you, that I 
will pray the Father for you : 

27 For the Father himself loveth 
you, because ye have loved me, and 
have believed that I came out from 
God. 

28 I came forth from the Father, 
and am come into the world : again, I 
leave the world, and go to the Father. 

29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, 
now speakest thou plainly, and speak- 
est no proverb. 

30 Now are we sure that thou 
knowest all things, and needest not 
that any man should ask thee : by 
this we believe that thou earnest 
forth from God. 

31 Jesus answered them, Do ye 
now believe ? 

32 Behold, the hour cometh, yea, 
is now come, that ye shall be scatter- 
ed, every man to his own, and shall 
leave me alone : and yet I am not 
alone, because the Father is with me. 

33 These things I have spoken 
unto you, that in me ye might have 
peace. In the world ye shall have 
tribulation : but be of good cheer ; I 
have overcome the world. 

CHAPTER XVII. 

1 Christ prayeth to his Father to glorify him, 6 to 
preserve his apostles, 11 in unity, 17 and truth, 20 
to glorify them, and all other believers with him in 
heaven. 

THESE words spake Jesus, and 
lifted up his eyes to heaven, and 
said, Father, the hour is come ; glorify 
thy Son, that thy Son also may 
glorify thee : 

2 As thou hast given him power over 
all flesh, that he should give eternal 
life to as many as thou hast given him. 

3 And this is life eternal, that they 
might know thee the only true God, 
and Jesus C hrist, whom thou hast sent. 

4 I have glorified thee on the earth : 
I have finished the work which thou 
gavest me to do. 

5 And now, O Father, glorify thou 

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me with thine own self with the glory 
which I had with thee before the 
world was. 

6 I have manifested thy name unto 
the men which thou gavest me out 
of the world : thine they were, and 
thou gavest them me; and they 
have kept thy word. 

7 Now they have known that all 
things whatsoever thou hast given 
me are of thee. 

8 For I have given unto them the 
words which thou gavest me ; and 
they have received them, and have 
known surely that I came out from 
thee, and they have believed that 
thou didst send me. 

9 I pray for them : I pray not for 
the world, but for them which thou 
hast given me ; for they are thine. 

1 And all mine are thine, and thine 
are mine ; and I am glorified in them. 

11 And now I am no more in the 
world, but these are in the world, 
and I come to thee. Holy Father, 
keep through thine own name those 
whom thou hast given me, that they 
may be one, as we are. 

12 While I was with them in the 
world, I kept them in thy name: 
those that thou gavest me I have 
kept, and none of them is lost, but 
the son of perdition ; that the Scrip- 
ture might be fulfilled. 

13 And now come I to thee ; and 
these things I speak in the world, 
that they might have my joy fulfilled 
in themselves. 

14 I have given them thy word ; 
and the world hath hated them, be- 
cause they are not of the world, even 
as I am not of the world. 

15 I pray not that thou shouldest 
take them out of the world, but that 
thou shouldest keep themfrom the evil. 

16 They are not of the world, even 
as I am not of the world. 

17 Sanctify them through thy 
truth : thy word is truth. 

18 As thou hast sent me into the 
world, even so have I also sent them 
into the world. 



and for all believers. 



ST. JOHN. 



Judas betrayetli Jesus, 



19 And for their sakes I sanctify 
myself, that they also might be sanc- 
tified through the truth. 

20 Neither pray I for these alone, 
but for them also which shall believe 
on me through their word ; 

21 That they all may be one; as 
thou, Father, art in me, and I in 
thee, that they also may be one in 
us : that the world may believe that 
thou hast sent me. 

22 And the glory which thou gavest 
me I have given them ; that they 
may be one, even as we are one : 

23 I in them, and thou in me, that 
they may be made perfect in one ; 
and that the world may know that 
thou hast sent me, and hast loved 
them, as thou hast loved me. 

24 Father, I will that they also, 
whom thou hast given me, be with 
me where I am ; that they may be- 
hold my glory, which thou hast given 
me : for thou lovedst me before the 
foundation of the world. 

25 O righteous Father, the world 
hath not known thee : but I have 
known thee, and these have known 
that thou hast sent me. 

26 And I have declared unto them 
thy name, and will declare it ; that 
the love wherewith thou hast loved 
me may be in them, and I in them. 

CHAPTEK XVIII. 

1 Judas betrayeth Jesus. 6 The officers fall to the 
ground. 10 Peter s?niteth off Malchus' ear. 12 Jesus 
is taken, and led unto Annas and Caiaphas. 15 Peter's 
denial. 19 Jesus examined before Caiaphas. 28 His 
arraignment before Pilate. 36 His kingdom. 40 The 
Jews ask Barabbas to be let loose. 

WHEN Jesus had spoken these 
words, he went forth with his 
disciples over the brook Cedron, where 
was a garden, into the which he enter- 
ed, and his disciples. 

2 And Judas also, which betrayed 
him, knew the place : for Jesus oft- 
times resorted thither with his dis- 
ciples. 

3 Judas then, having received a band 
of men and officers from the chief priests 
and Pharisees, cometh thither with 
lanterns and torches and weapons. 



4 Jesus therefore, knowing all 
things that should come upon him, 
went forth, and said unto them, 
Whom seek ye ? 

5 They answered him, Jesus of 
Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them, I 
am he. And Judas also, which be- 
trayed him, stood with them. 

6 As soon then as he had said un- 
to them, I am he, they went back- 
ward, and fell to the ground. 

7 Then asked he them again, 
Whom seek ye ? And they said, Je- 
sus of Nazareth. t 

8 Jesus answered, I have told you 
that I am he : if therefore ye seek 
me, let these go their way : 

9 That the saying might be ful- 
filled, which he spake, Of them which 
thou gavest me have I lost none. 

10 Then Simon Peter having a 
sword drew it, and smote the high 
priest's servant, and cut off his right 
ear. The servant's name was Mal- 
chus. 

11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, Put 
up thy sword into the sheath : the 
cup which my Father hath given me, 
shall I not drink it ? 

12 Then the band and the captain 
and officers of the Jews took Jesus, 
and bound him, 

13 And led him away to Annas 
first ; for he was father in law to 
Caiaphas, which was the high priest 
that same year. 

14 Now Caiaphas was he, which 
gave counsel to the Jews, that it was 
expedient that one man should die 
for the people. 

15 If And Simon Peter followed 
Jesus, and so did another disciple : 
that disciple was known unto the 
high priest, and went in with Jesus 
into the palace of the high priest. 

16 But Peter stood at the door 
without. Then went out that other 
disciple, which was known unto the 
high priest, and spake unto her that ' 
kept the door, and brought in Peter. 

17 Then saith the damsel that 
kept the door unto Peter, Art not 

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Peter denieth Christ. 



ST. JOHN. 



Christ before Pilate. 



thou also one of this man's disciples ? 
He saith, I am not. 

18 And the servants and officers 
stood there, who had made a fire of 
coals, for it was cold ; and they warm- 
ed themselves : and Peter stood with 
them, and warmed himself. 

19 If The high priest then asked 
Jesus of his disciples, and of his doc- 
trine. 

20 Jesus answered him, I spake 
openly to the world ; I ever taught 
in the synagogue, and in the temple, 
whither the Jews always resort ; and 
in secret have I said nothing. 

2 1 Why askest thou me ? ask them 
which heard me, what I have said unto 
them : hehold, they know what I said. 

22 And when he had thus spoken, 
one of the officers which stood hy 
struck Jesus with the palm of his 
hand, saying, Answerest thou the 
high priest so ? 

23 Jesus answered him, If I have 
spoken evil, hear witness of the evil : 
but if well, why smitest thou me ? 

24 Now Annas had sent him bound 
unto Caiaphas the high priest. 

25 And Simon Peter stood and 
warmed himself. They said there- 
fore unto him, Art not thou also one 
of his disciples ? He denied it, and 
said, I am not. 

26 One of the servants of the high 
priest, being his kinsman whose ear 
Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see 
thee in the garden with him ? 

27 Peter then denied again; and 
immediately the cock crew. 

28 TI Then led they Jesus from 
Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment : 
and it was early ; and they them- 
selves went not into the judgment 
hall, lest they should be defiled ; but 
that they might eat the passover. 

29 Pilate then went out unto them, 
and said, What accusation bring ye 
against this man ? 

30They answered and said unto him, 
If he were not a malefactor, we would 
not have delivered him up unto thee. 

31 Then said Pilate unto them, 
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Take ye him, and judge him accord- 
ing to your law. The Jews there- 
fore said unto him, It is not lawful 
for us to put any man to death : 

32 That the saying of Jesus might 
be fulfilled, which he spake, signify- 
ing what death he should die. 

33 Then Pilate entered into the 
judgment hall again, and called 
Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou 
the King of the Jews ? 

34 Jesus answered him, Sayest 
thou this things of thyself, or did 
others tell it thee of me ? 

35 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew ? 
Thine own nation and the chief 
priests have delivered thee unto me : 
what hast thou done ? 

36 Jesus answered, My kingdom is 
not of this world: if my kingdom 
were of this world, then would my 
servants fight, that I should not be 
delivered to the Jews : but now is 
my kingdom not from hence. 

37 Pilate therefore said unto him, 
Art thou a king then ? Jesus answer- 
ed, Thou sayest that I am a king. 
To this end was I born, and for this 
cause came I into the world, that I 
should bear witness unto the truth. 
Every one that is of the truth heareth 
my voice. 

38 Pilate saith unto him, What is 
truth ? And when he had said this, 
he went out again unto the Jews, 
and saith unto them, I find in him 
no fault at all. 

39 But ye have a custom, that I 
should release unto you one at the 
passover : will ye therefore that I re- 
lease unto you the King of the Jews ? 

40 Then cried they all again, say- 
ing, Not this man, but Barabbas. 
Now Barabbas was a robber. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

] Christ is scourged, crowned with thorns, and beaten. 
4 Pilate is desirous to release him, but being overcome 
with the outrage of the Jews, he delivered him to be 
crucified. 23 They cast lots for his garments. 26 He 
commendcih his mother to John. 28 He dieth. 31 
His side is pierced. 38 He is buried by Joseph and 
Nicodemus. 

THEN Pilate therefore took Jesus, 
and scourged him. 



Christ crowned with thorns, ST. JOHN. 



condemned, and crucified. 



2 And the soldiers platted a crown 
of thorns, and put it on his head, and 
they put on him a purple rohe, 

3 And said, Hail, King of the Jews ! 
and they smote him with their hands. 

4 Pilate therefore went forth again, 
and saith unto them, Behold, I bring 
him forth to you, that ye may know 
that I find no fault in him. 

5 Then came Jesus forth, wearing 
the crown of thorns, and the purple 
rohe. And Pilate saith unto them, 
Behold the man ! 

6 When the chief priests therefore 
and officers saw him, they cried out, 
saying, Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate 
saith unto them, Take ye him, and 
crucify him : for I find no fault in him. 

7 The Jews answered him, We 
have a law, and by our law he ought 
to die, because he made himself the 
Son of God. 

8 If When Pilate therefore heard 
that saying, he was the more afraid ; 

9 And went again into the judg- 
ment hall, and saith unto Jesus, 
Whence art thou ? But Jesus gave 
him no answer. 

10 Then saith Pilate unto him, 
Speakest thou not unto me ? knowest 
thou not that I have power to crucify 
thee, and have power to release thee ? 

11 Jesus answered, Thou couldest 
have no power at all against me, ex- 
cept it were given thee from above: 
therefore he that delivered me unto 
thee hath the greater sin. 

12 And from thenceforth Pilate 
sought to release him : but the Jews 
cried out, saying, If thou let this 
man go, thou art not Cesar's friend : 
whosoever maketh himself a king 
speaketh against Cesar. 

13 ^[ When Pilate therefore heard 
that saying, he brought Jesus forth, 
and sat down in the judgment seat 
in a place that is called the Pavement, 
but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. 

14 And it was the preparation of 
the passover, and about the sixth 
hour: and he saith unto the Jews, 
Behold your King ! 

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15 But they cried out, Away with 
him, away with him, crucify him. Pi- 
late saith unto them, Shall I crucify 
your King? The chief priests an- 
swered, We have no king but Cesar. 

16 Then delivered he him there- 
fore unto them to be crucified. And 
they took Jesus, and led him away. 

17 And he bearing his cross went 
forth into a p]ace called the place of 
a skull, which is called in the He- 
brew Golgotha: 

18 Where they crucified him, and 
two others with him, on either side 
one, and Jesus in the midst. 

19 IT And Pilate wrote a title, and 
put it on the cross. And the writ- 
ing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH 
THE KING OF THE JEWS. 

20 This title then read many of 
the Jews ; for the place where Jesus 
was crucified was nigh to the city : 
and it was written in Hebrew, and 
Greek, and Latin. 

21 Then said the chief priests of 
the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The 
King of the Jews ; but that he said, 
I am King of the Jews. 

22 Pilate answered, What I have 
written I have written. 

23 If Then the soldiers, when they 
had crucified Jesus, took his gar- 
ments, and made four parts, to every 
soldier a part; and also his coat: 
now the coat was without seam, 
woven from the top throughout. 

24 They said therefore among 
themselves, Let us not rend it, but 
cast lots for it, whose it shall be : 
that the Scripture might be fulfilled, 
which saith, They parted my raiment 
among them, and for my vesture 
they did cast lots. These things 
therefore the soldiers did. 

25 TT Now there stood by the cross 
of Jesus his mother, and his mother's 
sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, 
and Mary Magdalene. 

26 When Jesus therefore saw his 
mother, and the disciple standing by, 
whom he loved, he saith unto his 
mother, Woman, behold thy son ! 

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Christ's death, buriah 



ST. JOHN. 



and resurrection. 



27 Then saith he to the disciple, 
Behold thy mother ! And from that 
hour that disciple took her unto his 
own home. 

28 TT After this, Jesus knowing 
that all things were now accomplish- 
ed, that the Scripture might he ful- 
filled, saith, I thirst. 

29 Now there was set a vessel full 
of vinegar : and they filled a sponge 
with vinegar, and put it upon hys- 
sop, and put it to his mouth. 

30 When Jesus therefore had re- 
ceived the vinegar, he said, It is 
finished: and he howed his head, 
and gave up the ghost. 

31 The Jews therefore, because it 
was the preparation, that the bodies 
should not remain upon the cross on 
the sabbath day, (for that sabbath 
day was a high day,) besought Pilate 
that their legs might be broken, and 
that they might be taken away. 

32 Then came the soldiers, and 
brake the legs of the first, and of the 
other which was crucified with him. 

33 But when they came to Jesus, 
and saw that he was dead already, 
they brake not his legs : 

34 But one of the soldiers with a 
spear pierced his side, and forthwith 
came there out blood and water. 

35 And he that saw it bare record, 
and his record is true ; and he know- 
eth that he saith true, that ye might 
believe. 

36 For these things were done, that 
the Scripture should be fulfilled, A 
bone of him shall not be broken. 

37 And again another Scripture 
saith, They shall look on him whom 
they pierced. 

38 H And after this Joseph of Ari- 
mathea, being a disciple of Jesus, 
but secretly for fear of the Jews, be- 
sought Pilate that he might take 
away the body of Jesus : and Pilate 
gave him leave. He came therefore, 
and took the body of Jesus. 

39 And there came also Nicode- 
mus, (which at the first came to Jesus 
by night,) and brought a mixture of 

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myrrh and aloes, about a hundred 
pound weight. 

40 Then took they the body of 
Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes 
with the spices, as the manner of the 
Jews is to bury. 

41 Now in the place where he was 
crucified there was a garden; and 
in the garden a new sepulchre, 
wherein was never man yet laid. 

42 There laid they Jesus therefore 
because of the Jews' preparation day; 
for the sepulchre was nigh at hand. 

CHAPTER XX. 

1 Mary cometh to the sepulchre: 3 so do Peter and John, 
ignorant of the resurrection. 11 Jesus appeareth to 
Mary Magdalene, 19 and to his disciples. 24 The 
incredtdity, and confession of Thomas. 30 Tlie Scrip- 
ture is sufficient to salvation. 

THE first day of the week cometh 
Mary Magdalene early, when it 
was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, 
and seeth the stone taken away from 
the sepulchre. 

2 Then she runneth, and cometh 
to Simon Peter, and to the other dis- 
ciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith 
unto them, They have taken away 
the Lord out of the sepulchre, and 
we know not where they have laid 
him. 

3 Peter therefore went forth, and 
that other disciple, and came to the 
sepulchre. 

4 So they ran both together : and 
the other disciple did outrun Peter, 
and came first to the sepulchre. 

5 And he stooping down, and look- 
ing in, saw the linen clothes lying ; 
yet went he not in. 

6 Then cometh Simon Peter fol- 
lowing him, and went into the sepul- 
chre, and seeth the linen clothes lie, 

7 And the napkin, that was about 
his head, not lying with the linen 
clothes, but wrapped together in a 
place by itself. 

8 Then went in also that other dis- 
ciple, which came first to the sepul- 
chre, and he saw, and believed. 

9 For as yet they knew not the 
Scripture, that he must rise again 
from the dead. 



Christ appeareth 



ST. JOHN. 



to his disciples. 



10 Then the disciples went away 
again unto their own home. 

11 TT But Mary stood without at 
the sepulchre weeping: and as she 
wept, she stooped down, and looked 
into the sepulchre, 

12 And seeth two angels in white 
sitting, the one at the head, and the 
other at the feet, where the hody of 
Jesus had lain. 

13 And they say unto her. Woman, 
why weepest thou ? She saith unto 
them, Because they have taken away 
my Lord, and I know not where they 
have laid him. 

14 And when she had thus said, 
she turned herself hack, and saw Je- 
sus standing, and knew not that it 
was Jesus. 

15 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, 
why weepest thou ? whom seekest 
thou ? She, supposing him to be the 
gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou 
have borne him hence, tell me where 
thou hast laid him, and I will take 
him away. 

16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She 
turned herself, and saith unto him, 
Rabboni^, which is to say, Master. 

17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me 
not; for I am not yet ascended to 
my Father: but go to my brethren, 
and say unto them, I ascend unto 
my Father, and your Father ; and to 
my God, and your God. 

18 Mary Magdalene came and told 
the disciples that she had seen the 
Lord, and that he had spoken these 
things unto her. 

19 If Then the same day at evening, 
being the first day of the week, when 
the doors were shut where the disciples 
were assembled for fear of the Jews, 
came Jesus and stood in the midst, and 
saith unto them, Peace be unto you. 

20 And when he had so said, he 
shewed unto them his hands and his 
side. Then were the disciples glad, 
when they saw the Lord. 

21 Then said Jesus to them again, 
Peace be unto you : as my Father 
hath sent me, even so send I you. 



22 And when he had said this, he 
breathed on them, and saith unto 
them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost : 

23 Whosesoever sins ye remit, they 
are remitted unto them; and whose- 
soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 

24 TT But Thomas, one of the 
twelve, called Didymus, was not 
with them when Jesus came. 

25 The other disciples therefore 
said unto him, We have seen the 
Lord. But he said unto them, Ex- 
cept I shall see in his hands the print 
of the nails, and put my finger into 
the print of the nails, and thrust my 
hand into his side, I will not believe. 

26 IT And after eight days again 
his disciples were within, and Tho- 
mas with them : then came Jesus, 
the doors being shut, and stood in the 
midst, and said, Peace be unto you. 

27 Then saith he to Thomas, 
Reach hither thy finger, and behold 
my hands ; and reach hither thy 
hand, and thrust it into my side ; 
and be not faithless, but believing. 

28 And Thomas answered and said 
unto him, My Lord and my God. 

29 Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, 
because thou hast seen me, thou hast 
believed : blessed are they that have 
not seen, and yet have believed. 

30 If And many other signs truly 
did Jesus in the presence of his disci- 
ples, which are not written in this 
book : 

31 But these are written, that ye 
might believe that Jesus is the Christ, 
the Son of God ; and that believing 
ye might have life through his name. 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 Christ appearing again to his disciples icas hiorm of 
them by the great draught of fishes. 12 He dinc'th 
with than: 15 earnestly commandeth Peter to feed his 
lambs and sheep : 18 foretell eth him of his death : 22 re- 
buketh his curiosity touching John. 25 The conclusion. 

AFTER these things Jesus shew- 
ed himself again to the disci- 
ples at the sea of Tiberias ; and on 
this wise shewed he himself. 

2 There were together Simon Pe- 
ter, and Thomas called Didymus, 
and Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, 
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ST. JOHN. 



charge to Peter. 



and the sons of Zebedee, and two 
other of his disciples. 

3 Simon Peter saith unto them, I 
go a fishing. They say unto him, We 
also go with thee. They went forth, 
and entered into a ship immediately; 
and that night they caught nothing. 

4 But when the morning was now 
come, Jesus stood on the shore ; but the 
disciples knew not that it was Jesus. 

5 Then Jesus saith unto them, 
Children, have ye any meat ? They 
answered him, No. 

6 And he said unto them, Cast 
the net on the right side of the ship, 
and ye shall find. They cast there- 
fore, and now they were not able to 
draw it for the multitude of fishes. 

7 Therefore that disciple whom 
Jesus loved saith unto Peter, It is the 
Lord. Now when Simon Peter heard 
that it was the Lord, he girt his fish- 
er's coat unto him, (for he was naked,) 
and did cast himself into the sea. 

8 And the other disciples came in 
a little ship, (for they were not far 
from land, but as it were two hundred 
cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. 

9 As soon then as they were come 
to land, they saw a fire of coals there, 
and fish laid thereon, and bread. 

10 Jesus saith unto them, Bring of 
the fish which ye have now caught. 

11 Simon Peter went up, and drew 
the net to land full of great fishes, a 
hundred and fifty and three : and for 
all there were so many, yet was not 
the net broken. 

12 Jesus saith^unto them, Come 
and dine. And none of the disciples 
durst ask him, Who art thou ? know- 
ing that it was the Lord. 

13 Jesus then cometh, and taketh 
bread, and giveth them, and fish 
likewise. 

14 This is now the third time that 
Jesus shewed himself to his disciples, 
after that he was risen from the dead. 

15 If So when they had dined, Je- 
sus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son 
of Jonas, lovest thou me more than 
these ? He saith unto him, Yea, 

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Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee. 
He saith unto him, Feed my lambs. 

16 He saith to him again the second 
time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 
me ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; 
thou knowest that I love thee. He 
saith unto him, Feed my sheep. 

17 He saith unto him the third 
time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 
me ? Peter was grieved because he 
said unto him the third time, Lovest 
thou me? And he said unto him, 
Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou 
knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith 
unto him, Feed my sheep. 

18 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
When thou wast young, thou girdedst 
thyself, and walkedst whither thou 
wouldest: but when thou shalt be 
old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, 
and another shall gird thee, and carry 
thee whither thou wouldest not. 

19 This spake he, signifying by 
what death he should glorify God. 
And when he had spoken this, he 
saith unto him, Follow me. 

20 Then Peter, turning about, 
seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved 
following ; which also leaned on his 
breast at supper, and said, Lord, 
which is he that betrayeth thee ? 

21 Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, 
Lord, and what shall this man do ? 

22 Jesus saith unto him, If I will 
that he tarry till I come, what is that 
to thee ? follow thou me. 

23 Then went this saying abroad 
among the brethren, that that disci- 
ple should not die : yet Jesus said 
not unto him, He shall not die ; but, 
If I will that he tarry till I come, 
what is that to thee ? 

24 This is the disciple which tes- 
tifieth of 'these things, and wrote 
these things : and we know that his 
testimony is true. 

25 And there are also many other 
things which Jesus did, the which, 
if they should be written every one, 
I suppose that even the world itself 
could not contain the books that 
should be written. Amen. 



THE 



ACTS OF THE APOSTLES. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Christ, "preparing his apostles to the beholding of his 
ascension, gather eth them together into the mount 
Olivet, commandeth them to expect in Jerusalem the 
sending down of the Holy Ghost, promiseth after few 
days to send it: by virtue whereof they should be wit- 
nesses unto him, even to the utmost parts of the earth. 
9 After his ascension they are warned by two angels to 
depart, and to set their minds upon his second coming. 
12 They accordingly return, and, giving themselves to 
prayer, choose Matthias apostle in the place of Judas. 

THE former treatise have I made, 
O Theophilus, of all that Jesus 
began both to do and teach, 

2 Until the day in which he was 
taken up, after that he through the 
Holy Ghost had given command- 
ments unto the apostles whom he 
had chosen : 

3 To whom also he shewed himself 
alive after his passion by many infalli- 
ble proofs, being seen of them forty 
days, and speaking of the things per- 
taining to the kingdom of God : 

4 And, being assembled together 
with them, commanded them that they 
should not depart from Jerusalem, but 
wait for the promise of the Father, 
which, saith he, ye have heard of me. 

5 For John truly baptized with 
water ; but ye shall be baptized with 
the Holy Ghost not many days hence. 

6 When they therefore were come 
together, they asked of him, saying, 
Lord, wilt thou at this time restore 
again the kingdom to Israel ? 

7 And he said unto them, It is not 
for you to know the times or the 
seasons, which the Father hath put 
in his own power. 

8 But ye shall receive power, after 
that the Holy Ghost is come upon 
you : and ye shall be witnesses unto 
me both in Jerusalem, and in all 
Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the 
uttermost part of the earth. 



9 And when he had spoken these 
things, while they beheld, he was 
taken up ; and a cloud received him 
out of their sight. 

10 And while they looked stead- 
fastly toward heaven as he went up, 
behold, two men stood by them in 
white apparel ; 

11 Which also said, Ye men of 
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into 
heaven ? this same Jesus, which is 
taken up from you into heaven, shall 
so come in like manner as ye have 
seen him go into heaven. 

12 Then returned they unto Jeru- 
salem from the mount called Olivet, 
which is from Jerusalem a sabbath 
day's journey. 

13 And when they were come in, 
they went up into an upper room, 
where abode both Peter, and James, 
and John, and Andrew, Philip, and 
Thomas, Bartholomew, and Matthew, 
James the son of Alpheus, and Simon 
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James. 

14 These all continued with one 
accord in prayer and supplication, 
with the women, and Mary the mo- 
ther of Jesus, and with his brethren. 

15 H And in those days Peter 
stood up in the midst of the disciples, 
and said, (the number of names to- 
gether were about a hundred and 
twenty,) 

16 Men and brethren, this Scrip- 
ture must needs have been fulfilled, 
which the Holy Ghost by the mouth 
of David spake before concerning Ju- 
das, which was guide to them that 
took Jesus. 

17 For he was numbered with us, 
and had obtained part of this ministry. 

18 Now this man purchased a field 

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the Holy Ghost. 



with the reward of iniquity ; and fall- 
ing headlong, he hurst asunder in the 
midst, and all his howels gushed out. 

19 And it was known unto all the 
dwellers at Jerusalem ; insomuch as 
that field is called, in their proper 
tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, 
The field of Wood. 

20 For it is written in the book of 
Psalms, Let his habitation be deso- 
late, and let no man dwell therein : 
and, His bishoprick let another take. 

21 Wherefore of these men which 
have companied with us all the time 
that the Lord Jesus went in and out 
among us, 

22 Beginning from the baptism of 
John, unto that same day that he 
was taken up from us, must one be 
ordained to be a witness with us of 
his resurrection. 

23 And they appointed two, Joseph 
called Barsabas, who was surnamed 
Justus, and Matthias. 

24 And they prayed, and said, Thou, 
Lord, which knowest the hearts of 
all men, shew whether of these two 
thou hast chosen, 

25 That he may take part of this 
ministry and apostleship, from which 
Judas by transgression fell, that he 
might go to his own place. 

26 And they gave forth their lots; 
and the lot fell upon Matthias ; and 
he was numbered with the eleven 
apostles. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 The apostles, filled with the Holy Ghost, and speaking 
divers languages, are admired by some, and derided by 
others. 14 Whom Peter disproving, and shewing that 
the apostles spake by the power of the Holy Ghost, 
that Jesus was risen from the dead, ascended into 
heaven, had poured down the same Holy Ghost, and 
was the Messias, a man known to them to be approved 
of God by his miracles, wonders, and signs, and not 
crucified without his determinate counsel and fore- 
knowledge: 37 he baptizeth a great number that were 
converted. 41 Who afterwards devoutly and charita- 
bly converse together: the apostles working many mir- 
acles, and God, daily increasing his church. 

AND when the day of Pentecost 
- was fully come, they were all 
with one accord in one place. 

2 And suddenly there came a sound 
from heaven as of a rushing mighty 
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wind, and it filled all the house where 
they were sitting. 

3 And there appeared unto them 
cloven tongues like as of fire, and it 
sat upon each of them. 

4 And they were all filled with 
the Holy Ghost, and began to speak 
with other tongues, as the Spirit gave 
them utterance. 

5 And there were dwelling at Je- 
rusalem Jews, devout men, out of 
every nation under heaven. 

6 Now when this was noised abroad, 
the multitude came together, and were 
confounded, because that every man 
heard them speak in his own lan- 
guage. 

7 And they were all amazed and 
marvelled, saying one to another, Be- 
hold, are not all these which speak 
Galileans ? 

8 And how hear we every man in 
our own tongue, wherein we were 
born? 

9 Parthians, and Medes, and Elam- 
ites, and the dwellers in Mesopota- 
mia, and in Judea, and Cappadocia, 
in Pontus, and Asia, 

10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in 
Egypt, and in the parts of Libya 
about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, 
Jews and proselytes, 

11 Cretes and Arabians, we do hear 
them speak in our tongues the won- 
derful works of God. 

12 And they were all amazed, and 
were in doubt, saying one to another, 
What meaneth this ? 

13 Others mocking said, These men 
are full of new wine. 

14 IT But Peter, standing up with 
the eleven, lifted up his voice, and 
said unto them, Ye men of Judea, 
and all ye that dwell at Jerusalem, 
be this known unto you, and hearken 
to my words : 

15 For these are not drunken, as 
ye suppose, seeing it is but the third 
hour of the day. 

16 But this is that which was 
spoken by the prophet Joel ; 

17 And it shall come to pass in the 



Peter's sermon. 



THE ACTS. 



Many are converted. 



last days, saith God, I will pour out 
of my Spirit upon all flesh : and your 
sons and your daughters shall pro- 
phesy, and your young men shall see 
visions, and your old men shall dream 
dreams : 

18 And on my servants and on my 
handmaidens I will pour out in those 
days of my Spirit ; and they shall 
prophesy : 

19 And I will shew wonders in 
heaven ahove, and signs in the earth 
"beneath ; blood, and fire, and vapour 
of smoke : 

20 The sun shall be turned into 
darkness, and the moon into blood, 
before that great and notable day of 
the Lord come : 

21 And it shall come to pass, that 
whosoever shall call on the name of 
the Lord shall be saved. 

22 Ye men of Israel, hear these 
words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man ap- 
proved of God among you by mira- 
cles and wonders and signs, which 
God did by him in the midst of you, 
as ye yourselves also know : 

23 Him, being delivered by the de- 
terminate counsel and foreknowledge 
of God, ye have taken, and by wicked 
hands have crucified and slain : 

24 Whom God hath raised up, 
having loosed the pains of death : 
because it was not possible that he 
should be holden of it. 

25 For David speaketh concerning 
him, I foresaw the Lord always be- 
fore my face ; for he is on my right 
hand, that I should not be moved : 

26 Therefore did my heart rejoice, 
and my tongue was glad ; moreover 
also my flesh shall rest in hope : 

27 Because thou wilt not leave my 
soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer 
thine Holy One to see corruption. 

28 Thou hast made known to me 
the ways of life ; thou shalt make 
me full of joy with thy countenance. 

29 Men and brethren, let me freely 
speak unto you of the patriarch David, 
that he is both dead and buried, and 
his sepulchre is with us unto this day. 



30 Therefore being a prophet, and 
knowing that God had sworn with an 
oath to him, that of the fruit of his 
loins, according to the flesh, he would 
raise up Christ to sit on his throne ; 

31 He, seeing this before, spake of 
the resurrection of Christ, that his 
soul was not left in hell, neither his 
flesh did see corruption. 

32 This Jesus hath God raised up, 
whereof we all are witnesses. 

33 Therefore being by the right 
hand of God exalted, and having 
received of the Father the promise of 
the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth 
this, which ye now see and hear. 

34 For David is not ascended into 
the heavens: but he saith himself, 
The. Lord said unto my Lord, Sit 
thou on my right hand, 

35 Until I make thy foes thy foot- 
stool. 

36 Therefore let all the house of 
Israel know assuredly, that God hath 
made that same Jesus, whom ye have 
crucified, both Lord and Christ. 

37 IT Now when they heard this, 
they were pricked in their heart, and 
said unto Peter and to the rest of the 
apostles, Men and brethren, what 
shall we do ? 

38 Then Peter said unto them, 
Repent, and be baptized every one 
of you in the name of Jesus Christ 
for the remission of sins, and ye shall 
receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

39 For the promise is unto you, 
and to your children, and to all that 
are afar off, even as many as the 
Lord our God shall call. 

40 And with many other words did 
he testify and exhort, saying, Save 
yourselves from this untoward gene- 
ration. 

41 If Then they that gladly receiv- 
ed his word were baptized: and the 
same day there were added unto them 
about three thousand souls. 

42 And they continued steadfastly 
in the apostles' doctrine and fellow- 
ship, and in breaking of bread, and 
in prayers. 

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Peter's exhortation. 



43 And fear came upon every soul : 
and many wonders and signs were 
done by the apostles. 

44 And all that believed were to- 
gether, and had all things common ; 

45 And sold their possessions and 
goods, and parted them to all men, 
as every man had need. 

46 And they, continuing daily with 
one accord in the temple, and break- 
ing bread from house to house, did 
eat their meat with gladness and 
singleness of heart, 

47 Praising God, and having fa- 
vour with all the people. And the 
Lord added to the church daily such 
as should be saved. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 Peter preaching to the people that came to see d lame 
man restored to his feet, 12 professeth the cure not to 
have been virought by his or John's own power, or 
holiness, but by God, and his Son Jesus, and through 
faith in his name: 13 withal reprehending them for 
crucifying Jesus. 17 Which because they did, it through 
ignorance, and that thereby were fulfilled God's deter- 
minate counsel, and the Scriptures : 19 he exhort eth them 
by repentance and faith to seek remission of their sins, 
and salvation in the same Jesus. 

NOW Peter and John went up 
together into the temple at the 
hour of prayer, being the ninth hour. 

2 And a certain man lame from 
his mother's womb was carried, whom 
they laid daily at the gate of the 
temple which is called Beautiful, to 
ask alms of them that entered into 
the temple ; 

3 Who, seeing Peter and John about 
to go into the temple, asked an alms. 

4 And Peter, fastening his eyes up- 
on him with John, said, Look on us. 

5 And he gave heed unto them, ex- 
pecting to receive something of them. 

6 Then Peter said, Silver and gold 
have I none ; but such as I have give 
I thee : In the name of Jesus Christ 
of Nazareth rise up and walk. 

7 And he took him. by the right 
hand, and lifted him up : and irnme- 
(I iately his feet and ankle bones re- 
ceived strength. 

8 And he leaping up stood, and 
walked, and entered with them into 
the temple, walking, and leaping, and 
praising God. 

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9 And all the people saw him walk- 
ing and praising God : 

10 And they knew that it was he 
which sat for alms at the Beautiful 
gate of the temple : and they were 
filled with wonder and amazement at 
that which had happened unto him. 

1 1 And as the lame man which was 
healed held Peter and John, all the 
people ran together unto them in the 
porch that is called Solomon's, great- 
ly wondering. 

12 ^T And when Peter saw it, he 
answered unto the people, Ye men 
of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? or 
why look ye so earnestly on us, as 
though by our own power or holi- 
ness we had made this man to walk ? 

13 The God of Abraham, and of 
Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our 
fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus ; 
whom ye delivered up, and denied 
him in the presence of Pilate, when 
he was determined to let him go. 

14 But ye denied the Holy One 
and the Just, and desired a murderer 
to be granted unto you ; 

15 And killed the Prince of life, 
whom God hath raised from the dead ; 
whereof we are witnesses. 

16 And his name, through faith in 
his name, hath made this man strong, 
whom ye see and know: yea, the 
faith which is by him hath given him 
this perfect soundness in the presence 
of you all. 

17 And now, brethren, I wot that 
through ignorance ye did it, as did 
also your rulers. 

18 But those things, which God 
before had shewed by the mouth of 
all his prophets, that Christ should 
suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 

19 I" Repent ye therefore, and be 
converted, that your sins may be 
blotted out, when the times of re- 
freshing shall come from the pre- 
sence of the Lord ; 

20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, 
which before was preached unto you : 

2 1 Whom the heaven must receive 
until the times of restitution of all 



The rulers offended. 



THE ACTS. Peter and John threatened. 



things, which God hath spoken by 
the mouth of all his holy prophets 
since the world began. 

22 For Moses truly said unto the 
fathers, A Prophet shall the Lord 
your God raise up unto you of your 
brethren, like unto me ; him shall 
ye hear in all things whatsoever he 
shall say unto you. 

23 And it shall come to pass, that 
every soul, which will not hear that 
Prophet, shall be destroyed from 
among the people. 

24 Yea, and all the prophets from 
Samuel and those that follow after, 
as many as have spoken, have like- 
wise foretold of these days. 

25 Ye are the children of the pro- 
phets, and of the covenant which God 
made with our fathers, saying unto 
Abraham, And in thy seed shall all 
the kindreds of the earth be blessed. 

26 Unto you first God, having 
raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to 
bless you, in turning away every one 
of you from his iniquities. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 The ruler a of the Jews of ended with Peter's sermon, 4 
(though thousands of the people were converted that 
heard the word,) imprison him and John. 5 After, 
upon examination Peter boldly avouching the lame 
man to be healed by the name of Jesus, and that by 
the same Jesus only we must be eternally saved, 13 
they command him and John to preach no more in 
that name, adding also threatening, 23 lohereupon the 
church fleeth to prayer. 31 And God, by moving the 
place where they were assembled, testified that he heard 
their prayer: confirming the church with the gift of 
the Holy Ghost, and with mutual love and charity. 

AND as they spake unto the peo- 
. pie, the priests, and the captain 
of the temple, and the Sadducees, 
came upon them, 

2 Being grieved that they taught 
the people, and preached through 
Jesus the resurrection from the 
dead. 

3 And they laid hands on them, 
and put them in hold unto the next 
day : for it was now eventide. 

4 Howbeit many of them which 
heard the word believed; and the 
number of the men was about five 
thousand. 

5 % And it came to pass on the 



morrow, that their rulers, and elders, 
and scribes, 

6 And Annas the high priest, and 
Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, 
and as many as were of the kindred 
of the high priest, were gathered 
together at Jerusalem. 

7 And when they had set them in 
the midst, they asked, By what power, 
or by what name, have ye done this ? 

8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy 
Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of 
the people, and elders of Israel, 

9 If we this day be examined of the 
good deed done to the impotent man, 
by what means he is made whole ; 

10 Be it known unto you all, and 
to all the people of Israel, that by 
the name of Jesus Christ of Naza- 
reth, whom ye crucified, whom God 
raised from the dead, even by him 
doth this man stand here before you 
whole. 

11 This is the stone which was 
set at nought of you builders, which 
is become the head of the corner. 

12 Neither is there salvation in 
any other : for there is none other 
name under heaven given among 
men, whereby we must be saved. 

13 ^T Now when they saw the 
boldness of Peter and John, and per- 
ceived that they were unlearned and 
ignorant men, they marvelled ; and 
they took knowledge of them, that 
they had been with Jesus. 

14 And beholding the man which 
was healed standing with them, they 
could say nothing against it. 

15 But when they had commanded 
them to go aside out of the council, 
they conferred among themselves, 

16 Saying, What shall we do to 
these men ? for that indeed a notable 
miracle hath been done by them is 
manifest to all them that dwell in 
Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it. 

17 But that it spread no further 
among the people, let us straitly 
threaten them, that they speak 
henceforth to no man in this name. 

18 And they called them, and 

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The sin of Ananias 



commanded them not to speak at all 
nor teach in the name of Jesus. 

19 But Peter and John answered 
and said unto them, Whether it he right 
in the sight of God to hearken unto 
you more than unto God, judge ye. 

20 For we cannot hut speak the 
things which we have seen and heard. 

2 1 So when they had further threat- 
ened them, they let them go, finding 
nothing how they might punish them, 
because of the people : for all men 
glorified God for that which was done. 

22 For the man was above forty 
years old, on whom this miracle of 
healing was shewed. 

23 TT And being let go, they went 
to their own company, and reported 
all that the chief priests and elders 
had said unto them. 

24 And when they heard that, they 
lifted up their voice to God with one 
accord, and said, Lord, thou art God, 
which hast made heaven, and earth, 
and the sea, and all that in them is ; 

25 Who by the mouth of thy 
servant David hast said, Why did 
the heathen rage, and the people 
imagine vain things ? 

26 The kings of the earth stood 
up, and the rulers were gathered to- 
gether against the Lord, and against 
his Christ. 

27 For of a truth against thy holy 
child Jesus, whom thou hast anoint- 
ed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, 
with the Gentiles, and the people of 
Israel, were gathered together, 

28 For to do whatsoever thy hand 
and thy counsel determined before to 
be done. 

29 And now, Lord, behold their 
threatenings : and grant unto thy 
servants, that with all boldness they 
may speak thy word, 

30 By stretching forth thine hand 
to heal ; and that signs and wonders 
may be done by the name of thy 
holy child Jesus. 

31 IT And when they had prayed, 
the place was shaken where they were 
assembled together; and they were all 

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filled with the Holy Ghost, and they 
spake the word of God with boldness. 

32 And the multitude of them that 
believed were of one heart and of on« 
soul : neither said any of them that 
aught of the things which he pos- 
sessed was his own ; but they had all 
things common. 

33 And with great power gave the 
apostles witness of the resurrection 
of the Lord Jesus : and great grace 
was upon them all. 

34 Neither was there any among 
them that lacked: for as many as 
were possessors of lands or houses 
sold them, and brought the prices of 
the things that were sold, 

35 And laid them down at the 
apostles' feet : and distribution was 
made unto every man according as 
he had need. 

36 And Joses, who by the apostles 
was surnamed Barnabas, (which is, 
being interpreted, The son of conso- 
lation,) a Levite, and of the country 
of Cyprus, 

37 Having land, sold it, and 
brought the money, and laid it at 
the apostles' feet. 

CHAPTEE Y. 

1 After that Ananias and Sapphira his wife for their 
hypocrisy at Peter's rebuke had fallen down dead, 12 
and that the rest of the apostles had wrought many 
miracles, 14 to the increase of the faith: 17 the apos- 
tles are again imprisoned, 19 but delivered by an 
angel bidding them to preach openly to all: 21 when, 
after their teaching accordingly in the temple, 29 and 
before the council, 33 they are in danger to be killed, 
through the advice of Gamaliel, a great counsellor 
among the Jews, they be kept alive, 40 and are but 
beaten : for which they glorify God, and cease no day 
from preaching. 

BUT a certain man named Anani- 
as, with Sapphira his wife, sold 
a possession, 

2 And kept back part of the price, 
his wife also being privy to it, and 
brought a certain part, and laid it at 
the apostles' feet. 

3 But Peter said, Ananias, why 
hath Satan filled thine heart to lie 
to the Holy Ghost, and to keep back 
part of the price of the land ? 

4 While it remained, was it not 
thine own? and after it was sold, 
was it not in thine own power ? why 



and Sapphira. 



THE ACTS. 



The apostles imprisoned. 



hast thou conceived this thing in 
thine heart ? thou hast not lied unto 
men, but unto God. 

5 And Ananias hearing these words 
fell down, and gave up the ghost: 
and great fear came on all them that 
heard these things. 

6 And the young men arose, wound 
him up, and carried him out, and 
buried him. 

7 And it was about the space of 
three hours after, when his wife, not 
knowing what was done, came in. 

8 And Peter answered unto her, Tell 
me whether ye sold the land for so 
much ? And she said, Yea, for so much. 

9 Then Peter said unto her, How 
is it that ye have agreed together to 
tempt the Spirit of the Lord ? be- 
hold, the feet of them which have 
buried thy husband are at the door, 
and shall carry thee out. 

10 Then fell she down straightway 
at his feet, and yielded up the ghost : 
and the young men came in, and 
found her dead, and, carrying her 
forth, buried her by her husband. 

11 And great fear came upon all 
the church, and upon as many as 
heard these things. 

12 ^T And by the hands of the apos- 
tles were many signs and wonders 
wrought among the people; (and 
they were all with one accord in So- 
lomon's porch. 

13 And of the rest durst no man 
join himself to them : but the people 
magnified them. 

14 And believers were the more 
added to the Lord, multitudes both 
of men and women ;) 

15 Insomuch that they brought 
forth the sick into the streets, and 
laid them on beds and couches, that at 
the least the shadow of Peter passing 
by might overshadow some of them. 

16 There came also a multitude out 
of the cities round about unto Jeru- 
salem, bringing sick folks, and them 
which were vexed with unci ean spirits : 
and they were healed every one. 

17 IT Then the high priest rose up, 



and all they that were with him, 
(which is the sect of the Sadducees,) 
and were filled with indignation, 

18 And laid their hands on the 
apostles, and put them in the com- 
mon prison. 

19 But the angel of the Lord by 
night opened the prison doors, and 
brought them forth, and said, 

2 Go, stand and speak in the temple 
to the people all the words of this life. 

21 And when they heard that, they 
entered into the temple early in the 
morning, and taught. But the high 
priest came, and they that were with 
him, and called the council together, 
and all the senate of the children of 
Israel, and sent to the prison to have 
them brought. 

22 But when the officers came, and 
found them not in the prison, they 
returned, and told, 

23 Saying, The prison truly found 
we shut with all safety, and the 
keepers standing without before the 
doors : but when we had opened, we 
found no man within. 

24 Now when the high priest and 
the captain of the temple and the chief 
priests heard these things, they doubt- 
ed of them whereunto this would grow. 

25 Then came one and told them, 
saying, Behold, the men whom ye 
put in prison are standing in the 
temple, and teaching the people. 

26 Then went the captain with the 
officers, and brought them without 
violence : for they feared the people, 
lest they should have been stoned. 

27 And when they had brought 
them, they set them before the coun- 
cil : and the high priest asked them, 

28 Saying, Did not we straitly com- 
mand you that ye should not teach 
in this name ? and, behold, ye have 
filled Jerusalem with your doctrine, 
and intend to bring this man's blood 
upon us. 

29 IT Then Peter and the other 
apostles answered and said, We 
ought to obey God rather than men. 

30 The God of our fathers raised 

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Seven deacons chosen. 



up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged 
on a tree. 

31 Him hath God exalted with his 
right hand to be a Prince and a Sa- 
viour, for to give repentance to Israel, 
and forgiveness of sins. 

32 And we are his witnesses of 
these things ; and so. is also the Holy 
Ghost, whom God hath given to them 
that obey him. 

33 If ^Vhen they heard that, they 
were cut to the heart, and took coun- 
sel to slay them. 

34 Then stood there up one in the 
council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, 
a doctor of the law, had in reputation 
among all the people, and commanded 
to put the apostles forth a little space ; 

35 And said unto them, Ye men of 
Israel, take heed to yourselves what 
ye intend to do as touching these men. 

36 For before these days rose up 
Theudas, boasting himself to be some- 
body ; to whom a number of men, 
about four hundred, joined them- 
selves : who was slain ; and all, as 
many as obeyed him, were scattered, 
and brought to nought. 

37 After this man rose up Judas of 
Galilee in the days of the taxing, and 
drew away much people after him : 
he also perished ; and all, even as 
many as obeyed him, were dispersed. 

38 And now I say unto you, Refrain 
from these men, and let them alone : 
for if this counsel or this work be of 
men, it will come to nought : 

39 But if it be of God, ye cannot 
overthrow it ; lest haply ye be found 
even to fight against God. 

40 And to him they agreed : and 
when they had called the apostles, 
and beaten them, they commanded 
that they should not speak in the 
name of Jesus, and let them go. 

41 If And they departed from the 
presence of the council, rejoicing that 
they were counted worthy to suffer 
shame for his name. 

42 And daily in the temple, and 
in every house, they ceased not to 
teach and preach Jesus Christ. 

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CHAPTER YI. 

1 The apostles, desirous to have the poor regarded for 
their bodily sustenance, as also careful themselves to 
dispense the word of God, the food of the soul, 3 ap- 
point the office of deaconship to seven chosen men. 5 
Of whom Stephen, a man full of faith, and of the 
Holy Ghost, is one. 12 Who is taken of those, whom 
he confounded in disputing, 13 and after falsely ac- 
cused of blasphemy against the law and the temple. 

AND in those days, when the 
. number of the disciples was 
multiplied, there arose a murmuring 
of the Grecians against the Hebrews, 
because their widows were neglected 
in the daily ministration. 

2 Then the twelve called the mul- 
titude of the disciples unto them, and 
said, It is not reason that we should 
leave the word of God, and serve 
tables. 

3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye out 
among you seven men of honest re- 
port, full of the Holy Ghost and 
wisdom, whom we may appoint over 
this business. 

4 But we will give ourselves con- 
tinually to prayer, and to the minis- 
try of the word. 

5 If And the saying pleased the 
whole multitude: and they chose 
Stephen, a man full of faith and of 
the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and 
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, 
and Parmenas, and Nicolas a prose- 
lyte of Antioch ; 

6 Whom they set before the apos- 
tles : and when they had prayed, 
they laid their hands on them. 

7 And the word of God increased ; 
and the number of the disciples mul- 
tiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a 
great company of the priests were 
obedient to the faith. 

8 And Stephen, full of faith and 
power, did great wonders and mira- 
cles among the people. 

9 ^f Then there arose certain of the 
synagogue, which is called the syn- 
agogue of the Libertines, and Cyre- 
nians, and Alexandrians, and of them 
of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with 
Stephen. 

10 And they were not able to re- 



Stephen falsely accused. 



THE ACTS. 



Stephen's apology. 



sist the wisdom and the spirit by 
which he spake. 

11 Then they suborned men, which 
said, We have heard him speak 
blasphemous words against Moses, 
and against God. 

12 And they stirred up the people, 
and the elders, and the scribes, and 
came upon him, and caught him, 
and brought him to the council, 

13 And set up false witnesses, 
which said, This man ceaseth not to 
speak blasphemous words against this 
holy place, and the law : 

14 For we have heard him say, that 
this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy 
this place, and shall change the cus- 
toms which Moses delivered us. 

15 And all that sat in the council, 
looking steadfastly on him, saw his 
face as it had been the face of an angel. 

CHAPTER YII. 

1 Stephen, permitted to answer to the accusation of 
blasphemy, 2 sheweth that Abraham worshipped God 
rightly, and how God chose the fathers 20 before 
Moses was born, and before the tabernacle and temple 
were built: 37 that Moses himself witnessed of Christ: 
44 and that all outward ceremonies icere ordained ac- 
cording to the heavenly pattern, to last but for a time: 
51 reprehending their rebellion, and murdering of 
Christ, the Just One, whom the prophets foretold 
should come into the world. 54 Whereupon they stone 
him to death, who commendeth his soul to Jesus, and 
hum bly prayeth for them. 

THEN said the high priest, Are 
these things so ? 

2 And he said, Men, brethren, and 
fathers, hearken ; The God of glory 
appeared unto our father Abraham, 
when he was in Mesopotamia, before 
he dwelt in Charran, 

3 And said unto him, Get thee 
out of thy country, and from thy 
kindred, and come into the land 
which I shall shew thee. 

4 Then came he out of the land 
of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in 
Charran : and from thence, when 
his father was dead, he removed him 
into this land, wherein ye now dwell. 

5 And he gave him none inherit- 
ance in it, no, not so much as to set 
his foot on : yet he promised that 
he would give it to him for a pos- 



session, and to his seed after him, 
when as yet he had no child. 

6 And God spake on this wise, 
That his seed should sojourn in a 
strange land ; and that they should 
bring them into bondage, and en- 
treat them evil four hundred years. 

7 And the nation to whom they 
shall be in bondage will I judge, said 
God : and after that shall they come 
forth, and serve me in this place. 

8 And he gave him the covenant 
of circumcision: and so Abraham 
begat Isaac, and circumcised him the 
eighth day ; and Isaac begat Jacob ; 
and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. 

9 And the patriarchs, moved with 
envy, sold Joseph into Egypt : but 
God was with him, 

10 And delivered him out of all his 
afflictions, and gave him favour and 
wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king 
of Egypt ; and he made him gover- 
nor over Egypt and all his house. 

11 Now there came a dearth over 
all the land of Egypt and Chanaan, 
and great affliction : and our fathers 
found no sustenance. 

12 But when Jacob heard that 
there was corn in Egypt, he sent 
out our fathers first. 

13 And at the second time Joseph 
was made known to his brethren ; 
and Joseph's kindred was made 
known unto Pharaoh. 

14 Then sent Joseph, and called 
his father Jacob to him, and all his 
kindred, threescore and fifteen souls. 

15 So Jacob went down into Egypt, 
and died, he, and our fathers, 

16 And were carried over into 
Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre 
that Abraham bought for a sum of 
money of the sons of E minor, the 
father of Sychem. 

17 But when the time of the pro- 
mise drew nigh, which God had 
sworn to Abraham, the people grew 
and multiplied in Egypt, 

18 Till another king arose, which 
knew not Joseph. 

19 The same dealt subtilely with 

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Stephen's apology. 



our kindred, and evil entreated our 
fathers, so that they cast out their 
young children, to the end they 
might not live. 

20 In which time Moses was horn, 
and was exceeding fair, and nourished 
up in his father's house three months : 

21 And when he was cast out, 
Pharaoh's daughter took him up, 
and nourished him for her own son. 

22 And Moses was learned in all 
the wisdom of the Egyptians, and 
was mighty in words and in deeds. 

23 And when he was full forty years 
old, it came into his heart to visit his 
"brethren the children of Israel. 

24 And seeing one of them suffer 
wrong, he defended him, and avenged 
him that was oppressed, and smote 
the Egyptian : 

25 For he supposed his brethren 
would have understood how that God 
hy his hand would deliver them ; hut 
they understood not. 

26 And the next day he shewed 
himself unto them as they strove, 
and would have set them at one 
again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren ; 
why do ye wrong one to another? 

27 But he that did his neighbour 
wrong thrust him away, saying, Who 
made thee a ruler and a judge over 
us? 

28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou didst 
the Egyptian yesterday ? 

29 Then fled Moses at this saying, 
and was a stranger in the land of 
Madian, where he begat two sons. 

30 And when forty years were ex- 
pired, there appeared to him in the 
wilderness of mount Sina an angel of 
the Lord in a flame of fire in a bush. 

31 When Moses saw it, he won- 
dered at the sight: and as he drew 
near to behold it, the voice of the 
Lord came unto him, 

32 Saying, I am the God of thy 
fathers, the God of Abraham, and 
the God of Isaac, and the God of 
Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and 
durst not behold. 

33 Then said the Lord to him, 

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Put off thy shoes from thy feet : for 
the place where thou standest is holy 
ground. 

34 I have seen, I have seen the 
affliction of my people which is in 
Egypt, and I have heard their groan- 
ing, and am come down to deliver 
them. And now come, I will send 
thee into Egypt. 

35 This Moses whom they refused, 
saying, Who made thee a ruler and 
a judge ? the same did God send to 
be a ruler and a deliverer by the 
hand of the angel which appeared 
to him in the bush. 

36 He brought them out, after that 
he had shewed wonders and signs 
in the land of Egypt, and in the Red 
sea, and in the wilderness forty years, 

37 H This is that Moses, which 
said unto the children of Israel, A 
Prophet shall the Lord your God 
raise up unto you of your brethren, 
like unto me ; him shall ye hear. 

38 This is he, that was in the church 
in the wilderness with the angel which 
spake to him in the mount Sina, and 
with our fathers : who received the 
lively oracles to give unto us : 

39 To whom our fathers would not 
obey, but thrust him from them, and 
in their hearts turned back again into 
Egypt, 

40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us 
gods to go before us : for as for this 
Moses, which brought us out of the 
land of Egypt, we wot not what is 
become of him. 

41 And they made a calf in those 
days, and offered sacrifice unto the 
idol, and rejoiced -in the works of 
their own hands. 

42 Then God turned, and gave them 
up to worship the host of heaven ; 
as it is written in the book of the 
prophets, O ye house of Israel, have 
ye offered to me slain beasts and 
sacrifices by the space of forty years 
in the wilderness ? 

43 Yea, ye took up the tabernacle 
of Moloch, and the star of your god 
Remphan, figures which ye made to 



Stephen's apology. 



THE ACTS. 



Stephen stoned. 



worship them : and I will carry you 
away beyond Babylon. 

44 Our fathers had the tabernacle 
of witness in the wilderness, as he 
had appointed, speaking unto Moses, 
that he should make it according to 
the fashion that he had seen. 

45 Which also our fathers that 
came after brought in with Jesus 
into the possession of the Gentiles, 
whom God drave out before the face 
of our fathers, unto the days of Da- 
vid ; 

46 Who found favour before God, 
and desired to find a tabernacle for 
the God of Jacob. 

47 But Solomon built him a house. 

48 Howbeit the Most High dwell- 
eth not in temples made with hands ; 
as saith the prophet, . 

49 Heaven is my throne, and earth 
is my footstool : what house will ye 
build me ? saith the Lord : or what 
is the place of my rest ? 

50 Hath not my hand made all 
these things,? 

51 IT Ye stiffnecked and uncircum- 
cised in heart and ears, ye do always 
resist the Holy Ghost: as your fa- 
thers did, so do ye. 

52 Which of the prophets have not 
your fathers persecuted ? and they 
have slain them which shewed before 
of the coming of the Just One ; of 
whom ye have been now the betray- 
ers and murderers : 

53 Who have received the law by 
the disposition of angels, and have not 
kept it. 

54 If When they heard these things, 
they were cut to the heart, and they 
gnashed on him with their teeth. 

55 But he, being full of the Holy 
Ghost, looked up steadfastly into hea- 
ven, and saw the glory of God, and Je- 
sus standing on the right hand of God, 

56 And said, Behold, I see the 
heavens opened, and the Son of man 
standing on the right hand of God. 

57 Then they cried out with a loud 
voice, and stopped their ears, and ran 
upon him with one accord, 



58 And cast him out of the city, 
and stoned him : and the witnesses 
laid down their clothes at a young 
man's feet, whose name was Saul. 

59 And they stoned Stephen, call- 
ing upon God, and saying, Lord Je- 
sus, receive my spirit. 

60 And he kneeled down, and cried 
with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this 
sin to their charge. And when he 
had said this, he fell asleep. 

CHAPTEE YIII. 

1 By occasion of the persecution in Jerusalem, the church 
being planted in Samaria, 5 by Philip the deacon, xvho 
preached, did miracles, and baptized many, among the 
rest Simon the sorcerer, a great seducer of the people : 
14 Peter and John come to confirm and enlarge the 
church: where, by prayer and imposition of hands 
giving the Holy Ghost, 18 tohen Simon would have 
bought the like power of them, 20 Peter sharply re- 
proving his hypocrisy, and covetousness, and exhorting 
him to repentance, together with John preaching the 
word of the Lord, return to Jerusalem. 26 But the 
angel sendeth Philip to teach and baptize the Ethio- 
pian eunuch. 

AND Saul was consenting unto 
. his death. And at that time 
there was a great persecution against 
the church which was at Jerusalem ; 
and they were all scattered abroad 
throughout the regions of Judea and 
Samaria, except the apostles. 

2 And devout men carried Stephen 
to his burial, and made great lamen- 
tation over him. 

3 As for Saul, he made havoc of 
the church, entering into every house, 
and haling men and women commit- 
ted them to prison. 

4 Therefore they that were scatter- 
ed abroad went every where preach- 
ing the word. 

5 Then Philip went down to the 
city of Samaria, and preached Christ 
unto them. 

6 And the people with one accord 
gave heed unto those things which 
Philip spake, hearing and seeing the 
miracles which he did. 

7 For unclean spirits, crying with 
loud voice, came out of many that 
were possessed with them : and many 
taken with palsies, and that were 
lame, were healed. 

8 And there was great joy in that 
city. 

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9 But there was a certain man, called 
Simon, which beforetime in the same 
city used sorcery, and bewitched the 
people of Samaria, giving out that 
himself was some great one : 

10 To whom they all gave heed, 
from the least to the greatest, saying, 
This man is the great power of God. 

11 And to him they had regard, 
because that of long time he had be- 
witched them with sorceries. 

12 But when they believed Philip 
preaching the things concerning the 
kingdom of God, and the name of 
Jesus Christ, they were baptized, 
both men and women. 

13 Then Simon himself believed 
also : and when he was baptized, he 
continued with Philip, and wondered, 
beholding the miracles and signs 
which were done. 

14 Now when the apostles which 
were at Jerusalem heard that Samaria 
had received the word of God, they 
sent unto them Peter and John : 

15 Who, when they were come 
down, prayed for them, that they 
might receive the Holy Ghost : 

16 (For as yet he was fallen upon 
none of them : only they were bap- 
tized in the name of the Lord Jesus.) 

17 Then laid they their hands on 
them, and they received the Holy 
Ghost. 

18 And when Simon saw that 
through laying on of the apostles' 
hands the Holy Ghost was given, he 
offered them money, 

19 Saying, Give me also this power, 
that on whomsoever I lay hands, he 
may receive the Holy Ghost. 

20 But Peter said unto him, Thy 
money perish with thee, because thou 
hast thought that the gift of God may 
be purchased with money. 

21 Thou hast neither part nor lot 
in this matter : for thy heart is not 
right in the sight of God. 

22 Repent therefore of this thy 
wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps 
the thought of thine heart may be 
forgiven thee. 

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23 For I perceive that thou art in 
the gall of bitterness, and in the bond 
of iniquity. 

24 Then answered Simon, and 
said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, that 
none of these things which ye have 
spoken come upon me. 

25 And they, when they had tes- 
tified and preached the word of the 
Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and 
preached the gospel in many villages 
of the Samaritans. 

26 And the angel of the Lord spake 
unto Philip, saying, Arise, and go 
toward the south, unto the way that 
goeth down from Jerusalem unto 
Gaza, which is desert. 

27 And he arose and went : and, 
behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch 
of great authority under Candace 
queen of the Ethiopians, who had 
the charge of all her treasure, and had 
come to Jerusalem for to worship, 

28 "Was returning, and sitting in 
his chariot read Esaias the prophet. 

29 Then the Spirit said unto Phi- 
lip, Go near, and join thyself to this 
chariot. 

30 And Philip ran thither to him, 
and heard him read the prophet 
Esaias, and said, Understandest thou 
what thou readest ? 

31 And he said, How can I, except 
some man should guide me ? And he 
desired Philip that he would come 
up and sit with him. 

32 The place of the Scripture 
which he read was this, He was led 
as a sheep to the slaughter ; and like 
a lamb dumb before his shearer, so 
opened he not his mouth : 

33 In his humiliation his judgment 
was taken away : and who shall de- 
clare his generation ? for his- life is 
taken from the earth. 

34 And the eunuch answered Phi- 
lip, and said, I pray thee, of whom 
speaketh the prophet this ? of him- 
self, or of some other man ? 

35 Then Philip opened his mouth, 
and began at the same Scripture, and 
preached unto him Jesus. 



The conversion of Saul. 



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Ananias is sent to him. 



36 And as they went on their way, 
they came unto a certain water : and 
the eunuch said, See, here is water ; 
what doth hinder me to be baptized ? 

37 And Philip said, If thou belie vest 
with all thine heart, thou mayest. 
And he answered and said, I believe 
that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. 

38 And he commanded the chariot 
to stand still : and they went down 
both into the water, both Philip and 
the eunuch ; and he baptized him. 

39 And when they were come up 
out of the water, the Spirit of the 
Lord caught away Philip, that the 
eunuch saw him no more: and he 
went on his way rejoicing. 

40 But Philip was found at Azo- 
tus : and passing through he preached 
in all the cities, till he came to Cesa- 
rea. 

CHAPTEK IX. 

1 Saul, going towards Damascus, 4 is stricken down to 
the earth, 10 is called to the apostleship, 18 and is 
baptized by Ananias. 20 He preacheth Christ boldly. 
23 The Jews lay wait to hill him : 29 so do the Gre- 
cianSy but he escapeth both. 31 The church having 
rest, Peter healeth Eneas of the palsy, 36 and restoreih 
Tabitha to life. 

AND Saul, yet breathing out 
. threatenings and slaughter 
against the disciples of the Lord, 
went unto the high priest, 

2 And desired of him letters to Da- 
mascus to the synagogues, that if he 
found any of this way, whether they 
were men or women, he might bring 
them bound unto Jerusalem. 

3 And as he journeyed, he came 
near Damascus : and suddenly there 
shined round about him a light from 
heaven : 

4 And he fell to the earth, and 
heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, 
Saul, why persecutest thou me ? 

5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord ? 
And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom 
thou persecutest : it is hard for thee 
to kick against the pricks. 

6 And he trembling and astonished 
said, Lord, what wilt thou have me 
to do ? And the Lord said unto him, 
Arise, and go into the city, and it shall 
be told thee what thou must do. 

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7 And the men which journeyed 
with him stood speechless, hearing a 
voice, but seeing no man. 

8 And Saul arose from the earth; 
and when his eyes were opened, he saw 
no man : but they led him by the hand, 
and brought him into Damascus. 

9 And he was three days without 
sight, and neither did eat nor drink. 

10 TT And there was a certain dis- 
ciple at Damascus, named Ananias ; 
and to him said the Lord in a vision, 
Ananias. And he said, Behold, I am 
here, Lord. 

11 And the Lord said unto him, 
Arise, and go into the street which 
is called Straight, and inquire in the 
house of Judas for one called Saul, of 
Tarsus : for, behold, he prayeth, 

12 And hath seen in a vision a man 
named Ananias coming in, and put- 
ting his hand on him, that he might 
receive his sight. 

13 Then Ananias answered, Lord, 
I have heard by many of this man, 
how much evil he hath done to thy 
saints at Jerusalem : 

14 And here he hath authority from 
the chief priests to bind all that call 
on thy name. 

15 But the Lord said unto him, Go 
thy way : for he is a chosen vessel 
unto me, to bear my name before the 
Gentiles, and kings, and the children 
of Israel : 

16 For I will shew him how great 
things he must suffer for my name's 
sake. 

1 7 And Ananias went his way, and 
entered into the house ; and putting 
his hands on him said, Brother Saul, 
the Lord, even Jesus, that appeared 
unto thee in the way as thou earnest, 
hath sent me, that thou mightest re- 
ceive thy sight, and be filled with the 
Holy Ghost. 

18 And immediately there fell from 
his eyes as it had been scales : and 
he received sight forthwith, and arose, 
and was baptized. 

19 And when he had received meat, 
he was strengthened. Then was Saul 

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Tabitha raised to life. 



certain days with the disciples which 
were at Damascus. 

20 And straightway he preached 
Christ in the synagogues, that he is 
the Son of God. 

21 But all that heard him were 
amazed, and said; Is not this he 
that destroyed them which called 
on this name in Jerusalem, and 
came hither for that intent, that he 
might hring them bound unto the 
chief priests ? 

22 But Saul increased the more in 
strength, and confounded the Jews 
which dwelt at Damascus, proving 
that this is very Christ. 

23 H And after that many days 
were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel 
to kill him : 

24 But their laying wait was known 
of Saul. And they watched the gates 
day and night to kill him. 

25 Then the disciples took him by 
night, and let him down by the wall 
in a basket. 

26 And when Saul was come to Je- 
rusalem, he assayed to join himself 
to the disciples : but they were all 
afraid of him, and believed not that 
he was a disciple. 

27 But Barnabas took him, and 
brought him to the apostles, and de- 
clared unto them how he had seen 
the Lord in the way, and that he 
had spoken to him, and how he had 
preached boldly at Damascus in the 
name of Jesus. 

28 And he was with them coming 
in and going out at Jerusalem. 

29 And he spake boldly in the 
name of the Lord Jesus, and disputed 
against the Grecians : but they went 
about to slay him. 

30 Which when the brethren knew, 
they brought him down to Cesarea, 
and sent him forth to Tarsus. 

31 Then had the churches rest 
throughout all Judea and Galilee and 
Samaria, and were edified; and walk- 
ing in the fear of the Lord, and in 
the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were 
multiplied. 

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32 IT And it came to pass, as Peter 
passed throughout all quarters, he 
came down also to the saints which 
dwelt at Lydda. 

33 And there he found a certain 
man named Eneas, which had kept 
his bed eight years, and was sick of 
the palsy. 

34 And Peter said unto him, Eneas, 
Jesus Christ maketh thee whole: 
arise, and make thy bed. And he 
arose immediately. 

35 And all that dwelt at Lydda 
and Saron saw him, and turned to 
the Lord. 

36 Tf Now there was at Joppa a cer- 
tain disciple named Tabitha, which 
by interpretation is called Dorcas : 
this woman was full of good works 
and almsdeeds which she did. 

37 And it came to pass in those 
days, that she was sick, and died: 
whom when they had washed, they 
laid her in an upper chamber. 

38 And forasmuch as Lydda was 
nigh to Joppa, and the disciples had 
heard that Peter was there, they sent 
unto him two men, desiring him that 
he would not delay to come to them. 

39 Then Peter arose and went with 
them. When he was come, they 
brought him into the upper cham- 
ber : and all the widows stood by him 
weeping, and shewing the coats and 
garments which Dorcas made, while 
she was with them. 

40 But Peter put them all forth, 
and kneeled down, and prayed ; and 
turning him to the body said, Tabi- 
tha, arise. And she opened her eyes : 
and when she saw Peter, she sat 
up. 

41 And he gave her his hand, and 
lifted her up ; and when he had called 
the saints and widows, he presented 
her alive. 

42 And it was known throughout 
all Joppa ; and many believed in the 
Lord. 

43 And it came to pass, that he 
tarried many days in Joppa with one 
Simon a tanner. 



Cornelius sendeth for Peter, THE ACTS. 



Peter goeih to Cesarea. 



CHAPTER X. 

1 Cornelius, a devout man, 5 being commanded by an 
angel, sendeth for Peter: 11 who by a vision 15, 20 is 
taught not to despise the Gentiles. 34 -4s he preacheth 
Christ to Cornelius and his company, 44 the Holy 
Ghost falleth on them, 48 and they are baptized. 

THERE was a certain man in 
Cesarea called Cornelius, a cen- 
turion of the band called the Italian 
band, 

2 A devout man, and one that 
feared God with all his house, which 
gave much alms to the people, and 
prayed to God always. 

3 He saw in a vision evidently, 
about the ninth hour of the day, an 
angel of God coming in to him, and 
saying unto him, Cornelius. 

4 And when he looked on him, he 
was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord ? 
And he said unto him, Thy prayers 
and thine alms are come up for a 
memorial before God. 

5 And now send men to Joppa, and 
call for one Simon, whose surname is 
Peter: 

6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tan- 
ner, whose house is by the sea side : 
he shall tell thee what thou oughtest 
to do. 

7 And when the angel which spake 
unto Cornelius was departed, he call- 
ed two of his household servants, and 
a devout soldier of them that waited 
on him continually ; 

8 And when he had declared all 
these things unto them, he sent them 
to Joppa. 

9 *[ On the morrow, as they went 
on their journey, and drew nigh unto 
the city, Peter went up upon the 
housetop to pray about the sixth 
hour: 

10 And he became very hungry, 
and would have eaten: but while 
they made ready, he fell into a trance, 

11 And saw heaven opened, and a 
certain vessel descending unto him, 
as it had been a great sheet knit at 
the four corners, and let down to the 
earth : 

12 Wherein were all manner of 
fourfooted beasts of the earth, and 



wild beasts, and creeping things, and 
fowls of the air. 

13 And there came a voice to him, 
Rise, Peter ; kill, and eat. 

14 But Peter said, Not so, Lord ; 
for I have never eaten any thing that 
is common or unclean. 

15 And the voice spake unto him 
again the second time, What God hath 
cleansed, that call not thou common. 

16 This was done thrice : and the 
vessel was received up again into 
heaven. 

17 Now while Peter doubted in 
himself what this vision which he 
had seen should mean, behold, the 
men which were sent from Cornelius 
had made inquiry for Simon's house 
and stood before the gate, 

18 And called, and asked whether 
Simon, which was surnamed Peter, 
were lodged there. 

19 IF While Peter thought on the 
vision, the Spirit said unto him, Be- 
hold, three men seek thee. 

20 Arise therefore, and get thee 
down, and go with them, doubting 
nothing : for I have sent them. 

21 Then Peter went down to the 
men which were sent unto him from 
Cornelius ; and said, Behold, I am 
he whom ye seek : what is the cause 
wherefore ye are come ? 

22 And they said, Cornelius the 
centurion, a just man, and one that 
feareth God, and of good report among 
all the nation of the Jews, was warn- 
ed from God by a holy angel to send 
for thee into his house, and to hear 
words of thee. 

23 Then called he them in, and 
lodged them. And on the morrow 
Peter went away with them, and 
certain brethren from Joppa accom- 
panied him. 

24 And the morrow after they en- 
tered into Cesarea. And Cornelius 
waited for them, and had called to- 
gether his kinsmen and near friends. 

25 And as Peter was coming in, 
Cornelius met him, and fell down at 
his feet, and worshipped him. 

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Peter preacheth Christ to THE ACTS. Cornelius and his company. 



26 Bat Peter took him up, saying, 
Stand up ; I myself also am a man. 

27 And as he talked with him, he 
went in, and found many that were 
come together. 

28 And he said unto them, Ye 
know how that it is an unlawful 
thing for a man that is a Jew to 
keep company, or come unto one of 
another nation ; hut God hath shew- 
ed me that I should not call any man 
common or unclean. 

29 Therefore came I unto you with- 
out gainsaying, as soon as I was sent 
for: I ask therefore for what intent 
ye have sent for me ? 

30 And Cornelius said, Four days 
ago I was fasting until this hour; 
and at the ninth hour I prayed in 
my house, and, "behold, a man stood 
before me in bright clothing, 

31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer 
is heard, and thine alms are had in 
remembrance in the sight of God. 

32 Send therefore to Joppa, and 
call hither Simon, whose surname 
is Peter; he is lodged in the house 
of one Simon a tanner by the sea 
side : who, when he cometh, shall 
speak unto thee. 

33 Immediately therefore I sent 
to thee; and thou hast well done 
that thou art come. Now therefore 
are we all here present before God, 
to hear all things that are command- 
ed thee of God. 

34 If Then Peter opened his mouth, 
and said, Of a truth I perceive that 
God is no respecter of persons : 

35 But in every nation he that 
feareth him, and worketh righteous- 
ness, is accepted with him. 

36 The word which God sent unto 
the children of Israel, preaching peace 
by Jesus Christ : (he is Lord of all :) 

37 That word, I say, ye know, 
which was published throughout all 
Judea, and began from Galilee, after 
the baptism which John preached ; 

38 How God anointed Jesus of Na- 
zareth with the Holy Ghost and with 
power : who went about doing good, 

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and healing all that were oppressed of 
the devil ; for God was with him. 

39 And we are witnesses of all 
things which he did both in the land 
of the Jews, and in Jerusalem ; whom 
they slew and hanged on a tree : 

40 Him God raised up the third 
day, and shewed him openly ; 

41 Not to all the people, but unto 
witnesses chosen before of God, even 
to us, who did eat and drink with 
him after he rose from the dead. 

42 And he commanded us to preach 
unto the people, and to testify that 
it is he which was ordained of God 
to be the Judge of quick and dead. 

43 To him give all the prophets 
witness, that through his name who- 
soever believeth in him shall receive 
remission of sins. 

44 If While Peter yet spake these 
words, the Holy Ghost fell on all 
them which heard the word. 

45 And they of the circumcision 
which believed were astonished, as 
many as came with Peter, because 
that on the Gentiles also was poured 
out the gift of the Holy Ghost. 

46 For they heard them speak with 
tongues, and magnify God. Then 
answered Peter, 

47 Can any man forbid water, that 
these should not be baptized, which 
have received the Holy Ghost as well 
as we ? 

48 And he commanded them to be 
baptized in the name of the Lord. 
Then prayed they him to tarry cer- 
tain days. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 Peter, being accused for going in to the Gentiles, 5 
maketh his defence, 18 which is accepted. 19 The gos- 
pel being spread into Phenice, and Cyprus, and An- 
tioch, Barnabas is sent to confirm them. 26 The disci- 
ples there arc first called Christians. 27 They send 
relief to the brethren in Judea in time of famine. 

AND the apostles and brethren 
that were in Judea heard that 
the Gentiles had also received the 
word of God. 

2 And when Peter was come up to 
Jerusalem, they that were of the 
circumcision contended with him, 



Peter maheth his defence. THE ACTS, 



The gospel preached. 



3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men 
unciicumcised, and didst eat with 
them. 

4 But Peter rehearsed the matter 
from the beginning, and expounded 
it by order unto them, saying, 

5 I was in the city of Joppa pray- 
ing and in a trance I saw a vision, 
A certain vessel descend, as it had 
been a great sheet, let down from 
heaven by four corners ; and it came 
even to me : 

6 Upon the which when I had 
fastened mine eyes, I considered, and 
saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, 
and wild beasts, and creeping things, 
and fowls of the air. 

7 And I heard a voice saying unto 
me, Arise, Peter ; slay and eat. 

8 But I said, Not so, Lord : for 
nothing common or unclean hath at 
any time entered into my mouth. 

9 But the voice answered me again 
from heaven, What God hath cleans- 
ed, that call not thou common. 

10 And this was done three times: 
and all were drawn up again into 
heaven. 

11 And, behold, immediately there 
were three men already come unto 
the house where I was, sent from 
Cesarea unto me. 

12 And the Spirit bade me go with 
them, nothing doubting. Moreover 
these six brethren accompanied me, 
and we entered into the man's house : 

13 And he shewed us how he had 
seen an angel in his house, which 
stood and said unto him, Send men 
to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose 
surname is Peter ; 

14 Who shall tell thee words, where- 
by thou and all thy house shall be 
saved. 

15 And as I began to speak, the 
Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us 
at the beginning. 

16 Then remembered I the word 
of the Lord, how that he said, John 
indeed baptized with water ; but ye 
shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost. 

17 Forasmuch then as God gave 



them the like gift as he did unto us, 
who believed on the Lord Jesus 
Christ, what was I, that I could 
withstand God ? 

18 When they heard these things, 
they held their peace, and glorified 
God, saying, Then hath God also to 
the Gentiles granted repentance unto 
life. 

19 Tf Now they which were scat- 
tered abroad upon the persecution 
that arose about Stephen travelled as 
far as Phenice, and Cyprus, and An- 
tioch, preaching the word to none 
but unto the Jews only. 

20 And some of them were men of 
Cyprus and Cyrene, which, when they 
were come to Antioch, spake unto the 
Grecians, preaching the Lord Jesus. 

21 And the hand of the Lord was 
with them : and a great number be- 
lieved, -and turned unto the Lord. ' 

22 if Then tidings of these things 
came unto the ears of the church 
which was in Jerusalem: and they 
sent forth Barnabas, that he should 
go as far as Antioch. 

23 Who, when he came, and had 
seen the grace of God, was glad, 
and exhorted them all, that with 
purpose of heart they would cleave 
unto the Lord. 

24 For he was a good man, and full 
of the Holy Ghost and of faith : and 
much people was added unto the Lord. 

25 Then departed Barnabas to 
Tarsus, for to seek Saul : 

26 And when he had found him, 
he brought him unto Antioch. And 
it came to pass, that a whole year 
they assembled themselves with the 
church, and taught much people. 
And the disciples were called Chris- 
tians first in Antioch. 

27 IT And in these days came pro- 
phets from Jerusalem unto Antioch. 

28 And there stood up one of them 
named Agabus, and signified by the 
Spirit that there should be great 
dearth throughout all the world : 
which came to pass in the days of 
Claudius Cesar. 

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Peter imprisoned. 



THE ACTS. His miraculous deliverance. 



29 Then the disciples, every man 
according to his ability, determined 
to send relief unto the brethren which 
dwelt in Judea : 

30 Which also they did, and sent 
it to the elders by the hands of Bar- 
nabas and Saul. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 King Herod persecuteth the Christians, killeth James, 
and imprisoneth Peter; whom an angel delivereth 
upon the prayers of the church. 20 In his pride tak- 
ing to himself the honour due to God, he is stricken by 
an angel, and dieth miserably. 24 After his death, 
the word of God prospereth. 

NOW about that time Herod the 
king stretched forth his hands 
to vex certain of the church. 

2 And he killed James the brother 
of John with the sword. 

3 And because he saw it pleased 
the Jews, he proceeded further to 
take Peter also. (Then were the 
days of unleavened bread.) 

4 And when he had apprehended 
him, he put him in prison, and deli- 
vered him to four quaternions of 
soldiers to keep him ; intending after 
E aster to bring him forth to the people. 

5 Peter therefore was kept in pri- 
son : but prayer was made without 
ceasing of the church unto God for 
him. 

6 And when Herod would have 
brought him forth, the same night 
Peter was sleeping between two sol- 
diers, bound with two chains: and 
the keepers before the door kept the 
prison. 

7 And, behold, the angel of the 
Lord came upon him, and a light 
shined in the prison : and he smote 
Peter on the side, and raised him 
up, saying, Arise up quickly. And 
his chains fell off from his hands. 

8 And the angel said unto him, 
Gird thyself, and bind on thy san- 
dals : and so he did. And he saith 
unto him, Cast thy garment about 
thee, and follow me. 

9 And he went out, and followed 
him ; and wist not that it was true 
which was done by the angel ; but 
thought he saw a vision. 

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10 When they were past the first 
and the second ward, they came unto 
the iron gate that leadeth unto the 
city ; which opened to them of his 
own accord : and they went out, and 
passed on through one street; and 
forthwith the angel departed from him. 

11 And when Peter was come to 
himself, he said, Now I know of a 
surety, that the Lord hath sent his 
angel, and hath delivered me out of 
the hand of Herod, and from all the 
expectation of the people of the Jews. 

12 And when he had considered 
the thing, he came to the house of 
Mary the mother of John, whose 
surname was Mark; where many 
were gathered together praying. 

13 And as Peter knocked at the 
door of the gate, a damsel came to 
hearken, named Rhoda. 

14 And when she knew Peter's 
voice, she opened not the gate for 
gladness, but ran in, and told how 
Peter stood before the gate. 

15 And they said unto her, Thou 
art mad. But she constantly affirm- 
ed that it was even so. Then said 
they, It is his angel. 

16 But Peter continued knocking: 
and when they had opened the door, 
and saw him, they were astonished. 

17 But he, beckoning unto them 
with the hand to hold their peace, 
declared unto them how the Lord 
had brought him out of the prison. 
And he said, Go shew these things 
unto James, and to the brethren. 
And he departed, and went into 
another place. 

18 Now as soon as it was day, 
there was no small stir among the 
soldiers, what was become of Peter. 

19 And when Herod had sought 
for him, and found him not, he ex- 
amined the keepers, and command- 
ed that they should be put to death. 
And he went down from Judea to 
Cesarea, and there abode. 

20 If And Herod was highly dis- 
pleased with them of Tyre and Si- 
don : but they came with one accord 



Herod's miserable end. 



THE ACTS. Ely mas smitten with blindness. 



to him, and, having made Blastus 
the king's chamberlain their friend, 
desired peace ; because their country- 
was nourished by the king's country. 

21 And upon a set day Herod, ar- 
rayed in royal apparel, sat upon his 
throne, and made an oration unto 
them. 

22 And the people gave a shout, 
saying, It is the voice of a god, and 
not of a man. 

23 And immediately the angel of 
the Lord smote him, because he gave 
not God the glory : and he was eaten 
of worms, and gave up the ghost. 

24 IT But the word of God grew 
and multiplied. 

25 And Barnabas and Saul return- 
ed from Jerusalem, when they had 
fulfilled their ministry, and took with 
them John, whose surname was Mark. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Paul and Barnabas are chosen to go to the Gentiles. 
7 Of Sergius Paulus, and Elymas the sorcerer. 14 
Paul preacheth at Antioch, that Jesus is Christ. 42 
The Gentiles believe: 45 but the Jews gainsay and blas- 
pheme : 46 whereupon they turn to the Gentiles. 48 
As many as were ordained to life believed. 

NOW there were in the church 
that was at Antioch certain 
prophets and teachers; as Barnabas, 
and Simeon that was called Niger, 
and Lucius of Cyrene, and Manaen, 
which had been brought up with 
Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 

2 As they ministered to the Lord, 
and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Se- 
parate me Barnabas and Saul for the 
work whereunto I have called them. 

3 And when they had fasted and 
prayed, and laid their hands on them, 
they sent them away. 

4 IT So they, being sent forth by the 
Holy Ghost, departed unto Seleucia ; 
and from thence they sailed to Cyprus. 

5 And when they were at Salamis, 
they preached the word of God in 
the synagogues of the Jews : and 
they had also John to their minister. 

6 And when they had gone through 
the isle unto Paphos, they found a 
certain sorcerer, a false prophet, a 
Jew, whose name was Bar-jesus : 



7 Which was with the deputy of 
the country, Sergius Paulus, a pru- 
dent man ; who called for Barnabas 
and Saul, and desired to hear the 
word of God. 

8 But Elymas the sorcerer (for so 
is his name by interpretation) with- 
stood them, seeking to turn away the 
deputy from the faith. 

9 Then Saul, (who also is called 
Paul,) filled with the Holy Ghost, set 
his eyes on him, 

10 And said, O full of all subtilty 
and all mischief, thou child of the 
devil, thou enemy of all righteous- 
ness, wilt thou not cease to pervert 
the right ways of the Lord ? 

11 And now, behold, the hand of 
the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt 
be blind, not seeing the sun for a 
season. And immediately there fell 
on him a mist and a darkness ; and 
he went about seeking some to lead 
him by the hand. 

12 Then the deputy, when he saw 
what was done, believed, being asto- 
nished at the doctrine of the Lord. 

13 Now when Paul and his com- 
pany loosed from Paphos, they came 
to Perga in Pamphylia: and John 
departing from them returned to Je- 
rusalem. 

14 IT But when they departed from 
Perga, they came to Antioch in Pi- 
sidia, and went into the synagogue 
on the sabbath day, and sat down. 

15 And after the reading of the law 
and the prophets, the rulers of the 
synagogue sent unto them, saying. 
Ye men and brethren, if ye have any 
word of exhortation for the people, 
say on. 

16 Then Paul stood up, and beckon- 
ing with his hand said, Men of Is- 
rael, and ye that fear God, give au- 
dience. 

17 The God of this people of Israel 
chose our fathers, and exalted the 
people when they dwelt as strangers 
in the land of Egypt, and with a high 
arm brought he them out of it. 

18 And about the time of forty 

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Paul preacheth at 



THE ACTS. 



Antioch in Pisidia. 



years suffered he their manners in the 
• wilderness. 

19 And when he had destroyed 
seven nations in the land of Chanaan, 
he divided their land to them by lot. 

20 And after that he gave unto 
them judges about the space of four 
hundred and fifty years, until Samuel 
the prophet. 

21 And afterward they desired a 
king : and God gave unto them Saul 
the son of Cis, a man of the tribe of 
Benjamin, by the space of forty years. 

22 And when he had removed him, 
he raised up unto them David to be 
their king; to whom also he gave 
testimony, and said, I have found 
David the son of Jesse, a man after 
mine own heart, which shall fulfil 
all my will. 

23 Of this man's seed hath God, 
according to his promise, raised unto 
Israel a Saviour, Jesus : 

24 When John had first preached 
before his coming the baptism of 
repentance to all the people of Israel. 

25 And as John fulfilled his course, 
he said, Whom think ye that I am ? 
I am not he. But, behold, there Com- 
eth one after me, whose shoes of his 
feet I am not worthy to loose. 

26 Men and brethren, children of 
the stock of Abraham, and whoso- 
ever among you feareth God, to you 
is the word of this salvation sent. 

27 For they that dwell at Jeru- 
salem, and their rulers, because they 
knew him not, nor yet the voices of 
the prophets which are read every 
sabbath day, they have fulfilled them 
in condemning him. 

28 And though they found no cause 
of death in him, yet desired they Pi- 
late that he should be slain. 

29 And when they had fulfilled all 
that was written of him, they took 
him down from the tree, and laid him 
in a sepulchre. 

30 But God raised him from the 
dead : 

31 And he was seen many days of 
them which came up with him from 

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Galilee to Jerusalem, who are his 
witnesses unto the people. 

32 And we declare unto you glad 
tidings, how that the promise which 
was made unto the fathers, 

33 God hath fulfilled the same un 
to us their children, in that he hath 
raised up Jesus again ; as it is also 
written in the second psalm, Thou 
art my Son, this day have I begotten 
thee. 

34 And as concerning that he rais- 
ed him up from the dead, now no 
more to return to corruption, he said 
on this wise, I will give you the sure 
mercies of David. 

35 Wherefore he saith also in an- 
other psalm, Thou shalt not suffer 
thine Holy One to see corruption. 

36 For David, after he had served 
his own generation by the will of 
God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto 
his fathers, and saw corruption : 

37 But he, whom God raised again, 
saw no corruption. 

38 IT Be it known unto you there- 
fore, men and brethren, that through 
this man is preached unto you the 
forgiveness of sins : 

39 And by him all that believe are 
justified from all things, from which 
ye could not be justified by the law 
of Moses. 

40 Beware therefore, lest that come 
upon you, which is spoken of in the 
prophets ; 

41 Behold, ye despisers, and won- 
der, and perish : for I work a work 
in your days, a work which ye shall 
in no wise believe, though a man 
declare it unto you. 

42 And when the Jews were gone 
out of the synagogue, the Gentiles 
besought that these words might be 
preached to them the next sabbath. 

43 Now when the congregation was 
broken up, many of the Jews and re- 
ligious proselytes followed Paul_ and 
Barnabas; who, speaking to them, 
persuaded them to continue in the 
grace of God. 

44 H And the next sabbath day 



The Gentiles believe. 



THE ACTS. 



Paul healeth a cripple. 



came almost the whole city together 
to hear the word of God. 

45 But when the Jews saw the 
multitudes, they were filled with 
envy, and spake against those things 
which were spoken hy Paul, contra- 
dicting and blaspheming. 

46 Then Paul and Barnabas waxed 
bold, and said, It was necessary that 
the word of God should first have 
been spoken to you: but seeing ye 
put it from you, and judge your- 
selves unworthy of everlasting life, 
lo, we turn to the Gentiles. 

47 For so hath the Lord com- 
manded us, saying, I have set thee 
to be a light of the Gentiles, that 
thou shouldest be for salvation unto 
the ends of the earth. 

48 And when the Gentiles heard 
this, they were glad, and glorified the 
word of the Lord : and as many as 
were ordained to eternal life believed. 

49 And the word of the Lord was 
published throughout all the region. 

50 But the Jews stirred up the de- 
vout and honourable women, and the 
chief men of the city, and raised per- 
secution against Paul' and Barnabas, 
and expelled them out of their coasts. 

51 But they shook off the dust of 
their feet against them, and came 
unto Iconium. 

52 And the disciples were filled 
with joy, and with the Holy Ghost. 

* CHAPTER XIV. 

1 Paul and Barnabas are persecuted from Iconium. 
8 At Lystra Paul healeth a cripple, whereupon they 
are reputed as gods. 19 Paul is stoned. 21 They 
pass through divers churches, confirming the disciples 
in faith and patience. 26 Returning to Antioch, they 
report what God had done with them. 

AND it came to pass in Iconium, 
_ that they went both together 
into the synagogue of the Jews, and 
so spake, that a great multitude both 
of the Jews and also of the Greeks 
believed. 

2 But the unbelieving Jews stirred 
up the Gentiles, and made their minds 
evil affected against the brethren, 

3 Long time therefore abode they 
speaking boldly in the Lord, which 



gave testimony unto the 'word of his 
grace, and granted signs and wonders 
to be done by their hands. ' 

4 But the multitude of the city 
was divided : and part held with the 
Jews, and part with the apostles. 

5 And when there was an assault 
made both of the Gentiles, and also 
of the Jews with their rulers, to use 
them despitefully, and to stone them, 

6 They were ware of it, and fled 
unto Lystra and Derbe, cities of Ly- 
caonia, and unto the region that lieth 
round about : 

7 And there they preached the 
gospel. 

8 % And there sat a certain man 
at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being 
a cripple from his mother's womb, 
who never had walked : 

9 The same heard Paul speak : who 
steadfastly beholding him, and per- 
ceiving that he had faith to be healed, 

10 Said with a loud voice, Stand 
upright on thy feet. And he leaped 
and walked. 

11 And when the people saw 
what Paul had done, they lifted up 
their voices, saying in the speech of 
Lycaonia, The gods are come down 
to us in the likeness of men. 

12 And they called Barnabas, Ju- 
piter; and Paul, Mercurius, because 
he was the chief speaker. 

13 Then the priest of Jupiter, which 
was before their city, brought oxen and 
garlands unto the gates, and \yould 
have done sacrifice Avith the people. 

14 Which when the apostles, Bar- 
nabas and Paul, heard of, they rent 
their clothes, and ran in among the 
people, crying out, 

15 And saying, Sirs, why do ye 
these things ? We also are men of 
like passions with you, and preach un- 
to' you that ye should turn from these 
vanities unto the living God, which 
made heaven, and earth, and the sea, 
and all things that are therein : 

16 Who in times past suffered all 
nations to walk in their own ways. 

1 7 Nevertheless he left not himself 

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Paul is stoned at Lystra. THE ACTS. Dissension about circumcision. 



without witness, in that he did good, 
and gave us rain from heaven, and 
fruitful seasons, filling our hearts 
with food and gladness. 

18 And with these sayings scarce 
restrained they the people, that they 
had not done sacrifice unto them. 

19 IT And there came thither cer- 
tain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, 
who persuaded the people, and, hav- 
ing stoned Paul, drew him out of the 
city, supposing he had heen dead. 

20 Howheit, as the disciples stood 
round ahout him, he rose up, and 
came into the city : and the next day 
he departed with Barnabas to Derbe. 

21 And when they had preached 
the gospel to that city, and had 
taught many, they returned again to 
Lystra, and foTconium, and Antioch, 

22 Confirming the souls of the 
disciples, and exhorting them to con- 
tinue in the faith, and that we must 
through much tribulation enter into 
the kingdom of God. 

23 And when they had ordained 
them elders in every church, and 
had prayed with fasting, they com- 
mended them to the Lord, on whom 
they believed. 

24 And after they had passed 
throughout Pisidia, they came to 
Pamphylia. 

25 And when they had preached 
the word in Perga, they went down 
into Attalia : 

26 And thence sailed to Antioch, 
from whence they had been recom- 
mended to the grace of God for the 
work which they fulfilled. 

27 And when they were come, and 
had gathered the church together, they 
rehearsed all that God had done with 
them, and how he had opened the door 
of faith unto the Gentiles. 

28 And there they abode long 
time with the disciples. 

CHAPTER XV. 

1 Great dissension ariseth touching circumcision. 6 The 
apostles consult about it, 22 and send their determina- 
tion by letters to the churches. 36 Paul and Barna- 
bas, thinking to visit the brethren together, fall at 
strife, and depart asunder. 

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AND certain men which came 
. down from Judea taught the 
brethren, and said, Except ye be cir- 
cumcised after the manner of Moses, 
ye cannot be saved. 

2 -When therefore Paul and Bar- 
nabas had no small dissension and 
disputation with them, they deter- 
mined that Paul and Barnabas, and 
certain other of them, should go up ' 
to Jerusalem unto the apostles and | 
elders about this question. 

3 And being brought on their way 
by the church, the# passed through 
Phenice and Samaua, declaring the 
conversion of the Gentiles : and they 
caused great joy unto all the bre- 
thren. 

4 And when they were come to 
Jerusalem, they were received of the 
church, and of the apostles and eld- 
ers, and they declared all things 
that God had done with them. 

5 But there rose up certain of the 
sect of the Pharisees which believed, 
saying, That it was needful to cir- 
cumcise them, and to command them 
to keep the law of Moses. 

6 If And the apostles and elders 
came together for to consider of this 
matter. 

7 And when there had been much 
disputing, Peter rose up, and said unto 
them, Men and brethren, ye know 
how that a good while ago God made 
choice among us, that the Gentiles 
by my mouth should hear the word 
of the gospel, and believe. 

8 And God, which knoweth the 
hearts, bare them witness, giving 
them the Holy Ghost, even as he 
did unto us ; 

9 And put no difference between 
us and them, purifying their hearts 
by faith. 

10 Now therefore why tempt ye 
God, to put a yoke upon the neck 
of the disciples, which neither our 
fathers nor we were able to bear ? 

11 But we believe that through 
the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ 
we shall be saved, even as they. 



The case of Gentile 



THE ACTS. 



converts decided. 



12 If Then all the multitude kept 
silence, and gave audience to Barna- 
bas and Paul, declaring what mira- 
cles and wonders God had wrought 
among the Gentiles by them. 

13 IT And after they had held their 
peace, James answered, saying, Men 
and brethren, hearken unto me : 

14 Simeon hath declared how God 
at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take 
out of them a people for his name. 

15 And to this agree the words of 
the prophets ; as it is written, 

16 After this T will return, and will 
build again the .libernacle of David, 
which is fallen down; and I will 
build again the ruins thereof, and I 
will set it up : 

17 That the residue of men might 
seek after the Lord, and all the Gen- 
tiles, upon whom my name is called, 
saith the Lord, who doeth all these 
things. 

18 Known unto God are all his 
works from the beginning of the world. 

19 Wherefore my sentence is, that 
we trouble not them, which from 
among the Gentiles are turned to 
God: 

20 But that we write unto them, 
that they abstain from pollutions of 
idols, and /rem fornication, and from 
things strangled, and from blood. 

21 For Moses of old time hath 
in every city them that preach him, 
being read in the synagogues every 
sabbath day. 

22 Then pleased it the apostles 
and elders, with the whole church, 
to send chosen men of their own 
company to Antioch with Paul and 
Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed 
Barsabas, and Silas, chief men among 
the brethren : 

23 And they wrote letters by them 
after this manner ; The apostles and 
elders and brethren send greeting unto 
the brethren which are of the Gentiles 
in Antioch and Syria and Cilicia : 

24 Forasmuch as we have heard, 
that certain which went out from us 
have troubled you with words, sub- 



verting your souls, saying, Ye must 
be circumcised, and keep the law; 
to whom we gave no such command- 
ment : 

25 It seemed good unto us, being 
assembled with one accord, to send 
chosen men unto you with our be- 
loved Barnabas and Paul, 

26 Men that have hazarded their 
lives for the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

27 We have sent therefore Judas 
and Silas, who shall also tell you the 
same things by mouth. 

28 For it seemed good to the Holy 
Ghost, and to us, to lay upon you 
no greater burden than these neces- 
sary things ; 

29 That ye abstain from meats offer- 
ed to idols, and from blood, and from 
things strangled, and from fornica- 
tion : from which if ye keep yourselves, 
ye shall do well. Fare ye well. 

30 So when they were dismissed, 
they came to Antioch : and when 
they had gathered the multitude to- 
gether, they delivered the epistle : 

31 Which when they had read, 
they rejoiced for the consolation. 

32 And Judas and Silas, being 
prophets also themselves, exhorted 
the brethren with many words, and 
confirmed them. 

33 And after they had tarried there 
a space, they were let go in peace from 
the brethren unto the apostles. 

34 Notwithstanding it pleased Silas 
to abide there still. 

35 Paul also and Barnabas con- 
tinued in Antioch, teaching and 
preaching the word of the Lord, 
with many others also. 

36 If And some days after, Paul 
said unto Barnabas, Let us go again 
and visit our brethren in every city 
where we have preached the word of 
the Lord, and see how they do. 

37 And Barnabas determined to 
take with them John, whose surname 
was Mark. 

38 But Paul thought not good to 
take him with them, who departed 

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Paul circumciseth Timothy. THE ACTS. 



Paul convert eth Lydia. 



from them from Pamphylia, and went 
not with them to the work. 

39 And the contention was so sharp 
between them, that they departed 
asunder one from the other: and so 
Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto 
Cyprus ; 

40 And Paul chose Silas, and de- 
parted, being recommended by the 
brethren unto the grace of God. 

41 Anc 1 he went through Syria and 
Cilicia, confirming the churches. 

CHAPTEK XYI. 

1 Paul having circumcised Timothy, *l and being called 
by the Spirit from one country to another, 14 convert- 
eth Lydia, 16 casteth out a spirit of divination. 19 
For which cause he and Silas are whipped and im- 
prisoned. 26 The prison doors are opened. 31 The 
jailer is converted, 37 and they are delivered. 

THEN came he to Derbe and Lys- 
tra : and, behold, a certain dis- 
ciple was there, named Timotheus, 
the son of a certain woman, which 
was a Jewess, and believed ; but his 
father was a Greek : 

2 Which was well reported of by 
the brethren that were at Lystra and 
Iconium. 

3 Him would Paul have to go 
forth with him ; and took and cir- 
cumcised him because of the Jews 
which were in those quarters: for they 
knew all that his father was a Greek. 

4 And as they went through the 
cities, they delivered them the decrees 
for to keep, that were ordained of the 
apostles and elders which were at 
Jerusalem. 

5 And so were the churches es- 
tablished in the faith, and increased 
in number daily. 

6 Now when they had gone through- 
out Phrygia and the region of Gala- 
tia, and were forbidden of the Holy 
Ghost to preach the word in Asia, 

7 After they were come to Mysia, 
they assayed to go into Bithynia : 
but the Spirit suffered them not. 

8 And they passing by Mysia came 
down to Troas. 

9 And a vision appeared to Paul 
in the night ; There stood a man 
of Macedonia, and prayed him, say- 

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ing, Come over into Macedonia, and 
help us. 

10 And after he had seen the vision, 
immediately we endeavoured to go 
into Macedonia, assuredly gathering 
that the Lord had called us for to 
preach the gospel unto them. 

11 Therefore loosing from Troas, 
we came with a straight course to , 
Samothracia, and the next day to 
Neapolis ; 

12 And from thence to Philippi, 
which is the chief city of that part 
of Macedonia, and a colony : and we 
were in that city abiding certain days. 

13 And on the sabbath we went 
out of the city by a river side, where 
prayer was wont to be made ; and we 
sat down, and spake unto the women 
which resorted thither. 

14 ^T And a certain woman named 
Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city 
of Thyatira, which worshipped God, 
heard us : - whose heart the Lord 
opened, that she attended unto the 
things which were spoken of Paul. 

15 And when she was baptized, 
and her household, she besought us, 
saying, If ye have judged me to be 
faithful to the Lord, come into my 
house, and abide there. And she 
constrained us. 

16 IT And it came to pass, as we 
went to prayer, a certain damsel pos- 
sessed with a spirit of divination met 
us, which brought her masters much ' 
gain by soothsaying : 

17 The same followed Paul and us, 
and cried, saying, These men are the 
servants of the most high God, which 
shew unto us the way of salvation. 

18 And this did she many days. 
But Paul, being grieved, turned and 
said to the spirit, I command thee in 
the name of Jesus Christ to come out 
of her. And he came out the same 
hour. 

19 IT And when her masters saw 
that the hope of their gains was 
gone, they caught Paul and Silas, 
and drew them into the marketplace 
unto the rulers, 



Paul and Silas imprisoned. THE ACTS. 



They are set at liberty. 



20 And brought them to the magis- 
trates, saying, These men, being Jews, 
do exceedingly trouble our city, 

21 And teach customs, which are 
not lawful for us to receive, neither 
to observe, being Romans. 

22 And the multitude rose up to- 
gether against them ; and the magis- 
trates rent off their clothes, and com- 
manded to beat them. 

23 And when they had laid many 
stripes upon them, they cast them 
into prison, charging the jailer to 
keep them safely : 

24 Who, having received such a 
charge, thrust them into the inner 
prison, and made their feet fast in 
the stocks. 

25 *fi And at midnight Paul and 
Silas prayed, and sang praises unto 
God : and the prisoners heard them. 

26 And suddenly there was a great 
earthquake, so that the foundations 
of the prison were shaken : and im- 
mediately all the doors were opened, 
and every one's bands were loosed. 

27 And the keeper of the prison 
awaking out of his sleep, and seeing 
the prison doors open, he drew out 
his sword, and would have killed 
himself, supposing that the prisoners 
had been fled. 

28 But Paul cried with a loud voice, 
saying, Do thyself no harm : for we 
are all here. 

29 Then he called for a light, and 
sprang in, and came trembling, and 
fell down before Paul and Silas, 

30 And brought them out, and said, 
Sirs, what must I do to be saved ? 

31 And they said, Believe on the 
Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be 
saved, and thy house. 

32 And they spake unto him the 
word of the Lord, and to all that 
were in his house. 

33 And he took them the same 
hour of the night, and washed their 
stripes ; and was baptized, he and all 
his, straightway. 

34 And when he had brought them 
into his house, he set meat before 



them, and rejoiced, believing in God 
with all his house. 

35 And when it was day, the ma- 
gistrates sent the Serjeants, saying, 
Let those men go. 

36 And the keeper of the prison 
told this saying to Paul, The magis- 
trates have sent to let you go : now 
therefore depart, and go in peace. 

37 But Paul said unto them, They 
have beaten us openly uncondemned, 
being Romans, and have cast us into 
prison; and now do they thrust us 
out privily ? nay verily ; but let them 
come themselves and fetch us out. 

38 And the Serjeants told these 
words unto the magistrates: and 
they feared, when they heard that 
they were Romans. 

39 And they came and besought 
them, and brought them out, and de- 
sired them to depart out of the city. 

40 And they went out of the prison, 
and entered into the house of Lydia : 
and when they had seen the brethren, 
they comforted them, and departed. 

CHAPTER XYIL 

1 Paul preacheth at Thessalonica, 4 where some believe, 
and others persecute him. 10 He is sent toBerea, and 
preacheth there. 13 Being persecuted at Thessalonica, 
15 he cometh to Athens, and disputeth, and preacheth 
the living God to them unknown, 34 whereby many are 
converted unto Christ. 

NOW when they had passed 
through Amphipolis and Apol- 
lonia, they came to Thessalonica, 
where was a synagogue of the Jews : 

2 And Paul, as his manner was, 
went in unto them, and three sab- 
bath days reasoned with them out of 
the Scriptures, 

3 Opening and alleging, that Christ 
must needs have suffered, and risen 
again from the dead ; and that this 
Jesus, whom I preach unto you, is 
Christ. 

4 And some of them believed, and 
consorted with Paul and Silas ; and of 
the devout Greeks a great multitude, 
and of the chief women not a few. 

5 If But the Jews which believed 
not, moved with envy, took unto 
them certain lewd fellows of the baser 

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Paul preacheth at Berea. THE ACTS. 



He preacheth at Athens. 



sort, and gathered a company, and set 
all the city on an uproar, and assault- 
ed the house of Jason, and sought to 
bring them out to the people. 

6 And when they found them not, 
they drew Jason and certain brethren 
unto the rulers of the city, crying, 
These that have turned the world 
upside down are come hither also ; 

7 Whom Jason hath received : and 
these all do contrary to the decrees 
of Cesar, saying that there is another 
king, one Jesus. 

8 And they troubled the people 
and the rulers of the city, when they 
heard these things. 

9 And when they had taken secu- 
rity of Jason, and of the others, they 
let them go. 

10 IT And the brethren immediate- 
ly sent away Paul and Silas by night 
unto Berea : who coming thither went 
into the synagogue of the Jews. 

11 These were more noble than 
those in Thessalonica, in that they 
received the word with all readiness 
of mind, and searched the Scriptures 
daily, whether those things were so. 

12 Therefore many of them believ- 
ed ; also of honourable women which 
were Greeks, and of men, not a few. 

13 But when the Jews of Thessa- 
lonica had knowledge that the word 
of God was preached of Paul at Berea, 
they came thither also, and stirred up 
the people. 

14 And then immediately the bre- 
thren sent away Paul to go as it were 
to the sea : but Silas and Timotheus 
abode there still. 

15 And they that conducted Paul 
brought him unto Athens: and re- 
ceiving a commandment unto Silas 
and Timotheus for to come to him 
with all speed, they departed. 

16 Tf Now while Paul waited for 
them at Athens, his spirit was stirred 
in him, when he saw the city wholly 
given to idolatry. 

17 Therefore disputed he in the 
synagogue with the Jews, and with 
the devout persons, and in the mar- 

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ket daily with them that met with 
him. 

18 Then certain philosophers of 
the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, 
encountered him. And some said, 
What will this babbler say? other 
some, He seemeth to be a setter 
forth of strange gods: because he 
preached unto them Jesus, and the 
resurrection. 

19 And they took him, and brought 
him unto Areopagus, saying, May we 
know what this new doctrine, where- 
of thou speakest, is ? 

20 For thou bringest certain strange 
things to our ears : we would know 
therefore what these things mean. 

2 1 (For all the Athenians, and stran- 
gers which were there, spent their 
time in nothing else, but either to 
tell or to hear some new thing.) 

22 If Then Paul stood in the midst 
of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of 
Athens, I perceive that in all things 
ye are too superstitious. 

23 For as I passed by, and beheld 
your devotions, I found an altar 
with this inscription, TO THE UN- 
KNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye 
ignorantly worship, him declare I un- 
to you. 

24 God that made the world and 
all things therein, seeing that he is 
Lord of heaven and earth, dwelleth 
not in temples made with hands ; 

25 Neither is worshipped with 
men's hands, as though he needed 
any thing, seeing he giveth to all life, 
and breath, and all things ; 

26 And hath made of one blood all 
nations of men for to dwell on all the 
face of the earth, and hath determin- 
ed the times before appointed, and the 
bounds of their habitation ; 

27 That they should seek the Lord, 
if haply they might feel after him, 
and find him, though he be not far 
from every one of us : 

28 For in him we live, and move, 
and have our being ; as certain also 
of your own poets have said, For we 
are also his offspring. 






Some mock, others believe. THE ACTS. Paul accused before Gallio. 



29 Forasmuch then as we are the 
offspring of God, we ought not to 
think that the Godhead is like unto 
gold, or silver, or stone, graven by- 
art and man's device. 

30 And the times of this ignorance 
God winked at; but now command- 
eth all men every where to repent : 

31 Because he hath appointed a 
day, in the which he will judge the 
world in righteousness by that man 
whom he hath ordained ; whereof he 
hath given assurance unto all men, in 
that he hath raised him from the dead. 

32 H And when they heard of the 
resurrection of the dead, some mock- 
ed: and others said, We will hear 
thee again of this matter. 

33 So Paul departed from among 
them. 

34 Howbeit certain men clave unto 
him, and believed : among the which 
was Dionysius the Areopagite, and 
a woman named Damaris, and others 
with them. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

3 Paul laboureth with his hands, and preacheth at Co- 
rinth to the Gentiles. 9 The Lord encourageth him 
in a vision. 12 He is accused before Gallio the depu- 
ty, but is dismissed. 18 Afterwards passing from city 
to city he strengtheneth the disciples. 24 Apollos, be- 
ing more perfectly instructed by Aquila and Priscilla, 
28 preacheth Christ with great efficacy. 

AFTER these things Paul depart- 
. ed from Athens, and came to 
Corinth ; 

2 And found a certain Jew named 
Aquila, born in Pontus, lately come 
from Italy, with his wife Priscilla, 
(because that Claudius had com- 
manded all Jews to depart from 
Rome,) and came unto them. 

3 And because he was of the same 
craft, he abode with them, and 
wrought : (for by their occupation 
they were tentmakers.) 

4 And he reasoned in the syna- 
gogue every sabbath, and persuaded 
the Jews and the Greeks. 

5 And when Silas and Timotheus 
were come from Macedonia, Paul was 
pressed in the spirit, and testified to 
the Jews that Jesus was Christ. 

6 And when they opposed them- 



selves, and blasphemed, he shook 
his raiment, and said unto them, Your 
blood be upon your own heads ; I am 
clean : from henceforth I will go unto 
the Gentiles. 

7 11 And he departed thence, and 
entered into a certain maris house, 
named Justus, one that worshipped 
God, whose house joined hard to the 
synagogue. 

8 And Crispus, the chief ruler of 
the synagogue, believed on the Lord 
with all his house ; and many of the 
Corinthians hearing believed, and 
were baptized. 

9 Then spake the Lord to Paul in 
the night by a vision, Be not afraid, 
but speak, and hold not thy peace : 

10 For I am with thee, and no man 
shall set on thee to hurt thee : for I 
have much people in this city. 

11 And he continued there a year 
and six months, teaching the word 
of God among them. 

12 IT And when Gallio was the de- 
puty of Achaia, the Jews made insur- 
rection with one accord against Paul, 
and brought him to the judgment seat, 

13 Saying, This fellow persuadeth 
men to worship God contrary to the 
law. 

14 And when Paul was now about 
to open his mouth, Gallio said unto 
the Jews, If it were a matter of 
wrong or wicked lewdness, O ye 
Jews, reason would that I should 
bear with you : 

15 But if it be a question of words 
and names, and of your law, look ye 
to it ; for I will be no judge of such 
matters. 

16 And he drave them from the 
judgment seat. 

17 Then all the Greeks took Sos- 
thenes, the chief ruler of the syna- 
gogue, and beat him before the judg- 
ment seat. And Gallio cared for 
none of those things. 

18 IT And Paul after this tarried 
there yet a good while, and then took 
his leave of the brethren, and sailed 
thence into Syria, and with him Pris- 

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Apollos preacheth at Ephesus. THE ACTS. The Holy Ghost is given. 



cilia and Aquila; having shorn his 
head in Cenchrea : for he had a vow. 

19 And he came to Ephesus, and 
left them there : hut he himself en- 
tered into the synagogue, and reason- 
ed with the Jews. 

20 When they desired him to tarry 
longer time with them, he consented 
not; 

21 Bat hade them farewell, saying, 
I must hy all means keep this feast 
that cometh in Jerusalem: hut I 
will return again unto you, if God 
will. And he sailed from Ephesus. 

22 And when he had landed at 
Cesarea, and gone up, and saluted 
the church, he went down to Antioch. 

2 3 And after he had spent some time 
there, he departed, and went over all 
the country of Galatia and Phrygia in 
order, strengthening all the disciples. 

24 IT And a certain Jew named 
Apollos, born at Alexandria, an elo- 
quent man, and mighty in the Scrip- 
tures, came to Ephesus. 

25 This man was instructed in the 
way of the Lord ; and being fervent 
in the spirit, he spake and taught 
diligently the things of the Lord, 
knowing only the baptism of John. 

26 And he began to speak boldly 
in the synagogue : whom when Aquila 
and Priscilla had heard, they took 
him unto them, and expounded unto 
him the way of God more perfectly. 

27 And when he was disposed to 
pass into Achaia, the brethren wrote, 
exhorting the disciples to receive 
him : who, when he was come, help- 
ed them much which had believed 
through grace : 

28 For he mightily convinced the 
Jews, and that publicly, shewing by 
the Scriptures that Jesus was Christ. 

CIIAPTEE XIX. 

6 Tlie Holy Ghost is given by Paul's hands. 9 The 
Jews blaspheme his doctrine, which is confirmed by 
miracles. 13 The Jewish exorcists 16 are beaten by 
the devil. 19 Conjuring books are burnt. 24 Deme- 
trius, for love of gain, raiseth an uproar against 
Paul, '.',7) which is appeased by the townclerk. 

A ND it came to pass, that, while 
-XJL Apollos was at .Corinth, Paul 
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having passed through the upper 
coasts came to Ephesus ; and finding 
certain disciples, 

2 He said unto them, Have ye re- 
ceived the Holy Ghost since ye be- 
lieved ? And they said unto him, 
We have not so much as heard 
whether there be any Holy Ghost. 

3 And he said unto them, Unto 
what then were ye baptized ? And 
they said, Unto John's baptism. 

4 Then said Paul, John verily 
baptized with the baptism of repent- 
ance, saying unto the people, that 
they should believe on him which 
should come after him, that is, on 
Christ Jesus. 

5 When they heard this, they 
were baptized in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. 

6 And when Paul had laid his 
hands upon them, the Holy Ghost 
came on them ; and they spake with 
tongues, and prophesied. 

7 And all the men were about 
twelve. 

8 And he went into the synagogue, 
and spake boldly for the space of 
three months, disputing and persuad- 
ing the things concerning the king- 
dom of God. 

9 But when divers were hardened, 
and believed not, but spake evil of 
that way before the multitude, he 
departed from them, and separated 
the disciples, disputing daily in the 
school of one Tyrannus. 

10 And this continued by the space 
of two years ; so that all they which 
dwelt in Asia heard the word of the 
Lord Jesus, both Jews and Greeks. 

11 And God wrought special mira- 
cles by the hands of Paul : 

12 So that from his body were 
brought unto the sick handkerchiefs 
or aprons, and the diseases departed 
from them, and the evil spirits went 
out of them. 

13 IT Then certain of the vagabond 
Jews, exorcists, took upon them to 
call over them which had evil spirits 
the name of the Lord Jesus, saying 



Demetrius raiseth an 



THE ACTS, 



uproar against Paul, 



We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul 
preacheth. 

14 And there were seven sons of one 
Sceva, a Jew, and chief of the priests, 
which did so. 

15 And the evil spirit answered 
and said, Jesus I know, and Paul 
I know ; but who are ye ? 

16 And the man in whom the evil 
spirit was leaped on them, and over- 
came them, and prevailed against 
them, so that they fled out of that 
house naked and wounded. 

17 And this was known to all the 
Jews and Greeks also dwelling at 
Ephesus ; and fear fell on them all, 
and the name of the Lord Jesus was 
magnified. 

18 And many that believed came, 
and confessed, and shewed their deeds. 

19 Many of them also which used 
curious arts brought their books to- 
gether, and burned them before all 
men : and they counted the price of 
them, and found it fifty thousand 
pieces of silver, 

20 So mightily grew the word of 
God and prevailed. 

21 IT After these things were ended, 
Paul purposed in the spirit, when 
he had passed through Macedonia 
and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, say- 
ing, After I have been there, I must 
also see Rome. 

22 So he sent into Macedonia two 
of them that ministered unto him, 
Timotheus and Erastus ; but he him- 
self stayed in Asia for a season. 

23 And the same time there arose 
no small stir about that way. 

24 For a certain man named De- 
metrius, a silversmith, which made 
silver shrines for Diana, brought no 
small gain unto the craftsmen ; 

25 Whom he called together with 
the workmen of like occupation, and 
said, Sirs, ye know that by this craft 
we have our wealth. 

26 Moreover ye see and hear, that 
not alone at Ephesus, but almost 
throughout all Asia, this Paul hath 
persuaded and turned away much 

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people, saying that they be no gods, 
which are made with hands : 

27 So that not only this our craft 
is in danger to be set at nought; 
but also that the temple of the great 
goddess Diana should be despised, 
and her magnificence should be de- 
stroyed, whom all Asia and the world 
worshippeth. 

28 And when they heard these 
sayings, they were full of wrath, and 
cried out, saying, Great is Diana of 
the Ephesians. 

2 9 And the whole city was filled with 
confusion : and having caught Gaius 
and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, 
Paul's companions in travel, they rush- 
ed with one accord into the theatre. 

30 And when Paul would have 
entered in unto the people, the dis- 
ciples suffered him not. / 

31 And certain of the chief of Asia, 
which were his friends, sent unto 
him, desiring him- that he would not 
adventure himself into the theatre. 

32 Some therefore cried one thing, 
and some another: for the assembly was 
confused ; and the more part knew not 
wherefore they were come together. 

33 And they drew Alexander out of 
the multitude, the Jews putting him 
forward. And Alexander beckoned 
with the hand, and would have made 
his defence unto the people. 

34 But when they knew that he 
was a Jew, all with one voice about 
the space of two hours cried out, 
Great is Diana of the Ephesians. 

35 And when the townclerk had 
appeased the people, he said, Ye men 
of Ephesus, what man is there that 
knoweth not how that the city of the 
Ephesians is a worshipper of the great 
goddess Diana, and of the image 
which fell down from Jupiter ? 

36 Seeing then that these things 
cannot be spoken against, ye ought 
to be quiet, and to do nothing rashly. 

37 For ye have •brought hither 
these men, which are neither robbers 
of churches, nor yet blasphemers of 
your goddess. 

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PauVs charge to the 



38 Wherefore if Demetrius, and the 
craftsmen which are with him, have 
a matter against any man, the law 
is open, and there are deputies : let 
them implead one another. 

39 But if ye inquire any thing con- 
cerning other matters, it shall be de- 
termined in a lawful assembly. 

40 For we are in danger to be call- 
ed in question for this day's uproar, 
there being no cause whereby we may 
give an account of this concourse. 

41 And when he had thus spoken, 
he dismissed the assembly. 

CHAPTEE XX. 

1 Paid goeth to Macedonia. *1 He celebrateth the Lord's 
sapper, and preacheth. 9 Eutychus having fallen doim 
dead, 10 is raised to life. It At Miletum he calleth 
the elders together, telleth them what shall befall to 
himself, 28 committeth God 's flock to them, 29 warneth 
them of false teachers, 32 commendeth them to God, 
36 prayeth with them, and goeth his way. 

AND after the uproar was ceased, 
. Paul called unto him the disci- 
ples, and embraced them, and depart- 
ed for to go into Macedonia. 

2 And when he had gone over those 
parts, and had given them much ex- 
hortation, he came into Greece, 

3 And there abode three months. And 
when the Jews laid wait for him, as 
he was about to sail into Syria, he pur- 
posed to return through Macedonia. 

4 And there accompanied him into 
Asia Sopater of Berea ; and of the 
Thessalonians, Aristarchus and Se- 
cundus ; and Gaius of Derbe, and 
Timotheus ; and of Asia, Tychicus 
and Trophimus. 

5 These going before tarried for us 
at Troas. 

6 And we sailed away from Philippi 
after the days of unleavened bread, 
and came unto them to Troas in five 
days; where we abode seven days. 

7 And upon the first day of the 
week, when the disciples came to- 
gether to break bread, Paul preach- 
ed unto them, ready to depart on the 
morrow ; and continued his speech 
until midnight/ 

8 And there were many lights in 
the upper chamber, where they were 
gathered together. 

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9 And there sat in a window a cer- 
tain young man named Eutychus, 
being fallen into a deep sleep : and 
as Paul was long preaching, he sunk 
down with sleep, and fell down from 
the third loft, and was taken up dead. 

10 And Paul went down, and fell on 
him, and embracing him said, Trouble 
not yourselves ; for his life is in him. 

11 When he therefore was come 
up again, and had broken bread, and 
eaten, and talked a long while, even 
till break of day, so he departed. 

12 And they brought the young man 
alive, and were not a little comforted. 

13 If And we went before to ship, 
and sailed unto Assos, there intending 
to take in Paul : for so had he appoint- 
ed, minding himself to go afoot. 

14 And when he met with us at 
Assos, we took him in, and came to 
Mitylene. 

15 And we sailed thence, and came 
the next day over against Chios ; 
and the next day we arrived at Sa- 
mos, and tarried at Trogyllium ; and 
the next day we came to Miletus. 

16 For Paul had determined to sail 
by Ephesus, because he would not 
spend the time in Asia : for he hast- 
ed, if it were possible for him, to be 
at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost. 

17 IT And from Miletus he sent to 
Ephesus, and called the elders of the 
church. 

18 And when they were come to 
him, he said unto them, Ye know, 
from the first day that I came into 
Asia, after what manner I have been 
with you at all seasons, 

19 Serving the Lord with all humi- 
lity of mind, and with many tears, 
and temptations, which befell me by 
the lying in wait of the Jews : 

20 And how I kept back nothing 
that was profitable unto you, but have 
shewed you, and have taught you 
publicly, and from house to house, 

21 Testifying both to the Jews, and 
also to the Greeks, repentance to- 
ward God, and faith toward our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 



elders of Ephesus. 



THE ACTS. His journey to Jerusalem. 



2 2 And now, behold, I go bonnd in the 
spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing 
the things that shall befall me there : 

23 Save that the Holy Ghost wit- 
nesseth in every city, saying that 
bonds and afflictions abide me. 

24 But none of these things move 
me, neither count I my life dear 
unto myself, so that I might finish 
my course with joy, and the ministry, 
which I have received of the Lord 
Jesus, to testify the gospel of the 
grace of God. 

25 And now, behold, I know that 
ye all, among whom I have gone 
preaching the kingdom of God, shall 
see my face no more. 

26 Wherefore I take you to record 
this day, that I am pure from the 
blood of all men. 

27 For I have not shunned to de- 
clare unto you all the counsel of God. 

28 1f Take heed therefore unto 
yourselves, and to all the flock, over 
the which the Holy Ghost hath made 
you overseers, to feed the church of 
God, which he hath purchased with 
his own blood. 

29 For I know this, that after my 
departing shall grievous wolves enter 
in among you, not sparing the flock. 

30 Also of your own selves shall 
men arise, speaking perverse things, 
to draw away disciples after them. 

31 Therefore watch, and remember, 
that by the space of three years I 
ceased not to warn every one night 
and day with tears. 

32 And now, brethren, I commend 
you to God, and to the word of his 
grace, which is able to build you up, 
and to give you an inheritance among 
all them which are sanctified. 

33 I have coveted no man's silver, 
or gold, or apparel. 

34 Yea, ye yourselves know, that 
these hands have ministered unto my 
necessities, and to them that were 
with me. 

35 I have shewed you ail things, 
how that so labouring ye ought to 
support the weak, and to remember 



the words of the Lord Jesus, how 
he said, It is more blessed to give 
than to receive. 

36 U And when he had thus spoken, 
he kneeled down, and prayed with 
them all. 

37 And they all wept sore, and 
fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, 

38 Sorrowing most of all for the 
words which he spake, that they 
should see his face no more. And 
they accompanied him unto the ship. 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 Paul will not by any means be dissuaded from going 
to Jerusalem. 9 Philip's daughters prophetesses. 17 
Paid cometh to Jerusalem: 21 where he is appre- 
hended, and in great danger, 31 bid by the chief 
captain is rescued, and permitted to speak to tfie 
people. 

AND it came to pass, that after 
. we were gotten from them, and 
had launched, we came with a straight 
course unto Coos, and the day fol- 
lowing unto Rhodes, and from thence 
unto Patara: 

2 And finding a ship sailing over 
unto Phenicia, we went aboard, and 
set forth. 

3 Now when we had discovered 
Cyprus, we left it on the left hand, 
and sailed into Syria, and landed at 
Tyre : for there the ship was to un- 
lade her burden. 

4 And finding disciples, we tarried 
there seven days : who said to Paul 
through the Spirit, that he should 
not go up to Jerusalem. 

5 And when we had accomplished 
those days, we departed and went our 
way ; and they all brought us on our 
way, with wives and children, till we 
were out of the city : and we kneeled 
down on the shore, and prayed. 

6 And when we had taken our 
leave one of another, we took ship; 
and they returned home again. 

7 And when we had finished our 
course from Tyre, we came to Ptole- 
mais, and saluted the brethren, and 
abode with them one day. 

8 And the next day we that were 
of Paul's company departed, and 
came unto Cesarea ; and we entered 

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into the house of Philip the evange- 
list, which was one of the seven ; 
and ahode with him. 

9 And the same man had four daugh- 
ters, virgins, which did prophesy. 

10 And as we tarried there many 
days, there came down from Judea 
a certain prophet, named Agabus. 

11 And when he was come unto us, 
he took Paul's girdle, and bound his 
own hands and feet, and said, Thus 
saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the 
Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that 
owneth this girdle, and shall deliver 
him into the hands of the Gentiles. 

12 And when we heard these things, 
both we, and they of that place, be- 
sought him not to go up to Jerusalem. 

13 Then Paul answered, What 
mean ye to weep and to break mine 
heart ? for I am ready not to be bound 
only, but also to die at Jerusalem for 
the name of the Lord Jesus. 

14 And when he would not be per- 
suaded, we ceased, saying, The will 
of the Lord be done. 

15 And after those days we took 
up our carriages, and went up to 
Jerusalem. 

16 There went with us also cer- 
tain of the disciples of Cesarea, and 
brought with them one Mnason of 
Cyprus, an old disciple, with whom 
we should lodge. 

1 7 And when we were come to Jeru- 
salem, the brethren received us gladly. 

18 And the day following Paul 
went in with us unto James ; and all 
the elders were present. 

19 And when he had saluted them, 
he declared particularly what things 
God had wrought among the Gen- 
tiles by his ministry. 

20 And when they heard it, they 
glorified the Lord, and said unto him, 
Thou seest, brother, how many thou- 
sands of Jews there are which believe ; 
and they are all zealous of the law : 

2 1 And they are informed of thee, 
that thou teachest all the Jews which 
are among the Gentiles to forsake 
Moses, saying that they ought not to 

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circumcise their children, neither to 
wa]k after the customs. 

22 What is it therefore ? the mul- 
titude must needs come together : for 
they will hear that thou art come. 

23 Do therefore this that we say to 
thee : We have four men which have 
a vow on them ; 

24 Them take, and purify thyself 
with them, and be at charges with 
them, that they may shave their 
heads : and all may know that those 
things, whereof they were informed 
concerning thee, are nothing; but 
that thou thyself also walkest order- 
ly, and keepest the law. 

25 As touching the Gentiles which 
believe, we have written and conclud- 
ed that they observe no such thing, 
save only that they keep themselves 
from things offered to idols, and from 
blood, and from strangled, and from 
fornication. 

26 Then Paul took the men, and the 
next day purifying himself with them 
entered into the temple, to signify the 
accomplishment of the days of purifi- 
cation, until that an offering should be 
offered for every one of them. 

27 And when the seven days were 
almost ended, the Jews which were 
of Asia, when they saw him in the 
temple, stirred up all the people, and 
laid hands on him, 

28 Crying out, Men of Israel, help: 
This is the man, that teacheth all men 
every where against the people, and 
the law, and this place : and further 
brought Greeks also into the temple, 
and hath polluted this holy place. 

29 (For they had seen before with 
him in the city Trophimus an Ephe- 
sian, whom they supposed that Paul 
had brought into the temple.) 

30 And all the city was moved, and 
the people ran together : and they took 
Paul, and drew him out of the temple : 
and forthwith the doors were shut. 

31 And as they went about to kill 
him, tidings came unto the chief 
captain of the band, that all Jerusa- 
lem was in an uproar : 



Paul declareth how 



THE ACTS. 



he was converted. 



32 Who immediately took soldiers 
and centurions, and ran down unto 
them : and when they saw the chief 
captain and the soldiers, they left 
heating of Paul. 

33 Then the chief captain came 
near, and took him, and commanded 
him to he hound with two chains ; 
and demanded who he was, and what 
he had done. 

34 And some cried one thing-, some 
another, among the multitude : and 
when he could not know the certain- 
ty for the tumult, he commanded him 
to be carried into the castle. 

35 And when he came upon the stairs, 
so it was, that he was borne of the 
soldiers for the violence of the people. 

36 For the multitude of the people 
followed after, crying, Away with him. 

37 And as Paul was to be led into 
the castle, he said unto the chief cap- 
tain, May I speak unto thee ? Who 
said, Canst thou speak Greek ? 

38 Art not thou that Egyptian, 
which before these days madest an 
uproar, and leddest out into the wil- 
derness four thousand men that were 
murderers ? 

39 But Paul said, I am a man which 
am a Jew of Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, 
a citizen of no mean city : and, I be- 
seech thee, surfer me to speak unto 
the people. 

40 And when he had given him 
license, Paul stood on the stairs, and 
beckoned with the hand unto the 
people. And when there was made 
a great silence, he spake unto them 
in the Hebrew tongue, saying, 

CHAPTER XXII. 

1 Paul declareth at large, how he was converted to the 
faith, 17 and called to his apostleship. 22 At the 
very mentioning of the Gentiles, the people exclaim on 
him. 24 He should have been scourged, 25 but claim- 
ing the privilege of a Roman, he escapeth. 

MEN, brethren, and fathers, hear 
ye my defence ivhich I make 
now unto you. 

2 (And when they heard that he 
spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, 
they kept the more silence : and he 
saith,) 



/ 



3 I am verily a man which am a 
Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, 
yet brought up in this city at the 
feet of Gamaliel, and taught accord- 
ing to the perfect manner of the law 
of the fathers, and was zealous toward 
God, as ye all are this day. 

4 And I persecuted this way unto 
the death, binding and delivering in- 
to prisons both men and women. 

5 As also the high priest doth bear 
me witness, and all the estate of the 
elders : from whom also I received 
letters unto the brethren, and went to 
Damascus, to bring them which were 
there bound unto Jerusalem, for to 
be punished. 

6 And it came to pass, that, as I 
made my journey, and was come nigh 
unto Damascus about noon, suddenly 
there shone from heaven a great light 
round about me. 

7 And I fell unto the ground, and 
heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, 
Saul, why persecutest thou me ? 

8 And I answered, Who art thou, 
Lord? And he said unto me, I am 
Jesus of Nazareth, whom thou perse- 
cutest. 

9 And they that were with me saw 
indeed the light, and were afraid; 
but they heard not the voice of him 
that spake to me. 

10 And I said, What shall I do, 
Lord? And the Lord said unto me, 
Arise, and go into Damascus ; and 
there it shall be told thee of all things 
which are appointed for thee to do. 

11 And when I could not see for 
the glory of that light, being led by 
the hand of them that were with me, 
I came into Damascus. 

12 And one Ananias, a devout man 
according to the law, having a good re- 
port of all the Jews which dwelt there, 

13 Came unto me, and stood, and 
said unto me, Brother Saul, receive 
thy sight. And the same hour I look- 
ed up upon him. 

14 And he said, The God of our 
fathers hath chosen thee, that thou 
shouldest know his will, and see that 

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Paul claimeth a 



THE ACTS. 



Roman's privilege. 



Just One, and shouldest hear the 
voice of his mouth. 

15 For thou shalt he his witness 
unto all men of what thou hast seen 
and heard. 

1 6 And now why tarriest thou ? arise, 
and he baptized, and wash away thy 
sins, calling on the name of the Lord. 

17 And it came to pass, that, when 
I was come again to Jerusalem, even 
while I prayed in the temple, I was 
in a trance ; 

18 And saw him saying unto me, 
Make haste, and get thee quickly 
out of Jerusalem : for they will not 
receive thy testimony concerning me. 

19 And I said, Lord, they know that 
I imprisoned and heat in every syna- 
gogue them that believed on thee : 

20 And when the hlood of thy 
martyr Stephen was shed, I also was 
standing by, and consenting unto his 
death, and kept the raiment of them 
that slew him. 

21 And he said unto me, Depart: 
for I will send thee far hence unto 
the Gentiles. 

22 And they gave him audience 
unto this word, and then lifted up 
their voices, • and said, Away with 
such a fellow from the earth : for it is 
not fit that he should live. 

23 And as they cried out, and cast 
off their clothes, and threw dust into 
the air, 

24 The chief captain commanded 
him to be brought into the castle, and 
bade that he should be examined 
by scourging ; that he might know 
wherefore they cried so against him. 

25 And as they bound him with 
thongs, Paul said unto the centurion 
that stood by, Is it lawful for you to 
scourge a man that is a Roman, and 
uncondemned? 

26 When the centurion heard that, 
he went and told the chief captain, 
saying, Take heed what thou doest; 
for this man is a Roman. 

27 Then the chief captain came, 
and said unto him, Tell me, art thou 
a Roman ? He said, Yea. 

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28 And the chief captain answered, 
With a great sum obtained I this 
freedom. And Paul said, But I was 
free born. 

29 Then straightway they departed 
from him which should have examin- 
ed him: and the chief captain also 
was afraid, after he knew that he was 
a Roman, and because he had bound 
him. 

30 On the morrow, because he 
would have known the certainty 
wherefore he was accused of the 
Jews, he loosed him from his bands, 
and commanded the chief priests 
and all their council to appear, and 
brought Paul down, and set him be- 
fore them. 

CHAPTER XXIII. 

1 As Paul pleadeth his cause, 2 Ananias commandeth 
them to smite him. 7 Dissension among his accusers. 
11 God encourageth him. 14 The Jews' laying wait 
for Paul 20 is declared unto the chief captain. 27 
He sendeth him to Felix the governor. 

AND Paul, earnestly beholding the 
_ council, said, Men and brethren, 
I have lived in all good conscience 
before God until this day. 

2 And the high priest Ananias 
commanded them that stood by him 
to smite him on the mouth. 

3 Then said Paul unto him, God 
shall smite thee, thou whited wall : 
for sittest thou to judge me after the 
law, and commandest me to be smit- 
ten contrary to the law ? 

4 And they that stood by said, 
Revilest thou God's high priest ? 

5 Then said Paul, I wist not, bre- 
thren, that he was the high priest : 
for it is written, Thou shalt not speak 
evil of the ruler of thy people. 

6 But when Paul perceived that 
the one part were Sadducees, and 
the other Pharisees, he cried out in 
the council, Men and brethren, I am 
a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee : of 
the hope and resurrection of the dead 
I am called in question. 

7 And when he had so said, there 
arose a dissension between the Pha- 
risees and the Sadducees: and the 
multitude was divided. 



God encourageth Paul. 



THE ACTS. 



He is sent to Felix. 



8 For the Sadducees say that there 
is no resurrection, neither angel, nor 
spirit: but the Pharisees confess both. 

9 And there arose a great cry : and 
the scribes that were of the Phari- 
sees' part arose, and strove, saying, 
We find no evil in this man : but if 
a spirit or an angel hath spoken to 
him, let us not fight against God. 

10 And when there arose a great 
dissension, the chief captain, fearing 
lest Paul should have been pulled 
in pieces of them, commanded the 
soldiers to go down, and to take him 
by force from among them, and to 
bring him into the castle. 

11 And the night following the 
Lord stood by him, and said, Be of 
good cheer, Paul: for as thou hast 
testified of me in Jerusalem, so must 
thou bear witness also at Rome. 

12 And when it was day, certain 
of the Jews banded together, and 
bound themselves under a curse, say- 
ing that they would neither eat nor 
drink till they had killed Paul. 

13 And they were more than forty 
which had made this conspiracy. 

14 And they came to the chief 
priests and elders, and said, We have 
bound ourselves under a great curse, 
that we will eat nothing until we 
have slain Paul. 

15 Now therefore ye with the coun- 
cil signify to the chief captain that he 
bring him down unto you to morrow, 
as though ye would inquire some- 
thing more perfectly concerning him : 
and we, or ever he come near, are 
ready to kill him. 

1 6 And when Paul's sister's son heard 
of their lying in wait, he went and 
entered into the castle, and told Paul. 

17 Then Paul called one of the 
centurions unto him, and said, Bring 
this young man unto the chief cap- 
tain : for he hath a certain thing to 
tell him. 

18 So he took him, and brought 
him to the chief captain, and said, 
Paul the prisoner called me unto 
him, and prayed me to bring this 



young man unto thee, who hath 
something to say unto .thee. 

19 Then the chief captain took 
him by the hand, and went with him 
aside privately, and asked him, What 
is that thou hast to tell me ? 

20 And he said, The Jews have 
agreed to desire thee that thou would- 
est bring down Paul to morrow into 
the council, as though they would 
inquire somewhat of him more per- 
fectly. 

21 But do not thou yield unto them: 
for there lie in wait for him of them 
more than forty men, which have 
bound themselves with an oath, that 
they will neither eat nor drink till 
they have killed him : and now are 
they ready, looking for a promise 
from thee. 

22 So the chief captain then let the 
young man depart, and charged him, 
See thou tell no man that thou hast 
shewed these things to me. 

23 And he called unto him two 
centurions, saying, Make ready two 
hundred soldiers to go to Cesarea, 
and horsemen threescore and ten, 
and spearmen two hundred, at the 
third hour of the night ; 

24 And provide them beasts, that 
they may set Paul on, and bring him 
safe unto Felix the governor. 

25 And he wrote a letter after this 
manner : 

26 Claudius Lysias unto the most 
excellent governor Felix sendeth greet- 
ing. 

27 This man was taken of the Jews, 
and should have been killed of them : 
then came I with an army, and res- 
cued him, having understood that he 
was a Roman. 

28 And when I would have known 
the cause wherefore they accused him, 
I brought him forth into their council : 

29 Whom I perceived to be accused 
of questions of their law, but to have 
nothing laid to his charge worthy of 
death or of bonds. 

30 And when it wp*s told me how 
that the Jews laid wait for the man, 

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Paul accused by Tertullus. THE ACTS. 



He answereth for 



I sent straightway to thee, and gave 
commandment to his accusers also 
to say before thee what they had 
against him. Farewell. 

31 Then the soldiers, as it was com- 
manded them, took Paul, and brought 
him by night to Antipatris. 

32 On the morrow they left the 
horsemen to go with him, and re- 
turned to the castle : 

33 Who, when they came to Cesa- 
rea, and delivered the epistle to the 
governor, presented Paul also before 
him. 

34 And when the governor had read 
the letter, he asked of what province 
he was. And when he understood 
that he was of Cilicia; 

35 I will hear thee, said he, when 
thine accusers are also come. And 
he commanded him to be kept in 
Herod's judgment hall. 

CHAPTER XXIV. 

1 Paul being accused by Tertullus the orator, 10 answer- 
eth for his life and doctrine. 24 He preacheth Christ 
to the governor and his wife. 26 The governor hopeth 
for a bribe, but in vain. 27 At last, going out of his 
office, he leaveth Paid in prison. 

AND after five days Ananias the 
. high priest descended with the 
elders, and with a certain orator na- 
med Tertullus, who informed the gov- 
ernor against Paul. 

2 And when he was called forth, 
Tertullus began to accuse him, say- 
ing, Seeing that by thee we enjoy 
great quietness, and that very worthy 
deeds are done unto this nation by 
thy providence, 

3 We accept it always, and in all 
places, most noble Felix, with all 
thankfulness. 

4 Notwithstanding, that I be not 
further tedious unto thee, I pray thee 
that thou wouldest hear us of thy 
clemency a few words. 

5 For we have found this man a 
pestilent fellow, and a mover of sedi- 
tion among all the Jews throughout 
the world, and a ringleader of the 
sect of the Nazarenes : 

6 Who also hath gone about to pro- 
fane the temple : whom we took, 

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and would have judged according to 
our law. 

7 But the chief captain Lysias came 
upon us, and with great violence took 
him away out of our hands, 

8 Commandinghis accusers to come 
unto thee : by examining of whom 
thyself mayest take knowledge of all 
these things, whereof we accuse him. 

9 And the Jews also assented, say- 
ing that these things were so. 

10 Then Paul, after that the gover- 
nor had beckoned unto him to speak, 
answered, Forasmuch as I know that 
thou hast been of many years a judge 
unto this nation, I do the more cheer- 
fully answer for myself: 

11 Because that thou mayest un- 
derstand, that there are yet but 
twelve days since I went up to Jeru- 
salem for to worship. 

12 And they neither found me in 
the temple disputing with any man, 
neither raising up the people, neither 
in the synagogues, nor in the city : 

13 Neither can they prove the 
things whereof they now accuse me. 

14 But this I confess unto thee, that 
after the way which they call heresy, 
so worship I the God of my fathers, 
believing all things which are written 
in the law and in the prophets : 

15 And have hope toward God, 
which they themselves also allow, 
that there shall be a resurrection of 
the dead, both of the just and unjust. 

16 And herein do I exercise myself, 
to have always a conscience void of 
offence toward God, and toward men. 

17 Now after many years I came 
to bring alms to my nation, and of- 
ferings. 

18 Whereupon certain Jews from 
Asia found me purified in the temple, 
neither with multitude, nor with tu- 
mult. 

19 Who ought to have been here 
before thee, and object, if they had 
aught against me. 

20 Or else let these same here say, 
if they have found any evil doing in 
ine, while I stood before the council, 



himself before Felix. 



THE ACTS. He appealeth unto Cesar. 



21 Except it be for this one voice, 
that I cried standing among them, 
Touching the resurrection of the 
dead I am called in question by you 
this day. 

22 And when Felix heard these 
things, having more perfect know- 
ledge of that way, he deferred them, 
and said, When Lysias the chief cap- 
tain shall come down, I will know 
the uttermost of your matter. 

23 And he commanded a centurion 
to keep Paul, and to let him have 
liberty, and that he should forbid 
none of his acquaintance to minister 
or come unto him. 

24 And after certain days, when 
Felix came with his wife Drusilla, 
which was a Jewess, he sent for 
Paul, and heard him concerning the 
faith in Christ. 

25 And as he reasoned of right- 
eousness, temperance, and judgment 
to come, Felix trembled, and an- 
swered, Go thy way for this time; 
when I have a convenient season, I 
will call for thee. 

26 He hoped also that money 
should have been given him of Paul, 
that he might loose him : wherefore 
he sent for him the oftener, and com- 
muned with him. 

27 But after two years Porcius 
Festus came into Felix' room : and 
Felix, willing to shew the Jews a 
pleasure, left Paul bound. 

CHAPTER XXV. 

2 The Jews accuse Paul before Festus. 8 He answereth 
for himself, 11 and appealeth unto Cesar. 14 After- 
wards Festus openeth his matter to king Agrippa, 23 
and he is brought forth. 25 Festus cleareth him to 
have done nothing worthy of death. 

NOW when Festus was come into 
the province, after three days he 
ascended from Cesarea to Jerusalem. 

2 Then the high priest and the 
chief of the Jews informed him 
against Paul, and besought him, 

3 And desired favour against 
him, that he would send for him to 
Jerusalem, laying wait in the way 
to kill him. 

4 But Festus answered, that Paul 



should be kept at Cesarea, and that he 
himself would depart shortly thither. 

5 Let them therefore, said he, 
which among you are able, go down 
with me, and accuse this man, if 
there be any wickedness in him. 

6 And when he had tarried among 
them more than ten days, he went 
down unto Cesarea; and the next 
day sitting on the judgment seat 
commanded Paul to be brought. 

7 And when he was come, the Jews 
which came down from Jerusalem 
stood round about, and laid many 
and grievous complaints against Paul, 
which they could not prove. 

8 While he answered for himself, 
Neither against the law of the Jews, 
neither against the temple, nor yet 
against Cesar, have I offended any 
thing at all. 

9 But Festus, willing to do the 
Jews a pleasure, answered Paul, and 
said, Wilt thou go up. to Jerusalem, 
and there be judged of these things 
before me ? 

10 Then said Paul, I stand at Ce- 
sar's judgment seat, where I ought to 
be judged : to the Jews have I done 
no wrong, as thou very well knowest. 

11 For if I be an offender, or have 
committed any thing worthy of death, 
I refuse not to die : but if there be 
none of these things whereof these 
accuse me, no man may deliver me 
unto them. I appeal unto Cesar. 

12 Then Festus, when he had 
conferred with the council, answer- 
ed, Hast thou appealed unto Cesar ? 
unto Cesar shalt thou go. 

13 And after certain days king 
Agrippa and Bernice came unto Ce- 
sarea to salute Festus. 

14 And when they had been there 
many days, Festus declared Paul's 
cause unto the king, saying, There is 
a certain man left in bonds by Felix : 

15 About whom, when I was at 
Jerusalem, the chief priests and the 
elders of the Jews informed me, de- 
siring to have judgment against him. 

16 To whom I answered, It is not 

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Agrippa desireth to hear Paul. THE ACTS. 



PauVs defence 



the manner of the Romans to deliver 
any man to die, before that he which 
is accused have the accusers face to 
face, and have license to answer for 
himself concerning the crime laid 
against him. 

17 Therefore, when they were 
come hither, without any delay on 
the morrow I sat on the judgment 
seat, and commanded the man to be 
brought forth. 

18 Against whom when the accu- 
sers stood up, they brought none accu- 
sation of such things as I supposed: 

19 But had certain questions 
against him of their own supersti- 
tion, and of one Jesus, which was 
dead, whom Paul affirmed to be alive. 

20 And because I doubted of such 
manner of questions, I asked him 
whether he would go to Jerusalem, 
and there be judged of these matters. 

21 But when Paul had appealed 
to be reserved unto the hearing of 
Augustus, I commanded him to be 
kept till I might send him to Cesar. 

22 Then Agrippa said unto Festus, 
I would also hear the man myself. To 
morrow, said he, thou shalt hear him. 

23 And on the morrow, when 
Agrippa was come, and Bernice, 
with great pomp, and was entered 
into the place of hearing, with the 
chief captains, and principal men of 
the city, at Festus' commandment 
Paul was brought forth. 

24 And Festus said, King Agrippa, 
and all men which are here present 
with us, ye see this man, about 
whom all the multitude of the Jews 
have dealt with me, both at Jerusa- 
lem, and also here, crying that he 
ought not to live any longer. 

25 But when I found that he had 
committed nothing worthy of death, 
and that he himself hath appealed to 
Augustus, I have determined to send 
him. 

26 Of whom I have no certain 
thing to write unto my lord. Where- 
fore I have brought him forth before 
you, and specially before thee, O king 

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Agrippa, that, after examination had, 
I might have somewhat to write. 

27 For it seemeth to me unrea- 
sonable to send a prisoner, and not 
withal to signify the crimes laid 
against him. 

CHAPTEE XXYI. 

2 Paul, hi the presence of Agrippa, declareth his life 
from his childhood, 12 and how miraculously he was 
converted, and called to his apostleship. 24 Festus 
chargeth him to be mad, vihereunto he answereth mod- 



28 Agrippa is almost persuaded to be a 
Christian. 31 The whole company pronounce hhn 
innocent. 

THEN Agrippa said unto Paul, 
Thou art permitted to speak for 
thyself. Then Paul stretched forth 
the hand, and answered for himself: 

2 I think myself happy, king 
Agrippa, because I shall answer for 
myself this day before thee touching 
all the things whereof I am accused 
of the Jews : 

3 Especially because I know thee 
to be expert in all customs and 
questions which are among the 
Jews: wherefore I beseech thee to 
hear me patiently. 

4 My manner of life from my 
youth, which was at the first among 
mine own nation at Jerusalem, know 
all the Jews ; 

5 Which knew me from the be- 
ginning, if they would testify, that 
after the most straitest sect of our 
religion I lived a Pharisee. 

6 And now I stand and am judged 
for the hope of the promise made of 
God unto our fathers : 

7 Unto which promise our twelve 
tribes, instantly serving God day 
and night, hope to come. For which 
hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am ac- 
cused of the Jews. 

8 Why should it be thought a thing 
incredible with you, that God should 
raise the dead? 

9 I verily thought with myself, that 
I ought to do many things contrary 
to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. 

10 Which thing I also did in Jeru- 
salem : and many of the saints did 
I shut up in prison, having received 
authority from the chief priests ; and 



before Agrippa. 



THE ACTS. 



He is declared innocent. 



when they were put to death, I gave 
my voice against them. 

11 And I punished them oft in 
every synagogue, and compelled 
them to blaspheme ; and being ex- 
ceedingly mad against them, I perse- 
cuted them even unto strange cities. 

12 Whereupon as I went to Da- 
mascus with authority and commis- 
sion from the chief priests, 

13 At midday, O king, I saw in 
the way a light from heaven, above 
the brightness of the sun, shining 
round about me and them which 
journeyed with me. 

14 And when we were all fallen 
to the earth, I heard a voice speak- 
ing unto me, and saying in the He- 
brew tongue, Saul, Saul, why perse- 
cutest thou me ? it is hard for thee 
to kick against the pricks. 

15 And I said, Who art thou, 
Lord? And he said, I am Jesus 
whom thou persecutest. 

16 But rise, and stand upon thy 
feet: for I have appeared unto thee 
for this purpose, to make thee a 
minister and a witness both of these 
things which thou hast seen, and of 
those things in the which I will ap- 
pear unto thee ; 

17 Delivering thee from the peo- 
ple, and from the Gentiles, unto 
whom now I send thee, 

18 To open their eyes, and to turn 
them from darkness to light, and from 
the power of Satan unto God, that 
they may receive forgiveness of sins, 
and inheritance among them which 
are sanctified by faith that is in me. 

19 Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I 
was not disobedient unto the hea- 
venly vision : 

20 But shewed first unto them of 
Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and 
throughout all the coasts of Judea, 
and then to the Gentiles, that they 
should repent and turn to God, and 
do works meet for repentance. 

21 For these causes the Jews 
caught me in the temple, and went 
about to kill me. 



22 Having therefore obtained help 
of God, I continue unto this day, wit- 
nessing both to small and great, say- 
ing none other things than those 
which the prophets and Moses did 
say should come : 

23 That Christ should suffer, and 
that he should be the first that should 
rise from the dead, and should shew 
light unto the people, and to the 
Gentiles. 

24 And as he thus spake for him- 
self, Festus said with a loud voice, 
Paul, thou art beside thyself ; much 
learning doth make thee mad. 

25 But he said, I am not mad, 
most noble Festus ; but speak forth 
the words of truth and soberness. 

26 For the king knoweth of these 
things, before whom also I speak 
freely : for I am persuaded that none 
of these things are hidden from him ; 
for this thing was not done in a corner. 

27 King Agrippa, believest thou the 
prophets ? I know that thou believest. 

28 Then Agrippa said unto Paul, 
Almost thou persuadest me to be a 
Christian. 

29 And Paul said, I would to God, 
that not only thou, but also all that hear 
me this day, were both almost, and alto- 
gether such as I am, except these bonds. 

30 And when he had thus spoken, 
the king rose up, and the governor, and 
Bernice, and they that sat with them : 

31 And when they were gone aside, 
they talked between themselves, say- 
ing, This man doeth nothing worthy 
of death or of bonds. 

32 Then said Agrippa unto Festus, 
This man might have been set at 
liberty, if he had not appealed unto 
Cesar. 

CHAPTEE XXVII. 

1 Paxil shipping toioard Rome, 10 foretellcth of the 
danger of the voyage, 11 but is not believed. 14 They 
are tossed to and fro with tempest, 41 and suffer ship- 
wreck, 22, 34, 44 yet all come safe to land. 

A ND when it was determined that 
JLjL we should sail into Italy, they 
delivered Paul and certain other pris- 
oners unto one named Julius, a cen- 
turion of Augustus' band. 
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PauVs voyage 



THE ACTS. 



toward Rome. 



2 And entering into a ship of 
Adramyttium, we launched, mean- 
ing to sail by the coasts of Asia ; one 
Aristarchus, a Macedonian of Thes- 
salonica, being with us. 

3 And the next day we touched 
at Sidon. And Julius courteously en- 
treated Paul, and gave him liberty to 
go unto his friends to refresh himself. 

4 And when we had launched 
from thence, we sailed under Cyprus, 
because the winds were contrary. 

5 And when we had sailed over 
the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, we 
came to Myra, a city of Lycia. 

6 And there the centurion found 
a ship of Alexandria sailing into Ita- 
ly ; and he put us therein. 

7 And when we had sailed slowly 
many days, and scarce were come 
over against Cnidus, the wind not 
suffering us, we sailed under Crete, 
over against Salmone; 

8 And, hardly passing it, came 
unto a place which is called the 
Fair Havens ; nigh whereunto was 
the city o/Lasea. 

9 Now when much time was spent, 
and when sailing was now dangerous, 
because the fast was now already 
past, Paul admonished them, 

10 And said unto them, Sirs, I per- 
ceive that this voyage will be with 
hurt and much damage, not only of 
the lading and ship, but also of our 
lives. 

11 Nevertheless the centurion be- 
lieved the master and the owner of 
the ship, more than those things 
which were spoken by Paul. 

12 And because the haven was not 
commodious to winter in, the more 
part advised to depart thence also, if 
by any means they might attain to 
Phenice, and there to winter; which 
is a haven of Crete, and lieth toward 
the southwest and northwest. 

13 And when the south wind blew 
softly, supposing that they had ob- 
tained their purpose, loosing thence, 
they sailed close by Crete. 

14 But not long after there arose 

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against it a tempestuous wind, called 
Euroclydon. 

15 And when the ship was caught, 
and could not bear up into the wind, 
we let her drive. 

16 And running under a certain 
island which is called Clauda, we had 
much work to come by the boat : 

17 Which when they had taken 
up, they used helps, undergirding the 
ship; and, fearing lest they should 
fall into the quicksands, strake sail, 
and so were driven. 

18 And we being exceedingly 
tossed with a tempest, the next day 
they lightened the ship; 

19 And the third day we cast out 
with our own hands the tackling of 
the ship. 

20 And when neither sun nor stars 
in many days appeared, and no small 
tempest lay on us, all hope that we 
should be saved was then taken away. 

21 But after long abstinence, Paul 
stood forth in the midst of them, and 
said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened 
unto me, and not have loosed from 
Crete, and to have gained this harm 
and loss. 

22 And now I exhort you to be of 
good cheer : for there shall be no loss 
of any maris life among you, but of 
the ship. 

23 For there stood by me this 
night the angel of God, whose I am, 
and whom I serve, 

24 Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou 
must be brought before Cesar : and, 
lo, God hath given thee all them 
that sail with thee. 

25 Wherefore, sirs, be of good 
cheer : for I believe God, that it 
shall be even as it was told me. 

26 Howbeit we must be cast upon 
a certain island. 

2 7 But when the fourteenth night 
was come, as we were driven up and 
down in Adria, about midnight the 
shipmen deemed that they drew near 
to some country ; 

2 8 And sounded, and found it twenty 
fathoms : and when they had gone a 



Paul is shipivrecked. 



THE ACTS. He is kindly entertained. 



little further, they sounded again, 
and found it fifteen fathoms. 

29 Then fearing lest we should 
have fallen upon rocks, they cast four 
anchors out of the stern, and wish- 
ed for the day. 

30 And as the shipmen were ahout 
to flee out of the ship, when they had 
let down the boat into the sea, under 
colour as though they would have 
cast anchors out of the foreship, 

31 Paul said to the centurion and 
to the soldiers, Except these abide 
in the ship, ye cannot be saved. 

32 Then the soldiers cut off the 
ropes of the boat, and let her fall off. 

33 And while the day was coming 
on, Paul besought them all to take 
meat, saying, This day is the four- 
teenth day that ye have tarried and con- 
tinued fasting, having taken nothing. 

34 Wherefore I pray you to take 
some meat ; for this is for your health : 
for there shall not a hair fall from 
the head of any of you. 

35 And when he had thus spoken, 
he took bread, and gave thanks to God 
in presence of them all ; and when 
he had broken it, he began to eat. 

36 Then were they all of good 
cheer, and they also took some meat. 

3 7 And we were in all in the ship two 
hundred threescore and sixteen souls. 

3 8 And when they had eaten enough, 
they lightened the ship, and cast out 
the wheat into the sea. 

39 And when it was day, they 
knew not the land : but they disco- 
vered a certain creek with a shore, 
into the which they were minded, if 
it were possible, to thrust in the ship. 

40 And when they had taken up the 
anchors, they committed themselves 
unto the sea, and loosed the rudder 
bands, and hoised up the mainsail to 
the wind, and made toward shore. 

41 And falling into a place where 
two seas met, they ran the ship 
aground ; and the forepart stuck fast, 
and remained immoveable, but the 
hinder part was broken with the vio- 
lence of the waves. 



42 And the soldiers' counsel was 
to kill the prisoners, lest any of them 
should swim out, and escape. 

43 But the centurion, willing to 
save Paul, kept them from their pur- 
pose ; and commanded that they 
which could swim should cast them- 
selves first into the sea, and get to 
land : 

44 And the rest, some on boards, 
and some on broken pieces of the 
ship. And so it came to pass, that 
they escaped all safe to land. 

CHAPTER XXVIII. 

1 Paul after his sMpwrecJc is kindly entertained of the 
barbarians. 5 The viper on his hand hurteth him 
not. 8 He healeth many diseases in the island. 11 
They depart towards Rome. 17 He declareth to the 
Jews the cause of his coming. 24 After his preaching 
Sonne were persuaded, and some believed not. 80 Yet 
lie preacheth there two years. 

AND when they were escaped, 
. then they knew that the island 
was called Melita. 

2 And the barbarous people shewed 
lis no little kindness: for they kin- 
dled a fire, and received us every 
one, because of the present rain, and 
because of the cold. 

3 And when Paul had gathered a 
bundle of sticks, and laid them on 
the fire, there came a viper out of the 
heat, and fastened on his hand. 

4 And when the barbarians saw the 
venomous beast hang on his hand, 
they said among themselves, No 
doubt this man is a murderer, whom, 
though he hath escaped the sea, yet 
vengeance suffereth not to live. 

5 And he shook off the beast into 
the fire, and felt no harm. 

6 Howbeit they looked when he 
should have swollen, or fallen down 
dead suddenly: but after they had 
looked a great while, and saw no harm 
come to him, they changed their 
minds, and said that he was a god. 

7 In the same quarters were pos- 
sessions of the chief man of the isl- 
and, whose name was Publius ; who re- 
ceived us, and lodged us three days 
courteously. 

8 And it came to pass, that the 

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father of Pubiius lay sick of a fever 
and of a bloody flux : to whom Paul 
entered in, and prayed, and laid his 
hands on him, and healed him. 

9 So when this was done, others 
also, which had diseases in the island, 
came, and were healed : 

10 Who also honoured us with 
many honours ; and when we depart- 
ed, they laded us with such things 
as were necessary. 

11 And after three months we de- 
parted in a ship of Alexandria, which 
had wintered in the isle, whose sign 
was Castor and Pollux. 

12 And landing at Syracuse, we 
tarried there three days. 

13 And from thence we fetched a 
compass, and came to Rhegium : and 
after one day the south wind blew, 
and we came the next day to Puteoli : 

14 Where we found brethren, and 
were desired to tarry with them seven 
days : and so we went toward Rome. 

15 And from thence, when the bre- 
thren heard of us, they came to meet 
us as far as Appii Forum, and the 
Three Taverns ; whom when Paul saw, 
he thanked God, and took courage. 

16 And when we came to Rome, 
the centurion delivered the prisoners 
to the captain of the guard : but 
Paul was suffered to dwell by him- 
self with a soldier that kept him. 

17 And it came to pass, that after 
three days Paul called the chief of 
the Jews together : and when they 
were come together, he said unto 
them, Men and brethren, though I 
have committed nothing against the 
people, or customs of our fathers, yet 
was I delivered prisoner from Jeru- 
salem into the hands of the Romans : 

18 Who, when they had examined 
me, would have let me go, because 
there was no cause of death in me. 

19 But when the Jews spake against 
it, I was constrained to appeal unto 
Cesar ; not that I had aught to ac- 
cuse my nation of. 

20 For this cause therefore have I 
called for you, to see you, and to speak 

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with you : because that for the hope 
of Israel I am bound with this chain. 

21 And they said unto him, We 
neither received letters out of Judea 
concerning thee, neither any of the 
brethren that came shewed or spake 
any harm of thee. 

22 But we desire to hear of thee 
what thou thinkest : for as concern- 
ing this sect, we know that every 
where it is spoken against. 

23 And when they had appointed 
him a day, there came many to him 
into his lodging; to whom he ex- 
pounded and testified the kingdom of 
God, persuading them concerning 
Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, 
and out of the prophets, from morn- 
ing till evening. 

24 And some believed the things 
which were spoken, and some be- 
lieved not. 

25 And when they agreed not 
among themselves, they departed, 
after that Paul had spoken one word, 
Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias 
the prophet unto our fathers, 

26 Saying, Go unto this people, and 
say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall 
not understand ; and seeing ye shall 
see, and not perceive : 

27 For the heart of this people is 
waxed gross, and their ears are dull 
of hearing, and their eyes have they 
closed; lest they should see with 
their eyes, and hear with their ears, 
and understand with their heart, and 
should be converted, and I should 
heal them. 

28 Be it known therefore unto you, 
that the salvation of God is sent unto 
the Gentiles, and that they will hear it. 

29 And when he had said these 
words, the Jews departed, and had 
great reasoning among themselves. 

30 And Paul dwelt two whole 
years in his own hired house, and re- 
ceived all that came in unto him, 

31 Preaching the kingdom of God, 
and teaching those things which con- 
cern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all 
confidence, no man forbidding him. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 



TO THE 



ROMANS 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Paul commendeth his calling to the Romans, 9 and 
his desire to come to them. 16 What his gospel is, 
and the righteousness which it sheioeth. 18 God is 
angry with all manner of sin. 21 What were the sins 
of the Gentiles. 

PAUL, a servant of Jesus Christ, 
called to be an apostle, separated 
unto the gospel of God, 

2 (Which he had promised afore by 
his prophets in the holy Scriptures,) 

3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ 
our Lord, which was made of the seed 
of David according to the flesh ; 

4 And declared to be the Son of God 
with power, according to the Spirit of 
holiness, by the resurrection from the 
dead : 

5 By whom we have received grace 
and apostleship, for obedience to the 
faith among all nations, for his name : 

6 Among whom are ye also the 
called of Jesus Christ : 

7 To all that be in Rome, beloved 
of God, called to be saints : Grace to 
you, and peace, from God our Father 
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

8 First, I thank my God through 
Je^us Christ for you all, that your 
faith is spoken of throughout the 
whole world. 

9 For God is my witness, whom I 
serve with my spirit in the gospel of 
his Son, that without ceasing I make 
mention of you always in my prayers ; 

10 Making request, if by any means 
now at length I might have a pros- 
perous journey by the will of God to 
come unto you. N 

11 For I long to see you, that I may 
impart unto you some spiritual gift, 
to the end ye may be established ; 

12 That is, that I may be comforted 
together with you by the mutual faith 
both of you and me. 



13 Now I would not have you igno- 
rant, brethren, that oftentimes I pur- 
posed to come unto you, (but was let 
hitherto,) that I might have some 
fruit among you also, even as among 
other Gentiles. 

14 I am debtor both to the Greeks, 
and to the Barbarians ; both to the 
wise, and to the unwise. 

15 So, as much as in me is, I am 
ready to preach the gospel to you 
that are at Rome also. 

16 For I am not ashamed of the 
gospel of Christ : for it is the power 
of God unto salvation to every one 
that believeth; to the Jew first, and 
also to the Greek. 

17 For therein is the righteousness 
of God revealed from faith to faith : 
as it is written, The just shall live by 
faith. 

18 For the wrath of God is revealed 
from heaven against all ungodliness 
and unrighteousness of men, who 
hold the truth in unrighteousness ; 

19 Because that which may be 
known of God is manifest in them ; 
for God hath shewed it unto them. 

20 For the invisible things of him 
from the creation of the world are 
clearly seen, being understood by the 
things that are made, even his eternal 
power and Godhead ; so that they 
are without excuse: 

21 Because that, when they knew 
God, they glorified him not as God, 
neither were thankful ; but became 
vain in their imaginations, and their 
foolish heart was darkened. 

2 2 Professing themselves to be wise, 
they became fools, 

23 And changed the glory of the 
uncorruptible God into an image 
made like to corruptible man, and 
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ROMANS. God's impartial judgment. 



to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and 
creeping things. 

24 Wherefore God also gave them 
up to uncleanness, through the lusts of 
their own hearts, to dishonour their 
own bodies between themselves : 

25 Who changed the truth of God 
into a lie, and worshipped and served 
the creature more than the Creator, 
who is blessed for ever. Amen. 

26 For this cause God gave them 
up unto vile affections : for even their 
women did change the natural use 
into that which is against nature : 

27 And likewise also the men, 
leaving the natural use of the woman, 
burned in their lust one toward an- 
other ; men with men working that 
which is unseemly, and receiving in 
themselves that recompense of their 
error which was meet. 

28 And even as they did not like to 
retain God in their knowledge, God 
gave them over to a reprobate mind, 
to do those things which are not con- 
venient ; 

29 Being filled with all unrighteous- 
ness, fornication, wickedness, covet- 
ousness, maliciousness ; full of envy, 
murder, debate, deceit, malignity ; 
whisperers, 

30 Backbiters, haters of God, de- 
spiteful, proud, boasters, inventors 
of evil things, disobedient to parents, 

31 Without understanding, cove- 
nant-breakers, without natural affec- 
tion, implacable, unmerciful : 

32 Who, knowing the judgment of 
God, that they which commit such 
things are worthy of death, not only 
do the same, but have pleasure in 
them that do them. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 They that sin, though they condemn it in others, can- 
not excuse themselves, 6 and much less escape the judg- 
ment of God, 9 whether they be Jews or Gentiles. 
14 The Gentiles cannot escape, 17 nor yet the Jews, 
25 whom their circumcision shall not profit, if they 
keep not the law. 

THEREFORE thou art inexcusa- 
ble, O man, whosoever thou art 
that judgest: for wherein thou judgest 
another, thou condemnest thyself; for 
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thou that judgest doest the same 
things. 

2 But we are sure that the judgment 
of God is according to truth against 
them which commit such things. 

3 And thinkest thou this, O man, 
that judges^ them which do such 
things, and doest the same, that thou 
shalt escape the judgment of God ? 

4 Or despisest thou the riches of his 
goodness and forbearance and longsuf- 
fering ; not knowing that the goodness 
of God leadeth thee to repentance ? 

5 But, after thy hardness and im- 
penitent heart, treasurest up unto 
thyself wrath against the day of 
wrath and revelation of the righteous 
judgment of God ; 

6 Who will render to every man 
according to his deeds : 

7 To them who by patient continu- 
ance in well doing seek for glory and 
honour and immortality, eternal life : 

8 But unto them that are conten- 
tious, and do not obey the truth, but 
obey unrighteousness, indignation and 
wrath, 

9 Tribulation and anguish, upon 
every soul of man that doeth evil; of 
the Jew first, and also of the Gentile ; 

10 But glory, honour, and peace, 
to every man that worketh good; to 
the Jew first, and also to the Gentile : 

11 For there is no respect of per- 
sons with God. 

12 For as many as have sinned 
without law shall also perish without 
law ; and as many as have sinned in 
the law shall be judged by the law ; 

13 (For not the hearers of the law 
are just before God, but the doers of 
the law shall be justified. 

14 For when the Gentiles, which 
have not the law, do by nature the 
things contained in the law, these, 
having not the law, are a law unto 
themselves : 

15 Which shew the work of the 
law written in their hearts, their con- 
science also bearing witness, and their 
thoughts the mean while accusing or 
else excusing one another ;) 



The Jews cannot escape. 



ROMANS. 



The Jews 1 prerogative. 



16 In the day when God shall 
judge the secrets of men by Jesus 
Christ according to my gospel. 

17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, 
and restest in the law, and makest 
thy boast of God, 

18 And knowest his will, and ap- 
provest the things that are more ex- 
cellent, being instructed out of the 
law; 

19 And art confident that thou 
thyself art a guide of the blind, a 
light of them which are in dark- 
ness, 

20 An instructor of the foolish, a 
teacher of babes, which hast the 
form of knowledge and of the truth 
in the law. 

21 Thou therefore which teachest 
another, teachest thou not thyself? 
thou that preachest a man should 
not steal, dost thou steal ? 

22 Thou that sayest a man should 
not commit adultery, dost thou com- 
mit adultery? thou that abhorrest 
idols, dost thou commit sacrilege ? 

23 Thou that makest thy boast of 
the law, through breaking the law 
dishonourest thou God ? 

24 For the name of God is blas- 
phemed among the Gentiles through 
you, as it is written. 

25 For circumcision verily profit- 
eth, if thou keep the law : but if thou 
be a breaker of the law, thy circum- 
cision is made uncircumcision. 

26 Therefore, if the uncircumcision 
keep the righteousness of the law, 
shall not his uncircumcision be count- 
ed for circumcision ? 

27 And shall not uncircumcision 
which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, 
judge thee, who by the letter and cir- 
cumcision dost transgress the law ? 

28 For he is not a Jew, which is 
one outwardly; neither is that circum- 
cision, which is outward in the flesh : 

29 But he is a Jew, which is one 
inwardly; and circumcision is that 
of the heart, in the spirit, and not 
in the letter ; whose praise is not of 
men, but of God. 

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CHAPTEK III. 

1 The Jews' prerogative : 3 which they have not lost : 9 
howbeit the law convinceth them also of sin : 20 therefore 
no flesh is justified by the law, 28 but all, without differ- 
ence, by faith only : 31 and yet the law is not abolished. 

WHAT advantage then hath the 
Jew ? or what profit is there 
of circumcision ? 

2 Much every way: chiefly, be- 
cause that unto them were commit- 
ted the oracles of God. 

3 For what if some did not be- 
lieve ? shall their unbelief make the 
faith of God without effect ? 

4 God forbid: yea, let God be 
true, but every man a liar ; as it is 
written, That thou mightest be jus- 
tified in thy sayings, and mightest 
overcome when thou art judged. 

5 But if our unrighteousness com- 
mend the righteousness of God, what 
shall we say? Js God unrighteous 
who taketh vengeance ? (I speak as 
a man) 

6 God forbid : for then how shall 
God judge the world ? 

7 For if the truth of God hath 
more abounded through my lie unto 
his glory; why yet am I also judged 
as a sinner ? 

8 And not rather, (as we be slan- 
derously reported, and as some affirm 
that we say,) Let us do evil, that good 
may come? whose damnation is just. 

9 What then ? are we better than 
they ? No, in no wise : for we have 
before proved both Jews and Gen- 
tiles, that they are all under sin ; 

10 As it is written, There is none 
righteous, no, not one: 

11 There is none that understand- 
eth, there is none that seeketh after 
God. 

12 They are all gone out of the 
way, they are together become un- 
profitable ; there is none that doeth 
good, no, not one. 

13 Their throat is an open sepul- 
chre ; with their tongues they have 
used deceit ; the poison of asps is 
under their lips : 

14 Whose mouth is full of cursing 
and bitterness: 

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15 Their feet are swift to shed 
blood : 

16 Destruction and misery are in 
their ways : 

17 And the way of peace have 
they not known : 

18 There is no fear of God hefore 
their eyes. 

19 Now we know that what things 
soever the law saith, it saith to them 
who are under the law: that every 
mouth may be stopped, and all the 
world may become guilty before God. 

20 Therefore by the deeds of the 
law there shall no flesh be justified 
in his sight : for by the law is the 
knowledge of sin. 

21 But now the righteousness of 
God without the law is manifested, 
being witnessed by the law and the 
prophets ; 

22 Even the righteousness of God 
which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto 
all and upon all them that believe ; 
for there is no difference : 

23 For all have sinned, and come 
short of the glory of God ; 

24 Being justified freely by his 
grace through the redemption that is 
in Christ Jesus : 

25 Whom God hath set forth to be 
a propitiation through faith in his 
blood, to declare his righteousness for 
the remission of sins that are past, 
through the forbearance of God ; 

26 To declare, I say, at this time 
his righteousness : that he might be 
just, and the justifier of him which 
believeth in Jesus. 

27 Where is boasting then? It is 
excluded. By what law? of works? 
Nay ; but by the law of faith. 

28 Therefore we conclude that a 
man is justified by faith without the 
deeds of the law. 

29 Is he the God of the Jews 
only? is he not also of the Gen- 
tiles ? Yes, of the Gentiles also: 

30 Seeing it is one God, which 
shall justify the circumcision by faith, 
and uncircumcision through faith. 

31 Do we then make void the law 

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establish the law. 



yea, we 



CHAPTER IV. 

1 Abraham's faith was imputed to him for righteous- 
ness, 10 before he was circumcised. 13 By faith only 
he and his seed received the promise. 16 Abraham is 
the father of all that believe. 24 Our faith also shall 
be imputed to us for righteousness. 

WHAT shall we say then that 
Abraham our father, as per- 
taining to the flesh, hath found ? 

2 For if Abraham were justified 
by works, he hath whereof to glory ; 
but not before God. 

3 For what saith the Scripture ? 
Abraham believed God, and it was 
counted unto him for righteousness. 

4 Now to him that worketh is the 
reward not reckoned of grace, but of 
debt. 

5 But to him that worketh not, 
but believeth on him that justifieth 
the ungodly, his faith is counted for 
righteousness. 

6 Even as David also describeth 
the blessedness of the man, unto 
whom God imputeth righteousness 
without works, 

7 Saying, Blessed are they whose 
iniquities are forgiven, and whose 
sins are covered. 

8 Blessed is the man to whom the 
Lord will not impute sin. 

9 Cometh this blessedness then 
upon the circumcision only, or upon 
the uncircumcision also ? for we say 
that faith was reckoned to Abraham 
for righteousness. 

10 How was it then reckoned? 
when he was in circumcision, or in 
uncircumcision? Not in circumcision, 
but in uncircumcision. 

11 And he received the sign of 
circumcision, a seal of the righteous- 
ness of the faith which he had yet 
being uncircumcised : that he might 
be the father of all them that believe, 
though they be not circumcised ; that 
righteousness might be imputed unto 
them also: 

12 And the father of circumcision 
to them who are not of the circum- 
cision only, but who also walk in 



to him for righteousness. 



ROMANS. 



Reconciliation by Christ. 



the steps of that faith of our father 
Abraham, which he had being yet un- 
circumcised. 

13 For the promise, that he should 
be the heir of the world, was not to 
Abraham, or to his seed, through the 
law, but through the righteousness of 
faith. 

14 For if they which are of the law 
be heirs, faith is made void, and the 
promise made of none effect : 

15 Because the law worketh wrath : 
for where no law is, there is no trans- 
gression. 

16 Therefore it is of faith, that it 
might be by grace ; to the end the 
promise might be sure to all the seed ; 
not to that only which is of the law, 
but to that also which is of the faith of 
Abraham ; who is the father of us all, 

17 (As it is written, I have made 
thee a father of many nations,) before 
him whom he believed, even God, 
who quickeneth the dead, and calleth 
those things which be not as though 
they were : 

18 Who against hope believed in 
hope, that he might become the father 
of many nations, according to that 
which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. 

19 And being not weak in faith, he 
considered not his own body now dead, 
when he was about a hundred years 
old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's 
womb : 

20 He staggered not at the promise 
of God through unbelief; but was 
strong in faith, giving glory to God ; 

21 And being fully persuaded, that 
what he had promised, he was able 
also to perform. 

22 And therefore it was imputed to 
him for righteousness. 

23 Now it was not written for his 
sake alone, that it was imputed to him; 

24 But for us also, to whom it shall 
be imputed, if we believe on him that 
raised up Jesus our Lord from the 
dead; 

25 Who was delivered for our of- 
fences, and was raised again for our 
justification. 



CHAPTEK Y. 

1 Being justified by faith, we have peace with God, 2 
and joy in our hope, 8 that since we were reconciled 
by his blood, when we were enemies, 10 we shall much 
more be saved being reconciled. 12 As sin and death 
came by Adam, 17 so much more righteousness and 
life by Jesus Christ. 20 Where sin abounded, grace 
did superabound. 

THEREFORE being justified by 
faith, we have peace with God 
through our Lord Jesus Christ : 

2 By whom also we have access by 
faith into this grace wherein we stand, 
and rejoice in hope of the glory of 
God. 

3 And not only so, but we glory in 
tribulations also ; knowing that tri- 
bulation worketh patience ; 

4 And patience, experience ; and 
experience, hope: 

5 And hope maketh not ashamed ; 
because the love of God is shed 
abroad in our hearts by the Holy 
Ghost which is given unto us. 

6 For when we were yet without 
strength, in due time Christ died for 
the ungodly. 

7 For scarcely for a righteous man 
will one die: yet peradventure for a 
good man some would even dare to 
die. 

8 But God commendeth his love 
toward us, in that, while we were yet 
sinners, Christ died for us. 

9 Much more then, being now justi- 
fied by his blood, we shall be saved 
from wrath through him. 

10 For if, when we were enemies, we 
were reconciled to God by the death 
of his Son; much more, being recon- 
ciled, we shall be saved by his life. 

11 And not only so, but we also joy 
in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 
by whom we have now received the 
atonement. 

12 Wherefore, as by one man sin 
entered into the world, and death by 
sin ; and so death passed upon all 
men, for that all have sinned : 

13 (For until the law sin was in the 
world : but sin is not imputed when 
there is no law. 

14 Nevertheless death reigned from 
Adam to Moses, even over them that 

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ROMANS. 



We 



may 



not live in sin. 



had not sinned after the similitude 
of Adam's transgression, who is the 
figure of him that was to come. 

15 But not as the offence, so also 
is the free gift : for if through the 
offence of one many he dead, much 
more the grace of God, and the gift 
hy grace, which is by one man, Jesus 
Christ, hath abounded unto many. 

16 And not as it was by one that 
sinned, so is the gift: for the judg- 
ment was by one to condemnation, 
but the free gift is of many offences 
unto justification. 

17 For if by one man's offence death 
reigned by one ; much more they 
which receive abundance of grace 
and of the gift of righteousness shall 
reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) 

18 Therefore, as by the offence of 
one judgment came upon all men to 
condemnation ; even so by the right- 
eousness of one the free gift came 
upon all men unto justification of life. 

19 For as by one man's disobe- 
dience many were made sinners, so 
by the obedience of one shall many 
be made righteous. 

20 Moreover the law entered, that 
the offence might abound. But where 
sin abounded, grace did much more 
abound : 

21 That as sin hath reigned unto 
death, even so might grace reign 
through righteousness unto eternal 
life by Jesus Christ our Lord. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 We may not live in sin, 2 for we are dead unto it, 
3 as appeareth by our baptism. 12 Let not sin reign 
any more, 18 because we have yielded ourselves to the 
service of righteousness, 23 and, for that death is the 
wages of sin. 

WHAT shall we say then? Shall 
we continue in sin, that grace 
may abound ? 

2 God forbid. How shall we, that are 
dead to sin, live any longer therein ? 

3 Know ye not, that so many of us 
as were baptized into Jesus Christ 
were baptized into his death ? 

4 Therefore we are buried with him 
by baptism into death: that like as 
Christ was raised up from the dead 

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by the glory of the Father, even so we 
also should walk in newness of life. 

5 For if we have been planted to- 
gether in the likeness of his death, 
we shall be also in the likeness of his 
resurrection : 

6 Knowing this, that our old man is 
crucified with him, that the body of 
sin might be destroyed, that hence- 
forth we should not serve sin. 

7 For he that is dead is freed from 
sin. 

8 Now if we be dead with Christ, 
we believe that we shall also live 
with him : 

9 Knowing that Christ being raised 
from the dead dieth no more ; death 
hath no more dominion over him. 

10 For in that he died, he died 
unto sin once : but in that he liveth, 
he liveth unto God. 

11 Likewise reckon ye also your- 
selves to be dead indeed unto sin, but 
alive unto God through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. 

12 Let not sin therefore reign in 
your mortal body, that ye should 
obey it in the lusts thereof. 

13 Neither yield ye your members 
as instruments of unrighteousness 
unto sin : but yield yourselves unto 
God, as those that are alive from 
the dead, and your members as in- 
struments of righteousness unto God. 

14 For sin shall not have dominion 
over you : for ye are not under the 
law, but under grace. 

15 What then ? shall we sin, be- 
cause we are not under the law, but 
under grace ? God forbid. 

16 Know ye not, that to whom ye 
yield yourselves servants to obey, his 
servants ye are to whom ye obey ; 
whether of sin unto death, or of obe- 
dience unto righteousness ? 

17 But God be thanked, that ye 
were the servants of sin, but ye have 
obeyed from the heart that form of 
doctrine which was delivered you. 

18 Being then made free from sin, 
ye became the servants of righteous- 
ness. 



kath the ivages of sin. 



ROMANS. The law of sin in our members. 



19 I speak after the manner of 
men because of the infirmity of your 
flesh : for as ye have yielded your 
members servants to uncleanness and 
to iniquity unto iniquity; even so 
now yield your members servants to 
righteousness unto holiness. 

20 For when ye were the servants of 
sin, ye were free from righteousness. 

21 What fruit had ye then in those 
things whereof ye are now ashamed? 
for the end of those things is death. 

22 But now being made free from 
sin, and become servants to God, ye 
have your fruit unto holiness, and the 
end everlasting life. 

23 For the wages of sin is death ; 
but the gift of G-od is eternal life 
through Jesus Christ our Lord. 

CHAPTER YII. 

1 No law hath power over a man longer than he liveth. 
4 But we are dead to the law. 7 Yet is not the law 
sin, 12 but holy, just, good, 16 as I acknowledge, who 
am grieved because I cannot keep it. 

KNOW ye not, brethren, (for. I 
speak to them that know the 
law,) how that the law hath dominion 
over a man as long as he liveth ? 

2 For the woman which hath a 
husband is bound by the law to her 
husband so long as he liveth ; but if 
the husband be dead, she is loosed 
from the law of her husband. 

3 So then if, while her husband 
liveth, she be married to another 
man, she shall be called an adulte- 
ress : but if her husband be dead, 
she is free from that law; so that 
she is no adulteress, though she be 
married to another man. 

4 Wherefore, my brethren, ye also 
are become dead to the law by the 
body of Christ; that ye should be 
married to another, even to him who 
is raised from the dead, that we 
should bring forth fruit unto God. 

5 For when we were in the flesh, 
the motions of sins, which were by 
the law, did work in our members to 
bring forth fruit unto death. 

6 But now we are delivered from 
the law, that being dead wherein we 



were held ; that we should serve in 
newness of spirit, and not in the old- 
ness of the letter. 

7 What shall we say then ? Is the 
law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had 
not known sin, but by the law : for I 
had not known lust, except the law 
had said, Thou shalt not covet. 

8 But sin, taking occasion by the 
commandment, wrought in me all 
manner of concupiscence. For with- 
out the law sin was dead. 

9 For I was alive without the law 
once : but when the commandment 
came, sin revived, and I died. 

10 And the commandment, which 
was ordained to life, I found to be 
unto death. 

11 For sin, taking occasion by the 
commandment, deceived me, and by 
it slew me. 

12 Wherefore the law is holy, and 
the commandment holy, and just, 
and good. 

13 Was then that which is good 
made death unto me ? God forbid. 
But sin, that it might appear sin, 
working death in me by that which is 
good ; that sin by the commandment 
might become exceeding sinful. 

14 For we know that the law is 
spiritual: but I am carnal, sold un- 
der sin. 

15 For that which I do, I allow 
not : for what I would, that do I not ; 
but what I hate, that do I. 

16 If then I do that which I would 
not, I consent unto the law that it is 
good. 

17 Now then it is no more I that 
do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 

18 For I know that in me (that 
is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good 
thing : for to will is present with me ; 
but how to perform that which is 
good I find not. 

19 For the good that I would, I do 
not : but the evil which I would not, 
that I do. 

20 Now if I do that I would not, it 
is no more I that do it, but sin that 
dwelleth in me. 

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ROMANS. 



flesh and Spirit. 



211 find then a law, that, when I 
would do good, evil is present with me. 

22 For I delight in the law of God 
after the inward man : 

23 But I see another law in my 
memhers, warring against the law of 
my mind, and bringing me into cap- 
tivity to the law of sin which is in 
my memhers. 

24 O wretched man that I am ! 
who shall deliver me from the body 
of this death ? 

25 I thank God through Jesus 
Christ our Lord. So then with the 
mind I myself serve the law of God ; 
hut with the flesh the law of sin. 

CHAPTEE YIIL 

1 They that are in Christ, and live according to the 
Spirit, are free from condemnation. 5, 13 What harm 
cometh of the flesh, 6, 14 and what good of the Spirit: 
17 and what of being God's child, 19 whose glorious 
deliverance all things long for, 29 was beforehand 
decreed from God. 38 What can sever us from his 
love ? 

T'HERE is therefore now no 
condemnation to them which 
are in Christ Jesus, who walk not 
after the flesh, hut after the Spirit. 

2 For the law of the Spirit of life 
in Christ Jesus hath made me free 
from the law of sin and death. 

3 For what the law could not do, 
in that it was weak through the flesh, 
God sending his own Son in the like- 
ness of sinful flesh, and for sin, con- 
demned sin in the flesh : 

4 That the righteousness of the law 
might he fulfilled in us, who walk not 
after the flesh, hut after the Spirit. 

5 For they that are after the flesh 
do mind the things of the flesh ; but 
they that are after the Spirit, the 
things of the Spirit. 

6 For to be carnally minded is 
death ; but to be spiritually minded 
is life and peace. 

7 Because the carnal mind is enmity 
against God : for it is not subject to 
the law of God, neither indeed can be. 

8 So then they that are in the flesh 
cannot please God. 

9 But ye are not in the flesh, but 
ill the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit 

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of God dwell in you. Now if any 
man have not the Spirit of Christ, he 
is none of his. 

10 And if Christ be in you, the body 
is dead because of sin ; but the Spirit 
is life because of righteousness. 

11 But if the Spirit of him that 
raised up Jesus from the dead dwell 
in you, he that raised up Christ from 
the dead shall also quicken your mor- 
tal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth 
in you. 

12 Therefore, brethren, we are debt- 
ors, not to the flesh, to live after the 
flesh. 

13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye 
shall die : but if ye through the Spirit 
do mortify the deeds of the body, ye 
shail live. • 

14 For as many as are led by the 
Spirit of God, they are the sons of 
God. 

15 For ye have not received the 
spirit of bondage again to fear; but 
ye have received the Spirit of adop- 
tion, whereby we cry, Abba, Father. 

16 The Spirit itself beareth witness 
with our spirit, that we are the chil- 
dren of God : 

17 And if children, then heirs; 
heirs of God, and joint heirs with 
Christ ; if so be that we suffer with 
him, that we may be also glorified 
together. 

18 For I reckon that the sufferings 
of this present time are not worthy 
to be compared with the glory which 
shall be revealed in us. 

19 For the earnest expectation of 
the creature waiteth for the manifest- 
ation of the sons of God. 

20 For the creature was made sub- 
ject to vanity, not willingly, but by 
reason of him who hath subjected the 
same in hope ; 

21 Because the creature itself also 
shall be delivered from the bondage 
of corruption into the glorious liberty 
of the children of God. 

22 For we know that the whole 
creation groaneth and travaileth in 
pain together until now. 



The ground of our hope. 



ROMANS. Paul's sorrow for the Jews, 



23 And not only they ,but ourselves 
also, which have the firstfruits of the 
Spirit, even we ourselves groan within 
ourselves, waiting for the adoption, to 
wit, the redemption of our body. 

24 For we are saved by hope : but 
hope that is seen is not hope : for what 
a man seeth, why doth he yet hope for ? 

25 B ut if we hope for th at we see not, 
then do we with patience wait for it. 

26 Likewise the Spirit also help- 
eth our infirmities : for we know not 
what we should pray for as we 
ought: but the Spirit itself maketh 
intercession for us with groanings 
which cannot be uttered. 

27 And he that searcheth the 
hearts knoweth what is the mind of 
the Spirit, because he maketh inter- 
cession for the saints according to 
the will of God. 

° 28 And we know that all things 
work together for good to them that 
love God, to them who are the called 
according to his purpose. 

29 For whom he did foreknow, he 
also did predestinate to be conformed 
to the image of his Son, that he 
might be the firstborn among many 
brethren. 

30 Moreover, whom he did predes- 
tinate, them he also called: and 
whom he called, them he also justi- 
fied : and whom he justified, them he 
also glorified. 

31 What shall we then say to 
these things ? If God be for us, who 
can be against us ? 

32 He that spared not his own 
Son, but delivered him up for us all, 
how shall he not with him also free- 
ly give us all things ? 

33 Who shall lay any thing to the 
charge of God's elect? It is God 
that justifieth. 

34 Who is he that condemneth ? 
It is Christ that died, yea rather, 
that is risen again, who is even at 
the right hand of God, who also 
maketh intercession for us. 

35 Who shall separate us from the 
love of Christ? shall tribulation, or 



distress, or persecution, or famine, or 
nakedness, or peril, or sword ? 

36 As it is written, For thy sake we 
are killed all the day long ; we are 
accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 

37 Nay, in all these things we are 
more than conquerors through him 
that loved us. 

38 For I am persuaded, that nei- 
ther death, nor life, nor angels, nor 
principalities, nor powers, nor things 
present, nor things to come, 

39 Nor height, nor depth, nor any 
other creature, shall be able to sepa- 
rate us from the love of God, which 
is in Christ Jesus our Lord. 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 Paul is sorry for the Jews. T All the seed of Abra- 
ham were not the children of the promise. 18 God 
hath mercy upon whom he will. 21 Hie potter may 
do with his clay what he list. 25 The calling of the 
Gentiles and rejecting of the Jews were foretold. 32 
The cause why so few Jews embraced the righteousness 
of faith. 

I SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, 
my conscience also bearing me 
witness in the Holy Ghost, 

2 That I have great heaviness and 
continual sorrow in my heart. 

3 For I could wish that myself 
were accursed from Christ for my 
brethren, my kinsmen according to 
the flesh : 

4 Who are Israelites ; to whom 
pertaineth the adoption, and the 
glory, and the covenants, and the 
giving of the law, and the service of 
God, and the promises ; 

5 Whose are the fathers, and of 
whom as concerning the flesh Christ 
came, who is over all, God blessed 
for ever. Amen. 

6 Not as though the word of God 
hath taken none effect. For they are 
not all Israel, which are of Israel : 

7 Neither, because they are the 
seed of Abraham, are they all child- 
ren : but, In Isaac shall thy seed be 
called. 

8 That is, They which are the 
children of the flesh, these are not the 
children of God : but the children of 
the promise are counted for the seed. 

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ROMANS. 



on whom he will 



9 For this is the word of promise, 
At this time will I come, and Sarah 
shall have a son. 

10 And not only this; but when 
Rebecca also had conceived by one, 
even by our father Isaac, 

11 (For the children being not yet 
born, neither having done any good 
or evil, that the purpose of God ac- 
cording to election might stand, not 
of works, but of him that calleth ;) 

12 It was said unto her, The elder 
shall serve the younger. 

13, As it is written, Jacob have I 
loved, but Esau have I hated. 

14 What shall we say then ? Is 
there unrighteousness with God? 
God forbid. 

15 For he saith to Moses, I will 
have mercy on whom I will have 
mercy, and I will have compassion 
on whom I will have compassion. 

16 So then it is not of him that 
willeth, nor of him that runneth, but 
of God that sheweth mercy. 

17 For the Scripture saith unto 
Pharaoh, Even for this same pur- 
pose have I raised thee up, that I 
might shew my power in thee, and 
that my name might be declared 
throughout all the earth. 

18 Therefore hath he mercy on 
whom he will have mercy, and whom 
he will he hardeneth. 

19 Thou wilt say then unto me, 
Why doth he yet find fault ? For 
who hath resisted his will ? 

20 Nay but, O man, who art thou 
that repliest against God ? Shall the 
thing formed say to him that formed 
it, Why hast thou made me thus ? 

21 Hath not the potter power 
over the clay, of the same lump to 
make one vessel unto honour, and 
another unto dishonour ? 

22 What if God, willing to shew 
his wrath, and to make his power 
known, endured with much long- 
suffering the vessels of wrath fitted 
to destruction : 

23 And that he jnight make known 
the riches of his glory on the vessels 

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of mercy, which he had afore pre- 
pared unto glory, 

24 Even us, whom he hath called, 
not of the Jews only, but also of the 
Gentiles ? 

25 As he saith also in Osee, I will 
call them my people, which were 
not my people ; and her beloved, 
which was not beloved. 

26 And it shall come to pass, that 
in the place where it was said unto 
them, Ye are not my people ; there 
shall they be called the children of 
the living God. 

27 Esaias also crieth concerning 
Israel, Though the number of the 
children of Israel be as the sand of 
the sea, a remnant shall be saved : 

28 For he will finish the work, and 
cut it short in righteousness : be- 
cause a short work will the Lord 
make upon the earth. 

29 And as Esaias said before, Ex- 
cept the Lord of Sabaoth had left us 
a seed, we had been as Sodoma, and 
been made like unto Gomorrah. 

30 What shall we say then? That 
the Gentiles, which followed not 
after righteousness, have attained to 
righteousness, even the righteousness 
which is of faith. 

31 But Israel, which followed after 
the law of righteousness, hath not 
attained to the law of righteousness. 

32 Wherefore? Because they sought 
it not by faith, but as it were by the 
works of the law. For they stumbled 
at that stumblingstone ; 

33 As it is written, Behold, I lay 
in Sion a stumblingstone and rock 
of offence : and whosoever believeth 
on him shall not be ashamed. 

CHAPTER X. 

5 The Scripture sheweth the difference betwixt the right- 
eousness of the law, and this of faith, 11 and that all, 
both Jew and Gentile, that believe, shall not be con- 
founded, 18 and that the Gentiles shall receive the 
word and believe. 19 Israel was not ignorant of these 
things. 

BRETHREN, my heart's desire 
and prayer to God for Israel is, 
that they might be saved. 

2 For I bear them record that they 



All* 



All believers shall be saved. ROMANS. All Israel are not cast off. 



have a zeal of God, but not accord- 
ing to knowledge. 

3 For they, being ignorant of God's 
righteousness, and going about to 
establish their own righteousness, 
have not submitted themselves unto 
the righteousness of God. 

4 For Christ is the end of the law 
for righteousness to every one that 
believeth. 

5 For Moses describeth the right- 
eousness which is of the law, That 
the man which doeth those things 
shall live by them. 

6 But the righteousness which is of 
faith speaketh on this wise, Say not 
in thine heart, Who shall ascend into 
heaven ? (that is, to bring Christ 
down/rom above:) 

7 Or, Who shall descend into the 
deep? (that is, to bring up Christ 
again from the dead.) 

8 But what saith it ? The word is 
nigh thee, even in thy mouth, and in 
thy heart : that is, the word of faith, 
which we preach ; 

9 That if thou shalt confess with 
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt 
believe in thine heart that God hath 
raised him from the dead, thou shalt 
be saved. 

10 For with the heart man believ- 
eth unto righteousness ; and with the 
mouth confession is made unto salva- 
tion. 

11 For the Scripture saith, Whoso- 
ever believeth on him shall not be 
ashamed. 

12 For there is no difference be- 
tween the Jew and the Greek: for 
the same Lord over all is rich unto 
all that call upon him. 

13 For whosoever shall call upon 
the name of the Lord shall be saved. 

14 How then shall they call on him 
in whom they have not believed ? and 
how shall they believe in him of whom 
they have not heard ? and how shall 
they hear without a preacher ? 

15 And how shall they preach, 
except they be sent ? as it is written, 
How beautiful are the feet of them 



that preach the gospel of peace, and 
bring glad tidings of good things ! 

16 But they have not all obeyed 
the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, 
who hath believed our report ? 

17 So then faith cometh by hearing, 
and hearing by the word of God. 

18 But I say, Have they not heard ? 
Yes verily, their sound went into all 
the earth, and their words unto the 
ends of the world. 

19 But I say, Did not Israel know? 
First Moses saith, I will provoke you 
to jealousy by them that are no peo- 
ple, and by a foolish nation I will 
anger you. 

20 But Esaias is very bold, and 
saith, I was found of them that sought 
me not; I was made manifest unto 
them that asked not after me. 

21 But to Israel he saith, All day 
long I have stretched forth my hands 
unto a disobedient and gainsaying 
people. 

CHAPTER XL 

1 God hath not cast oft all Israel. 7 Some were elected, 
though the rest were hardened. 16 There is hope of 
their conversion. 18 The Gentiles may not insult upon 
them: 26 for there is a promise of their salvation. 33 
God's judgments are unsearchable. 

I SAY then, Hath God cast away 
his people ? God forbid. For I 
also am an Israelite, of the seed of 
Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. 

2 God hath not cast away his peo- 
ple which he foreknew. Wot ye not 
what the Scripture saith of Elias ? 
how he maketh intercession to God 
against Israel, saying, 

3 Lord, they have killed thy pro- 
phets, and digged down thine altars ; 
and I am left alone, and they seek 
my life. 

4 But what saith the answer of God 
unto him ? I have reserved to myself 
seven thousand men, who have not 
bowed the knee to the image of Baal. 

5 Even so then at this present 
time also there is a remnant a( 

ing to the election of grace. 

6 And if by grace, then is 
more of works : otherwise gn 
no more grace. But if it be of v 

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The Gentiles may not boast, ROMANS. God 's judgments unsearchable. 



then is it no more grace : otherwise 
work is no more work. 

7 What then? Israel hath not ob- 
tained that which he seeketh for; 
but the election hath obtained it, 
and the rest were blinded 

8 (According as it is written, God 
hath given them the spirit of slum- 
ber, eyes that they should not see, 
and ears that they should not hear;) 
unto this day. 

9 And David saith, Let their table 
be made a snare, and a trap, and a 
stumblingblock, and a recompense 
unto them : 

10 Let their eyes be darkened, that 
they may not see, and bow down their 
back alway. 

Ill say then, Have they stumbled 
that they should fall ? God forbid : 
but rather through their fall salva- 
tion is come unto the Gentiles, for 
to provoke them to jealousy. 

12 Now if the fall of them 'be the 
riches of the world, and the diminish- 
ing of them the riches of the Gentiles ; 
how much more their fulness ? 

13 For I speak to you Gentiles, 
inasmuch as I am the apostle of 
the Gentiles, I magnify mine office : 

14 If by any means I may provoke 
to emulation them which are my flesh, 
and might save some of them. 

15 For if the casting away of them 
be the reconciling of the world, what 
shall the receiving of them be, but life 
from the dead ? 

16 For if the flrstfruit be holy, the 
lump is also holy : and if the root be 
holy, so are the branches. 

17 And if some of the branches be 
broken off, and thou, being a wild 
olive tree, wert graffed in among them, 
and with them partakest of the root 
and fatness of the olive tree ; 

18 Boast not against the branches. 
" ""t if thou boast, thou bearest not 

the loot, but the root thee. 

1 9 Thou wilt say then, The branch- 
^re broken off, that I might be 
(1 in. 

' Well ; because of unbelief they 
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were broken off, and thou standest by 
faith. Be not highminded, but fear : 

21 For if God spared not the na- 
tural branches, take heed lest he also 
spare not thee. 

22 Behold therefore the goodness 
and severity of God : on them which 
fell, severity ; but toward thee, good- 
ness, if thou continue in his goodness : 
otherwise thou also shalt be cut off. 

23 And they also, if they abide not 
still in unbelief, shall be graffed in: for 
God is able to graff them in again. 

24 For if thou wert cut out of the 
olive tree which is wild by nature, 
and wert graffed contrary to nature 
into a good olive tree; how much 
more shall these, which be the natu- 
ral branches, be graffed into their 
own olive tree ? 

25 For I would not, brethren, that 
ye should be ignorant of this mys- 
tery, lest ye should be wise in your 
own conceits, that blindness in part 
is happened to Israel, until the ful- 
ness of the Gentiles be come in. 

26 And so all Israel shall be saved: 
as it is written, There shall come out 
of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn 
away ungodliness from Jacob : 

27 For this is my covenant unto 
them, when I shall take away their 
sins. 

28 As concerning the gospel, they 
are enemies for your sakes : but as 
touching the election, they are be- 
loved for the fathers' sakes. 

29 For the gifts and calling of God 
are without repentance. 

30 For as ye in times past have 
not believed God, yet have now ob- 
tained mercy through their unbelief: 

31 Even so have these also now 
not believed, that through your mer- 
cy they also may obtain mercy. 

32 For God hath concluded them 
all in unbelief, that he might have 
mercy upon all. 

33 O the depth of the riches both 
of the wisdom and knowledge of God! 
how unsearchable are his judgments, 
and his ways past finding out! 



Exho7'tation to holiness. 



ROMANS. 



Subjection to magistrates. 



34 For who hath known the mind 
of the Lord ? or who hath heen his 
counsellor ? 

35 Or who hath first given to him, 
and it shall he recompensed unto him 
again ? 

36 For of him, and through him, 
and to him, are all things : to whom 
be glory for ever. Amen. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 God's mercies must move us to please God. 3 No man 
must think too well of himself, 6 but attend every one 
on that calling wherein he is placed 9 Love, and 
many other duties, are required of us. 19 Revenge is 
specially forbidden. 

I BESEECH you therefore, bre- 
thren, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a living 
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, 
ivhich is your reasonable service. 

2 And be not conformed to this 
world : but be ye transformed by the 
renewing of your mind, that ye may 
prove what is that good, and accept- 
able, and perfect will of God. 

3 For I say, through the grace 
given unto me, to every man that is 
among you, not to think of himself 
more highly than he ought to think ; 
but to think soberly, according as 
God hath dealt to every man the 
measure of faith. 

4 For as we have many members 
in one body, and all members have 
not the same office : 

5 So we, being many, are one body 
in Christ, and every one members one 
of another. 

6 Having then gifts differing ac- 
cording to the grace that is given to 
us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy 
according to the proportion of faith ; 

7 Or ministry, let us wait on our 
ministering ; or he that teacheth, on 
teaching ; 

8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhort- 
ation: he that giveth, let him do it 
with simplicity ; he that ruleth, with 
diligence ; he that sheweth mercy, 
with cheerfulness. 

9 Let love be without dissimulation. 
Abhor that which is evil ; cleave to 
that which is good. 



10 Be kindly affectioned one to 
another with brotherly love ; in hon- 
our preferring one another ; 

11 Not slothful in business ; fervent 
in spirit ; serving the Lord ; 

12 Rejorcing in hope; patient in 
tribulation; continuing instant in 
prayer ; 

13 Distributing to the necessity of 
saints ; given to hospitality. 

14 Bless them which persecute you: 
bless, and curse not. 

15 Rejoice with them that do re- 
joice, and weep with them that weep. 

16 Be of the same mind one toward 
another. Mind not high things, but 
condescend to men of low estate. Be 
not wise in your own conceits. 

17 Recompense to no man evil for 
evil. Provide things honest in the 
sight of all men. 

18 If it be possible, as much as lieth 
in you, live peaceably with all men. 

19 Dearly beloved, avenge not your- 
selves, but rather give place unto 
wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is 
mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

20 Therefore if thine enemy hun- 
ger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him 
drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap 
coals of fire on his head. 

21 Be not overcome of evil, but 
overcome evil with good. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 Subjection, and many other duties, we owe to the mag- 
istrates. 8 Love is the fulfilling of the law. 1 1 
Gluttony and drunkenness, and the tcorks of darkness, 
are out of season in the time of the gospel. 

LET every soul be subject unto the 
higher powers. For there is no 
power but of God : the powers that 
be are ordained of God. 

2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the 
power, resisteth the ordinance of God : 
and they that resist shall receive to 
themselves damnation. 

3 For rulers are not a terror to 
good works, but to the evil. Wilt 
thou then not be afraid of the power? 
do that which is good, and thou shalt 
have praise of the same : 

4 For he is the minister of God to 
thee for good. But if thou do that 

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Love the fulfilling of the law. ROMANS. Against uncharitable judgment. 



which is evil, he afraid ; for he heareth 
not the sword in vain : for he is the 
minister of God, a revenger to execute 
wrath upon him that doeth evil. 

5 Wherefore ye must needs he sub- 
ject, not only for wrath, hut also for 
conscience' sake. 

6 For, for this cause pay ye tribute 
also: for they are God's ministers, 
attending continually upon this very 
thing. 

7 Render therefore to all their dues : 
tribute to whom tribute is due ; cus- 
tom to whom custom ; fear to whom 
fear ; honour to whom honour. 

8 Owe no man any thing, but to 
love one another : for he that loveth 
another hath fulfilled the law. 

9 For this, Thou shalt not commit 
adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou 
shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear 
false witness, Thou shalt not covet ; 
and if there be any other command- 
ment, it is briefly comprehended in 
this saying, namely, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself. 

10 Love worketh no ill to his neigh- 
bour: therefore love is the fulfilling 
of the law. 

11 And that, knowing the time, 
that now it is high time to awake 
out of sleep : for now is our salvation 
nearer than when we believed. 

12 The night is far spent, the day 
is at hand : let us therefore cast off 
the works of darkness, and let us put 
on the armour of light. 

13 Let us walk honestly, as in the 
day ; not in rioting and drunkenness, 
not in chambering and wantonness, 
not in strife and envying : 

14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and make not provision for 
the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof 

CHAPTER XIY. 

3 Men may not contemn nor condemn one the other for 
things indifferent: 13 but take heed that they give no 
offence in them : 1 5 for that the apostle proveth un- 
lawful by many reasons. 

HIM that is weak in the faith re- 
ceive ye, but not to doubtful 
disputations. 

2 For one belie veth that he may 
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eat all things : another, who is weak, 
eateth herbs. 

3 Let not him that eateth despise 
him that eateth not ; and let not him 
which eateth not judge him that eat- 
eth : for God hath received him. 

4 Who art thou that judgest ano- 
ther man's servant ? to his own mas- 
ter he standeth or falleth; yea, he 
shall be holden up : for God is able 
to make him stand. 

5 One man esteemeth one day 
above another: another esteemeth 
every day alike. Let every man be 
fully persuaded in his own mind. 

6 He that regardeth the day, re- 
gardeth it unto the Lord ; and he 
that regardeth not the day, to the 
Lord he doth not regard it. He that 
eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he 
giveth God thanks ; and he that 
eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, 
and giveth God thanks. 

7 For none of us liveth to himself, 
and no man dieth to himself. 

8 For whether we live, we live unto 
the Lord ; and whether we die, we 
die unto the Lord : whether we live 
therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. 

9 For to this end Christ both died, 
and rose, and revived, that he might 
be Lord both of the dead and living. 

10 But why dost thou judge thy 
brother? or why dost thou set at 
nought thy brother ? for we shall all 
stand before the judgment seat of 
Christ. 

11 For it is written, As I live, saith 
the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, 
and every tongue shall confess to God; 

12 So then every one of us shall 
give account of himself to God. 

13 Let us not therefore judge one 
another any more: but judge this 
rather, that no man put a stumbling- 
block or an occasion to fall in his 
brother's way. 

14 I know, and am persuaded by 
the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing 
unclean of^ itself: but to him that 
esteemeth any thing to be unclean, 
to him it is unclean. 



The strong must 



ROMANS. 



bear with the weak. 



15 But if thy brother be grieved 
with thy meat, now walkest thou not 
charitably. Destroy not him with thy 
meat, for whom Christ died. 

16 Let not then your good be evil 
spoken of: 

17 For the kingdom of God is not 
meat and drink; but righteousness, 
and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 

18 For he that in these things serv- 
eth Christ is acceptable to God, and 
approved of men. 

19 Let us therefore follow after the 
things which make for peace, and 
things wherewith one may edify an- 
other. 

20 For meat destroy not the work 
of God. All things indeed are pure ; 
but it is evil for that man who eateth 
with offence. 

21 It is good neither to eat flesh, 
nor to drink wine, nor any thing 
whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is 
offended, or is made weak. 

22 Hast thou faith? have it to thy- 
self before God. Happy is he that 
condemneth not himself in that thing 
which he alloweth. 

23 And he that doubteth is damned 
if he eat, because he eateth not of faith: 
for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. 

CHAPTER XV. 

1 The strong must bear with the weak. 2 We may not 
please ourselves, 3 for Christ did not so, 7 but receive 
one the other, as Christ did us all, 8 both Jews 9 and 
Gentiles. 15 Paul excuseth his writing, 28 and prom- 
iseth to see them, 30 and requesteth their prayers. 

WE then that are strong ought to 
bear the infirmities of the weak, 
and not to please ourselves. 

2 Let every one of us please his 
neighbour for his good to edification. 

3 For even Christ pleased not him- 
self; but, as it is written, The re- 
proaches of them that reproached 
thee fell on me. 

4 For whatsoever things were writ- 
ten aforetime were written for our 
learning, that we through patience 
and comfort of the Scriptures might 
have hope. 

5 Now the God of patience and 
consolation grant you to be like- 



minded one toward another accord- 
ing to Christ Jesus : 

6 That ye may with one mind and 
one mouth glorify God, even the 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

7 Wherefore receive ye one another, 
as Christ also received us, to the glory 
of God. 

8 Now I say that Jesus Christ was a 
minister of the circumcision for the 
truth of God, to confirm the promises 
made unto the fathers : 

9 And that the Gentiles might 
glorify God for his mercy ; as it is 
written, For this cause I will confess 
to thee among the Gentiles, and sing 
unto thy name. 

10 And again he saith, Rejoice, ye 
Gentiles, with his people. 

11 And again, Praise the Lord, all ye 
Gentiles ; and laud him, all ye people. 

12 And again, Esaias saith, There 
shall be a root of Jesse, and he that 
shall rise to reign over the Gentiles ; 
in him shall the Gentiles trust. 

13 Now the God of hope fill you 
with all joy and peace in believing, 
that ye may abound in hope, through 
the power of the Holy Ghost. 

14 And I myself also am persuaded 
of you, my brethren, that ye also are 
full of goodness, filled with all know- 
ledge, able also to admonish one an 
other. 

15 Nevertheless, brethren, I have 
written the more boldly unto you in 
some sort, as putting you in mind, 
because of the grace that is given to 
me of God, 

16 That I should be the minister 
of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, mi- 
nistering the gospel of God, that the 
offering up of the Gentiles might be 
acceptable, being sanctified by the 
Holy Ghost. 

17 I have therefore whereof I may 
glory through Jesus Christ in those 
things which pertain to God. 

18 For I will not dare to speak of 
any of those things which Christ hath 
not wrought by me, to make the Gen- 
tiles obedient, by word and deed, 

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Paul sendeth 



ROMANS. 



divers salutations. 



19 Through mighty signs and won- 
ders, by the power of the Spirit of 
God; so that from Jerusalem, and 
round about unto Illyricum, I have 
fully preached the gospel of Christ. 

20 Yea, so have I strived to preach 
the gospel, not where Christ was nam- 
ed, lest I should build upon another 
man's foundation : 

21 But as it is written, To whom 
he was not spoken of, they shall see : 
and they that have not heard shall 
understand. 

22 For which cause also I have been 
much hindered from coming to you. 

23 But now having no more place in 
these parts, and having a great desire 
these many years to come unto you ; 

24 Whensoever I take my journey 
into Spain, I will come to you : for I 
trust to see you in my journey, and 
to be brought on my way thither- 
ward by you, if first I be somewhat 
filled with your company. 

25 But now I go unto Jerusalem 
to minister unto the saints. 

26 For it hath pleased them of 
Macedonia and Achaia to make a 
certain contribution for the poor saints 
which are at Jerusalem. 

27 It hath pleased them verily; 
and their debtors they are. For if 
the Gentiles have been made par- 
takers of their spiritual things, their 
duty is also to minister unto them 
in carnal things. 

28 When therefore I have perform- 
ed this, and have sealed to them this 
fruit, I will come by you into Spain. 

29 And I am sure that, when I come 
unto you, I shall come in the fulness 
of the blessing of the gospel of Christ. 

30 Now I beseech you, brethren, for 
the Lord Jesus Christ's sake, and for 
the love of the Spirit, that ye strive 
together with me in your prayers to 
God for me; 

31 That I may be delivered from 
them that do not believe in Judea; and 
that my service which I have for Jeru- 
salem may be accepted of the saints ; 

32 That I may come unto you with 

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joy by the will of God, and may with 
you be refreshed. 

33 Now the God of peace be with 
you all. Amen. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

3 Paul willeth the brethren to greet many, Vl and ad- 
viseth them to take heed of those which cause dissetision 
and offences, 21 and after sundry salutations endeth 
with praise and thanks to God. 

I COMMEND unto you Phebe our 
sister, which is a servant of the 
church which is at Cenchrea : 

2 That ye receive her in the Lord, 
as becometh saints, and that ye assist 
her in whatsoever business she hath 
need of you : for she hath been a suc- 
courer of many, and of myself also. 

3 Greet Priscilla and Aquila, my 
helpers in Christ Jesus : 

4 Who have for my life laid down 
their own necks : unto whom not 
only I give thanks, but also all the 
churches of the Gentiles. 

5 Likewise greet the church that 
is in their house % Salute my well 
beloved Epenetus, who is the first- 
fruits of Achaia unto Christ. 

6 Greet Mary, who bestowed much 
labour on us. 

7 Salute Andronicus and Junia, my 
kinsmen, and my fellow prisoners, 
who are of note among the apostles, 
who also were in Christ before me. 

8 Greet Amplias, my beloved in 
the Lord. 

9 Salute Urbane, our helper in 
Christ, and Stachys my beloved. 

10 Salute Apelles approved in 
Christ. Salute them which are of 
Aristobulus' household. 

11 Salute Herodion my kinsman. 
Greet them that be of the household 
of Narcissus, which are in the Lord. 

12 Salute Tryphena and Tryphosa, 
who labour in the Lord. Salute the 
beloved Persis, which laboured much 
in the Lord. 

13 Salute Rufus chosen in the 
Lord, and his mother and mine. 

14 Salute Asyncritus, Phlegon, 
Hermas, Patrobas, Hermes, and the 
brethren which are with them. 



Paul's salutation 



I. CORINTHIANS. 



and thanksgiving. 



15 Salute Philologus, and Julia, 
Nereus, and his sister, and Olympas, 
and all the saints which are with them. 

16 Salute one another with a holy 
kiss. The churches of Christ salute 
you. 

17 Now I heseech you, brethren, 
mark them which cause divisions 
and offences contrary to the doctrine 
which ye have learned; and avoid 
them. 

18 For they that are such serve 
not our Lord Jesus Christ, hut their 
awn belly ; and by good words and 
fair speeches deceive the hearts of 
the simple. 

19 For your obedience is come 
abroad unto all men. I am glad there- 
fore on your behalf: but yet I would 
have you wise unto that which is good, 
and simple concerning evil. 

20 And the God of peace shall 
bruise Satan under your feet shortly. 
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ 
be with you. Amen. 

21 Timotheus my workfellow, and 



Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my 
kinsmen, salute you. 

22 I Tertius, who wrote this epistle, 
salute you in the Lord. 

23 Gaius mine host, and of the 
whole church, saluteth you. Erastus 
the chamberlain of the city saluteth 
you, and Quartus a brother. 

24 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you all. Amen. 

25 Now to him that is of power to 
stablish you according to my gospel, 
and the preaching of Jesus Christ, 
according to the revelation of the 
mystery, which was kept secret since 
the world began, 

26 But now is made manifest, and 
by the Scriptures of the prophets, ac- 
cording to the commandment of the 
everlasting God, made known to all 
nations for the obedience of faith : 

27 To God only wise, be glory 
through Jesus Christ for ever. Amen. 

•J Written to the Romans from Corinthus, and 
sent by Phebe servant of the church at Cen- 
chrea. 



THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 



TO THE 



CORINTHIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 

After his salutation and thanksgiving, 10 he exhorteth 
them to unity, and 12 reproveth their dissensions. 18 
God destroy eth the toisdom of the wise, 21 by the fool- 
ishness of preaching, and 26 calleth not the wise, 
mighty, and noble, but 27, 28 the foolish, weak, and 
men of no account. 

PAUL, called to be an apostle of 
Jesus Christ through the will of 
/ God, and Sosthenes our brother, 

2 Unto the church of God which 
is at Corinth, to them that are sanc- 
tified in Christ Jesus, called to be 
saints, with all that in every place 
call upon the name of Jesus Christ 
our Lord, both theirs and ours : 

3 Grace be unto you, and peace, 



from God our Father, and from the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

4 I thank my God always on your 
behalf, for the grace of God which is 
given you by Jesus Christ ; 

5 That in every thing ye are en- 
riched by him, in all utterance, and 
in all knowledge ; 

6 Even as the testimony of Christ 
was confirmed in you : 

7 So that ye come behind in no 
gift; waiting for the coming of our 
Lord Jesus Christ: 

8 Who shall also confirm you unto 
the end, that ye may be blameless in 
the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

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God destroyeth the 



I. CORINTHIANS. 



wisdom of the wise. 



9 God is faithful, by whom ye were 
called unto the fellowship of his Son 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 

10 Now I beseech you, brethren, 
by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that ye all speak the same thing, and 
that there be no divisions among you; 
but that ye be perfectly joined toge- 
ther in the same mind and in the 
same judgment. 

11 For it hath been declared unto 
me of you, my brethren, by them 
ivhich are of the house of Chloe, that 
there are contentions among you. 

12 Now this I say, that every one 
of you saith, I am of Paul ; and I of 
Apollos; and I of Cephas; and I of 
Christ. 

13 Is Christ divided ? was Paul 
crucified for you ? or were ye baptiz- 
ed in the name of Paul ? 

14 I thank God that I baptized 
none of you, but Crispus and Gaius ; 

15 Lest any should say that I had 
baptized in mine own name. 

16 And I baptized also the house- 
hold of Stephanas : besides, I know 
not whether I baptized any other. 

17 For Christ sent me not to bap- 
tize, but to preach the gospel : not 
with wisdom of words, lest the cross of 
Christ should be made of none effect. 

18 For the preaching of the cross 
is to them that perish, foolishness ; 
but unto us which are saved, it is the 
power of God. 

19 For it is written, I will destroy 
the wisdom of the wise, and will bring 
to nothing the understanding of the 
prudent. 

20 Where is the wise ? where is the 
scribe ? where is the disputer of this 
world ? hath not God made foolish 
the wisdom of this world ? 

21 For after that in the wisdom of 
God the world by wisdom knew not 
God, it pleased God by the foolish- 
ness of preaching to save them that 
believe. 

22 For the Jews require a sign, and 
the Greeks seek after wisdom : 

23 But we preach Christ crucified, 

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unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and 
unto the Greeks foolishness ; 

24 But unto them which are called, 
both Jews and Greeks, Christ the 
power of God, and the wisdom of 
God. 

25 Because the foolishness of God 
is wiser than men ; and the weakness 
of God is stronger than men. 

26 For ye see your calling, bre- 
thren, how that not many wise men 
after the flesh, not many mighty, not 
many noble, are called: 

27 But God hath chosen the foolish 
things of the world to confound the 
wise ; and God hath chosen the weak 
things of the world to confound the 
things which are mighty ; 

28 And base things of the world, 
and things which are despised, hath 
God chosen, yea, and things which 
are not, to bring to nought things 
that are : 

29 That no flesh should glory in his 
presence. 

30 But of him are ye in Christ 
Jesus, who of God is made unto us 
wisdom, and righteousness, and sanc- 
tification, and redemption: 

31 That, according as it is written, 
He that glorieth, let him glory in the 
Lord. 

CHAPTER II. 

He declareth that his preaching, 1 though it bring not 
excellency of speech, or of 4 human wisdom : yet con- 
sistent in the 4, 5 power of God: and so far excelleth 
6 the wisdom of this world, and 9 human sense, as that 
14 the natural man cannot understand it. 

AND I, brethren, when I came to 
. you, came not with excellency 
of speech or of wisdom, declaring un- 
to you the testimony of God. 

2 For I determined not to know 
any thing among you, save Jesus 
Christ, and him crucified. 

3 And I was with you in weak- 
ness, and in fear, and in much trem- 
bling. 

4 And my speech and my preach- 
ing was not with enticing words of 
man's wisdom, but in demonstration 
of the Spirit and of power : 

5 That your faith should not stand 



Of PauVs preaching. I. CORINTHIANS. Christ the only foundation. 



in the wisdom of men, but in the 
power of God. 

6 Howbeitwe speak wisdom among 
them that are perfect: yet not the 
wisdom of this world, nor of the 
princes of this world, that come to 
nought : 

7 But we speak the wisdom of God 
in a mystery, even the hidden wis- 
dom, which God ordained before the 
world unto our glory ; 

8 Which none of the princes of this 
world knew: for had they known it, 
they would not have crucified the 
Lord of glory. 

9 But as it is written, Eye hath 
not seen, nor ear heard, neither have 
entered into the heart of man, the 
things which God hath prepared for 
them that love him. 

10 But God hath revealed them 
unto us by his Spirit : for the Spirit 
searcheth all things, yea, the deep 
things of God. 

11 For what man knoweth the 
things of a man, save the spirit of 
man which is in him? even so the 
things of God knoweth no man, but 
the Spirit of God. 

12 Now we have received, not the 
spirit of the world, but the Spirit which 
is of God ; that we might know the 
things that are freely given to us of 
God. 

13 Which things also we speak, 
not in the words which man's wis- 
dom teacheth, but which the Holy 
Ghost teacheth; comparing spiritual 
things with spiritual. 

14 But the natural man receiveth 
not the things of the Spirit of 
God: for they are foolishness unto 
him : neither can he know them, 
because they are spiritually dis- 
cerned. 

15 But he that is spiritual judgeth 
all things, yet he himself is judged of 
no man. 

16 For who hath known the mind 
of the Lord, that he may instruct 
him? But we have the mind of 
Christ. 

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CHAPTEE III. 

2 Milk is Jit for children. 3 Strife and division, argu- 
ments of a fleshly mind. 1 He that planteth, and he 
that watereth, is nothing. 9 The ministers are God } s 
fellow workmen. 11 Christ the only foundation. 16 
Men the temples of God, which 17 must be kept holy. 
19 The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. 

AND I, brethren, could not speak 
. unto you as unto spiritual, but 
as unto carnal, even as unto babes in 
Christ. 

2 I have fed you with milk, and 
not with meat : for hitherto ye were 
not able to bear it, neither yet now 
are ye able. 

3 For ye are yet carnal : for whereas 
there is among you envying, and 
strife, and divisions, are ye not car- 
nal, and walk as men ? 

4 For while one saith, I am of Paul ; 
and another, I am of Apollos ; are ye 
not carnal ? 

5 Who then is Paul, and who is 
Apollos, but ministers by whom ye 
believed, even as the Lord gave to 
every man? 

6 I have planted, Apollos watered ; 
but God gave the increase. 

7 So then neither is he that planteth 
any thing, neither he that watereth ; 
but God that giveth the increase. 

8 Now he that planteth and he 
that watereth are one : and every 
man shall receive his own reward 
according to his own labour. 

9 For we are labourers together 
with God: ye are God's husbandry, 
ye are God's building. 

10 According to the grace of God 
which is given unto me, as a wise 
masterbuilder, I have laid the founda- 
tion, and another buildeth thereon. 
But let every man take heed how he 
buildeth thereupon. 

11 For other foundation can no 
man lay than that is laid, which is 
Jesus Christ. 

12 Now if any man build upon 
this foundation gold, silver, precious 
stones, wood, hay, stubble ; 

13 Every man's work shall be made 
manifest : for the day shall declare 
it, because it shall be revealed by 

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Christians are God's temple. I. CORINTHIANS. Sufferings of the apostles. 



fire ; and the fire shall try every 
man's work of what sort it is. 

14 If any man's work abide which 
he hath built thereupon, he shall re- 
ceive a reward. 

15 If any man's work shall be burn- 
ed, he shall suffer loss : but he him- 
self shall be saved ; yet so as by fire. 

16 Know ye not that ye are the 
temple of God, and that the Spirit 
of God dwelleth in you ? 

17 If any man defile the temple of 
God, him shall God destroy ; for the 
temple of God is holy, which temple 
ye are. 

18 Let no man deceive himself. If 
any man among you seemeth to be 
wise in this world, let him become 
a fool, that he may be wise. 

19 For the wisdom of this world 
is foolishness with God: for it is 
written, He taketh the wise in their 
own craftiness. 

20 And again, The Lord knoweth 
the thoughts of the wise, that they 
are vain. 

21 Therefore let no man glory in 
men : for all things are yours ; 

22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or 
Cephas, or the world, or life, or death, 
or things present, or things to come ; 
all are yours ; 

23 And ye are Christ's; and Christ 
is God's. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 In what account the ministers ought to be had. 7 We 
have nothing which we have not received. 9 The apos- 
tles spectacles to the world, angels, and men, 13 the 
filth and off scouring of the world: 15 yet our fathers 
in Christ, 16 whom we ought to follow. 

LET a man so account of us, as 
of the ministers of Christ, and 
stewards of the mysteries of God. 

2 Moreover it is required in stew- 
ards, that a man be found faithful. 

3 But with me it is a very small 
thing that I should be judged of you, 
or of man's judgment: yea, I judge 
not mine own self. 

4 For I know nothing by myself; 
yet am I not hereby j ustified : but 
he that judgeth me is the Lord. 

5 Therefore judge nothing before 

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the time, until the Lord come, who 
both will bring to light the hidden 
things of darkness, and will make 
manifest the counsels of the hearts : 
and then shall every man have praise 
of God. 

6 And these things, brethren, I 
have in a figure transferred to my- 
self and to Apollos for your sakes ; 
that ye might learn in us not to think 
of men above that which is written, 
that no one of you be puffed up for 
one against another. 

7 For who maketh thee to differ 
from another? and what hast thou 
that thou didst not receive ? now if 
thou didst receive it, why dost thou 
glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 

8 Now ye are full, now ye are rich, 
ye have reigned as kings without us : 
and I would to God ye did reign, that 
we also might reign with you. 

9 For I think that God hath set 
forth us the apostles last, as it were 
appointed to death : for we are made 
a spectacle unto the world, and to 
angels, and to men. 

10 We are fools for Christ's sake, 
but ye are wise in Christ; we are 
weak, but ye are strong ; ye are ho- 
nourable, but we are despised. 

11 Even unto this present hour 
we both hunger, and thirst, and are 
naked, and are buffeted, and have no 
certain dwellingplace ; 

12 And labour, working with our 
own hands : being reviled, we bless ; 
being persecuted, we suffer it : 

13 Being defamed, we entreat : we 
are made as the filth of the world, 
and are the offscouring of all things 
unto this day. 

14 I write not these things to shame 
you, but as my beloved sons I warn 
you. 

15 For though ye have ten thou- 
sand instructors in Christ, yet have 
ye not many fathers : for in Christ 
Jesus I have begotten you through 
the gospel. 

16 Wherefore I beseech you, be ye 
followers of me. 



Incest reproved. 



I. CORINTHIANS. Against going to law. 



17 For this cause have I sent unto 
you Timotheus, who is my beloved 
son, and faithful in the Lord, who 
shall bring you into remembrance 
of my ways which be in Christ, as I 
teach every where in every church. 

18 Now some are puffed up, as 
though I would not come to you. 

19 But I will come to you shortly, 
if the Lord will, and will know, not 
the speech of them which are puffed 
up, but the power. 

20 For the kingdom of God is not 
in word, but in power. 

21 What will ye? shall I come 
unto you with a rod, or in love, and 
in the spirit of meekness ? 

CHAP TEE Y. 

1 The incestuous person 6 is cause rather of shame unto 
them, than of rejoicing. 7 The old leaven is to be 
purged out. 10 Heinous offenders are to be shunned 
and avoided. 

IT is reported commonly that there 
is fornication among you, and 
such fornication as is not so much 
as named among the Gentiles, that 
one should have his father's wife. 

2 And ye are puffed up, and have 
not rather mourned, that he that 
hath done this deed might be taken 
away from among you. 

3 For I verily, as absent in body, 
but present in spirit, have judged 
already, as though I were present, 
concerning him that hath so done 
this deed, 

4 In the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, when ye are gathered toge- 
ther, and my spirit, with the power 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, 

5 To deliver such a one unto Satan 
for the destruction of the flesh, that 
the spirit may be saved in the day 
of the Lord Jesus. 

6 Your glorying is not good. Know 
ye not that a little leaven leaveneth 
the whole lump ? 

7 Purge out therefore the old 
leaven, that ye may be a new lump, 
as ye are unleavened. For even Christ 
our passover is sacrificed for us : 

8 Therefore let us keep the feast, 
not with old leaven, neither with 



the leaven of malice and wicked- 
ness ; but with the unleavened bread 
of sincerity and truth. 

9 I wrote unto you in an epistle 
not to company with fornicators : 

10 Yet not altogether with the 
fornicators of this world, or with 
the covetous, or extortioners, or with 
idolaters; for then must ye needs 
go out of the world. 

11 But now I have written unto 
you not to keep company, if any 
man that is called a brother be a 
fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, 
or a railer, or a drunkard, or an ex- 
tortioner; with such a one no not 
to eat. 

12 For what have I to do to judge 
them also that are without? do not 
ye judge them that are within ? 

13 But them that are without God 
judgeth. Therefore put away from 
among yourselves that wicked per- 
son. 

CHAPTEE YI. 

1 The Corinthians must not vex their brethren, in going 
to law with them: 6 especially tender infidels. 9 The 
unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God. 15 
Our bodies are the members of Christ, 19 and temples 
of the Holy Ghost. 16, 17 They must not therefore be 
defiled. 

DARE any of you, having a 
matter against another, go to 
law before the unjust, and not before 
the saints ? 

2 Do ye not know that the saints 
shall judge the world ? and if the 
world shall be judged by you, are 
ye unworthy to judge the smallest 
matters ? 

3 Know ye not that we shall judge 
angels ? how much more things that 
pertain to this life ? 

4 If then ye have judgments of 
things pertaining to this life, set them 
to judge who are least esteemed in 
the church. 

5 I speak to your shame. Is it so, 
that there is not a wise man among 
you ? no, not one that shall be able 
to judge between his brethren ? 

6 But brother goeth to law with 
brother, and that before the unbe- 
lievers. 

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Against fornication. 



I. CORINTHIANS. Duties of the married state. 



7 Now therefore there is utterly a 
fault among you, because ye go to 
law one with another. Why do ye not 
rather take wrong ? Why do ye not 
rather suffer yourselves to be defraud- 
ed? 

8 Nay, ye do wrong, and defraud, 
and that your brethren. 

9 Know ye not that the unrighteous 
shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? 
Be not deceived : neither fornicators, 
nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effe- 
minate, nor abusers of themselves 
with mankind, 

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor 
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extor- 
tioners, shall inherit the kingdom of 
God. 

1 1 And such were some of you : 
but ye are washed, but ye are sancti- 
fied, but ye are justified in the name 
of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit 
of our God. 

12 All things are lawful unto me, 
but all things are not expedient : all 
things are lawful for me, but I will 
not be brought under the power of 
any. 

13 Meats for the belly, and the 
belly for meats: but God shall de- 
stroy both it and them. Now the 
body is not for fornication, but for the 
Lord ; and the Lord for the body. 

14 And God hath both raised up the 
Lord, and will also raise up us by his 
own power. 

15 Know ye not that your bodies 
are the members of Christ? shall I 
then take the members of Christ, and 
make them the members of a harlot? 
God forbid. 

16 What! know ye not that he 
which is joined to a harlot is one 
body ? for two, saith he, shall be one 
flesh. 

17 But he that is joined unto the 
Lord is one spirit. 

18 Flee fornication. Every sin that 
a man doeth is without the body; 
but he that committeth fornication 
sinneth against his own body. 

19 What! know ye not that your 

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body is the temple of the Holy Ghost 
ivhich is in you, which ye have of 
God, and ye are not your own ? 

20 For ye are bought with a price : 
therefore glorify God in your body, 
and in your spirit, which are God's. 

CHAPTEE VII. 

2 He treatelh of marriage, 4 shewing it to be a remedy 
against fornication : 10 and that the bondthereof ought 
not lightly to be dissolved. 18, 20 Every man must be 
content with his vocation. 25 Virginity wherefore to 
be embraced. 35 And for what respects we may either 
marry, or abstain from marrying. 

1VTOW concerning the things where- 
JL i of ye wrote unto me : It is good 
for a man not to touch a woman. 

2 Nevertheless, to avoid fornication, 
let every man have his own wife, and 
let every woman have her own hus- 
band. 

3 Let the husband render unto the 
wife due benevolence: and likewise 
also the wife unto the husband. 

4 The wife hath not power of her 
own body, but the husband : and 
likewise also the husband hath not 
power of his own body, but the wife. 

5 Defraud ye not one the other, 
except it be with consent for a time, 
that ye may give yourselves to fast- 
ing and prayer ; and come together 
again, that Satan tempt you not for 
your incontinency. 

6 But I speak this by permission, 
and not of commandment. 

7 For I would that all men were 
even as I myself. But every man hath 
his proper gift of God, one after this 
manner, and another after that. 

8 I say therefore to the unmarried 
and widows, It is good for them if 
they abide even as I. 

9 But if they cannot contain, let 
them marry : for it is better to marry 
than to burn. 

10 And unto the married I com- 
mand, yet not I, but the Lord, Let not 
the wife depart from her husband: 

11 But and if she depart, let her 
remain unmarried, or be reconciled 
to her husband : and let not the hus- 
band put away his wife. 

12 But to the rest speak I, not 



Directions concerning I. CORINTHIANS. the marriage of virgins. 



the Lord : If any brother hath a wife 
that believeth not, and she he pleased 
to dwell with him, let him not put 
her away. 

13 And the woman which hath a 
husband that believeth not, and if he 
be pleased to dwell with her, let her 
not leave him. 

14 For the unbelieving husband is 
sanctified by the wife, and the un- 
believing wife is sanctified by the 
husband: else were your children 
unclean ; but now are they holy. 

15 But if the unbelieving depart, 
let him depart. A brother or a sister 
is not under bondage in such cases : 
but God hath called us to peace. 

16 For what knowest thou, O wife, 
whether thou shalt save thy husband ? 
or how knowest thou, O man, whe- 
ther thou shalt save thy wife ? 

17 But as God harth distributed 
to every man, as the Lord hath call- 
ed every one, so let him walk. And 
so' ordain I in all churches. 

18 Is any man called being cir- 
cumcised ? let him not become un- 
circumcised. Is any called in un- 
circumcision ? let him not be cir- 
cumcised. 

19 Circumcision is nothing, and 
uncircumcision is nothing, but the 
keeping of the commandments of 
God. 

20 Let every man abide in • the 
same calling wherein he was called. 

21 Art thou called being a serv- 
ant ? care not for it : but if thou 
mayest be made free, use it rather. 

22 For he that is called in the 
Lord, being a servant, is the Lord's 
freeman : likewise also he that is 
called, being free, is Christ's servant. 

23 Ye are bought with a price ; 
be not ye the servants of men. 

24 Brethren, let every man, wherein 
he is called, therein abide with God. 

25 Now concerning virgins I have 
no commandment of the Lord : yet 
I give my judgment, as one that 
hath obtained mercy of the Lord to 
be faithful. 



26 I suppose therefore that this is 
good for the present distress, I say, 
that it is good for a man so to be. 

27 Art thou bound unto a wife? 
seek not to be loosed. Art thou 
loosed from a wife? seek not a wife. 

28 But and if thou marry, thou 
hast not sinned; and if a virgin 
marry, she hath not sinned. Never- 
theless such shall have trouble in 
the flesh: but I spare you. 

29 But this I say, brethren, the 
time is short : it remaineth, that both 
they that have wives be as though 
they had none ; 

30 And they that weep, as though 
they wept not; and they that rejoice, 
as though they rejoiced not ; and 
they that buy, as though they pos- 
sessed not ; 

31 And they that use this world, 
as not abusing it : for the fashion of 
this world passeth away. 

32 But I would have you without 
carefulness. He that is unmarried 
careth for the things that belong to the 
Lord, how he may please the Lord : 

33 But he that is married careth 
for the things that are of the world, 
how he may please his wife. 

34 There is difference also be- 
tween a wife and a virgin. The 
unmarried woman careth for the 
things of the Lord, that she may be 
holy both in body and in spirit : but 
she that is married careth for the 
things of the world, how she may 
please her husband. 

35 And this I speak for your own 
profit ; not that I may cast a snare 
upon you, but for that which is 
comely, and that ye may attend 
upon the Lord without distraction. 

36 But if any man think that he 
behaveth himself uncomely toward 
his virgin, if she pass the flower of 
her age, and need so require, let him 
do what he will, he sinneth not : let 
them marry. 

37 Nevertheless he that standeth 
steadfast in his heart, having no ne- 
cessity, but hath power over his own 

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Of meats offered to idols. I. CORINTHIANS. Paul's Christian liberty. 



will, and hath so decreed in his heart 
that he will keep his virgin, doeth 
well. 

38 So then he that giveth her in 
marriage doeth well; hut he that 
giveth her not in marriage doeth 
better. 

39 The wife is bound by the law 
as long as her husband liveth ; but 
if her husband be dead, she is at 
liberty to be married to whom she 
will ; only in the Lord. 

40 But she is happier if she so abide, 
after my judgment : and I think also 
that I have the Spirit of God. 

CHAPTEK YIIL 

1 To abstain from meats offered to idols. 8, 9 We must 
not abuse our Christian liberty, to the offence of our 
brethren : 1 1 but must bridle our knowledge with charity. 

NOW as touching things offered 
unto idols, we know that we 
all have knowledge. Knowledge puff- 
eth up, but charity edifieth. 

2 And if any man think that he 
knoweth any thing, he knoweth no- 
thing yet as he ought to know. 

3 But if any man love God, the 
same is known of him. 

4 As concerning therefore the eat- 
ing of those things that are offered 
in sacrifice unto idols, we know that 
an idol is nothing in the world, and 
that there is none other God but one. 

5 For though there be that are 
called gods, whether in heaven or in 
earth, (as there be gods many, and 
lords many,) 

6 But to us there is but one God, 
the Father, of whom are all things, 
and we in him ; and one Lord Jesus 
Christ, by whom are all things, and 
we by him. 

7 Howbeit there is not in every man 
that knowledge : for some with con- 
science of the idol unto this hour eat 
it as a thing offered unto an idol ; and 
their conscience being weak is defiled. 

8 But meat commendeth us not to 
God : for neither, if we eat, are we 
the better ; neither, if we eat not, 
are we the worse. 

9 But take heed lest by any means 

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this liberty of yours become a stum- 
blingblock to them that are weak. 

10 For if any man see thee which 
hast knowledge sit at meat in the 
idol's temple, shall not the con- 
science of him which is weak be 
emboldened to eat those things which 
are offered to idols ; 

11 And through thy knowledge 
shall the weak brother perish, for 
whom Christ died ? 

12 But when ye sin so against the 
brethren, and wound their weak con- 
science, ye sin against Christ. 

13 Wherefore, if meat make my 
brother to offend, I will eat no flesh 
while the world standeth, lest I make 
my brother to offend. 

CHAPTEK IX. 

1 He sheweth Ms liberty, 7 and that the minister ought 
to live by the gospel: 15 yet that himself hath of his 
own accord abstained, 18 to be either chargeable unto 
them, 22 or offensive unto any, in matters indifferent. 
24 Our life is like unto a race. 

AM I not an apostle? am I not 
_ free ? have I not seen Jesus 
Christ our Lord? are not ye my 
work in the Lord ? 

2 If I be not an apostle unto others, 
yet doubtless I am to you: for the 
seal of mine apostleship are ye iii 
the Lord. 

3 Mine answer to them that do 
examine me is this : 

4 Have we not power to eat and 
to drink ? 

5 Have we not power to lead about 
a sister, a wife, as well as other 
apostles, and as the brethren of the 
Lord, and Cephas ? 

6 Or I only and Barnabas, have 
not we power to forbear working ? 

7 Who goeth a warfare any time 
at his own charges ? who planteth a 
vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit 
thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and 
eateth not of the milk of the flock ? 

8 Say I these things as a man ? or 
saith not the law the same also ? 

9 For it is written in the law ol 
Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the 
mouth of the ox that treadeth out the 
corn. Doth God take care for oxen? 



PauVs selfdenial 



I. CORINTHIANS. 



for the gospel. 



10 Or saith he it altogether for our 
sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this 
is written: that he that plougheth 
should plough in hope ; and that he 
that thresheth in hope should he par- 
taker of his hope. 

11 If we have sown unto you spi- 
ritual things, is it a great thing if we 
shall reap your carnal things ? 

12 If others he partakers of this 
power over you, are not we rather ? 
Nevertheless we have not used this 
power ; hut suffer all things, lest we 
should hinder the gospel of Christ. 

13 Do ye not know that they which 
minister about holy things live of the 
things of the temple ? and they which 
wait at the altar are partakers with 
the altar ? 

14 Even so hath the Lord ordained 
that they which preach the gospel 
should live of the gospel. 

15 But I have used none of these 
things : neither have I written these 
things, that it should he so done unto 
me : for it were hetter for me to die, 
than that any man should make my 
glorying void. 

16 For though I preach the gospel, 
I have nothing to glory of: for ne- 
cessity is laid upon me ; yea, woe is 
unto me, if I preach not the gospel ! 

17 For if I do this thing willingly, 
I have a reward : hut if against my 
will, a dispensation of the gospel is 
committed unto me. 

18 What is my reward then ? Verily 
that, when I preach the gospel, I may 
make the gospel of Christ without 
charge, that I ahuse not my power in 
the gospel. 

19 For though I he free from all 
men, yet have I made myself servant 
unto all, that I might gain the more. 

20 And unto the Jews I became as 
a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; 
to them that are under the law, as 
under the law, that I might gain them 
that are under the law ; 

21 To them that are without law, 
as without law, (being not without 
law to God, but under the law to 



Christ,) that I might gain them that 
are without law. 

22 To the weak became I as weak, 
that I might gain the weak: I am 
made all things to all men, that I 
might by all means save some. 

23 And this I do for the gospel's 
sake, that I might be partaker there- 
of with you. 

24 Know ye not that they which 
run in a race run all, but one receiv- 
eth the prize ? So run, that ye may 
obtain. 

25 And every man that striveth 
for the mastery is temperate in all 
things. Now they do it to obtain a 
corruptible crown ; but we an incor- 
ruptible. 

26 I therefore so run, not as uncer- 
tainly ; so fight I, not as one that 
beateth the air : 

27 But I keep under my body, and 
bring it into subjection : lest that by 
any means, when I have preached to 
others, I myself should be a cast- 
away. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 The sacraments of the Jews 6 are types of ours, *1 and 
their punishments, 11 examples for us. 14 We must 
fly from idolatry. 21 We must not make the Lord's 
table the table of devils: 24 and in things indifferent 
we must have regard of our brethren. 

MOREOVER, brethren, I would 
not that ye should be ignorant, 
how that all our fathers were under 
the cloud, and all passed through the 
sea; 

2 And were all baptized unto Mo- 
ses in the cloud and in the sea ; 

3 And did all eat the same spirit- 
ual meat; 

4 And did all drink the same spi- 
ritual drink ; for they drank of that 
spiritual Rock that followed them: 
and that Rock was Christ. 

5 But with many of them God was 
not well pleased : for they were over- 
thrown in the wilderness. 

6 Now these things were our exam- 
ples, to the intent we should not lust 
after evil things, as they also lusted. 

7 Neither be ye idolaters, as were 
some of them ; as it is written, The 

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people sat down to eat and drink, 
and rose up to play. 

8 Neither let us commit fornication, 
as some of them committed, and fell 
in one day three and twenty thou- 
sand. 

9 Neither let us tempt Christ, as 
some of them also tempted, and were 
destroyed of serpents. 

10 Neither murmur ye, as some of 
them also murmured, and were de- 
stroyed of the destroyer. 

11 Now all these things happened 
unto them for ensamples : and they 
are written for our admonition, upon 
whom the ends of the world are come. 

12 Wherefore let him that thinketh 
he standeth take heed lest he fall. 

13 There hath no temptation taken 
you hut such as is common to man : 
but God is faithful, who will not suf- 
fer you to he tempted above that ye 
are able ; but will with the tempta- 
tion also make a way to escape, that 
ye may be able to bear it. 

14 Wherefore, my dearly beloved, 
flee from idolatry. 

15 I speak as to wise men ; judge 
ye what I say. 

16 The cup of blessing which we 
bless, is it not the communion of the 
blood of Christ? The bread which 
we break, is it not the communion 
of the body of Christ? 

17 For we being many are one 
bread, and one body : for we are all 
partakers of that one bread. 

18 Behold Israel after the flesh : 
are not they which eat of the sacri- 
fices partakers of the altar ? 

19 What say I then ? that the idol 
is any thing, or that which is offered 
in sacrifice to idols is any thing ? 

20 But I say, that the things which 
the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice 
to devils, and not to God : and I 
would not that ye should have fel- 
lowship with devils. 

21 Ye cannot drink the cup of the 
Lord, and the cup of devils : ye can- 
not be partakers of the Lord's table, 
and of the table of devils. 

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22 Do we provoke the Lord to jea- 
lousy ? are we stronger than he ? 

23 All things are lawful for me, 
but all things are not expedient : all 
things are lawful for me, but all 
things edify not. 

24 Let no man seek his own, but 
every man another's wealth. 

25 Whatsoever is sold in the sham- 
bles, that eat, asking no question for 
conscience' sake : 

26 For the earth is the Lord's, and 
the fulness thereof. 

27 If any of them that believe not 
bid you to a feast, and ye be dis- 
posed to go ; whatsoever is set before 
you, eat, asking no question for con- 
science' sake. 

28 But if any man say unto you, 
This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, 
eat not for his sake that shewed it, 
and for conscience' sake : for the earth 
is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof: 

29 Conscience, I say, not thine 
own, but of the other : for why is my 
liberty judged of another man's con- 
science ? 

30 For if I by grace be a partaker, 
why am I evil spoken of for that foi 
which I give thanks ? 

31 Whether therefore ye eat, oi 
drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to 
the glory of God. 

32 Give none offence, neither to 
the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to 
the church of God : 

33 Even as I please all men in all 
things, not seeking mine own profit, 
but the profit of many, that they 
may be saved. 

CHAPTEE XL 

1 He reproveth them, because in holy assemblies 4 their 
men prayed with their heads covered, and 6 women 
with their heads uncovered, 1*7 and because generally 
their meetings were not for the better but for theioorse, 
as 21 namely in profaning with their own feasts the 
Lord's supper. 23 Lastly, he calleth them to the first 
institution thereof. 

BE ye followers of me, even as I 
also am of Christ. 
2 Now I praise you, brethren, that 
ye remember me in all things, and 
keep the ordinances, as I delivered 
them to you. 



Rules for divine worship. I, CORINTHIANS. Of the Lord's supper. 



3 But I would have you know, that 
the head of every man is Christ; 
and the head of the woman is the 
man ; and the head of Christ is God. 

4 Every man praying or prophesy- 
ing, having his head covered, disho- 
noured his head. 

5 But every woman that prayeth 
or prophesieth with her head unco- 
vered dishonoureth her head : for that 
is even all one as if she were shaven. 

6 For if the woman he not covered, 
let her also he shorn : hut if it he a 
shame for a woman to he shorn or 
shaven, let her he covered. 

7 For a man indeed ought not to 
cover his head, forasmuch as he is 
the image and glory of God: hut 
the woman is the glory of the man. 

8 For the man is not of the woman ; 
hut the woman of the man. 

9 Neither was the man created for the 
woman ; hut the woman for the man. 

10 For this cause ought the woman 
to have power on her hefld because 
of the angels. 

11 Nevertheless neither is the man 
without the woman, neither the wo- 
man without the man, in the Lord. 

12 For as the woman is of the man, 
even so is the man also by the wo- 
man ; hut all things of God. 

13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely 
that a woman pray unto God unco- 
vered ? 

14 Doth not even nature itself 
teach you, that, if a man have long 
hair, it is a shame unto him ? 

15 But if a woman have long hair, 
it is a glory to her : for her hair is 
given her for a covering. 

' 16 But if any man seem to be con- 
tentious, we have no such custom, 
neither the churches of God. 

17 Now in this that I declare unto 
you I praise you not, that ye come 
together not for the better, but for 
the worse. 

18 For first of all, when ye come 
together in the church, I hear that 
there be divisions among you ; and 
I partly believe it 



19 For there must be also heresies 
among you, that they which are 
approved may be made manifest 
among you. 

20 When ye come together there- 
fore into one place, this is not to eat 
the Lord's supper. 

21 For in eating every one taketh 
before other his own supper: and one 
is hungry, and another is drunken. 

22 What ! have ye not houses to 
eat and to drink in? or despise ye 
the church of God, and shame them 
that have not ? What shall I say to 
you? shall I praise you in this ? I 
praise you not. 

23 For I have received of the Lord 
that which also I delivered unto you, 
That the Lord Jesus, the same night 
in which he was betrayed, took bread: 

24 And when he had given thanks, 
he brake it, and said, Take, eat ; 
this is my body, which is broken for 
you : this do in remembrance of me. 

25 After the same manner also he 
took the cup, when he had supped, 
saying, This cup is the new testa- 
ment in my blood : this do ye, as oft 
as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. 

28 For as often as ye eat this bread, 
and drink this cup, ye do shew the 
Lord's death till he come. 

27 Wherefore whosoever shall eat 
this bread, and drink this cup of the 
Lord, unworthily, shall be guilty of 
the body and blood of the Lord. 

28 But let a man examine himself, 
and so let him eat of that bread, and 
drink of that cup. 

29 For he that eateth and drink- 
eth unworthily, eateth and drinketh 
damnation to himself, not discerning 
the Lord's body. 

30 For this cause many are weak 
and sickly among you, and many 
sleep. 

31 For if we would judge ourselves, 
we should not be judged. 

32 But when we are judged, we 
are chastened of the Lord, that we 
should not be condemned with the 
world. 

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of spiritual gifts. 



33 Wherefore, my brethren, when 
ye come together to eat, tarry one 
for another. 

34 And if any man hunger, let him 
eat at home ; that ye come not to- 
gether unto condemnation. And the 
rest will I set in order when I come. 

CHAPTEE XII. 

1 Spiritual gifts 4 are divers, 7 yet all to profit withal. 
8 And to that end are diversely bestowed: 12 that by 
the like proportion, as the members of a natural body 
tend all to the 16 mutual decency, 22 service, and 26 
succour of the same body ; 27 so we should do one for 
another, to make up the mystical body of Christ. 

NOW concerning spiritual gifts, 
brethren, I would not have you 
ignorant. 

2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles, 
carried away unto these dumb idols, 
even as ye were led. 

3 Wherefore I give you to under- 
stand, that no man speaking by the 
Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed : 
and that no man can say that Jesus 
is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost. 

4 Now there are diversities of gifts, 
but the same Spirit. 

5 And there are differences of ad- 
ministrations, but the same Lord. 

6 And there are diversities of ope- 
rations, but it is the same God which 
worketh all in all. 

7 But the manifestation of the Spirit 
is given to every man to profit withal. 

8 For to one is given by the Spirit 
the word of wisdom ; to another the 
word of knowledge by the same 
Spirit ; 

9 To another faith by the same 
Spirit ; to another the gifts of heal- 
ing by the same Spirit; 

10 To another the working of 
miracles ; to another prophecy ; to 
another discerning of spirits ; to an- 
other divers kinds of tongues ; to ano- 
ther the interpretation of tongues : 

1 1 But all these worketh that one 
and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to 
every man severally as he will. 

1 2 For as the body is one, and hath 
many members, and all the members 
of that one body, being many, are 
one body : so also is Christ. 

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13 For by one Spirit are we all 
baptized into one body, whether we 
be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be 
bond or free; and have been all 
made to drink into one Spirit. 

14 For the body is not one mem- 
ber, but many. 

15 If the foot shall say, Because 
I am not the hand, I am not of 
the body ; is it therefore not of the 
body? 

16 And if the ear shall say, Be- 
cause I am not the eye, I am not 
of the body; is it therefore not of 
the body? 

17 If the whole body were an eye, 
where were the hearing? If the 
whole were hearing, where were the 
smelling ? 

18 But now hath God set the mem- 
bers every one of them in the body, 
as it hath pleased him. 

19 And if they were all one mem- 
ber, where were the body ? 

20 But now are they many mem- 
bers, yet but one body. 

21 And the eye cannot say unto 
the handj I have no need of thee: 
nor again the head to the feet, I have 
no need of you. 

22 Nay, much more those mem- 
bers of the body, which seem to be 
more feeble, are necessary : 

23 And those members of the body, 
which we think to be less honour- 
able, upon these we bestow more 
abundant honour ; and our uncomely 
parts have more abundant comeli- 
ness. 

24 For our comely parts have no 
need: but God hath tempered the 
body together, having given more 
abundant honour to that part which 
lacked : 

25 That there should be no schism 
in the body ; but that the members 
should have the same care one for 
another. 

26 And whether one member suf- 
fer, all the members suffer with it;" 
or one member be honoured, all the 
members rejoice with it. 



The praises of charity. I. CORINTHIANS. Prophecy commended. 



27 Now ye are the body of Christ, 
and members in particular. 

28 And God hath set some in the 
church, first apostles, secondarily pro- 
phets, thirdly teachers, after that mi- 
racles, then gifts of healings, helps, 
governments, diversities of tongues. 

29 Are all apostles ? are all pro- 
phets ? are all teachers ? are all work- 
ers of miracles ? 

30 Have all the gifts of healing? 
do all speak with tongues? do all 
interpret ? 

31 But covet earnestly the best 
gifts: and yet shew I unto you a 
more excellent way. 

CHAPTEK XIII. 

1 All gifts, 2, 3 how excellent soever, are nothing worth 
without charity. 4 The praises thereof, and 13 pre- 
lation before hope and faith. 

THOUGH I speak with the tongues 
of men and of angels, and have 
not charity, I am become as sound- 
ing brass, or a tinkling cymbal. 

2 And though I have the gift of 
prophecy, and understand all myste- 
ries, and all knowledge ; and though 
I have all faith, so that I could remove 
mountains, and have not charity, I am 
nothing. 

3 And though I bestow all my goods 
to feed the poor, and though I give 
my body to be burned, and have not 
charity, it profiteth me nothing. 

4 Charity suffereth long, and is 
kind ; charity envieth not ; charity 
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, 

5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, 
seeketh not her own, is not easily 
provoked, thinketh no evil ; 

6 Hejoiceth not in iniquity, but re- 
joiceth in the truth ; 

7 Beareth all things, believeth all 
things, hopeth all things, endureth 
all things. 

8 Charity never faileth : but whe- 
ther there be prophecies, they shall 
fail ; whether there be tongues, they 
shall cease ; whether there be know- 
ledge, it shall vanish away. 

9 For we know in part, and we pro- 
phesy in part. 



10 But when that which is perfect 
is come, then that which is in part 
shall be done away. 

11 When I was a child, I spake as 
a child, I understood as a child, I 
thought as a child : but when I be- 
came a man, I put away childish 
things. 

12 For now we see through a glass, 
darkly ; but then face to face : now 
I know in part ; but then shall I 
know even as also I am known. 

13 And now abideth faith, hope, 
charity, these three ; but the great- 
est of these is charity. 

CHAPTER XIY. 

1 Prophecy is commended, 2, 8, 4 and preferred before 
speaking with tongues, 6 by a comparison drawn from 
musical instruments. 12 Both must be referred to 
edification, 22 as to their true and proper end. 26 Tlie 
true use of each, is taught, 27 and the abuse taxed. 34 
Women are forbidden to speak in the church. 

FOLLOW after charity, and desire 
spiritual gifts, but rather that 
ye may prophesy. 

2 For he that speaketh in an un- 
known tongue speaketh not unto 
men, but unto God : for no man un- 
derstandeth him; howbeit in the 
spirit he speaketh mysteries. 

3 But he that prophesieth speaketh 
unto men to edification, and exhorta- 
tion, and comfort. 

4 He that speaketh in an unknown 
tongue edifieth himself; but he that 
prophesieth edifieth the church. 

5 I would that ye all spake with 
tongues, but rather that ye prophe- 
sied : for greater is he that prophe- 
sieth than he that speaketh with 
tongues, except he interpret, that 
the church may receive edifying. 

6 Now, brethren, if I come unto 
you speaking with tongues, what 
shall I profit you, except I shall 
speak to you either by revelation, or 
by knowledge, or by prophesying, or 
by doctrine ? 

7 And even things without life 
giving sound, whether pipe or harp, 
except they give a distinction in the 
sounds, how shall it be known what 
is piped or harped? 

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I. CORINTHIANS. to the gift of tongues. 



8 For if the trumpet give an uncer- 
tain sound, who shall prepare him- 
self to the battle ? 

9 So likewise ye, except ye utter 
by the tongue words easy to be un- 
derstood, how shall it be known what 
is spoken ? for ye shall speak into 
the air. 

10 There are, it may be, so many 
kinds of voices in the world, and 
none of them is without signification. 

11 Therefore if I know not the 
meaning of the voice, I shall be unto 
him that speaketh a barbarian, and 
he that speaketh shall be a barbarian 
unto me. 

12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye are 
zealous of spiritual gifts, seek that 
ye may excel to the edifying of the 
church. 

13 Wherefore let him that speaketh 
in an unknown tongue pray that he 
may interpret. 

14 For if I pray in an unknown 
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my 
understanding is unfruitful. 

15 What is it then ? I will pray 
with the spirit, and I will pray with 
the understanding also : I will sing 
with the spirit, and I will sing with 
the understanding a] so. 

16 Else, when thou shalt bless with 
the spirit, how shall he that occu- 
pieth the room of the unlearned say 
Amen at thy giving of thanks, see- 
ing he understandeth not what thou 
sayest ? 

17 For thou verily givest thanks 
well, but the other is not edified. 

18 I thank my God, I speak with 
tongues more than ye all : 

19 Yet in the church I had rather 
speak five words with my under- 
standing, that by my voice I might 
teach others also, than ten thousand 
words in an unknown tongue. 

20 Brethren, be not children in 
understanding : howbeit in malice be 
ye children, but in understanding be 
men. 

21 In the law it is written, With 
men of other tongues and other lips 

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will I speak unto this people ; and 
yet for all that will they not hear me, 
saith the Lord. 

22 Wherefore tongues are for a 
sign, not to them that believe, but 
to them that believe not: but pro- 
phesying serveth not for them that 
believe not, but for them which be- 
lieve. 

23 If therefore the whole church 
be come together into one place, and 
all speak with tongues, and there 
come in those that are unlearned, or 
unbelievers, will they not say that 
ye are mad ? 

24 But if all prophesy, and there 
come in one that believeth not, or 
one unlearned, he is convinced of all, 
he is judged of all : 

25 And thus are the secrets of his 
heart made manifest ; and so falling 
down on his face he will worship 
God, and report that God is in you 
of a truth. 

26 How is it then, brethren? when 
ye come together, every one of you 
hath a psalm, hath a doctrine, hath 
a tongue, hath a revelation, hath an 
interpretation. Let all things be done 
unto edifying. 

27 If any man speak in an un- 
known tongue, let it be by two, or 
at the most by three, and that by 
course ; and let one interpret. 

28 But if there be no interpreter, 
let him keep silence in the church ; 
and let him speak to himself, and to 
God. 

29 Let the prophets speak two or 
three, and let the other judge. 

30 If any thing be revealed to 
another that sitteth by, let the first 
hold his peace. 

31 For ye may all prophesy one 
by one, that all may learn, and all 
may be comforted. 

32 And the spirits of the prophets 
are subject to the prophets. 

33 For God is not the author of 
confusion, but of peace, as in all 
churches of the saints. 

34 Let your women keep silence 



Women not to teach. 



I. CORINTHIANS. 



Of the resurrection. 



in the churches : for it is not per- 
mitted unto them to speak ; but they 
are commanded to be under obe- 
dience, as also saith the law. 

35 And if they will learn any- 
thing, let them ask their husbands 
at home : for it is a shame for women 
to speak in the church. 

36 What! came the word of God 
out from you ? or came it unto you 
only ? 

37 If any man think himself to be 
a prophet, or spiritual, let him ac- 
knowledge that the things that I write 
unto you are the commandments of 
the Lord. 

38 But if any man be ignorant, let 
him be ignorant. 

39 Wherefore, brethren, covet to 
prophesy, and forbid not to speak 
with tongues. 

40 Let all things be done decently 
and in order. 

CHAPTEK XY. 

3 By Christ's resurrection, 12 he proveth the necessity 
of our resurrection, against all such as deny the resur- 
rection of the body. 21 The fruit, 35 and manner 
thereof, 51 and of the changing of them, that shall be 
found alive at the last day. 

MORE OVER, brethren, I declare 
unto you the gospel which I 
preached unto you, which a] so ye 
have received, and wherein ye stand ; 

2 By which also ye are saved, if 
ye keep in memory what I preached 
unto you, unless ye have believed in 
vain. 

3 For I delivered unto you first of 
all that which I also received, how 
that Christ died for our sins accord- 
ing to the Scriptures; 

4 And that he was buried, and that 
he rose again the third day according 
to the Scriptures : ; 

5 And that he was seen of Cephas, 
then of the twelve : 

6 After that, he was seen of above 
five hundred brethren at once ; of 
whom the greater part remain unto 
this present, but some are fallen 
asleep. 

7 After that, he was seen of James ; 
then of all the apostles. 



8 And last of all he was seen of me 
also, as of one born out of due time. 

9 For I am the least of the apos- 
tles, that am not meet to be called 
an apostle, because I persecuted the 
church of God. 

10 But by the grace of God I am 
what I am : and his grace which was 
bestowed upon me was not in vain ; 
but I laboured more abundantly than 
they all : yet not I, but the grace of 
God which was with me. 

11 Therefore whether it were I or 
they, so we preach, and so ye be- 
lieved. 

12 Now if Christ be preached that 
he rose from the dead, how say some 
among you that there is no resurrec- 
tion of the dead ? 

13 But if there be no resurrection 
of the dead, then is Christ not risen : 

14 And if Christ be not risen, then 
is our preaching vain, and your faith 
is also vain. 

15 Yea, and we are found false 
witnesses of God ; because we have 
testified of God that he raised up 
Christ : whom he raised not up, if so 
be that the dead rise not. 

16 For if the dead rise not, then is 
not Christ raised : 

17 And if Christ be not raised, your 
faith is vain ; ye are yet in your sins. 

18 Then they also which are fallen 
asleep in Christ are perished. 

19 If in this life only we have hope 
in Christ, we are of all men most 
miserable. 

20 But now is Christ risen from 
the dead, and become the firstfruits 
of them that slept. 

21 For since by man came death, 
by man came also the resurrection of 
the dead. 

22 For as in Adam all die, even so 
in Christ shall all be made alive. 

23 But every man in his own order : 
Christ the firstfruits ; afterward they 
that are Christ's at his coming. 

24 Then cometh the end, when he 
shall have delivered up the kingdom 
to God, even the Father ; when he 

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I. CORINTHIANS. 



the resurrection. 



shall have put down all rule, and all 
authority and power. 

25 For he must reign, till he hath 
put all enemies under his feet. 

26 The last enemy that shall he 
destroyed is death. 

27 For he hath put all things under 
his feet. But when he saith, All things 
are put under him, it is manifest that 
he is excepted, which did put all 
things under him. 

28 And when all things shall he 
subdued unto him, then shall the Son 
also himself he subject unto him that 
put all things under him, that God 
may he all in all. 

29 Else what shall they do which 
are haptized for the dead, if the dead 
rise not at all ? why are they then 
haptized for the dead ? 

30 And why stand we in jeopardy 
every hour ? 

31 1 protest hy your rejoicing which 
I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die 
daily. 

32 If after the manner of men I 
have fought with heasts at Ephesus, 
what advantageth it me, if the dead 
rise not ? let us eat and drink ; for to 
morrow we die. 

33 Be not deceived : evil commu- 
nications corrupt good manners. 

34 Awake to righteousness, and 
sin not ; for some have not the know- 
ledge of God : I speak this to your 
shame. 

35 But some man will say, How are 
the dead raised up ? and with what 
hody do they come ? 

36 Thou fool, that which thou sow- 
est is not quickened, except it die : 

37 And that which thou so west, 
thou sowest not that hody that shall 
he, hut hare grain, it may chance of 
wheat, or of some otherteram : 

38 But God giveth it ok hody as it 
hath pleased him, and to every seed 
his own hody. 

39 All flesh is not the same flesh: 
hut there is one kind of flesh of men, 
another flesh of heasts, another of 
fishes, and another of hirds. 

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40 There are also celestial hodies, 
and hodies terrestrial : hut the glory 
of the celestial is one, and the glory 
of the terrestrial is another. 

41 There is one glory of the sun, 
and another glory of the moon, and 
another glory of the stars ; for one star 
differeth from another star in glory. 

42 So also is the resurrection of the 
dead. It is sown 'in corruption, it is 
raised in incorruption : 

43 It is sown in dishonour, it is 
raised in glory : it is sown in weak- 
ness, it is raised in power : 

44 It is sown a natural hody, it is 
raised a spiritual hody. There is a 
natural hody, and there is a spiritual 
hody. 

45 And so it is written, The first 
man Adam was made a living soul; 
the last Adam was made a quickening 
spirit. 

46 Howheit that was not first which 
is spiritual, hut that which is natu- 
ral ; and afterward that which is spi- 
ritual. 

47 The first man is of the earth, 
earthy: the second man is the Lord 
from heaven. 

48 As is the earthy, such are they 
also that are earthy : and as is the 
heavenly, such are they also that are 
heavenly. 

49 And as we have home the image 
of the earthy, we shall also hear the 
image of the heavenly. 

50 Now this I say, brethren, that 
flesh and blood cannot inherit the 
kingdom of God; neither doth cor- 
ruption inherit incorruption. 

51 Behold, I shew you a mystery; 
We shall not all sleep, hut we shall 
all he changed, 

52 In a moment, in the twinkling 
of an eye, at the last trump : for the 
trumpet shall sound, and the dead 
shall he raised incorruptible, and we 
shall be changed. 

53 For this corruptible must put 
on incorruption, and this mortal must 
put on immortality. 

54 So when this corruptible shall 



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have put on incorruption, and this 
mortal shall have put on immortality, 
then shall be brought to pass the 
saying that is written, Death is swal- 
lowed up in victory. 

55 O death, where is thy sting? 

grave, where is thy victory? 

56 The sting of death is sin ; and 
the strength of sin is the law. 

57 But thanks be to G-od, which 
giveth us the victory through our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

58 Therefore, my beloved brethren, 
be ye steadfast, unmoveable, always 
abounding in the work of the Lord, 
forasmuch as ye know that your la- 
bour is not in vain in the Lord 

CHAPTEE XVI. 

1 He exhorteth them to relieve the want of the brethren 
at Jerusalem. 10 Commendeth Timothy, 13 and after 
friendly admonitions, 16 shutteth up his epistle with 
divers salutations. 

NOW concerning the collection 
for the saints, as I have given 
order to the churches of Galatia, even 
so do ye. 

2 Upon the first day of the week 
let every one of you lay by him in 
store, as God hath prospered him, 
that there be no gatherings when I 
come. 

3 And when I come, whomsoever 
ye shall approve hjyour letters, them 
will I send to bring your liberality 
unto Jerusalem. 

4 And if it be meet that I go also, 
they shall go with me. 

5 Now I will come unto you, when 
I shall pass through Macedonia : for 
I do pass through Macedonia. 

6 And it may be that I will abide, 
yea, and winter with you, that ye 
may bring me on my journey whither- 
soever I go. 

7 For I will not see you now by the 
way ; but I trust to tarry a while with 
you, if the Lord permit. 

8 But I will tarry at Ephesus until 
Pentecost. 

9 For a great door and effectual is 
opened unto me, and there are many 
adversaries. 



10 Now if Timotheus come, see 
that he may be with you without 
fear : for he worketh the work of the 
Lord, as I also do. 

11 Let no man therefore despise 
him : but conduct him forth in peace, 
that he may come unto me : for I 
look for him with the brethren. 

12 As touching our brother Apollos, 
I greatly desired him to come unto 
you with the brethren : but his will 
was not at all to come at this time ; 
but he will come when he shall have 
convenient time. 

13 Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, 
quit you like men, be strong. 

14 Let all your things be done 
with charity. 

15 I beseech you, brethren, (ye 
know the house of Stephanas, that it 
is the firstfruits of Achaia, and that 
they have addicted themselves to the 
ministry of the saints,) 

16 That ye submit yourselves unto 
such, and to every one that helpeth 
with us, and labour eth. 

17 I am glad of the coming of Ste- 
phanas and Fortunatus and Achai- 
cus : for that which was lacking on 
your part they have supplied. 

18 For they have refreshed my 
spirit and yours : therefore acknow- 
ledge ye them that are such. 

19 The churches of Asia salute 
you. Aquila and Priscilla salute you 
much in the Lord, with the church 
that is in their house. 

20 All the brethren greet you. 
Greet ye one another with a holy 
kiss. 

21 The salutation of me Paul with 
mine own hand. 

22 If any man love not the Lord 
Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema, 
Maran atha. 

23 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you. 

24 My love be with you all in 
Christ Jesus. Amen. 

«fl~ The first epistle to the Corinthians was 
written from Philip pi by Stephanas, and 
Fortunatus, and Achaicus, and Timotheus. 
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THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 

TO THE 

CORINTHIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 

3 TJie apostle encourageth them against troubles, by the 
comforts and deliverances which God had given him, 
as in all his afflictions, 8 so particularly in his late 
danger in Asia. 12 And calling both his own con- 
science and theirs to witness of his sincere manner of 
preaching the immutable truth of the gospel, 15 he ex- 
cuseth his not coming to them, as proceeding not of 
lightness, but of his lenity towards them. 

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ 
by the will of God, and Timothy 
our brother, unto the church of God 
which is at Corinth, with all the 
saints which are in all Achaia : 

2 Grace be to you, and peace, from 
God our Father, and from the Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

3 Blessed be God, even the Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of 
mercies, and the God of all comfort; 

4 Who comforteth us in all our 
tribulation, that we may be able to 
comfort them which are in any trou- 
ble, by the comfort wherewith we 
ourselves are comforted of God. 

5 For as the sufferings of Christ 
abound in us, so our consolation also 
aboundeth by Christ. 

6 And whether we be afflicted, it is 
for your consolation and salvation, 
which is effectual in the enduring of 
the same sufferings which we also 
suffer: or whether we be comforted, it 
is for your consolation and salvation. 

7 And our hope of you is steadfast, 
knowing, that as ye are partakers of 
the sufferings, so shall ye be also of 
the consolation. 

8 For we would not, brethren, have 
you ignorant of our trouble which 
came to us in Asia, that we were press- 
ed out of measure, above strength, 
insomuch that we despaired even of 
life: 

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9 But we had the sentence of death 
in ourselves, that Ave should not trust 
in ourselves, but in God which raiseth 
the dead : 

10 Who delivered us from so great 
a death, and doth deliver : in whom 
we trust that he will yet deliver us; 

11 Ye also helping together by 
prayer for us, that for the gift bestowed 
upon us by the means of many per- 
sons thanks may be given by many 
on our behalf. 

12 For our rejoicing is this, the 
testimony of our conscience, that in 
simplicity and godly sincerity, not 
with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace 
of God, we have had our conversation 
in the world, and more abundantly 
to you-ward. 

13 For we write none other things 
unto you, than what ye read or ac- 
knowledge ; and I trust ye shall ac- 
knowledge even to the end ; 

14 As also ye have acknowledged 
us in part, that we are your rejoicing, 
even as ye also are ours in the day 
of the Lord Jesus. 

15 And in this confidence I was 
minded to come unto you before, that 
ye might have a second benefit ; 

16 And to pass by you into Mace- 
donia, and to come again out of Mace- 
donia unto you, and of you to be 
brought on my way toward Judea. 

17 When I therefore was thus 
minded, did I use lightness? or the 
things that I purpose, do I purpose 
according to the flesh, that with 
me there should be yea, yea, and 
nay, nay? 

18 But as God is true, our word 
toward you was not yea and nay. 



The excommunicated 



II. CORINTHIANS. 



person forgiven. 



19 For the Son of God, Jesus 
Christ, who was preached among 
you by us, even "by me and Silvanus 
and Timotheus, was not yea and 
nay, hut in him was yea. 

20 For all the promises of God in 
him are yea, and in him Amen, 
unto the glory of God by us. 

21 Now he which stahlisheth us 
with you in Christ, and hath anoint- 
ed us, is God ; 

22 AVho hath also sealed us, and 
given the earnest of the Spirit in 
our hearts. 

23 Moreover I call God for a re- 
cord upon my soul, that to spare you 
I came not as yet unto Corinth. 

24 Not for that we have dominion 
over your faith, hut are helpers of 
your joy : for hy faith ye stand. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Having shewed the reason why he came not to them, 6 
he requireth them to forgive and to comfort that ex- 
communicated person, 10 even as himself also upon his 
true repentance had forgiven him, 12 declaring withal 
why he departed from Iroas to Macedonia, 14 and the 
happy success which God gave to his preaching in all 
places. 

BUT I determined this with my- 
self, that I would not come 
again to you in heaviness. 

2 For if I make you sorry, who 
is he then that maketh me glad, 
hut the same which is made sorry 
hy me? 

3 And I wrote this same unto you, 
lest, when I came, I should have sor- 
row from them of whom I ought to 
rejoice ; having confidence in you all, 
that my joy is the joy of you all. 

4 For out of much affliction and 
anguish of heart I wrote unto you 
with many tears ; not that ye should 
he grieved, hut that ye might know 
the love which I have more abun- 
dantly unto you. 

5 But if any have caused grief, 
he hath not grieved me, hut in part : 
that I may not overcharge you all. 

6 Sufficient to such a man is this 
punishment, which was inflicted of 
many. 

7 So that contrariwise ye ought ra- 
ther to forgive him, and comfort him, 

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lest perhaps such a one should he 
swallowed up with overmuch sorrow. 

8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye 
would confirm your love toward him. 

9 For to this end also did I write, 
that I might know the proof of you, 
whether ye he obedient in all things. 

10 To whom ye forgive any thing, 
I forgive also : for if I forgave any 
thing, to whom I forgave it, for your 
sakes forgave I it in the person of 
Christ ; 

11 Lest Satan should get an ad- 
vantage of us : for we are not igno- 
rant of his devices. 

12 Furthermore, when I came to 
Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and 
a door was opened unto me of the 
Lord, 

13 I had no rest in my spirit, be- 
cause I found not Titus my brother ; 
but taking my leave of them, I went 
from thence into Macedonia. 

14 Now thanks be unto God, 
which always causeth us to triumph 
in Christ, and maketh manifest the 
savour of his knowledge by us in 
every place. 

15 For we are unto God a sweet 
savour of Christ, in them that are 
saved, and in them that perish : 

16 To the one we are the savour 
of death unto death ; and to the 
other the savour of life unto life. And 
who is sufficient for these things ? 

17 For we are not as many, which 
corrupt the word of God : but as of 
sincerity, but as of God, in the sight 
of God speak we in Christ. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 Lest their false teachers shoidd charge him with vain- 
glory, he sheweth the faith and graces of the Corivtlii- 
ans to be a sufficient commendation of his ministry. 
6 Whereupon entering a comparison between the min- 
isters of the law and of the gospel, 12 he prove th that 
his ministry is so far the more excellent, as the gospel 
of life and liberty is more glorious than the law of 
condemnation. 

DO we begin again to commend 
ourselves? or need we,. as some 
0^rs,epistlesofcommendationtoyou, 
or letters of commendation from you ? 
2 Ye are our epistle written in our 
hearts, known and read of all men : 
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3 Forasmuch as ye are manifestly 
declared to be. the epistle of Christ 
ministered by us, written not with 
ink, but with the Spirit of the living 
God ; not in tables of stone, but in 
fleshly tables of the heart. 

4 And such trust have we through 
Christ to God- ward : 

5 Not that we are sufficient of our- 
selves to think any thing as of our- 
selves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; 

6 Who also hath made us able mi- 
nisters of the new testament ; not of 
the letter, but of the spirit : for the 
letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life. 

7 But if the ministration of death, 
written and engraven in stones, was 
glorious, so that the children of Israel 
could not steadfastly behold the face 
of Moses for the glory of his counte- 
nance; which glory was to be done 
away; 

8 How shall not the ministration 
of the spirit be rather glorious ? 

9 For if the ministration of con- 
demnation be glory, much more doth 
the ministration of righteousness ex- 
ceed in glory. 

10 For even that which was made 
glorious had no glory in this respect, 
by reason of the glory that excelleth. 

11 For if that which is done away 
was glorious, much more that which 
remaineth is glorious. 

12 Seeing then that we have such 
hope, we use great plainness of 
speech : 

13 And not as Moses, which put a 
vail over his face, that the children 
of Israel could not steadfastly look to 
the end of that which is abolished : 

14 But their minds were blinded : 
for until this day remaineth the same 
vail untaken away in the reading of 
the old testament ; which vail is 
done away in Christ. 

15 But even unto this day, when 
Moses is read, the vail is upon their 
heart. 

16 Nevertheless, when it shall 
turn to the Lord, the vail shall be 
taken away. 

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17 Now the Lord is that Spirit: 
and where the Spirit of the Lord is, 
there is liberty. 

18 But we all, with open face be- 
holding as in a glass the glory of the 
Lord, are changed into the same 
image from glory to glory, even as 
by the Spirit of the Lord. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 He declareth how he hath used all sincerity and faithful 
diligence in preaching the gospel, *7 and how the troubles 
and persecutions which he daily endured for the same did 
redound to the praise of God's power, 12 to the benefit of 
the church, 16 and to the apostle's own eternal qlory. 

THEREFORE, seeing we have 
this ministry, as we have re- 
ceived mercy, we faint not ; 

2 But have renounced the hidden 
things of dishonesty, not walking in 
craftiness, nor handling the word of 
God deceitfully ; but, by manifesta- 
tion of the truth, commending our- 
selves to every man's conscience in 
the sight of God. 

3 But if our gospel be hid, it is 
hid to them that are lost : 

4 In whom the god of this world 
hath blinded the minds of them 
which believe not, lest the light of 
the glorious gospel of Christ, who is 
the image of God, should shine unto 
them. 

5 For we preach not ourselves, but 
Christ Jesus the Lord ; and ourselves 
your servants for Jesus' sake. 

6 For God, who commanded the 
light to shine out of darkness, hath 
shined in our hearts, to give the light 
of the knowledge of the glory of God 
in the face of Jesus Christ. 

7 But we have this treasure in 
earthen vessels, that the excellency 
of the power may be of God, and not 
of us. 

8 We are troubled on every side, 
yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, 
but not in despair ; 

9 Persecuted, but not forsaken ; 
cast down, but not destroyed ; 

10 Always bearing about in the 
body the dying of the Lord Jesus, 
that the life also of Jesus might be 
made manifest in our body. 



in preaching the gospel. II. CORINTHIANS. 



Christ died for all. 



11 For we which live are alway 
delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, 
that the life also of Jesus might he 
made manifest in our mortal flesh. 

12 So then death worketh in us, 
hut life in you. 

13 We having the same spirit of - 
faith, according as it is written, I he- 
lie ved, and therefore have I spoken; 
we also believe, and therefore speak ; 

14 Knowing that he which raised 
up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us 
also by Jesus, and shall present us 
with you. 

15 For all things are for your 
sakes, that the abundant grace might 
through the thanksgiving of many 
redound to the glory of God. 

16 For which cause we faint not; 
but though our outward man perish, 
yet the inward man is renewed day 
by day. 

17 For our light affliction, which 
is but for a moment, worketh for us 
a far more exceeding and eternal 
weight of glory ; 

18 While we look not at the 
things which are seen, but at the 
things which are not seen : for the 
things which are seen are temporal ; 
but the things which are not seen 
are eternal. 

CHAPTEE Y. 

1 That in his assured hope of immortal glory, 9 and in 
expectance of it, and of the general judgment, he la- 
boureth to keep a good conscience, 12 not that he mag 
herein boast of himself, 14 but as one that, having 
received life from Christ, endeavour eth to live as a new 
creature to Christ only, 18 and by his ministry of rec- 
onciliation to reconcile others also in Christ to God. 

FOR we know that, if our earthly 
house of this tabernacle were 
dissolved, we have a building of 
God, a house not made with hands, 
eternal in the heavens. 

2 For in this we groan, earnestly 
desiring to be clothed upon with our 
house which is from heaven : 

3 If so be that being clothed we 
shall not be found naked. 

4 For we that are in this taber- 
nacle do groan, being burdened : not 
for that we would be unclothed, but 



clothed upon, that mortality might 
be swallowed up of life. 

5 Now he that hath wrought us 
for the selfsame thing is God, who 
also hath given unto us ^he earnest 
of the Spirit. 

6 Therefore we are always confi- 
dent, knowing that, whilst we are 
at home in the body, we are absent 
from the Lord : 

7 (For we walk by faith, not by 
sight:) 

8 We are confident, I say, and will- 
ing rather to be absent from the body, 
and to be present with the Lord. 

9 Wherefore we labour, that, whe- 
ther present or absent, we may be 
accepted of him. 

10 For we must all appear before 
the judgment seat of Christ ; that 
every one may receive the things 
done in his body, according to that 
he hath done, whether it be good or 
bad. 

11 Knowing therefore the terror 
of the Lord, we persuade men ; but 
we are made manifest unto God ; 
and I trust also are made manifest 
in your consciences. 

12 For we commend not ourselves 
again unto you, but give you occa- 
sion to glory on our behalf, that ye 
may have somewhat to answer them 
which glory in appearance, and not 
in heart. 

13 For whether we be beside our- 
selves, it is to God : or whether we 
be sober, it is for your cause. 

14 For the love of Christ constrain- 
eth us; because we thus judge, that 
if one died for all, then were all dead : 

15 And that he died for all, that 
they which live should not henceforth 
live unto themselves, but unto him 
which died for them, and rose again. 

16 Wherefore henceforth know 
we no man after the flesh : yea, 
though we have known Christ after 
the flesh, yet now henceforth know 
we him no more. 

17 Therefore if any man be in 
Christ, he is a new creature: old 

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II. CORINTHIANS. 



in the ministry. 



things are passed away ; behold, all 
things are become new. 

18 And all things are of God, who 
hath reconciled us to himself by Je- 
sus Christ, and hath given to us the 
ministry of reconciliation ; 

19 To wit, that God was in Christ, 
reconciling the world unto himself, 
not imputing their trespasses unto 
them ; and hath committed unto us 
the word of reconciliation. 

20 Now then we are ambassadors 
for Christ, as though God did beseech 
you by us : we pray you in Christ's 
stead, be ye reconciled to God. 

21 For he hath made him to be 
sin for us, who knew no sin ; that 
we might be made the righteousness 
of God in him. 

CHAPTEE YL 

1 That he hath approved himself a faith/id minister of 
Christ, both by his exhortations, 3 and by integrity 
of life, 4 and by patient enduring all kinds of affliction 
and disgraces for the gospel. 10 Of which he speaketh 
the more boldly amongst them, because his heart is open 
to them, 13 and he expecteth the like affection from 
them again, 14 exhorting to flee the society and pollu- 
tions of idolaters, as being themselves temples of the 
living God. 

WE then, as workers together 
with him, , beseech you also that 
ye receive not the grace of God in vain. 

2 (For he saith, I have heard thee 
in a time accepted, and in the day of 
salvation have I succoured thee : be- 
hold, now is the accepted time ; be- 
hold, now is the day of salvation.) 

3 Giving no offence in any thing, 
that the ministry be not blamed : 

4 But in all things approving our- 
selves as the ministers of God, in 
much patience, in afflictions, in ne- 
cessities, in distresses, 

5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in 
tumults, in labours, in watchings, in 
fastings ; 

6 By pureness, by knowledge, by 
Iongsuffering, by kindness, by the 
Holy Ghost,, by love unfeigned, 

7 By the word of truth, by the 
power of God, by the armour of righ- 
teousness on the right hand and on 
the left, 

8 By honour and dishonour, by 

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evil report and good report: as de- 
ceivers, and yet true ; 

9 As unknown, and yet well 
known ; as dying, and, behold, we 
live ; as chastened, and not killed ; 

10 As sorrowful, yet alway rejoic- 
ing ; as poor, yet making many rich ; 
as having nothing, and yet possess- 
ing all things. 

11 O ye Corinthians, our mouth is 
open unto you, our heart is enlarged. 

12 Ye are not straitened in us, but 
ye are straitened in your own bowels. 

13 Now for a recompense in the 
same, (I speak as unto my children,) 
be ye also enlarged. 

14 Be ye not unequally yoked to- 
gether with unbelievers : for what 
fellowship hath righteousness with 
unrighteousness ? and what com- 
munion hath light with darkness ? 

15 And what concord hath Christ 
with Belial ? or what part hath he 
that believeth with an infidel ? 

16 And what agreement hath the 
temple of God with idols ? for ye 
are the temple of the living God ; as 
God hath said, I will dwell in them, 
and walk in them; and I will be 
their God, and they shall be my 
people. 

17 Wherefore come out from 
among them, and be ye separate, 
saith the Lord, and touch not the 
unclean thing; and I will receive 
you, 

18 And will be a Father unto 
you, and ye shall be my sons and 
daughters, saith the Lord Almighty. 

CHAPTEE YIL 

l lie proceedeth in exhorting them to purity of life, 2 
and to bear him like affection as he doth to them. 3 
Whereof lest he might seem to doubt, he declareth what 
comfort he took in his afflictions, by the report which 
Titus gave of their godly sorrow, which his former 
epistle had wrought in them, 13 and of their loving- 
kindness and obedience towards Titus, answerable to 
his former boastings of them. 

HAYING therefore these promises, 
dearly beloved, let us cleanse 
ourselves from all filthiness of the 
flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness 
in the fear of God. 

2 Receive us ; we have wronged 



Godly sorrow described. II. CORINTHIANS. Exhortation to liberality. 



no man, we have corrupted no man, 
we have defrauded no man. 

3 I speak not this to condemn you : 
for I have said hefore, that ye are in 
our hearts to die and live with you. 

4 Great is my coldness of speech 
toward you, great is my glorying of 
you : I am filled with comfort, I 
am exceeding joyful in all our tribu- 
lation. 

5 For, when we were come into 
Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but 
we were troubled on every side ; with- 
out were fightings, within were fears. 

6 Nevertheless God, that comfort- 
eth those that are cast down, com- 
forted us by the coming of Titus ; 

7 And not by his coming only, but 
by the consolation wherewith he was 
comforted in you, when he told us 
your earnest desire, your mourning, 
your fervent mind toward me ; so 
that I rejoiced the more. 

8 For though I made you sorry 
with a letter, I do not repent, though 
I did repent: for I perceive that the 
same epistle hath made you sorry, 
though it were but for a season. 

9 Now I rejoice, not that ye were 
made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to 
repentance : for ye were made sorry 
after a godly manner, that ye might 
receive damage by us in nothing. 

10 For godly sorrow worketh re- 
pentance to salvation not to be repent- 
ed of: but the sorrow of the world 
worketh death. 

11 For behold this selfsame thing, 
that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, 
what carefulness it wrought in you, 
yea, what clearing of yourselves, yea, 
what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, 
what vehement desire, yea, what zeal, 
yea, what revenge ! In all things ye 
have approved yourselves to be clear 
in this matter. 

12 Wherefore, though I wrote unto 
you, I did it not for his cause that 
had done the wrong, nor for his cause 
that suffered wrong, but that our care 
for you in the sight of God might 
appear unto you. 



13 Therefore we were comforted in 
your comfort: yea, and exceedingly 
the more joyed we for the joy of Titus, 
because his spirit was refreshed by 
you all. 

14 For if I have boasted any thing 
to him of you, I am not ashamed ; 
but as we spake all things to you in 
truth, even so our boasting, which I 
made before Titus, is found a truth. 

15 And his inward affection is more 
abundant toward you, whilst he re- 
membereth the obedience of you all, 
how with fear and trembling ye re- 
ceived him. 

16 I rejoice therefore that I have 
confidence in you in all things. 

CHAPTEK YIIL 

1 He stirreth them up to a liberal contribution for the 
poor saints at Jerusalem, by the example of the Mace- 
donians, 1 by commendation of their former forward- 
ness, 9 by the example of Christ, 14 and by the spirit- 
ual profit that shall redound to themselves thereby : 16 
commending to them the integrity and willingness of 
Titus, and those other brethren, who upon his request, 
exhortation, and commendation, were purposely come 
to them for this business. 

MOREOVER, brethren, we do 
you to wit of the grace of God 
bestowed on the churches of Mace- 
donia ; 

2 How that in a great trial of afflic- 
tion, the abundance of their joy and 
their deep poverty abounded unto the 
riches of their liberality. 

3 For to their power, I bear record, 
yea, and beyond their power they were 
willing of themselves ; 

4 Praying us with much entreaty 
that we would receive the gift, and 
take upon us the fellowship of the 
ministering to the saints. 

5 And this they did, not as we hoped, 
but first gave their own selves to the 
Lord, and unto us by the will of God. 

6 Insomuch that we desired Titus, 
that as he had begun, so he would 
also finish in you the same grace also. 

7 Therefore, as ye abound in every 
thing, in faith, and utterance, and 
knowledge, and in all diligence, and 
in your love to us, see that ye abound 
in this grace also. 

8 I speak not by commandment, 

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but by occasion of the forwardness of 
others, and to prove the sincerity of 
your love. 

9 For ye know the grace of our 
Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he 
was rich, yet for your sakes he be- 
came poor, that ye through his pover- 
ty might be rich. 

10 And herein I give my advice : 
for this is expedient for you, who have 
begun before, not only to do, but also 
to be forward a year ago. 

11 Now therefore perform the doing 
of it ; that as there was a readiness to 
will, so there may be a performance 
also out of that which ye have. 

12 For if there be first a willing 
mind, it is accepted according to that 
a man hath, and not according to that 
he hath not. 

13 For I mean not that other men 
be eased, and ye burdened : ' 

14 But by an equality, that now at 
this time your abundance may be a 
supply fox their want, that their abun- 
dance also may be a supply for your 
want ; that there may be equality : 

15 As it is written, He that had 
gathered much had nothing over ; and 
he that had gathered little had no 
lack. 

16 But thanks be to God, which put 
the same earnest care into the heart 
of Titus for you. 

17 For indeed he accepted the ex- 
hortation ; but being more forward, 
of his own accord he went unto you. 

18 And we have sent with him 
the brother, whose praise is in the 
gospel throughout all the churches ; 

19 And not that only, but who was 
also chosen of the churches to travel 
with us with this grace, which is ad- 
ministered by us to the glory of the 
same Lord, and declaration of your 
ready mind : 

20 Avoiding this, that no man 
should blame us in this abundance 
which is administered by us : 

21 Providing for honest things, not 
only in the sight of the Lord, but also 
in the sight of men. 

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22 And we have sent with them 
our brother, whom we have often- 
times proved diligent in many things, 
but now much more diligent, upon 
the great confidence which I have 
in you. 

23 Whether any do inquire of Titus, 
he is my partner and fellow helper 
concerning you: or our brethren be 
inquired of, they are the messengers 
of the churches, and the glory of 
Christ. 

24 Wherefore shew ye to them, 
and before the churches, the proof of 
your love, and of our boasting on 
your behalf. 



CHAPTER IX. 



/rr_ 



1 He yieldeth the reason why, though he knew their for- 
wardness, yet he sent Titus and his brethren before- 
hand. 6 And he proceedeth in stirring them up to a 
bountiful alms, as being but a kind of sowing of seed, 10 
which shall return a great increase to them, 13 and 
occasion a great sacrifice of thanksgivings unto God. 

FOR as touching the ministering 
to the saints, it is superfluous 
for me to write to you : 

2 For I know the forwardness of 
your mind, for which I boast of you 
to them of Macedonia, that Achaia 
was ready a year ago ; and your zeal 
hath provoked very many. 

3 Yet have I sent the brethren, 
lest our boasting of you should be in 
vain in this behalf; that, as I said, 
ye may be ready : 

4 Lest haply if they of Macedonia 
come with me, and find you unpre- 
pared, we (that we say not, ye) should 
be ashamed in this same confident 
boasting. 

5 Therefore I thought it necessary 
to exhort the brethren, that they 
would go before unto you, and make 
up beforehand your bounty, whereof 
ye had notice before, that the same 
might, be ready, as a matter of boun- 
ty, and not as of covetousness. 

6 But this / say, He which soweth 
sparingly shall reap also sparingly; 
and he which soweth bountifully 
shall reap also bountifully. 

7 Every man according as he pur- 
poseth in his heart, so let him give , 



Almsgiving recommended. II. CORINTHIANS. PauTs spiritual power. 



not grudgingly, or of necessity : for 
God loveth a cheerful giver. 

8 And God is able to make all 
grace abound toward you ; that ye, 
always having all sufficiency in all 
things, may abound to every good 
work: 

9 (As it is written, He hath dis- 
persed abroad ; he hath given to the 
poor : his righteousness remaineth 
for ever. 

10 Now he that ministereth seed 
to the sower both minister bread for 
your food, and multiply your seed 
sown, and increase the fruits of your 
righteousness :) 

11 Being enriched in every thing 
to all bountifulness, which causeth 
through us thanksgiving to God. 

12 For the administration of this 
service not only supplieth the want 
of the saints, but is abundant also 
by many thanksgivings unto God ; 

13 While by the experiment of 
'this ministration they glorify God 
for your professed subjection unto 
the gospel of Christ, and for your 
liberal distribution unto them, and 
unto all men : 

14 And by their prayer for you, 
which long after you for the exceed- 
ing grace of God in you. 

15 Thanks be unto God for his 
unspeakable gift. 

CHAPTER X. 

Against the false apostles, who disgraced the weakness of 
his person and bodily presence, he setteth out the spir- 
itual might and authority, with winch he is armed 
against all adversary powers, 7 assuring them that at his 
coming he will be found as mighty in word, as he is 
now in writing being absent, 12 and withal taxing 
them for reaching out them,selvesbeyond their compass, 
and vaunting themselves into other men's labours. 

NOW I Paul myself beseech you 
by the meekness and gentleness 
of Christ, who in presence am base 
among you, but being absent am 
bold toward you : 

2 But I beseech you, that I may 
not be bold when I am present with 
that confidence, wherewith I think 
to be bold against some, which think 
of us as if we walked according to 
the flesh. 



3 For though we walk in the flesh, 
we do not war after the flesh : 

4 (For the weapons of our warfare 
are not carnal, but mighty through 
God to the pulling down of strong 
holds ;) 

5 Casting down imaginations, and 
every high thing that exalteth itself 
against the knowledge of God, and 
bringing into captivity every thought 
to the obedience of Christ ; 

6 And having in a readiness to 
revenge all disobedience, when your 
obedience is fulfilled. 

7 Do ye look on things after the 
outward appearance ? If any man 
trust to himself that he is Christ's, 
let him of himself think this again, 
that, as he is Christ's, even so are we 
Christ's. 

8 For though I should boast some- 
what more of our authority, which 
the Lord hath given us for edifica- 
tion, and not for your destruction, I 
should not be ashamed : 

9 That I may not seem as if I 
would terrify you by letters. 

10 For his letters, say they, are 
weighty and powerful ; but his bodi- 
ly presence is weak, and his speech 
contemptible. 

11 Let such a one think this, that, 
such as we are in word by letters 
when we are absent, such will we be 
also in deed when we are present. 

12 For we dare not make our- 
selves of the number, or compare 
ourselves with some that commend 
themselves : but they, measuring 
themselves by themselves, and com- 
paring themselves among themselves, 
are not wise. 

13 But we will not boast of things 
without our measure, but according 
to the measure of the rule which 
God hath distributed to us, a mea- 
sure to reach even unto you. 

14 For we stretch not ourselves 
beyond our measure, as though we 
reached not unto you ; for we are 
come as far as to you also in preach- 
ing the gospel of Christ: 

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II. CORINTHIANS. 



self boasting. 



15 Not boasting of things without 
our measure, that is, of other men's 
labours ; but having hope, when 
your faith is increased, that we shall 
be enlarged by you according to our 
rule abundantly, 

16 To preach the gospel in the re- 
gions beyona you, and not to boast 
in another man's line of things made 
ready to our hand. 

17 But he that glorieth, let him 
glory in the Lord. 

18 For not he that commendeth 
himself is approved, but whom the 
Lord commendeth. 

CHAPTEE XL 

1 Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, who seemed 
to make more account of the false apostles than of him, 
he entereth into a forced commendation of himself, 5 
of his equality with the chief apostles, *7 of his preach- 
ing the gospel to them freely, and without any their 
charge, 13 shewing that he was not inferior to those de- 
ceitful workers in any legal prerogative, 23 and in the 
service of Christ, and in all kind of sufferings for his 
ministry, far superior. 

WOULD to God ye could bear 
with me a little in my folly: 
and indeed bear with me. 

2 For I am jealous over you with 
godly jealousy : for I have espoused 
you to one husband, that I may pre- 
sent you as a chaste virgin to Christ. 

3 But I fear, lest by any means, 
as the serpent beguiled Eve through 
his subtilty, so your minds should 
be corrupted from the simplicity that 
is in Christ. 

4 For if he that cometh preacheth 
another Jesus, whom we have not 
preached, or if ye receive another 
spirit, which ye have not received, 
or another gospel, which ye have not 
accepted, ye might well bear with 
him. 

5 For I suppose I was not a whit 
behind the very chiefest apostles. 

6 But though / be rude in speech, 
yet not in knowledge ; but we 
have been thoroughly made mani- 
fest among you in all things. 

7 Have I committed an offence in 
abasing myself that ye might be ex- 
alted, because I have preached to 
you the gospel of God freely ? 

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8 I robbed other churches, taking 
wages of them, to do you service. 

9 And when I was present with 
you, and wanted, I was chargeable 
to no man : for that which was lack- 
ing to me the brethren which came 
from Macedonia supplied : and in all 
things I have kept myself from being 
burdensome unto you, and so will I 
keep myself. 

10 As the truth of Christ is in me, 
no man shall stop me of this boast- 
ing in the regions of Achaia. 

11 Wherefore ? because I love you 
not ? God knoweth. 

12 But what I do, that I will do, 
that I may cut off occasion from them 
which desire occasion ; that wherein 
they glory, they may be found even 
as we. 

13 For such are false apostles, de- 
ceitful workers, transforming them- 
selves into the apostles of Christ. 

14 And no marvel ; for Satan him- 
self is transformed into an angel of* 
light. 

15 Therefore it is no great thing 
if his ministers also be transformed 
as the ministers of righteousness ; 
whose end shall be according to 
their works. 

16 I say again, Let no man think 
me a fool ; if otherwise, yet as a fool 
receive me, that I may boast myself 
a little. 

17 That which I speak, I speak it 
not after the Lord, but as it were fool- 
ishly, in this confidence of boasting. 

18 Seeing that many glory after 
the flesh, I will glory also. 

19 For ye suffer fools gladly, see- 
ing ye yourselves are wise. 

20 For ye suffer, if a man bring 
you into bondage, if a man devour 
you, if a man take of you, if a man 
exalt himself, if a man smite you on 
the face. 

21 I speak as concerning reproach, 
as though we had been weak. How- 
beit, whereinsoever any is bold, (I 
speak foolishly,) I am bold also'. 

22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. 



PauVs sufferings 



II. CORINTHIANS. 



and revelations. 



Are they Israelites ? so am I. Are 
they the seed of Abraham ? so am I. 

23 Are they ministers of Christ? 
(I speak as a fool,) I am more ; in 
labours more abundant, in stripes 
above measure, in prisons more fre- 
quent, in deaths oft. 

24 Of the Jews five times received 
I forty stripes save one. 

25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, 
once was I stoned, thrice I suffered 
shipwreck, a night and a day I have 
been in the deep ; 

26 In journeyings often, in perils 
of waters, in perils of robbers, in 
perils by mine own countrymen, in 
perils by the heathen, in perils in 
the city, in perils in the wilderness, 
in perils in the sea, in perils among 
false brethren ; 

27 In weariness and painfullness, in 
watchings often, in hunger and thirst, 
in fastings often, in cold and naked- 
ness. 

28 Beside those things that are 
without, that which cometh upon me 
daily, the care of all the churches. 

2 9 Who is weak, and I am not weak? 
who is offended, and I burn not ? 

30 If I must needs glory, I will 
glory of the things which concern 
mine infirmities. 

31 The God and Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, which is blessed for 
evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 

32 In Damascus the governor un- 
der Aretas the king kept the city 
of the Damascenes with a garrison, 
desirous to apprehend me : 

33 And through a window in a 
basket was I let down by the wall, 
and escaped his hands. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 For commending of his apostleship, though he might 
glory of his wonderful revelations, 9 yet he rather 
chooseth to glory of his infirmities, 11 blaming them 
for forcing him to this vain boasting. 14 He prom- 
iseth to come to them again: but yet altogether in 
the affection of a father, 20 although he feareth he 
shall to his grief find many offenders, and public dis- 
orders there. 

IT is not expedient for me doubt- 
less to glory. I will come to vis- 
ions and revelations of the Lord. 



2 I knew a man in Christ above 
fourteen years ago, (whether in the 
body, I cannot tell ; or whether out of 
the body, I cannot tell: God know- 
eth;) such a one caught up to the 
third heaven. 

3 And I knew such a man, (wheth- 
er in the body, or out of the body, 
I cannot tell : God knoweth ;) 

4 How that he was caught up in- 
to paradise, and heard unspeakable 
words, which it is not lawful for a 
man to utter. 

5 Of such a one will I glory: 
yet of myself I will not glory, but in 
mine infirmities. 

6 For though I would desire to 
glory, I shall not be a fool ; for I will 
say the truth : but now I forbear, 
lest any man should think of me 
above that which he seeth me to be, 
or that he heareth of me. 

7 And lest I should be exalted 
above measure through the abun- 
dance of the revelations, there was 
given to me a thorn in the flesh, the 
messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest 
I should be exalted above measure. 

8 For this thing I besought the Lord 
thrice, that it might depart from me. 

9 And he said unto me, My grace 
is sufficient for thee : for my strength 
is made perfect in weakness. Most 
gladly therefore will I rather glory 
in my infirmities, that the power of 
Christ may rest upon me. 

10 Therefore I take pleasure in 
infirmities, in reproaches, in neces- 
sities, in persecutions, in distresses 
for Christ's sake : for when I am 
weak, then am I strong. 

11 I am become a fool in glory- 
ing ; ye have compelled me : for I 
ought to have been commended of 
you : for in nothing am I behind the 
very chiefest apostles, though I be 
nothing. 

12 Truly the signs of an apostle 
were wrought among you in all pa- 
tience, in signs, and wonders, and 
mighty deeds. 

13 For what is it wherein ye were 

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II. CORINTHIANS. unreclaimed offenders. 



inferior to other churches, except it 
be that I myself was not burdensome 
to you ? forgive me this wrong. 

14 Behold, the third time I am 
ready to come to you ; and I will not 
be burdensome to you: for I seek 
not yours, but you : for the children 
ought not to lay up for the parents, 
but the parents for the children. 

15 And I will very gladly spend 
and be spent for you ; though the 
more abundantly I love you, the less 
I be loved. 

16 But be it so, I did not burden 
you: nevertheless, being crafty, I 
caught you with guile. 

1 7 Did I make a gain of you by any 
of them whom I sent unto you ? 

18 I desired Titus, and with him 
I sent a brother. Did Titus make a 
gain of you ? walked we not in the 
same spirit ? walked we not in the 
same steps ? 

19 Again, think ye that we excuse 
ourselves unto you ? we speak be- 
fore God in Christ: but we do all 
things, dearly beloved, for your edi- 
fying. 

20 For I fear, lest, when I come, 
I shall not find you such as I would, 
and that I shall be found unto you 
such as ye would not: lest there 
be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, 
backbitings, whisperings, swellings, 
tumults : 

21 And lest, when I come again, 
my God will humble me among 
you, and that I shall bewail many 
which have sinned already, and have 
not repented of the uncleanness and 
fornication and lasciviousness which 
they have committed. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 He threateneth severity, and the power of his apostle- 
ship against obstinate sinners. 5 And advising them, 
to a trial of their faith, 7 and to a reformation of their 
sins before his coming, 11 he concludeth his epistle 
with a general exhortation and a prayer. 

THIS is the third time I am com- 
ing to you. In the mouth of 
two or three witnesses shall every 
word be established. 
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2 I told you before, and foretell you. 
as if I were present, the second time ; 
and being absent now I write to 
them which heretofore have sinned, 
and to all other, that, if I come 
again, I will not spare : 

3 Since ye seek a proof of Christ 
speaking in me, which to you- ward 
is not weak, but is mighty in you. 

4 For though he was crucified 
through weakness, yet he liveth by 
the power of God. For we also are 
weak in him, but we shall live with 
him by the power of God toward 
you. 

5 Examine yourselves, whether ye 
be in the faith ; prove your own 
selves. Know ye not your own 
selves, how that Jesus Christ is in 
you, except ye be reprobates ? 

6 But I trust that ye shall know 
that we are not reprobates. 

7 Now I pray to God that ye do 
no evil ; not that we should appear 
approved, but that ye should do that 
which is honest, though we be as 
reprobates. 

8 For we can do nothing against 
the truth, but for the truth. 

9 For we are glad, when we are 
weak, and ye are strong: and this 
also we wish, even your perfection. 

10 Therefore I write these things 
being absent, lest being present I 
should use sharpness, according to 
the power which the Lord hath given 
me to edification, and not to destruc- 
tion. 

11 Finally, brethren, farewell. Be 
perfect, be of good comfort, be of one 
mind, live in peace ; and the God of 
love and peace shall be with you. 

12 Greet one another with a holy 
kiss. 

13 All the saints salute you. 

14 The grace of the Lord Jesus 
Christ, and the love of God, and the 
communion of the Holy Ghost, be 
with you all. Amen. 

^[ The second epistle to the Corinthians was 
written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, 
by Titus and Lucas. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 



TO THE 



GALATIANS 



CHAPTEE I. 

6 He wondereth that they have so soon left him and the 
gospel, 8 and accurseth those that preach any other 
gospel than he did. 11 He learned the gospel not of 
men, but of God: 14 and sheweth what he was before 
his calling, 11 and what he did presently after it. 

PAUL, an apostle, (not of men, 
neither by man, "but by Jesus 
Christ, and God the Father, who 
raised him from the dead ;) 

2 And all the brethren which are 
with me, unto the churches of Ga- 
latia : 

3 Grace be to you, and peace, from 
God the Father, and from our Lord 
Jesus Christ, 

4 Who gave himself for our sins, 
that he might deliver us from this 
present evil world, according to the 
will of God and our Father : 

5 To whom be glory for ever and 
ever. Amen. v 

6 I marvel that ye are so soon re- 
moved from him that called you into 
the grace of Christ unto another gospel: 

7 Which is not another ; but there 
be some that trouble you, and would 
pervert the gospel of Christ. 

8 But though we, or an angel from 
heaven, preach any other gospel unto 
you than that which we have preach- 
ed unto you, let him be accursed. 

9 As we said before, so say I now 
again, If any man preach any other 
gospel unto you than that ye have 
received, let him be accursed. 

10 For do I now persuade men, or 
God ? or do I seek to please men ? 
for if I yet pleased men, I should not 
be the servant of Christ. 

. 11 But I certify you, brethren, 
that the gospel which was preached 
of me is not after man. 

12 For I neither received it of 
man, neither was I taught it, but by 
the revelation of Jesus Christ. 

13 For ye have heard of my con- 



versation in time past in the Jews' 
religion, how that beyond measure I 
persecuted the church of God, and 
wasted it : 

14 And profited in the Jews' reli- 
gion above many my equals in mine 
own nation, being more exceedingly 
zealous of the traditions of my fa- 
thers. 

15 But when it pleased God, who 
separated me from my mother's womb, 
and called me by his grace, 

16 To reveal his Son in me, that I 
might preach him among the hea- 
then ; immediately I conferred not 
with flesh and blood : 

17 Neither went I up to Jerusa- 
lem to them which were apostles 
before me ; but I went into Arabia, 
and returned again unto Damascus. 

18 Then after three years I went 
up to Jerusalem to^see Peter, and 
abode with him fifteen days. 

19 But other of the apostles saw I 
none, save James the Lord's brother. 

20 Now the things which I write 
unto you, behold, before God, I lie not. 

21 Afterwards I came into the re- 
gions of Syria and Cilicia ; 

22 And was unknown by face unto 
the churches of Judea which were 
in Christ: 

23 But they had heard only, That 
he which persecuted us in times past 
now preacheth the faith which once 
he destroyed. 

24 And they glorified God in me. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 He sheweth when he went vp again to Jerusalem, and 
for what purpose: 3 and that Titus was not circum- 
cised: 11 and that he resisted Peter, and told him the 
reason, 14 why he and other, being Jews, do believe in 
Christ to be justified by faith, and not bywords: 20 
and that they live not in sin, who are so justified. 

THEN fourteen years after I went 
up again to Jerusalem with Bar- 
nabas, and took Titus with me also. 
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Expostulation tvith Peter. GALATIANS. Of justification by faith. 



2 And I went up by revelation, and 
communicated unto them that gospel 
which I preach among the Gentiles, 
but privately to them which were 
of reputation, lest by any means I 
should run, or had run, in vain. 

3 But neither Titus, who was 
with me, being a Greek, was com- 
pelled to be circumcised : 

4 And that because of false bre- 
thren unawares brought in, who came 
in privily to spy out our liberty which 
we have in Christ Jesus, that they 
might bring us into bondage : 

5 To whom we gave place by sub- 
jection, no, not for an hour ; that the 
truth of the gospel might continue 
with you. 

6 But of those who seemed to be 
somewhat, whatsoever they were, it 
maketh no matter to me : God ac- 
cepteth no man's person : for they 
who seemed to be somewhat in con- 
ference added nothing to me: 

7 But contrariwise, when they saw 
that the gospel of the uncircumcision 
was committed unto me, as the gospel 
of the circumcision was unto Peter ; 

8 (For he that wrought effectually 
in Peter to the apostleship of the cir- 
cumcision, the same was mighty in 
me toward the Gentiles ;) 

9 And when James, Cephas, and 
John, who seemed to be pillars, per- 
ceived the grace that was given unto 
me, they gave to me and Barnabas 
the right hands of fellowship ; that 
we should go unto the heathen, and 
they unto the circumcision. 

10 Only they would that we should 
remember the poor ; the same which 
I also was forward to do. 

11 But when Peter was come to 
Antioch, I withstood him to the face, 
because he was to be blamed. 

1 2 For before that certain came from 
James, he did eat with the Gentiles : 
but when they were come, he with- 
drew and separated himself, fearing 
them which were of the circumcision. 

13 And the other Jews dissembled 
likewise with him ; insomuch that 

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away 



Barnabas also was carried 
with their dissimulation. 

1 4 But when I saw that they walked 
not uprightly according to the truth 
of the gospel, I said unto Peter before 
them all, If thou, being a Jew, livest 
after the manner of Gentiles, and not 
as do the Jews, why compellest thou 
the Gentiles to live as do the Jews ? 

15 We who are Jews by nature, 
and not sinners of the Gentiles, 

16 Knowing that a man is not 
justified by the works of the law, 
but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even 
we have believed in Jesus Christ, 
that we might be justified by the 
faith of Christ, and not by the works 
of the law : for by the works of the 
law shall no flesh be justified. 

17 But if, while we seek to be jus- 
tified by Christ, we ourselves also are 
found sinners, is therefore Christ the 
minister of sin ? God forbid. 

18 For if I build again the things 
which I destroyed, I make myself a 
transgressor. 

19 For I through the law am dead 
to the law, that I might live unto God. 

20 I am crucified with Christ : 
nevertheless I live ; yet not I, but 
Christ liveth in* me : and the life 
which I now live in the flesh I live 
by the faith of the Son of God, who 
loved me, and gave himself for me. 

21 I do not frustrate the grace of 
God : for if righteousness come by the 
law, then Christ is dead in vain. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 He asketh what moved them to leave the faith, and hang 
upon the law? 6 They that believe are justified, 9 and 
blessed with Abraham. 10 And this he sheweth by 
many reasons. 

O FOOLISH Galatians, who hath 
bewitched you, that ye should 
not obey the truth, before whose 
eyes Jesus Christ hath been evident- 
ly set forth, crucified among you ? 

2 This only would I learn of you, 
Received ye the Spirit by the works 
of the law, or by the hearing of faith? 

3 Are ye so foolish ? having begun 
in the Spirit, are ye now made per- 
fect by the flesh ? 



The law could not justify. GALATIANS. All believers are justified. 



4 Have ye suffered so many things 
in vain ? if it be yet in vain. 

5 He therefore that ministereth to 
you the Spirit, and worketh miracles 
among you, doeth he it by the works 
of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? 

6 Even as Abraham believed God, 
and it was accounted to him for right- 
eousness. 

7 Know ye therefore that they 
which are of faith, the same are the 
children of Abraham. 

8 And the Scripture, foreseeing 
that God would justify the heathen 
through faith, preached before the 
gospel unto Abraham, saying, In 
thee shall all nations be blessed. 

9 So then they which be of faith are 
blessed with faithful Abraham. 

10 For as many as are of the works 
of the law are under the curse : for it 
is written, Cursed is every one that 
continueth not in all things which 
are written in the book of the law to 
do them. 

1 1 But that no man is j ustified by the 
law in the sight of God, it is evident: 
for, The just shall live by faith. 

12 And the law is not of faith : but, 
The man that doeth them shall live 
in them. 

13 Christ hath redeemed us from the 
curse of the law, being made a curse 
for us : for it is written, Cursed is 
every one that hangeth on a tree : 

14 That the blessing of Abraham 
might come on the Gentiles through 
Jesus Christ ; that we might receive 
the promise of the Spirit through 
faith. 

15 Brethren, I speak after the man- 
ner of men ; Though it be but a man's 
covenant, yet if it be confirmed, no 
man disannulleth, or addeth thereto. 

. 16 Now to Abraham and his seed 
were the promises made. He saith not, 
And to seeds, as of many ; but as of 
one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. 
17 And this I say, that the covenant, 
that was confirmed before of God in 
Christ, the law, which was four hun- 
dred and thirty years after, cannot 



disannul, that it should make the pro- 
mise of none effect. 

18 For if the inheritance be of the 
law, it is no more of promise : but God 
gave it to Abraham by promise. 

19 Wherefore then serveth the law ? 
It was added because of transgress- 
ions, till the seed should come to 
whom the promise was made ; and it 
was ordained by angels in the hand 
of a mediator. 

20 Now a mediator is not a medi- 
ator of one, but God is one. 

21 Is the law then against the pro- 
mises of God ? God forbid : for if there 
had been a law given which could have 
given life, verily righteousness should 
have been by the law. 

22 But the Scripture hath conclud- 
ed all under sin, that the promise by 
faith of Jesus Christ might be given 
to them that believe. 

23 But before faith came, we were 
kept under the law, shut up unto the 
faith which should afterwards be re- 
vealed. 

24 Wherefore the law was our 
schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ, 
that we might be justified by faith. 

25 But after that faith is come, we 
are no longer under a schoolmaster. 

26 For ye are all the children of 
God by faith in Christ Jesus. 

27 For as many of you as have 
been baptized into Christ have put 
on Christ. 

28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, 
there is neither bond nor free, there 
is neither male nor female : for ye 
are all one in Christ Jesus. 

29 And if ye be Christ's, then are 
ye Abraham's seed, and heirs accord- 
ing to the promise. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 We were under the law till Christ came, an the heir is 
under his guardian till he be of age. 5 But Christ 
freed us from the lata: 1 therefore tee are servants no 
longer to it. 14 He remembereth their good will to 
him, and his to them, 22 and shewcth that we are 
the sons of Abraham by the free woman. 

"VTOW I say, That the heir, as 
JL 1 long as he is a child, differeth 
nothing from a servant, though he be 
lord of all; 

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Christ freed us 



GALATIANS. 



from the law. 



2 But is under tutors and govern- 
ors until the time appointed of the 
father. 

3 Even so we, when we were chil- 
dren, were in bondage under the ele- 
ments of the world : 

4 But when the fulness of the time 
was come, God sent forth his Son, 
made of a woman, made under the 
law, 

5 To redeem them that were under 
the law, that we might receive the 
adoption of sons. 

6 And because ye are sons, God 
hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son 
into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. 

7 Wherefore thou art no more a 
servant, but a son ; and if a son, then 
an heir of God through Christ. 

8 Howbeit then, when ye knew not 
God, ye did service unto them which 
by nature are no gods. 

9 But now, after that ye have known 
God, or rather are known of God, 
how turn ye again to the weak and 
beggarly elements, whereunto ye de- 
sire again to be in bondage ? 

10 Ye observe days, and months, 
and times, and years. 

11 I am afraid of you, lest I have 
bestowed upon you labour in vain. 

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be as I 
am ; for I am as ye are : ye have not 
injured me at all. 

13 Ye know how through infirm- 
ity of the flesh I preached the gospel 
unto you at the first. 

14 And my temptation which was 
in my flesh ye despised not, nor re- 
jected; but received me as an angel 
of God, even as Christ Jesus. 

15 Where is then the blessedness 
ye spake of? for I bear you record, 
that, if it had been possible, ye would 
have plucked out your own eyes, and 
have given them to me. 

16 Am I therefore become your 
enemy, because I tell you the truth ? 

17 They zealously affect you, but 
not well ; yea, they would exclude 
you, that ye might affect them. 

18 But it is good to be zealously 

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affected always in a good thing, and 
not only when I am present with you. 

19 My little children, of whom I 
travail in birth again until Christ be 
formed in you, 

20 I desire to be present with you 
now, and to change my voice ; for I 
stand in doubt of you. 

21 Tell me, ye that desire to be 
under the law, do ye not hear the law? 

22 For it is written, that Abraham 
had two sons, the one by a bond- 
maid, the other by a free woman. 

23 But he who was of the bond- 
woman was born after the flesh ; but 
he of the free woman was by promise. 

24 Which things are an allegory : 
for these are the two covenants ; the 
one from the mount Sinai, which 
gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. 

25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in 
Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem 
which now is, and is in bondage with 
her children. 

26 But Jerusalem which is above 
is free, which is the mother of us all. 

27 For it is written, Rejoice, thou 
barren that bearest not ; break forth 
and cry, thou that travailest not : for 
the desolate hath many more children 
than she which hath a husband. 

28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, 
are the children of promise. 

2 9 But as then he that was born after 
the flesh persecuted himthat was born 
after the Spirit, even so it is now. 

30 Nevertheless what saith the 
Scripture ? Cast out the bondwoman 
and her son : for the son of the bond- 
woman shall not be heir with the son 
of the free woman. 

31 So then, brethren, we are not chil- 
dren of the bondwoman, but of the free. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 He moveth them to stand in their liberty, 3 and not 
to observe circumcision : 1 3 but rather love, which is 
the sum of the law. 19 He reckoneth up the works of 
the flesh, 22 and the fruits of the Spirit, 25 and ex- 
horteth to walk in the Spirit. 

STAND fast therefore in the liberty 
wherewith Christ hath made us 
free, and be not entangled again with 
the yoke of bondage. 



The liberty of the gospel. GALATIANS. Of the flesh and Spirit. 



2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, 
that if ye he circumcised, Christ shall 
profit you nothing. 

3 For I testify again to every man 
that is circumcised, that he is a 
debtor to do the whole law. 

4 Christ is become of no effect unto 
you, whosoever of you are justified by 
the law ; ye are fallen from grace. 

5 For we through the Spirit wait 
for the hope of righteousness by faith. 

6 For in Jesus Christ neither cir- 
cumcision availeth any thing, nor un- 
circumcision ; but faith which work- 
eth by love. 

7 Ye did run well ; who did hinder 
you that ye should not obey the truth ? 

8 This persuasion cometh not of 
him that calleth you. 

9 A little leaven leaveneth the 
whole lump. 

10 1 have confidence in you through 
the Lord, that ye will be none other- 
wise minded : but he that troubleth 
you shall bear his judgment, whoso- 
ever he be. 

11 And I, brethren, if I yet preach 
circumcision, why do I yet suffer per- 
secution ? then is the offence of the 
cross ceased. 

12 I would they were even cut off 
which trouble you. 

13 For, brethren, ye have been 
called unto liberty ; only use not li- 
berty for an occasion to the flesh, 
but by love serve one another. 

14 For all the law is fulfilled in one 
word, even in this ; Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself. 

15 But if ye bite and devour one 
another, take heed that ye be not 
consumed one of another. 

16 This I say then, Walk in the 
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust 
of the flesh. 

17 For the flesh lusteth against the 
Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh : 
and these are contrary the one to the 
other ; so that ye cannot do the things 
that ye would. 

18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, 
ye are not under the law. 



19 Now the works of the flesh are 
manifest, which are these, Adultery, 
fornication, uncleanness, lascivious- 
ness, 

20 Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, va- 
riance, emulations, wrath, strife, sedi- 
tions, heresies, 

21 Envy in gs, murders, drunken- 
ness, revellings, and such like: of 
the which I tell you before, as I have 
also told you in time past, that they 
which do such things shall not inherit 
the kingdom of God. 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is 
love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gen- 
tleness, goodness, faith, 

23 Meekness, temperance : against 
such there is no law. 

24 And they that are Christ's have 
crucified the flesh with the affections 
and lusts. 

25 If we live in the Spirit, let us 
also walk in the Spirit. 

26 Let us not be desirous of vain- 
glory, provoking one another, envy- 
ing one another. 

CHAPTER VL 

1 He moveth them to deal mildly with a brother that hath 
slipped, 2 and to bear one another's burden : 6 to be 
liberal to their teachers, 9 and not weary of well doing. 
12 He sheweth what they intend that preach circum- 
cision. 14 He glorieth in nothing, save in the cross 
of Christ. 

BRETHREN, if a man be over- 
taken in a fault 
spiritual, restore such a 
spirit of meekness ; considering thy- 
self, lest thou also be tempted. 

2 Bear ye one another's burdens, 
and so fulfil the law of Christ. 

3 For if a man think himself to be 
something, when he is nothing, he 
deceiveth himself. 

4 But let every man prove his own 
work, and then shall he have rejoicing 
in himself alone, and not in another. 

5 For every man shall bear his own 
burden. 

6 Let him that is taught in the 
word communicate unto him that 
teacheth in all good things. 

7 Be not deceived ; God is not 
mocked : for whatsoever a man sow- 
eth, that shall he also reap. 

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, ye which are 
such a one in the 



Well doing recommended. EPHESIANS. Paul glorieth in Christ. 



8 For he that soweth to his flesh 
shall of the flesh reap corruption ; 
hut he that soweth to the Spirit shall 
of the Spirit reap life everlasting. 

9 And let us not he weary in well 
doing: for in due season we shall 
reap, if we faint not. 

10 As we have therefore opportu- 
nity, let us do good unto all men, 
especially unto them who are of the 
household of faith. 

1 1 Ye see how large a letter I have 
written unto you with mine own hand. 

12 As many as desire to make a 
fair shew in the flesh, they constrain 
you to he circumcised ; only lest they 
should suffer persecution for the cross 
of Christ. 

13 For neither they themselves 
who are circumcised keep the law ; 



but desire to have you circumcised, 
that they may glory in your flesh. 

14 But God forbid that I should 
glory, save in the cross of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, by whom the world is 
crucified unto me, and I unto the 
world. 

15 For in Christ Jesus neither cir- 
cumcision availeth any thing, nor 
uncircumcision, but a new creature. 

16 And as many as walk according 
to this rule, peace be on them, and 
mercy, and upon the Israel of God. 

17 From henceforth let no man 
trouble me : for I bear in my body 
the marks of the Lord Jesus. 

18 Brethren, the grace of our Lord 
Jesus Christ be with your spirit. 
Amen. 

•[" Unto the Galatians written from Rome. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 



TO THE 



EPHESIANS 



CHAPTER I. 

1 After the salutation, 3 and thanksgiving for the Ephe- 
sians, 4 he treateth of our election, 6 and adoption by 
grace, 1 1 which is the true and proper foitntain of 
man's salvation. 13 And because the height of this 
mystery cannot easily be attained unto, 16 he prayeih 
that they may come 18 to the full knowledge and 20 
possession thereof in Christ. 

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ 
by the will of God, to the saints 
which are at Ephesus, and to the 
faithful in Christ Jesus : 

2 Grace be to you, and peace, from 
God our Father, and from the Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

3 Blessed be the God and Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath 
blessed us with all spiritual blessings 
in heavenly places in Christ : 

4 According as he hath chosen us 
in him before the foundation of the 
world, that we should be holy and 
without blame before him in love : 

5 Having predestinated us unto the 
adoption of children by Jesus Christ 

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to himself, according to the good 
pleasure of his will, 

6 To the praise of the glory of his 
grace, wherein he hath made us ac- 
cepted in the beloved : 

7 In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, the forgiveness of 
sins, according to the riches of his 
grace ; 

8 Wherein he hath abounded to- 
ward us in all wisdom and prudence ; 

9 Having made known unto us the 
mystery of his will, according to his 
good pleasure which he hath pur- 
posed in himself: 

10 That in the dispensation of the 
fulness of times he might gather 
together in one all things in Christ, 
both which are in heaven, and which 
are on earth ; even in him : 

1 1 In whom also we have obtained 
an inheritance, being predestinated 
according to the purpose of him who 



The exaltation of Christ. EPHESIANS. 



We are saved by grace. 



worketh all things after the counsel 
of his own will : 

12 That we should he to the praise 
of his glory, who first trusted in Christ. 

13 In whom ye also trusted, after 
that ye heard the word of truth, the 
gospel of your salvation: in whom also, 
after that ye "believed, ye were sealed 
with that Holy Spirit of promise, 

14 Which is the earnest of our in- 
heritance until the redemption of the 
purchased possession, unto the praise 
of his glory. 

15 "Wherefore I also, after I heard 
of your faith in the Lord Jesus, and 
love unto all the saints, 

16 Cease not to give thanks for you, 
making mention of you in my prayers ; 

17 That the God of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, the Father of glory, may give 
unto you the spirit of wisdom and re- 
velation in the know ledge of him : 

18 The eyes of your understand- 
ing "being enlightened ; that ye may 
know what is the hope of his calling, 
and what the riches of the glory of 
his inheritance in the saints, 

19 And what is the exceeding 
greatness of his power to us-ward 
who helieve, according to the work- 
ing of his mighty power, 

20 Which he wrought in Christ, 
when he raised him from the dead, 
and set him at his own right hand in 
the heavenly places, 

21 Far above all principality, and 
power, and might, and dominion, and 
every name that is named, not only 
in this world, hut also in that which 
is to come : 

22 And hath put all things under 
his feet, and gave him to be the head 
over all things to the church, 

23 Which is his hody, the fulness 
of him that filleth all in all. 

CHAPTEK II. 

1 By comparing what we were by 3 nature, with what we 
are 5 by grace: 10 he declareth, that we are made for 
good works; and 13 being brought near by Christ, 
should not live as 11 Gentiles, and 12 foreigners in 
time past, but as 19 citizens with the saints, and the 
family of God. 

A ND you hath he quickened, who 
JTjl were dead in trespasses and sins ; 
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2 Wherein in time past ye walked 
according to the course of this world, 
according to the prince of the power 
of the air, the spirit that now work- 
eth in the children of disobedience : 

3 Among whom also we all had 
our conversation in times past in the 
lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the de- 
sires of the flesh and of the mind ; 
and were by nature the children of 
wrath, even as others. 

4 But God, who is rich in mercy, 
for his great love wherewith he loved 
us, 

5 Even when we were dead in 
sins, hath quickened us together 
with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;) 

6 And hath raised us up together, 
and made us sit together in heavenly 
places in Christ Jesus : 

7 That in the ages to come he 
might shew the exceeding riches of 
his grace, in his kindness toward us, 
through Christ Jesus. 

8 For by grace are ye saved through 
faith ; and that not of yourselves : it 
is the gift of God : 

9 Not of works, lest any man 
should boast. 

10 For we are his workmanship, 
created in Christ Jesus unto good 
works, which God hath before or- 
dained that we should walk in them. 

11 Wherefore remember, that ye 
being in time past Gentiles in the 
flesh, who are called Uncircumcision 
by that which is called the Circum- 
cision in the flesh made by hands ; 

12 That at that time ye were 
without Christ, being aliens from 
the commonwealth of Israel, and 
strangers from the covenants of pro- 
mise, having no hope, and without 
God in the world : 

13 But now, in Christ Jesus, ye 
who sometime were far off arc 
made nigh by the blood of Christ. 

14 For he is our peace, who hath 
made both one, and hath broken down 
the middle wall of partition between 
us ; 

15 Having abolished in his flesh 

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The salvation of 



EPHESIANS. 



the Gentiles revealed. 



the enmity, even the law of com- 
mandments contained in ordinances ; 
for to make in himself of twain one 
new man, so making peace ; 

16 And that he might reconcile "both 
unto God in one body by the cross, 
having slain the enmity thereby : 

17 And came and preached peace 
to you which were afar off, and to 
them that were nigh. 

18 For through him we both have 
access by one Spirit unto the Father. 

19 Now therefore ye are no more 
strangers and foreigners, but fellow 
citizens with the saints, and of the 
household of God ; 

20 And are built upon the founda- 
tion of the apostles and prophets, Je- 
sus Christ himself being the chief 
corner stone ; 

21 In whom all the building fitly 
framed together groweth unto a holy 
temple in the Lord : 

22 In whom ye also are builded 
together for a habitation of God 
through the Spirit. 

CHAPTEK III. 

5 The hidden mystery, 6 that the Gentiles should be 
saved, 3 was made known to Paul by revelation : 8 and 
to him was that grace given, that 9 he should preach 
it. 1 3 He desireth them not to faint for his tribula- 
tion, 14 and prayeth 19 that they may perceive the 
great love of Christ toward them. 

FOR this cause I Paul, the prisoner 
of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles, 

2 If ye have heard of the dispens- 
ation of the grace of God which is 
given me to you- ward : 

3 How that by revelation he made 
known unto me the mystery ; (as I 
wrote afore in few words ; 

4 Whereby, when ye read, ye may 
understand my knowledge in the 
mystery of Christ,) 

5 Which in other ages was not 
made known unto the sons of men, 
as it is now revealed unto his holy 
apostles and prophets by the Spirit ; 

6 That the Gentiles should be 
fellow heirs, and of the same body, 
and partakers of his promise in Christ 
by the gospel : 

7 Whereof I was made a minister, 

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according to the gift of the grace of 
God given unto me by the effectual 
working of his power. 

8 Unto me, who am less than 
the least of all saints, is this grace 
given, that I should preach among 
the Gentiles the unsearchable riches 
of Christ ; 

9 And to make all men see what is 
the fellowship of the mystery, which 
from the beginning of the world hath 
been hid in God, who created all 
things by Jesus Christ : 

10 To the intent that now unto 
the principalities and powers in hea- 
venly places might be known by the 
church the manifold wisdom of God, 

11 According to the eternal pur- 
pose which he purposed in Christ 
Jesus our Lord : 

12 In whom we have boldness 
and access with confidence by the 
faith of him. 

13 Wherefore I desire that ye 
faint not at my tribulations for you, 
which is your glory. 

14 For this cause I bow my knees 
unto the Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, 

15 Of whom the whole family in 
heaven and earth is named, 

16 That he would grant you, ac- 
cording to the riches of his glory, to 
be strengthened with might by his 
Spirit in the inner man ; 

17 That Christ may dwell in your 
hearts by faith ; that ye, being root- 
ed and grounded in love, 

18 May be able to comprehend 
with all saints what is the breadth, 
and length, and depth, and height ; 

19 And to know the love of Christ, 
which passeth knowledge, that ye 
might be filled with all the fulness 
of God. 

20 Now unto him that is able to 
do exceeding abundantly above all 
that we ask or think, according to 
the power that worketh in us, 

21 Unto him be glory in the 
church by Christ Jesus throughout 
all ages, world without end. Amen. 



Exhortation to 



EPHESIANS. 



unity, holiness, Sfc. 



CHAPTER IY. 

1 He exhorteth to unity, *7 and declareth that God there- 
fore giveth divers 1 1 gifts unto men, that his church 
might be 13 edified, and 16 grown up in Christ. 18 
He calleth them from the impurity of the Gentiles, 24 
to put on the new man, 25 to cast off lying, and 29 
corrupt communication. 

I THEREFORE, the prisoner of 
the Lord, beseech you that ye 
walk worthy of the vocation where- 
with ye are called, 

2 With all lowliness and meekness, 
with longsuffering, forbearing one an- 
other in love ; 

3 Endeavouring to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 

4 There is one body, and one Spirit, 
even as ye are called in one hope of 
your calling ; 

5 One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 

6 One God and Father of all, who 
is above all, and through all, and in 
you all. 

7 But unto every one of us is given 
grace according to the measure of 
the gift of Christ. 

8 Wherefore he saith, When he 
ascended up«on high, he led captivity 
captive, and gave gifts unto men. 

9 (Now that he ascended, what is 
it but that he also descended first 
into the lower parts of the earth ? 

1 He that descended is the same 
also that ascended up far above all 
heavens, that he might fill all things.) 

11 And he gave some, apostles ; and 
some, prophets ; and some, evangel- 
ists ; and some, pastors and teachers ; 

12 For the perfecting of the saints, 
for the work of the ministry, for the 
edifying of the body of Christ : 

13 Till we all come in the unity of 
the faith, and of the knowledge of the 
Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto 
the measure of the stature of the ful- 
ness of Christ : 

14 That we henceforth be no more 
children, tossed to and fro, and car- 
ried about with every wind of doc- 
trine, by the sleight of men, and cun- 
ning craftiness, whereby they lie in 
wait to deceive ; 

15 But speaking the truth in love, 



may grow up into him in all things, 
which is the head, even Christ : 

16 From whom the whole body fitly 
j oined together and compacted by that 
which everyjoint supplieth, according 
to the effectual workinginthe measure 
of every part, maketh increase of the 
body unto the edifying of itself in love. 

17 This I say therefore, and testify 
in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk 
not as other Gentiles walk, in the 
vanity of their mind, 

18 Having the understanding dark- 
ened, being alienated from the life of 
God through the ignorance that is in 
them, because of the blindness of 
their heart : 

1 9 Who being past feeling have given 
themselves over unto lasciviousness, to 
work all uncleanness with greediness. 

20 But ye have not so learned 
Christ ; 

21 If so be that ye have heard him, 
and have been taught by him, as the 
truth is in Jesus : 

22 That ye put off concerning the 
former conversation the old man, 
which is corrupt according to the 
deceitful lusts ; 

23 And be renewed in the spirit of 
your mind ; 

24 And that ye put on the new 
man, which after God is created in 
righteousness and true holiness. 

25 Wherefore putting away lying, 
speak every man truth with his 
neighbour : for we are members one 
of another. 

26 Be ye angry, and sin not : let not 
the sun go down upon your wrath : 

27 Neither give place to the devil. 

28 Let him that stole steal no more : 
but rather let him labour, working 
with his hands the thing which is 
good, that he may have to give to 
him that needeth. 

29 Let no corrupt communication 
proceed out of your mouth, but that 
which is good to the use of edifying, 
that it may minister grace unto the 
hearers. 

30 And grieve not the Holy Spirit 

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Exhortation to holiness. EPHESIANS. Duties of wives, husbands, 



of God, whereby ye are sealed unto 
the day of redemption. 

3 1 Let all bitterness, and wrath, and 
anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, 
be put away from you, with all malice : 

32 And be ye kind one to another, 
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, 
even as God for Christ's sake hath 
forgiven you. 

CHAPTEK Y. 

2 After general exhortations, to love, 3 to fly fornica- 
tion, 4 and all uncleanness, *1 not to converse with the 
wicked, 15 to walk warily, and to be 18 filled with the 
Spirit, 22 he descendeth to the particular duties, how 
wives ought to obey their husbands, 25 and husbands 
ought to love their wives, 32 even as Christ doth his 
church. 

BE ye therefore followers of God, 
as dear children ; 

2 And walk in love, as Christ also 
hath loved us, and hath given him- 
self for us an offering and a sacrifice 
to God for a sweetsmelling savour. 

3 But fornication, and all unclean- 
ness, or covetousness, let it not be once 
named among you, as becometh saints ; 

4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish 
talking, nor j esting, which are not con- 
venient : but rather giving of thanks. 

5 For this ye know, that no whore- 
monger, nor unclean person, nor 
covetous man, who is an idolater, 
hath any inheritance in the kingdom 
of Christ and of God. 

6 Let no man deceive you with 
vain words : for because of these 
things cometh the wrath of God upon 
the children of disobedience. 

7 Be not ye therefore partakers 
with them. 

8 For ye were sometime darkness, 
but now are ye light in the Lord : 
walk as children of light ; 

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is 
in all goodness and righteousness and 
truth ;) 

1 Proving what is acceptable unto 
the Lord. 

11 And have no fellowship with the 
unfruitful works of darkness, but 
rather reprove them. 

12 For it is a shame even to speak 
of those things which are done of 
them in secret. 

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13 But all things that are reproved 
are made manifest by the light : for 
whatsoever doth make manifest is 
light. 

14 Wherefore he saith, Awake thou 
that sleepest, and arise from the dead, 
and Christ shall give thee light. 

15 See then that ye walk circum- 
spectly, not as fools, but as wise, 

16 Redeeming the time, because 
the days are evil. 

17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but 
understanding what the will of the 
Lord is. 

18 And be not drunk with wine, 
wherein is excess ; but be rilled with 
the Spirit ; 

19 Speaking to yourselves in psalms 
and hymns and spiritual songs, sing- 
ing and making melody in your heart 
to the Lord ; 

20 Giving thanks always for all 
things unto God and the Father in 
the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ; 

21 Submitting yourselves one to 
another in the fear of God. 

22 Wives, submit yourselves unto 
your own husbands, as unto the Lord. 

23 For the husband is the head of 
the wife, even as Christ is the head 
of the church : and he is the Saviour 
of the body. 

24 Therefore as the church is sub- 
ject unto Christ, so let the wives be 
to their own husbands in every thing. 

25 Husbands, love your wives, even 
as Christ also loved the church, and 
gave himself for it ; 

26 That he might sanctify and 
cleanse it with the washing of water 
by the word, 

27 That he might present it to him- 
self a glorious church, not having spot, 
or wrinkle, or any such thing ; but that 
it should be holy and without blemish. 

28 So ought men to love their wives 
as their own bodies. He that loveth 
his wife loveth himself. 

29 For no man ever yet hated his 
own flesh ; but nourisheth and che- 
risheth it, even as the Lord the 
church : 



children, and servants. 



EPHESIANS. 



The Christian warfare. 



30 For we are members of his body, 
of his flesh, and of his bones. 

31 For this cause shall a man leave 
his father and mother, and shall be 
joined unto his wife, and they two 
shall be one flesh. 

32 This is a great mystery: but I 
speak concerning Christ and the 
church. 

33 Nevertheless, let every one of 
you in particular so love his wife even 
as himself; and the wife see that she 
reverence her husband. 

CHAPTEE VI. 

1 The duty of children towards their parents, 5 of serv- 
ants towards their masters. 10 Our life is a warfare, 
12 not only against flesh and blood, but also spiritual 
enemies. 13 The complete armour of a Christian, 18 
and how it ought to be used. 21 Tychicus is com- 
mended. 

CHILDREN, obey your parents in 
the Lord : for this is right. 

2 Honour thy father and mother ; 
which is the first commandment with 
promise ; 

3 That it may be well with thee, and 
thou mayest live long on the earth. 

4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your 
children to wrath : but bring them 
up in the nurture and admonition of 
the Lord. 

5 Servants, be obedient to them that 
are your masters according to the flesh, 
with fear and trembling, in singleness 
of your heart, as unto Christ ; 

6 Not with eyeservice, as men- 
pie asers ; but as the servants of 
Christ, doing the will of God from 
the heart ; 

7 With good will doing service, as 
to the Lord, and not to men: 

8 Knowing that whatsoever good 
thing any man doeth, the same shall 
he receive of the Lord, whether he he 
bond or free. 

9 And, ye masters, do the same 
things unto them, forbearing threat- 
ening: knowing that your Master 
also is in heaven; neither is there 
respect of persons with him. 

10 Finally, my brethren, be strong 
in the Lord, and in the power of his 
might. 



11 Put on the whole armour of 
God, that ye may be able to stand 
against the wiles of the devil. 

12 For we wrestle not against flesh 
and blood, but against principalities, 
against powers, against the rulers of 
the darkness of this world, against 
spiritual wickedness in high places. 

13 Wherefore take unto you the 
whole armour of God, that ye may be 
able to withstand in the evil day, and 
having done all, to stand. 

14 Stand therefore, having your 
loins girt about with truth, and having 
on the breastplate of righteousness ; 

15 And your feet shod with the 
preparation of the gospel of peace ; 

16 Above all, taking the shield of 
faith, wherewith ye shall be able to 
quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. 

17 And take the helmet of salva- 
tion, and the sword of the Spirit, 
which is the word of God : 

18 Praying always with all prayer 
and supplication in the Spirit, and 
watching thereunto with all perse- 
verance and supplication for all 
saints : 

19 And for me, that utterance may 
be given unto me, that I may open 
my mouth boldly, to make known the 
mystery of the gospel, 

20 For which I am an ambassador 
in bonds ; that therein I may speak 
boldly, as I ought to speak. 

21 But that ye also may know my 
affairs, and how I do, Tychicus, a 
beloved brother and faithful minister 
in the Lord, shall make known to you 
all things : 

22 Whom I have sent unto you for 
the same purpose, that ye might know 
our affairs, and that he might comfort 
your hearts. 

23 Peace be to the brethren, and 
love with faith, from God the Father 
and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

24 Grace be with all them that love 
our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. 
Amen. 

^f Written from Rome unto the Ephesians by 
Tychicus. 

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PHILIPPIANS 



CHAPTER I. 

3 He testifieth his thankfulness to God, and his love to- 
ward them, for the fruits of their faith, and fellowship 
in his sufferings, 9 daily praying to him for their in- 
crease in grace: 12 he sheweth what good the faith of 
Christ had received by his troubles at Home, 21 and 
how ready he is to glorify Christ either by his life or 
death, 27 exhorting them to unity, 28 and to fortitude 
in persecution. 

PAUL and Timotheus, the serv- 
ants of Jesus Christ, to all the 
saints in Christ Jesus which are at 
Philippi, with the hishops and dea- 
cons : 

2 Grace be unto you, and peace, 
from God our Father and from the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

3 I thank my God upon every re- 
membrance of you, 

4 Always in every prayer of mine 
for you all making request with joy, 

5 For your fellowship in the gos- 
pel from the first day until now; 

6 Being confident of this very 
thing, that he which hath begun a 
good work in you will perform it 
until the day of Jesus Christ: 

7 Even as it is meet for me to 
think this of you all, because I have 
you in my heart ; inasmuch as both 
in my bonds, and in the defence and 
confirmation of the gospel, ye all are 
partakers of my grace. 

8 For God is my record, how great- 
ly I long after you all in the bowels 
of Jesus Christ. 

9 And this I pray, that your love 
may abound yet more and more in 
knowledge and in all judgment ; 

10 That ye may approve things 
that are excellent; that ye may be 
sincere and without offence till the 
day of Christ ; 

11 Being filled with the fruits of righ- 
teousness, which are by Jesus Christ, 
unto the glory and praise of God. 

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12 But I would ye should under- 
stand, brethren, that the things which 
happened unto me have fallen out ra- 
ther unto the furtherance of the gospel ; 

13 So that my bonds in Christ 
are manifest in all the palace, and 
in all other places ; 

14 And many of the brethren in the 
Lord, waxing confident by my bonds, 
are much more bold to speak the 
word without fear. 

15 Some indeed preach Christ even 
of envy and strife ; and some also of 
good will : 

16 The one preach Christ of con- 
tention, not sincerely, supposing to 
add affliction to my bonds : 

17 But the other of love, knowing 
that I am set for the defence of the 
gospel. 

18 "What then? notwithstanding, 
every way, whether in pretence, or in 
truth, Christ is preached; and I there- 
in do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice. 

19 For I know that this shall turn 
to my salvation through your prayer, 
and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus 
Christ, 

20 According to my earnest expec- 
tation and my hope, that in nothing 
I shall be ashamed, but that with 
all boldness, as always, so now also 
Christ shall be magnified in my body, 
whether it be by life, or by death. 

21 For to me to live is Christ, and 
to die is gain. 

22 But if I live in the flesh, this is 
the fruit of my labour : yet what I 
shall choose I wot not. 

23 For I am in a strait betwixt 
two, having a desire to depart, and to 
be with Christ ; which is far better : 

24 Nevertheless to abide in the 
flesh is more needful for you. 



Paul exhorteth to unity. PHILIPPIANS. He commendeth Timothy. 



25 And having this confidence, 
I know that I shall abide and conti- 
nue with you all for your further- 
ance and joy of faith ; 

26 That your rejoicing may be 
more abundant in Jesus Christ for 
me by my coming to you again. 

27 Only let your conversation be 
as it becometh the gospel of Christ : 
that whether I come and see you, 
or else be absent, I may hear of 
your affairs, that ye stand fast in one 
spirit, with one mind striving toge- 
ther for the faith of the gospel ; 

28 And in nothing terrified by your 
adversaries : which is to them an 
evident token of perdition, but to 
you of salvation, and that of God. 

29 For unto you it is given in the 
behalf of Christ, not only to believe 
on him, but also to suffer for his sake ; 

30 Having the same conflict which 
ye saw in me, and now hear to be in 
me. 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 He exhorteth them to unity, and to all humbleness of 
mind, by the example of Christ's humility and exalta- 
tion: 12 to a careful proceeding in the way of salva- 
tion, that they be as lights to the wicked world, 16 and 
comforts to him their apostle, who is now ready to be 
offered up to God. 19 He hopeth to send Timothy to 
them, whom he greatly commendeth, 25 as Epaphrodi- 
tus also, whom he presently sendeth to them. 

IF there be therefore any consola- 
tion in Christ, if any comfort of 
love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, 
if any bowels and mercies, 

2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like- 
minded, having the same love, being 
of one accord, of one mind. 

3 Let nothing be done through strife 
or vainglory ; but in lowliness of mind 
let each esteem other better than 
themselves. 

4 Look not every man on his own 
things, but every man also on the 
things of others. 

5 Let this mind be in you, which 
was also in Christ Jesus : 

6 Who, being in the form of God, 
thought it not robbery to be equal 
with God : 

7 But made himself of no repu- 
tation, and took upon him the form 



of a servant, and was made in the 
likeness of men : 

8 And being found in fashion as a 
man, he humbled himself, and be- 
came obedient unto death, even the 
death of the cross. 

9 Wherefore God also hath highly 
exalted him, and given him a name 
which is above every name : 

10 That at the name of Jesus every 
knee should bow, of things in hea- 
ven, and things in earth, and things 
under the earth ; 

11 And that every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to 
the glory of God the Father. 

12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye 
have always obeyed, not as in my 
presence only, but now much more 
in my absence, work out your own 
salvation with fear and trembling : 

13 For it is God which worketh in 
you both to will and to do of his 
good pleasure. 

14 Do all things without murmur- 
ings and disputings : 

15 That ye may be blameless and 
harmless, the soils of God, without 
rebuke, in the midst of a crooked 
and perverse nation, among whom 
ye shine as lights in the world ; 

16 Holding forth the word of life ; 
that I may rejoice in the day of 
Christ, that I have not run in vain, 
neither laboured in vain. 

17 Yea, and if I be offered upon 
the sacrifice and service of your faith, 
I joy, and rejoice with you all. 

18 For the same cause also do ye 
joy, and rejoice with me. 

19 But I trust in the Lord Jesus 
to send Timotheus shortly unto you, 
that I also may be of good comfort, 
when I know your state. 

20 For I have no man likeminded, 
who will naturally care for your state. 

21 For all seek their own, not the 
things which are Jesus Christ's. 

22 But ye know the proof of him, 
that, as a son with the father, he 
hath served with me in the gospel. 

23 Him therefore I hope to send 

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all for Christ. 



presently, so soon as I shall see how 
it will go with me. 

24 But I trust in the Lord that 
I also myself shall come shortly. 

25 Yet I supposed it necessary to 
send to you Epaphroditus, my "bro- 
ther, and companion in labour, and 
fellow soldier, hut your messenger, 
and he that ministered to my wants. 

26 For he longed after you all, and 
was full of heaviness, because that 
ye had heard that he had been sick. 

27 For indeed he was sick nigh un- 
to death : but God had mercy on him ; 
and not on him only, but on me also, 
lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow. 

28 I sent him therefore the more 
carefully, that, when ye see him 
again, ye may rejoice, and that I 
may be the less sorrowful. 

29 Receive him therefore in the 
Lord with all gladness; and hold 
such in reputation : 

30 Because for the work of Christ 
he was nigh unto death, not regard- 
ing his life, to supply your lack of 
service toward me. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 He warneth them to beware of the false teachers of the 
circumcision, 4 shewing that himself hath greater 
cause than they to trust in the righteousness of the 
law: 7 which notwithstanding he counteih as dung 
and loss, to gain Christ and his righteousness, 12 
therein acknowledging his own imperfection. 15 He ex- 
hortelh them to be thus minded, 17 and to imitate him, 
18 and to decline the ways of carnal Christians. 

FINALLY, my brethren, rejoice 
in the Lord. To write the same 
things to you, to me indeed is not 
grievous, but for you it is safe. 

2 Beware of dogs, beware of evil 
workers, beware of the concision. 

3 For we are the circumcision, 
which worship God in the spirit, 
and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have 
no confidence in the flesh. 

4 Though I might also have confi- 
dence in the flesh. If any other man 
thinketh that he hath whereof he 
might trust in the flesh, I more : 

5 Circumcised the eighth day, of 
the stock of Israel, q/the tribe of Ben- 
jamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; 
as touching the law, a Pharisee ; 

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6 Concerning zeal, persecuting the 
church; touching the righteousness 
which is in the law, blameless. 

7 But what things were gain to me, 
those I counted loss for Christ. 

8 Yea doubtless, and I count all 
things but loss for the excellency of 
the knowledge of Christ Jesus my 
Lord : for whom I have suffered the 
loss of all things, and do count them 
but dung, that I may win Christ, 

9 And be found in him, not having 
mine own righteousness, which is of 
the law, but that which is through 
the faith of Christ, the righteousness 
which is of God by faith : 

10 That I may know him, and the 
power of his resurrection, and the fel- 
lowship of his sufferings, being made 
conformable unto his death ; 

11 If by any means I might attain 
unto the resurrection of the dead. 

12 Not as though I had already 
attained, either were already perfect : 
but I follow after, if that I may ap- 
prehend that for which also I am ap- 
prehended of Christ Jesus. 

13 Brethren, I count not myself 
to have apprehended: but this one 
thing I do, forgetting those things 
which are behind, and reaching 
forth unto those things which are 
before, 

14 I press toward the mark for the 
prize of the high calling of God in 
Christ Jesus. 

15 Let us therefore, as many as be 
perfect, be thus minded : and if in 
any thing ye be otherwise minded, 
God shall reveal even this unto you. 

16 Nevertheless, whereto we have 
already attained, let us walk by the 
same rule, let us mind the same 
thing. 

1 7 Brethren, be followers together 
of me, and mark them which walk so 
as ye have us for an ens ample. 

18 (Formanywalkjofwhomlhave 
told you often, and now tell you even 
weeping, that they are the enemies of 
the cross of Christ : 

19 Whose end is destruction, whoso 



Exhortation to goodness. PHILIPPIANS. The Philippians'' liberality. 



i 



God is their belly, and whose glory 
is in their shame, who mind earthly 
things.) 

20 For our conversation is in hea- 
ven ; from whence also we look for 
the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ : 

21 Who shall change our vile body, 
that it may be fashioned like unto 
his glorious body, according to the 
working whereby he is able even to 
subdue all things unto himself. 

CHAPTER IV. 

I From 'particular admonitions 4 he proceedeth to gene- 
ral exhortations, 10 shewing how he rejoiced at their 
liberality towards him lying in prison, not so much for 
the supply of his own wants, as for the grace of God 
in them. 19 And so he concludeth with prayer and 
sahctations. 

THEREFORE, my brethren dear- 
ly beloved and longed for, my 
joy and crown, so stand fast in the 
Lord, my dearly beloved. 

2 I beseech Euodias, and beseech 
Syntyche, that they be of the same 
mind in the Lord. 

3 And I entreat thee also, true 
yokefellow, help those women which 
laboured with me in the gospel, with 
Clement also, and with other my fel- 
low labourers, whose names are in 
the book of life. 

4 Rejoice in the Lord always: and 
again I say, Rejoice. 

5 Let your moderation be known 
unto all men. The Lord is at hand. 

6 Be careful for nothing; but in 
every thing by prayer and supplica- 
tion with thanksgiving let your re- 
quests be made known unto God. 

7 And the peace of God, which 
passeth all understanding, shall keep 
your hearts and minds through Christ 
Jesus. 

8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever 
things are true, whatsoever things are 
honest, whatsoever things are just, 
whatsoever things are pure, whatso- 
ever things are lovely, whatsoever 
things are of good report ; if there be 
any virtue, and if there be any praise, 
think on these things. 

9 Those things, which ye have both 
learned, and received, and heard, and 



seen in me, do : and the God of peace 
shall be with you. 

10 But I rejoiced in the Lord great- 
ly, that now at the last your care of 
me hath flourished again ; wherein 
ye were also careful, but ye lacked 
opportunity. 

11 Not that I speak in respect of 
want: for I have learned, in what- 
soever state I am, therewith to be con- 
tent. 

12 I know both how to be abased, 
and I know how to abound: every 
where and in all things I am in- 
structed both to be full and to be 
hungry, both to abound and to suffer 
need. 

13 I can do all things through Christ 
which strengtheneth me. 

14 Notwithstanding, ye have well 
done, that ye did communicate with 
my affliction. 

15 Now ye Philippians know also, 
that in the beginning of the gospel, 
when I departed from Macedonia, no 
church communicated with me as 
concerning giving and receiving, but 
ye only. 

16 For eveninThessalonicayesent 
once and again unto my necessity. 

17 Not because I desire a gift : but 
I desire fruit that may abound to 
your account. 

18 But I have all, and abound : I 
am full, having received of Epaphro- 
ditus the things ivhichwere sent from 
you, an odour of a sweet smell, a sacri- 
fice acceptable, well pleasing to God. 

19 But my God shall supply all 
your need according to his riches in 
glory by Christ Jesus. 

20 Now unto God and our Father 
be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

21 Salute every saint in Christ 
Jesus. The brethren which are with 
me greet you. 

22 All the saints salute you, chiefly 
they that are of Cesar's household. 

23 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you all. Amen. 

•jf It was written to the Philippians from 
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TO THE 



CO'LOSSIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 After salutation he thanJceth God for their faith, *l 
confirmeth the doctrine of Epaphras, 9 prayeth further 
for their increase in grace, 14 describeth the true Christ, 
21 encourageth them to receive Jesus Christ, and com,' 
mendeth his own ministry. 

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ 
by the will of God, and Timo- 
theus our brother, 

2 To the saints and faithful brethren 
in Christ which are at Colosse : Grace 
be unto you, and peace, from God our 
Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. 

3 We give thanks to God and the 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
praying always for you, 

4 Since we heard of your faith in 
Christ Jesus, and of the love which 
ye have to all the saints, 

5 For the hope which is laid up for 
you in heaven, whereof ye heard before 
in the word of the truth of the gospel ; 

6 Which is come unto you, as it is 
in all the world ; and bringeth forth 
fruit, as it doth also in you, since the 
day ye heard of it, and knew the 
grace of God in truth : 

7 As ye also learned of Epaphras 
our dear fellow servant, who is for 
you a faithful minister of Christ ; 

8 Who also declared unto us your 
love in the Spirit. 

9 For this cause we also, since the 
day we heard it, do not cease to pray 
for you, and to desire that ye might 
be filled with the knowledge of his 
will in all wisdom and spiritual un- 
derstanding ; 

10 That ye might walk worthy of 
the Lord unto all pleasing, being 
fruitful in every good work, and in- 
creasing in the knowledge of God; 

11 Strengthened with all might, 
according to his glorious power, unto 
all patience and longsuffering with 
joy fulness ; 

12 Giving thanks unto the Father, 

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which hath made us meet to be par- 
takers of the inheritance of the*saints 
in light : 

13 Who hath delivered us from the 
power of darkness,and hath translated 
us into the kingdom of his dear Son: 

14 In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, even the forgive- 
ness of sins : 

1 5 Who is the image of the invisible 
God, the firstborn of every creature : 

16 For by him were all things cre- 
ated, that are in heaven, and that are 
in earth, visible and invisible, whether 
they be thrones, or dominions, or prin- 
cipalities, or powers : all things were 
created by him, and for him ; 

17 And he is before all things, and 
by him all things consist. 

18 And he is the head of the body, 
the church : who is the beginning, the 
firstborn from the dead ; that in all 
things he might have the preeminence. 

19 For it pleased the Father that 
in him should all fulness dwell ; 

20 And,havingmade peace through 
the blood of his cross, by him to re- 
concile all things unto himself; by 
him, I say, whether they be things in 
earth, or things in heaven. 

21 And you, that were sometime 
alienated and enemies in your mind 
by wicked works, yet now hath he 
reconciled 

22 In the body of his flesh through 
death, to present you holy and un- 
blameable and unreproveable in his 
sight : 

23 If ye continue in the faith 
grounded and settled, and be not 
moved away from the hope of the 
gospel, which ye have heard, and 
which was preached to every creature 
which is under heaven; whereof I 
Paul am made a minister ; 

2 4 Who now rej oice in my sufferings 



Exhortation to steadfastness. COLOSSI ANS. The ritual law abolished. 



for you, and fill up that which is 
behind of the afflictions of Christ in 
my flesh for his body's sake, which 
is the church : 

25 Whereof I am made a minister, 
according to the dispensation of God 
which is given to me for you, to fulfil 
the word of God; 

26 Even the mystery which hath 
been hid from ages and from genera- 
tions, but now is made manifest to 
his saints : 

27 To whom God would make known 
what is the riches of the glory of this 
mystery among the Gentiles ; which 
is Christ in you, the hope of glory : 

28 Whom we preach, warning 
every man, and teaching every man 
in all wisdom; that we may present 
every man perfect in Christ Jesus : 

29 Whereunto I also labour, striv- 
ing according to his working, which 
worketh in me mightily. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 He still exhorteth them to be constant in Christ, 8 to 
beware of philosophy, and vain traditions, 18 worship- 
ping of angels, 20 and legal ceremonies, which are ended 
in Christ. 

FOR I would that ye knew what 
great conflict I have for you, and 
for them at Laodicea, and for as many 
as have not seen my face in the flesh ; 

2 That their hearts might be com- 
forted, being knit together in love, 
and unto all riches of the full as- 
surance of understanding, to the ac- 
knowledgment of the mystery of God, 
and of the Father, and of Christ; 

3 In whom are hid all the trea- 
sures of wisdom and knowledge. 

4 And this I say, lest any man should 
beguile you with enticing words. 

5 For though I be absent in the 
flesh, yet am I with you in the spirit, 
joying and beholding your order, and 
the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. 

6 As ye have therefore received 
Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in 

'him : 

7 Hooted and built up in him, and 
stablished in the faith, as ye have 
been taught, abounding therein with 
thanksgiving. 



8 Beware lest any man spoil you 
through philosophy and vain deceit, 
after the tradition of men, after the 
rudiments of the world, and not after 
Christ. 

9 For in him dwelleth all the ful- 
ness of the Godhead bodily. 

10 And ye are complete in him, 
which is the head of all principality 
and power : 

11 In whom also ye are circum- 
cised with the circumcision made 
without hands, in putting off the 
body of the sins of the flesh by the 
circumcision of Christ : 

12 Buried with him in baptism, 
wherein also ye are risen with him 
through the faith of the operation of 
God, who hath raised him from the 
dead. 

13 And you, being dead in your sins 
and the uncircumcision of your flesh, 
hath he quickened together with him, 
having forgiven you all trespasses ; 

14 Blotting out the handwriting of 
ordinances that was against us, which 
was contrary to us, and took it out of 
the way, nailing it to his cross ; 

15 And having spoiled principali- 
ties and powers, he made a shew of 
them openly, triumphing over them 
in it. 

16 Let no man therefore judge you 
in meat, or in drink, or in respect of 
a holyday, or of the new moon, or of 
the sabbath days : 

17 Which are a shadow of things 
to come ; but the body is of Christ. 

18 Let no man beguile you of your 
reward in a voluntary humility and 
worshipping of angels, intruding into 
those things which he hath not seen, 
vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, 

19 And not holding the Head, 
from which all the body by joints 
and bands having nourishment mi- 
nistered, and knit together, increas- 
eth with the increase of God. 

20 Wherefore if ye be dead with 
Christ from the rudiments of the 
world, why, as though living in the 
world, are ye subject to ordinances, 

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COLOSSIANS. Duties of wives, husbands, Sfc. 



21 (Touch not; taste not; handle 
not; 

22 Which all are to perish with 
the using;) after the commandments 
and doctrines of men ? 

23 Which things have indeed a 
shew of wisdom in will- worship, and 
humility, and neglecting of the body ; 
not in any honour to the satisfying of 
the flesh. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 He slteweth where we should seek Christ. 5 He ex- 
horteth to mortification, 10 to put off the old man, and 
to put on Christ, 12 exhorting to charity, humility, 
and, other several duties. 

IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek 
those things which are above, 
where Christ sitteth on the right 
hand of God. 

2 Set your affection on things 
above, not on things on the earth. 

3 For ye are dead, and your life 
is hid with Christ in God. 

4 When Christ, who is our life, 
shall appear, then shall ye also ap- 
pear with him in glory. 

5 Mortify therefore your members 
which are upon the earth ; fornica- 
tion, uncleanness, inordinate affec- 
tion, evil concupiscence, and covet- 
ousness, which is idolatry : 

6 For which things' sake the wrath 
of God cometh on the children of 
disobedience : 

7 In the which ye also walked 
sometime, when ye lived in them. 

8 But now ye also put off all these ; 
anger,wrath,malice,blasphemy,filthy 
communication out of your mouth. 

9 Lie not one to another, seeing 
that ye have put off the old man 
with his deeds ; 

10 And have put on the new man, 
which is renewed in knowledge after 
the image of him that created him : 

11 Where there is neither Greek 
nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircum- 
cision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor 
free : but Christ is all, and in all. 

12 Put on therefore, as the elect 
of God, holy and beloved, bowels 
of mercies, kindness, humbleness of 
mind, meekness, longsuffering ; 

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13 Forbearing one another, and 
forgiving one another, if any man 
have a quarrel against any : even as 
Christ forgave you, so also do ye. 

14 And above all these things put 
on charity, which is the bond of per- 
fectness. 

15 And let the peace of God rule 
in your hearts, to the which also ye 
are called in one body ; and be ye 
thankful. 

16 Let the word of Christ dwell 
in you richly in all wisdom ; teach- 
ing and admonishing one another in 
psalms and hymns and spiritual 
songs, singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. 

17 And whatsoever ye do in word 
or deed, do all in the name of the 
Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God 
and the Father by him. 

18 Wives, submit yourselves unto 
your own husbands, as it is fit in the 
Lord. 

19 Husbands, love your wives, 
and be not bitter against them. 

20 Children, obey your parents in 
all things : for this is well pleasing 
unto the Lord. 

21 Fathers, provoke not your child- 
ren to anger, lest they be discouraged. 

22 Servants, obey in all things your 
masters according to the flesh ; not 
with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but 
in singleness of heart, fearing God : 

23 And whatsoever ye do,dozY heart- 
ily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; 

24 Knowing that of the Lord ye 
shall receive the reward of the inherit- 
ance : for ye serve the Lord Christ. 

25 But he that doeth wrong shall 
receive for the wrong which he hath 
done : and there is no respect of per- 
sons. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 He exhorteth them to be fervent in prayer, 5 to walk 
wisely toward them that are not yet come to the true 
knowledge of Christ. 10 He saluteth them, and 
wishcth them all prosperity. 

MASTERS, give unto your serv- 
ants that which is just and 
equal ; knowing that ye also have a 
Master in heaven. 



Divers precepts 



I. THESSALONIANS. 



and salutations. 



2 Continue in prayer, and watch 
in the same with thanksgiving ; 

3 Withal praying also for us, that 
God would open unto us a door of 
utterance, to speak the mystery of 
Christ, for which I am also in honds : 

4 That I may niake it manifest, as 
I ought to speak. 

5 Walk in wisdom toward them 
that are without, redeeming the time. 

6 Let your speech be always with 
grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may 
know how ye ought to answer every 
man. 

7 All my state shall Tychicus de- 
clare unto you, who is a beloved 
brother, and a faithful minister and 
fellow servant in the Lord : 

8 Whom I have sent unto you for 
the same purpose, that he might know 
your estate, and comfort your hearts ; 

9 With Onesimus, a faithful and 
beloved brother, who is one of you. 
They shall make known unto you all 
things which are done here. 

10 Aristarchus my fellow prisoner 
saluteth you, and Marcus, sister's son 
to Barnabas, (touching whom ye re- 
ceived commandments : if he come 
unto you, receive him ;) 

11 And Jesus, which is called 



Justus, who are of the circumcision. 
These only are my fellow workers 
unto the kingdom of God, which 
have been a comfort unto me. 

12 Epaphras, who is one of you, a 
servant of Christ, saluteth you, always 
labouring fervently for you in prayers, 
that ye may stand perfect and com- 
plete in all the will of God. 

13 For I bear him record, that he 
hath a great zeal for you, and them 
that are in Laodicea, and them in 
Hierapolis. 

14 Luke, the beloved physician, 
and Demas, greet you. 

15 Salute the brethren which are 
in Laodicea, and Nymphas, and the 
church which is in his house. 

• 16 And when this epistle is read 
among you, cause that it be read also 
in the church of the Laodiceans ; and 
that ye likewise read the epistle from 
Laodicea. 

17 And say to Archippus, Take heed 
to the ministry which thou hast re- 
ceived in the Lord, that thou fulfil it. 

18 The salutation by the hand of 
me Paul. Remember my bonds. Grace 
be with you. Amen. 

*§ Written from Rome to the Colossians by 
Tychicus and Onesimus. 



THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 

TO THE 

THESSALONIANS. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 The Tfiessalonians are given to understand both how 
mindful of them Saint Paul was at all times in 
thanksgiving, and prayer: 5 and also how well he was 
persuaded of the truth and sincerity of their faith, 
and conversion to God. 

PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timo- 
theus, unto the church of the 
Thessalonians which is in God the 
Father, and in the Lord Jesus Christ: 
Grace be unto you, and peace, from 
God our Father, and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

2 We give thanks to God always 
for you all, making mention of you 
in our prayers ; 



3 Remembering without 
your work of faith, and labour of 
love, and patience of hope in our 
Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of 
God and our Father ; 

4 Knowing, brethren beloved, your 
election of God. 

5 For our gospel came not unto you 
in word only, but also in power, and in 
the Holy Ghost, and in much assur- 
ance ; as ye know what manner of men 
we were among you for your sake. 

6 And ye became followers of us, 
and of the Lord, having received the 

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The manner of 



I. THESSALONIANS. 



Paul's preaching. 



word in much affliction, with joy of 
the Holy Ghost : 

7 So that ye were ensamples to all 
that believe in Macedonia and Achaia. 

8 For from you sounded out the 
word of the Lord not only in Mace- 
donia and Achaia, but also in every 
place your faith to God-ward is spread 
abroad ; so that we need not to speak 
any thing. 

9 For they themselves shew of us 
what manner of entering in we had 
unto you, and how ye turned to God 
from idols to serve the living and 
true God; 

10 And to wait for his Son from 
heaven, whom he raised from the 
dead, even Jesus, which delivered us 
from the wrath to come. 

CHAPTEK II. 

1 In what, manner the gospel was brought and preached 
to the Thessalonians, and in what sort also they re- 
ceived it. 18-4 reason is rendered both why Saint 
Paul was so long absent from them, and also why he 
was so desirous to see them. 

FOR yourselves, brethren, know 
our entrance in unto you, that 
it was not in vain : 

2 But even after that we had suf- 
fered before, and were shamefully 
entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, 
we were bold in our God to speak 
unto you the gospel of God with 
much contention. 

3 For our exhortation was not of de- 
ceit, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile : 

4 But as we were allowed of God 
to be put in trust with the gospel, even 
so' we speak; not as pleasing men, but 
God, which trieth our hearts. 

5 For neither at any time used we 
nattering words, as ye know, nor a 
cloak of covetousness ; God is witness : 

6 Nor of men sought we glory, 
neither of you, nor yet of others, 
when we might have been burden- 
some, as the apostles of Christ. 

7 But we were gentle among you, 
even as a nurse cherisheth her child- 
ren : 

8 So being affectionately desirous 
of you, we were willing to have 
imparted unto you, not the gospel of 

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God only, but also our own souls, 
because ye were dear unto us. 

9 For ye remember, brethren, our 
labour and travail: for labouring 
night and day, because we would not 
be chargeable unto any of you, we 
preached unto you the gospel of 
God. 

10 Ye are witnesses, and God also, 
how holily and justly and unblame- 
ably we behaved ourselves among 
you that believe : 

11 As ye know how we exhorted 
and comforted and charged every one 
of you, as a father doth his children, 

12 That ye would walk worthy of 
God, who hath called you unto his 
kingdom and glory. 

13 For this cause also thank we 
God without ceasing, because, when 
ye received the word of God which 
ye heard of us, ye received it not as 
the word of men, but, as it is in truth, 
the word of God, which effectually 
worketh also in you that believe. 

14 For ye, brethren, became fol- 
lowers of the churches of God which 
in Judea are in Christ Jesus : for ye 
also have suffered like things of your 
own countrymen, even as they have 
of the Jews : 

15 Who both killed the Lord Jesus, 
and their own prophets, and have 
persecuted us ; and they please not 
God, and are contrary to all men : 

16 Forbidding us to speak to the 
Gentiles that they might be saved, to 
fill up their sins always : for the wrath 
is come upon them to the uttermost. 

17 But we, brethren, being taken 
from you for a short time in presence, 
not in heart, endeavoured the more 
abundantly to see your face with 
great desire. 

18 Wherefore we would have come 
unto you, even I Paul, once and 
again; but Satan hindered us. 

19 For what is our hope, or joy, or 
crown of rejoicing ? Are not even 
ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus 
Christ at his coming ? 

20 For ye are our glory and joy. 



Paul's great love for I. THESSALONIANS. 



the Thessalonians. 



CHAPTER III. 

1 Saint Paul testifieth his great love to the Thessalo- 
nians, partly by sending Timothy unto them to strength- 
en and comfort them: partly by rejoicing in their well 
doing: 10 and partly by praying for them, and desir- 
ing a safe coming unto them. 

WHEREFORE when Ave could 
no longer forbear, we thought 
it good to be left at Athens alone ; 

2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, 
and minister of God, and our fellow 
labourer in the gospel of Christ, to 
establish you, and to comfort you 
concerning your faith : 

3 That no man should be moved by 
these afflictions : for yourselves know 
that we are appointed thereunto. 

4 For verily, when we were with 
you, we told you before that we should 
suffer tribulation ; even as it came to 
pass, and ye know. 

5 For this cause, when I could no 
longer forbear, I sent to know your 
faith, lest by some means the tempter 
have tempted you, and our labour be 
in vain. 

6 But now when Timotheus came 
from you unto us, and brought us 
good tidings of your faith and chari- 
ty, and that ye have good remem- 
brance of us always, desiring greatly 
to see us, as we also to see you : 

7 Therefore, brethren, we were 
comforted over you in all our afflic- 
tion and distress by your faith: 

8 For now we live, if ye stand fast 
in the Lord. 

9 For what thanks can we render 
to God again for you, for all the joy 
wherewith we joy for your sakes be- 
fore our God ; 

10 Night and day prayirig exceed- 
ingly that we might see your face, 
and might perfect that which is lack- 
ing in your faith ? 

1 1 Now God himself and our Father, 
and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our 
way unto you. 

12 And the Lord make you to in- 
crease and abound in love one to- 
ward another, and toward all men, 
even as we do toward you : 

13 To the end he may stablish your 



hearts unblameable in holiness be- 
fore God, even our Father, at the 
coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with 
all his saints. 

CHAPTER IT. 

1 He exhorteth them to go on forward in all manner of 
godliness, 6 to live holily and justly, 9 to love one an- 
other, 11 and quietly to follow their own business: 15 
and last of all to sorrow moderately for the dead. 17 
And unto this last exhortation is annexed a brief de- 
scription of the resurrection, and second coming of 
Christ to judgment. 

FURTHERMORE then we be- 
seech you, brethren, and exhort 
you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye 
have received of us how ye ought to 
walk and to please God, so ye would 
abound more and more. 

2 For ye know what command- 
ments we gave you by the Lord Jesus. 

3 For this is the will of God, even 
your sanctification, that ye should 
abstain from fornication : 

4 That every one of you should 
know how to possess his vessel in 
sanctification and honour ; 

5 Not in the lust of concupiscence, 
even as the Gentiles which know not 
God: 

6 That no man go beyond and 
defraud his brother in any matter : 
because that the Lord is the avenger 
of all such, as we also have fore- 
warned you and testified. 

7 For God hath not called us unto 
uncleanness, but unto holiness. 

8 He therefore that despiseth, de- 
spiseth not man, but God, who hath 
also given unto us his Holy Spirit. 

9 But as touching brotherly love 
ye need not that I write unto you : 
for ye yourselves are taught of God 
to love one another. 

10 And indeed ye do it toward all 
the brethren which are in all Mace- 
donia : but we beseech you, brethren, 
that ye increase more and more ; 

11 And that ye study to be quiet, 
and to do your own business, and to 
work with your own hands, as we 
commanded you ; 

12 That ye may walk honestly 
toward them that are without, and 
that ye may have lack of nothing. 

2o5 



Christ's second coming. I: THE S SALOPIANS. Divers exhortations. 



13 But I would not have you to be 
ignorant, brethren, concerning them 
which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, 
even as others which have no hope. 

14 For if we believe that Jesus died 
and rose again, even so them also which 
sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. 

15 For this we say unto you by the 
word of the Lord, that we which are 
alive and remain unto the coining of 
the Lord shall not prevent them which 
are asleep. 

16 For the Lord himself shall de- 
scend from heaven with a shout, 
with the voice of the archangel, and 
with the trump of God : and the 
dead in Christ shall rise first : 

17 Then we which are alive and 
remain shall be caught up together 
with them in the clouds, to meet the 
Lord in the air : and so shall we ever 
be with the Lord. 

18 Wherefore comfort one another 
with these words. 

CHAPTER V. 

1 He proceedeth in the former description of Christ s 
coming to judgment, 16 aoW giveth divers precepts, 23 
and so concludeth the epistle. 

BUT of the times and the seasons, 
brethren, ye have no need that I 
write unto you. 

2 For yourselves know perfectly 
that the day of the Lord so cometh 
as a thief in the night. 

3 For when they shall say, Peace and 
safety ; then sudden destruction com- 
eth upon them, as travail upon a woman 
with child ; and they shall not escape. 

4 But ye, brethren, are not in dark- 
ness, that that day should overtake 
you as a thief. 

5 Ye are all the children of light, 
and the children of the day : we are 
not of the night, nor of darkness. 

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as do 
others ; but let us watch and be sober. 

7 For they that sleep sleep in the 
night ; and they that be drunken are 
drunken in the night. 

8 But let us, who are of the day, 
be sober, putting on the breastplate 
of faith and love ; and for a helmet, 
the hope of salvation. 

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9 For God hath not appointed us 
to wrath, but to obtain salvation by 
our Lord Jesus Christ, 

10 Who died for us, that, whether 
we wake or sleep, we should live to- 
gether with him. 

11 Wherefore comfort yourselves 
together, and edify one another, 
even as also ye do. 

12 And we beseech you, brethren, 
to know them which labour among 
you, and are over you in the Lord, 
and admonish you ; 

13 And to esteem them very highly 
in love for their work's sake. And be 
at peace among yourselves. 

14 Now we exhort you, brethren, 
warn them that are unruly, comfort 
the feebleminded, support the weak, 
be patient toward all men. 

15 See that none render evil for 
evil unto any man ; but ever follow 
that which is good, both among your- 
selves, and to all men. 

16 Rejoice evermore. 

17 Pray without ceasing. 

18 In every thing give thanks : for 
this is the will of God in Christ Jesus 
concerning you. 

19 Quench nofc the Spirit. 

20 Despise not prophesyings. 

21 Prove all things ; hold fast that 
which is good. 

22 Abstain from all appearance of 
evil. 

23 And the very God of peace 
sanctify you wholly ; and I pray 
God your whole spirit and so'ul and 
body be preserved blameless unto 
the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

24 Faithful is he that calleth you, 
who also will do it. 

25 Brethren, pray for us. 

26 Greet all the brethren with a 
holy kiss. 

27 I charge you by the Lord, that 
this epistle be read unto all the holy 
brethren. 

28 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you. Amen. 

•f The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was 
written from Athens. 



THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 



TO THE 



THESSALONIANS. 



CHAPTEK I. 

1 Saint Paul certifieth them of the good opinion which 
lie had of their faith, love, and patience: 11 andthere- 
xoithal uscth divers reasons for the comforting of them 
in persecution, whereof the chiefest is taken from the 
righteous judgment of God. 

PAUL, and Silvanus, and Timo- 
theus, nnto the church of the 
Thessalonians in God our Father and 
the Lord Jesus Christ : 

2 Grace unto you, and peace, from 
God our Father and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

3 We are hound to thank God always 
for you, "brethren, as it is meet, he- 
cause that your faith groweth exceed- 
ingly, and the charity of every one of 
you all toward each other ahoundeth; 

4 So that we ourselves glory in you 
in the churches of God, for your pa- 
tience and faith in all your persecu- 
tions and tribulations that ye endure : 

5 Which is a manifest token of the 
righteous judgment of God, that ye 
may be counted worthy of the king- 
dom of God, for which ye also suffer : 

6 Seeing it is a righteous thing 
with God to recompense tribulation 
to them that trouble you ; 

7 And to you who are troubled 
rest with us, when the Lord Jesus 
shall be revealed from heaven with 
his mighty angels, 

8 In flaming fire taking vengeance 
on them that know not God, and 
that obey not the gospel of our Lord 
Jesus Christ: 

9 Who shall be punished with ever- 
lasting destruction from the presence 
of the Lord, and from the glory of 
his power ; 

10 When he shall come to be glori- 
fied in his saints, and to be admired 
in all them that believe (because our 
testimony among you was believed) 
in that day. 

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11 Wherefore also* we pray always 
for you, that our God would count 
you worthy of this calling, and fulfil 
all the good pleasure of his goodness, 
and the work of faith with power : 

12 That the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, 
and ye in him, according to the grace 
of our God and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 lie willeth them to continue steadfast in the truth re- 
ceived, 3 sheweth that there shall be a departure from 
the faith, 9 and a discovery of antichrist, before the 
day of the Lord come. 15 And thereupon repeateth 
his former exhortation, and pray eth for them. 

1VTOW we beseech you, brethren, 
Xl by the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, and by our gathering together 
unto him, 

2 That ye be not soon shaken in 
mind, or be troubled, neither by spir- 
it, nor by word, nor by letter as from 
us, as that the day of Christ is at 
hand. 

3 Let no man deceive you by any 
means: for that day shall not come, 
except there come a falling away 
first, and that man of sin be reveal- 
ed, the son of perdition ; 

4 Who opposeth and exalteth him- 
self above all that is called God, or 
that is worshipped ; so that he as 
God sitteth in the temple of God, 
shewing himself that he is God. 

5 Remember ye not, that, when I was 
yet with you, I told you these things ? 

6 And now ye know what with- 
holdeth that he might be revealed 
in his time. 

7 For the mystery of iniquity doth 
already work: only he who now 
letteth will let, until he be taken out 
of the way. 

8 And then shall that Wicked be 
revealed, whom the Lord shall con- 

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Antichrist described. II. THESSALONIANS. 



The idle censured. 



sume with the spirit of his mouth, 
and shall destroy with the brightness 
of his coming : 

9 Even him, whose coming is after 
the working of Satan with all power 
and signs and lying wonders, 

10 And with all deceivableness of 
unrighteousness in them that perish ; 
because they received not the love of 
the truth, that they might be saved. 

11 And for this cause God shall 
send them strong delusion, that they 
should believe a lie : 

12 That they all might be damned 
who believed not the truth, but had 
pleasure in unrighteousness. 

13 But we are bound to give thanks 
always to God for you, brethren be- 
loved of the Lord, because God hath 
from the beginning chosen you to sal- 
vation through sanctification of the 
Spirit and belief of the truth : 

14 Whereunto he called you by our 
gospel, to the obtaining of the glory 
of our Lord Jesus Christ. 

15 Therefore, brethren, stand fast, 
and hold the traditions which ye 
have been taught, whether by word, 
or our epistle. 

16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ 
himself, and God, even our Father, 
which hath loved us, and hath given 
us everlasting consolation and good 
hope through grace, 

17 Comfort your hearts, and stab- 
lish you in every good word and 
work. 

CHAPTEK III. 

1 He craveth their prayers for himself, 3 testifleth what 
confidence he hath in them, 5 maketh request to God 
in their behalf, 6 givcth them divers precepts, especial- 
ly to shun idleness, and ill company, 16 and last of 
all concludeth with prayer and salutation. 

FINALLY, brethren, pray for us, 
that the word of the Lord may 
have free course, and be glorified, 
even as it is with you : 

2 And that we may be delivered 
from unreasonable and wicked men : 
for all men have not faith. 

3 But the Lord is faithful, who shall 
stablish you, and keep you from evil. 

4 And we have confidence in the 

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Lord touching you, that ye both do 
and will do the things which we 
command you. 

5 And the Lord direct your hearts 
into the love of God, and into the 
patient waiting for Christ. 

6 Now we command you, brethren, 
in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
that ye withdraw yourselves from 
every brother that walketh disorder- 
ly, and not after the tradition which 
he received of us. 

7 For yourselves know how ye 
ought to follow us : for we behaved 
not ourselves disorderly among you ; 

8 Neither did we eat any man's 
bread for nought ; but wrought with 
labour and travail night and day, 
that we might not be chargeable to 
any of you : 

9 Not because we have not power, 
but to make ourselves an ensample 
unto you to follow us. 

1 For even when we were with you, 
this we commanded you, that if any 
would not work, neither should he eat. 

11 For we hear that there are some 
which walk among you disorderly, 
working not at all, but are busy- 
bodies. 

12 Now them that are such we 
command and exhort by our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that with quietness 
they work, and eat their own bread. 

13 But ye, brethren, be not weary 
in well doing. 

14 And if any man obey not our 
word by this epistle, note that man, 
and have no company with him, that 
he may be ashamed. 

15 Yet count him not as an enemy, 
but admonish him as a brother. 

16 Now the Lord of peace himself 
give you peace always by all means. 
The Lord be with you all. 

17 The salutation of Paul with 
mine own hand, which is the token 
in every epistle : so I write. 

18 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you all. Amen. 

^[ The second epistle to the Thessalonians was 
written from Athens. 



THE FIRST EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 



TO 



TIMOTHY. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Timothy is put in mind of the charge which was given 
unto h'unby Paul at his going to Macedonia. 5 Of the 
right use and end of the law. 1 1 Of Saint PauVs calling 
to be an apostle, 20 and of Hymeneus and Alexander. 

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ 
by the commandment of God 
our Saviour, and Lord Jesus Christ, 
which is our hope ; 

2 Unto Timothy, my own son in 
the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, 
from God our Father, and Jesus 
Christ our Lord. 

3 As I besought thee to abide still 
at Ephesus, when I went into Mace- 
donia, that thou mightest charge some 
that they teach no other doctrine, 

4 Neither give heed to fables and 
endless genealogies, which minister 
questions, rather than godly edifying 
which is in faith : so do. 

5 Now the end of the command- 
ment is charity out of a pure heart, 
and of 8b good conscience, and of 
faith unfeigned : 

6 From which some having swerv- 
ed have turned aside unto vain jang- 
ling ; 

7 Desiring to be teachers of the 
law ; understanding neither what 
they say, nor whereof they affirm. 

8 But we know that the law is 
good, if a man use it lawfully ; 

9 Knowing this, that the law is 
not made for a righteous man, but 
for the lawless and disobedient, for 
the ungodly and for sinners, for un- 
holy and profane, for murderers of 
fathers and murderers of mothers, 
for manslayers, 

10 For whoremongers, for them 
that defile themselves with man- 
kind, for menstealers, for liars, for 
perjured persons, and if there be any 



other thing that is contrary to sound 
doctrine ; 

11 According to the glorious gos- 
pel of the blessed God, which was 
committed to my trust. 

12 And I thank Christ Jesus our 
Lord, who hath enabled me, for that 
he counted me faithful, putting me 
into the ministry ; 

13 Who was before a blasphemer, 
and a persecutor, and injurious : but 
I obtained mercy, because I did it 
ignorantly in unbelief. 

14 And the grace of our Lord was 
exceeding abundant with faith and 
love which is in Christ Jesus. 

15 This is a faithful saying, and 
worthy of all acceptation, that Christ 
Jesus came into the world to save 
sinners ; of whom I am chief. 

16 Howbeit for this cause I ob- 
tained mercy, that in me first Jesus 
Christ might shew forth all longsuf- 
fering, for a pattern to them which 
should hereafter believe on him to 
life everlasting. 

17 Now unto the King eternal, 
immortal, invisible, the only wise 
God, be honour and glory for ever 
and ever. Amen. 

18 This charge I commit unto 
thee, son Timothy, according to the 
prophecies which went before on 
thee, that thou by them mightest 
war a good warfare ; 

19 Holding faith, and a good con- 
science ; which some having put 
away, concerning faith have made 
shipwreck : 

20 Of whom is Hymeneus and 
Alexander ; whom I have delivered 
unto Satan, that they may learn not 
to blaspheme. 

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The attiring of women. I. TIMOTHY. 



Of bishops and deacons. 



CHAPTEE II. 

1 That it is meet to pray and give thanks for all men, and 
the reason why. 9 How women should be attired. 12 They 
are not permitted to teach. 15 They shall be saved, 
nohvith standing the testimonies of God's wrath, in 
childbirth, if they continue in faith. 

I EXHORT therefore, that, first of 
all, supplications, prayers, inter- 
cessions, and giving of thanks, he 
made for all men ; 

2 For kings, and for all that are 
in authority; that we may lead a 
quiet and peaceahle life in all god- 
liness and honesty. 

3 For this is good and acceptable 
in the sight of God our Saviour ; 

4 Who will have all men to he 
saved, and to come unto the knowl- 
edge of the truth. 

5 For there is one God, and one 
mediator between God and men, the 
man Christ Jesus ; 

6 Who gave himself a ransom for 
all, to he testified in due time. 

7 Whereunto I am ordained a 
preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the 
truth in Christ, and lie not,) a teacher 
of the Gentiles in faith and verity. 

8 I will therefore that men pray 
every where, lifting up holy hands, 
without wrath and doubting. 

9 In like manner also, that women 
adorn themselves in modest apparel, 
with shamefacedness and sobriety ; 
not with braided hair, or gold, or 
pearls, or costly array ; 

10 But (which becometh wo- 
men professing godliness) with good 
works. 

1 1 Let the woman learn in silence 
with all subjection. 

12 But I suffer not a woman to 
teach, nor to usurp authority over 
the man, but to be in silence. 

13 For Adam was first formed, 
then Eve. 

14 And Adam was not deceived, 
but the woman being deceived was 
in the transgression. 

15 Notwithstanding she shall be 
saved in childbearing, if they con- 
tinue in faith and charity and holi- 
ness with sobriety. 

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CHAPTER III. 

2 How bishops, and deacons, and their wives should be 
qualified, 14 and to what end Saint Paul wrote to 
Timothy of these things. 15 Of the church, and the 
blessed truth therein taught and professed. 

THIS is a true saying, If a man 
desire the office of a bishop, he 
desireth a good work. 

2 A bishop then must be blame- 
less, the husband of one wife, vigi- 
lant, sober, of good behaviour, given 
to hospitality, apt to teach ; 

3 Not given to wine, no striker, 
not greedy of filthy lucre; but pa- 
tient, not a brawler, not covetous ; 

4 One that ruleth well his own 
house, having his children in sub- 
jection with all gravity; 

5 (For if a man know not how to 
rule his own house, how shall he 
take care of the church of God ?) 

6 Not a novice, lest being lifted 
up with pride he fall into the con- 
demnation of the devil. 

7 Moreover he must have a good 
report of them which are without; 
lest he fall into reproach and the 
snare of the devil. 

8 Likewise must the deacons be 
grave, not double-tongued, not given 
to much wine, not greedy of filthy 
lucre ; 

9 Holding the mystery of the faith 
in a pure conscience. 

10 And let these also first be proved; 
then let them use the office of a dea- 
con, being found blameless. 

11 Even so must their wives be 
grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful 
in all things. 

12 Let the deacons be the hus- 
bands of one wife, ruling their child- 
ren and their own houses well. 

13 For they that have used the 
office of a deacon well purchase to 
themselves a good degree, and great 
boldness in the faith which is in 
Christ Jesus. 

14 These things write I unto thee, 
hoping to come unto thee shortly : 

15 But if I tarry long, that thou 
mayest know how thou oughtest to 
behave thyself in the house of God, 



An apostasy foretold. 



I. TIMOTHY. 



which is the church of the living 
God, the pillar and ground of the 
truth. 

16 And without controversy great 
is the mystery of godliness : G-od was 
manifest in the flesh, justified in the 
Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto 
the Gentiles, believed on in the 
world, received up into glory. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 He foretellelh that in the latter times there shall be a 
departure from the faith. 6And to the end that Timo- 
thy might not fail in doing his duty, he furnisheth 
him with divers precepts belonging thereto. 

NOW the Spirit speaketh ex- 
pressly, that in the latter times 
some shall depart from the faith, 
giving heed to seducing spirits, and 
doctrines of devils ; 

2 Speaking lies in hypocrisy ; hav- 
ing their conscience seared with a 
hot iron ; 

3 Forbidding to marry, and com- 
manding to abstain from meats, which 
God hath created to be received with 
thanksgiving of them which believe 
and know the truth. 

4 For every creature of God is 
good, and nothing to be refused, if 
it be received with thanksgiving : 

5 For it is sanctified by the word 
of God and prayer. 

6 If thou put the brethren in re- 
membrance of these things, thou 
shaft be a good minister of Jesus 
Christ, nourished up in the words of 
faith and of good doctrine, where unto 
thou hast attained. 

7 But refuse profane and old 
wives' fables, and exercise thyself 
rather unto godliness. 

8 For bodily exercise profiteth lit- 
tle : but godliness is profitable unto 
all things, having promise of the life 
that now is, and of that which is to 
come. 

9 This is a faithful saying, and 
worthy of all acceptation. 

10 For therefore we both labour 
and suffer reproach, because we 
trust in the living God, who is the 
Saviour of all men, specially of 
those that believe. 



Concerning widows. 

11 These things command and 
teach. 

12 Let no man despise thy youth; 
but be thou an example of the be- 
lievers, in word, in conversation, in 
charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity. 

13 Till I come, give attendance to 
reading, to exhortation, to doctrine. 

14 Neglect not the gift that is in 
thee, which was given thee by pro- 
phecy, with the laying on of the 
hands of the presbytery. 

15 Meditate upon these things ; 
give thyself wholly to them ; that thy 
profiting may appear to all. 

16 Take heed unto thyself, and unto 
the doctrine ; continue in them : for 
in doing this thou shalt both save 
thyself, and them that hear thee. 

CHAPTER V. 

1 Rules to be observed in reproving. 3 Of widows'. 17 
Of elders. 23 A precept for Timothy's health. 24 
Some metis sins go before unto judgment, and some 
metis do follow after. 

EEBUKE not an elder, but en- 
treat him as a father ; and the 
younger men as brethren ; 

2 The elder women as mothers ; 
the younger as sisters, with all 
purity. 

3 Honour widows that are widows 
indeed. 

4 But if any widow have children 
or nephews, let them learn first to 
shew piety at home, and to requite 
their parents : for that is good and 
acceptable before God. 

5 Now she that is a widow in- 
deed, and desolate, trusteth in God, 
and continueth in supplications and 
prayers night and day. 

6 But she that liveth in pleasure is 
dead while she liveth. 

7 And these things give in charge, 
that they may be blameless. 

8 But if any provide not for his 
own, and specially for those of his 
own house, he hath denied the faith, 
and is worse than an infidel. 

9 Let not a widow be taken into 
the number under threescore years 
old, having been the wife of oue 
man, 

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I. TIMOTHY. 



10 Well reported of for good works ; 
if she have brought up children, if 
she have lodged strangers, if she 
have washed the saints' feet, if she 
have relieved the afflicted, if she 
have diligently followed every good 
work. 

11 But the younger widows refuse : 
for when they have begun to wax 
wanton against Christ, they will 
marry ; 

1 2 Having damnation, because they 
have cast off their first faith. 

13 And withal they learn to be 
idle, wandering about from house to 
house ; and not only idle, but tattlers 
also and busybodies, speaking things 
which they ought not. 

14 1 will therefore that the younger 
women marry, bear children, guide 
the house, give none occasion to the 
adversary to speak reproachfully. 

15 For some are already turned 
aside after Satan. 

16 If any man or woman that be- 
lieveth have widows, let them relieve 
them, and let not the church be 
charged ; that it may relieve them 
that are widows indeed. 

17 Let the elders that rule well be 
counted worthy of double honour, 
especially they who labour in the 
word and doctrine. 

18 For the Scripture saith, Thou 
shalt not muzzle the ox that treadeth 
out the corn. And, The labourer is 
worthy of his reward. 

19 Against an elder receive not an 
accusation, but before two or three 
witnesses. 

20 Them that sin rebuke before all, 
•that others also may fear. 

21 I charge thee before God, and 
the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect 
angels, that thou observe these 
things without preferring one be- 
fore another, doing nothing by par- 
tiality. 

22 Lay hands suddenly on no man, 
neither be partaker of other men's 
sins : keep thyself pure. 

23 Drink no longer water, but use 

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The duty of servants. 

a little wine for thy stomach's sake 
and thine often infirmities. 

24 Some men's sins are open be- 
forehand, going before to judgment; 
and some men they follow after. 

25 Likewise also the good works of 
some are manifest beforehand; and 
they that are otherwise cannot be 
hid. 

CHAPTEE YL 

1 Of the duty of servants. 3. Not to have fellowship 
with newfangled teachers. 6 Godliness is great gain, 
10 and love of money the root of all evil. 11 What 
Timothy is to fee, and what to follow, 17 and whereof 
to admonish the rich. 20 To keep the purity of true 
doctrine, and to avoid prof ane j anglings. 

LET as many servants as are 
under the yoke count their own 
masters worthy of all honour, that 
the name of God and his doctrine 
be not blasphemed. 

2 And they that have believing 
masters, let them not despise them, 
because they are brethren ; but 
rather do them service, because they 
are faithful and beloved, partakers 
of the benefit. These things teach 
and exhort. 

3 If any man teach otherwise, and 
consent not to wholesome words, even 
the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
and to the doctrine which is accord- 
ing to godliness ; 

4 He is proud, knowing nothing, 
but doting about questions and strifes 
of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, 
railings, evil surmisings, 

5 Perverse disputings of men of 
corrupt minds, and destitute of the 
truth, supposing that gain is godli- 
ness : from such withdraw thyself. 

6 But godliness with contentment 
is great gain. 

7 For we brought nothing into this 
world, and it is certain we can carry 
nothing out. 

8 And having food and raiment, let 
us be therewith content. 

9 But they that will be rich fall 
into temptation and a snare, and 
into many foolish and hurtful lusts, 
which drown men in destruction 
and perdition. 



Evil of covet on sness. 



II. TIMOTHY. 



A charge to the rich. 



10 For the love of money is the 
root of all evil: which while some 
coveted after, they have erred from 
the faith, and pierced themselves 
through with many sorrows. 

11 But thou, O man of God, flee 
these things ; and follow after right- 
eousness, godliness, faith, love, pa- 
tience, meekness, 

12 Fight the good fight of faith, 
lay hold on eternal life, whereunto 
thou art also called, and hast profess- 
ed a good profession hefore many 
witnesses. 

13 I give thee charge in the sight 
of God, who quickeneth all things, 
and before Christ Jesus, who hefore 
Pontius Pilate witnessed a good con- 
fession ; 

14 That thou keep this command- 
ment without spot, unrehukeahle, 
until the appearing of our Lord Jesus 
Christ : 

15 Which in his times he shall 
shew, ivho is the Messed and only 
Potentate, the King of kings, and 
Lord of lords ; 

16 Who only hath immortality, 



dwelling in the light which no man 
can approach unto; whom no man 
hath seen, nor can see : to whom 
be honour and power everlasting. 
Amen. 

17 Charge them that are rich in 
this world, that they he not high- 
minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, 
hut in the living God, who giveth 
us richly all things to enjoy ; 

18 That they do good, that they 
he rich in good works, ready to 
distribute, willing to communicate ; 

19 Laying up in store for themselves 
a good foundation against the time to 
come, that they may lay hold on eter- 
nal life. 

20 O Timothy, keep that which is 
committed to thy trust, avoiding pro- 
fane and vain hahblings, and op- 
positions of science falsely so call- 
ed : 

21 Which some professing have 
erred concerning the faith. Grace 
be with thee. Amen. 

T The first to Timothy was written from Lao- 
dicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia 
Pacatiaua. 



THE SECOND EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 



TO 



TIMOTHY 



CHAPTER I. 

1 PauVs love to Timothy, and the unfeigned faith which 
was in Timothy himself, his mother, and grandmother. 
6 He is exhorted to stir up the gift of God which was 
in him, 8 to be steadfast, and patient in persecution, 
13 and to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine 
which he had learned of him. 15 Phygellus and Her- 
mogenes, and such like, are noted, and Onesiphorus is 
highly commended. 

PAUL, an apostle of Jesus Christ 
"by the will of God, according to 
the promise of life which is in Christ 
Jesus, 

2 To Timothy, my dearly "beloved 
son : Grace, mercy, and peace, from 



God the Father and Christ Jesus 
our Lord. 

3 I thank God, whom I serve from 
my forefathers with pure conscience, 
that without ceasing I have remem- 
hrance of thee in my prayers night 
and day ; 

4 Greatly desiring to see thee, 
heing mindful of thy tears, that I 
may he filled with joy ; 

5 When I call to remembrance 
the unfeigned faith that is in thee, 
which dwelt first in thy grandmother 

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II. TIMOTHY. 



to constancy. 



Lois, and thy mother Eunice ; 
and I am persuaded that in thee 
also. 

6 Wherefore I put thee in remem- 
brance, that thou stir up the gift of 
God, which is in thee by the putting 
on of my hands. 

7 For God hath not given us the 
spirit of fear; hut of power, and of 
love, and of a sound mind. 

8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of 
the testimony of our Lord, nor of 
me his prisoner : hut he thou par- 
taker of the afflictions of the gospel 
according to the power of God ; 

9 Who hath saved us, and called 
us with a holy calling, not according 
to our works, hut according to his 
own purpose and grace, which was 
given us in Christ Jesus before the 
world began; 

10 But is now made manifest by 
the appearing of our Saviour Jesus 
Christ, who hath abolished death, 
and hath brought life and immortal- 
ity to light through the gospel : 

11 Whereunto I am appointed a 
preacher, and an apostle, and a teach- 
er of the Gentiles. 

12 For the which cause I also 
suffer these things : nevertheless I 
am not ashamed ; for I know whom 
I have believed, and am persuaded 
that he is able to keep that which I 
have committed unto him against 
that day. 

13 Hold fast the form of sound 
words, which thou hast heard of me, 
in faith and love which is in Christ 
Jesus. 

14 That good thing which was com- 
mitted unto thee keep by the Holy 
Ghost which dwelleth in us. 

15 This thou knowest, that all they 
which are in Asia be turned away 
from me ; of whom are Phygellus 
and Hermogenes. 

16 The Lord give mercy unto the 
house of Onesiphorus ; for he oft re- 
freshed me, and was not ashamed of 
my chain : 

17 But, when he was in Rome, 

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he sought me out very diligently, 
and found me. 

18 The Lord grant unto him that 
he may find mercy of the Lord in 
that day : and in how many things he 
ministered unto me at Ephesus, thou 
knowest very well. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 He is exhorted again to constancy and perseverance, 
and to do the duty of a faithful servant of the Lord in 
dividing the word aright, and staying profane and 
vain babblings. 17 Of Hymeneus and Phi'letus. 19 
The foundation of the Lord is sure. 22 He is taught 
whereof to beware, and what to follow after, and 
in what sort the servant of the Lord ought to behave 
himself. 

THOU therefore, my son, be 
strong in the grace that is in 
Christ Jesus. 

2 And the things that thou hast 
heard of me among many witnesses, 
the same commit thou to faithful 
men, who shall be able to teach 
others also. 

3 Thou therefore endure hardness, 
as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 

4 No man that warreth entangleth 
himself with the affairs of this life ; 
that he may please him who hath 
chosen him to be a soldier. 

5 And if a man also strive for mas- 
teries, yet is he not crowned, except 
he strive lawfully. 

6 The husbandman that laboureth 
must be first partaker of the fruits. 

7 Consider what I say; and the 
Lord give thee understanding in all 
things. 

8 Remember that Jesus Christ of 
the seed of David was raised from 
the dead, according to my gospel : 

9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an 
evil doer, even unto bonds ; but the 
word of God is not bound. 

10 Therefore I endure all things 
for the elect's sake, that they may 
also obtain the salvation which is 
in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 

11 It is a faithful saying: For if 
we be dead with him, we shall also 
live with him : 

12 If we suffer, we shall also reign 
with him: if we deny him, he also 
will deny us : 



Of Hymcneus and Philetus. II. TIMOTHY. The enemies of the truth. 



13 If we believe not, yet he abideth 
faithful : he cannot deny himself. 

14 Of these things put them in re- 
membrance, charging them before the 
Lord that they strive not about words 
to no profit, but to the subverting of 
the hearers. 

15 Study to shew thyself approved 
unto God, a workman that needeth 
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing 
the word of truth. 

16 But shun profane and vain bab- 
blings : for they will increase unto 
more ungodliness. 

17 And their word will eat as doth 
a canker : of whom is Hymeneus and 
Philetus ; 

18 Who concerning the truth have 
erred, saying that the resurrection is 
past already ; and overthrow the faith 
of some. 

19 Nevertheless the foundation of 
God standeth sure, having this seal, 
The Lord knoweth them that are 
his. And, Let every one that nameth 
the name of Christ depart from ini- 
quity. 

20 But in a great house there are 
not only vessels of gold and of sil- 
ver, but also of wood and of earth; 
and some to honour, and some to 
dishonour. 

21 If a man therefore purge him- 
self from these, he shall be a vessel 
unto honour, sanctified, and meet for 
the master's use, and prepared unto 
every good work. 

22 Flee also youthful lusts : but 
follow righteousness, faith, charity, 
peace, with them that call on the 
Lord out of a pure heart. 

23 But foolish and unlearned ques- 
tions avoid, knowing that they do 
gender strifes. 

24 And the servant of the Lord 
must not strive ; but be gentle unto 
all men, apt to teach, patient ; 

25 In meekness instructing those 
that oppose themselves ; if God per- 
adventure will give them repentance 
to the acknowledging of the truth ; 

2 6 And that they may recover them- 



selves out of the snare of the devil, 
who are taken captive by him at his 
will. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 He advertiseth him of the times to come, 6 describeth 
the enemies of the truth, 10 propoundeth unto him his 
oivn example, 16 and commendeth the holy Scrip>tures. 

THIS know also, that in the last 
days perilous times shall come. 

2 For men shall be lovers of their 
own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, 
blasphemers, disobedient to parents, 
unthankful, unholy, 

3 Without natural affection, truce- 
breakers, false accusers, incontinent, 
fierce, despisers of those that are good, 

4 Traitors, heady, highminded, lov- 
ers of pleasures more than lovers of 
God; 

5 Having a form of godliness, but 
denying the power thereof: from 
such turn away. 

6 For of this sort are they which 
creep into houses, and lead captive 
silly women laden with sins, led 
away with divers lusts, 

7 Ever learning, and never able to 
come to the knowledge of the truth. 

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres with- 
stood Moses, so do these also resist 
the truth : men of corrupt minds, 
reprobate concerning the faith. 

9 But they shall proceed no further : 
for their folly shall be manifest unto 
all men, as theirs also was. 

10 But thou hast fully known my 
doctrine, manner of life, purpose, 
faith, longsuffering, charity, patience, 

11 Persecutions, afflictions, which 
came unto me at Antioch, at Iconi- 
um, at Lystra ; what persecutions I 
endured : but out of them all the 
Lord delivered me. 

12 Yea, and all that will live godly 
in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecu- 
tion. 

13 But evil men and seducers shall 
wax worse and worse, deceiving, and 
being deceived. 

14 But continue thou in the things 
which thou hast learned and hast 
been assured of, knowing of whom 
thou hast learned them; 

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II. TIMOTHY. 



charge to Timothy. 



15 And that from a child thou hast 
known the holy Scriptures, which 
are able to make thee wise unto sal- 
vation through faith which is in 
Christ Jesus. 

16 All Scripture is given by inspi- 
ration of God, and is profitable for 
doctrine, for reproof, for correction, 
for instruction in righteousness : 

17 That the man of God may be 
perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all 
good works. 

CHAPTEE IY. 

1 He exhorteth him to do his duty with all care and dili- 
gence, 6 certifieth him of the nearness of his death, 9 
willeth him to come speedily unto him, and to bring 
Marcus with him, and certain other things which he 
wrote for, 14 warneth him to beware of Alexander the 
smith, 16 informeth him what had befallen him at his 
first answering, 19 and soon after he concludeth. 

I CHARGE thee therefore before 
God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, 
who shall judge the quick and the 
dead at his appearing and his king- 
dom; 

2 Preach the word ; be instant in 
season, out of season; reprove, re- 
buke, exhort with all longsufTering 
and doctrine. 

3 For the time will come when they 
will not endure sound doctrine ; but 
after their own lusts shall they heap 
to themselves teachers, having itch- 
ing ears ; 

4 And they shall turn away their 
ears from the truth, and shall be 
turned unto fables. 

5 But watch thou in all things, 
endure afflictions, do the work of an 
evangelist, make full proof of thy 
ministry. 

6 For I am now ready to be offered, 
and the time of my departure is at 
hand. 

7 I have fought a good fight, I have 
finished my course, I have kept the 
faith : 

8 Henceforth there is laid up for me 
a crown of righteousness, which the 
Lord, the righteous judge, shall give 
me at that day : and not to me only, 
but unto all them also that love his 
appearing. 

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9 Do thy diligence to come shortly 
unto me : 

10 For Demas hath forsaken me, 
having loved this present world, and 
is departed unto Thessalonica; Cres- 
cens to Galatia, Titus unto Dalmatia. 

11 Only Luke is with me. Take 
Mark, and bring him with thee: 
for he is profitable to me for the 
ministry. 

12 And Tychicus have I sent to 
Ephesus. 

13 The cloak that I left at Troas 
with Carpus, when thou comest, 
bring with thee, and the books, but 
especially the parchments. 

14 Alexander the coppersmith did 
me much evil : the Lord reward him 
according to his works : 

15 Of whom be thou ware also; 
for he hath greatly withstood our 
words. 

16 At my first answer no man stood 
with me, but all men forsook me : I 
pray God that it may not be laid to 
their charge. 

17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood 
with me, and strengthened me ; that 
by me the preaching might be fully 
known, and that all the Gentiles 
might hear : and I was delivered out 
of the mouth of the lion. 

18 And the Lord shall deliver me 
from every evil work, and will pre- 
serve me unto his heavenly king- 
dom : to whom be glory for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

19 Salute Prisca and Aquila, and 
the household of Onesiphorus. 

20 Erastus abode at Corinth : but 
Trophimus have I left at Miletum 
sick. 

2 1 Do thy diligence to come before 
winter. Eubulus greeteth thee, and 
Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and 
all the brethren. 

22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with 
thy spirit. Grace be with you. Amen. 

^[ The second epistle unto Timotheus, ordained 
the first bishop of the church of the Ephe- 
sians, was written from Rome, when Paul 
was brought before Nero the second time. 



THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 



TO 



TITUS 



CHAPTER I. 

1 For what end Titus was left in Crete. 6 How they that 
are to be chosen ministers ought to be qualified. 1 1 The 
mouths of evil teachers to be stopped: 12 and what 
manner of men they be. 

PAUL, a servant of God, and an 
apostle of Jesus Christ, accord- 
ing to the faith of God's elect, and 
the acknowledging of the truth which 
is after godliness ; 

2 In hope of eternal life, which 
God, that cannot lie, promised he- 
fore the world hegan ; 

3 But hath in due times manifested 
his word through preaching, which is 
committed unto me according to the 
commandment of God our Saviour ; 

4 To Titus, mine own son after the 
common faith : Grace, mercy, and 
peace, from God the Father and the 
Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour. 

5 For this cause left I thee in Crete, 
that thou shouldest set in order the 
things that are wanting, and ordain 
elders in every city, as I had ap- 
pointed thee : 

6 If any he "blameless, the hushand 
of one wife, having faithful children 
not accused of riot or unruly. 

7 For a hishop must he "blameless, 
as the steward of God ; not self- 
willed, not soon angry, not given to 
wine, no striker, not given to filthy 
lucre ; 

8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover 
of good men, soher, just, holy, tem- 
perate ; 

9 Holding fast the faithful word as 
he hath heen taught, that he may he 
ahle hy sound doctrine hoth to exhort 
and to convince the gainsayers. 

10 For there are many unruly and 
vain talkers and deceivers, specially 
they of the circumcision : 



11 Whose mouths must he stopped, 
who subvert whole houses, teaching 
things which they ought not, for 
filthy lucre's sake. 

12 One of themselves, even a pro- 
phet of their own, said, The Cretians 
are always liars, evil heasts, slow 
"bellies. 

13 This witness is true. Wherefore 
rehuke them sharply, that they may 
he sound in the faith ; 

14 Not giving heed to Jewish fahles, 
and commandments of men, that turn 
from the truth. 

15 Unto the pure all things are 
pure : hut unto them that are defiled 
and unbelieving is nothing pure ; 
hut even their mind and conscience 
is defiled. 

16 They profess that they know 
God ; hut in works they deny him, 
being abominable, and disobedient, 
and unto every good work repro- 
bate. 

CHAPTER II. 

1 Directions given unto Titus both for his doctrine and 
life. 9 Of the duty of servants, and in general of all 

Christians. 

BUT speak thou the things which 
become sound doctrine : 

2 That the aged men be sober, grave, 
temperate, sound in faith, in charity, 
in patience. 

3 The aged women likewise, that 
they be in behaviour as becometh holi- 
ness, not false accusers, not given to 
much wine, teachers of good things ; 

4 That they may teach the young 
women to be sober, to love their 
husbands, to love their children, 

5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at 
home, good, obedient to their own 
husbands, that the word of God be 
not blasphemed. 

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Directions given unto Titus TITUS. 



for his doctrine, 8fc. 



6 Young men likewise exhort to be 
sobemiinded. 

7 In all things shewing thyself a 
pattern of good works : in doctrine 
shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sin- 
cerity, 

.8 Sound speech, that cannot be con- 
demned ; that he that is of the con- 
trary part may be ashamed, having 
no evil thing to say of you. 

9 Exhort servants to be obedient 
unto their own masters, and to please 
them well in all things ; not answer- 
ing again ; 

10 Not purloining, but shewing all 
good fidelity ; that they may adorn 
the doctrine of God our Saviour in 
all things. 

11 For the grace of God that bring- 
eth salvation hath appeared to all 
men, 

12 Teaching us that, denying un- 
godliness and worldly lusts, we 
should live soberly, righteously, and 
godly, in this present world ; 

13 Looking for that blessed hope, 
and the glorious appearing of the 
great God and our Saviour Jesus 
Christ ; 

14 Who gave himself for us, that he 
might redeem us from all iniquity, 
and purify unto himself a peculiar 
people, zealous of good works. 

15 These things speak, and exhort, 
and rebuke with all authority. Let 
no man despise thee. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 Titus is yet further directed by Paul, both concerning 
the things lie should teach, and not teach. 10 He is 
willed also to reject obstinate heretics: 12 which done, 
he appoinleth him both time and place, wherein he 
should come unto him, and so concludeth. 

PUT them in mind to be subject 
to principalities and powers, to 
obey magistrates, to be ready to every 
good work, 

2 To speak evil of no man, to be 
no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all 
meekness unto all men. 

3 For we ourselves also were some- 

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time foolish, disobedient, deceived, 
serving divers lusts and pleasures, 
living in malice and envy, hateful, 
and hating one another. 

4 But after that the kindness and 
love of God our Saviour toward man 
appeared, 

5 Not by works of righteousness 
which we have done, but according 
to his mercy he saved us, by the 
washing of regeneration, and renew- 
ing of the Holy Ghost ; 

6 Which he shed on us abundantly 
through Jesus Christ our Saviour ; 

7 That being justified by his grace, 
we should be made heirs according to 
the hope of eternal life. 

8 This is a faithful saying, and 
these things I will that thou affirm 
constantly, that they which have 
believed in God might be careful to 
maintain good works. These things 
are good and profitable unto men. 

9 But avoid foolish questions, and 
genealogies, and contentions, and 
strivings about the law; for they 
are unprofitable and vain. 

10 A man that is a heretic, after 
the first and second admonition, re- 
ject; 

11 Knowing that he that is such 
is subverted, and sinneth, being con- 
demned of himself. 

12 When I shall send Artemas unto 
thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come 
unto me to Nicopolis: for I have 
determined there to winter. 

13 Bring Zenas the lawyer and 
Apollos on their journey diligently, 
that nothing be wanting unto them. 

14 And let ours also learn to main- 
tain good works for necessary uses, 
that they be not unfruitful. 

15 All that are with me salute 
thee. Greet them that love us in the 
faith. Grace be with you all. Amen. 

•[[ It was written to Titus, ordained the first 
bishop of the church of the Cretians, from 
Nicopolis of Macedonia. 






THE EPISTLE OF PAUL 



TO 



PHILEMON. 



4 He rejoiceth to hear of the faith and love of Philemon, 
9 whom he deaireth to forgive his servant Onesimus, 
and lovingly to receive him again. 

PAUL, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, 
and Timothy our brother, unto 
Philemon our dearly beloved, and 
fellow labourer, 

2 And to our beloved Apphia, and 
Archippus our fellow soldier, and to 
the church in thy house : 

3 Grace to you, and peace, from 
God our Father and the Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

4 I thank my God, making men- 
tion of thee always in my prayers, 

5 Hearing of thy love and faith, 
which thou hast toward the Lord 
Jesus, and toward all saints ; 

6 That the communication of thy 
faith may become effectual by the 
acknowledging of every good thing 
which is in you in Christ Jesus. 

7 For we have great joy and con- 
solation in thy love, because the 
bowels of the saints are refreshed by 
thee, brother. 

8 Wherefore, though I might be 
much bold in Christ to enjoin thee 
that which is convenient, 

9 Yet for love's sake I rather be- 
seech thee, being such a one as Paul 
the aged, and now also a prisoner of 
Jesus Christ. 

10 I beseech thee for my son One- 
simus, whom I have begotten in my 
bonds : 

11 Which in time past was to thee 
unprofitable, but now profitable to 
thee and to me : 

12 Whom I have sent again : thou 
therefore receive him, that is, mine 
own bowels : 

13 Whom I would have retained 
with me, that in thy stead he might 



have ministered unto me in the 
bonds of the gospel : 

14 But without thy mind would I do 
nothing ; that thy benefit should not 
be as it were of necessity, but will- 
ingly. 

15 For perhaps he therefore depart- 
ed for a season, that thou shouldest 
receive him for ever ; 

16 Not now as a servant, but above 
a servant, a brother beloved, spe- 
cially to me, but how much more 
unto thee, both in the flesh, and in 
the Lord ? 

17 If thou count me therefore a 
partner, receive him as myself. 

18 If he hath wronged thee, or 
oweth thee aught, put that on mine 
account ; 

19 I Paul have written it with 
mine own hand, I will repay it : 
albeit I do not say to thee how thou 
owest unto me even thine own self 
besides. 

20 Yea, brother, let me have joy of 
thee in the Lord : refresh my bowels 
in the Lord. 

21 Having confidence in thy obe- 
dience I wrote unto thee, knowing 
that thou wilt also do more than 
I say. 

22 But withal prepare me also a 
lodging: for I trust that through 
your prayers I shall be given unto 
you. 

23 There salute thee Epaphras, my 
fellow prisoner in Christ Jesus ; 

24 Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, 
Lucas, my fellow labourers. 

25 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with your spirit. Amen. 

•f Written from Rome to Philemon, by 
Onesimus a servant. 

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THE EPISTLE OF PAUL THE APOSTLE 



TO THE 



HEBREWS 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Christ in these last times coming to us from the Fa- 
ther, 4 is preferred above the angels, both in person 
and office. 

GOD, who at sundry times and in 
divers manners spake in time 
past unto the fathers by the prophets, 

2 Hath in these last days spoken 
unto us by his Son, whom he hath 
appointed heir of all things, by whom 
also he made the worlds ; 

3 Who being the brightness of his 
glory, and the express image of his 
person, and upholding all things by 
the word of his power, when he had 
by himself purged our sins, sat down 
on the right hand of the Majesty on 
high; 

4 Being made so much better than 
the angels, as he hath by inheritance 
obtained a more excellent name than 
they. 

5 For unto which of the angels 
said he at any time, Thou art my 
Son, this day have I begotten thee ? 
And again, I will be to him a Father, 
and he shall be to me a Son ? 

6 And again, when he bringeth in 
the firstbegotten into the world, he 
saith, And let all the angels of God 
worship him. 

7 And of the angels he saith, Who 
maketh his angels spirits, and his 
ministers a name of fire. 

8 But unto the Son he saith, Thy 
throne, O God, is for ever and ever : 
a sceptre of righteousness is the 
sceptre of thy kingdom. 

9 Thou hast loved righteousness, 
and hated iniquity ; therefore God, 
even thy God, hath anointed thee with 
the oil of gladness above thy fellows. 

10 And, Thou, Lord, in the begin- 
ning hast laid the foundation of the 
earth ; and the heavens are the works 
of thine hands. 

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11 They shall perish, but thou 
remainest: and they all shall wax 
old as doth a garment ; 

12 And as a vesture shalt thou 
fold them up, and they shall be 
changed: but thou art the same, 
and thy years shall not fail. 

13 But to which of the angels 
said he at any time, Sit on my 
right hand, until I make thine ene- 
mies thy footstool ? 

14 Are they not all ministering 
spirits, sent forth to minister for them 
who shall be heirs of salvation ? 

CHAPTEK II. 

1 We ought to be obedient to Christ Jesus, 5 and that 
because he vouchsafed to take our nature upon him, 14 
as it was necessary. 

THEREFORE we ought to give 
the more earnest heed to the 
things which we have heard, lest 
at any time we should let them slip. 

2 For if the word spoken by angels 
was steadfast, and every transgression 
and disobedience received a just re- 
compense of reward ; 

3 How shall we escape, if we neg- 
lect so great salvation ; which at the 
first began to be spoken by the Lord, 
and was confirmed unto us by them 
that heard him ; 

4 God also bearing them witness, 
both with signs and wonders, and with 
divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy 
Ghost, according to his own will ? 

5 For unto the angels hath he not 
put in subjection the world to come, 
whereof we speak. 

6 But one in a certain place testi- 
fied, saying, What is man, that thou 
art mindful of him? or the son of 
man, that thou visitest him ? 

7 Thou madest him a little lower 
than the angels ; thou crownedst 
him with glory and honour, and didst 
set him over the works of thy hands : 



Obedience clue to Christ. HEBREWS. Christ more worthy than Moses. 



8 Thou hast put all things in sub- 
jection under his feet. For in that 
he put all in subjection under him, 
he left nothing that is not put under 
him. But now we see not yet all 
things put under him. 

9 But we see Jesus, who was made 
a little lower than the angels for the 
suffering of death, crowned with glory 
and honour ; that he by the grace of 
God should taste death for every man. 

10 For it became him, for whom 
are all things, and by whom are all 
things, in bringing many sons unto 
glory, to make the captain of their 
salvation perfect through sufferings. 

11 For both he that sanctifieth and 
they who are sanctified are all of one: 
for which cause he is not ashamed to 
call" them brethren, 

12 Saying, I will declare thy name 
unto my brethren, in the midst of the 
church will I sing praise unto thee. 

13 And again, I will put my trust 
in him. And again, Behold I and the 
children which God hath given me. 

14 Forasmuch then as the children 
are partakers of flesh and blood, he 
also himself likewise took part of the 
same ; that through death he might 
destroy him that had the power of 
death, that is, the devil ; 

15 And deliver them, who through 
fear of death were all their lifetime 
subject to bondage. 

16 For verily he took not on him 
the nature of angels ; but he took on 
him the seed of Abraham. 

17 Wherefore in all things it be- 
hooved him to be made like unto his 
brethren, that he might be a merci- 
ful and faithful high priest in things 
'pertaining to God, to make reconci- 
liation for the sins of the people. 

18 For in that he himself hath suf- 
fered being tempted, he is able to 
succour thern that are tempted. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 Christ is more worthy than Moses, ? therefore if we 
believe not in him, we shall be more worthy punishment 
than hardhearted Israel. 

WHEREFORE, holy brethren, 
partakers of the heavenly call- 



ing, consider the Apostle and High 
Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus ; 

2 Who was faithful to him that 
appointed him, as also Moses was 
faithful in all his house. 

3 For this man was counted worthy 
of more glory than Moses, inasmuch 
as he who hath builded the house 
hath more honour than the house. 

4 For every house is builded by 
some man; but he that built all 
things is God. 

5 And Moses verily ivas faithful 
in all his house as a servant, for a 
testimony of those things which were 
to be spoken after ; 

6 But Christ as a son over his own 
house ; whose house are we, if we 
hold fast the confidence and the re- 
joicing of the hope firm unto the end. 

7 Wherefore as the Holy Ghost 
saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 

8 Harden not your hearts, as in 
the provocation, in the day of tempt- 
ation in the wilderness : 

9 When your fathers tempted me, 
proved me, and saw my works forty 
years. 

10 Wherefore I was grieved with 
that generation, and said, They do 
always err in their heart; and they 
have not known my ways. 

11 So I sware in my wrath, They 
shall not enter into my rest. 

12 Take heed, brethren, lest there 
be in any of you an evil heart of unbe- 
lief, in departing from the living God. 

13 But exhort one another daily, 
while it is called To day ; lest any 
of you be hardened through the de- 
ceitfulness of sin. 

14 For we are made partakers of 
Christ, if we hold the beginning of 
our confidence steadfast unto the end ; 

1 5 While it is said, To day if ye will 
hear his voice, harden not your hearts, 
as in the provocation. 

16 For some, when they had heard, 
did provoke : howbeit not all that 
came out of Egypt by Moses. 

17 But with whom was he grieved 
forty years? was it not with them 

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The Christian's rest. 



HEBREWS. 



Of Christ's priesthood, 



that had sinned, whose carcasses fell 
in the wilderness ? 

18 And to whom sware he that they 
should not enter into his rest, but to 
them that believed not? 

19 So we see that they could not 
enter in because of unbelief. 

CHAPTER IY. 

1 The rest of Christians is attained by faith. 12 The 
power of God's word. 14 By our high priest Jesus 
the Son of God, subject to infirmities, but not sin, 16 
we must and may go boldly to the throne of grace. 

LET us therefore fear, lest, a pro- 
mise being left us of entering 
into his rest, any of you should seem 
to come short of it. 

2 For unto us was the gospel 
preached, as well as unto them : but 
the word preached did not profit 
them, not being mixed with faith in 
them that heard it. 

3 For we which have believed do 
enter into rest, as he said, As I have 
sworn in my wrath, if they shall en- 
ter into my rest : although the works 
were finished from the foundation of 
the world. 

4 For he spake in a certain place 
of the seventh day on this wise, And 
God did rest the seventh day from all 
his works. 

5 And in this place again, If they 
shall enter into my rest. 

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth that 
some must enter therein, and they to 
whom it was first preached entered 
not in because of unbelief : - 

7 Again, he limiteth a certain day, 
saying in David, To day, after so long 
a time ; as it is said, To day if ye will 
hear his voice, harden not your hearts. 

8 For if Jesus had given them rest, 
then would he not afterward have 
spoken of another day. 

9 There remaineth therefore a rest 
to the people of God. 

10 For he that is entered into his 
rest, he also hath ceased from his own 
works, as God did from his. 

11 Let us labour therefore to enter 
into that rest, lest any man fall after 
the same example of unbelief. 

12 For the word of God is quick, 

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and powerful, and sharper than any 
twoedged sword, piercing even to the 
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, 
and of the joints and marrow, and is 
a discerner of the thoughts and in- 
tents of the heart. 

13 Neither is there any creature 
that is not manifest in his sight : but 
all things are naked and opened unto 
the eyes of him with whom we have 
to do. 

14 Seeing then that we have a great 
high priest, that is passed into the 
heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let 
us hold fast our profession. 

15 For we have not a high priest 
which cannot be touched with the 
feeling of our infirmities ; but was 
in all points tempted like as we are, 
yet without sin. 

16 Let us therefore come boldly 
unto the throne of grace, that we 
may obtain mercy, and find grace to 
help in time of need. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 The authority and honour of our Saviour's priest- 
hood. 11 Negligence in the knowledge thereof is re- 
proved. 

FOR every high priest taken from 
among men is ordained for men in 
things pertaining to God, that he may 
offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins : 

2 Who can have compassion on the 
ignorant, and on them that are out 
of the way ; for that he himself also 
is compassed with infirmity. 

3 And by reason hereof he ought, 
as for the people, so also for himself, 
to offer for sins. 

4 And no man taketh this honour 
unto himself, but he that is called of 
God, as was Aaron. 

5 So also Christ glorified not him- 
self to be made a high priest ; but he 
that said unto him, Thou art my Son, 
to day have I begotten thee. 

6 As he saith also in another place, 
Thou art a priest for ever after the 
order of Melchisedec. 

7 Who in the days of his flesh, 
when he had offered up prayers 
and supplications with strong crying 



The guilt and 



HEBREWS. 



danger of apostasy. 



and tears unto him that was able to 
save him from death, and was heard 
in that he feared ; 

8 Though he were a Son, yet learn- 
ed he obedience by the things which 
he suffered ; 

9 And being made perfect, he be- 
came the author of eternal salvation 
unto all them that obey him ; 

10 Called of God a high priest af- 
ter the order of Melchisedec. 

1 1 Of whom we have many things 
to say, and hard to be uttered, see- 
ing ye are dull of hearing. 

12 For when for the time ye ought 
to be teachers, ye have need that 
one teach you again which be the 
first principles of the oracles of God ; 
and are become such as have need of 
milk, and not of strong meat. 

13 For every one that useth milk 
is unskilful in the word of righteous- 
ness : for he is a babe. 

14 But strong meat belongeth to 
them that are of full age, even those 
who by reason of use have their 
senses exercised to discern both good 
and evil. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 He exhorteth not to fall back from the faith, 11 but to 
be steadfast, 12 diligent, and patient to wait upon 
God, 13 because God is most sure in his promise. 

THEREFORE leaving the prin- 
ciples of the doctrine of Christ, 
let us go on unto perfection ; not lay- 
ing again the foundation of repent- 
ance from dead works, and of faith 
toward God, 

2 Of the doctrine of baptisms, and of 
laying on of hands, and of resurrection 
of the dead, and of eternal judgment. 

3 And this will we do, if God permit. 

4 For it is impossible for those who 
were once enlightened, and have 
tasted of the heavenly gift, and were 
made partakers of the Holy Ghost, 

5 And have tasted the good word 
of God, and the powers of the world 
to come, 

6 If they shall fall away, to renew 
them again unto repentance ; seeing 
they crucify to themselves the Son of 

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God afresh, and put him to an open 
shame. 

7 For the earth which drinketh in 
the rain that cometh oft upon it, and 
bringeth forth herbs meet for them 
by whom it is dressed, receiveth bless- 
ing from God : 

8 But that which beareth thorns 
and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto 
cursing ; whose end is to be burned. 

9 But, beloved, we are persuaded 
better things of you, and things that 
accompany salvation, though we thus 
speak. 

10 For God is not unrighteous to 
forget your work and labour of love, 
which ye have shewed toward his 
name, in that ye have ministered to 
the saints, and do minister. 

11 And we desire that every one of 
you do shew the same diligence to 
the full assurance of hope unto the 
end: 

12 That ye be not slothful, but fol- 
lowers of them who through faith and 
patience inherit the promises. 

13 For when God made promise to 
Abraham, because he could swear by 
no greater, he sware by himself, 

14 Saying, Surely blessing I will 
bless thee, and multiplying I will 
multiply thee. 

15 And so, after he had patiently 
endured, he obtained the promise. 

16 For men verily swear by the 
greater : and an oath for confirma- 
tion is to them an end of all strife. 

17 Wherein God, willing more 
abundantly to shew unto the heirs of 
promise the immutability of his coun- 
sel, confirmed it by an oath : 

18 That by two immutable things, 
in which it was impossible for God 
to lie, we might have a strong con- 
solation, who have fled for refuge to 
lay hold upon the hope set before 
us: 

19 Which hope we have as an an- 
chor of the soul, both sure and stead- 
fast, and which entereth into that 
within the vail ; 

20 Whither the forerunner is for us 

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Christ a priest of a higher HEBREWS. order than that of Aaron. 



entered, even Jesus, made a high 
priest for ever after the order of Mel- 
chisedec. 

CHAPTER VII. 

1 Christ Jesus is a priest after the order of Melchisedec, 
11 and so, far more excellent than the priests of 
Aaron's order. 

FOR this Melchisedec, king of 
Salem, priest of the most high 
God, who met Abraham returning 
from the slaughter of the kings, .and 
blessed him ; 

2 To whom also Abraham gave a 
tenth part of all; first being by in- 
terpretation King of righteousness, 
and after that also King of Salem, 
which is, King of peace ; 

3 Without father, without mother, 
without descent, having neither be- 
ginning of days, nor end of life ; but 
made like unto the Son of God ; 
abideth a priest continually. 

4 Now consider how great this man 
was, unto whom even the patriarch 
Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. 

5 And verily they that are of the 
sons of Levi, who receive the office 
of the priesthood, have a command- 
ment to take tithes of the people 
according to the law, that is, of their 
brethren, though they come out of 
the loins of Abraham : 

6 But he whose descent is not 
counted from them received tithes 
of Abraham, and blessed him that 
had the promises. 

7 And without all contradiction 
the less is blessed of the better. 

8 And here men that die receive 
tithes ; but there he receiveth them, of 
whom it is witnessed that he liveth. 

9 And as I may so say, Levi also, 
who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in 
Abraham. 

10 For he was yet in the loins of his 
father, when Melchisedec met him. 

1 1 If therefore perfection were by 
the Levitical priesthood, (for under 
it the people received the law,) what 
further need was there that another 
priest should rise after the order of 
Melchisedec, and not be called after 
the order of Aaron ? 

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1 2 For the priesthood being changed, 
there is made of necessity a change 
also of the law. 

13 For he of whom these things 
are spoken pertaineth to another 
tribe, of which no man gave attend* 
ance at the altar. 

14 For it is evident that our Lord 
sprang out of Juda ; of which tribe 
Moses spake nothing concerning 
priesthood. 

15 And it is yet far more evident : 
for that after the similitude of Mel- 
chisedec there ariseth another priest, 

16 Who is made, not after the law 
of a carnal commandment, but after 
the power of an endless life. 

17 For he testifieth, Thou art a 
priest for ever after the order of Mel- 
chisedec. 

18 For there is verily a disannul- 
ling of the commandment going be- 
fore for the weakness and unprofit- 
ableness thereof. 

19 For the law made nothing per- 
fect, but the bringing in of a better 
hope did; by the which we draw 
nigh unto God. 

20 And inasmuch as not without 
an oath he was made priest : 

21 (For those priests were made 
without an oath; but this with an 
oath by him that said unto him, The 
Lord sware and will not repent, Thou 
art a priest for ever after the order of 
Melchisedec :) 

22 By so much was Jesus made a 
surety of a better testament. 

2 3 And they truly were many priests, 
because they were not suffered to con- 
tinue by reason of death : 

24 But this man, because he con- 
tinue th ever, hath an unchangeable 
priesthood. 

25 Wherefore he is able also to save 
them to the uttermost that come unto 
God by him * seeing he ever liveth to 
make intercession for them. 

26 For such a high priest became 
us, who is holy, harmless, undefined, 
separate from sinners, and made high- 
er than the heavens ; 



The Levitical 



HEBREWS. 



priesthood abolished. 



27 Who needeth not daily, as those 
high priests, to offer up sacrifice, 
first for his own sins, and then for 
the people's : for this he did once, 
when he offered up himself. 

28 For the law maketh men high 
priests which have infirmity; but 
the word of the oath, which was since 
the law, maketh the Son, who is con- 
secrated for evermore. 

CHAPTEE YIII. 

1 By the eternal priesthood of Christ the Levitical 
priesthood of Aaron is abolished. V And the tem- 
poral covenant with the fathers, by the eternal cove- 
nant of the gospel. 

NOW of the things which we 
have spoken this is the sum : 
We have such a high priest, who is 
set on the right hand of the throne 
of the Majesty in the heavens ; 

2 A minister of the sanctuary, and 
of the true tabernacle, which the Lord 
pitched, and not man. 

3 For every high priest is ordained 
to offer gifts and sacrifices : where- 
fore it is of necessity that this man 
have somewhat also to offer. 

4 For if he were on earth, he 
should not be a priest, seeing that 
there are priests that offer gifts ac- 
cording to the law : 

5 Who serve unto the example 
and shadow of heavenly things, as 
Moses was admonished of God when 
he was about to make the tabernacle : 
for, See, saith he, that thou make all 
things according to the pattern shew- 
ed to thee in the mount. 

6 But now hath he obtained a more 
excellent ministry, by how much 
also he is the mediator of a better 
covenant, which was established up- 
on better promises. 

7 For if that first covenant had 
been faultless, then should no place 
have been sought for the second. 

8 For finding fault with them, he 
saith, Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, when I will make a new 
covenant with the house of Israel 
and with the house of Judah : 

9 Not according to the covenant 
that I made with their fathers, in the 



day when I took them by the hand to 
lead them out of the land of Egypt ; 
because they continued not in my 
covenant, and I regarded them not, 
saith the Lord. 

10 For this is the covenant that I 
will make with the house of Israel 
after those days, saith the Lord; I 
will put my laws into their mind, 
and write them in their hearts : and 
I will be to them a God, and they 
shall be to me a people : 

11 And they shall not teach every 
man his neighbour, and every man 
his brother, saying, Know the Lord : 
for all shall know me, from the least 
to the greatest. 

1 2 For I will be merciful to their un- 
righteousness, and their sins and their 
iniquities will I remember no more. 

13 In that he saith, Anew covenant, 
he hath made the first old. Now 
that which decayeth and waxeth old 
is ready to vanish away. 

CHAPTEE IX. 

1 The description of the rites and bloody sacrifices of the 
law, 11 far inferior to the dignity and perfection of the 
blood and sacrifice of Christ. 

THEN verily the first covenant had 
also ordinances of divine service, 
and a worldly sanctuary. 

2 For there was a tabernacle made ; 
the first, wherein was the candle- 
stick, and the table, and the shew- 
bread ; which is called the sanctuary. 

3 And after the second vail, the 
tabernacle which is called the holiest 
of all ; 

4 Which had the golden censer, 
and the ark of the covenant overlaid 
round about with gold, wherein was 
the golden pot that had manna, and 
Aaron's rod that budded, and the 
tables of the covenant ; 

5 And over it the cherubim of glory 
shadowing the mercy seat; of which 
we cannot now speak particularly. 

6 Now when these things were 
thus ordained, the priests went al- 
ways into the first tabernacle, ac- 
complishing the service of God. 

7 But into the second went the high 

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The sacrifices of the law HEBREWS, far inferior to that of Christ. 






priest alone once every year, not with- 
out blood, which he offered for himself, 
and for the errors of the people : 

8 The Holy Ghost this signifying, 
that the way into the holiest of all 
was not yej; made manifest, while as 
the first tabernacle was yet standing : 

9 Which was a figure for the time 
then present, in which were offered 
both gifts and sacrifices, that could not 
make him that did the service perfect, 
as pertaining to the conscience ; 

10 Which stood only in meats and 
drinks, and divers washings, and 
carnal ordinances, imposed on them 
until the time of reformation. 

11 But Christ being come a high 
priest of good things to come, by a 
greater and more perfect tabernacle, 
not made with hands, that is to say, 
not of this building ; 

12 Neither by the blood of goats and 
calves, but by his own blood he entered 
in once into the holy place, having ob- 
tained eternal redemption for us. 

13 For if the blood of bulls and 
of goats, and the ashes of a heifer 
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to 
the purifying of the flesh ; 

14 How much more shall the blood 
of Christ, who through the eternal 
Spirit offered himself without spot 
to God, purge your conscience from 
dead works to serve the living God ? 

15 And for this cause he is the 
mediator of the new testament, that 
by means of death, for the redemption 
of the transgressions that were under 
the first testament, they which are 
called might receive the promise of 
eternal inheritance. 

16 For where a testament is, there 
must also of necessity be the death 
of the testator. 

17 For a testament is of force after 
men are dead : otherwise it is of no 
strength at all while the testator 
liveth. 

18 Whereupon neither the first tes- 
tament was dedicated without blood. 

19 For when Moses had spoken 
every precept to all the people ac- 

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cording to the law, he took the blood 
of calves and of goats, with water, and 
scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprink- 
led both the book and all the people, 

20 Saying, This is the blood of the 
testament which God hath enjoined 
unto you. 

21 Moreover he sprinkled likewise 
with blood both the tabernacle, and 
all the vessels of the ministry. 

22 And almost all things are by 
the law , purged with blood ; and 
without shedding of blood is no re- 
mission. 

23 It was therefore necessary that 
the patterns of things in the heavens 
should be purified with these ; but 
the heavenly things themselves with 
better sacrifices than these. 

24 For Christ is not entered into 
the holy places made with hands, 
which are the figures of the true ; 
but into heaven itself, now to ap- 
pear in the presence of God for us : 

25 Nor yet that he should offer 
himself often, as the high priest en- 
tereth into the holy place every year 
with blood of others ; 

26 For then must he often have 
suffered since the foundation of the 
world : but now once in the end ol 
the world hath he appeared to put 
away sin by the sacrifice of himself. 

27 And as it is appointed unto 
men once to die, but after this the 
judgment : 

28 So Christ was once offered to 
bear the sins of many; and unto 
them that look for him shall he 
appear the second time without sin 
unto salvation. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 The weakness of the law sacrifices. 10 The sacrifice 
of Christ's body once offered, 14 for ever hath taken 
away sins. 19 An exhortation to hold fast the faith, 
with patience and thanksgiving. 

FOB the law having a shadow of 
good things to come, and not 
the very image of the things, can 
never with those sacrifices, which 
they offered year by year continually, 
make the comers thereunto perfect. 



Christ's perfect sacrifice. 



HEBREWS. Exhortation to steadfastness. 



2 For then would they not have 
ceased to be offered ? because that 
the worshippers once purged should 
have had no more conscience of sins. 

3 But in those sacrifices there is a 
remembrance again made of sins 
every year. 

4 For it is not possible that the 
blood of bulls and of goats should 
take away sins. 

5 Wherefore, when he cometh into 
the world, he saith, Sacrifice and 
offering thou wouldest not, but a 
body hast thou prepared me : 

6 In burnt offerings and sacrifices 
for sin thou hast had no pleasure. 

7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in the 
volume of the book it is written of 
me) to do thy will, O God. 

8 Above when he said, Sacrifice 
and offering and burnt offerings and 
offering for sin thou wouldest not, 
neither hadst pleasure therein; which 
are offered by the law ; 

9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do 
thy will, O God. He taketh away the 
first, that he may establish the second. 

10 By the which will we are sanc- 
tified through the offering of the body 
of Jesus Christ once for all. 

11 And every priest standeth daily 
ministering and offering oftentimes 
the same sacrifices, which can never 
take away sins : 

12 But this man, after he had offered 
one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat 
down on the right hand of God ; 

13 From henceforth expecting till 
his enemies be made his footstool. 

14 For by one offering he hath 
perfected for ever them that are 
sanctified. 

15 Whereof the Holy Ghost also 
is a witness to us : for after that he 
had said before, 

16 This is the covenant that I will 
make with them after those days, 
saith the Lord ; I will put my laws 
into their hearts, and in their minds 
will I write them ; 

17 And their sins and iniquities 
will I remember no more. 



18 Now where remission of these 
is, there is no more offering for sin. 

19 Having therefore, brethren, 
boldness to enter into the holiest by 
the blood of Jesus, 

20 By a new and living way, which 
he hath consecrated for us, through 
the vail, that is to say, his flesh ; 

21 And having a high priest over 
the house of God; 

22 Let us draw near with a true 
heart in full assurance of faith, hav- 
ing our hearts sprinkled from an evil 
conscience, and our bodies washed 
with pure water. 

23 Let us hold fast the profession 
of our faith without wavering ; for 
he is faithful that promised ; 

24 And let us consider one another 
to provoke unto love and to good 
works : 

25 Not forsaking the assembling 
of ourselves together, as the manner 
of some is; but exhorting one ano- 
ther: and so much the more, as ye 
see the day approaching. 

26 For if we sin wilfully after that 
we have received the knowledge of 
the truth, there remaineth no more 
sacrifice for sins, 

27 But a certain fearful looking for 
of judgment and fiery indignation, 
which shall devour the adversaries. 

28 He that despised Moses' law 
died without mercy under two or 
three witnesses : 

29 Of how much sorer punishment, 
suppose ye, shall he be thought wor- 
thy, who hath trodden under foot the 
Son of God, and hath counted the 
blood of the covenant, wherewith he 
was sanctified, an unholy thing, and 
hath done despite unto the Spirit of 
grace ? 

30 For we know him that hath 
said, Vengeance belongeth unto me, I 
will recompense, saith the Lord. And 
again, The Lord shall judge his people. 

31 It is a fearful thing to fall into 
the hands of the living God. 

32 But call to remembrance the 
former days, in which, after ye were 

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illuminated, ye endured a great fight 
of afflictions ; 

33 Partly, whilst ye were made a 
gazingstock both by reproaches and 
afflictions ; and partly, whilst ye be- 
came companions of them that were 
so used. 

34 For ye had compassion of me 
in my bonds, and took joyfully the 
spoiling of your goods, knowing in 
yourselves that ye have in heaven a 
better and an enduring substance. 

35 Cast not away therefore your 
confidence, which hath great recom- 
pense of reward. 

36 For ye have need of patience, 
that, after ye have done the. will of 
God, ye might receive the promise. 

37 For yet a little while, and he 
that shall come will come, and will 
not tarry. 

38 Now the just shall live by faith : 
but if any man draw back, my soul 
shall have no pleasure in him. 

39 But we are not of them who 
draw back unto perdition ; but of them 
that believe to the saving of the soul. 

CHAPTEK XL 

1 What faith is. 6 Without faith we cannot please 
God. 1 The worthy fruits thereof in the fathers of 
old time. 

NOW faith is the substance of 
things hoped for, the evidence 
of things not seen. 

2 For by it the elders obtained a 
good report. 

3 Through faith we understand 
that the worlds were framed by the 
word of God, so that things which 
are seen were not made of things 
which do appear. 

4 By faith Abel offered unto God a 
more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by 
which he obtained witness that he was 
righteous, God testifying of his gifts : 
and by it he being dead yet speaketh. 

5 By faith Enoch was translated 
that he should not see death ; and 
was not found, because God had 
translated him : for before his trans- 
lation he had this testimony, that 
he pleased God. 

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6 But without faith it is impossible 
to please him: for he that cometh 
to God must believe that he is, and 
that he is a rewarder of them that 
diligently seek him. 

7 By faith Noah, being warned of 
God of things not seen as yet, moved 
with fear, prepared an ark to the 
saving of his house ; by the which 
he condemned the world, and be- 
came heir of the righteousness which 
is by faith. 

8 By faith Abraham, when he was 
called to go out into a place which 
he should after receive for an in- 
heritance, obeyed ; and he went out, 
not knowing whither he went. 

9 By faith he sojourned in the land 
of promise, as in a strange country, 
dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac 
and Jacob, the heirs with him of the 
same promise : 

10 For he looked for a city which 
hath foundations, whose builder and 
maker is God. 

11 Through faith also Sarah her- 
self received strength to conceive 
seed, and was delivered of a child 
when she was past age, because she 
judged him faithful who had pro- 
mised. 

12 Therefore sprang there even of 
one, and him as good as dead, so 
many as the stars of the sky in mul- 
titude, and as the sand which is by 
the sea shore innumerable. 

13 These all died in faith, not hav- 
ing received the promises, but having 
seen them afar off, and were persuad- 
ed of them, and embraced them, and 
confessed that they were strangers 
and pilgrims on the earth. 

14 For they that say such things 
declare plainly that they seek a 
country. 

15 And truly, if they had been 
mindful of that country from whence 
they came out, they might have had 
opportunity to have returned. 

16 But now they desire a better 
country, that is, a heavenly: where- 
fore God is not ashamed to be called 



The fruits of faith in 



HEBREWS. 



the fathers of old time. 



their God : for he hath prepared for 
them a city. 

17 By faith Abraham, when he 
was tried, offered up Isaac : and he 
that had received the promises offer- 
ed up his only begotten son, 

18 Of whom it was said, That in 
Isaac shall thy seed be called : 

19 Accounting that God was able 
to raise him up, even from the dead ; 
from whence also he received him in 
a figure. 

20 By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and 
Esau concerning things to come. 

21 By faith Jacob, when he was 
a dying, blessed both the sons of 
Joseph ; and worshipped, leaning 
upon the top of his staff. 

22 By faith Joseph, when he died, 
made mention of the departing of the 
children of Israel ; and gave com- 
mandment concerning his bones. 

23 By faith Moses, when he was 
born, was hid three months of his 
parents, because they saw he was a 
proper child ; and they were not 
afraid of the king's commandment. 

24 By faith Moses, when he was 
come to years, refused to be called 
the son of Pharaoh's daughter ; 

25 Choosing rather to suffer afflic- 
tion with the people of God, than to 
enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season ; 

26 Esteeming the reproach of Christ 
greater riches than the treasures in 
Egypt: for he had respect unto the 
recompense of the reward. 

27 By faith he forsook Egypt, not 
fearing the wrath of the king : for 
he endured, as seeing him who is in- 
visible. 

28 Through faith he kept the pass- 
over, and the sprinkling of blood, 
lest he that destroyed the firstborn 
should touch them. 

29 By faith they passed through 
the Red sea as by dry land: which 
the Egyptians assaying to do were 
drowned. 

30 By faith the walls of Jericho fell 
down, after they were compassed 

J about seven days. 



31 By faith the harlot Rahab pe- 
rished not with them that believed 
not, when she had received the spies 
with peace. 

32 And what shall I more say? for 
the time would fail me to tell of 
Gideon, and of Barak, and of Sam- 
son, and of Jephthah ; of David also, 
and Samuel, and of the prophets : 

33 Who through faith subdued king- 
doms, wrought righteousness, obtain- 
ed promises, stopped the mouths of 
lions, 

34 Quenched the violence of fire, 
escaped the edge of the sword, out of 
weakness were made strong, waxed 
valiant in fight, turned to flight the 
armies of the aliens. 

35 Women received their dead 
raised to life again : and others were 
tortured, not accepting deliverance ; 
that they might obtain a better re- 
surrection : 

36 And others had trial of cruel 
mockings and scourgings, yea, more- 
over of bonds and imprisonment : 

37 They were stoned, they were 
sawn asunder, were tempted, were 
slain with the sword : they wandered 
about in sheepskins and goatskins; 
being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 

38 Of whom the world was not 
worthy: they wandered in deserts, 
and in mountains, and in dens and 
caves of the earth. 

39 And these all, having obtained 
a good report through faith, received 
not the promise : 

40 God having provided some bet- 
ter thing for us, that they without 
us should not be made perfect. 

CHAPTER XII. 

1 An exhortation to constant faith, patience, and godli- 
ness. 22 A commendation of the neio testament above 
the old. 

WHEREFORE, seeing we also 
are compassed about with so 
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay 
aside every weight, and the sin which 
doth so easily beset us, and let us run 
with patience the race that is set be- 
fore us, 

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patience, and godliness. 



2 Looking unto Jesus the author 
and finisher of our faith ; who for 
the joy that was set before him en- 
dured the cross, despising the shame, 
and is set down at the right hand of 
the throne of God. 

3 For consider him that endured 
such contradiction of sinners against 
himself, lest ye be wearied and faint 
in your minds. 

4 Ye have not yet resisted unto 
blood, striving against sin. 

5 And ye have forgotten the exhort- 
ation which speaketh unto you as un- 
to children, My son, despise not thou 
the chastening of the Lord, nor faint 
when thou art rebuked of him : 

6 For whom the Lord loveth he 
chasteneth, and scourgeth every son 
whom he receiveth. 

7 If ye endure chastening, God 
dealeth with you as with sons ; for 
what son is he whom the father 
chasteneth not? 

8 But if ye be without chastise- 
ment, whereof all are partakers, then 
are ye bastards, and not sons. 

9 Furthermore, we have had fathers 
of our flesh which corrected us, and 
we gave them reverence : shall we 
not much rather be in subjection un- 
to the Father of spirits, and live? 

10 For they verily for a few days 
chastened us after their own plea- 
sure; but he for our profit, that we 
might be partakers of his holiness. 

11 Now no chastening for the pre- 
sent seemeth to be joyous, but griev- 
ous : nevertheless, afterward it yield- 
eth the peaceable fruit of righteous- 
ness unto them which are exercised 
thereby. 

1 2 Wherefore lift up the hands which 
hang down, and the feeble knees ; 

13 And make straight paths for 
your feet, lest that which is lame be 
turned out of the way ; but let it ra- 
ther be healed. 

14 Follow peace with all men, and 
holiness, without which no man shall 
see the Lord : 

15 Looking diligently lest any man 

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fail of the grace of God; lest any 
root of bitterness springing up trouble 
you, and thereby many be defiled ; 

16 Lest there be any fornicator, or 
profane person, as Esau, who for one 
morsel of meat sold his birthright. 

17 For ye know how that afterward, 
when he would have inherited the 
blessing, he was rejected: for he 
found no place of repentance, though 
he sought it carefully with tears. 

18 For ye are not come unto the 
mount that might be touched, and 
that burned with fire, nor unto black- 
ness, and darkness, and tempest, 

19 And the sound of a trumpet, and 
the voice of words ; which voice they 
that heard entreated that the word 
should not be spoken to them any 
more : 

20 (For they could not endure, that 
which was commanded, And if so 
much as a beast touch the mountain, 
it shall be stoned, or thrust through 
with a dart : 

21 And so terrible was the sight, 
that Moses said, I exceedingly fear 
and quake:) 

22 But ye are come unto mount 
Sion, and unto the city of the living 
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to 
an innumerable company of angels, 

.23 To the general assembly and 
church of the firstborn, which are 
written in heaven, and to God the 
Judge of all, and to the spirits of just 
men made perfect, 

24 And to Jesus the mediator of 
the new covenant, and to the blood of 
sprinkling, that speaketh better things 
than that of Abel. 

25 See that ye refuse not him that 
speaketh : for if they escaped not 
who refused him that spake on earth, 
much more shall not we escape, if we 
turn away from him that speaketh 
from heaven : 

26 Whose voice then shook the 
earth: but now he hath promised, 
saying, Yet once more I shake not 
the earth only, but also heaven. 

27 And this word, Yet once more, 



D 



ivers 



exhortations. 



HEBREWS. 



The concluding prayer. 



signifieth the removing of those things 
that are shaken, as of things that are 
made, that those things which can- 
not he shaken may remain. 

28 Wherefore we receiving a king- 
dom which cannot he moved, let us 
have grace, whereby we may serve 
God acceptably with reverence and 
godly fear : 

29 For our God is a consuming fire. 

CHAPTER XIIL 

1 Divers admonitions, as to charity, 4 to honest life, 
5 to avoid covetousness, 7 to regard God's preachers, 
9 to take heed of strange doctrines, 10' to confess 
Christ, 16 to give alms, 17 to obey governors, 18 to 
pray for the apostle. 20 The conclusion. 

LET brotherly love continue. 
2 Be not forgetful to entertain 
strangers : for thereby some have 
entertained angels unawares. 

3 Remember them that are in bonds, 
as bound with them ; and them which 
suffer adversity, as being yourselves 
also in the body. 

4 Marriage is honourable in all, and 
the bed undefiled: but whoremongers 
and adulterers God will judge. 

5 Let your conversation be without 
covetousness; and be content with 
such things as ye have : for he hath 
said, I will never leave thee, nor 
forsake thee. 

6 So that we may boldly say, The 
Lord is my helper, and I will not 
fear what man shall do unto me. 

7 Remember them which have the 
rule over you, who have spoken unto 
you the word of God : whose faith 
follow, considering the end of their 
conversation. 

8 Jesus Christ the same yesterday, 
and to day, and for ever. 

9 Be not carried about with divers 
and strange doctrines : for it is a 
good thing that the heart be esta- 
blished with grace ; not with meats, 
which have not profited them that 
have been occupied therein. 

10 We have an altar, whereof they 
have no right to eat which serve the 
tabernacle. 

11 For the bodies of those beasts, 
whose blood is brought into the sanc- 



tuary by the high priest for sin, are 
burned without the camp. 

12 Wherefore Jesus also, that he 
might sanctify the people with his 
own blood, suffered without the gate. 

13 Let us go forth therefore unto 
him without the camp, bearing his 
reproach. 

14 For here have we no continuing 
city, but we seek one to come. 

15 By him therefore let us offer 
the sacrifice of praise to God con- 
tinually, that is, the fruit of our lips, 
giving thanks to his name. 

16 But to do good and to com- 
municate forget not : for with such 
sacrifices God is well pleased. 

17 Obey them that have the rule 
over you, and submit yourselves : for 
they watch for your souls, as they 
that must give account, that they 
may do it with joy, and not with grief: 
for that is unprofitable for you. 

18 Pray for us : for we trust we 
have a good conscience, in all things 
willing to live honestly. 

19 But I beseech you the rather to 
do this, that I may be restored to 
you the sooner. 

20 Now the. God of peace, that 
brought again from the dead our 
Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of 
the sheep, through the blood of the 
everlasting covenant, 

21 Make you perfect in every good 
work to do his will, working in you 
that which is well pleasing in his 
sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom 
be glory for ever and ever. Amen. 

22 And I beseech you, brethren, 
suffer the word of exhortation : for 
I have written a letter unto you in 
few words. 

23 Know ye that our brother Timo- 
thy is set at liberty ; with whom, if 
he come shortly, I will see you. 

24 Salute all them that have the 
rule over you, and all the saints. 
They of Italy salute you. 

25 Grace be with you all. Amen. 

*§ Written to the Hebrews from Italy by 
Timothy. 

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THE GENERAL EPISTLE 



OF 



JAMES. 



CHAPTER I. 

1 We are to rejoice under the cross, 5 to ask patience of 
God, 13 and in our trials not to impute our weak- 
ness, or sins, unto him, 19 but rather to hearken to 
the word, to meditate in it, and to do thereafter. 
26 Otherwise men may seem, but never be truly re- 
ligious. 

JAMES, a servant of God and of 
the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 
twelve tribes which are scattered 
abroad, greeting. 

2 My brethren, count it all joy 
when ye fall into divers temptations ; 

3 Knowing this, that the trying of 
your faith worketh patience. 

4 But let patience have her perfect 
work, that ye may be perfect and en- 
tire, wanting nothing. 

5 If any of you lack wisdom, let 
him ask of God, that giveth to all 
men liberally, and upbraideth not; 
and it shall be given him. 

6 But let him ask in faith, nothing 
wavering: for he that wavereth is 
like a wave of the sea driven with 
the wind and tossed. 

7 For let not that man think that 
he shall receive any thing of the 
Lord. 

8 A doubleminded man is unstable 
in all his ways. 

9 Let the brother of low degree 
rejoice in that he is exalted : 

10 But the rich, in that he is made 
low: because as the flower of the 
grass he shall pass away. 

11 For the sun is no sooner risen 
with a burning heat, but it with- 
ereth the grass, and the flower there- 
of falleth, and the grace of the fash- 
ion of it perisheth : so also shall the 
rich man fade away in his ways. 

12 Blessed is the man that endureth 
temptation : for when he is tried, he 
shall receive the crown of life, which 

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the Lord hath promised to them that 
love him. 

13 Let no man say when he is 
tempted, I am tempted of God : for 
God cannot be tempted with evil, 
neither tempteth he any man : 

14 But every man is tempted, when 
he is drawn away of his own lust, 
and enticed. 

15 Then when lust hath con- 
ceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, 
when it is finished, bringeth forth 
death. 

16 Do not err, my beloved brethren. 

17 Every good gift and every per- 
fect gift is from above, and cometh 
down from the Father of lights, with 
whom is no variableness, neither 
shadow of turning. 

18 Of his own will begat he us 
with the word of truth, that we 
should be a kind of firstfruits of his 
creatures. 

19 Wherefore, my beloved breth- 
ren, let every man be swift to hear, 
slow to speak, slow to wrath : 

20 For the wrath of man worketh 
not the righteousness of God. 

21 Wherefore lay apart all filthi- 
ness and superfluity of naughtiness, 
and receive with meekness the en- 
grafted word, which is able to save 
your souls. 

22 But be ye doers of the word, 
and not hearers only, deceiving your 
own selves. 

23 For if any be a hearer of the 
word, and not a doer, he is like unto 
a man beholding his natural face in 
a glass : 

24 For he beholdeth himself, and 
goeth his way, and straightway for- 
getteth what manner of man he was. 

25 But whoso looketh into the per- 



We must not despise the poor. JAMES. Faith without works is dead. 



feet law of liberty, and continueth 
therein, he being not a forgetful hear- 
er, but a doer of the work, this man 
shall be blessed in his deed. 

26 If any man among you seem 
to be religious, and bridleth not his 
tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, 
this man's religion is vain. 

27 Pure religion and undefiled be- 
fore God and the Father is this, To 
visit the fatherless and widows in 
their affliction, and to keep himself 
unspotted from the world. ' 

CHAPTEE II. 

1 It is not agreeable to Christian profession to regard 
the rich, and to despise the poor brethren: 13 rather 
we are to be loving, and merciful: 14 and not to boast 
of faith where no deeds are, 17 which is but a dead 
faith, 19 the faith of devils, 21 not of Abraham, 25 
and Rahab. 

MY brethren, have not the faith of 
our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord 
of glory, with respect of persons. 

2 For if there come unto your as- 
sembly a man with a gold ring, in 
goodly apparel, and there come in 
also a poor man in vile raiment ; 

3 And ye have respect to him that 
weareth the gay clothing, and say 
unto him, Sit thou here in a good 
place ; and say to the poor, Stand 
thou there, or sit here under my 
footstool : 

4 Are ye not then partial in your- 
selves, and are become judges of evil 
thoughts ? 

5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, 
Hath not God chosen the poor of this 
world rich in faith, and heirs of the 
kingdom which he hath promised to 
them that love him ? 

6 But ye have despised the poor. 
Do not rich men oppress you, and 
draw you before the judgment seats ? 

7 Do not they blaspheme that 
worthy name by the which ye are 
called ? 

8 If ye fulfil the royal law accord- 
ing to the Scripture, Thou shalt love 
thy neighbour as thyself, ye do well : 

9 But if ye have respect to persons, 
ye commit sin, and are convinced of 
the law as transgressors. 



10 For whosoever shall keep the 
whole law, and yet offend in one 
point, he is guilty of all. 

11 For he that said, Do not com- 
mit adultery, said also, Do not kill. 
Now if thou commit no adultery, yet 
if thou kill, thou art become a trans- 
gressor of the law. 

12 So speak ye, and so do, as they 
that shall be judged by the law of 
liberty. 

13 For he shall have judgment 
without mercy, that hath shewed no 
mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against 
judgment. 

14 What doth i£ profit, my brethren, 
though a man say he hath faith, and 
have not works ? can faith save him ? 

15 If a brother or sister be naked, 
and destitute of daily food, 

16 And one of you say unto them, 
Depart in peace, be ye warmed and 
filled ; notwithstanding ye give them 
not those things which are needful to 
the body; what doth it profit? 

17 Even so faith, if it hath not 
works, is dead, being alone. 

18 Yea, a man may say, Thou hast 
faith, and I have works : shew me thy 
faith without thy works, and I will 
shew thee my faith by my works. 

19 Thou believest that there is one 
God ; thou doest well : the devils also 
believe, and tremble. 

2 But wilt thou know,0 vain man, 
that faith without works is dead ? 

21 Was not Abraham our father jus- 
tified by works, when he had offered 
Isaac his son upon the altar ? 

22 Seest thou how faith wrought 
with his works, and by works was 
faith made perfect? 

23 And the Scripture was fulfilled 
which saith, Abraham believed God, 
and it was imputed unto him for 
righteousness : and he was called the 
Friend of God. 

24 Ye see then how that by works 
a man is justified, and not by faith 
only. 

25 Likewise also was not Rahab the 
harlot justified by works, when she 

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JAMES. 



Against covetousness, fyc. 



had received the messengers, and had 
sent them out another way ? 

26 For as the hody without the 
spirit is dead, so faith without works 
is dead also. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 We are not rashly or arrogantly to reprove others: 5 
but rather to bridle the tongue, a little member, but a 
powerful instrument of much good, and great harm. 
13 They who be truly wise be mild, and peaceable, 
without envying, and strife. 

MY "brethren, he not many mas- 
ters, knowing that we shall re- 
ceive the greater condemnation. 

2 For in many things we offend all. 
If any man offend not in word, the 
same is a perfect man, and ahle also 
to bridle the whole hody. 

3 Behold, we put bits in the horses' 
mouths, that they may obey us ; and 
we turn about their whole body. 

4 Behold also the ships, which 
though they be so great, and are 
driven of fierce winds, yet are they 
turned about with a very small helm, 
whithersoever the governor listeth. 

5 Even so the tongue is a little 
member, and boasteth great things. 
Behold, how great a matter a little 
fire kindleth! 

6 And the tongue is a fire, a world 
of iniquity : so is the tongue among 
our members, that it defileth the 
whole body, and setteth on fire the 
course of nature ; and it is set on fire 
of hell. 

7 For every kind of beasts, and of 
birds, and of serpents, and of things 
in the sea, is tamed, and hath been 
tamed of mankind : 

8 But the tongue can no man tame ; 
it is an unruly evil, full of deadly 
poison. 

9 Therewith bless we God, even 
the Father ; and therewith curse we 
men, which are made after the simi- 
litude of God. 

10 Out of the same mouth proceed- 
eth blessing and cursing. My bre- 
thren, these things ought not so to be. 

1 1 Doth a fountain send forth at the 
same place sweet water and bitter ? 

12 Can the fig tree, my brethren, 

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bear olive berries ? either a vine, figs '? 
so can no fountain both yield salt 
water and fresh. 

13 Who is a wise man and endued 
with knowledge among you? let him 
shew out of a good conversation his 
works with meekness of wisdom. 

14 But if ye have bitter envying 
and strife in your hearts, glory not, 
and lie not against the truth. 

15 This wisdom descendeth not 
from above, but is earthly, sensual, 
devilish. 

16 For where envying and strife 
is, there is confusion and every evil 
work. 

17 But the wisdom that is from 
above is first pure, then peaceable, 
gentle, and easy to be entreated, full 
of mercy and good fruits, without 
partiality, and without hypocrisy. 

18 And the fruit of righteousness 
is sown in peace of them that make 
peace. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 We are to strive against covetousness, 4 intemperance, 
5 pride, 11 detraction, and rash judgment of others: 
13 and not to be confident in the good success of worldly 
business, but mindful ever of the uncertainty of this 
life, to commit ourselves and all our affairs to God's 
providence. 

FROM whence come wars and 
fightings among you ? come they 
not hence, even of your lusts that 
war in your members ? 

2 Ye lust, and have not : ye kill, 
and desire to have, and cannot ob- 
tain : ye fight and war, yet ye have 
not, because ye ask not. 

3 Ye ask, and receive not, because 
ye ask amiss, that ye may consume 
it upon your lusts. 

4 Ye adulterers and adulteresses, 
know ye not that the friendship of 
the world is enmity with God ? who- 
soever therefore will be a friend of 
the world is the enemy of God. 

5 Do ye think that the Scripture 
saith in vain, The spirit that dwelleth 
in us lusteth to envy ? 

6 But he giveth more grace. Where- 
fore he saith, Godresisteth the proud, 
but giveth grace unto the humble. 



Wicked rich men threatened. JAMES. 



Exhortation to patience. 



7 Submit yourselves therefore to 
God. Resist the devil, and he will 
flee from you. 

8 Draw nigh to God, and he will 
draw nigh to you. Cleanse your 
hands, ye sinners ; and purify your 
hearts, ye doubleminded. 

9 Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep : 
• let your laughter he turned to mourn- 
ing, and your joy to heaviness. 

10 Humble yourselves in the sight 
of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 

11 Speak not evil one of another, 
brethren. He that speaketh evil of 
his brother, and judgeth his brother, 
speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth 
the law : but if thou judge the law, 
thou art not a doer of the law, but 
a judge. 

12 There is one lawgiver, who is 
able to save and to destroy : who art 
thou that judgest another ? 

13 Go to now, ye that say, To day 
or to morrow we will go into such a 
city, and continue there a year, and 
buy and sell, and get gain: 

14 Whereas ye know not what shall 
be on the morrow. For what is your 
life ? It is even a vapour, that ap- 
peareth for a little time, and then 
vanisheth away. 

15 For that ye ought to say, If the 
Lord will, we shall live, and do this, 
or that. 

16 But now ye rejoice in your 
boastings : all such rejoicing is evil. 

17 Therefore to him that knoweth 
to do good, and doeth it not, to him it 

i is sin. 

CHAPTEK Y. 

1 Wicked rich men are to fear God's vengeance. 7 We 
ought to be patient in afflictions, after the example of 
the prophets, and Job: 12 to forbear swearing, IS to 
pray in adversity, to sing in prosperity : 1 6 to ac- 
knowledge mutually our several faults, to pray one for 
another, 19 and to reduce a straying brother to the 
I trutl^. 

GO to now, ye rich men, weep 
and howl for your miseries that 
shall come upon you. 

2 Your riches are corrupted, and 
your garments are motheaten. 

3 Your gold and silver is cankered ; 
and the rust of them shall be a wit- 



ness against you, and shall eat your 
flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped 
treasure together for the last days. 

4 Behold, the hire of the labourers 
who have reaped down your fields, 
which is of you kept back by fraud, 
crieth : and the cries of them which 
have reaped are entered into the ears 
of the Lord of Sabaoth. 

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the 
earth, and been wanton ; ye have 
nourished your hearts, as in a day of 
slaughter. 

6 Ye have condemned and killed 
the just ; and he doth not resist you. 

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, 
unto the coming of the Lord. Be- 
hold, the husbandman waiteth for 
the precious fruit of the earth, and 
hath long patience for it, until he 
receive the early and latter rain. 

8 Be ye also patient ; stablish your 
hearts : for the coming of the Lord 
draweth nigh. 

9 Grudge not one against another, 
brethren, lest ye be condemned : be- 
hold, the judge standeth before the 
door. 

10 Take, my brethren, the pro- 
phets, who have spoken in the name 
of the Lord, for an example of suf- 
fering affliction, and of patience. 

11 Behold, we count them happy 
which endure. Ye have heard of the 
patience of Job, and have seen the 
end of the Lord ; that the Lord is 
very pitiful, and of tender mercy. 

12 But above all things, my bre- 
thren, swear not, neither by heaven, 
neither by the earth, neither by any 
other oath : but let your yea be yea; 
and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into 
condemnation. 

13 Is any among you afflicted ? 
let him pray. Is any merry? let him 
sing psalms. 

14 Is any sick among you? let 
him call for the elders of the church ; 
and let them pray over him, anoint- 
ing him with oil in the name of the 
Lord: 

15 And the prayer of faith shall 

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I. PETER. 



manifold spiritual graces. 



save the sick, and the Lord shall 
raise him up ; and if he have com- 
mitted sins, they shall he forgiven 
him. 

16 Confess your faults one to an- 
other, and pray one for another, that 
ye may he healed. • The effectual 
fervent prayer of a righteous man 
availeth much. 

17 Elias was a man subject to like 
passions as we are, and he prayed 
earnestly that it might not rain: 
and it rained not on the earth hy 



the space of three years and six 
months. 

18 And he prayed again, and the 
heaven gave rain, and the earth 
Drought forth her fruit. 

19 - Brethren, if any of you do err 
from the truth, and one convert 
him; 

20 Let him know, that he which * 
converteth the sinner from the error 
of his way shall save a soul from 
death, and shall hide a multitude of 
sins. 






THE FIRST EPISTLE GENERAL 



OF 



PETER 



CHAPTEE I. 

1 He blesseth God for his manifold spiritual graces: 10 
shewing that the salvation in Christ is no news, but a 
thing prophesied of old: 13 and exhorteth them ac- 
cordingly to a godly conversation, forasmuch as they 
are now born anew by the word of God. 

PETER, an apostle of Jesus 
Christ, to the strangers scatter- 
ed throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cap- 
padocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 

2 Elect according to the foreknow- 
ledge of God the Father, through 
sanctification of the Spirit, unto obe- 
dience and sprinkling of the blood of 
Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and 
peace, he multiplied. 

3 Blessed be the God and Father 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, which ac- 
cording to his abundant mercy hath 
begotten us again unto a lively hope 
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ 
from the dead, 

4 To an inheritance incorruptible, 
and undefiled, and that fadeth not 
away, reserved in heaven for you, 

5 Who are kept by the power of 
God through faith unto salvation 
ready to be revealed in the last 
time. 

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice,though 

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now for a season, if need be, ye are 
in heaviness through manifold tempt- 
ations : 

7 That the trial of your faith, be- 
ing much more precious than of gold 
that perisheth, though it be tried 
with fire, might be found unto praise 
and honour and glory at the appear- 
ing of Jesus Christ: 

8 Whom having not seen, ye 
love ; in whom, though now ye see 
him not, yet believing, ye rejoice 
with joy unspeakable and full of 
glory : 

9 Receiving the end of your faith, 
even the salvation of your souls. 

10 Of which salvation the prophets 
have inquired and searched diligent- 
ly, who prophesied of the grace that 
should come unto you : 

11 Searching what, or what man- 
ner of time the Spirit of Christ which 
was in them did signify, when it 
testified beforehand the sufferings of 
Christ, and the glory that should fol- 
low. 

12 Unto whom it was revealed, 
that not unto themselves, but unto 
us they did minister the things, which 



Exhortation to holiness. 



I. PETER. 



Christ the corner stone. 



are now reported unto you by them 
that have preached the gospel unto 
you with the Holy Ghost sent down 
from heaven ; which things the an- 
gels desire to look into. 

13 Wherefore gird up the loins of 
your mind, he sober, and hope to the 
end for the grace that is to be brought 
unto you at the revelation of Jesus 
Christ ; 

14 As obedient children, not fa- 
shioning yourselves according to the 
former lusts in your ignorance : 

15 But as he which hath called 
you is holy, so be ye holy in all 
manner of conversation ; 

16 Because it is written, Be ye 
holy ; for I am holy. 

17 And if ye call on the Father, 
who without respect of persons judg- 
eth according to every man's work, 
pass the time of your sojourning here 
in fear : 

18 Forasmuch as ye know that ye 
were not redeemed with corruptible 
things, as silver and gold, from your 
vain conversation received by tradi- 
tion from your fathers ; 

19 But with the precious blood of 
Christ, as of a lamb without blemish 
and without spot : 

20 Who verily was foreordained 
before the foundation of the world, 
but was manifest in these last times 
for you, 

21 Who by him do believe in God, 
that raised him up from the dead, 
and gave him glory ; that your faith 
and hope might be in God. 

22 Seeing ye have purified your 
souls in obeying the truth through 
the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the 
brethren, see that ye love one another 
with a pure heart fervently : 

23 Being born again, not of cor- 
ruptible seed, but of incorruptible, 
by the word of God, which liveth 
and abideth for ever. 

24 For all flesh is as grass, and all 
the glory of man as the flower of 
grass. The grass withereth, and the 
flower thereof falleth away : 



25 But the word of the Lord en- 
dureth for ever. And this is the 
word which by the gospel is preach- 
ed unto you. 

CHAPTEK II. 

1 He dehorteth them from the breach of charity : 4 shew- 
ing that Christ is the foundation whereupon they are 
built. 1 1 He beseecheth them also to abstain from Jieshly 
lusts, 13 to be obedient to magistrates, 18 and teacheth 
servants how to obey their masters, 20 patiently suffer- 
ing for well doing, after the example of Christ. 

WHEREFORE laying aside all 
malice, and all guile, and 
hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil 
speakings, 

2 As newborn babes, desire the sin- 
cere milk of the word, that ye may 
grow thereby : 

3 If so be ye have tasted that the 
Lord is gracious. 

4 To whom coining, as unto a living 
stone, disallowed indeed of men, but 
chosen of God, and precious, 

5 Ye also, as lively stones, are 
built up a spiritual house, a holy 
priesthood, to offer up spiritual sa- 
crifices, acceptable to God by Jesus 
Christ. 

6 Wherefore also it is contained in 
the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a 
chief corner stone, elect, precious : 
and he that believeth on him shall 
not be confounded. 

7 Unto you therefore which believe 
he is precious : but unto them which 
be disobedient, the stone which the 
builders disallowed, the same is made 
the head of the corner, 

8 And a stone of stumbling, and a 
rock of offence, even to them which 
stumble at the word, being disobe- 
dient: whereunto also they were 
appointed. 

9 But ye are a chosen generation, 
a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a 
peculiar people ; that ye should 
shew forth the praises of him who 
hath called you out of darkness into 
his marvellous light : 

10 Which in time past were not a 
people, but are now the people of 
God : which had not obtained mercy, 
but now have obtained mercy. 

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Duties of subjects, 



I. PETER. 



wives, and husbands. 



11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as 
strangers and pilgrims, abstain from 
fleshly lusts, which war against the 
soul; 

12 Having your conversation ho- 
nest among the Gentiles : that, where- 
as they speak against you as evil do- 
ers, they may by your good works, 
which they shall behold, glorify God 
in the day of visitation. 

13 Submit yourselves to every or- 
dinance of man for the Lord's sake : 
whether it be to the king, as supreme ; 

14 Or unto governors, as unto them 
that are sent by him for the punish- 
ment of evil doers, and for the praise 
of them that do well. 

15 For so is the will of God, that 
with well doing ye may put to silence 
the ignorance of foolish men : 

16 As free, and not using your 
liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, 
but as the servants of God. 

17 Honour all men. Love the 
brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the 
king. 

18 Servants, be subject to your 
masters with all fear; not only to 
the good and gentle, but also to the 
fro ward. 

19 For this is thankworthy, if a 
man for conscience toward God en- 
dure grief, suffering wrongfully. 

20 For what glory is it, if, when 
ye be buffeted for your faults, ye 
shall take it patiently ? but if, when 
ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take 
it patiently, this is acceptable with 
God. 

21 For even hereunto were ye 
called : because Christ also suffered 
for us, leaving us an example, that 
ye should follow his steps : 

22 Who did no sin, neither was 
guile found in his mouth : 

23 Who, when he was reviled, re- 
viled not again ; when he suffered, 
he threatened not ; but committed 
himself to him that judgeth right- 
eously : 

24 Who his own self bare our sins 
in his own body on the tree, that we, 

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being dead to sins, should live unto 
righteousness : by whose stripes ye 
were healed. 

25 For ye were as sheep going 
astray; but are now returned unto 
the Shepherd and Bishop of your 
souls. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 He teacheth the duty of wives and husbands to each 
other, 8 exhorting all men to unity and love, 14 and 
to suffer persecution. 19 He declareth also the benefits 
of Christ toward the old world. 

LIKEWISE, ye wives, be in sub- 
jection to your own husbands ; 
that, if any obey not the word, they 
also may without the word be won 
by the conversation of the wives ; 

2 While they behold your chaste 
conversation coupled with fear. 

3 Whose adorning, let it not be 
that outward adorning of plaiting 
the hair, and of wearing of gold, or 
of putting on of apparel ; 

4 But let it be the hidden man of 
the heart ? in that which is not cor- 
ruptible, even the ornament of a meek 
and quiet spirit, which is in the sight 
of God of great price. 

5 For after this manner in the old 
time the holy women also, who trust- 
ed in God, adorned themselves, being 
in subjection unto their own hus- 
bands : 

6 Even as Sarah obeyed Abra- 
ham, calling him lord : whose daugh- 
ters ye are, as long as ye do well, 
and are not afraid with any amaze- 
ment. 

7 Likewise, ye husbands, dwell with 
them according to knowledge, giving 
honour unto the wife, as unto the 
weaker vessel, and as being heirs to- 
gether of the grace of life ; that your 
prayers be not hindered. 

8 Finally, be ye all of one mind, 
having compassion one of another; 
love as brethren, be pitiful, be cour- 
teous : 

9 Not rendering evil for evil, or 
railing for railing: but contrariwise 
blessing ; knowing that ye are there- 
unto called, that ye should inherit ft 
blessing. 






To suffer 'patiently. 



I. PETER. Exhortation to cease from sin. 



10 For he that will love life, and 
see good days, let him refrain his 
tongue from evil, and his lips that 
they speak no guile : 

11 Let him eschew evil, and do 
good ; let him seek peace, and ensue 
it. 

12 For the eyes of the Lord are 
over the righteous, and his ears are 
open unto their prayers : but the face 
of the Lord is against them that do 
evil. 

13 And who is he that will harm 
you, if ye he followers of that which 
is good? 

14 But and if ye suffer for right- 
eousness' sake, happy are ye : and he 
not afraid of their terror, neither be 
troubled ; 

15 But sanctify the Lord God in 
your hearts : and be ready always 
to give an answer to every man that 
asketh you a reason of the hope 
that is in you, with meekness and 
fear : 

16 Having a good conscience ; that, 
whereas they speak evil of you, as of 
evil doers, they may be ashamed that 
falsely accuse your good conversation 
in Christ. 

17 For it is better, if the will of 
God be so, that ye surfer for well do- 
ing, than for evil doing. 

18 For Christ also hath once suf- 
fered for sins, the just for the unjust, 
that he might bring us to God, being 
put to death in the flesh, but quick- 
ened by the Spirit : 

19 By which also he went and 
preached unto the spirits in prison ; 

20 Which sometime were disobe- 
dient, when once the longsuffering 
of God waited in the days of Noah, 
while the ark was a preparing, where- 

/ in few, that is, eight souls were saved 
by water. 

21 The like figure whereunto even 
baptism doth also now save us, (not 
the putting away of the filth of the 
flesh, but the answer of a good con- 
science toward God,) by the resurrec- 
tion of Jesus Christ : 

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22 Who is gone into heaven, and is 
on the right hand of God ; angels 
and authorities and powers being 
made subject unto him. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 He exhorteth them to cease from sin by the example of 
Christ, and the consideration of the general end that 
now approacheth: 12 and comforteth them against 
persecution. 

FORASMUCH then as Christ 
hath suffered for us in the flesh, 
arm yourselves likewise with the 
same mind: for he that hath suf- 
fered in the flesh hath ceased from 
sin; 

2 That he no longer should live the 
rest of his time in the flesh to the 
lusts of men, but to the will of God, 

3 For the time past of our life may 
suffice us to have wrought the will 
of the Gentiles, when we walked in 
lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, 
revellings, banquetings, and abomi- 
nable idolatries : 

4 Wherein they think it strange 
that ye run not with them to the 
same excess of riot, speaking evil of 
you: 

5 Who shall give account to him 
that is ready to judge the quick and 
the dead. 

6 For, for this cause was the gospel 
preached also to them that are dead, 
that they might be judged according 
to men in the flesh, but live accord- 
ing to God in the spirit. 

7 But the end of all things is at 
hand: be ye therefore sober, and 
watch unto prayer. 

8 And above all things have fervent 
charity among yourselves : for charity 
shall cover the multitude of sins. 

9 Use hospitality one to another 
without grudging. - 

10 As every man hath received the 
gift, even so minister the same one to 
another, as good stewards of the ma- 
nifold grace of God. 

11 If any man speak, let him speak 
as the oracles of God ; if any man 
minister, let him do it as of the ability 
which God giveth ; that God in all 

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I. PETER. 



The duty of elders, Sfc. 



things may be glorified through Je- 
sus Christ: to whom be praise and 
dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 

12 Beloved, think it not strange 
concerning the fiery trial which is 
to try you, as though some strange 
thing happened unto you: 

13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye 
are partakers of Christ's sufferings; 
that, when his glory shall be reveal- 
ed, ye may be glad also with exceed- 
ing joy. 

14 If ye be reproached for the 
name of Christ, happy are ye; for 
the Spirit of glory and of God resteth 
upon you: on their part he is evil 
spoken of, but on your part he is glo- 
rified. 

15 But let none of you suffer as a 
murderer, or as a thief, or as an evil 
doer, or as a busybody in other men's 
matters. 

16 Yet if any man suffer as a Chris- 
tian, let him not be ashamed ; but let 
him glorify God on this behalf. 

17 For the time is come that judg- 
ment must begin at the house of 
God : and if it first begin at us, what 
shall the end be of them that obey 
not the gospel of God ? 

18 And if the righteous scarcely be 
saved, where shall the ungodly and 
the sinner appear? 

19 Wherefore, let them that suffer 
according to the will of God commit 
the keeping of their souls to him in 
well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. 

CHAPTER Y. 

1 He exhorteth the ciders to feed their flocks, 5 the younger 
to obey, 8 and all to be sober, watchful, and constant 
in the faith : 9 to resist the cruel adversary the devil. 

THE elders which are among 
you I exhort, who am also an 
elder, and a witness of the sufferings 
of Christ, and also a partaker of the 
glory that shall be revealed : 

2 Feed the flock of God which is 
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among you, taking the oversight 
thereof not by constraint, but will- 
ingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a 
ready mind ; 

3 Neither as being lords over God>s 
heritage, but being ensamples to the 
flock. 

4 And when the chief Shepherd 
shall appear, ye shall receive a crown 
of glory that fadeth not away. 

5 Likewise, ye younger, submit 
yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all 
of you be subject one to another, and 
be clothed with humility: for God 
resisteth the proud, and giveth grace 
to the humble. 

6 Humble yourselves therefore un- 
der the mighty hand of God, that he 
may exalt you in due time : 

7 Casting all your care upon him; 
for he careth for you. 

8 Be sober, be vigilant; because 
your adversary the devil, as a roaring 
lion, walketh about, seeking whom 
he may devour: 

9 Whom resist steadfast in the faith, 
knowing that the same afflictions are 
accomplished in your brethren that 
are in the world. 

10 But the God of all grace, who 
hath called us unto his eternal glory 
by Christ Jesus, after that ye have 
suffered a while, make you perfect, 
stablish, strengthen, settle you. 

11 To him be glory and dominion 
for ever and ever. Amen. 

12 By Silvanus, a faithful brother 
unto you, as I suppose, I have written 
briefly, exhorting, and testifying that 
this is the true grace of God wherein 
ye stand. 

13 The church that is at Babylon, 
elected together with you, saluteth 
you ; and so doth Marcus my son. 

14 Greet ye one another with a kiss 
of charity. Peace be with you all 
that are in Christ Jesus. Amen. 



THE SECOND EPISTLE GENERAL 



OP 



PETER 



CHAPTER I. 

1 Confirming them in hope of the increase of God's 
graces, 5 he exhorteth them, by faith, and good works, 
to make their calling sure: 12 whereof he is careful to 
remember them, knowing that his death is at hand: 
16 and warneth them to be constant in the faith of 
Christ, who is the true Son of God, by the eyewitness 
of the apostles beholding his majesty, and by the testi- 
mony of the Father, and the prophets. 

SIMON Peter, a servant and an 
apostle of Jesus Christ, to them 
that have obtained like precious 
faith with us through the righteous- 
ness of God and our Saviour Jesus 
Christ: 

2 Grace and peace be multiplied 
unto you through the knowledge of 
God, and of Jesus our Lord, 

3 According as his. divine power 
hath given unto us all things that 
pertain unto life and godliness, 
through the knowledge of him that 
hath called us to glory and virtue : 

4 Whereby are given unto us ex- 
ceeding great and precious promises ; 
that by these ye might be partakers 
of the divine nature, having escaped 
the corruption that is in the world 
through lust. 

5 And besides this, giving all dili- 
gence, add to your faith virtue ; and 
to virtue, knowledge; 

6 And to knowledge, temperance ; 
and to temperance, patience ; and 
to patience, godliness ; 

7 And to godliness, brotherly kind- 
ness ; and to brotherly kindness, cha- 
rity. 

8 For if these things be in you, 
and abound, they make you that ye 
shall neither be barren nor unfruit- 

\ ful in the knowledge of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

9 But he that lacketh these things 
is blind, and cannot see afar off, and 
hath forgotten that he was purged 
from his old sins. 

10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, 
give diligence to make your calling 



and election sure : for if ye do these 
things, ye shall never fall : 

11 For so an entrance shall be mi- 
nistered unto you abundantly into 
the everlasting kingdom of our Lord 
and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

12 Wherefore I will not be negli- 
gent to put you always in remem- 
brance of these things, though ye 
know them, and be established in the 
present truth. 

13 Yea, I think it meet, as long as I 
am in this tabernacle, to stir you up 
by putting you in remembrance ; 

14 Knowing that shortly I must put 
off this my tabernacle, even as our 
Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me. 

15 Moreover I will endeavour that 
ye may be able after my decease to 
have these things always in remem- 
brance. 

16 For we have not followed cun- 
ningly devised fables, when we made 
known unto you the power and com- 
ing of our Lord Jesus Christ, but 
were eyewitnesses of his majesty. 

17 For he received from God the 
Father honour and glory, when there 
came such a voice to him from the 
excellent glory, This is my beloved 
Son, in whom I am well pleased. 

18 And this voice which came from 
heaven we heard, when we were with 
him in the holy mount. 

19 We have also a more sure word 
of prophecy ; whereunto ye do well 
that ye take heed, as unto a light 
that shineth in a dark place, until 
the day dawn, and the daystar arise 
in your hearts : 

20 Knowing this first, that no pro- 
phecy of the Scripture is of any pri- 
vate interpretation. 

21 For the prophecy came not in 
old time by the will of man: but 
holy men of God spake as they ivere 
moved by the Holy Ghost. 

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False teachers , and their II. PETER. wicked principles, described. 



CHAPTER II. 

1 He foretelleth them of false teachers, shewing the im- 
piety and punishment both of them and their follow- 
ers: *1 from which the godly shall be delivered, as Lot 
was out of Sodom: 10 and more fully describeth the 
manners of those profane and blasphemous seducers, 
tchereby they may be the better known, and avoided. 

BUT there were false prophets 
also among the people, even as 
there shall be false teachers among 
you, who privily shall bring in dam- 
nable heresies, even denying the 
Lord that bought them, and bring 
upon themselves swifb destruction. 

2 And many shall follow their per- 
nicious ways ; by reason of whom the 
way of truth shall be evil spoken of. 

3 And through covetousness shall 
they with feigned words make mer- 
chandise of you : whose judgment 
now of a long time lingereth not, and 
their damnation slumbereth not. 

4 For if God spared not the angels 
that sinned, but cast them down to 
hell, and delivered them into chains 
of darkness, to be reserved unto 
judgment; 

5 And spared not the old world, 
but saved Noah the eighth person, a 
preacher of righteousness, bringing 
in the flood upon the world of the 
ungodly ; 

6 And turning the cities of Sodom 
and Gomorrah into ashes condemn- 
ed them with an overthrow, making 
them an ensample unto those that 
after should live ungodly ; 

7 And delivered just Lot, vexed 
with the filthy conversation of the 
wicked : 

8 (For that righteous man dwelling 
among them, in seeing and hearing, 
vexed his righteous soul from day to 
day with their unlawful deeds :) 

9 The Lord knoweth how to deli- 
ver the godly out of temptation, and 
to reserve the unjust unto the day of 
judgment to be punished : 

10 But chiefly them that walk after 
the flesh in the lust of uncleanness, 
and despise government. Presump- 
tuous are they, selfwilled, they are not 
afraid to speak evil of dignities. 

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11 Whereas angels, which are 
greater in power and might, bring 
not railing accusation against them 
before the Lord. 

12 But these, as natural brute beasts 
made to be taken and destroyed, 
speak evil of the things that they 
understand not; and shall utterly 
perish in their own corruption ; 

13 And shall receive the reward of 
unrighteousness, as they that count 
it pleasure to riot in the daytime. 
Spots they are and blemishes, sport- 
ing themselves with their own de- 
ceivings while they feast with you ; 

14 Having eyes full of adultery 
and that cannot cease from sin ; be- 
guiling unstable souls : a heart they 
have exercised with covetous prac- 
tices ; cursed children : 

15 Which have forsaken the right 
way, and are gone astray, following the 
way of Balaam the son of Bosor, who 
loved the wages of unrighteousness ; 

16 But was rebuked for his ini- 
quity : the dumb ass speaking with 
man's voice forbade the madness of 
the prophet. 

17 These are wells without water, 
clouds that are carried with a tem- 
pest ; to whom the mist of darkness 
is reserved for ever. 

18 For when they speak great 
swelling words of vanity, they allure 
through the lusts of the flesh, through 
much wantonness, those that were 
clean escaped from them who live in 
error. 

19 While they promise them li- 
berty, they themselves are the serv- 
ants of corruption : for of whom a 
man is overcome, of the same is he 
brought in bondage. 

20 For if after they have escaped 
the pollutions of the world through 
the knowledge of the Lord and Sa- 
viour Jesus Christ, they are again 
entangled therein, and overcome, the 
latter end is worse with them than 
the beginning. 

2 1 For it had been better for them | 
not to have known the way of right- , 






Of Christ's 



II. PETER. 



second coming. 



eousness, than, after they have 
known it, to turn from the holy com- 
mandment delivered unto them. 

22 But it is happened unto them 
according to the true proverb, The 
dog is turned to his own vomit again ; 
and, The sow that was washed to her 
wallowing in the mire. 

CHAPTEE III. 

1 He assureth them of the certainty of Christ's coming to 
judgment, against those scorners who dispute against 
it : 8 warning the godly, for the long patience of God, 
to hasten their repentance. 10 He describeth also the 
manner how the world shall be destroyed: ] 1 exhorting 
them, from the expectation thereof, to all holiness of life : 
15 and again, to think the patience of God to tend to 
their salvation, as Paul wrote to them in his epistles. 

THIS second epistle, beloved, I 
now write unto you; in both 
which I stir up your pure minds by 
way of remembrance : 

2 That ye may be mindful of the 
words which were spoken before by 
the holy prophets, and of the com- 
mandment of us the apostles of the 
Lord and Saviour : 

3 Knowing this first, that there 
shall come in the last days scoffers, 
walking after their own lusts, 

4 And saying, Where is the promise 
of his coming ? for since the fathers 
fell asleep, all things continue as 
they were from the beginning of the 
creation. 

5 For this they willingly are igno- 
rant of, that by the word of God the 
heavens were of old, and the earth 
standing out of the water and in the 
water : 

6 Whereby the world that then 
was, being overflowed with water, 
perished : 

7 But the heavens and the earth, 
which are now, by the same word 
are kept in store, reserved unto fire 
against the day of judgment and 

' perdition of ungodly men. 

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of 
this one thing, that one day is with 
the Lord as a thousand years, and a 
thousand years as one day. 

9 The Lord is not slack concerning 



his promise, as some men count 
slackness ; but is longsuffering to 
us- ward, not willing that any should 
perish, but that all should come to 
repentance. 

10 But the day of the Lord will 
come as a thief in the night ; in the 
which the heavens shall pass away 
with a great noise, and the elements 
shall melt with fervent heat, the earth 
also and the works that are therein 
shall be burned up. 

11 Seeing then that all these 
things shall be dissolved, what man- 
ner of persons ought ye to be in all 
holy conversation and godliness, 

12 Looking for and hasting unto 
the coming of the day of God, where- 
in the heavens being on fire shall 
be dissolved, and the elements shall 
melt with fervent heat ? 

13 Nevertheless we, according to 
his promise, look for new heavens 
and a new earth, wherein dwelleth 
righteousness. 

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing that 
ye look for such things, be diligent 
that ye may be found of him in peace, 
without spot, and blameless. 

15 And account that the longsuf- 
fering of our Lord is salvation ; even 
as our beloved brother Paul also ac- 
cording to the wisdom given unto 
him hath written unto you ; 

16 As also in all his epistles, speak- 
ing in them of these things ; in which 
are some things hard to be under- 
stood, which they that are unlearned 
and unstable wrest, as they do also 
the other Scriptures, unto their own 
destruction. 

17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing 
ye know these things before, beware 
lest ye also, being led away with the 
error of the wicked, fall from your 
own steadfastness. 

18 But grow in grace, and in the 
knowledge of our Lord and Saviour 
Jesus Christ. To him be glory both 
now and for ever. Amen. 

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OF 



JOHN 



CHAPTER I. 

1 He describeth the person of Christ, in whom we have 
eternal life, by a communion with God: 5 to which we 
must adjoin holiness of life, to testify the truth of that 
our communion and profession of faith, as also to 
assure tis of the forgiveness of our sins by Christ's 
death. 

THAT which was from the begin- 
ning, which we have heard, which 
we have seen with our eyes, which 
we have looked upon, and our hands 
have handled, of the Word of life ; 

2 (For the life was manifested, and 
we have seen it, and bear witness, 
and shew unto you that eternal life, 
which was with the Father, and was 
manifested unto us ;) 

3 That which we have seen and 
heard declare we unto you, that ye 
also may have fellowship with us : 
and truly our fellowship is with the 
Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. 

4 And these things write we unto 
you, that your joy may be full. 

5 This then is the message which 
we have heard of him, and declare 
unto you, that God is light, and in 
him is no darkness at all. 

6 If we say that we have fellow- 
ship with him, and walk in darkness, 
we lie, and do not the truth : 

7 But if we walk in the light, as 
he is in the light, we have fellowship 
one with another, and the blood of 
Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us 
from all sin. 

8 If we say that we have no sin, 
we deceive ourselves, and the truth 
is not in us. 

9 If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all un- 
righteousness. 

10 If we say that we have not 
sinned, we make him a liar, and his 
word is not in us. 

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CHAPTER II. 

1 He comforteth them against the sins of infirmity. 3 
Rightly to know God is to keep his commandment*, 
9 to love our brethren, 15 and not to love the world. 
IS We must beware of seducers : 20 from whose deceits 
the godly are safe, preserved by perseverance in faith, 
and holiness of life. 

MY little children, these things 
write I unto you, that ye sin 
not. And if any man sin, we have 
an advocate with the Father, Jesus 
Christ the righteous : 

2 And he is the propitiation for 
our sins : and not for ours only, but 
also for the sins of the whole world. 

3 And hereby we do know that 
we know him, if we keep his com- 
mandments. 

4 He that saith, I know him, and 
keepeth not his commandments, is a 
liar, and the truth is not in him. 

5 But whoso keepeth his word, in 
him verily is the love of God perfected: 
hereby know we that we are in him. 

6 He that saith he abideth in him 
ought himself also so to walk, even 
as he walked. 

7 Brethren, I write no new com- 
mandment unto you, but an old com- 
mandment which ye had from the 
beginning. The old commandment 
is the word which ye have heard 
from the beginning. 

8 Again, a new commandment I 
write unto you, which thing is true 
in him and in you : because the dark- 
ness is past, and the true light now 
shineth. 

9 He that saith he is in the light, 
and hateth his brother, is in darkness 
even until now. 

10 He that loveth his brother abid- 
eth in the light, and there is none 
occasion of stumbling in him. 

11 But he that hateth his brother 
is in darkness, and walketh in dark- 



Warning against seducers. I. JOHN. 



God's singular love to us. 



ness, and knoweth not whither he 
goeth, because that darkness hath 
blinded his eyes. 

12 I write unto you, little children, 
because your sins are forgiven you 
for his name's sake. 

13 I write unto you, fathers, be- 
cause ye have known him that is from 
the beginning. I write unto you, 
young men, because ye have over- 
come the wicked one. I write unto 
you, little children, because ye have 
known the Father. 

14 I have written unto you, fathers, 
because ye have known him that is 
from the beginning. I have written 
unto you, young men, because ye are 
strong, and the word of God abideth 
in you, and ye have overcome the 
wicked one. 

15 Love not the world, neither the 
things that are in the world. If any 
man love the world, the love of the 
Father is not in him. ' 

16 For all that is in the world, the 
lust of the flesh, and the lust of the 
eyes, and the pride of life, is not of 
the Father, but is of the world. 

17 And the world passeth away, and 
the lust thereof: but he that doeth the 
will of God abideth for ever. 

18 Little children, it is the last 
time : and as ye have heard that an- 
tichrist shall come, even now are 
there many antichrists ; whereby we 
know that it is the last time. 

19 They went out from us, but they 
were not of us ; for if they had been 
of us, they would no doubt have con- 
tinued with us : but they went out, 
that they might be made manifest 
that they were not all of us. 

20 But ye have an unction from 
the Holy One, and ye know all things. 

21 I have not written unto you 
because ye know not the truth, but 
because ye know it, and that no lie is 
of the truth. 

22 Who is a liar but he that denieth 
that Jesus is the Christ ? He is anti- 
christ, that denieth the Father and 
the Son. 



23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the 
same hath not the Father : [but] he 
that acknowledged the Son hath the 
Father also. 

24 Let that therefore abide in you, 
which ye have heard from the begin- 
ning. If that which ye have heard 
from the beginning shall remain in 
you, ye also shall continue in the 
Son, and in the Father. 

25 And this is the promise that he 
hath promised us, even eternal life. 

26 These things have I written un- 
to you concerning them that seduce 
you. 

2 7 But the anointing which ye have 
received of him abideth in you, and 
ye need not that any man teach you : 
but as the same anointing teacheth 
you of all things, and is truth, and is 
no lie, and even as it hath taught you, 
ye shall abide in him. 

28 And now, little children, abide 
in him ; that, when he shall appear, 
we may have confidence, and not be 
ashamed before him at his coming. 

29 If ye know that he is righteous, 
ye know that every one that doeth 
righteousness is born of him. 

CHAPTER III. 

1 He declareth the singular love of God towards us, in 
making us his sons: 3 who therefore ought obediently 
to keep his commandments, 11 as also brotherly to love 
one another. 

BEHOLD, what manner of love 
the Father hath bestowed upon 
us, that we should be called the sons 
of God : therefore the world knoweth 
us not, because it knew him not. 

2 Beloved, now are we the sons of 
God, and it doth not yet appear what 
we shall be : but we know that, when 
he shall appear, we shall be like him ; 
for we shall see him as he is. 

3 And every man that hath this hope 
in him purifieth himself, even as he is 
pure. 

4 Whosoever committeth sin trans- 
gresseth also the law : for sin is the 
transgression of the law. 

5 And ye know that he was mani- 
fested to take away our sins ; and in 
him is no sin. 

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How to try the spiriti 



6 Whosoever abideth in him sinneth 
not : whosoever sinneth hath not seen 
him, neither known him. 

7 Little children, let no man de- 
ceive you: he that doeth righteous- 
ness is righteous, even as he is right- 
eous. 

8 He that committeth sin is of 
the devil ; for the devil sinneth from 
the beginning. For this purpose 
the Son of God was manifested, that 
he might destroy the works of the 
devil. 

9 Whosoever is born of God doth 
not commit sin ; for his seed remain- 
eth in him: and he cannot sin, be- 
cause he is born of God. 

10 In this the children of God are 
manifest, and the children of the 
devil : whosoever doeth not righteous- 
ness is not of God, neither he that 
loveth not his brother. 

11 For this is the message that ye 
heard from the beginning, that we 
should love one another. 

12 Not as Cain, who was of that 
wicked one, and slew his brother. 
And wherefore slew he him ? Because 
his own works were evil, and his 
brother's righteous. 

13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the 
world hate you. 

14 We know that we have passed 
from death unto life, because we love 
the brethren. He that loveth not his 
brother abideth in death. 

15 Whosoever hateth his brother 
is a murderer: and ye know that no 
murderer hath eternal life abiding in 
him. 

16 Hereby perceive we the love of 
God, because he laid down his life 
for us : and we ought to lay down our 
lives for the brethren. 

17 But whoso hath this world's 
good, and seeth his brother have 
need, and shutteth up his bowels of 
compassion from him, how dwelleth 
the love of God in him? 

18 My little children, let us not 
love in word, neither in tongue ; but 
in deed and in truth. 

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19 And hereby we know that we 
are of the truth, and shall assure our 
hearts before him. 

20 For if our heart condemn us, 
God is greater than our heart, and 
knoweth all things. 

21 Beloved, if our heart condemn 
us not, then have we confidence to- 
ward God. 

22 And whatsoever we ask, we re- 
ceive of him, because we keep his 
commandments, and do those things 
that are pleasing in his sight. 

23 And this is his commandment, 
That we should believe on the name 
of his Son Jesus Christ, and love 
one another, as he gave us command- 
ment. 

24 And he that keepeth his com- 
mandments dwelleth in him, and he 
in him. And hereby we know that 
he abideth in us, by the Spirit which 
he hath given^us. 

CHAPTER IV. 

1 He warneth them not to believe all teachers, who boast 
of the Spirit, but to try them by the rules of the catho- 
lic faith: 1 and by many reasons exhorteth to brother- 
ly love. 

BELOVED, believe not every spi- 
rit, but try the spirits whether 
they are of God : because many false 
prophets are gone out into the world. 

2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of 
God: Every spirit that confesseth 
that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh 
is of God : 

3 And every spirit that confesseth 
not that Jesus Christ is come in the 
flesh is not of God : and this is that 
spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have 
heard that it should come ; and even 
now already is it in the world. 

4 Ye are of God, little children, 
and have overcome them: because 
greater is he that is in you, than he 
that is in the world. 

5 They are of the world : therefore 
speak they of the world, and the 
world heareth them. 

6 We are of God : he that knoweth 
God heareth us ; he that is not of God 
heareth not us. Hereby know we the 
spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. 



Exhortation to brotherly love. I. JOHN. The ivitnesses of our faith. 

7 Beloved, let us love one another: CHAPTER. Y 
for love is of God ; and every one that 
loveth is born of God, and knoweth 
God. 

8 He that loveth not, knoweth not 
God ; for God is love. 

9 In this was manifested the love of 
G od toward us, because that God sent 
his only begotten Son into the world, 
that we might live through him. 

10 Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he loved us, and 
sent his Son to be the propitiation for 
our sins. 

11 Beloved, if God so loved us, 
we ought also to love one another. 

12 No man hath seen God at any 
time. If we love one another, God 
dwelleth in us, and his love is per- 
fected in us. 

13 Hereby know we that we dwell 
in him, and he in us, because he hath 
given us of his Spirit. 

14 And we have seen and do tes- 
tify that the Father sent the Son to 
be the Saviour of the world. 

15 Whosoever shall confess that 
Jesus is the Son of God, God dwell- 
eth in him, and he in God. 

16 And we have known and believ- 
ed the love that God hath to us. 
God is love; and he that dwelleth 
in love dwelleth in God, and God 
in him. 

17 Herein is our love made perfect, 
that we may have boldness in the 
day of judgment : because as he is, 
so are we in this world. 

18 There is no fear in love; but 
perfect love casteth out fear: be- 
cause fear hath torment. He that 
feareth is not made perfect in love. 

19 "We love him, because he first 
loved us. 

20 If a man say, I love God, and 
hateth his brother, he is a liar: for 
he that loveth not his brother whom 
he hath seen, how can he love God 
whom he hath not seen ? 

21 And this commandment have 
we from him, That he who loveth 
God love his brother also. 



1 He that loveth God loveth his children, and keepeth 
his commandments: 3 which to the faithful are light, 
and not grievous. 9 Jesus is the Son of God, able to 
save us, 14 and to hear our prayers, which we make 
for ourselves, and for others. 

WHOSOEVER believeth that 
Jesus is the Christ is born of 
God : and every one that loveth him 
that begat loveth him also that is 
begotten of him. 

2 By this we know that we love 
the children of God, when we love 
God, and keep his commandments. 

3 For this is the love of God, that 
we keep his commandments : and his 
commandments are not grievous. 

4 For whatsoever is born of God 
overcometh the world: and this is 
the victory that overcometh the 
world, even our faith. 

5 Who is he that overcometh the 
world, but he that believeth that 
Jesus is the Son of God ? 

6 This is he that came by water 
and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by 
water only, but by water and blood. 
And it is the Spirit that beareth wit- 
ness, because the Spirit is truth. 

7 For there are three that bear re- 
cord in heaven, the Father, the Word, 
and the Holy Ghost : and these three 
are one. 

8 And there are three that bear 
witness in earth, the spirit, and the 
water, and the blood : and these three 
agree in one. 

9 If we receive the witness of men, 
the witness of God is greater: for 
this is the witness of God which he 
hath testified of his Son. 

10 He that believeth on the Son of 
God hath the witness in himself: he 
that believeth not God hath made him 
a liar ; because he believeth not the 
record that God gave of his Son. 

11 And this is the record, that God 
hath given to us eternal life, and this 
life is in his Son. 

12 He that hath the Son hath life; 
and he that hath not the Son of God 
hath not life. 

13 These things have I written 

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II. JOHN. 



Christian love. 



unto you that believe on the name 
of the Son of God ; that ye may 
know that ye have eternal life, and 
that ye may believe on the name of 
the Son of God. 

14 And this is the confidence that we 
have in him, that, if we ask any thing 
according to his will, he heareth us : 

15 And if we know that he hear 
us, whatsoever we ask, we know 
that we have the petitions that we 
desired of him. 

16 If any man see his brother sin 
a sin which is not unto death, he 
shall ask, and he shall give him life 
for them that sin not unto death. 
There is a sin unto death : I do not 
say that he shall pray for it. 



17 All unrighteousness is sin: and 
there is a sin not unto death. 

18 We know that whosoever is born 
of God sinneth not; but he that is 
begotten of God keepeth himself, and 
that wicked one toucheth him not. 

19 And we know that we are of 
God, and the whole world lieth in 
wickedness. 

20 And we know that the Son of 
God is come, and hath given us an 
understanding, that we may know 
him that is true; and we are in him 
that is true, even in his Son Jesus 
Christ. This is the true God, and 
eternal life. 

21 Little children, keep yourselves 
from idols. Amen. 



THE SECOND EPISTLE 



OF 



JOHN. 



1 He exhorteth a certain honourable matron, with her 
children, to persevere in Christian love and belief, 
8 lest they lose the reward of their former profession : 
10 and to have nothing to do with those seducers that 
bring not the true doctrine of Christ Jesus. 

THE elder unto the elect lady 
and her children, whom I love 
in the truth ; and not I only, but also 
all they that have known the truth ; 

2 For the truth's sake, which 
dwelleth in us, and shall be with us 
for ever. 

3 Grace be with you, mercy, and 
peace, from God the Father, and 
from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son 
of the Father, in truth and love. 

4 I rejoiced greatly that I found 
of thy children walking in truth, as 
we have received a commandment 
from the Father. 

5 And now I beseech thee, lady, 
not as though I wrote a new com- 
mandment unto thee, but that which 
we had from the beginning, that we 
love one another. 

6 And this is love, that we walk 
after his commandments. This is 
the commandment, That, as ye have 

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heard from the beginning, ye should 
walk in it. 

7 For many deceivers are entered 
into the world, who confess not that 
Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. 
This is a deceiver and an antichrist 

8 Look to yourselves, that we lose not 
those things which we have wrought, 
but that we receive a full reward. 

9 Whosoever transgresseth, and 
abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, 
hath not God. He that abideth in 
the doctrine of Christ, he hath both 
the Father and the Son. 

10 If there come any unto you, and 
bring not this doctrine, receive him 
not into your house, neither bid him 
God speed : 

11 For he that biddeth him God 
speed is partaker of his evil deeds. 

12 Having many things to write 
unto you, I would not write with 
paper and ink: but I trust to come 
unto you, and speak face to face, 
that our joy may be full. 

13 The children of thy elect sister 
greet thee. Amen. 



THE THIRD EPISTLE 



or 



JOHN 



He commendeth Gains for his piety, 5 and hospitality 1 
to true preachers : 9 complaining of the unkind deal- 
ing of ambitious Diotrephes on the contrary side, 11 
whose evil example is not to be followed: 12 andgiveth 
special testimony to the good report of Demetrius. 

THE elder unto the well beloved 
Gaius, whom I love in the truth. 

2 Beloved, I wish above all things 
that thou mayest prosper and be in 
health, even as thy soul prospereth. 

3 For I rejoiced greatly, when the 
brethren came and testified of the 
truth that is in thee, even as thou 
walkest in the truth. 

4 I have no greater joy than to 
hear that my children walk in truth. 

5 Beloved, thou doest faithfully 
whatsoever thou doest to the bre- 
thren, and to strangers ; 

6 Which have borne witness of 
thy charity before the church : whom 
if thou bring forward on their jour- 
ney after a godly sort, thou shalt do 
well: 

7 Because that for his name's sake 
they went forth, taking nothing of 
the Gentiles. 

8 We therefore ought to receive 
such, that we might be fellow helpers 
to the truth. 



9 I wrote unto the church: but 
Diotrephes, who loveth to have the 
preeminence among them, receiveth 
us not. 

10 Wherefore, if I come, I will 
remember his deeds which he doeth, 
prating against us with malicious 
words : and not content therewith, 
neither doth he himself receive the 
brethren, and forbiddeth them that 
would, and casteth them out of the 
church. 

11 Beloved, follow not that which 
is evil, but that which is good. He 
that doeth good is of God : but he 
that doeth evil hath not seen God. 

12 Demetrius hath good report of 
all men, and of the truth itself: yea, 
and we also bear record ; and ye know 
that our record is true. 

13 I had many things to write, but 
I will not with ink and pen write 
unto thee : 

14 But I trust I shall shortly see 
thee, and we shall speak face to 
face. Peace be to thee. Our friends 
salute thee. Greet the friends by 
name. 



THE GENERAL EPISTLE 

OF 

JUDE. 



He exhorteth them to be constant in the profession of 
the faith. 4 False teachers are crept in to seduce them : 
for whose damnable doctrine and manners horrible 
punishment is prepared: 20 whereas the godly, by the 
assistance of the Holy Spirit, and prayers to God, may 
persevere, and grow in grace, and keep themselves, and 
recover others out of the snares of those deceivers. 

JUDE, the servant of Jesus Christ, 
and brother of James, to them 
that are sanctified by God the Fa- 



ther, and preserved in Jesus Christ, 
and called : 

2 Mercy unto you, and peace, and 
love, be multiplied. 

3 Beloved, when I gave all dili- 
gence to write unto you of the com- 
mon salvation, it was needful for me 
to write unto you, and exhort you 

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JUDE. 



false teachers foretold. 



that ye should earnestly contend for 
the faith which was once delivered 
unto the saints. 

4 For there are certain men crept 
in unawares, who were before of old 
ordained to this condemnation, un- 
godly men, turning the grace of our 
God into lasciviousness, and denying 
the only Lord God, and our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

5 I will therefore put you in re- 
membrance, though ye once knew 
this, how that the Lord, having saved 
the people out of the land of Egypt, 
afterward destroyed them that be- 
lieved not. 

6 And the angels which kept not 
their first estate, but left their own 
habitation, he hath reserved in ever- 
lasting chains under darkness unto 
the judgment of the great day. 

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, 
and the cities about them in like 
manner, giving themselves over to 
fornication, and going after strange 
flesh, are set forth for an example, 
suffering the vengeance of eternal 
fire. 

8 Likewise also these filthy dream- 
ers defile the flesh, despise dominion, 
and speak evil of dignities. 

9 Yet Michael the archangel, when 
contending with the devil he disputed 
about the body of Moses, durst not 
bring against him a railing accusation, 
but said, The Lord rebuke thee. 

10 But these speak evil of those 
things which they know not: but 
what they know naturally, as brute 
beasts, in those things they corrupt 
themselves. 

1 1 Woe unto them ! for they have 
gone in the way of Cain, and ran 
greedily after the error of Balaam 
for reward, and perished in the gain- 
saying of Core. 

12 These are spots in your feasts 
of charity, when they feast with you, 
feeding themselves without fear: 
clouds they are without water, car- 
ried about of winds ; trees whose 

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fruit withereth, without fruit, twice 
dead, plucked up by the roots ; 

13 Raging waves of the sea, foam- 
ing out their own shame; wander- 
ing stars, to whom is reserved the 
blackness of darkness for ever. 

14 And Enoch also, the seventh 
from Adam, prophesied of these, say- 
ing, Behold, the Lord cometh with 
ten thousand of his saints, 

15 To execute judgment upon all, 
and to convince all that are ungodly 
among them of all their ungodly 
deeds which they have ungodly com- 
mitted, and of all their hard speeches 
which ungodly sinners have spoken 
against him. 

16 These are murmurers, com- 
plainers, walking after their own 
*lusts ; and their mouth speaketh great 
swelling words, having men's persons 
in admiration because of advantage. 

17 But, beloved, remember ye the 
words which were spoken before of 
the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ; 

18 How that they told you there 
should be mockers in the last time, 
who should walk after their own un- 
godly lusts. 

19 These be they who separate 
themselves, sensual, having not the 
Spirit. 

20 But ye, beloved, building up, 
yourselves on your most holy faith, 
praying in the Holy Ghost, 

21 Keep yourselves in the love of 
God, looking for the mercy of our 
Lord Jesus Christ unto eternal life. 

22 And of some have compassion, 
making a difference: 

23 And others save with fear, pull- 
ing them out of the fire ; hating even 
the garment spotted by the flesh. 

24 Now unto him that is able to 
keep you from falling, and to present 
you faultless before the presence of 
his glory with exceeding joy, 

25 To the only wise God our Sa- 
viour, be glory and majesty, domin- 
ion and power, both now and ever. 
Amen. 



THE REVELATION 



OF 



ST. JOHN THE DIVINE. 



CHAPTEE I. 

4 John xcriteth his revelation to the seven churches of 
Asia, signified by the seven golden candlesticks, *7 
The coming of Christ. 14 His glorious power and 
majesty. 

THE Revelation of Jesus Christ, 
which God gave unto him, to 
shew unto his servants things which 
must shortly come to pass ; and he 
sent and signified it by his angel 
unto his servant John : 

2 Who hare record of the word of 
God, and of the testimony of Jesus 
Christ, and of all things that he saw. 

3 Blessed is he that readeth, and 
they that hear the words of this 
prophecy, and keep those things 
which are written therein : for the 
time is at hand. 

4 "TOHN to the seven churches 
fj which are in Asia: Grace 

be unto you, and peace, from him 
which is, and which was, and which 
is to come ; and from the seven 
Spirits which are before his throne ; 

'5 And from Jesus Christ, tvho is 
the faithful witness, and the first- 
begotten of the dead, and the prince 
of the kings of the earth. Unto him 
that loved us, and washed us from 
our sins in his own blood, 

6 And hath made us kings and 
priests unto God and his Father; 

• to him be glory and dominion for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

7 Behold, he cometh with clouds ; 
and every eye shall see him, and 
they also which pierced him : and 
all kindreds of the earth shall wail 
because of him. Even so, Amen. 

8 I am Alpha and Omega, the 
beginning and the ending, saith the 
Lord, which is, and which was, and 
which is to come, the Almighty. 

9 I John, who also am your brother, 
and companion in tribulation, and in 



the kingdom and patience of Jesus 
Christ, was in the isle that is called 
Patmos, for the word of God, and for 
the testimony of Jesus Christ. 

10 I was in the Spirit on the Lord's 
day, and heard behind me a great 
voice, as of a trumpet, 

11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, 
the first and the last : and, What thou 
seest, write in a book, and send it un- 
to the seven churches which are in 
Asia ; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyr- 
na, and unto Pergamos, and unto 
Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto 
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 

12 And I turned to see the voice that 
spake with me. And being turned, 
I saw seven golden candlesticks ; 

13 And in the midst of the seven 
candlesticks one like unto the Son 
of man, clothed with a garment 
down to the foot, and girt about the 
paps with a golden girdle. 

14 His head and his hairs were 
white like wool, as white as snow; 
and his eyes were as a flame of fire ; 

15 And his feet like unto fine brass, 
as if they burned in a furnace ; and 
his voice as the sound of many waters. 

16 And he had in his right hand 
seven stars : and out of his mouth 
went a sharp twoedged sword : and 
his countenance was as the sun 
shineth in his strength. 

17 And when I saw him, I fell at his 
feet as dead. And he laid his right 
hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear 
not ; I am the first and the last : 

18 J am he that liveth, and was 
dead; and, behold, I am alive for 
evermore, Amen; and have the 
keys of hell and of death. 

1 9 Write the things which thou hast 
seen, and the things which are, and the 
things which shall be hereafter ; 

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What John was 



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commanded to write 



20 The mystery of the seven stars 
which thou sawest in my right hand, 
and the seven golden candlesticks. 
The seven stars are the angels of 
the seven churches: and the seven 
candlesticks which thou sawest are 
the seven churches. 

CHAPTER II. 

What is commanded to be written to the angels, that is, 
the ministers of the churches of 1 Ephesus, 8 Smyr- 
na, 12 Pergamos, 18 Thyatira: and what is com- 
mended, or found wanting in them. 

UNTO the angel of the church 
of Ephesus write ; These things 
saith he that holdeth the seven stars 
in his right hand, who walketh in 
the midst of the seven golden can- 
dlesticks ; 

2 I know thy works, and thy la- 
bour, and thy patience, and how 
thou canst not bear them which are 
evil : and thou hast tried them which 
say they are apostles, and* are not, 
and hast found them liars : 

3 And hast borne, and hast pa- 
tience, and for my name's sake hast 
laboured, and hast not fainted. 

4 Nevertheless I have somewhat 
against thee, because thou hast left 
thy first love. 

5 Remember therefore from whence 
thou art fallen, and repent, and do 
the first works; or else I will come 
unto thee quickly, and will remove 
thy candlestick out of his place, 
except thou repent. 

6 But this thou hast, that thou 
hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, 
which I also hate. 

7 He that hath an ear, let him hear 
what the Spirit saith unto the church- 
es; Tohimthatovercomethwilllgive 
to eat of the tree of life, which is in the 
midst of the paradise of God. 

8 And unto the angel of the church 
in Smyrna write ; These things saith 
the first and the last, which was dead, 
and is alive ; 

9 I know thy works, and tribulation, 
and poverty, (but thou art rich) and 
I know the blasphemy of them which 
say they are Jews, and are not, but 
are the synagogue of Satan. 

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10 Fear none of those things which 
thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil 
shall cast some of you into prison, 
that ye may be tried ; and ye shall 
have tribulation ten days : be thou 
faithful unto death, and I will give 
thee a crown of life. 

11 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches ; He that overcometh shall 
not be hurt of the second death. 

12 And to the angel of the church 
in Pergamos write ; These things 
saith he which hath the sharp sword 
with two edges ; 

13 I know thy works, and where 
thou dwellest, even where Satan's 
seat is : and thou holdest fast my 
name, and hast not denied my faith, 
even in those days wherein Antipas 
was my faithful martyr, who was slain 
among you, where Satan dwelleth. 

14 But I have a few things against 
thee, because thou hast there them 
that hold the doctrine of Balaam, 
who taught Balak to cast a stum- 
blingblock before the children of Is- 
rael, to eat things sacrificed unto 
idols, and to commit fornication. 

15 So hast thou also them that 
hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, 
which thing I hate. 

16 Repent; or else I will come unto 
thee quickly, and will fight against 
them with the sword of my mouth. 

17 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches; To him that overcometh 
will I give to eat of the hidden man- 
na, and will give him a white stone, | 
and in the stone a new name written, 
which no man knoweth saving he 
that receiveth it. 

18 And unto the angel of the 
church in Thyatira write ; These 
things saith the Son of God, who 
hath his eyes like unto a flame of 
fire, and his feet are like fine brass ; 

19 I know thy works, and charity, 
and service, and faith, and thy pa- 
tience, and thy works ; and the last 
to be more than the first. 



to the angels of 



REVELATION. 



the seven churches. 



20 Notwithstanding I have a few 
things against thee, because thou 
sufferest that woman Jezebel, which 
calleth herself a prophetess, to teach 
and to seduce my servants to com- 
mit fornication, and to eat things 
sacrificed unto idols. 

21 And I gave her space to repent of 
her fornication ; and she repented not. 

22 Behold, I will cast her into a 
bed, and them that commit adultery 
with her into great tribulation, ex- 
cept they repent of their deeds. 

23 And I will kill her children 
with death ; and all the churches 
shall know that I am he which search- 
eth the reins and hearts : and I will 
give unto every one of you according 
to your works. 

24 But unto you I say, and unto 
the rest in Thyatira, as many as 
have not this doctrine, and which 
have not known the depths of Satan, 
as they speak ; I will put upon you 
none other burden. 

25 But that which ye have already, 
hold fast till I come. 

26 And he that overcometh, and 
keepeth my works unto the end, to 
him will I give power over the n ations : 

27 And he shall rule them with a 
rod of iron ; as the vessels of a potter 
shall they be broken to shivers : even 
as I received of my Father. 

28 And I will give him the morn- 
ing star. 

29 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches. 

CHAPTER III. 

2 The angel of the church of Sardis is reproved, 3 exhort- 
ed to repent, and threatened if he do not repent. 8 The 
angel of the church of Philadelphia 10 is approved 
for his diligence and patience. 15 The angel of Lao- 
dicea rebuked, for being neither hot nor cold, 19 and 
admonished to be more zealous. 20 Christ standeth at 
the door and knocketh. 

AND unto the angel of the church 
. in Sardis write ; These things 
saith he that kath the seven Spirits 
of God, and the seven stars ; I know 
thy works, that thou hast a name 
that thou livest, and art dead. 

2 Be watchful, and strengthen the 



things which remain, that are ready 
to die : for I have not found thy works 
perfect before God. 

3 Remember therefore how thou 
hast received and heard, and hold 
fast, and repent. If therefore thou 
shalt not watch, I will come on thee 
as a thief, and thou shalt not know 
what hour I will come upon thee. 

4 Thou hast a few names even in 
Sardis which have not defiled their 
garments ; and they shall walk with 
me in white : for they are worthy. 

5 He that overcometh, the same 
shall be clothed in white raiment ; and 
I will not blot out his name out of the 
book of life, but I will confess his 
name before my Father, and before 
his angels. 

6 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches. 

7 And to the angel of the church 
in Philadelphia write ; These things 
saith he that is holy, he that is true, 
he that hath the key of David, he 
that openeth, and no man shutteth; 
and shutteth, and no man openeth ; 

8 I know thy works : behold, I have 
set before thee an open door, and no 
man can shut it : for thou hast a lit- 
tle strength, and hast kept my word, 
and hast not denied my name. 

9 Behold, I will make them of the 
synagogue of Satan, which say they 
are Jews, and are not, but do lie; 
behold, I will make them to come 
and worship before thy feet, and to 
know that I have loved thee. 

10 Because thou hast kept the word 
of my patience, I also will keep thee 
from the hour of temptation, which 
shall come upon all the world, to try 
them that dwell upon the earth. 

11 Behold, I come quickly: hold 
that fast which thou hast, that no 
man take thy crown. 

12 Him that overcometh will I 
make a pillar in the temple of my 
God, and he shall go no more out: 
and I will write upon him the name 
of my God, and the name of the city 

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Laodicea is rebuked. 



REVELATION. John seeth God's throne. 



of my God, which is new Jerusalem, 
which cometh down out of heaven 
from my God: and I will write upon 
him my new name. 

13 He that hath a,n ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches. 

14 And unto the angel of the church 
of theLaodiceans write; These things 
saith the Amen, the faithful and true 
witness, the beginning of the creation 
of God; 

15 I know thy works, that thou art 
neither co]d nor hot: I would thou 
wert cold or hot. 

16 So then because thou art luke- 
warm, and neither cold nor hot, I will 
spew thee out of my mouth. 

17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, 
and increased with goods, and have 
need of nothing; and knowest not 
that thou art wretched, and misera- 
ble, and poor, and blind, and naked : 

18 I counsel thee to buy of me 
gold tried in the fire, that thou may- 
est be rich ; and white raiment, that 
thou may est be clothed, and that the 
shame of thy nakedness do not ap- 
pear; and anoint thine eyes with 
eyesalve, that thou mayest see. 

19 As many as I love, I rebuke 
and chasten: be zealous therefore, 
and repent. 

20 Behold, I stand at the door, and 
knock : if any man hear my voice, and 
open the door, I will come in to him, 
and will sup with him, and he with me. 

21 To him that overcometh will I 
grant to sit with me in my throne, 
even as I also overcame, and am set 
down with my Father in his throne. 

22 He that hath an ear, let him 
hear what the Spirit saith unto the 
churches. 

CHAPTER IV. 

2 John sceth tJie throne of God in heaven. 4 The four and 
twenty elders. 6 The four bcast$full of eyes before and 
behind. 10 The elders lay down their crowns, and wor- 
ship him that sat on the throne. 

AFTER this Hooked, and, behold, 
. a door was opened in heaven : 
and the first voice which I heard was 
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as it were of a trumpet talking with 
me; which said, Come up hither, 
and I will shew thee things which 
must be hereafter. 

2 And immediately I was in the 
Spirit : and, behold, a throne was set 
in heaven, and one sat on the throne. 

3 And he that sat was to look upon 
like a jasper and a sardine stone: and 
there was a rainbow round about the 
throne, in sight like unto an emerald, 

4 And round about the throne were 
four and twenty seats: and upon the 
seats I saw four and twenty elders 
sitting, clothed in white raiment; 
and they had on their heads crowns 
of gold. 

5 And out of the throne proceeded 
lightnings and thunderings and voices: 
and there were seven lamps of fire 
burning before the throne, which are 
the seven Spirits of God. 

6 And before the throne there was 
a sea of glass like unto crystal : and 
in the midst of the throne, and round 
about the throne, ivere four beasts 
full of eyes before and behind. 

7 And the first beast was like a lion, 
and the second beast like a calf, and 
the third beast had a face as a man, 
and the fourth beast was like a flying 
eagle. 

8 And the four beasts had each of 
them six wings about him; and they 
were full of eyes within : and they 
rest not day and night, saying, Holy, 
holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which 
was, and is, and is to come. 

9 And when those beasts give glory 
and honour and thanks to him that 
sat on the throne, who liveth for ever 
and ever, 

10 The four and twenty elders fall 
down before him that sat on the 
throne, and worship him that liveth 
for ever and ever, and cast their 
crowns before the throne, saying, 

11 Thou art worthy, O Lord, to 
receive glory and honour and power : 
for thou hast created all things, and 
for thy pleasure they are and were 
created. 



The sealed booh. 



REVELATION. The opening of the seals. 



CHAPTER V. 

1 TJie book sealed with seven seals: 9 which only the 
Lamb that was slai7i is worthy to open. 12 Therefore 
the elders praise him, 9 and confess that he redeemed 
them with his blood. 

AND I saw in the right hand of 
. him that sat on the throne a 
book written within and on the back 
side, sealed with seven seals. 

2 And I saw a strong angel pro- 
claiming with a loud voice, Who is 
worthy to open the book, and to loose 
the seals thereof? 

3 And no man in heaven, nor in 
earth, neither under the earth, was 
able to open the book, neither to look 
thereon. 

4 And I wept much, because no 
man was found worthy to open and 
to read the book, neither to look 
thereon. 

5 And one of the elders saith unto 
me, Weep not : behold, the Lion of 
the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, 
hath prevailed to open the book, and 
to loose the seven seals thereof. 

6 And I beheld, and, lo, in the 
midst of the throne and of the four 
beasts, and in the midst of the elders, 
stood a Lamb as it had been slain, 
having seven horns and seven eyes, 
which are the seven Spirits of God 
sent forth into all the earth. 

7 And he came and took the book 
out of the right hand of him that sat 
upon the throne. 

8 And when he had taken the book, 
the four beasts and four and twenty 
elders fell down before the Lamb, 
having every one of them harps, and 
golden vials full of odours, which are 
the prayers of saints. 

9 And they sung a new song, say- 
ing, Thou art worthy to take the 
book, and to open the seals thereof: 
for thou wast slain, and hast redeem- 
ed us to God by thy blood out of 
every kindred, and tongue, and peo- 
ple, and nation ; 

10 And hast made us unto our 
God kings and priests : and we shall 
reign on the earth. 

11 And I beheld, and I heard the 

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voice of many sn^els round about 
the throne, and the beasts, and the 
elders : and the number of them was 
ten thousand times ten thousand, and 
thousands of thousands ; 

12 Saying with a loud voice, Wor- 
thy is the Lamb that was slain to 
receive power, and riches, and wis- 
dom, and strength, and honour, and 
glory, and blessing. 

13 And every creature which is in 
heaven, and on the earth, and under 
the earth, and such as are in the sea, 
and all that are in them, heard I 
saying, Blessing, and honour, and 
glory, and power, be unto him that 
sitteth upon the throne, and unto the 
Lamb for ever and ever. 

14 And the four beasts said, Amen. 
And the four and twenty elders fell 
down and worshipped him that liveth 
for ever and ever. 

CHAPTER VI. 

1 The opening of the seals in order, and what followed 
thereupon, containing a prophecy to the end of the 
world. 

AND I saw when the Lamb opened 
_ one of the seals, and I heard, as 
it were the noise of thunder, one of 
the four beasts saying, Come and see. 

2 And I saw, and behold a white 
horse : and he that sat on him had a 
bow ; and a crown was given unto 
him: and he went forth conquering, 
and to conquer. 

3 And when he had opened the 
second seal, I heard the second beast 
say, .Come and see. 

4 And there went out another horse 
that ivas red : and power was given to 
him that sat thereon to take peace 
from the earth, and that they should 
kill one another: and there was given 
unto him a great sword. 

5 And when he had opened the 
third seal, I heard the third beast say, 
Come and see. And I beheld, and lo 
a black horse ; and he that sat on him 
had a pair of balances in his hand. 

6 And I heard a voice in the midst 
of the four beasts say, A measure of 
wheat for a penny, and three mea- 

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The opening of the seals. REVELATION. 



The number of them 



sures of barley for a penny ; and see 
thou hurt not the oil and the wine. 

7 And when he had opened the 
fourth seal, I heard the voice of the 
fourth beast say, Come and see. 

8 And I looked, and behold a pale 
horse : and his name that sat on him 
was Death, and Hell followed with 
him. And power was given unto 
them over the fourth part of the 
earth, to kill with sword, and with 
hunger, and with death, and with the 
beasts of the earth. 

9 And when he had opened the 
fifth seal, I saw under the altar the 
souls of them that were slain for the 
word of God, and for the testimony 
which they held: 

10 And they cried with a loud 
voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy 
and true, dost thou not judge and 
avenge our blood on them that dwell 
on the earth ? 

11 And white robes were given 
unto every one of them ; and it was 
said unto them, that they should rest 
yet for a little season, until their fel- 
low servants also and their brethren, 
that should be killed as they were, 
should be fulfilled. 

12 And I beheld when he had 
opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there 
was a great earthquake ; and the sun 
became black as sackcloth of hair, 
and the moon became as blood; 

13 And the stars of heaven fell 
unto the earth, even as a fig tree 
casteth her untimely figs, when she 
is shaken of a mighty wind. 

14 And the heaven departed as a 
scroll when it is rolled together; 
and every mountain and island were 
moved out of their places. 

15 And the kings of the earth, and 
the great men, and the rich men, and 
the chief captains, and the mighty 
men, and every bond man, and every 
free man, hid themselves in the dens 
and in the rocks of the mountains ; 

16 And said to the mountains and 
rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from 
the face of him that sitteth on the 

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throne, and from the wrath of the 
Lamb : 

17 For the great day of his wrath is 
come ; and who shall be able to stand? 

CHAPTEE YII. 

3 An angel sealeth the servants of God in their fore- 
heads. 4 The number of them that were sealed: of the 
tribes of Israel a certain number. 9 Of all other na- 
tions an innumerable multitude, which stand before the 
throne, clad in white robes, and palms in their hands. 
14 Their robes were washed in the blood of the Lamb. 

AND after these things I saw 
. four angels standing on the 
four corners of the earth, holding the 
four winds of the earth, that the 
wind should not blow on the earth, 
nor on the sea, nor on any tree. 

2 And I saw another angel ascend- 
ing from the east, having the seal of the 
living God : and he cried with a loud 
voice to the four angels, to whom it was 
given to hurt the earth and the sea, 

3 Saying, Hurt not the earth, nei- 
ther the sea, nor the trees, till we 
have sealed the servants of our God 
in their foreheads. 

4 And I heard the number of them 
which were sealed: and there were 
sealed a hundred and forty and four 
thousand of all the tribes of the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

5 Of the tribe of Juda were sealed 
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of 
Reuben were sealed twelve thousand. 
Of the tribe of Gad were sealed twelve 
thousand. 

6 Of the tribe of Aser were sealed 
twelve thousand. Of the tribe of 
Nephthalim were sealed twelve thou- 
sand. Of the tribe of Manasses were 
sealed twelve thousand. 

7 Of the tribe of Simeon were seal- 
ed m twelve thousand. Of the tribe 
of Levi were sealed twelve thousand. 
Of the tribe of Issachar were sealed 
twelve thousand. 

8 Of the tribe of Zabulon were 
sealed twelve thousand. Of the tribe 
of Joseph were sealed twelve thou- 
sand. Of the tribe of Benjamin were 
sealed twelve thousand. 

9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a 
great multitude, which no man could 



that were sealed. 



REVELATION. The seventh seal opened. 



number, of all nations, and kindreds, 
and people, and tongues, stood before 
the throne, and before the Lamb, 
clothed with white robes, and palms 
in their hands ; 

10 And cried with a loud voice, say- 
ing, Salvation to our God which sitteth 
upon the throne, and unto the Lamb. 

11 And all the angels stood round 
about the throne, and about the el- 
ders and the four beasts, and fell 
before the throne on their faces, and 
worshipped God, 

12 Saying, Amen: Blessing, and 
glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, 
and honour, and power, and might, 
be unto our God for ever and ever. 
Amen. 

13 And one of the elders answer- 
ed, saying unto me, What are these 
which are arrayed in white robes? 
and whence came they ? 

14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou 
knowest. And he said to me, These 
are they which came out of great 
tribulation, and have washed their 
robes, and made them white in the 
blood of the Lamb. 

15 Therefore are they before the 
throne of God, and serve him day and 
night in his temple: and he that sitteth 
on the throne shall dwell among them. 

16 They shall hunger no more, nei- 
ther thirst any more; neither shall the 
sun light on them, nor any heat. 

17 For the Lamb which is in the 
midst of the throne shall feed them, 
and shall lead them unto living fount- 
ains of waters : and God shall wipe 
away all tears from their eyes. 

CHAPTEK YIII. 

1 At the opening of the seventh seal, 2 seven angelsJiad 
seven trumpets given them. 6 Four of theyn sound 
their trumpets, and great plagues follow. 3 Another 
angel putteth incense to the prayers of the saints on 
the golden altar. 

AND when he had opened the 
. seventh seal, there was silence 
in heaven about the space of half an 
hour. 

2 And I saw the seven angels which 
stood before God ; and to them were 
given seven trumpets. 



3 And another angel came and 
stood at the altar, having a golden 
censer; and there was given unto 
him much incense, that he should 
offer it with the prayers of all saints 
upon the golden altar which was 
before the throne. 

4 And the smoke of the incense, 
which came with the prayers of the 
saints, ascended up before God out 
of the angel's hand. 

5 And the angel took the censei, 
and filled it with fire of the altar, 
and cast it into the earth : and there 
were voices, and thunderings, and 
lightnings, and an earthquake. 

6 And the seven angels which had 
the seven trumpets prepared them- 
selves to sound. 

7 The first angel sounded, and 
there followed hail and fire mingled 
with blood, and they were cast upon 
the earth : and the third part of trees 
was burnt up, and all green grass 
was burnt up. 

8 And the second angel sounded, 
and as it were a great mountain 
burning with fire was cast into the 
sea: and the third part of the sea 
became blood ; 

9 And the third part of the crea- 
tures which were in the sea, and had 
life, died ; and. the third part of the 
ships were destroyed. 

10 And the third angel sounded, 
and there fell a great star from hea- 
ven, burning as it were a lamp, and 
it fell upon the third part of the rivers, 
and upon the fountains of waters ; 

11 And the name of the star is called 
Wormwood : and the third part of 
the waters became wormwood ; and 
many men died of the waters, be- 
cause they were made bitter. 

12 And the fourth angel sounded, 
and the third part of the sun was 
smitten, and the third part of the 
moon, and the third part of the stars ; 
so as the third part of them was dark- 
ened, and the day shone not for a third 
part of it, and the night likewise. 

13 And I beheld, and heard an 

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The sounding 



REVELATION. 



of the trumpets. 



angel flying through the midst of 
heaven, saying with a loud voice, 
Woe, woe, woe, to the inhabiters 
of the earth by reason of the other 
voices of the trumpet of the three 
angels, which are yet to sound ! 

CHAPTER IX. 

1 At the sounding of the fifth angel, a star falleth from 
heaven, to whom, is given the key of the bottomless pit, 
2 He openeth the pit, and there come forth locusts like 
scorpions. 12 The first woe past. 13 The sixth trum- 
pet soundeth. 14 Four angels are let loose, that were 
bound. 

AND the fifth angel sounded, and 
. I saw a star fall from heaven 
unto the earth : and to him was given 
the key of the bottomless pit. 

2 And he opened the bottomless pit ; 
and there arose a smoke out of the 
pit, as the smoke of a great furnace ; 
and the sun and the air were darken- 
ed by reason of the smoke of the pit. 

3 And there came out of the smoke 
locusts upon the earth : and unto 
them was given power, as the scor- 
pions of the earth have power. 

4 And it was commanded them that 
they should not hurt the grass of the 
earth, neither any green thing, nei- 
ther any tree; but only those men 
which have not the seal of God in 
their foreheads. 

5 And to them it was given that 
they should not kill 4hem, but that 
they should be tormented five 
months : and their torment was as 
the torment of a scorpion, when he 
striketh a man. 

6 And in those days shall men seek 
death, and shall not find it; and 
shall desire to die, and death shall 
flee from them. 

7 And the shapes of the locusts 
were like unto horses prepared unto 
battle ; and on their heads were as 
it were crowns like gold, and their 
faces were as the faces of men. 

8 And they had hair as the hair 
of women, and their teeth were as 
the teeth of lions. 

9 And they had breastplates, as it 
were breastplates of iron ; and the 
sound of their wings was as the sound 

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of chariots of many horses running 
to battle. 

10 And they had tails like unto 
scorpions, and there were stings in 
their tails : and their power was to 
hurt men five months. 

1 1 And they had a king over them, 
which is the angel of the bottomless 
pit, whose name in the Hebrew tongue 
is Abaddon, but in the Greek tonguo 
hath his name Apollyon. 

12 One woe is past; and, behold, 
there come two woes more hereafter. 

13 And the sixth angel sounded, 
and I heard a voice from the four 
horns of the golden altar which is 
before God, 

14 Saying to the sixth angel which 
had the trumpet, Loose the four an- 
gels which are bound in the great 
river Euphrates. 

15 And the four angels were loosed, 
which were prepared for an hour 
and a day, and a month, and a year, 
for to slay the third part of men. 

16 And the number of the army 
of the horsemen were two hundred 
thousand thousand: and I heard the 
number of them. 

17 And thus I saw the horses in the 
vision, and them that sat on them, 
having breastplates of fire, and of ja- 
cinth, and brimstone : and the heads 
of the horses were as the heads of 
lions ; and out of their mouths issued 
fire and smoke and brimstone. 

18 By these three was the third 
part of men killed, by the fire, and 
by the smoke, and by the brimstone, 
which issued out of their mouths. 

19 For their power is in their mouth, 
and in their tails : for their tails were 
like unto serpents, and had heads, 
and with them they do hurt. 

20 And the rest of the men which 
were not killed by these plagues yet 
repented not of the works of their 
hands, that they should not worship 
devils, and idols of gold, and silver, 
and brass, and stone, and of wood ; 
which neither can see, nor hear, nor 
walk: 



An angel with a book. REVELATION. The prophesying witnesses. 



21 Neither repented they of their 
murders, nor of their sorceries, nor of 
their fornication, nor of their thefts. 

CHAPTER X. 

1 A mighty strong angel appearelh with a book open in 
his hand. 6 He sweareth by him that liveth for ever, 
that there shall be no more time. 9 John is command- 
ed to take and eat the book. 

AND I saw another mighty angel 
. come down from heaven, clothed 
with a cloud : and a rainbow was up- 
on his head, and his face was as it 
were the sun, and his feet as pillars of 
fire: 

2 And he had in his hand a little 
book open : and he set his right foot 
upon the sea, and his left foot on the 
earth, 

3 And cried with a loud voice, as 
when a lion roareth : and when he 
had cried, seven thunders uttered 
their voices. 

4 And when the seven thunders 
had uttered their voices, I was about 
to write: and I heard a voice from 
heaven saying unto me, Seal up those 
things which the seven thunders ut- 
tered, and write them not. 

5 And the angel which I saw stand 
upon the sea and upon the earth 
lifted up his hand to heaven, 

6 And sware by him that liveth 
for ever and ever, who created hea- 
ven, and the things that therein are, 
and the earth, and the things that 
therein are, and the sea, and the 
things which are therein, that there 
should be time no longer: 

7 But in the days of the voice of 
the seventh angel, when he shall 
begin to sound, the mystery of God 
should be finished, as he hath declar- 
ed to his servants the prophets. 

8 And the voice which I heard 
from heaven spake unto me again, 
and said, Go and take the little book 
which is open in the hand of the 
angel which standeth upon the sea 
and upon the earth. 

9 And I went unto the angel, and 
said unto him, Give me the little 
book. And he said unto me, Take 
it, and eat it up ; and it shall make 



thy belly bitter, but it shall be in thy 
mouth sweet as honey. 

10 And I took the little book out 
of the angel's hand, and ate it up ; and 
it was in my mouth sweet as honey : 
and as soon as I had eaten it, my 
belly was bitter. 

11 And he said unto me, Thou 
must prophesy again before many 
peoples, and nations, and tongues, and 
kings. 

CHAPTER XL 

3 The two witnesses prophesy. 6 They have power to shut 
heaven, that it rain not. 1 The beast shall fight against 
them, and kill them. 8 They lie unburied, 11 and 
after three days and a half rise again. 14 The second 
woe is past. 15 The seventh trumpet soundeth. 

AND there was given me a reed 
. like unto a rod : and the angel 
stood, saying, Rise, and measure the 
temple of God, and the altar, and 
them that worship therein. 

2 But the court which is without 
the temple leave out, and measure 
it not; for it is given unto the Gen- 
tiles : and the holy city shall they 
tread under foot forty and two 
months. 

3 And I will give power unto my 
two witnesses, and they shall pro- 
phesy a thousand two hundred and 
threescore days, clothed in sackcloth. 

4 These are the two olive trees, 
and the two candlesticks standing 
before the God of the earth. 

5 And if any man will hurt them, 
fire proceedeth out of their mouth, 
and devoureth their enemies : and if 
any man will hurt them, he must in 
this manner be killed. 

6 These have power to shut hea- 
ven, that it rain not in the days of 
their prophecy : and have power over 
waters to turn them to blood, a,nd to 
smite the earth with all plagues, as 
often as they will. 

7 And when they shall have finish- 
ed their testimony, the beast that as- 
cendeth out of the bottomless pit 
shall make war against them, and 
shall overcome them, and kill them. 

8 And their dead bodies shall lie 
in the street of the great city, which 

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The seventh trumpet sounded, REVELATION. The great red drawn. 



spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, 
where also our Lord was crucified. 

9 And they of the people and kin- 
dreds and tongues and nations shall 
see their dead bodies three days and 
a half, and shall not suffer their dead 
bodies to be put in graves. 

10 And they that dwell upon the 
earth shall rejoice over them, and 
make merry, and shall send gifts 
one to another ; because these two 
prophets tormented them that dwelt 
on the earth. 

11 And after three days and a 
half the Spirit of life from God en- 
tered into them, and they stood upon 
their feet; and great fear fell upon 
them which saw them. 

12 And they heard a great voice 
from heaven saying unto them, Come 
up hither. And they ascended up 
to heaven in a cloud ; and their ene- 
mies beheld them. 

13 And the same hour was there a 
great earthquake, and the tenth part 
of the city fell, and in the earthquake 
were slain of men seven thousand: 
and the remnant were affrighted, and 
gave glory to the God of heaven. 

14 The second woe is past; and, be- 
hold, the third woe cometh quickly. 

15 And the seventh angel sounded ; 
and there were great voices in hea- 
ven, saying, The kingdoms of this 
world are become the kingdoms of our 
Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall 
reign for ever and ever. 

16 And the four and twenty elders, 
which sat before God on their seats, 
fell upon their faces, and worshipped 
God, 

17 Saying, We give thee thanks, 
O Lord God Almighty, which art, 
and wast, and art to come; because 
thou hast taken to thee thy great 
power, and hast reigned. 

18 And the nations were angry, 
and thy wrath is come, and the time 
of the dead, that they should be 
judged, and that thou shouldest give 
reward unto thy servants the pro- 
phets, and to the saints, and them 

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that fear thy name, small and great ; 
and shouldest destroy them which 
destroy the earth. 

19 And the temple of God was 
opened in heaven, and there was 
seen in his temple the ark of his 
testament: and there were light- 
nings, and voices, and thunderings, 
and an earthquake, and great hail. 

CHAPTEE XII. 

1 A woman clothed with the sun travaileth. 4 77te great 
red dragon standeth before her, ready to devour her 
child: 6 when she was delivered she Jleeth into the %vil- 
derness. 7 Michael and his angels fight with the 
dragon, and prevail. 13 The dragon being cast down 
into the earth, persecuteth }he woman. 

AND there appeared a great won- 
_ der in heaven ; a woman clothed 
with the sun, and the moon under 
her feet, and upon her head a crown 
of twelve stars : 

2 And she being with child cried, 
travailing in birth, and pained to be 
delivered. 

3 And there appeared another won- 
der in heaven ; and behold a great 
red dragon, having seven heads and 
ten horns, and seven crowns upon his 
heads. 

4 And his tail drew the third part 
of the stars of heaven, and did cast 
them to the earth : and the dragon 
stood before the woman which was 
ready to be delivered, for to devour 
her child as soon as it was born. 

5 And she brought forth a man 
child, who was to rule all nations 
with a rod of iron : and her child 
was caught up unto God, and to his 
throne. 

6 And the woman fled into the 
wilderness, where she hath a place 
prepared of God, that they should 
feed her there a thousand two hun- 
dred and threescore days. 

7 And there was war in heaven: 
Michael and his angels fought against 
the dragon; and the dragon fought 
and his angels, 

8 And prevailed not ; neither was 
their place found any more in heaven. 

9 And the great dragon was cast 
out, that old serpent, called the 



The dragon overcome. 



REVELATION. A beast with seven heads. 



Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth 
the whole world: he was cast out 
into the earth, and his angels were 
cast out with him. 

10 And I heard a loud voice say- 
ing in heaven, Now is come salva- 
tion, and strength, and the kingdom 
of our God, and the power of his 
Christ: for the accuser of our bre- 
thren is cast down, which accused 
them before our God day and night. 

11 And they overcame him by the 
blood of the Lamb, and by the word 
of their testimony; and they loved 
not their lives unto the death. 

12 Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, 
and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the 
inhabiters of the earth and of the sea ! 
for the devil is come down unto you, 
having great wrath, because he know- 
eth that he hath but a short time. 

13 And when the dragon saw that 
he was cast unto the earth, he per- 
secuted the woman which brought 
forth the man child. 

14 And to the woman were given 
two wings of a great eagle, that she 
might fly into the wilderness, into 
her place, where she is nourished 
for a time, and times, and half a time, 
from the face of the serpent. 

15 And the serpent cast out of his 
mouth water as a flood after the 
woman, that he might cause her to 
be carried away of the flood. 

16 And the earth helped the woman ; 
and the earth opened her mouth, and 
swallowed up the flood which the 
dragon cast out of his mouth. 

17 And the dragon was wroth with 
the woman, and went to make war 
with the remnant of her seed, which 
keep the commandments of God, and 
have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 

CHAPTER XIII. 

1 A beast riseth out of the sea with seven heads and 
ten horns, to whom the dragon giveth his power. 
11 Another beast cometh up out of the earth: 14 
causeth an image to be made of the former beast, 15 
and that men should worship it, 16 and receive his 
mark. 

ND I stood upon the sand of the 
sea, and saw a beast rise up 



A' 



out of the sea, having seven heads 
and ten horns, and upon his horns 
ten crowns, and upon his heads the 
name of blasphemy. 

2 And the beast which I saw was 
like unto a leopard, and his feet 
were as the feet of a bear, and his 
mouth as the mouth of a lion: and 
the dragon gave him his power, and 
his seat, and great authority. 

3 And I saw one of his heads as it 
were wounded to death ; and his 
deadly wound was healed : and all 
the world wondered after the beast. 

4 And they worshipped the dragon 
which gave power unto the beast : 
and they worshipped the beast, say- 
ing, Who is like unto the beast ? 
who is able to make war with him? 

5 And there was given unto him 
a mouth speaking great things and 
blasphemies; and power was given 
unto him to continue forty and two 
months. 

6 And he opened his mouth in blas- 
phemy against God, to blaspheme his 
name, and his tabernacle, and them 
that dwell in heaven. 

7 And it was given unto him to 
make war with the saints, and to 
overcome them: and power was 
given him over all kindreds, and 
tongues, and nations. 

8 And all that dwell upon the 
earth shall worship him, whose 
names are not written in the book 
of life of the Lamb slain from the 
foundation of the world. 

9 If any man have an ear, let him 
hear. 

10 He that leadeth into captivity 
shall go into captivity : he that kill- 
eth with the sword must be killed 
with the sword. Here is the patience 
and the faith of the saints. 

1 1 And I beheld another beast com- 
ing up out of the earth ; and he had 
two horns like a lamb, and he spake 
as a dragon. 

12 And he exerciseth all the power 
of the first beast before him, and 
causeth the earth and them which 

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The Lamb on mount Sion. REVELATION. 



The fall of Babylon. 



dwell therein to worship the first beast, 
whose deadly wound was healed. 

13 And he doeth great wonders, 
so that he maketh fire come down 
from heaven on the earth in the 
sight of men, 

14 And deceiveth them that dwell 
on the earth by the means of those 
miracles which he had power to do 
in the sight of the beast ; saying to 
them that dwell on the earth, that 
they should make an image to the 
beast, which had the wound by a 
sword, and did live. 

15 And he had power to give life 
unto the image of the beast, that 
the image of the beast should both 
speak, and cause that as many as 
would not worship the image of the 
beast should be killed. 

16 And he causeth all, both small 
and great, rich and poor, free and 
bond, to receive a mark in their 
right hand, or in their foreheads : 

17 And that no man might buy 
or sell, save he that had the mark, or 
the name of the beast, or the number 
of his name. 

18 Here is wisdom. Let him that 
hath understanding count the num- 
ber of the beast : for it is the num- 
ber of a man; and his number is 
Six hundred threescore and six. 

OHAPTEE XIV. 

1 TJie Lamb standing on mount Sion with his company. 
6 An angel preacheth the gospel. 8 The fall of Bab- 
ylon. 15 The harvest of the world, and putting in of 
the sickle. 20 The vintage and winepress of the wrath 
of God. 

AND I looked, and, lo, a Lamb 
. stood on the mount Sion, and 
with him a hundred forty and four 
thousand, having his Father's name 
written in their foreheads. 

2 And I heard a voice from heaven, 
as the voice of many waters, and as 
the voice of a great thunder: and I 
heard the voice of harpers harping 
with their harps.: 

3 And they sung as it were a new 
song before the throne, and before 
the four beasts, and the elders : and 
no man could learn that song but 

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the hundred and forty and four thou- 
sand, which were redeemed from the 
earth. 

4 These are they which were not 
defiled with women; for they are 
virgins. These are they which fol- 
low the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. 
These were redeemed from among 
men, being the firstfruits unto God 
and to the Lamb. 

5 And in their mouth was found 
no guile: for they are without fault 
before the throne of God. 

6 And I saw another angel fly in 
the midst of heaven, having the ever- 
lasting gospel to preach unto them 
that dwell on the earth, and to every 
nation, and kindred, and tongue, and 
people, 

7 Saying with a loud voice, Fear 
God, and give glory to him ; for the 
hour of his judgment is come : and 
worship him that made heaven, and 
earth, and the sea, and the fountains 
of waters. 

8 And there followed another angel, 
saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, 
that great city, because she made 
all nations drink of the wine of the 
wrath of her fornication. 

9 And the third angel followed 
them, saying with a loud voice, If 
any man worship the beast and his 
image, and receive his mark in his 
forehead, or in his hand, 

10 The same shall drink of the wine 
of the wrath of God, which is poured 
out without mixture into the cup of 
his indignation ; and he shall be tor- 
mented with fire and brimstone in 
the presence of the holy angels, and 
in the presence of the Lamb : 

11 And the smoke of their tor- 
ment ascendeth up for ever and ever : 
and they have no rest day nor night, 
who worship the beast and his image, 
and whosoever receiveth the mark of 
his name. 

12 Here is the patience of the 
saints : here are they that keep the 
commandments of God, and the faith 
of Jesus. 



The harvest of the world. REVELATION. The seven last plagues. 



13 And I heard a voice from hea- 
ven saying unto me, Write, Blessed 
are the dead which die in the Lord 
from henceforth: Yea, saith the 
Spirit, that they may rest from their 
labours ; and their works do follow 
them. 

14 And I looked, and behold a 
white cloud, and upon the cloud one 
sat like unto the Son of man, having 
on his head a golden crown, and in 
his hand a sharp sickle. 

15 And another angel came out of 
the temple, crying with a loud voice 
to him that sat on the cloud, Thrust 
in thy sickle, and reap : for the time 
is come for thee to reap ; for the 
harvest of the earth is ripe. 

16 And he that sat on the cloud 
thrust in his sickle on the earth ; and 
the earth was reaped. 

17 And another angel came out of 
the temple which is in heaven, he 
also having a sharp sickle. 

18 And another angel came out 
from the altar, which had power over 
fire ; and cried with a loud cry to 
him that had the sharp sickle, say- 
ing, Thrust in thy sharp sickle, and 
gather the clusters of the vine of the 
earth ; for her grapes are fully ripe. 

19 And the angel thrust in his sic- 
kle into the earth, and gathered the 
vine of the earth, and cast it into the 
great winepress of the wrath of God. 

20 And the winepress was trodden 
without the city, and blood came out 
of the winepress, even unto the horse 
bridles, by the space of a thousand 
and six hundred furlongs. 

CHAPTER XV. 

1 The seven angels with the seven last plagues. 3 The 
song of them that overcome the beast 1 The seven 
vials full of the wrath of God. 

AND I saw another sign in hea- 
_ ven, great and marvellous, seven 
angels having the seven last plagues ; 
for in them is filled up the wrath of 
God. 

2 And I saw as it were a sea of 
glass mingled with fire : and them 
that had gotten the victory over the 



beast, and over his image, and over 
his mark, and over the number of 
his name, stand on the sea of glass, 
having the harps of God. 

3 And they sing the song of Moses 
the servant of God, and the song of 
the Lamb, saying, Great and mar- 
vellous are thy works, Lord God 
Almighty; just and true are thy 
ways, thou King of saints. 

4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, 
and glorify thy name ? for thou only 
art holy: for all nations shall come 
and worship before thee ; for thy 
judgments are made manifest. 

5 And after that I looked, and, be- 
hold, the temple of the tabernacle of 
the testimony in heaven was opened : 

6 And the seven angels came out 
of the temple, having the seven 
plagues, clothed in pure and white 
linen, and having their breasts girded 
with golden girdles. 

7 And one of the four beasts gave 
unto the seven angels seven golden 
vials full of the wrath of God, who 
liveth for ever and ever. 

8 And the temple was filled with 
smoke from the glory of God, and 
from his power ; and no man was 
able to enter into the temple, till the 
seven plagues of the seven angels 
were fulfilled. 

CHAPTER XVI. 

2 The angels pour out their vials full of wrath. 6 The 
plagues that follow thereupon. 15 Christ cometh as 
a thief Blessed are they that watch. 

AND I heard a great voice out of 
_ the temple saying to the seven 
angels, Go your ways, and pour out 
the vials of the wrath of God upon 
the earth. 

2 And the first went, and poured 
out his vial upon the earth ; and 
there fell a noisome and grievous 
sore upon the men which had the 
mark of the beast, and upon them 
which worshipped his image. 

3 And the second angel poured out 
his vial upon the sea ; and it became 
as the blood of a dead man : and 
every living soul died in the sea. 

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The vials poured out. 



HE VELATION. A woman in purple, Sfc. 



4 And the third angel poured out 
his vial upon the rivers and fountains 
of waters ; and they became blood. 

5 And I heard the angel of the 
waters say, Thou art righteous, O 
Lord, which art, and wast, and. shalt 
be, because thou hast judged thus. 

6 For they have shed the blood of 
saints and prophets, and thou hast 
given them blood to drink ; for they 
are worthy. 

7 And I heard another out of 
the altar say, Even so, Lord God 
Almighty, true and righteous are thy 
judgments. 

8 And the fourth angel poured out 
his vial upon the sun; and power 
was given unto him to scorch men 
with fire. 

9 And men were scorched with 
great heat, and blasphemed the name 
of God, which hath power over these 
plagues : and they repented not to 
give him glory. 

10 And the fifth angel poured out 
his vial upon the seat of the beast; 
and his kingdom was full of dark- 
ness ; and they gnawed their tongues 
for pain, 

1 1 And blasphemed the God of hea- 
ven because of their pains and their 
sores, and repented not of their deeds. 

12 And the sixth angel poured out 
his vial upon the great river Eu- 
phrates ; and the water thereof was 
dried up, that the way of the kings 
of the east might be prepared. 

13 And I saw three unclean spirits 
like frogs come out of the mouth of 
the dragon, and out of the mouth of 
the beast, and out of the mouth of 
the false prophet. 

14 For they are the spirits of de- 
vils, working miracles, which go forth 
unto the kings of the earth and of 
the whole world, to gather them to 
the battle of that great day of 
God Almighty. 

15 Behold, I come as a thief. 
Blessed is he that watcheth, and 
keepeth his garments, lest he walk 
naked, and they see his shame. 

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16 And he gathered them together 
into a place called in the Hebrew 
tongue Armageddon. 

17 And the seventh angel poured 
out his vial into the air; and there 
came a great voice out of the temple 
of heaven, from the throne, saying, 
It is done. 

18 And there were voices, and thun- 
ders, and lightnings; and there was 
a great earthquake, such as was not 
since men were upon the earth, so 
mighty an earthquake, and so great. 

19 And the great city was divided 
into three parts, and the cities of the 
nations fell : and great Babylon came 
in remembrance before God, to give 
unto her the cup of the wine of the 
fierceness of his wrath. 

20 And every island fled away, 
and the mountains were not found. 

21 And there fell upon men a great 
hail out of heaven, every stone about 
the weight of a talent: and men 
blasphemed God because of the 
plague of the hail ; for the plague 
thereof was exceeding great. 

CHAPTEE XVII. 

3, 4 A woman arrayed in purple and scarlet, with a golden 
cup in her hand, sitteth upon the beast, 5 which is great 
Babylon,the mother of 'all abominations. 9 The interpret- 
ation of the seven heads, 12 and the ten horns. 16 The 
punishment of the whore. 14 The victory of the Lamb. 

ND there came one of the seven 



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angels which had the seven 
vials, and talked with me, saying 
unto me, Come hither; I will shew 
unto thee the judgment of the great 
whore that sitteth upon many waters ; 

2 With whom the kings of the earth 
have committed fornication, and the 
inhabitants of the earth have been 
made drunk with the wine of her for- 
nication. 

3 So he carried me away in the 
spirit into the wilderness : and I saw 
a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured 
beast, full of names of blasphemy, 
having seven heads and ten horns. 

4 And the woman was arrayed in 
purple and scarlet colour, and decked 
with gold and precious stones and 
pearls, having a golden cup in her 



Vision of the great whore. KEVELATION. 



The fall of Babylon. 



hand full of abominations and fitthi- 
ness of her fornication : 

5 And upon her forehead ?Msaname 
written, MYSTERY, BABYLON 
THE GREAT, THE MOTHER 
OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINA- 
TIONS OF THE EARTH. 

6 And I saw the woman drunken 
with the blood of the saints, and with 
the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: 
and when I saw her, I wondered 
with great admiration. 

7 And the angel said unto me, 
Wherefore didst thou marvel ? I will 
tell thee the mystery of the woman, 
and of the beast that carrieth her, 
which hath the seven heads and ten 
horns. 

8 The beast that thou sawest was, 
and is not ; and shall ascend out of 
the bottomless pit, and go into per- 
dition: and they that dwell on the 
earth shall wonder, whose names 
were not written in the book of life 
from the foundation of the world, 
when they behold the beast that was, 
and is not, and yet is. 

9 And here is the mind which hath 
wisdom. The seven heads are seven 
mountains, on which the woman sit- 
teth. 

10 And there are seven kings : five 
are fallen, and one is, and the other 
is not yet come ; and when he cometh, 
he must continue a short space. 

11 And the beast that was, and is 
not, even he is the eighth, and is of the 
seven, and goeth into perdition. 

12 And the ten horns which thou 
sawest are ten kings, which have 
received no kingdom as yet; but re- 
ceive power as kings one hour with 
the beast. 

13 These have one mind, and shall 
give their power and strength unto 
the beast. 

14 These shall make war with the 
Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome 
them: for he is Lord of lords, and 
King of kings: and they that are 
with him are called, and chosen, and 
faithful. 



15 And he saith unto me, The 
waters which thou sawest, where the 
whore sitteth, are peoples, and multi- 
tudes, and nations, and tongues. 

16 And the ten horns which thou 
sawest upon the beast, these shall 
hate the whore, and shall make her 
desolate and naked, and shall eat her 
flesh, and burn her with fire. 

1 7 For God hath put in their hearts 
to fulfil his will, and to agree, and 
give their kingdom unto the beast, 
until the words of God shall be ful- 
filled. 

18 And the woman which thou 
sawest is that great city, which 
reigneth over the kings of the earth. 

CHAPTER XVIII. 

2 Babylon is fallen. 4 The people of God commanded 
to depart out of her. 9 The kings of the earth, 11 
with the merchants and mariners, lament over her. 
20 The saints rejoice for the judgments of God upon 
her. 

AND after these things I saw an- 
. other angel come down from 
heaven, having great power ; and the 
earth was lightened with his glory. 

2 And he cried mightily with a 
strong voice, saying, Babylon the 
great is fallen, is fallen, and is be- 
come the habitation of devils, and the 
hold of every foul spirit, and a cage 
of every unclean and hateful bird. 

3 For all nations have drunk of the 
wine of the wrath of her fornication, 
and the kings of the earth have com- 
mitted fornication with her, and the 
merchants of the earth are waxed 
rich through the abundance of her 
delicacies. 

4 And I heard another voice from 
heaven, saying, Come out of her, my 
people, that ye be not partakers of 
her sins, and that ye receive not of 
her plagues. 

5 For her sins have reached unto • 
heaven, and God hath remembered 
her iniquities. 

6 Reward her even as she rewarded 
you, and double unto her double ac- 
cording to her works: in the cup 
which she hath filled, fill to her double. 

7 How much she hath glorified 

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The kings of the earth, $c. REVELATION. 



lament over Babylon. 



herself, and lived deliciously, so much 
torment and sorrow give her : for she 
saith in her heart, I sit a queen, and 
am no widow, and shall see no sor- 
row. 

8 Therefore shall her plagues come 
in one day, death, and mourning, and 
famine ; and she shall he utterly burn- 
ed with fire: for strong is the Lord 
God who judge th her. 

9 And the kings of the earth, who 
have committed fornication and lived 
deliciously with her, shall bewail her, 
and lament for her, when they shall 
see the smoke of her burning, 

10 Standing afar off for the fear of 
her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that 
great city Babylon, that mighty city ! 
for in one hour is thy judgment come. 

11 And the merchants of the earth 
shall weep and mourn over her; for 
no man buyeth their merchandise any 
more : 

12 The merchandise of gold, and 
silver, and precious stones, and of 
pearls, and fine linen, and purple, and 
silk, and scarlet, and all thyine wood, 
and all manner vessels of ivory, and 
all manner vessels of most precious 
wood, and of brass, and iron, and 
marble, 

13 And cinnamon, and odours, and 
ointments, and frankincense, and wine, 
and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and 
beasts, and sheep, and horses, and 
chariots, and slaves, and souls of 
men. 

14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted 
after are departed from thee, and all 
things which were dainty and goodly 
are departed from thee, and thou 
shalt find them no more at all. 

15 The merchants of these things, 
which were made rich by her, shall 
stand afar off for the fear of her tor- 
ment, weeping and wailing, 

16 And saying, Alas, alas, that 
great city, that was clothed in fine 
linen, and purple, and scarlet, and 
decked with gold, and precious stones, 
and pearls ! 

17 For in one hour so great riches 

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is come to nought. And every ship- 
master, and all the company in ships, 
and sailors, and as many as trade by 
sea, stood afar off, 

18 And cried when they saw the 
smoke of her burning, saying, What 
city is like unto this great city! 

19 And they cast dust on their 
heads, and cried, weeping and wail- 
ing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, 
wherein were made rich all that had 
ships in the sea by reason of her cost- 
liness ! for in one hour is she made 
desolate. 

20 Rejoice over her, thou heaven, 
and ye holy apostles and prophets ; 
for God hath avenged you on her. 

21 And a mighty angel took up a 
stone like a great millstone, and cast 
it into the sea, saying, Thus with 
violence shall that great city Baby- 
lon be thrown down, and shall be 
found no more at all. 

22 And the voice of harpers, and 
musicians, and of pipers, and trum- 
peters, shall be heard no more at all 
in thee ; and no craftsman, of what- 
soever craft he be, shall be found any 
more in thee ; and the sound of a 
millstone shall be heard no more at 
all in thee ; 

23 And the light of a candle shall 
shine no more at all in thee ; and the 
voice of the bridegroom and of the 
bride shall be heard no more at all in 
thee: for thy merchants were the 
great men of the earth; for by thy 
sorceries were all nations deceived. 

24 And in her was found the blood 
of prophets, and of saints, and of all 
that were slain upon the earth. 

CHAPTER XIX. 

1 God is praised in heaven for judging the great whore, 
and avenging the blood of his saints. 1 The marriage 
of the Lamb. 10 The angel will not be worshipped. 
17 The fowls called to the great slaughter. 

AND after these things I heard a 
. great voice of much people 
in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salva- 
tion, and glory, and honour, and power, 
unto the Lord our God : 

2 For true and righteous are his 



The marriage of the Lamb. REVELATION. Vision of the Word of God. 



judgments ; for he hath judged the 
great whore, which did corrupt the 
earth with her fornication, and hath 
avenged the blood of his servants at 
her hand. 

3 And again they said, Alleluia. 
And her smoke rose up for ever and 



ever. 



4 And the four and twenty elders 
and the four beasts fell down and 
worshipped God that sat on the 
throne, saying, Amen ; Alleluia. 

5 And a voice came out of the 
throne, saying, Praise our God, all 
ye his servants, and ye that fear 
him, both small and great. 

6 And I heard as it were the voice 
of a great multitude, and as the voice 
of many waters, and as the voice of 
mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: 
for the Lord God omnipotent reign- 
eth. 

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, and 
give honour to him: for the mar- 
riage of the Lamb is come, and his 
wife hath made herself ready. 

8 And to her was granted that she 
should be arrayed in fine linen, clean 
and white : for the fine linen is the 
righteousness of saints. 

9 And he saith unto me, Write, 
Blessed are they which are called 
unto the marriage supper of the 
Lamb. And he saith unto me, These 
are the true sayings of God. 

10 And I fell at his feet to wor- 
ship him. And he said unto me, 
See thou do it not : I am thy fellow 
servant, and of thy brethren that 
have the testimony of Jesus : worship 
God : for the testimony of Jesus is 
the spirit of prophecy. 

11 And I saw heaven opened, and 
behold a white horse ; and he that 
sat upon him was called Faithful 
and True, and in righteousness he 
doth judge and make war. 

12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, 
and on his head were many crowns ; 
and he had a name written, that no 
man knew, but he himself. 

13 And he was clothed with a ves- 



ture dipped in blood : and his name 
is called The Word of God. 

14 And the armies which were in 
heaven followed him upon white hor- 
ses, clothed in fine linen, white and 
clean. 

15 And out of his mouth goeth a 
sharp sword, that with it he should 
smite the nations ; and he shall rule 
tKem with a rod of iron : and he 
treadeth the winepress of the fierce- 
ness and wrath of Almighty God. 

1 6 And he hath on his vesture and on 
his thigh a name written, KING OF 
KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS. 

17 And I saw an angel standing in 
the sun; and he cried with a loud 
voice, saying to all the fowls that fly 
in the midst of heaven, Come and 
gather yourselves together unto the 
supper of the great God ; 

18 That ye may eat the flesh of 
kings, and the flesh of captains, and 
the flesh of mighty men, and the flesh 
of horses, and of them that sit on 
them, and the flesh of all men, both 
free and bond, both small and great. 

19 And I saw the beast, and 
the kings of the earth, and their 
armies, gathered together to make 
war against him that sat on the 
horse, and against his army. 

20 And the beast was taken, and 
with him the false prophet that 
wrought miracles before him, with 
which he deceived them that had 
received the mark of the beast, and 
them that worshipped his image. 
These both were cast alive into a 
lake of fire burning with brimstone. 

21 And the remnant were slain 
with the sword of him that sat upon 
the horse, which sword proceeded out 
of his mouth : and all the fowls were 
filled with their flesh. 

CHAPTER XX. 

2 Satan bound for a thousand years. 6 The first resur- 
rection: they blessed that have part therein. 7 Satan 
let loose again. 8 Gog and Magog. 10 The devil cast 
into the lake of fire and brimstone. 12 The last and 
general resurrection. 

AND I saw an angel come down 
. from heaven, having the key 
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REVELATION. The general judgment. 



of the bottomless pit and a great 
chain in his hand. 

2 And he laid hold on the dragon, 
that old serpent, which is the Devil, 
and Satan, and bound him a thou- 
sand years, 

3 And cast him into the bottomless 
pit, and shut him up, and set a seal 
upon him, that he should deceive the 
nations no more, till the thousand 
years should be fulfilled : and after 
that he must be loosed a little season. 

4 And I saw thrones, and they sat 
upon them, and judgment was given 
unto them: and / saw the souls of 
them that were beheaded for the 
witness of Jesus, and for the word 
of God, and which had not worship- 
ped the beast, neither his image, 
neither had received his mark upon 
their foreheads, or in their hands ; 
and they lived and reigned with 
Christ a thousand years. 

5 But the rest of the dead lived 
not again until the thousand years 
were finished. This is the first re- 
surrection. 

6 Blessed and holy is he that hath 
part in the first resurrection : on such 
the second death hath no power, but 
they shall be priests of God and of 
Christ, and shall reign with him a 
thousand years. 

7 And when the thousand years 
are expired, Satan shall be loosed 
out of his prison, 

8 And shall go out to deceive the 
nations which are in the four quar- 
ters of the earth, Gog and Magog, 
to gather them together to battle : 
the number of whom is as the sand 
of the sea. 

9 And they went up on the breadth 
of the earth, and compassed the 
camp of the saints about, and the be- 
loved city : and fire came down from 
God out of heaven, and devoured 
them. 

10 And the devil that deceived 
them was cast into the lake of fire 
and brimstone, where the beast and 
the false prophet are, and shall be 

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tormented day and night for ever 
and ever. 

11 And I saw a great white throne, 
and him that sat on it, from whose 
face the earth and the heaven fled 
away ; and there was found no place 
for them. 

12 And I saw the dead, small and 
great, stand before God; and the 
books were opened : and another book 
was opened, which is the book of life: 
and the dead were judged out of those 
things which were written in the 
books, according to their works. 

13 And the sea gave up the dead 
which were in it; and death and 
hell delivered up the dead which 
were in them: and they were judg- 
ed every man according to their 
works. P 

14 And death and hell were cast 
into the lake of fire. This is the 
second death. 

15 And whosoever was not found 
written in the book of life was cast 
into the lake of fire. 

CHAPTER XXL 

1 A new heaven and a new earth. 10 The heavenly Jert^ 
salem, with a full description thereof. 23 She need- 
eth no sun, the glory of God is her light. 24 The 
kings of the earth bring their riches unto her. 

AND I saw a new heaven and 
_ a new earth: for the first hea- 
ven and the first earth were passed 
away ; and there was no more sea. 

2 And I John saw the holy city, 
new Jerusalem, coming down from 
God out of heaven, prepared as a 
bride adorned for her husband. 

3 And I heard a great voice out of 
heaven saying, Behold, the taber- 
nacle of God is with men, and he 
will dwell with them, and they shall 
be his people, and God himself shall 
be with them, and be their God. 

4 And God shall wipe away all 
tears from their eyes; and there 
shall be no more death, neither sor- 
row, nor crying, neither shall there 
be any more pain: for the former 
things are passed away. 

5 And he that sat upon the throne 
said, Behold, I make all things new. 






A description of the 



REVELATION. 



heavenly Jerusalem. 



And he said unto me, Write: for 
these words are true and faithful. 

6 And he said unto me, It is done. 
I am Alpha and Omega, the begin- 
ning and the end. I will give unto 
him that is athirst of the fountain of 
the water of life freely. 

7 He that overcometh shall in- 
herit all things; and I will he his 
God, and he shall he my son. 

8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, 
and the ahominahle, and murderers, 
and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and 
idolaters, and all liars, shall have their 
part in the lake which hurneth with 
fire and brimstone : which is the se- 
cond death. 

9 And there came unto me one of 
the seven angels which had the seven 
vials full of the seven last plagues, 
and talked with me, saying, Come 
hither, I will shew thee the bride, 
the Lamb's wife. 

10 And he carried me away in the 
spirit to a great and high mountain, 
and shewed me that great city, the 
holy Jerusalem, descending out of 
heaven from God, 

11 Having the glory of God: and 
her light was like unto a stone most 
precious, even like a jasper stone, clear 
as crystal ; 

12 And had a wall great and high, 
and had twelve gates, and at the gates 
twelve angels, and names written 
thereon, which are the names of the 
twelve tribes of the children of Israel : 

13 On the east three gates; on the 
north three gates ; on the south three 
gates ; and on the west three gates. 

14 And the wall of the city had 
twelve foundations, and in them the 
names of the twelve apostles of the 
Lamb. 

15 And he that talked with me had 
a golden reed to measure the city, 
and the gates thereof, and the wall 
thereof. 

16 And the city lieth foursquare, 
and the length is as large as the 
breadth: and he measured the city 
with the reed, twelve thousand fur- 



longs. The length and the breadth 
and the height of it are equal. 

17 And he measured the wall there- 
of, a hundred and forty and four cu- 
bits, according to the measure of a 
man, that is, of the angel. 

1 8 And the building of the wall of 
it was of jasper: and the city ivas 
pure gold, like unto clear glass. 

19 And the foundations of the wall 
of the city were garnished with all 
manner of precious stones. The first 
foundation was jasper; the second, 
sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; 
the fourth, an emerald ; 

20 The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, 
sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the 
eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the 
tenth, a chrysoprasus ; the eleventh, 
a jacinth; the twelfth, an amethyst. 

21 And the twelve gates were twelve 
pearls ; every several gate was of one 
pearl : and the street of the city was 
pure gold, as it were transparent glass. 

22 And I saw no temple therein : 
for the Lord God Almighty and the 
Lamb are the temple of it. 

23 And the city had no need of the 
sun, neither of the moon, to shine in 
it: for the glory of God did lighten it, 
and the Lamb is the light thereof. 

24 And the nations of them which 
are saved shall walk in the light of it: 
and the kings of the earth do bring 
their glory and honour into it. 

25 And the gates of it shall not be 
shut at all by day: for there shall 
be no night there. 

26 And they shall bring the glory 
and honour of the nations into it. 

27 And there shall in no wise enter 
into it any thing that defileth, neither 
whatsoever worketh abomination, or 
maketh a lie : but they which are 
written in the Lamb's book of life. 

CHAPTER XXII. 

1 The river of the water of life. 2 The tree of life. 5 
The light of the city of God is himself 9 The angel 
will not be worshipped, 18 Nothing may be added to 
the word of God, nor taken therefrom. 

AND he shewed me a pure river 
. of water of life, clear as crystal, 
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God only to be worshipped. REVELATION. His word not to be altered. 



proceeding out of the throne of God 
and of the Lamb. 

2 In the midst of the street of it, and 
on either side of the river, was there 
the tree of life, which bare twelve man- 
ner of fruits, and yielded her fruit 
every month : and the leaves of the 
txeewere for the healing of the nations. 

3 And there shall be no more curse : 
but the throne of God and of the 
Lamb shall be in it; and his servants 
shall serve him : 

4 And they shall see his face ; and 
his name shall be in their foreheads. 

5 And there shall be no night there ; 
and they need no candle, neither light 
of the sun ; for the Lord God giveth 
them light : and they shall reign for 
ever and ever. 

6 And he said unto me, These say- 
ings are faithful and true: and the 
Lord God of the holy prophets sent 
his angel to shew unto his servants the 
things which must shortly be done. 

7 Behold, I come quickly: blessed 
is he that keepeth the sayings of the 
prophecy of this book. 

8 And I John saw these things, 
and heard them. And when I had 
heard and seen, I fell down to wor- 
ship before the feet of the angel which 
shewed me these things. 

9 Then saith he unto me, See thou 
do it not : for I am thy fellow servant, 
and of thy brethren the prophets, and 
of them which keep the sayings of 
this book : worship God. 

10 And he saith unto me, Seal not 
the sayings of the prophecy of this 
book : for the time is at hand. 

11 He that is unjust, let him be 
unjust still: and he which is filthy, 
let him be filthy still: and he that 
is righteous, let him be righteous 

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still: and he that is holy, let him 
be holy still. 

12 And, behold, I come quickly; 
and my reward is with me, to give 
every man according as his work 
shall be. 

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the 
beginning and the end, the first and 
the last. 

14 Blessed are they that do his 
commandments, that they may have 
right to the tree of life, and may en- 
ter in through the gates into the city. 

15 For without are dogs, and sor- 
cerers, and whoremongers, and mur- 
derers, and idolaters, and whosoever 
loveth and maketh a lie. 

16 I Jesus have sent mine angel 
to testify unto you these things in 
the churches. I am the root and the 
offspring of David, and the bright and 
morning star. 

17 And the Spirit and the bride say, 
Come. And let him that heareth say, 
Come. And let him that is athirst 
come. And whosoever will, let him 
take the water of life freely. 

18 For I testify unto every man 
that heareth the words of the pro- 
phecy of this book, If any man shall 
add unto these things, God shall add 
unto him the plagues that are writ- 
ten in this book : 

19 And if any man shall take away 
from the words of the book of this 
prophecy, God shall take away his 
part out of the book of life, and out 
of the holy city, and from the things 
which are written in this book. 

20 He which testifieth these things 
saith, Surely I come quickly : Amen. 
Even so, come, Lord Jesus. 

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you all. Amen. 



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